Lisa Dilleen and Sanita Puspure, who reached a Rowing World Cup final on their first outing as a double scull, continued their remarkable run when they won the elite double scull at Henley Women’s Regatta. The Galway woman and the Irish-based Latvian beat a British under-23 crew by three-quarters of a length.
Another Rowing Ireland elite double, Claire Lambe and Siobhan McCrohan, made their exit at the semi-final stage.
Four Irish club crews were also beaten at the semi-final stage today: UCD’s senior eight; a composite junior four from Methodist College and Portora and single scullers Sinead Dolan and Karen Corcoran O’Hare.
Henley Women’s Regatta (Selected Results)
Saturday
Eight – Senior: UCD bt Reading 5:46, easily; Thames bt Queen’s 5:16, 1l; Purdue University bt Queen’s 5:27, 4l.
Four – Senior, coxed: Oxford Brookes bt Trinity 6:02, 2l; Glasgow/Clydesdale/Strathclyde bt UCD 5:57, 1l. Junior, coxed: Methodist College, Belfast/Portora bt Combe School 5:59, 3l; Methody/Portora bt Canford School 6:21, 2/3l.
Quadruple – Junior: Cork BC bt Dame A Harpur School 5:43, 1½l; Latymer Upper School bt Cork BC 5:45, 2 ½l.
Elite Double Sculls: Rowing Ireland (S McCrohan, C Lambe) bt Old Collegians 6:09, easily
Lightweight Single Scull – Senior: Shandon (Corcoran-O’Hare) bt Queen’s 6:54, easily; Shandon bt Abingdon 7:02, 2l; Trinity (Dolan) bt Maidenhead 6:44, 2 ½l; Trinity bt Kingston 7:07, 5l
Sunday
Eight – Senior: Purdue University (USA) bt UCD 5:04, ¼ l.
Junior Four, coxed: Merion Mercy Academy (USA) bt Methodist College, Belfast/Portora 5:41, 2l.
Elite Quadruple: Rowing Ireland/Portora bt Agecroft/Tees/Notts 5:05, 4½l.
Elite Double Sculls: Rowing Ireland (Puspure/Dilleen) bt Sport Imperial 5:34, 2½l; Leander/Durham University bt Rowing Ireland (McCrohan/Lambe) 5:29, 1l. Final: Rowing Ireland (Puspure/Dilleen) bt Leander/Durham University 5:25, ¾l.
Single Sculls – Senior Lightweight: Wallingford (Greves) bt Trinity (Sinead Dolan) 6:24, 4l; Tideway Scullers (Johnston) bt Shandon (Corcoran-O’Hare) 6:27, 3ft.
