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20th May 2017

Ireland Crews Progress at European Junior Championships

#Rowing: Ireland crews hit the mark at the European Junior Rowing Championships at Krefeld in Germany today. The Ireland double of Margaret Cremen of Lee and Aoife Casey of Skibbereen qualified directly for the semi-finals by finishing second in their heat, while the three others made their way through to semi-finals by the repechage route.

The Ireland women’s pair of Gill McGirr and Eliza O’Reilly won their repechage, while the men’s quadruple and pair took second in their reps.

European Junior Championships, Krefeld, Germany (Selected Results; Irish interest)

Men

Pair – Heat One: 4 Ireland (A Johnston, R Corrigan) 7:20.35. Repechage: 2 Johnston, Corrigan 7:24.75.

Quadruple – Heat One: 4 Ireland (J Quinlan, J Keating, M Dundon, B O’Flynn) 6:26.69. Rep: 2 Ireland 6:23.38.

Women

Pair – Heat: 4 Ireland (G McGirr, E O’Reilly) 8:13.17. Rep: 1 McGirr, O’Reilly 7:58.85.

Double –Heat One: 2 Ireland (A Casey, M Cremen) 7:43.43.

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24th May 2015

Eighth Place for Ireland Crew in European Junior Championships

#ROWING: The Ireland quadruple finished second in their B Final, eighth overall, at the European Junior Championships at Racice in the Czech Republic today. The Ireland crew of Colm Henessey, Eoghan Whittle, Patrick Munnelly and Andrew Goff had finished sixth in the A/B semi-final. The double of Shane O’Connell and Ronan Byrne were fourth in their C Final, 16^th overall.

European Junior Rowing Championships, Racice, Czech Republic (Irish interest):

Men

Quadruple Sculls – A/B Semi-Final One: 6 Ireland (A Goff, P Munnelly, E Whittle, C Hennessy) 6:30.35. B Final (Places 7 to 12): 2 Ireland 6:23.993.

Double Sculls – C Final (Places 13 to 18): 4 Ireland (S O’Connell, R Byrne) 7:16.086.

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23rd May 2015

Ireland Crew Reaches A/B Semis at European Junior Championships

#ROWING: The two Ireland crews competing at the European Junior Rowing Championships in Racice in the Czech Republic have varying fortunes today. The Ireland’s men’s quadruple scull finished third in their repechag, placing them in the top 12, and qualifying them for the A/B Semi-Finals on Sunday. The men’s double scull finished sixth in their repechage and are set for the C Final.

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25th May 2014

Lambe and English Agonisingly Close to European A Final Place

#ROWING: Ireland’s Eimear Lambe and Jasmine English came within .07 of a second of an A Final placing at the European Junior Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel in Belgium today. The Russia double scull edged out the Irish. Lambe and English later placed sixth in the B Final.

Conor Carmody and David O’Malley won the C Final of the men’s double sculls, placing them 13th overall. They had earlier won their semi-final.

The Ireland junior pair and women’s single competed in C Finals, but were not contenders.Both finished fourth of four crews.

European Junior Rowing Championships, Hazewinkel, Belgium (Irish interest):

Saturday

Men

Pair – Heat Two (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals: 5 Ireland (D Keohane, B Keohane) 7:30.39. Repechage: 5 Ireland 7:34.21

Double Sculls – Heat Three (First directly to A/B semi-finals): 4 Ireland (C Carmody, D O’Malley) 6:56.91. Repechage: 4 Ireland.

Women

Double Sculls – Heat One (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals): 2 Ireland (J English, E Lambe) 7:54.10.

Single Sculls – Heat Three (First Two directly to A/B Semi-finals): 5 Ireland (E Barry) 8:38.33. Repechage: 5 Barry 9:05.20.

Sunday

Men

Pair – C Final (13 to 16): 4 Ireland.

Double – C/D Semi-Final Two: 1 Ireland. C Final:

Women

Double – A/B Semi-Final Two (First Three to A Final): 1 Netherlands 7:19.32, 2 Lithuania 7:24.83, 3 Russia 7:25.57, 4 Ireland 7:24.64. B Final (Places 7 to 12): 6 Ireland.

Single – C Final (13 to 16): 4 Ireland.

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24th May 2014

Ireland Rowing Crews Find Going Tough in Repechages

#ROWING: The repechage route did not prove a fruitful one for Ireland crews at the European Junior Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel in Belgium. The men’s double of Conor Carmody and David O’Malley were competitve until halfway, but they needed to finish in the top two and missed out by finishing fourth. They will go on to a C/D semi-final tomorrow. The men’s pair of David and Brian Keohane and single sculler Erin Barry both finished fifth. They go directly to their C Finals.

European Junior Rowing Championships, Hazewinkel, Belgium (Irish interest):

Men

Pair – Heat Two (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals: 5 Ireland (D Keohane, B Keohane) 7:30.39. Repechage: 5 Ireland 7:34.21

Double Sculls – Heat Three (First directly to A/B semi-finals): 4 Ireland (C Carmody, D O’Malley) 6:56.91. Repechage: 4 Ireland.

Women

Double Sculls – Heat One (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals): 2 Ireland (J English, E Lambe) 7:54.10.

Single Sculls – Heat Three (First Two directly to A/B Semi-finals): 5 Ireland (E Barry) 8:38.33. Repechage: 5 Barry 9:05.20.

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24th May 2014

Lambe and English Qualify for European Junior Rowing Semi-Finals

#ROWING: Eimear Lambe and Jasmine English qualified directly for the semi-finals of the women’s double sculls at the European Junior Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel in Belgium today. The Ireland crew finished second to Romania and will compete next tomorrow morning.

Ireland’s three other crews must compete in repechages. The men’s double of Conor Carmody and David O’Malley finished fourth in their heat; while the junior men’s pair of David and Brian Keohane fifth and single sculler Erin Barry both finished fifth.

European Junior Rowing Championships, Hazewinkel, Belgium (Irish interest):

Men

Pair – Heat Two (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals: 5 Ireland (D Keohane, B Keohane) 7:30.39.

Double Sculls – Heat Three (First directly to A/B semi-finals): 4 Ireland (C Carmody, D O’Malley) 6:56.91.

Women

Double Sculls – Heat One (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals): 2 Ireland (J English, E Lambe) 7:54.10.

Single Sculls – Heat Three (First Two directly to A/B Semi-finals): 5 Ireland (E Barry) 8:38.33.

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The Half Ton Class was created by the Offshore Racing Council for boats within the racing band not exceeding 22'-0". The ORC decided that the rule should "....permit the development of seaworthy offshore racing yachts...The Council will endeavour to protect the majority of the existing IOR fleet from rapid obsolescence caused by ....developments which produce increased performance without corresponding changes in ratings..."

When first introduced the IOR rule was perfectly adequate for rating boats in existence at that time. However yacht designers naturally examined the rule to seize upon any advantage they could find, the most noticeable of which has been a reduction in displacement and a return to fractional rigs.

After 1993, when the IOR Mk.III rule reached it termination due to lack of people building new boats, the rule was replaced by the CHS (Channel) Handicap system which in turn developed into the IRC system now used.

The IRC handicap system operates by a secret formula which tries to develop boats which are 'Cruising type' of relatively heavy boats with good internal accommodation. It tends to penalise boats with excessive stability or excessive sail area.

Competitions

The most significant events for the Half Ton Class has been the annual Half Ton Cup which was sailed under the IOR rules until 1993. More recently this has been replaced with the Half Ton Classics Cup. The venue of the event moved from continent to continent with over-representation on French or British ports. In later years the event is held biennially. Initially, it was proposed to hold events in Ireland, Britain and France by rotation. However, it was the Belgians who took the ball and ran with it. The Class is now managed from Belgium.