#Rowing: Neptune won the men’s junior 18 eight and Commercial were second at the Ghent International May Regatta in Belgium. Commercial’s Gillian Crowe and Hazel O’Neill won the women’s senior pair.
Commercial crews finished 1-2-3 of the eight crews which competed in the junior women’s pair.
Aaron Keogh of Three Castles won the junior 16 single sculls – first of 39 competitors and Jack Butler of Neptune was third of 28 in the junior 18 singles.
Cork took second in the women’s junior eight, while New Ross were third in the women’s junior quadruple.
Ghent International May Regatta, Belgium (Irish interest; selected results, finals)
Men
Eight: 1 Neptune 6:04.89, 2 Commercial 6:07.61.
Four, coxed – Jun 18: 1 Commercial 7:00.29 (two crews).
Pair – Sen: 2 Commercial (D Joyce, M Maher) 6:57.08. Under-23: 1 St Michael’s (T McKeon, D O’Byrne) 7:14.20, 3 St Michael’s (B McKeon, C Garvey) 7:15.78. Jun 18: 3 St Michael’s (T McKeon, D O’Byrne) 7:11.18.
Sculling
Quadruple – Jun 18: 2 Three Castles 6:21.19.
Double – Jun: 3 Three Castles (R Quinn, O Clune) 6:48.19.
Single: 3 S McKeown 7:25.96. Lightweight: 2 St Michael’s (D O’Connor) 7:21.71. Jun 18: 3 Neptune (J Butler) 7:42.19. Jun 16: 1 Three Castles (A Keogh) 7:38.98.
Women
Eight – Junior: 2 Cork 7:05.83, 3 Commercial 7:20.22.
Four – Jun: 2 Commercial 7:42.63.
Pair – Sen: 2 Commercial (G Crowe, H O’Neill) 7:50.48. Jun: 1 Commercial (A Keogh, S Maxwell) 8:14.43, 2 Commercial (G McNamara, K Dolan) 8:23.96, 3 Commercial (C Ryan, A O’Rourke) 8:39.88.
Sculling, Quadruple – Jun: 3 New Ross 7:22.57.