Three Ireland Rowing Crews Qualify for A Finals at Coupe de la Jeunesse

21st July 2012

# ROWING: Three of Ireland’s five crews qualified for A Finals on the first day of the Coupe de la Jeunesse, the European junior rowing tournament, in Banyoles in Spain today. The men’s four, men’s quadruple scull and women’s pair all finished third in their heats and will be in the hunt for medals later today.

Coupe de la Jeunesse, Banyoles (Irish interest)

Men

Four – Heat One (Three to A Final): 3 H Millar, L Seaman, F Tolan, J Egan 6:29.56.

Sculling, Quadruple – Heat One (Three to A Final): 3 A Burns, J Mitchell, J Casey, P Hegarty 6:07.86.

Double – Heat One (Three to A Final; rest to B Final): 4 A Griffin, D Quinlan 6:44.13

Women

Pair – Heat One (Three to A Final): 3 B Edgar, A Cooper 7:48.54.

Quadruple – Heat One (Three to A Final; rest to B Final): 5 A Crowley, L Litvack, S Allen, S Higgins 7:12.19.

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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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