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Ninth Place for Ireland's Men's Four at World Under-23 Rowing
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: The Ireland heavyweight four finished third in their B Final, ninth overall, at the World Under-23 Championships in Linz in Austria this morning. Croatia won the race and Lithuania, after duelling with Ireland in the middle stages, secured second.…
Walsh and O'Donovan Join Four in World Under-23 Rowing Finals
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Ireland qualified two more boats for the A Finals of the World Under-23 Rowing Championships at Linz in Austria this morning, nailing top-three places in the semi-finals to join the women’s four in the hunt for medals. Denise Walsh…
Ireland's O'Driscoll and O'Donovan Secure Semi-Final Place at Under-23 Rowing
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Shane O’Driscoll and Gary O’Donovan brought Ireland a second semi-final place this morning at the World Under-23 Championships at Linz in Austria. The repechage of the lightweight double sculls turned into a three-way battle for two places between Ireland,…
O'Donovan Continues Winning Ways at World Under-23 Rowing
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Paul O’Donovan won his quarter-final of the lightweight single sculls at the World Under-23 Championships in Linz in Austria this morning after an interesting race. Enes Kusku of Turkey led – and led well – for much of the…
Ireland Secure First A Final Place at World Under-23 Rowing Championships
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: The Ireland women’s four secured the first A Final place for Ireland at the World Under-23 Rowing Regatta at Linz in Austria today. The crew of Emily Tormey, Ailish Sheehan, Aifric Keogh and Lisa Dilleen needed to finish in…
Direct Qualification Eludes Ireland Lightweight Double at World Under-23 Rowing
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Ireland’s Shane O’Driscoll and Gary O’Donovan finished third in their heat of the lightweight double sculls this morning at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships in Linz in Austria. France set the winning pace and Italy followed them into the…
Ireland Rowing Pair Qualify for World Under-23 Semi-Finals
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Ireland took its second good result of the morning as the men’s pair of Seán O’Connor and Fionnán McQuillan-Tolan qualified for the semi-finals with second behind Australia at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships in Linz in Austria. Angus Moore…
Walsh Keeps Good Results Coming at World Under-23 Rowing Championships
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Denise Walsh qualified for the Semi-finals with a controlled performance which brought her the second of two qualification places in lightweight single sculls at the World Under-23 Championships this morning in Linz in Austria. The Skibbereen woman started well…
O'Donovan Starts World Under-23 Rowing Campaign With Heat Win
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Paul O’Donovan won his heat at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships in Linz in Austria today. The lightweight sculler controlled the race and though any of the top four places would have taken him through to the quarter-finals, his…
Struggle Ahead for New Ireland Men's Rowing Four at Under-23 Championships
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Ireland’s men’s four of Richie Bennett, Jonathan Mitchell, Matthew Wray and Rob O’Callaghan finished fifth in their heat at the World Under-23 Championships at Linz in Austria today. Like the Ireland women’s four at the Championships this is a…
Ireland Women's Four Second in Heat At World Under-23 Championships
#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Ireland’s women’s four of Emily Tormey, Ailish Sheehan, Aifric Keogh and Lisa Dilleen finished second in their first race at the World Under-23 Championships at Linz in Austria today. Only one crew qualified directly for the A Final, and…
Oxford & Cambridge Boat Clubs to Row in Killarney Rowing Festival
#rowing – Killarney Rowing Festival will celebrate the oldest regatta in the world and wonderful rowing tradition on the Lakes of Killarney, on Sunday 28th July, 2013, at Killarney Golf and Fishing Club, Killarney, County Kerry. The Festival will host…
Grainne Mhaol/NUIG Turn on Style In Senior Eights At Irish Rowing Championships
#IrishRowingChampionships: NUIG/Gráinne Mhaol produced one of their best ever rows to win the senior eights championship of Ireland at the National Rowing Centre in Cork today. The defending champions had a fine start and upped the tempo down the course…
Battling Performances Make Keohane and Lambe Champions
#IrishRowingChampionships: Claire Lambe and John Keohane won the men’s and women’s senior single sculls titles at the Irish Rowing Championships at Farran Woods in Cork today. Both had hard battles before crossing the line as winners. Lambe had a disappointing…
Jennings Wins In Choppy Conditions At Irish Rowing Championships
#IrishRowingChampionships: Experience counts in difficult conditions, and the water became very choppy for the second session of finals at the Irish Rowing Championships. Sinead Jennings described it as “the hardest conditions I have rowed in” but the 36-year-old former world…
NUIG Intermediate Rowing Eight Masters UCD
#IrishRowingChampionships: NUIG continued where they left off on the second day of the Irish Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre in Cork. Their intermediate eight were full of conviction as they charged through the line to beat UCD, and…