Four Ireland Crews Set For World Rowing Championships

6th August 2011

Ireland will send four crews to the World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, which begin on Sunday, August 28th. The women’s double of Lisa Dilleen and Sanita Puspure and the lightweight women’s double of Siobhan McCrohan and Claire Lambe will be hoping to qualify their boats for the Olympic Games next year. Both crews must finish in the top eight to achieve this.

Bled, August 28th to September 4th 2011.
Rowing Ireland is pleased to announce the following boats will compete.
Lightweight Women’s Double Scull – LW2X
Claire Lambe
University College Dublin Ladies Boat Club
Siobhan McCrohan
Tribesman Rowing Club, Galway
Adaptive Coxed Four – LTAMix4+
Anne Marie McDaid
Commercial Rowing Club, Dublin
Sarah Caffrey
Castelconnell Boat Club
Shane Ryan
Castelconnell Boat Club
Kevin Du Toit
Castelconnell Boat Club
Helen Arbuthnot - coxwain
Castleconnell Boat Club
Women’s Double Sculls – W2X
Lisa Dilleen
Cork Institute of Technology Rowing Club
Sanita Puspure
Old Collegians Boat Club
Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Sculls – LM4X
Niall Kenny
National University Galway Rowing Club
Micheal Maher
Three Castles Rowing Club, Blessington
Justin Ryan
University College Cork Rowing Club
Mark O’Donovan
Cork Institute of Technology Rowing Club

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Liam Gorman

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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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