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Ireland Names Big Team for World Junior Rowing Championships

30th May 2013
Ireland Names Big Team for World Junior Rowing Championships

# ROWING: A team of 13 Ireland hopefuls will travel to the World Junior Championships this season. Hilary Shinnick and Bridget Jacques team up in a promising junior double scull, and Bernadette Walsh will represent Ireland in the single scull in Lithuania.

Ireland will also take big teams to the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Lucerne, Switzerland, in August and the Home International Regatta in Nottingham in July.

 

Junior World Championships, Trakai, Lithuania (7-11 August)
JW 1X Bernadette Walsh (Skibbereen RC)
JW 2X Hilary Shinnick (Fermoy RC), Bridget Jacques (Belfast BC)
JW 4X- Fiona Murtagh (Galway RC), Leonie Hamel (Cork BC),
Erin Barry (Bann RC), Jasmin English (Belfast BC)
JM 2X Andy Harrington (Shandon BC), Jack Casey (Shandon BC)
JM 4X- Paddy Hegarty (Skibbereen RC), John Mitchel (Lee RC),
David O’Malley (St Michaels RC), Conor Carmody (Shannon RC)
Coupe de la Jeunesse, Lucerne, Switzerland (2-4 August)
JW 1X Phoebe Mulligan (Portora BC)
JW 2X Megan McLaughlin (Cork BC), Claire Beechinor (Cork BC)
JW 4X- Kara O’Connor (Muckross RC), Eimear Lambe (Commercial RC),
Laura Kilbane (Cork BC), Zoe Hyde (Killorglin RC)
JM 1X Gareth McKillen (RBAI RC)
JM 2X William Yeomans (Commercial RC), Daniel Buckley (Lee RC)
JM 4X- Matthew Ryan (Skibbereen RC), Rory O’Sullivan (Lee RC),
Evan Stone (Lee RC), Stephen Murphy (Cork BC)
The following two crews will undergo further assessment before making a final decision for the Coupe de la Jeunesse team.
JM 4- Kevin Fallon (St Josephs RC), Jack Smyth (St Josephs RC),
David Keohane (Presentation), Brian Keohane (Presentation)
JW 4- Lauren McHugh (Shannon RC), Clodagh Scannell (Shandon BC),
Daisy Callanan (Shandon BC), Ruth Gilligan (Shannon RC).

 

Home International, Nottingham, July 27th

Men – Junior, Sweep: C Hennessy, L Carroll, E Murray, K Anderson, R McKenna, A Chadfield (plus four to be chosen). Sculling: N McCarthy, E Whittle, K Keohane, D Synnott, S Kearney (plus two to be decided). Women – Junior, Sweep: V Sheehan, Z Madden, K Healy, E Coll, H McCarthy, A Luke (plus four to be chosen). Sculling: S Murphy, K Turner, C O’Sullivan, C Kelly, Z Sohun, A Griffin (plus one other).

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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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