NUIG/Grainne Mhaol Rowers Secure Henley Final Place

2nd July 2011

Irish rowing has a finalist at the 2011 Henley Royal Regatta. NUIG/Grainne Mhaol won their semi-final of the Visitors’ Cup for intermediate fours by one length, moving away from their opponents, Newcastle University/Marino Billi in the closing stages after the crews had shadowed each other down the course.

The Leander/Imperial College crew which will take on the Galway men tomorrow will go in as favourites – they beat Oxford Brookes/Molesey in the semi-final in a record time of six minutes 38 seconds.

Henley Royal Regatta, Day Four (Irish interest)

Visitors’ Cup (Fours, Intermediate): NUIG/Grainne Mhaol bt Newcastle/Marino Billi 1l, 6 mins 50 secs; Leander/Imperial College bt Oxford Brookes/Molesey 2/3l, 6:38

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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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