Queen's Regatta Battles Through the Squalls

15th May 2011

Queen’s University Regatta had to deal with difficult conditions at Castlewellan. Some races had to be cancelled for safety reasons, and the squalls forced the organisers to limit most of the races to 1,000 metres from 3 o’clock on. One of the exceptions was the men’s senior eight, where Queen’s filled both first and second slots. Queen’s also won the women’s Division One eights through their intermediate crew, but Skibbereen had the fastest women’s four. Paul O'Donovan of Skibbereen was the fastest single sculler on the day: finals were not held in the men's single scull and rankings were given for the morning's time trial.

Queen’s Regatta, Castlewellan, Co Down, Saturday

Men, Eight – Division One: 1 Queen’s (sen) 4:17.25, 2 Queen’s (inter) 4:28.20, 3 Bann (jun 18A) 4:34.16. Division Two – A Final: 1 Queen’s (nov) 4:47.68, 2 Commercial (jun 16) 4:48.40, 3 Bann (jun 16) 4:52.81; 4 Methody (jun 18B) 4:53.83. B Final: St Michael’s (jun 16) 4:51.84. Masters (1k): 1 Commercial/City of Derry 3:20.54, 2 Belfast RC 3:24.46, 3 Old Collegians 3:26.86.

Four, coxed – Division One – A Final: 1 Queen’s (inter) 4:51.14, 2 Bann (jun 18A) 4:55.82, 3 Methody (jun 18A) 5:01.12. B Final: Neptune (inter). Division Two (1k) – A Final : 1 Bann (jun 18B) 3:20.71, 2 Commercial (nov) 3:23.38, 3 Queen’s (nov) 3:26.60; 4 Methody (jun 16) 3:28.14. B Final: Carrick-on-Shannon (nov) 3:34.65.

Pair – Division One – A Final: Queen’s A (sen) 5:10.47, 2 Queen’s B (inter) 5:11.78, 3 Queen’s C (inter) 5:13.39; 4 Portora (jun 18A) 5:27.30. B Final: Lady Elizabeth 5:35.07.

Sculling, Quadruple – Division One (1K): 1 Portora (jun 18A) 3:03.71, 2 Skibbereen (jun 18A) 3:04.02, 3 Skibbereen (sen) 3:04.28. Division Two (coxed) – A Final: 1 Bann (junn 16) 3:26.58, 2 Skibbereen (jun 16) 3:28.82, 3 Neptune (jun 18B) 3:31.23. B Final: Methody (jun 18B) 3:37.15.

Junior 15, coxed (1500m): 1 Skibbereen 3:25.29, 2 Commercial 3:27.47, 3 Portora 3:48.45.

Double – Division One (1K) – A Final: 1 Skibbereen (u-23) 3:18.88, 2 Commercial (jun 18A) 3:19.24, 3 Skibbereen (jun 18A) 3:21.86. B Final: Belfast A 3:25.80. Division Two – A Final: 1 Portora (jun 18B) 3:40.39, 2 Neptune (jun 16) 3:43.25, 3 St Michael’s B (jun 18B) 3:44.75; 4 Neptune (nov) 3:47.28. B Final: St Michael’s A (jun 18B) 3:37.93.

Single [Rankings Based on Time Trial Results – Finals Not Run Off Due to Conditions] – Division One: 1 Skibbereen (P O’Donovan; jun 18A) 5:26.67, 2 Three Castles (Murphy; inter) 5:41.21, 3 Neptune (Leahy-Bailey; inter) 5:43.01; 7 Skibbereen (McCarthy; sen) 5:45.30; 13 Trinity (Acheson; Trinity) 5:55.68. Division Two: 1 Skibbereen (Ryan; jun 16) 5:53.28, 2 Lagan Scullers (Whittle, inter) 5:56.78, 3 Skibbereen (Barry; nov) 5:57.75; 6 Portora (Nelson; jun 18B) 6:01.97.

Women, Eight – Division One: 1 Queen’s (inter) 5:07.15, 2 Portora (jun 18A) 5:19.33, 3 Bann (jun 18A) 5:26.06. Division Two: 1 Queen’s (nov) 3:25.45, 2 Carrick-on-Shannon (nov) 3:28.22, 3 Shannon (jun 16) 3:36.32; 6 Commercial (jun 18B) 3:48.51.

Four – Division One: 1 Skibbereen (sen) 5:13.47, 2 Queen’s (sen) 5:19.09, 3 St Michael’s (jun 18A) 5:30.21. Division Two - A Final: 1 Queen’s A 5:48.70, 2 Queen’s B 6:03.20, 3 Queen’s C 6:44.90.

Pair – Division One: 1 Skibbereen (u-23) 3:43.09, 2 Queen’s A (sen) 3:47.07, 3 Queen’s B (sen) 3:47.97; 4 Neptune (jun 18A) 4:01.10.

Sculling, Quadruple – Division One: 1 Skibbereen (u-23) 5:08.45, 2 Neptune (jun 18A) 5:19.19, 3 Portora (jun 18) 5:21.86. Division Two (coxed) – A Final: 1 Commercial (jun 16) 5:59.67, 2 Bann (jun 18B) 6:07.63, 3 Methody (jun 16) 6:14.12; 4 Commercial B (nov) 6:27.93. Junior 15, coxed: 1 Commercial 3:58.50, 2 Bann 4:18.85.

Double – Division One: 1 Skibbereen (u-23) 5:36.38, 2 Commercial (inter) 5:44.78, 3 Old Collegians (sen) 5:45.15; 4 Skibbereen (jun 18A) 5:45.77. B Final: Skibbereen (sen) 5:46.93. Division Two (3:59.10): 1 Carrick-on-Shannon (jun 16) 3:59.10, 2 Commercial (nov) 4:16.98, 3 Commercial (jun 16) 4:24.09.

Single – Division One (1K)– A Final: 1 Three Castles (B Quinn; lightweight) 3:57.36, 2 Skibbereen (Hayes; lightweight) 3:59.41, 3 Carrick-on-Shannon (Kelly; jun 18) 4:07.03; 4 St Michael’s (McEvoy; inter) 4:08.25; 5 Bann (Allen, jun 18A) 4:09.69. B Final: Skibbereen (Connolly; jun 18A) 4:11.61. C Final: St Michael’s (O’Keeffe, inter) 4:22.10.

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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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