Bann crew Chris Black and Joel Cassells won a second gold medal for Ireland in the junior men’s pair at he Coupe de la Jeunesse, a European junior rowing tournament in Ottensheim in Austria today, having achieved the same feat on Saturday.
The junior women’s double of Katie Cromie (Portora) and Shelly Dineen (Skibbereen) took silver today to add to yesterday’s gold medal, and junior men’s double of Matthew Monteith and Adrian Sheehan were third. Ireland’s junior men’s four and junior women’s quadruple scull also took bronze.
Coupe de la Jeunesse, Ottensheim, Austria (Selected Results, Irish interest)
Saturday
Men, Junior Four – A Final: 3 Ireland (C Egan, H Millar, F Tolan, L Seaman) 6:22.34.
Junior Pair – A Final: 1 Ireland (J Cassells, C Black) 6:48.51, 2 Hungary 6:52.42.
Junior Double Scull – 1 Italy 6:36.68. 2 Ireland (M Monteith, A Sheehan) 6:3805.
Women, Junior Double – A Final: 1 Ireland (K Cromie, M Dineen) 7:24.75, 2 Hungary 7:27.29.
Sunday
Men
Junior Four – A Final: 1 Spain 6:12.56, 2 Ireland (Egan, Millar, Tolan, Seaman) 6:16.50
Junior Pair – A Final: 1 Ireland (J Cassells, C Black) 6:50.15, 2 Hungary 6:55.20.
Junior Double Scull – A Final: 1 Italy 6:42.16, 2 Britain 6:44.42, 3 Ireland (Monteith, Sheehan) 6:44.70.
Women
Junior Quadruple – Final: 1 Britain 7:03.54; 3 Ireland (R Shorten, K O’Brien, H Shinnick, B Jacques) 7:06.87.
Junior Double – A Final: 1 Hungary 7:26.87, 2 Ireland (K Cromie, M Dineen) 7:30.11