Ireland Women's Quadruple Shows Fighting Spirit

9th August 2013

#WorldJuniorRowing: The Ireland women’s quadruple, which has struggled at the World Junior Rowing Championships in Trakai in Lithuania, showed fighting spirit to take third in their C/D Semi-Final today.

Denmark and Japan secured first and second, but the young Ireland crew of Bernadette Walsh, Fiona Murtagh, Erin Barry and Jasmine English saw off a challenge by Croatia in the middle stages of the race to secure qualification for the C Final for places 13 to 18.

World Junior Rowing Championships, Trakai, Lithuania, Day Three (Selected Results, Irish interest)

Men

Double Sculls – Quarter Final One (First Three to A/B Semi-Final; rest to C/D Semi-Final): 1 Romania 6:21.73, 2 Lithuania 6:25.62, 3 Britain 6:26.80; 4 Russia 6:36.37, 5 Croatia 6:40.91, 6 Ireland (A Harrington, J Casey) 6:41.41.

Women

Quadruple Sculls – C/D Semi-Final (First Three to C Final; rest to D Final): 1 Denmark 6:57.12, 2 Japan 6:58.13, 3 Ireland (B Walsh, F Murtagh, E Barry, J English) 7:03.58; 4 Croatia 7:08.50.

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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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