Moynihan and Nixon Fastest Scullers

29th January 2011

Cathal Moynihan was the fastest single rowing sculler at the inaugural two-blade National Head, hosted by St Michael’s in O’Brien’s Bridge. Holly Nixon, a junior, was the fastest woman. Juniors also did well in the pairs events, with Presentation joint fastest men’s crew with St Michael’s. The women’s event was won by Skibbereen.

The fastest crew overall at the head, which was held in perfect conditions, was the powerful NUIG/Grainne Mhaol eight.

St Michael’s Head of the River, O Brien’s Bridge, Clare, Saturday (Selected Results)

National Two-Blade Head of the River

Men’s Pair – Overall: 1= St Michael’s intermediate (M O’Brien, D O’Connor) 12 minutes 08 and Presentation College junior 18 12:08, 3 Commercial 12:09, 4 UCD senior pair 12:12, 5 Bann junior 18 12:16, 6 Trinity intermediate 12:21.

Senior: 1 Commercial 12:09, 2 UCD 12:12, 3 Skibbereen 12:23. Intermediate: St Michael’s 12:08. Novice: Fossa 14:41. Junior 18: Presentation 12:08.

Men’s Single Scull – Overall: 1 Muckross (C Moynihan; senior) 12:27, 2= Fossa (Folan; senior) 12:34 and Skibbereen (O’Donovan, junior) 12:34, 4 Fossa (Mannion) 12:40, 5 UCD (Neal; intermediate) 12:46, 6 Trinity (McCaffrey) 12:53.

Senior: Muckross (Moynihan) 12:27, 2 Fossa (Folan) 12:34, 3 Fossa (Mannion) 12:40. Intermediate: UCD (Neal) 12:46. Novice: Trinity (McCaffrey) 12:53. Junior 18: Skibbereen (O’Donovan) 12:34. Junior 16: Commercial (Geoghegan) 13:20. Masters: Clonmel (Kinsella) 14:09.

Women’s Pair – Overall: 1 Skibbereen (senior) 13:39, 2 Killorglin (senior) 13:51, 3 Trinity (senior) 14:07.

Senior: 1 Skibbereen 13:39, 2 Killorglin 13:51, 3 Trinity 14:07. Novice: Shannon 15:22. Junior 18: St Michael’s 14:16.

Women’s Single Scull – Overall: 1 Portora (H Nixon; junior) 13:48, 2 Killorglin (Dukarska, senior) 13:52, 3 Skibbereen (Walsh, intermediate) 13:56, 4 St Michael’s (Clavin, senior) 14:06, 5 Three Castles (Quinn, senior) 14:06, 6 NUIG (Hurst, intermediate) 14:11.

Senior: Killorglin (Dukarska) 13:52. Intermediate: Skibbereen (Walsh) 13:56. Novice: Trinity (Dowling) 17:07. Junior 18: Portora (Nixon) 13:48. Junior 16: Commercial (Keating) 14:20. Masters: Cork (Crowley) 16:58.

Head of the River (Rolling)

Men, Eight – Senior: Grainne Mhaol/NUIG 9:55. Intermediate: UCD 10:39. Novice: UCC 10:59. Junior 18: St Joseph’s 11:16. Junior 16: Commercial 11:47. Masters: Fermoy 11:27

Four – Senior: Grainne Mhaol/NUIG 10:32. Intermediate: Neptune, coxed 11:39. Novice: UCC, coxed 11:50. Junior 18: Portora 10:37. Junior 16: Cork (junior 15 quadruple) 12:05. Masters: Muckross 13:11

Doubles/Pair – Senior: Muckross/University of Limerick double 11:30. Intermediate: Neptune double 12:04. Novice: Shannon 12:44. Junior 18: Portora double 11:50. Masters: Commercial double 13:11.

Sculling, single – Junior 16: St Joseph’s College (Egan) 14:28.

Women,

Eight – Senior: 1 Trinity 11:34, 2 UCD 11:47, 3 UCD 12:16. Intermediate: Trinity 10:13. Junior 18: St Michael’s 11:34.

Four – Senior: UCD 12:40. Intermediate: Skibbereen 11:59. Junior 18: Portora 12:10.

Pair/Double – Senior: University of Limerick double 15:31. Intermediate: St Michael’s 13:36.

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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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