# Rowing: Leonora Kennedy and Barbara O’Brien won the women’s pair final at the Ireland trial at the National Rowing Centre, beating the combination of Monika Dukarska and Aifric Keogh. Michael Maher, a former lightweight international, competed in the heavyweight single and won that final. Paul O’Donovan was the convincing winner of the lightweight single, while his brother and partner in the lightweight double, Gary, was second, 19 seconds back. Sanita Puspure won her heat of the heavyweight single convincingly and was exempted from having to compete in a final.
Ireland Trial, National Rowing Centre, Cork, Sunday (Selected Results; Finals unless stated):
Men
Pair: UCD 7:21.23.
Single Sculls: 1 M Maher 7:56.61, 2 S McKeown 7:59.18, 3 R Byrne 8:02.46
Lightweight Single: 1 P O’Donovan 7:22.63, 2 G O’Donovan 7:41.77, 3 S O’Driscoll 7:48.99.
Women
Pair: 1 L Kennedy, B O’Brien 8:10.35, 2 M Dukarska, A Keogh 8:19.19.
Single Sculls – (Heat): S Puspure 7:50.46. Under-23: 1 E Hegarty 8:56.88, 2 E Lambe 9:11.60, 3 M Cremin 9:16.75.
Lightweight Single: 1 C Lambe 8:17.22, 2 Sarah Dolan 8:26.55, 3 D Walsh 8:27.77.
| Rowing Ireland - October Trials - Result of Finals |
| 12:30 |
| W2- |
| Final |
| 1 |
| Portora/UCC |
| 8:10:35 |
| 2 |
| Killorglin/UCC |
| 8:19:19 |
| 12:35 |
| WB1X |
| Final B |
| 1 |
| Lee - Synnott |
| 9:18:23 |
| 3 |
| UCC - O'Sullivan |
| 9:33:98 |
| 2 |
| Lee - Littlewood |
| 9:39:52 |
| 12:40 |
| WB1X |
| Final A |
| 1 |
| Skibbereen - Hegarty |
| 8:56:88 |
| 3 |
| UCD - Lambe |
| 9:11:60 |
| 2 |
| Lee - Cremin |
| 9:16:75 |
| 4 |
| Belfast - Blundell |
| 9:28:03 |
| 12:45 |
| M1X |
| Final C |
| 2 |
| Fermoy - Morrison |
| 8:16:64 |
| 3 |
| Shandon - O'Sullivan |
| 8:21:23 |
| 1 |
| Killorglin - Crowley |
| 8:21:81 |
| 4 |
| Portadown - Laivins |
| 8:51:18 |
| 12:50 |
| M1X |
| Final B |
| 2 |
| UCD - Hughes |
| 7:58:71 |
| 1 |
| UCC - Casey |
| 8:01;91 |
| 3 |
| Castleconnell - Whittle |
| 8:09:53 |
| 4 |
| Lee - Larkin |
| 8:13:00 |
| 12:55 |
| M1X |
| Final A |
| 3 |
| Commercial - Maher |
| 7:56:51 |
| 4 |
| Portadown - McKeown |
| 7:59:18 |
| 2 |
| Shandon - Byrne |
| 8:02:46 |
| 1 |
| OCBC - Neale |
| DNF |
| 13:05 |
| MS2- |
| Final |
| 0 |
| UCD 2- |
| 7:21:23 |
| 13:05 |
| WL1X |
| Final |
| 3 |
| OCBC - Lambe |
| 8:17:72 |
| 1 |
| Commercial - Dolan |
| 8:26:55 |
| 4 |
| Skibbereen - Walsh |
| 8:27:77 |
| 2 |
| Tribesman - McCrohan |
| 8:46:96 |
| 0 |
| Belfast - Quinn |
| 8:54:04 |
| 13:10 |
| LM1X |
| Final D |
| 1 |
| Cork - O'Connell |
| 8:08:19 |
| 3 |
| Skibbereen - Ryan |
| 8:09:69 |
| 2 |
| Shandon - Merz |
| 8:13:87 |
| 4 |
| Shandon - Channon |
| 8:20:34 |
| 13:15 |
| LM1X |
| Final C |
| 2 |
| Shandon - Prendergast |
| 7:59:09 |
| 1 |
| Shandon - Lonergan |
| 8:09:78 |
| 4 |
| UCC - Synnott |
| 8:16:14 |
| 3 |
| Skibbereen - McCarthy (J) |
| 8:21:42 |
| 13:20 |
| LM1X |
| Final B |
| 1 |
| St Michael's - O'Connor |
| 7:52:90 |
| 2 |
| Shandon - Hennessy |
| 7:57:56 |
| 3 |
| NUIG - Keane |
| 7:58:49 |
| 4 |
| Waterford - Goff |
| 8:01:08 |
| 13:25 |
| LM1X |
| Final A |
| 1 |
| Skibbereen - O'Donovan (P) |
| 7:22:63 |
| 2 |
| Skibbereen - O'Donovan (G) |
| 7:41:77 |
| 3 |
| Skibbereen - O'Driscoll |
| 7:48:99 |
| 4 |
| Skibbereen - McCarthy (F) |
| 8:00:48 |
