Cork Rowing Club in the Mix in Ghent

8th May 2011

Cork Rowing Club had some good results on the second day of Ghent Regatta in Belgium. Their junior women’s quadruple scull finished second of 10 entrants, and their junior 16 equivalent fifth of 14 entrants. Mantas Pukelis of Offaly was sixth in the men’s junior 18 single scull – one of the largest events, with 46 scullers competing.

Ghent Regatta, Belgium Day Two (Sunday) (Irish interest, Selected results)

Men

Eight – Junior: 4 Col Iognaid 7:09.35.

Four – Junior, coxed: 3 Col Iognaid 7:41.82.

Pair – Junior 16: 2 Cork (J Mitchell, D Buckley) 7:56.34.

Sculling, Quadruple – Junior 18: 2 Cork 7:38.37. Single – Junior 18: 6 Offaly (M Pukelis) 8:03.20.

Women, Eight – Junior: 1 Col Iognaid 8:00.25, 2 Methody 8:03.30.

Four – Junior: 2 Cork 7:16.14.

Sculling, Quadruple – Junior 16: 5 Cork 8:08.91. Single – Lightweight Single: 3 Three Castles (B Quinn) 8:55.06. Under-23 Lightweight: 2 Cork (G Hosford) 8:49.50. Junior 16: 3 Cork (A O’Keefe) 9:00.69.

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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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