Memorable Month for University Eight

5th September 2010

The Afloat Rowers of the Month for August are the Ireland eight which took a bronze medal at the World University Championships in Szeged in Hungary. The crew was assembled from the Queen’s University eight which won the Irish and British university championships, with the co-option of Finbar Manning and David Neale of University College, Dublin.

The crew was: David Neale, Jonathan Mitchell, Eoin Mac Domhnaill, Colin Williamson, Finbar Manning, Abdulrahman Mohamed, Marc Butler, James Graham and cox Andrew Tubman. The coach was Mark Fangen-Hall of Queen’s University.

Rower of the Month awards: The judging panel is made up of Liam Gorman, rowing correspondent of The Irish Times, President of Rowing Ireland Anthony Dooley and David O'Brien, Editor of Afloat magazine. Monthly awards for achievements during the year will appear on afloat.ie and the overall national award will be presented to the person or crew who, in the judges' opinion, achieved the most notable results in, or made the most significant contribution to rowing during 2010. Keep a monthly eye on progress and watch our 2010 champions list grow.

Listen to an extensive interview with the coach of the Ireland crew, Mark Fangen-Hall below

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Liam Gorman

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Liam Gorman is a writer and reporter. He is the co-author of Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean, published in the United States and Canada as Crossing the Swell. He is the rowing correspondent of the Irish Times.

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