O'Donovan and O'Neill Shine in Dirty Dozen Test

27th January 2019

#Rowing: Rory O’Neill and James O’Donovan of Castleconnell shared top billing in the men’s junior 18 rankings after the concluding stage of the Dirty Dozen Challenge. Eabha Benson of St Michael’s won the women’s junior 18 series. There were four rounds, beginning in October (three kilometres) and running through November (5k) and December and January (6k).

Category	Shell	Rower(-s)	Bow #	Place	Course time
W J16	1X	C. Leahy	112	1	00:14:50
W J16	1X	J. O'Brien (CCBC)	110	2	00:14:51
W J16	1X	R. Hickey (Shannon Rowing Club)	114	3	00:15:00
W J16	1X	C. Kiely (Castleconnell)	109	4th	00:15:02
W J16	1X	G. Fitzgerald (CCBC)	113	5th	00:15:29
W J16	1X	C. Ni Dhonabhain (SRC)	111	DNF
W J18	1X	�. Benson (SMRC)	76	1	00:28:45
W J18	1X	N. Kiely (Castleconnell BC)	74	2	00:29:04
W J18	1X	C. KIRWAN (SMRC)	75	3	00:29:58
W J18	1X	S. Gilmore (CCBC)	77	4th	00:30:00
W J18	1X	S. Fitzgerald (TRC)	78	5th	00:31:05
W J18	1X	C. Storan (SMRC)	82	6th	00:31:42
W J18	1X	C. Kelly (Castleconnell BC)	79	7th	00:33:37
W J18	1X	A. King (SMRC)	81	8th	00:33:48
W J18	1X	H. Bradshaw (CCBC)	80	9th	00:34:12
W J18	1X	O. Murphy (St Michaels)	84	10th	00:34:47
W J18	1X	�. Phillips (SMRC)	83	11th	00:37:41
W J18	1X	L. O'Brien (Castleconnell Boat Club)	73	DNF
W OPEN	1X	E. Redlichova (SMRC)	85	DNF
W U21	1X	C. O'Brien (Castleconnell boat club)	86	1	00:28:37
W U23	1X	S. Murphy (SMRC)	87	1	00:32:03
W U23 Lt Wt	1X	N. Hartney (SMRC)	88	1	00:29:34
W J16	2-	F. Gleeson (Shannon rowing club)
A. Curtin (shannon rowing club)	116	1	00:13:38
W J16	2-	E. McMahon (CCBC)
T. Mulready (Ccbc)	117	2	00:14:04
W J16	2-	C. Gleeson (Shannon rowing club)
A. Caffrey (Shannon)	115	DNF
W J18	2-	S. Byrnes (CCBC)
N. Silke (Castleconnell boat club)	92	1	00:27:44
W J18	2-	E. Mcinerney (Smrc)
E. Murphy (SMRC)	89	2	00:28:15
W J18	2-	A. Mckeon (Smrc)
M. O'Byrne (SMRC)	93	3	00:29:10
W J18	2-	N. Jones (SMRC)
K. McGann (SMRC)	94	4th	00:30:51
W J18	2-	S. Broggy (Athlunkard Boat Club)
M. Malone (Athlunkard Boat Club)	90	5th	00:31:08
M J16	1X	P. Mcinerney (Smrc)	105	1	00:13:11
M J16	1X	D. Foley (SMRC)	103	2	00:13:12
M J16	1X	G. O'Donoghue (Shannon Rowing Club)	97	3	00:13:21
M J16	1X	J. Cunningham (Castleconnell)	96	4th	00:13:41
M J16	1X	T. Byrne	99	5th	00:13:44
M J16	1X	I. Byrne Delimata (Castleconnell)	98	6th	00:13:49
M J16	1X	D. De Brun (SMRC)	104	7th	00:13:59
M J16	1X	N. Larkin Damm (Tralee Rowing CLUB)	102	8th	00:14:47
M J16	1X	S. Cunningham (CCBC)	100	DNF
M J16	1X	C. Oconnell (Waterville lake rowing cl...)	101	DNF
M J18	1X	R. O'Neill (Castleconnell)	59	1	00:25:39
M J18	1X	J. O Donovan (CCBC)	57	1	00:25:39
M J18	1X	M. English (St Michaels Rowing Club)	58	3	00:26:59
M J18	1X	J. Scanlon France (ABC)	60	4th	00:32:50
M J18 Lt Wt	1X	B. France (St. Michaels)	61	1	00:28:22
M J18 Lt Wt	1X	C. Bowen (Castleconnell boat club)	62	2	00:29:03
M Master B	1X	R. Egan (Ccbc)	63	1	00:27:01
M Master C	1X	c. Byrne (CCBC)	64	1	00:28:32
M OPEN	1X	D. O'Connor (St. Michael's Rowing...)	50	1	00:24:45
M U21	1X	R. Spelman (Smrc)	51	1	00:25:23
M U21	1X	C. Mulready (Castleconnel)	52	2	00:26:53
M U21	1X	J. Desmond (Caslteconnell)	53	3	00:28:16
M U21	1X	A. King (Athlunkard Boat Club)	54	DNF
M U23	1X	A. Lennon (St Michaels Rowing Club)	55	DNF
M J15	2-	R. Lyons (Castleconnell)
A. SWEENEY (Ccbc)	106	1	00:13:22
M J16	2-	E. Gilmartin (CCBC)
J. McGrath (CCBC)	107	1	00:12:48
M J16	2-	P. Mcinerney (Smrc)
D. Hartney (SMRC)	108	2	00:13:28
M J18	2-	R. O Gorman (St.Michaels Rowing Club)
D. Hartney (SMRC)	69	1	00:25:36
M J18 Lt Wt	2-	S. Fitzgerald (CCBC)
C. Nolan (Castleconnell)	70	1	00:26:50
M J18 Lt Wt	2-	C. Foster (SMRC)
C. Kemp (SMRC)	72	2	00:27:46
M J18 Lt Wt	2-	A. McFerran (CCBC)
E. Healy (Castleconnell Boat Club)	71	3	00:28:09
M Master B	2-	P. Williams (CCBC)
E. Meskell (CCBC)	65	1	00:26:05
M Master C	2-	k. mc donald
M. O'Callaghan (Shannon rowing club)	66	DNF
M U21	2-	J. O Brien (Castleconnel Boat Club)
C. Feely (Castleconnel rowing club)	67	DNF
M U23	2-	T. McKeon (St. Michael's rowing...)
J. Cuddy (SMRC)	68	1	00:24:31

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