Queen's Rule at National Eight-Blade Head

26th March 2011

Queen’s University were the dominant rowing force at the National Eight-Blade head, hosted by the Lagan Head of the River in excellent conditions in Belfast yesterday. Bann Rowing Club also impressed at an event patronised primarily by Northern Irish crews. The men’s junior 18 quadruple sculls title went to Offaly Rowing club.

Lagan Head of the River, Belfast, Saturday (Selected Results) –

Head One

Overall – Bann junior 18A pair (Black) 10:51.1, 2 Methody junior 18A pair (Boomer) 11:14.0, 3 Methody junior 18B pair (Doyle) 11:26.9.

Men, Pair – Intermediate One: Bann (Logan) 11:27.2 . Junior 18A: Bann (Black) 10:51.1. Junior 18B: Methody (Doyle) 11:26.9. Junior 16: Offaly (Phelan) 12:28.9. Masters: Belfast BC (Coppinger – F) 12:24.6

Sculling, Single – Senior: Coleraine AI (Clark) 12:33.5. Intermediate One: Athlone (Egan) 11:56.3. Junior 18A: Methody (Wilson) 11:35.4. Junior 18B: City of Derry (Conor) 12:31.6. Junior 16: Offaly (Grogan) 12:49.0. Masters: Portora (Murphy - D) 12:15.5. Junior 15: RBAI (Prodhol) 14:17.5.

Women, Sculling, Single – Intermediate One: Bann (Taggart) 13:07.6. Junior 18A: Portora (Russell) 12:58.1. Junior 18B: Bann (Allen) 13:18.4. Junior 16: Offaly (Mangan) 14:42.1. Masters: Belfast BC (Lockwood – F) 13:55.5.

Head Two

Overall: 1 Bann men’s intermediate coxed four (Henry) 9:51.0, 2 Queen’s men’s intermediate coxed four (Davies) 10:10.1, 3 Methody junior 16 coxed four (Bunting) 10:49.3.

Four, Intermediate, coxed: Bann (Henry) 9:51.1. Novice, coxed: Queen’s (Gray) 10:54.1. Junior 18A, coxed: Coleraine AI (Gibson) 10:55.4. Junior 16, coxed: Methody (Bunting) 10:49.3. Sculling, Double – Intermediate: Athlone (Egan) 11:04.1. Junior 16: Offaly A (Grogan) 11:22.7.

Women, Four – Novice, coxed: Queen’s (McRoberts) 12:34.4. Sculling, Double – Intermediate One: Bann (Shirlow) 11:53.4.

Head Three (Rowing Ireland National Eight-Blade Head)

Overall: 1 Queen’s A senior men’s eight 13:31.9, 2 Queen’s B senior eight 13:50.8, 3 Bann junior 18 men’s eight 14:24.5.

National Eight-Blade Head Winners – Men, Eight - Senior: Queen’s A 13:31.9. Novice: Queen’s 15:19.7. Junior 18 A: Bann 14:24.5. Junior 16: Methodist 16:12. Masters: Galway (C) 15:23.1. Quadruple Scull – Junior 18 A: Offaly 16:47.4. Junior 16: Methody 16:12.1. Junior 15: Bann 18:12.1

Women, Eight – Intermediate: Queen’s 16:05. Novice: Queen’s 16:28.5. Junior 18A: Bann 17:23.0.

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