#Rowing: The Ireland senior team for the 2018 Home International Regatta has been chosen. The event will be held at the National Rowing Centre next Saturday, July 21st. Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales will compete to win the Victor Ludorum – ‘the winner of the games’ – in four categories: senior men, senior women, junior men and junior women.
Irish crews had six wins at the 2017 regatta in Scotland and the junior men and junior women were both second overall. England won in all but one category, with Scotland beating them to the top of the senior women’s table.
For some Irish athletes, the Home International has been the pinnacle of their rowing career; for others a first step on the road to World and Olympic Championships. Gary and Paul O Donovan began their journey to Olympic medal glory in this regatta.
Racing begins at 10:00am on Saturday, and runs until 4pm that afternoon.
Senior Men’s Sculling Team:
Keelan Mannix (Skibbereen RC)
Aaron Christie (Bann RC)
Nathan Hull (Queens University Belfast BC)
Dara Larkin (UCC RC)
Callum Macrae (Methodist College Belfast RC)
Coman O’Connell (UCD BC)
Senior Men’s Sweep Rowing Team:
Patrick Munnelly / James Quinlan (NUIG BC / Castleconnell RC)
Tomas Power / Sean O’Sullivan (Cork BC)
Stephen O’Sullivan / Colm Hennessy (Shandon BC)
Patrick Moreau / David Joyce (Commercial RC)
Niall Herlihy / Cameron Murphy (UCD BC)
Michael Farrell / Conor Flynn (NUIG BC)
Cormac O’Connell (UCC RC) Cox
Senior Women’s ScullingTeam:
Selma Bouanane (Fermoy RC)
Georgia O’Brien (UL RC)
Sarah Crummey (Belfast BC)
Orla Hayes (Skibbereen RC)
Sheila Clavin (St Michaels RC)
Vikki Wallace (QUBBC)
Senior Women’s Sweep Team:
Niamh Casey / Aine McCarthy (Skibbereen RC)
Claire Feerick / Katie Shirlow (Neptune RC / Bann RC)
Caoimhe Dempsey / Dineka Maguire (DULBC)
Rachel Ryan / Ruth Gilligan (Commercial RC)
Sarah Kelly / Aoife Corcoran (DULBC)
Aoife Reid (Commercial RC) Cox
Womens Lightweight Pair
Ella Brogan, Queens University Boat Club
Katie McCarthy, Cork Boat Club
Junior Men’s Sculling Team:
Dara Kelly (Lee)
Thomas Kelly (Kenmare)
Andrew Sheehan (Lee)
Luke Flynn (Three Castles)
Tristan Orlic (Neptune)
Sean Byrne (Neptune)
Luke Sutton (New Ross)
Coach: Colm Butler (Neptune)
Junior Men’s Sweep Team:
Jack Kennedy (Enniskillen)
Peter Murphy (Enniskillen)
Robbie Mills (Enniskillen)
Michael Stewart (Enniskillen)
Cliff Wanjau (NUIG)
Michael Campion (Commercial)
Damien Ryan (Castleconnell)
Ben Frohburg (Castleconnell)
Sam Daly (Commercial)
Sam O’Neill (Shandon)
Will Ronayne (Shandon)
Junior Women’s Sculling Team
Marie Kidney (Lee)
Niamh Kiely (Castleconnell)
Clara O'Brien (Castleconnell)
Shona Tierney (New Ross)
Aoife Lynch (Lee)
Katie Dolan (Commercial)
Sadhbh Scully (Carlow)
Janet Walsh (New Ross)
Junior Women’s Sweep Team:
Aoife Brooks (Shandon)
Chris Kirwan (St. Michaels)
Rhianon O'Donoghue (Killorglin)
Anna Tyther (Killorglin)
Zoe McCutcheon (Enniskillen)
Caitlyn Fee (Enniskillen)
Aoife Cummins (Lee)
Jennifer Crowley (Lee)
Norma Silke (Castleconnell)
Saoirse Byrnes (Castleconnell)
Sarah Dolan (Enniskillen)
