Clavin and Maher Climb to Top of Ladder

6th September 2010

Sheila Clavin of St Michael's Rowing Club in Limerick and Michael Maher of Dublin club Commercial came out on top at the 12th Annual Sculling Challenge in Belfast at the weekend. The challenge pits competitors from the Dublin, Cork and Limerick sculling ladders against representatives of the Belfast sculling league.

Annual Sculling Challenge, Belfast, Saturday: Men – Heat One: 1 M Maher (Commercial, Dublin Sculling Ladder), 2 E Marron (Lady Victoria, Belfast Sculling League), 4l. Heat Two: 1 A Hurley (Bantry, Cork SL) row over. Final: 1 Maher, 2 Hurley, 5l

Women – Heat One: 1 S Clavin (St Michael’s, Limerick Sculling Ladder), 2 R Beringer (Belfast RC, Belfast Sculling League), 3l. Heat Two: 1 B Quinn (Commercial, Dublin SL), 2 M Piggott (Bantry, Cork SL) 1 ¼ l. B Final: 1 Beringer, 2 Piggott, easily. A Final: 1 Clavin, 2 Quinn, 4l.

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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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