O'Donovan Leads the Way in Newry Rowing Assessment

27th November 2011

#ROWING–An impressive 65 junior oarsmen qualified for the on-the-water session at the National Rowing Assessment in Newry. Paul O’Donovan of Skibbereen led the way in the ergometer test, with a remarkable time of 6:19.8, and also led on the water into a headwind today.

The one senior man to breach the six-minute barrier in the ergometer test was Colin Williamson of Queen’s University who was timed at 5:58.4. Dave Neale of UCD clocked 6:07.3.

Rowing Ireland
2000m Assessment
26th Nov 2011
Sex M
NOV 2k Score (Multiple Items)
2000m Time
Row Labels Total
HM
Colin Williamson (QUBBC) 5:58.4
David Neale (UCD ) 6:07.3
Kevin Coughlan (Carlow RC) 6:16.4
David Brett (Neptune R.C.) 6:17.7
HMU23
Finbarr Manning (UCD ) 6:09.5
Eddie Mullarkey (NUIGBC) 6:10.0
Patrick Hughes (DUBC) 6:18.9
David Stundon (St Michaels) 6:21.4
HMU20
Matthew Wray (Bann RC) 6:18.8
LM
Niall Kenny (NUIGBC) 6:18.2
Mark O'Donovan (CITRC) 6:18.6
Nathan O'Reilly (Tideway Scullers School) 6:22.6
Anthony English (UCCRC) 6:24.0
Colm Dowling (Lee Valley R.C.) 6:34.3
LMU23
Jonathan Mitchell (QUBBC) 6:17.3
Justin Ryan (UCCRC) 6:18.9
Shane O'Driscoll (CIT) 6:25.7
Colin Barrett (UCD ) 6:28.0
Adam O'Donohue (Carlow RC) 6:37.9
Niall Murphy (Carlow RC) 6:51.9
Sean Egan (Athlone B C) 6:52.1
Eoghan O'Connor (Castleconnell Boat Club) 6:58.9
MJ18
Paul O'Donovan (Skibbereen R.C.) 6:19.8
Henry Millar (Portora BC) 6:24.8
Joel Cassells (Bann RC) 6:25.8
Andrew Griffin (Neptune R.C.) 6:27.8
David Quinlan (Castleconnell Boat Club) 6:29.8
Chris Black (Bann RC) 6:30.6
Patrick Boomer (MCB) 6:33.9
Killian Doyle (Carlow RC) 6:34.1
Eddie Beechinor (Lee R.C.) 6:34.7
James Healy (St Michaels) 6:36.3
Andrew Bell (Col.Iognaid) 6:37.8
Lloyd Seaman (Portora BC) 6:39.4
Colm O'Riada (comm rc) 6:40.1
Thomas English (Neptune R.C.) 6:42.1
Kevin Synnott (Lee R.C.) 6:42.6
Aaron Cusack (Castleconnell Boat Club) 6:42.8
Anthony Noone (Col.Iognaid) 6:42.8
Chris Alcorn (Bann RC) 6:43.3
Paudie Leonard (Skibbereen R.C.) 6:44.9
Barry Crowley (Lee R.C.) 6:46.1
Kevin Molloy (Athlone B C) 6:46.1
Mathew Kelly (Col.Iognaid) 6:47.0
Gearoid Moore (St Michaels) 6:48.0
Shane Walsh (GRC) 6:48.1
Rowing Ireland
2000m Assessment
26th Nov 2011
2000m Time
Row Labels Total
Aodhan Burns (Skibbereen R.C.) 6:49.1
Dylan Aherne (ULRC) 6:49.3
Dylan Grace (Shannon RC) 6:49.9
Joe Nelson (Portora BC) 6:51.9
Brian Twomey-Thompson (Lee R.C.) 6:56.0
Danny Peilow (Cork BC) 6:56.7
Cathal Moloney (Castleconnell Boat Club) 7:00.0
Gary Devereux (Shannon RC) 7:01.0
Conor Breen (St.Joseph's) 7:02.6
MJ17
Paddy Hegarty (Skibbereen R.C.) 6:34.6
Kevin Keohane (Presentation College Cork) 6:38.8
Aidan Kinneen (St.Joseph's) 6:39.4
Aaron McGrath (Carlow RC) 6:40.3
Mathew Ryan (Skibbereen R.C.) 6:41.7
James Egan (St.Joseph's) 6:42.2
Eric McEvoy (St.Joseph's) 6:43.8
Jack Casey (Shandon B.C.) 6:45.2
Gareth McKillen (RBAIRC) 6:45.7
John Mitchel (Lee R.C.) 6:46.0
Martin Laffey (GRC) 6:46.3
Andy Harrington (Shandon B.C.) 6:46.9
William Yeomans (comm rc) 6:47.3
Niall Crowley (Presentation College Cork) 6:47.4
Niall Roberts (Carlow RC) 6:48.9
Jack Silke (St.Joseph's) 6:49.2
Cathal Phelan (Offaly RC) 6:50.8
Daniel Buckley (Lee R.C.) 6:51.3
Eoghan Fogarty (Neptune R.C.) 6:52.2
Evan Despard (St Michaels) 6:52.4
Nathan Collins (GRC) 6:57.2
Michael Lawless (Col.Iognaid) 6:58.0
Stephen O'Connor (Castleconnell Boat Club) 6:58.0
James Blackwell (Shannon RC) 6:59.1
Sam Butler (Lee R.C.) 6:59.1
David Laffey (GRC) 7:04.1
Chris Laffey (GRC) 7:08.4
MJ16
Kai McGlacken (Col.Iognaid) 6:46.8
Ross Maxwell (GRC) 6:54.5
Conor Carmody (Shannon RC) 6:56.9
Turlough Eccles (Neptune R.C.) 6:57.3
Eoghan Whittle (Castleconnell Boat Club) 6:57.6
Jack Smyth (St.Joseph's) 6:59.6
Cathal Kileen (Castleconnell Boat Club) 7:00.5
Charlie Murray (Cork BC) 7:00.6
Brian Keohane (presentation College Cork) 7:03.0
David O'Malley (St Michaels) 7:06.0
Warren Stone (Cork BC) 7:09.3
Dara Duffy (GRC) 7:09.5
Sean Dennehy (Cork BC) 7:12.5
Stephen Murphy (Cork BC) 7:16.3
Adam Browne (Shannon RC) 7:30.3

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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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