Ireland add Silver and Bronze to Gold at Coupe de la Jeunesse

2nd August 2015

#Rowing: Ireland completed its medal tally at the Coupe de la Jeunesse today as the junior women’s double scull and single sculler Dervla Forde added silver and bronze to the gold won earlier by the men’s quadruple. The double of Aoife Casey and Emily Hegarty took second behind Austria and comfortably ahead of Belgium while Forde was third in the junior single scull. In a battle for the final medal she held of Eszter Kremer of hosts Hungary by .85 of a second.

Coupe de la Jeunesse, Szeged, Hungary, Day Two (Irish interest)

Men

Junior Pair – A Final: 5 Ireland (A Johnson, B Rix) 7:27.81

Junior Quadruple – Heat One: 2 Ireland (C Hennessy, E Whittle, P Munnelly, A Goff) 6:42.40. A Final: 1 Ireland 6:37.33, 2 Italy 6:39.54, 3 Spain 6:42.83

Junior Double – Heat Two: 5 Ireland (S O’Connell, R Byrne) 7:25.25. B Final: 1 Ireland 7:20.64.

Women

Junior Pair – Heat One: 4 Ireland (E Glover, E Clarke) 9:13.14

Junior Double – Heat Two: 2 Ireland (A Casey, E Hegarty) 8:26.31. A Final: 1 Austria 8:03.17, 2 Ireland 8:05.35, 3 Belgium 8:08.30.

Junior Single – Heat One: 2 Ireland (D Forde) 9:10.43. A Final: 1 Britain (A Bowyer) 8:49.29, 2 Austria (J Kristof) 8:53.70, 3 Ireland 8:57.46.

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