UCD Rowers Fastest and Ireland Training Squad Four Impress at Neptune Head

9th November 2013

#NeptuneHead: The fastest crew home at the Neptune Head of the River at Blessington Lakes today was the UCD men’s senior eight, but a four made up of two pairs in the Ireland training system were third, nine seconds behind the UCD eight. Cormac Folan and Dave Neale, who train in Dublin, and Aidan McEvoy and Finbar Manning, who are based in Limerick, were watched by Don McLachlan, the Ireland lead coach. The double of Gary and Paul O’Donovan caught a crab directly in front of McLachlan, but were the fastest double of the day. However, Niall Kenny won the senior single sculls impressively, posting significantly faster times in both the first and second heads than Paul O’Donovan could manage in his effort in the first head.

Neptune Head of the River, Blessington Lakes (Selected Results):

Overall: 1 UCD senior eight (2nd head) 12 minutes 34 seconds, 2 Carlow/Three Castles sen eight (1st hd) 12:41, 3 Gráinne Mhaol/St Michael’s senior four (2nd hd) 12:43, 4 Neptune sen eight (1st hd) 12:45, 5 Carlow intermediate eight (2nd hd) 13:01, 6 Portora junior eight (2nd head) 13:02.

Men

Eight, Senior: 1 UCD 12:34, 2 Carlow/Three Castles 12:41, 3 Neptune 12:45. Intermediate: Carlow 13:01. Novice: Neptune 14:55. Junior: Portora 13:02. Junior 16: Portora 13:48. Masters: Commercial 14:12.

Four, Senior: Grainne Mhaol/St Michael’s 12:43, 2 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG (1st hd) 13:20, 3 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG (2nd hd) 13:23. Intermediate, coxed: Trinity 13:37. Novice: NUIG 15:44. Junior, coxed: Blackrock 14:53. Masters, coxed: NUIG 16:02.

Sculling

Quadruple – Novice, coxed: Blackrock 17:03. Junior 16, coxed: Portora 15:06. Double – Senior: 1 Skibbereen/UCD 13:29, 2 NUIG 14:05, 3 Carlow 14:20.

Single – Senior: 1 UCD (N Kenny; 1st hd) 15:07, 2 UCD (N Kenny; 2nd hd) 15:19, 3 UCD (P O’Donovan) 15:23. Intermediate: Trinity (Morgan) 15:41.

Women

Eight, Senior: Trinity 14:18. Intermediate: Trinity 15:20. Jun 18: Portora 14:45. Jun 16: Portora 15:37.

Four, Senior: 1 NUIG/Tribesmen 14:32, 2 UCD 15:15, 3 Trinity 15:45. Intermediate, coxed: NUIG 16:17. Novice, coxed: Trinity 17:12. Junior: Neptune 19:05.

Sculling

Quadruple – Junior, coxed: Offaly 16:39. Double – Senior: 1 Commercial (C Jennings, G Foley) 16:09, 2 NUIG/Tribesmen 16:14, 3 UCD 16:41.

Single - Senior: Three Castles (H Walshe) 16:26, 2 Three Castles (E Moran) 16:31, 3 Commercial (Dolan) 16:37. Intermediate: Commercial (G Foley) 17:37.

Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category	Rank	Boat	Club/Crew	Race	Time
	Mens Inter 4+	1	210	D.U.B.C.	2	00:13:37
	2	9	D.U.B.C.	1	00:14:10
	3	208	NUI Galway BC	2	00:14:36
	4	209	U.C.D. BC	2	00:14:49
	5	112	Carlow **TIME ONLY	1	00:14:57
	6	10	NUI Galway BC	1	00:15:10
	7	8	U.C.D. BC	1	00:15:12
	8	212	NUI Galway BC B	2	00:15:46
	Mens Inter. 1X	1	276	D.U.B.C. A (Morgan)	2	00:15:41
	2	73	D.U.B.C. A (Hurley)	1	00:15:59
	3	72	U.C.D. BC A (Moore)	1	00:16:07
	4	75	NUI Galway BC A (Keane)	1	00:16:13
	5	279	D.U.B.C. B (Acheson)	2	00:16:13
	6	280	D.U.B.C. C (Magan)	2	00:16:16
	7	71	Garda Siochana BC A (Kelly)	1	00:16:28
	8	78	D.U.B.C. B (McElroy)	1	00:16:43
	9	285	D.U.B.C. F (Keogh)	2	00:16:50
	10	288	D.U.B.C. J (McCormick)	2	00:16:54
	11	287	D.U.B.C. I (Dunne)	2	00:16:56
	12	283	D.U.B.C. D (Kelly)	2	00:17:00
	13	289	D.U.B.C. L (Ryan)	2	00:17:15
	14	86	D.U.B.C. E (Rawlinson)	1	00:17:17
	15	82	Commercial RC C (Keogh)	1	00:17:20
	16	85	D.U.B.C. D (Butler)	1	00:17:29
	17	284	D.U.B.C. E (Coulter)	2	00:17:30
	18	277	City of Derry BC (D'Urso)	2	00:17:44
	19	77	U.C.D. BC B (Kennedy)	1	00:17:45
	20	302	Carlow (Roberts) **TIME ONLY	2	00:17:53
	21	286	D.U.B.C. G (Keegan)	2	00:17:58
	09 November 2013	Page 1 of 7
Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category	Rank	Boa	Club/Crew	Race	Time
	Mens Inter. 1X	22	88	D.U.B.C. G (Corcoran)	1	00:17:58
	23	275	U.C.D. BC (Kennedy)	2	00:18:01
	24	301	Carlow (Ayres) **TIME ONLY	2	00:18:01
	25	91	D.U.B.C. J (Pounch)	1	00:18:06
	26	90	D.U.B.C. I (Costello)	1	00:18:08
	27	291	D.U.B.C. N (Addison)	2	00:18:12
	28	80	NUI Galway BC B (Breen)	1	00:18:17
	29	89	D.U.B.C. H (Riegel)	1	00:18:19
	30	76	Garda Siochana BC B (Murphy)	1	00:18:20
	31	290	D.U.B.C. M (Dover)	2	00:18:29
	32	116	Carlow (Ayres) **TIME ONLY	1	00:18:42
	33	292	D.U.B.C. O (Brennan)	2	00:19:00
	34	74	Commercial RC A (Sweetman)	1	00:19:14
	35	117	Carlow (Roberts) **TIME ONLY	1	00:19:36
	36	93	D.U.B.C. L (Moreau)	1	00:20:01
	37	281	Blackrock College RC C (Egan)	2	00:20:06
	38	278	Blackrock College RC B (Mc Namara)	2	00:20:10
	39	273	Blackrock College RC A (Brassil)	2	00:22:09
	40	92	D.U.B.C. K (Slevin)	1	00:22:22
	Mens Inter. 8	1	201	Carlow RC	2	00:13:01
	2	3	U.C.D. BC	1	00:13:03
	3	202	Garda Siochana BC	2	00:13:47
	Mens Junior 8	1	203	Portora Boat Club	2	00:13:02
	2	4	Carlow RC	1	00:15:11
	Mens Junior 16 4X+	1	245	Portora Boat Club	2	00:15:06
	2	246	Blackrock College RC	2	00:15:15
	3	247	Graiguenamanagh BC	2	00:15:18
	4	248	Three Castles Rowing Club	2	00:16:20
	5	249	Blackrock College RC B	2	00:18:26
	09 November 2013	Page 2 of 7

Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category	Rank	Boa	Club/Crew	Race	Time
	Mens Junior 16 8	1	23	Portora Boat Club	1	00:13:48
	2	231	Neptune RC	2	00:15:48
	3	24	Carlow RC	1	00:16:08
	4	26	Blackrock College RC	1	00:16:13
	5	229	Blackrock College RC	2	00:16:34
	6	22	Neptune RC	1	00:16:35
	7	27	Portora Boat Club B	1	00:16:53
	8	232	Portora Boat Club	2	00:17:18
	9	25	Commercial RC	1	00:21:43
	Mens Junior 4+	1	250	Blackrock College RC	2	00:14:53
	2	37	Blackrock College RC	1	00:15:10
	Mens Masters 4+	1	38	Carlow RC (c 195)	1	00:16:02
	Mens Masters 8	1	11	Commercial RC (c 377)	1	00:14:12
	2	214	Old Collegians BC/Three Castles	2	00:15:28
	Mens Novice 4+	1	39	NUI Galway BC	1	00:15:44
	Mens Novice 4X+	1	41	Blackrock College RC	1	00:17:03
	2	244	Commercial RC	2	00:18:15
	3	42	Commercial RC	1	00:21:05
	Mens Novice 8	1	207	Neptune RC	2	00:14:55
	2	21	Neptune RC	1	00:15:03
	Mens Senior 1X	1	268	U.C.D. BC C (Kenny)	2	00:15:07
	2	70	U.C.D. BC D (Kenny)	1	00:15:19
	3	65	U.C.D. BC B (O'Donovan)	1	00:15:23
	4	263	NUI Galway BC (O'Connor)	2	00:15:25
	5	63	Skibbereen RC (O'Donovan)	1	00:15:38
	6	61	Lee Valley RC (Keohane)	1	00:15:59
	7	62	U.C.D. BC A (Bailey)	1	00:16:04
	09 November 2013	Page 3 of 7

Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category	Rank	Boa	Club/Crew	Race	Time
	Mens Senior 1X	8	67	U.C.C. RC (Ryan)	1	00:16:07
	9	66	L.E.B.C. A (King)	1	00:16:24
	10	264	Three Castles Rowing Club	2	00:16:25
	11	267	Portora Boat Club A (Murphy)	2	00:17:12
	12	265	Offaly RC A (O'Donohue)	2	00:17:13
	13	69	L.E.B.C. B (Smyth)	1	00:18:23
	Mens Senior 2-	1	113	St. Michaels RC **TIME ONLY	1	00:14:52
	Mens Senior 2X	1	216	Skibbereen RC/U.C.D. BC	2	00:13:29
	2	223	NUI Galway BC B	2	00:14:05
	3	220	Carlow RC	2	00:14:20
	4	13	Gráinne Mhaol RC/U.C.D. BC	1	00:14:36
	5	215	NUI Galway BC	2	00:14:47
	6	222	L.E.B.C.	2	00:14:51
	7	14	Portora Boat Club	1	00:14:57
	8	221	Neptune RC B	2	00:15:00
	9	12	Garda Siochana BC	1	00:15:43
	10	16	NUI Galway BC	1	00:16:07
	11	17	U.C.D. BC B	1	00:16:31
	12	219	D.U.B.C.	2	00:16:53
	13	218	Commercial RC	2	00:23:35
	Mens Senior 4-	1	205	Gráinne Mhaol RC/St. Michaels	2	00:12:43
	2	5	Gráinne Mhaol RC/NUI Galway BC	1	00:13:20
	3	204	Gráinne Mhaol RC/NUI Galway BC	2	00:13:23
	4	7	NUI Galway BC B	1	00:13:50
	5	206	NUI Galway BC	2	00:14:03
	6	217	Neptune RC	2	00:14:23
	Mens Senior 8	1	200	U.C.D. BC	2	00:12:34
	2	2	Carlow RC/Three Castles Rowing Club	1	00:12:41
	09 November 2013	Page 4 of 7

Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category	Rank	Boa	Club/Crew	Race	Time
	Mens Senior 8	3	1	Neptune RC	1	00:12:45
	Mixed Masters 8	1	300	Carlow **TIME ONLY	2	00:15:31
	Touring 4X	1	303	Tribesmen RC A **TIME ONLY	2	00:20:00
	2	119	Tribesmen RC B **TIME ONLY	1	00:20:01
	3	304	Tribesmen RC B **TIME ONLY	2	00:21:17
	4	118	Tribesmen RC A **TIME ONLY	1	00:21:32
	Womens Inter 4 +	1	254	NUI Galway BC	2	00:16:17
	2	48	Dublin University Ladies BC	1	00:17:06
	3	45	NUI Galway BC	1	00:17:12
	4	44	U.C.D. BC	1	00:18:14
	5	253	U.C.D. BC	2	00:18:24
	6	46	Commercial RC	1	00:18:39
	7	255	Neptune RC	2	00:19:27
	8	47	Neptune RC	1	00:19:36
	Womens Inter. 1X	1	110	Commercial RC B (Foley)	1	00:17:37
	2	299	Garda Siochana BC (Holden)	2	00:17:55
	3	106	Commercial RC A (Jennings)	1	00:18:19
	4	108	Dublin University Ladies BC B (Leahy)	1	00:18:32
	5	111	Dublin University Ladies BC C	1	00:19:00
	6	107	Garda Siochana BC B (Gannon)	1	00:19:05
	7	105	Carlow RC A (Byrne)	1	00:19:58
	8	109	Carlow RC B (Mc Grath)	1	00:20:22
	9	104	Dublin University Ladies BC A (Cass)	1	00:21:08
	Womens Inter. 8	1	224	Dublin University Ladies BC	2	00:15:20
	2	18	Dublin University Ladies BC	1	00:15:56
	Womens Jun 16 4X+	1	259	Offaly RC	2	00:16:39
	2	56	Commercial RC	1	00:18:32
	3	57	Three Castles Rowing Club	1	00:18:40
	09 November 2013	Page 5 of 7
Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category	Rank	Boa	Club/Crew	Race	Time
	Womens Jun 16 4X+	4	258	Commercial RC	2	00:18:41
	Womens Jun 16 8	1	51	Portora Boat Club	1	00:15:37
	2	251	Portora Boat Club	2	00:16:26
	3	52	Portora Boat Club B	1	00:17:28
	4	252	Portora Boat Club B	2	00:18:08
	5	53	Portora Boat Club C	1	00:18:42
	Womens Junior 8	1	228	Portora Boat Club	2	00:14:45
	2	226	Commercial RC	2	00:15:57
	3	227	Neptune RC	2	00:16:22
	4	19	Neptune RC	1	00:18:37
	Womens Junior 4-	1	43	Neptune RC	1	00:19:05
	Womens Masters 4+	1	115	Carlow **TIME ONLY	1	00:18:32
	Womens Novice 4+	1	256	Dublin University Ladies BC	2	00:17:12
	2	257	U.C.D. BC	2	00:17:22
	3	55	U.C.D. BC	1	00:17:53
	Womens Novice 4X+	1	261	Graiguenamanagh BC	2	00:17:57
	2	59	Graiguenamanagh BC	1	00:18:43
	3	260	Garda Siochana BC	2	00:19:44
	4	60	Commercial RC B	1	00:23:38
	Womens Senior 1X	1	298	Three Castles Rowing Club B (Walshe)	2	00:16:26
	2	294	Three Castles Rowing Club A (Moran	2	00:16:31
	3	297	Commercial RC C (Dolan)	2	00:16:37
	4	101	Three Castles Rowing Club B (Moran	1	00:16:53
	5	95	Commercial RC (Dolan)	1	00:17:23
	6	102	Three Castles Rowing Club C (Walshe)	1	00:17:23
	7	100	Dublin University Ladies BC B	1	00:18:00
	8	99	NUI Galway BC (Hurst)	1	00:18:07
	09 November 2013	Page 6 of 7
Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category	Rank	Boa	Club/Crew	Race	Time
	Womens Senior 1X	9	98	Three Castles Rowing Club A (Quinn)	1	00:18:07
	10	296	Commercial RC A (Rodger)	2	00:18:16
	Womens Senior 2X	1	236	Commercial RC	2	00:16:09
	2	31	NUI Galway BC/Tribesmen RC	1	00:16:14
	3	235	U.C.D. BC	2	00:16:41
	4	240	U.C.D. BC B	2	00:16:45
	5	33	Commercial RC	1	00:16:49
	6	237	Carlow RC	2	00:17:43
	7	34	U.C.D. BC B	1	00:17:48
	8	32	Neptune RC	1	00:18:30
	9	241	Commercial RC B	2	00:19:24
	10	243	U.C.D. BC C	2	00:19:29
	11	238	Neptune RC	2	00:19:47
	12	30	U.C.D. BC	1	00:20:15
	13	35	U.C.D. BC C	1	00:21:39
	Womens Senior 4-	1	233	NUI Galway BC/Tribesmen RC	2	00:14:32
	2	29	U.C.D. BC	1	00:15:15
	3	28	Dublin University Ladies BC	1	00:15:45
	4	234	U.C.D. BC	2	00:16:53
	Womens Senior 8	1	213	Dublin University Ladies BC	2	00:14:18
	09 November 2013	Page 7 of 7

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