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#ROWING: Two Irish club crews and two Rowing Ireland crews reached finals at Henley Women’s Regatta. Queen’s University came close to winning in the senior coxed four, but lost out, as did the UCD senior eight and Ireland squad athletes Lisa Dilleen, in the elite single and the elite double.
Irish crews also had a string of second places at Marlow Regatta at Dorney Lake on Saturday. However, Trinity won the intermediate one eights.
Henley Women’s Regatta (Irish interest, finals)
Eight – Senior: Newcastle University bt UCD 3 ½ l, 5:39
Four – Senior, coxed: Upper Thames bt Queen’s University 2/3 l 6:02
Sculling
Double – Elite: Leander bt Rowing Ireland 3 2/3 l 6:01
Single – Elite: Sport Imperial (Gooderham) bt Rowing Ireland (Dilleen) easily 6:58
Marlow Regatta, Dorney Lake (Selected, Irish interest, finals)
Saturday
Eights – Senior: 6 Queen’s University 6:25.68. Intermediate One, Division One: 1 Trinity 6:24.14
Four – Elite: 5 Rowing Ireland 6:48.54
Sculling
Quadruple - Elite: 2 Rowing Ireland 6:31.16. Junior 18, Division One: 5 Carlow 8:01.63
Double – Elite: 2 RBAI 7:51.18
Single – Elite: 2 Lee Valley (J Keohane) 8:33.16
Sunday (1,000-metre racing; Irish interest, selected)
Sculling, Single – Intermediate Two: 1 Carlow (N Murphy) 3:42.46
Belfast Boat Club and Bann Win at Rowing Regattas
#ROWING: Belfast Boat Club and Bann had a fine weekend at regattas in England. On Saturday, Bridget Jacques and Lucy Litvack won the Girls’ Championship Doubles at the British Schools Championships in Nottingham – and Katie Cromie took third in the Championship Single. Bann, through Joel Cassells and Chris Black, won the Boys’ Championship Pair today (Sunday) .
The BBC double of Jacques and Litvack went on to win the Intermediate One double scull at Metropolitan Regatta at Dorney Lake. Other winners from Irish clubs at the Olympic venue included UCD women’s crews, who took the Senior coxless fours and the Intermediate coxed fours today and Colin Williamson of Queen’s University, who won the Senior single scull on Saturday.
University Boat Races, Belfast
Men – Senior: Queen’s bt Cambridge. Fresher: Queen’s bt Trinity.
Women – Senior: Queen’s bt Cambridge. Fresher: Queen’s bt Methodist College, Belfast.
Metropolitan Regatta, Dorney Lake, England (Irish interest; selected results, finals)
Saturday
Men
Eights, Elite: 5 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG 6:27.47
Senior: 4 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG 6:32.90
Intermediate Two: 4 UCD 6:44.62
Fours, Intermediate One: 3 NUIG A 7:14.49. Intermediate Two: 4 UCD 7:24.80, 6 NUIG 7:31.41.
Pairs – Elite: 2 Cork IT/Queen’s University 7:46.71. Intermediate One: 3 NUIG 8:15.76
Sculling, Quadruple – Senior: 5 University of Limerick 6:59.75.
Single – Senior: 1 Queen’s (C Williamson) 8:15.71, 2 UCD (D Neale) 8:17.96. Intermediate One: 1 University of Limerick (J Brinn) 8:38.14.
Women
Eights – Intermediate One: 2 UCD 7:32.46, 3 Trinity 7:37.50. Intermediate Two: 5 NUIG 7:51.73.
Fours, coxed – Intermediate One: 2 UCD 8:10.35. Intermediate Two: 3 NUIG 8:22.23. Intermediate Three: 4 Trinity 8:40.00.
Sculling
Double – Senior: 4 NUIG 8:41.03. Intermediate One: 6 NUIG 8:46.01.
Single – Intermediate One: 1 University of Limerick (A O’Sullivan) 9:20.92; 5 Shandon (K Corcoran-O’Hare) 9:55.78, 6 Commercial (G Foley) 10:39.46. Intermediate Two: 6 UL (O’Sullivan) 9:23.67, 7 St Michael’s (J O’Keeffe) 9:30.88.
Sunday
Men
Eights – Elite: 5 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG 6:26.28. Senior: 5 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG 6:25.01. Intermediate One: 2 NUIG 6:29.95. Intermediate Two: 4 UCD 6:32.14.
Four – Senior: 3 St Michael’s 6:53.05. Fours, coxed – Senior: 4 UCD 7:06.41. Intermediate Two: 6 NUIG A 7:29.61. Intermediate Three: 3 St Michael’s 7:31.47.
Pairs – Elite: 3 Cork IT/Queen’s 7:33.03. Senior: 2 St Michael’s 7:38.66; 5 St Michael’s 7:46.77.
Sculling
Quadruple – Senior: 2 University of Limerick 6:56.33
Double – Intermediate One: 2 Belfast BC/RBAI 7:15.78.
Single – Elite: 3 Queen’s (Williamson) 7:52.44. Senior: 2 University of Limerick (Brinn). Elite Lightweight: 3 Queen’s (Evans).
Women
Eights – Senior: 2 UCD 7:23.01. Intermediate One: 3 NUIG 7:26.78, 4 Trinity 7:28.44.
Fours – Senior: 1 UCD 7:46.14; 4 NUIG 8:28.19.
Fours, coxed – Intermediate One: 1 UCD 8:15.72; 3 NUIG 8:37.97. Intermediate Three: 4 Trinity 8:23.59; 6 NUIG A 8:42.67.
Pairs – Intermediate One: 3 NUIG 9:47.41.
Sculling,
Double, Intermediate One: 1 Belfast BC 8:14.62
Single – Senior: 3 Shandon (Corcoran-O’Hare) 9:12.93, 4 University of Limerick (O’Sullivan) 9:13.61. Intermediate One: 3 UL (O’Sullivan) 9:08.80; 6 Commercial (Foley) 9:39.95. Intermediate Two: 5 St Michael’s (O’Keeffe) 9:21.77, 6 Commercial (Foley) 9:39.89. Intermediate Three: 1 St Michael’s (J O’Keeffe) 8:53.69.
British National Schools’ Championships, Nottingham (Irish interest)
Saturday
Girls – Championship Double: 1 Belfast BC (B Jacques, L Litvack) 7:34.97
Championship Single: 3 Portora (K Cromie) 8:13.68
Sunday
Boys
Championship Pair: 1 Bann (C Black, J Cassells) 6:57.12