Killorglin's Dukarska Wins Heat at World Coastal Rowing

21st October 2016

Monika Dukarska

#Rowing: Monika Dukarska won her heat and qualified for the A Final of the women’s solo (single) at the World Coastal Rowing Championships in Monaco today. The Killorglin Rowing Club competitor had 11 seconds to spare over second-placed Benedetta Bellio of Italy. Dukarska won this event in 2009. Jessica Lee of Arklow finished 12^th in her heat and is set to compete in the B Final.

Barry Hooper of Galley Flash and David Hussey of Portmagee will compete in the B Final of the men’s solo. Hooper was 8^th in his heat where the top seven took A Final places. Hussey finished 13^th in his heat. Cormac Kelly of Arklow finished 17^th and missed out on a B Final place. John Casey of Arklow, who was 16^th in his heat, suffered a similar fate.

The Arklow Rowing Club double missed out by one place on qualifying for their B Final, finishing 14^th in their heat. Courtmacsherry finished 20^th and also missed out. The Courtmacsherry coxed quadruple finished 15^th in their heat and also did not progress.

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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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