#Rowing: The big numbers – up 100 on last year – and good weather made for a successful Skibbereen Head of the River at the Marina. Cork Boat Club’s intermediate eight set a fast time of nine minutes 19 seconds for the course. UCC also had a good day, with Ronan Byrne the fastest time in a senior single. Skibbereen and Shandon also had a set of good wins.
Skibbereen Head of the River (Selected Results; winners)
Head One:
Men
Sculling,
Single – Senior: UCC (R Byrne) 11 min 24 sec. Inter: UCC (D Larkin) 11:50. Club: UCC (H Sutton) 11:58. Jun 18A: Shandon (E Gaffney) 11:49. Jun 16: Shandon (D Cosgrave) 12:02. Masters: Cork (B Crean) 12:45.
Women
Pair – Sen: UCC/Skibbereen 11:49. Jun 18A: Shandon 13:33.
Head Two
Men
Four – Sen: Shandon 10.15. Sen, coxed: Skibbereen 10:46. Club One, coxed: Cork 11:10. Jun 18, coxed: Shandon 10:56. Jun 16, coxed: Shandon 11:35. Masters, coxed: Muckross B 11:14.
Women
Eight – Club One: UCC 11:07
Sculling, Double – Sen: Skibbereen 12:08. Inter: Cork A 12:21. Jun 18A: Workman’s 12:10. Jun 16: Lee 12:27.
Head Three
Men
Sculling, Quad – Sen: UCC 9:54. Inter: St Michael’s 10:29. Jun 18A: Shandon 9:58. Jun 16, coxed: Skibbereen 11:20.
Women
Sculling
Single – Inter: Skibbereen (E Hegarty) 12:46. Club One: Workman’s (S Burns) 13:09. Jun 18: Workman’s (C Browne) 12:52. Jun 16: Muckross (N Coffey) 14:23.
Head Four
Men,
Eight – Sen: UCC 9:34. Inter: Cork 9:19. Club One: Cork 10:00. Jun 18: Cork 11:00.
Sculling, Double – Club One: Shandon A 11:16. Jun 18A: Lee 10:55. Jun 16: Shandon 10:24.
Women
Four – Sen: Skibbereen 11:43. Inter: Shandon 11:55.
Head Five
Men
Pair – Sen: Skibbereen 11:06. Inter: Shandon B 11:00. Jun 18A: Shandon 11:03.
Women
Sculling, Quadruple – Club One, coxed: Workman’s 11:08. Jun 18A: Lee 10:57.
Rolling Head
Men
Sculling,
Single – Sen: Skibbereen (A Burns) 11:30
Inter: Skibbereen (K Mannix) 11:27.
Jun 18A: Killorglin (J McCarthy) 11:35.
Women
Four – Sen: Skibbereen 11:42
Pair – Sen: UCC/Skibbereen 11:37.