Queen's Sculler Hull Eases Into Next Round at Henley

4th July 2019

Olly Dix and Nathan Hull cross the finish line Credit: YouTube/HRR

#Rowing: Nathan Hull of Queen’s University, Belfast, and Olly Dix of Leander won their heat of the Double Sculls convincingly at Henley Royal Regatta today. They faced a Thames Rowing Club crew which could not match them and were well behind through the race. Hull and Dix eased off at the finish and won by three and a third lengths.

Henley Royal Regatta, Day Two (Irish interest)

Visitors (Men’s Four, Club and University): UCD bt Leander Club 2¼ l

Fawley (Junior Men’s Quadruple): Christiana Roklub, Norway bt Enniskillen RBC 1/3 l

Double Sculls (Men’s Double, Open): Nathan Hull and O Dix (Queen’s, Belfast and Leander) bt MS Cummings and Z Youell 3 1/3 l

Princess Royal (Women’s Single, Open): JL Cole-Hossian bt Orla Hayes (Skibbereen) easily

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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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