Crowley Hits the Mark Twice as Irish Amass Masters Wins

8th September 2017

The Composite Eight Which Won at Bled Credit: Twitter

#Rowing: Irish crews continued to amass medals on the second day of the World Masters Regatta in Bled in Slovenia. The composite eight from Galway, Commercial, Clonmel, Neptune and Cork had a fine win in a good time of just over three minutes for the 1,000 metres. Denis Crowley won in both the E and C age groups in the single sculls and two composite fours won.

World Masters Regatta, Bled, Slovenia, Day Three (Selected Results; Irish interest; all heats of 1,000 metres, winners only)

Men

Eight ‘C’ (Avg age 43 or more) – Heat Nine: Galway, Commercial, Clonmel, Neptune, Cork (M McGlynn, R Forde, P Fowler, A McCallion, C Moloney, O McGrath, G O’Neill, B Smyth, B Crean) 3:00.35.

Four ‘D’ (Avg 50 or more): Commercial, Clonmel, Neptune (A Penkert, B Smyth, M Heavey, O McGrath, J Hudson) 3:23.86.

Four ‘E’ (Avg 55 or more) – Heat One: Commercial, Belfast BC (F O’Toole, C Hunter, C Dickson, D McGuinness) 3:20.25.

Sculling, Single - ‘E’ (55 or more)– Heat Three: Commercial (D Crowley) 3:49.40. C (43 or more) – Heat 23: Commercial (Crowley) 3:45.30

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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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