#Rowing: Skibbereen won three times and NUIG twice on the first day of the Irish Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre. Both the men’s and women’s senior doubles went to the west Cork club, and the also took the women’s intermediate pair. NUIG’s women saw off strong opposition in the women’s four and later took the intermediate eight.
The best men’s senior four was the outstanding combination of David O’Malley, Shane Mulvaney, Shane O’Connell and Andrew Goff, while the junior 18 eight gave Shandon a stirring win over Enniskillen – the first time the Cork club has won this title.
The top single sculler on the day was 27-year-old Fionnan Crowley of Castleconnell, who won a good contest with Kealan Mannix of Skibbereen. Ryan Spelman of St Michael’s won the junior single.
Crowley is a Kerryman, and the best junior women’s double came from Kerry club, Workmen’s.
Irish Rowing Championships, Day One (Selected Results):
Men
Eight – Club: UCC 5:59.49. Junior: Shandon A 5:51.07.
Four – Sen: UCD 6:14.87.
Sculling, Quadruple – Novice, coxed: Univ of Limerick 7:00.33. Double – Sen: Skibbereen 6:52.62. Single – Sen: Castleconnell (F Crowley) 7:13.69. Jun: St Michael’s (R Spelman) 7:35.97.
Women
Eight – Inter: NUIG 6:34.639.
Four – Sen: NUIG 7:11.26. Inter, coxed: Cork 6:52.87. Club, coxed: Shandon A 7:35.52. Junior: Castleconnell 7:06.00.
Pair – Inter: Skibbereen 8:16.16.
Sculling, Quadruple – Novice, coxed: Fermoy 7:49.37. Double – Sen: Skibbereen A 7:07.72. Junior: Workmen’s 7:47.27
