Big Ireland Team for World Rowing Championships

31st July 2014

#ROWING: The Ireland team for the World Rowing Championships has been named. A team of 14 athletes in seven boats have been selected for the event, which will be held in Amsterdam from August 24th to 31st.

Crews have been based at the National Rowing Centre, where they have been on training and undergoing extensive testing since the World Cup regattas at Aiguebelette in France and Lucerne in Switzerland.

Ireland Team for World Rowing Championships, Amsterdam, August 24th to 31st

Men:

Lightweight Pair: Niall Kenny (UCD BC), Mark O’Donovan (UCD BC)

Lightweight Single Scull (ML1x): Paul O’Donovan (UCD BC)

Women

Four: Barbara O’Brien (NUIG BC), Aifric Keogh (NUIG BC), Emily Tormey (NUIG BC) and Marie O’Neill (Cork BC)

Pair: Lisa Dilleen (Gráinne Mhaol RC) and Leonora Kennedy (Portora BC)

Double Scull: Monika Dukarska (Killorglin RC) and Helen Walshe (Three Castles RC)

Lightweight Double Scull: Denise Walsh (Skibbereen RC) and Claire Lambe (Old Collegians BC)

Single Scull: Sanita Puspure (Old Collegians BC)

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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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