#WorldJuniorRowing: The Ireland women’s double scull of Bridget Jacques and Hilary Shinnick had to settle for second place and a slot in a repechage at the World Junior Championships in Trakai in Lithuania today. The very promising crew were leading their heat with about 100 metres to go and on course for direct qualification for the semi-finals when they clipped a buoy and temporarily lost control of an oar. Greece, who were less than a length down, came through and won by 3.73 seconds.
The Ireland men’s double of Andy Harrington and Jack Casey also finished second in their heat, to progress to their quarter-final, while the men’s quadruple finished fourth in a race in which all the crews except the winners, the Czech Republic, move on to the repechages.
The Ireland women’s quadruple finished fourth in their heat. South Africa and the Czech Republic took charge early on and took the two direct qualification places for the semi-final. Sweden and Ireland were third and fourth down the course and finished well behind. India did not compete.
World Juniors Rowing Championships, Trakai, Lithuania, Day One (Selected Results, Irish interest)
Men
Quadruple Sculls (First to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechage) – Heat Two: 1 Czech Republic 6:22.66; 2 Italy 6:26.11, 3 China 6:26.77, 4 Ireland (C Carmody, J Mitchell, D O’Malley, P Hegarty) 6:36.07, 5 Greece 6:39.68, 6 Austria 6:50.63.
Double Sculls – (First Four to Quarter-Finals) – Heat Five: 1 Denmark 7:07.58, 2 Ireland (J Casey, A Harrington) 7:09.75, 3 United States 7:12.03, 4 Belarus 7:15.68; 5 China 7:26.92.
Women
Quadruple Sculls – Heat Two (First Two to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechages): 1 South Africa 7:12.61, 2 Czech Republic 7:14.43; 3 Sweden 7:27.46, 4 Ireland (B Walsh, F Murtagh, E Barry, J English) 7:34.18.
Double Sculls – (First To A/B Semi-Finals, Rest to Repechages) – Heat Four: 1 Greece 7:41.64, 2 Ireland (H Shinnick, B Jacques) 7:45.37, 3 Croatia 7:54.35, 4 Germany 8:07.68, 5 Uzbekhistan 8:20.83, 6 Moldova 8:29.47.
