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#Rowing: Coleraine man Joel Cassells won a silver medal at the World Under-23 Championships today. The 21-year-old was in the number two seat in the Britain lightweight quadruple sculls which were 2.1 seconds off the gold medal position in Plovdiv,…

#Rowing: Erik Rowan gave Ireland a very good start to the fourth day of the World Under-23 Championships in Plovdiv in Bulgaria with a fine win in the D Final of the men’s single sculls. The race was notably close…

#Rowing: Ireland qualified two boats for C Finals in the evening session at the World Under-23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. In the lightweight double sculls C/D semi-final, Liam Keane and Stephen O’Connor did well to take the third qualification spot.…

#Rowing - Blind adventurer and former rowing medal-winner Mark Pollock, who became paralysed after a fall from an open window five years ago, is suing friends for their alleged culpability over the incident. As TheJournal.ie reports, the Commonwealth Games medallist…

#Rowing: Ireland finished fifth in the repechage of the lightweight four at the World Under-23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and will compete in the B Final. France took control of the race and held off challenges to win. The United…

#Rowing: Erik Rowan finished fourth in his single sculls repechage at the World Under-23 Championships this morning in Plovdiv in Bulgaria. Romania and Hungary shot into the two qualification places in the first half of the race, and the Skibbereen…

#ROWING: Trinity won the senior eights Championship of Ireland for the first time since 2008 at the National Rowing Centre today. They started well and pushed into a one-length lead at 1,000 metres over UCD/Old Collegians, with NUIG/Grainne Mhaol not…

#Rowing: Justin Ryan and Siobhan McCrohan took the lightweight single sculls titles at the Irish Rowing Championships today. The Skibbereen man and Tribesmen woman were commanding winners. McCrohan had already won the senior singles title, while Ryan was taking his…

#Rowing: Ireland’s Sinead Jennings and Claire Lambe won the B Final of the lightweight double sculls at the World Cup Regatta in Lucerne this morning. The new crew held second to Denmark in the early stages but broke clear and…

#Rowing: Siobhan McCrohan won the won the women’s senior single sculls for Tribesmen and the experienced Old Collegians/UCD crew took the men’s senior quadruple at the Irish Championships this afternoon. In the junior women’s eight, Portora had to see off…

#Rowing: Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll finished sixth in the A Final of the men’s lightweight pair at the World Cup in Lucerne. Britain and Italy fought it out for gold, with Italy winning. Denmark took bronze. The Ireland crew…

#Rowing: Sanita Puspure finished fifth in the A/B Semi-Final of the women’s single sculls at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne today. She is now set to compete in the B Final. Kim Crow of Australia set a hot pace,…

#Rowing: The Ireland women’s double of Lisa Dilleen and Helen Hannigan finished fifth in their semi-final at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne today. Belarus and Germany took control of the race, with Greece moving in the third quarter to…

#Rowing: Sinead Jennings and Claire Lambe will compete in a B Final at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne. They finished fifth in their semi-final of the lightweight double sculls, won well by South Africa. Ireland were in touch at…

#Rowing: UCC’s Andy Harrington and David O’Leary won the men’s senior pairs title at the Irish Rowing Championships this morning. The young crew flew away from their opponents in the third quarter and won well from NUIG. Trinity had a…

#Rowing: The new Ireland lightweight pair of Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll will compete in the A Final at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne. The two Corkmen finished fourth in their repechage to take their place in the top…