#ROWING–Paul O’Donovan was by far the fastest junior man of 65 in the first on-the-water session today at the National Assessments in Newry. In cold, sometimes choppy conditions on Newry canal, he fashioned a big lead over Henry Millar, who started just behind him. O’Donovan’s time of 21 minutes 58.5 seconds gave him a ranking of just 78 per cent of projected gold medal times on the ranking of the High Performance programme.

 

Rowing Ireland
Results Time Trial 26th November 2011 PROVISIONAL
Values
Row Labels Time %GMT
JM1x
Paul O'Donovan (Skibbereen R.C.) MJ18 21:58.5 78.0%
Cathal Phelan (Offaly RC) MJ17 22:27.3 76.4%
Aodhan Burns (Skibbereen R.C.) MJ18 22:38.7 75.7%
John Mitchel (Lee R.C.) MJ17 22:39.0 75.7%
Paudie Leonard (Skibbereen R.C.) MJ18 22:45.1 75.4%
Chris Black (Bann RC) MJ18 22:46.2 75.3%
Joel Cassells (Bann RC) MJ18 22:46.9 75.3%
Andrew Griffin (Neptune R.C.) MJ18 22:54.2 74.9%
Kevin Molloy (Athlone B C) MJ18 22:55.1 74.8%
Barry Crowley (Lee R.C.) MJ18 22:56.8 74.7%
David Quinlan (Castleconnell Boat Club) MJ18 22:57.5 74.7%
James Egan (St.Joseph's) MJ17 23:05.3 74.3%
Paddy Hegarty (Skibbereen R.C.) MJ17 23:06.6 74.2%
Lloyd Seaman (Portora BC) MJ18 23:07.4 74.2%
Mathew Ryan (Skibbereen R.C.) MJ17 23:10.4 74.0%
Henry Millar (Portora BC) MJ18 23:10.5 74.0%
Aaron McGrath (Carlow RC) MJ17 23:13.0 73.9%
Patrick Boomer (MCB) MJ18 23:16.1 73.7%
Joe Nelson (Portora BC) MJ18 23:19.4 73.5%
Andy Harrington (Shandon B.C.) MJ17 23:19.7 73.5%
Mathew Kelly (Col.Iognaid) MJ18 23:21.0 73.4%
Kevin Synnott (Lee R.C.) MJ18 23:21.4 73.4%
Dylan Aherne (ULRC) MJ18 23:21.5 73.4%
Eddie Beechinor (Lee R.C.) MJ18 23:24.1 73.3%
Andrew Bell (Col.Iognaid) MJ18 23:24.4 73.3%
William Yeomans (comm rc) MJ17 23:30.8 72.9%
Colm O'Riada (comm rc) MJ18 23:37.4 72.6%
Kevin Keohane (Presentation College Cork) MJ17 23:38.5 72.5%
Daniel Buckley (Lee R.C.) MJ17 23:42.7 72.3%
Jack Casey (Shandon B.C.) MJ17 23:45.3 72.2%
David O'Malley (St Michaels) MJ16 23:48.0 72.1%
Gearoid Moore (St Michaels) MJ18 23:48.1 72.1%
Shane Walsh (GRC) MJ18 23:51.7 71.9%
Thomas English (Neptune R.C.) MJ18 23:58.3 71.5%
Chris Alcorn (Bann RC) MJ18 24:00.1 71.5%
Niall Crowley (Presentation College Cork) MJ17 24:07.4 71.1%
Aidan Kinneen (St.Joseph's) MJ17 24:07.4 71.1%
Eric McEvoy (St.Joseph's) MJ17 24:08.5 71.0%
Conor Carmody (Shannon RC) MJ16 24:09.5 71.0%
PROVISIONAL Rowing Ireland
Results Time Trial 26th November 2011
Values
Row Labels Time %GMT
JM1x
Killian Doyle (Carlow RC) MJ18 24:15.0 70.7%
Brian Keohane (presentation College Cork) MJ16 24:15.2 70.7%
James Healy (St Michaels) MJ18 24:17.8 70.6%
Gareth McKillen (RBAIRC) MJ17 24:23.6 70.3%
Aaron Cusack (Castleconnell Boat Club) MJ18 24:37.8 69.6%
Anthony Noone (Col.Iognaid) MJ18 24:40.0 69.5%
Ross Maxwell (GRC) MJ16 24:40.2 69.5%
Turlough Eccles (Neptune R.C.) MJ16 24:56.2 68.8%
Jack Smyth (St.Joseph's) MJ16 25:00.8 68.6%
Dylan Grace (Shannon RC) MJ18 25:09.0 68.2%
Martin Laffey (GRC) MJ17 25:12.4 68.0%
Jack Silke (St.Joseph's) MJ17 25:12.4 68.0%
Cathal Kileen (Castleconnell Boat Club) MJ16 25:14.0 68.0%
Eoghan Whittle (Castleconnell Boat Club) MJ16 25:15.5 67.9%
Evan Despard (St Michaels) MJ17 25:16.5 67.9%
Charlie Murray (Cork BC) MJ16 25:51.8 66.3%
Eoghan Fogarty (Neptune R.C.) MJ17 26:00.1 66.0%
Kai McGlacken (Col.Iognaid) MJ16 26:03.0 65.8%

#ROWING–An impressive 65 junior oarsmen qualified for the on-the-water session at the National Rowing Assessment in Newry. Paul O’Donovan of Skibbereen led the way in the ergometer test, with a remarkable time of 6:19.8, and also led on the water into a headwind today.

The one senior man to breach the six-minute barrier in the ergometer test was Colin Williamson of Queen’s University who was timed at 5:58.4. Dave Neale of UCD clocked 6:07.3.

 

Rowing Ireland
2000m Assessment
26th Nov 2011
Sex M
NOV 2k Score (Multiple Items)
2000m Time
Row Labels Total
HM
Colin Williamson (QUBBC) 5:58.4
David Neale (UCD ) 6:07.3
Kevin Coughlan (Carlow RC) 6:16.4
David Brett (Neptune R.C.) 6:17.7
HMU23
Finbarr Manning (UCD ) 6:09.5
Eddie Mullarkey (NUIGBC) 6:10.0
Patrick Hughes (DUBC) 6:18.9
David Stundon (St Michaels) 6:21.4
HMU20
Matthew Wray (Bann RC) 6:18.8
LM
Niall Kenny (NUIGBC) 6:18.2
Mark O'Donovan (CITRC) 6:18.6
Nathan O'Reilly (Tideway Scullers School) 6:22.6
Anthony English (UCCRC) 6:24.0
Colm Dowling (Lee Valley R.C.) 6:34.3
LMU23
Jonathan Mitchell (QUBBC) 6:17.3
Justin Ryan (UCCRC) 6:18.9
Shane O'Driscoll (CIT) 6:25.7
Colin Barrett (UCD ) 6:28.0
Adam O'Donohue (Carlow RC) 6:37.9
Niall Murphy (Carlow RC) 6:51.9
Sean Egan (Athlone B C) 6:52.1
Eoghan O'Connor (Castleconnell Boat Club) 6:58.9
MJ18
Paul O'Donovan (Skibbereen R.C.) 6:19.8
Henry Millar (Portora BC) 6:24.8
Joel Cassells (Bann RC) 6:25.8
Andrew Griffin (Neptune R.C.) 6:27.8
David Quinlan (Castleconnell Boat Club) 6:29.8
Chris Black (Bann RC) 6:30.6
Patrick Boomer (MCB) 6:33.9
Killian Doyle (Carlow RC) 6:34.1
Eddie Beechinor (Lee R.C.) 6:34.7
James Healy (St Michaels) 6:36.3
Andrew Bell (Col.Iognaid) 6:37.8
Lloyd Seaman (Portora BC) 6:39.4
Colm O'Riada (comm rc) 6:40.1
Thomas English (Neptune R.C.) 6:42.1
Kevin Synnott (Lee R.C.) 6:42.6
Aaron Cusack (Castleconnell Boat Club) 6:42.8
Anthony Noone (Col.Iognaid) 6:42.8
Chris Alcorn (Bann RC) 6:43.3
Paudie Leonard (Skibbereen R.C.) 6:44.9
Barry Crowley (Lee R.C.) 6:46.1
Kevin Molloy (Athlone B C) 6:46.1
Mathew Kelly (Col.Iognaid) 6:47.0
Gearoid Moore (St Michaels) 6:48.0
Shane Walsh (GRC) 6:48.1
Rowing Ireland
2000m Assessment
26th Nov 2011
2000m Time
Row Labels Total
Aodhan Burns (Skibbereen R.C.) 6:49.1
Dylan Aherne (ULRC) 6:49.3
Dylan Grace (Shannon RC) 6:49.9
Joe Nelson (Portora BC) 6:51.9
Brian Twomey-Thompson (Lee R.C.) 6:56.0
Danny Peilow (Cork BC) 6:56.7
Cathal Moloney (Castleconnell Boat Club) 7:00.0
Gary Devereux (Shannon RC) 7:01.0
Conor Breen (St.Joseph's) 7:02.6
MJ17
Paddy Hegarty (Skibbereen R.C.) 6:34.6
Kevin Keohane (Presentation College Cork) 6:38.8
Aidan Kinneen (St.Joseph's) 6:39.4
Aaron McGrath (Carlow RC) 6:40.3
Mathew Ryan (Skibbereen R.C.) 6:41.7
James Egan (St.Joseph's) 6:42.2
Eric McEvoy (St.Joseph's) 6:43.8
Jack Casey (Shandon B.C.) 6:45.2
Gareth McKillen (RBAIRC) 6:45.7
John Mitchel (Lee R.C.) 6:46.0
Martin Laffey (GRC) 6:46.3
Andy Harrington (Shandon B.C.) 6:46.9
William Yeomans (comm rc) 6:47.3
Niall Crowley (Presentation College Cork) 6:47.4
Niall Roberts (Carlow RC) 6:48.9
Jack Silke (St.Joseph's) 6:49.2
Cathal Phelan (Offaly RC) 6:50.8
Daniel Buckley (Lee R.C.) 6:51.3
Eoghan Fogarty (Neptune R.C.) 6:52.2
Evan Despard (St Michaels) 6:52.4
Nathan Collins (GRC) 6:57.2
Michael Lawless (Col.Iognaid) 6:58.0
Stephen O'Connor (Castleconnell Boat Club) 6:58.0
James Blackwell (Shannon RC) 6:59.1
Sam Butler (Lee R.C.) 6:59.1
David Laffey (GRC) 7:04.1
Chris Laffey (GRC) 7:08.4
MJ16
Kai McGlacken (Col.Iognaid) 6:46.8
Ross Maxwell (GRC) 6:54.5
Conor Carmody (Shannon RC) 6:56.9
Turlough Eccles (Neptune R.C.) 6:57.3
Eoghan Whittle (Castleconnell Boat Club) 6:57.6
Jack Smyth (St.Joseph's) 6:59.6
Cathal Kileen (Castleconnell Boat Club) 7:00.5
Charlie Murray (Cork BC) 7:00.6
Brian Keohane (presentation College Cork) 7:03.0
David O'Malley (St Michaels) 7:06.0
Warren Stone (Cork BC) 7:09.3
Dara Duffy (GRC) 7:09.5
Sean Dennehy (Cork BC) 7:12.5
Stephen Murphy (Cork BC) 7:16.3
Adam Browne (Shannon RC) 7:30.3

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating whether a body washed up on a Co Down beach is that of a kayaker who went missing on Carlingford Lough more than two weeks ago.

As previously reported on Afloat.ie, area man Mark McGowan, 37, was last seen kayaking in the lough at 7.30pm on Monday 10 October.

His blue kayak was spotted by the Irish Coast Guard on 11 October at Killowen Point, on the north side of the lough.

A cross-border search and rescue operation was immediately launched but progress was hampered due to bad weather.

The Belfast Telegraph reports that a body was discovered on Cranfield Beach near Newry by a member of the public yesterday morning. Formal identification of the body has not yet taken place.

At the time of his disappearance, McGowan was described as 5'7" tall, medium build, with a clean shaven, tanned complexion and short bleached blonde hair. He was last seen wearing a red jacket, blue jeans and white trainers.

This week Northern Ireland welcomes the launch of two new coastal canoe trails.

The new Foyle Canoe Trail stretches for 33 miles from Lifford in Co Donegal to Moville on the Inishowen peninsula at Lough Foyle, passing through Derry on the way, with plenty of wild and official campsites along the route.

Meanwhile, the South East Coast Canoe Trail is a sea kayaker's dream – 50 miles of rocky bays and sandy beaches past the Mourne and Cooley mountain ranges from Strangford village to Newry.

According to OutdoorNI.com, the trails were developed by the Countryside Access and Activities Network (CAAN), the Loughs Agency and Down and Derry District Councils, add to the five inland canoe trails already in place.

CAAN development officer Kathryn Callaghan commented: "Both these trails offer a golden opportunity for us all to explore two picturesque corners of Northern Ireland from a unique perspective.”

Waterproof guides for both trails are available free from from local tourist information centres or online from www.canoeni.com.

The coastal trails are the first of four to be launched in 2011. Later this year the North Coast Canoe Trail will take in the Giant’s Causeway and Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge, while the East Coast Canoe Trail will pass the renowned Glens of Antrim, Belfast Lough and the Ards peninsula.