#Rowing: Barry O’Flynn of Cork Boat Club came from behind to win the junior single sculls title at the Irish Rowing Championships in Cork today. Jack Dorney of Shandon tested the favourite in an exciting race – and went ahead. O’Flynn came back and won by a length.
Two of the top junior women were involved in impressive wins. Hannah Scott teamed up with Katie Shirlow to win the intermediate pairs for Bann, while Margaret Cremen and Aoife Lynch won the junior doubles.
NUIG won two sucessive finals, the women’s club coxed four and the men’s intermediate coxed four, while UCC had started the first session of finals at the Championships with a win in the novice coxed quadruple.
Skibbereen called on the class of their international brigade to also win twice: Paul and Gary O’Donovan were untested in their senior doubles win, while Denise Walsh stroked the women’s senior four to a fine win over UCD.
Irish Rowing Championships, National Rowing Centre, Day One (Selected Results)
Men
Four – Inter, coxed: NUIG 6:13.38.
Sculling, Quadruple – Novice, coxed: UCC 6:39.37.
Double – Senior: Skibbereen 7:06.89.
Single – Junior: Cork (B O’Flynn) 7:04.06.
Women
Four – Senior: Skibbereen 6:40.58. Club, coxed: NUIG 7:10.92.
Pair – Inter: Bann 7:19.32.
Sculling, Double – Junior: Lee 7:09.86.
