#Coastal Rowing: Myross won the senior men’s title for the second weekend in-a-row at the Irish Coastal Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre. The had also won at the ICRF All-Ireland. Killorglin won the senior women’s crown.

 In excellent conditions, the contest for the Club of the Championships was close. The prize goes to the club with the most wins. Holders Kilmacsimon could have taken it with wins in the final two races but were denied and Whitegate, the hosts, were crowned champions.  

#Rowing: Holly Davis gave the crowds a sensational result at the Irish Championships. The Lee Valley girl came through a good battle with Eabha Benson of St Michael's, to pull away and win. The remarkable thing is that Davis is just 14. She does not turn 15 until January 10th next year, leaving her with four years at Junior level.

The men's junior coxed four also electrified the crowd: Colaiste Iognaid and Enniskillen duked it out down the course. The Galway crew got away to win as their emotional supporters roared them on.

Youth was the theme of this regatta: Kevin O'Donovan, who is a junior, won the club single, while Anna Tyther, also under 18 teamed up with Zoe Hyde to win the intermediate double for Killorglin.

The three other titles on offer in this first Saturday session went three different ways: Commercial's strong senior men's programme was on show as they won the men's quadruple; Cork had a fine win in the intermediate men's eight; Trinity's A crew won the women's novice eight.

#Rowing: Patrick Boomer won the single sculls at the Irish Offshore Championships at O’Carroll’s Cove near Caherdaniel in Kerry. Boomer represented Loughros Point in Donegal and hopes to go on to row for them at the World Coastal Rowing Championships in Canada in October.

 John Whooley of Skibbereen won a title – for Arklow. The Corkman teamed up with Alan Goodison to take the men’s double.

 Kerry club Killorglin won the women’s quadruple and Arklow the women’s double.

 The final of the men’s quadruple, the women’s single and the mixed double will take place on Sunday as the wind made conditions unsuitable on Saturday.

Irish Offshore Championships, Kerry

Men

Double: Arklow (J Whooley, A Goodison) 20.17.

Single: Loughros Point, Donegal (P Boomer).

Women

Quadruple: Killorglin (E O’Donovan, A Tyther, K Boyle, R O’Donoghue; D Leahy) 22:48.

Double: Arklow (R Ireson, MA Kent).

#Rowing: Monika Dukarska won her heat at the World Coastal Rowing Championships in Thonon in France this morning. She qualified for Saturday’s A Final of the Coastal Women’s Solo. Two other Ireland competitors, Jessica Lee of Killorglin and Jeanne O’Gorman of Arklow,  will compete in the B Final after placing 13^th and 16^th respectively.

 The women’s coxed quadruple from Castletownbere finished ninth in their heat and made the A Final, while Cairndhu and Courtmacsherry will compete in a B Final. They finished 12^th and 13^th in their heat.  

 The Galley Flash men’s double of David Duggan and Mark O’Brien finished 11^th in their heat and go to the B Final.

 Dukarska is the defending champion in the women’s solo.

World Coastal Rowing Championships, Thonon, France, Day One (Selected Results; Irish interest)

Men

Double – Heats (First Seven to A Final; 8 to 13 to B Final) Heat Two: 11 Galley Flash.

Single – Heats (First Seven to A Final; 8 to 13 to B Final): Heat One: 6 Castletownbere (A Sullivan-Greene), 7 Arklow (J Casey). Heat Two: 10 Galley Flash (B Hooper). Heat Three: 7 Bantry (A Hurley); 8 Arklow (A Goodison)

Women

Quadruple, Coxed – Heats (First 10 to A Final; rest to B Final) Heat One: 12 Cairndhu, 13 Courtmacsherry. Heat Two: 9 Castletownbere; 13 Galley Flash.

Double – Heats (First 10 to A Final; rest to B Final) Heat One : 14 Arklow

Solo – Heats (First 10 to A Final; rest to B Final) Heat One: 1 Killorglin (M Dukarska) 20 min 44.83 sec; 13 Killorglin (J Lee); 16 Arklow (J O’Gorman). Heat Two: 10 Arklow (S Healy); 16 Arklow (V Annesley).

 

#Rowing: The fastest crew of the day at the Skibbereen head of the River at the Marina in Cork today was the UCC men’s senior eight. They covered the course in 10 minutes and four seconds, 12 seconds ahead of the Skibbereen senior eight.

 The Shandon/UCC senior quadruple also set a good time of 10 minutes and 17 seconds, while UCC’s men’s senior four took 10 minutes and 36 seconds.

 Shane O’Connell of UCD was the fastest single sculler and Ronan Byrne of UCC, an intermediate, also came in under 12 minutes for the slightly shortened course. Barry O’Flynn of Cork Boat Club was the fastest junior – he was timed at exactly 12 minutes.  

 Cork Boat Club’s women’s senior four were the fastest women’s crew, completing the course in 11 minutes 44 seconds. Lisa Dilleen, now competing for Boat Club, was the fastest women’s single sculler, taking just 13 minutes and five seconds. Georgia O’Brien of Kenmare was the fastest junior, in a good time of 13:51.  

Skibbereen HOR - November 2016
Bow No:	Club:	Event:	Crew:	Start Time:	Finish Time:	Time:
		9:30am - Head 1
1	UCD BC	Mens Senior 1X	S. O' Connell	00:48:11	00:59:58	00:11:47
2	Shandon	Mens Senior 1X	A. Prendergast	00:48:47	01:00:55	00:12:08
9	UCC RC	Mens Intermediate 1X	R. Byrne	01:19:13	01:31:11	00:11:58
8	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 1X	D. Begley	01:07:45	01:19:52	00:12:07
3	Cork B.C.	Mens Intermediate 1X	F. O' Sullivan	00:44:31	00:57:20	00:12:49
6	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 1X	C. Merz	00:52:01	01:04:57	00:12:56
4	UCC RC	Mens Intermediate 1X	J. Casey			DNS
5	Skibbereen	Mens Intermediate 1X	A. Burns			DNS
7	Cork B.C.	Mens Intermediate 1X	R. Cudmore			DNS
10	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 1X	C. Hennessy			DNS
16	Lee	Mens Club 1 1X	D. Larkin	00:50:13	01:02:15	00:12:02
11	Shandon	Mens Club 1 1X	S. Lonergan	01:06:12	01:18:25	00:12:13
14	Lee	Mens Club 1 1X	D. Breen	00:47:41	01:00:18	00:12:37
19	Shandon	Mens Club 1 1X	C. Cudden	01:04:43	01:17:32	00:12:49
13	Workmans	Mens Club 1 1X	M. O' Donoghue	00:49:33	01:02:46	00:13:13
18	Lee	Mens Club 1 1X	C. O' Malley	00:50:43	01:04:03	00:13:20
15	Pres Cork	Mens Club 1 1X	J. O' Donovan			DNS
12	Pres Cork	Mens Club 1 1X	L. Guerin			DNS
17	Shandon	Mens Club 1 1X	G. Morrison			DNS
22	Shandon	Mens Masters 1X	H. Merz	00:53:45	01:06:35	00:12:50
25	Cork B.C.	Mens Masters 1X	B. Crean	00:52:38	01:05:45	00:13:07
24	Shandon	Mens Masters 1X	N. Carey	01:05:00	01:18:26	00:13:26
26	Shandon	Mens Masters 1X	J. O' Neill	01:04:10	01:17:36	00:13:26
21	Cahir	Mens Masters 1X	D. Heffernan	00:51:17	01:04:44	00:13:27
20	Skibbereen	Mens Masters 1X	J. Whooley			DNS
23	Lee Valley	Mens Masters 1X	T. Corcoran			DNS
27	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 1X	B. O'Flynn	00:56:47	01:08:47	00:12:00
33	Skibbereen	Mens J18A 1X	K. Mannix	01:01:37	01:13:45	00:12:08
38	Shandon	Mens J18A 1X	S. O' Sullivan	01:08:19	01:20:28	00:12:09
30	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 1X	E. Curtin	00:57:23	01:09:40	00:12:17
28	Lee	Mens J18A 1X	E. Larkin	00:58:37	01:10:57	00:12:20
36	Lee Valley	Mens J18A 1X	C. Cummins	01:02:14	01:14:39	00:12:25
34	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 1X	C. O' Sullivan	01:05:35	01:18:06	00:12:31
39	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 1X	D. Higgins	01:01:01	01:13:35	00:12:34
35	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 1X	C. O' Callaghan	01:00:24	01:13:38	00:13:14
32	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 1X	C. Corkery	01:03:33	01:16:50	00:13:17
29	Muckross	Mens J18A 1X	S. Fleming	00:57:58	01:11:18	00:13:20
40	Shandon	Mens J18A 1X	H. Moran	01:09:17	01:23:48	00:14:31
37	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 1X	A. Guerin	00:55:53	01:11:12	00:15:19
31	Lee	Mens J18A 1X	L. Filan			DNS
49	Lee	Mens J16 1X	T. Murphy	00:54:21	01:06:59	00:12:38
42	Lee	Mens J16 1X	M. O' Hara	00:55:08	01:07:50	00:12:42
48	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	E. Gaffney	01:09:51	01:22:35	00:12:44
50	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	A. Byrne	01:18:15	01:31:03	00:12:48
53	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	W. Ronayne	01:17:32	01:30:25	00:12:53
45	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	S. O' Neill	01:15:06	01:28:03	00:12:57
52	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	J. Arrigan	01:14:11	01:27:25	00:13:14
43	Workmans	Mens J16 1X	R. Mac Curtain	00:59:15	01:12:29	00:13:14
47	Workmans	Mens J16 1X	J. Kunicki	00:59:53	01:13:13	00:13:20
51	Muckross	Mens J16 1X	C. Joy	01:03:00	01:16:50	00:13:50
44	Skibbereen	Mens J16 1X	C. Smyth	01:06:55	01:21:19	00:14:24
41	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	L. Hayes-Nally			DNS
46	Lee	Mens J16 1X	T. Donlon			DNS
55	Cork B.C.	Womens Senior 2-	Cork B	01:15:28	01:28:17	00:12:49
54	Cork B.C.	Womens Senior 2-	Cork A			DNS
56	UCC RC	Womens Club 1 2-	UCC RC	01:16:09	01:29:44	00:13:35
57	Lee	Womens Club 1 2-	Lee	02:16:54	02:31:13	00:14:19
58	Fermoy	Womens J18A 2-	Fermoy	01:28:50	01:42:14	00:13:24
60	Shandon	Womens J18A 2-	Shandon	01:13:17	01:27:04	00:13:47
59	Cork	Womens J18A 2-	Cork	01:11:43	01:25:48	00:14:05
		10:45am - Head 2
61	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 4+	Skibbereen	01:55:18	02:06:54	00:11:36
62	UCC RC	Mens Senior 4-	UCC B	01:56:21	02:06:57	00:10:36
66	Cork BC/UCC RC	Mens Senior 4-	Cork/UCC	02:09:10	02:20:02	00:10:52
65	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 4-	Skibbereen	01:44:35	01:55:56	00:11:21
63	CBC/UCC	Mens Senior 4-	CBC/UCC	02:10:53	02:22:57	00:12:04
64	UCC RC	Mens Senior 4-	UCC A			DNS
67	Pres Cork	Mens Club 1 4+	Pres Cork	01:51:50	02:03:45	00:11:55
68	Lee	Mens Club 1 4+	Lee	02:10:08	02:22:37	00:12:29
69	Muckross	Mens Masters 4+	Muckross	02:15:48	02:28:32	00:12:44
70	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 4+	Pres Cork	01:54:41	02:07:11	00:12:30
71	Pres Cork	Mens J16 4+	Pres Cork	02:08:40	02:21:23	00:12:43
72	Lee	Mens J16 4+	Lee			DNS
73	Skibbereen/UCC RC	Womens Senior 8+	Skibb/UCC	03:25:52	03:36:51	00:10:59
74	Skibbereen	Womens Intermediate 8+	Skibb B	02:23:25	02:35:22	00:11:57
75	Skibbereen	Womens Intermediate 8+	Skibb A			DNS
76	Fermoy	Womens Intermediate 2X	Fermoy	01:45:43	02:00:13	00:14:30
78	UCC RC	Womens Club 1 8+	UCC B	02:26:14	02:37:55	00:11:41
77	Cork B.C.	Womens Club 1 8+	Cork A	02:03:12	02:15:51	00:12:39
79	Cork B.C.	Womens Club 1 8+	Cork B			DNS
80	UCC RC	Womens Club 1 8+	UCC A			DNS
81	Shandon	Womens Club 1 2X	Shandon	02:12:02	02:26:54	00:14:52
82	Cahir	Womens Novice 2X	Cahir	01:49:38	02:06:03	00:16:25
83	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 8+	Cork	02:14:24	02:27:04	00:12:40
85	Lee	Womens J18A 2X	Lee	01:57:39	02:10:20	00:12:41
87	Workmans	Womens J18A 2X	Workmans	02:05:56	02:18:56	00:13:00
84	Shandon	Womens J18A 2X	Shandon A	02:04:54	02:18:21	00:13:27
88	Fermoy	Womens J18A 2X	Fermoy	03:13:37	03:27:13	00:13:36
86	Shandon	Womens J18A 2X	Shandon B	02:12:49	02:26:53	00:14:04
89	Cappoquin	Womens J18A 2X	Cappoquin	02:01:21	02:15:38	00:14:17
90	Muckross	Womens J18A 2X	Muckross			DNS
91	Workmans	Womens J16 2X	Workmans	02:06:43	02:19:49	00:13:06
92	Muckross	Womens J16 2X	Muckross	02:07:32	02:23:01	00:15:29
		12:00 - Head 3
198	Shandon/UCC RC	Mens Senior 4X-	Shandon/UCC	03:30:11	03:40:28	00:10:17
93	Skibbereen/UCC RC	Mens Senior 4X-	Skibb/UCC	03:09:28	03:19:50	00:10:22
95	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 4X-	Shandon	03:29:21	03:39:45	00:10:24
197	Lee	Mens Club 1 4X+	Lee	03:12:59	03:24:51	00:11:52
96	Muckross	Mens Club 1 4X+	Muckross			DNS
97	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 4X-	Cork A	03:09:59	03:20:30	00:10:31
101	Shandon	Mens J18A 4X-	Shandon	03:37:31	03:48:23	00:10:52
102	Lee	Mens J18A 4X-	Lee	03:11:20	03:22:24	00:11:04
99	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 4X-	Cork B	03:10:29	03:21:40	00:11:11
100	Workmans	Mens J18A 4X-	Workmans	03:32:11	03:43:25	00:11:14
98	Muckross	Mens J18A 4X-	Muckross	03:30:48	03:42:54	00:12:06
105	Shandon	Mens J16 4X+	Shandon A	03:38:21	03:49:59	00:11:38
106	Workmans	Mens J16 4X+	Workmans	03:31:48	03:44:08	00:12:20
107	Shandon	Mens J16 4X+	Shandon B	03:40:08	03:52:28	00:12:20
103	Skibbereen	Mens J16 4X+	Skibbereen	03:41:23	03:53:46	00:12:23
104	Cappoquin	Mens J16 4X+	Cappoquin	03:31:18	03:44:13	00:12:55
111	Cork B.C.	Womens Senior 1X	L. Dilleen	03:15:44	03:28:49	00:13:05
110	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 1X	S. Dolan	03:14:58	03:28:44	00:13:46
109	Muckross	Womens Senior 1X	D. Casey	03:55:35	04:10:22	00:14:47
108	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 1X	O. Hayes			DNS
113	Shandon	Womens Intermediate 1X	R. Phelan	03:57:51	04:13:11	00:15:20
112	Fermoy	Womens Intermediate 1X	S. Bouanane			DNS
114	UCC RC	Womens Club 1 1X	D. O' Sullivan	03:46:45	04:00:57	00:14:12
117	Lee Valley	Womens Club 1 1X	E. O' Mahony	03:16:56	03:31:08	00:14:12
116	Shandon	Womens Club 1 1X	F. Richardson	03:17:36	03:34:18	00:16:42
115	Cappoquin	Womens Club 1 1X	A. Foley	03:16:35	03:33:18	00:16:43
118	Shandon	Womens Club 1 1X	A. Buckley			DNS
120	Cappoquin	Womens Novice 1X	E. Lehane	03:27:06	03:44:04	00:16:58
119	Cahir	Womens Novice 1X	J. O' Donnell	03:25:36	03:43:57	00:18:21
129	Kenmare	Womens J18A 1X	G. O' Brien	03:17:49	03:31:40	00:13:51
123	Fermoy	Womens J18A 1X	A. O' Sullivan	03:18:22	03:32:18	00:13:56
126	Workmans	Womens J18A 1X	S. Burns	03:51:42	04:05:39	00:13:57
130	Lee	Womens J18A 1X	C. Synott	03:21:29	03:35:43	00:14:14
121	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 1X	A. Rice	03:24:35	03:39:06	00:14:31
127	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 1X	A. Higgins	03:22:56	03:37:32	00:14:36
128	Lee Valley	Womens J18A 1X	E. Buckley	03:18:59	03:33:37	00:14:38
124	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 1X	C. McCarthy	03:22:29	03:37:44	00:15:15
125	Muckross	Womens J18A 1X	A. Farrell	03:24:04	03:39:42	00:15:38
122	Muckross	Womens J18A 1X	C. Ferris	03:23:26	03:39:52	00:16:26
131	Kenmare	Womens J16 1X	E. Crowley	03:21:01	03:35:22	00:14:21
133	Lee	Womens J16 1X	A. Cummins	03:20:00	03:34:22	00:14:22
135	Lee Valley	Womens J16 1X	C. Cummins	03:20:33	03:35:15	00:14:42
137	Cork B.C.	Womens J16 1X	C. O' Sullivan	03:25:01	03:39:46	00:14:45
136	Cork B.C.	Womens J16 1X	J. Duggan	03:21:54	03:37:00	00:15:06
134	Cork B.C.	Womens J16 1X	H. Gahan	03:28:00	03:43:48	00:15:48
132	Lee Valley	Womens J16 1X	S. Neary			DNS
122	Muckross	Womens J16 1X	C. Ferris			DNS
		1:30pm - Head 4
139	UCC RC	Mens Senior 8+	UCC	04:43:36	04:53:40	00:10:04
140	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 8+	Skibb	04:48:16	04:58:32	00:10:16
138	Cork B.C./UCC RC	Mens Senior 8+	Cork/UCC	04:50:13	05:00:30	00:10:17
143	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 2X	Skibb A	05:03:24	05:14:36	00:11:12
144	UCC RC	Mens Senior 2X	UCC	04:54:22	05:05:36	00:11:14
142	Shandon/UCC RC	Mens Senior 2X	Shandon/UCC	05:09:55	05:21:19	00:11:24
141	Cork B.C./Pres Cork	Mens Senior 2X	Cork/Pres	04:53:46	05:06:30	00:12:44
146	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 2X	Skibb B			DNS
147	Cork B.C.	Mens Senior 2X	Cork B.C.			DNS
148	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 2X	Shandon	04:55:01	05:06:10	00:11:09
149	Shandon	Mens Club 1 2X	Shandon	04:55:55	05:07:23	00:11:28
151	Shandon	Mens Masters 8+	Shandon	04:52:43	05:03:29	00:10:46
150	Fermoy	Mens Masters 8+	Fermoy	04:44:47	04:56:00	00:11:13
157	Workmans	Mens J18A 2X	Workmans	05:03:48	05:15:43	00:11:55
156	Cork B.C.	Mens J18A 2X	Cork B.C.	05:45:39	05:57:40	00:12:01
153	Shandon	Mens J18A 2X	Shandon	04:57:57	05:10:36	00:12:39
154	Muckross	Mens J18A 2X	Muckross A	04:56:19	05:09:24	00:13:05
159	Cahir	Mens J18A 2X	Cahir	04:57:27	05:10:59	00:13:32
155	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 2X	Pres Cork B	05:00:13	05:14:45	00:14:32
152	Muckross	Mens J18A 2X	Muckross B			DNS
158	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 2X	Pres Cork A			DNS
162	Pres Cork A	Mens J16 8+	Pres Cork A	04:45:42	04:57:08	00:11:26
160	Pres Cork	Mens J16 8+	Pres Cork B	04:46:39	04:59:57	00:13:18
161	Lee	Mens J16 8+	Lee	03:05:17	03:19:12	00:13:55
163	Shandon	Mens J16 2X	Shandon B	04:58:25	05:10:06	00:11:41
166	Workmans	Mens J16 2X	Workmans	05:00:42	05:12:55	00:12:13
167	Lee	Mens J16 2X	Lee	04:55:30	05:08:06	00:12:36
165	Shandon	Mens J16 2X	Shandon A	04:59:43	05:12:32	00:12:49
164	Muckross	Mens J16 2X	Muckross	04:56:56	05:09:46	00:12:50
168	Skibbereen	Mens J16 2X	Skibbereen	05:05:21	05:19:27	00:14:06
172	Cork B.C.	Womens Senior 4-	Cork B.C.	05:01:08	05:12:52	00:11:44
173	Skibbereen/UCC RC	Womens Senior 4-	Skibb/UCC	05:15:50	05:27:47	00:11:57
171	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 4-	Skibbereen B	01:11:02	01:23:17	00:12:15
169	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 4-	Skibbereen A	01:12:22	01:25:02	00:12:40
170	Muckross	Womens Senior 4-	Muckross	05:06:13	05:19:16	00:13:03
174	Fermoy	Womens Intermediate 4+	Fermoy	05:02:13	05:15:42	00:13:29
176	UCC RC	Womens Club 1 4+	UCC	05:02:46	05:15:44	00:12:58
175	Lee	Womens Club 1 4+	Lee	05:04:32	05:17:41	00:13:09
		3:00pm - Head 5
177	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 2-	Skibb A			DNS
178	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 2-	Skibb B			DNS
179	Pres Cork	Mens Club 1 2-	Pres Cork	04:13:55	04:25:55	00:12:00
180	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 2-	Pres Cork	06:13:18	06:25:33	00:12:15
181	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 4X-	Skibb A			DNS
182	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 4X-	Skibb B			DNS
183	Shandon	Womens Club 1 4X+	Shandon	06:14:18	06:27:28	00:13:10
184	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 4X-	Cork A	06:16:55	06:29:04	00:12:09
187	Shandon	Womens J18A 4X-	Shandon	06:15:33	06:27:49	00:12:16
186	Cork B.C.	Womens J18A 4X-	Cork B	06:18:49	06:31:06	00:12:17
185	Lee	Womens J18A 4X-	Lee	06:14:54	06:28:18	00:13:24
188	Skibbereen	Womens J18A 4X-	Skibbereen			DNS
191	Skibbereen	Womens J16 4X+	Skibb B	06:20:19	06:33:52	00:13:33
190	Cork	Womens J16 4X+	Cork	06:22:51	06:36:30	00:13:39
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#Rowing: Monika Dukarska is the Afloat Rower of the Month for October. The Killorglin woman became the world champion in the solo (single) at the Fisa World Coastal Rowing Championships in Monaco. She won the final by 26 seconds, leaving the Olympic medallist from London 2012, Alexandra Tsiavou of Greece, in her wake. Tsiavou had won her own battle with Edwig Alfred, the champion of France.

 Dukarska, who is 26, won this title first in 2009 while still a teenager.

Rower of the Month awards: The judging panel is made up of Liam Gorman, rowing correspondent of The Irish Times, and David O'Brien, editor of Afloat magazine. Monthly awards for achievements during the year will appear on afloat.ie and the overall national award will be presented to the person or crew who, in the judges' opinion, achieved the most notable results in, or made the most significant contribution to rowing during 2016. Keep a monthly eye on progress and watch our 2016 champions list grow.

#Rowing: Monika Dukarska took her second World title today. The Killorglin oarswoman won the women’s solo final at the World Coastal Rowing Championships in Monaco. She had over 26 seconds to spare over Greek international Alexandra Tsiavou (31) who finished second. Tsiavou took bronze in the lightweight double sculls at the Olympic Games in 2012.

 Dukarska won this title for the first time in 2009 when the Championships were held in Britain. Earlier this year she took bronze at the World University Championships in the women's single sculls.

World Coastal Rowing Championships, Monaco, Day Two

(Irish interest; selected results)

Men

Quadruple – B Final: 10 Galley Flash 18:09.04. Solo – B Final: 7 B Hooper 20:32.86; 18 D Hussey 23:11.12.

Women

Solo – A Final: 1 M Dukarska 30:57.06, 2 A Tsiavou 31:23.35, 3 O Alfred 31:29.00. B Final: 3 J Lee 22:52.54, 4 S Healy 22:53.30.

#Rowing: Monika Dukarska won her heat and qualified for the A Final of the women’s solo (single) at the World Coastal Rowing Championships in Monaco today. The Killorglin Rowing Club competitor had 11 seconds to spare over second-placed Benedetta Bellio of Italy. Dukarska won this event in 2009.  Jessica Lee of Arklow finished 12^th in her heat and is set to compete in the B Final.

 Barry Hooper of Galley Flash and David Hussey of Portmagee will compete in the B Final of the men’s solo. Hooper was 8^th in his heat where the top seven took A Final places. Hussey finished 13^th in his heat. Cormac Kelly of Arklow finished 17^th and missed out on a B Final place. John Casey of Arklow, who was 16^th in his heat, suffered a similar fate.

 The Arklow Rowing Club double missed out by one place on qualifying for their B Final, finishing 14^th in their heat. Courtmacsherry finished 20^th and also missed out. The Courtmacsherry coxed quadruple finished 15^th in their heat and also did not progress.

#Rowing: Ireland rower Monika Dukarska will be sponsored by foreign exchange specialist FEXCO this season as she and rowing partner Leonora Kennedy target qualification for the Ireland pair for the Olympic Games next year. FEXCO is a multinational finance and business solutions provider with operations in 28 countries. Its head office is in Killorglin in Kerry.

The Ireland crew of Dukarska and Kennedy will qualify the pair for Rio 2016 if they finish in the top 11 at the World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette in France in September.

Dukarska, who is 24, started rowing at the Killorglin Rowing Club shortly after moving to Ireland from Poland when she was 16.      

Shane Kavanagh, the group marketing director of FEXCO, said: “We are delighted to be working with Monika during her training for the Olympics, and it would be great to see a women’s pair qualify and make Irish history.

“Monika is an extremely talented athlete, with an incredible amount of drive and ambition. This is clear through her dedication to rowing throughout her school years, as well as receiving a first class bachelors and masters degree, while competing at a professional level. We look forward to supporting Monika on the road to Rio.”

Dukarska said: “It’s great to have FEXCO behind me during the Rio qualifying rounds.

“Our success at the Memorial Paolo d’Aloja Regatta was a great start to the season. Despite being my first international regatta in the women’s pair event, my partner Leonora Kennedy and I managed to take home the gold in both races. We had a good result last week in Poznan finishing ninth in the European Championships. I’m glad to be home in Ireland now and training harder than ever for September’s qualifier.”

#coastalrowing – The Coastal Rowing Clubs of Kerry played host to this year's All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships which took place on Lough Currane, Waterville, Co Kerry, at the weekend from Friday, 15th to Sunday 17th August 2014 writes Valerie O'Sullivan.

More than 2700 rowers competed, in the picturesque village of Waterville, which lies on the Iveragh Peninsula, 530 crews raced for medals and trophies in the most coveted of Rowing Championships. Crews from Donegal, Antrim, Belfast, Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Cork, and Kerry competed at the weekend.The type of boat used in the Coastal Rowing Championships is called a 'One Design' - fibre glass boat, fixed seat, a crew of four and cox.

Though the sun was shining, the breezes were stiff, just like the competition, the course was flawless, designed by Nick Norris, Schull, Co Cork, a great friend of Waterville Rowing Club, overseeing all the course was Kerry Coastal Chairman, Pat Cuffe and volunteer Andrew Wharton, who were seen, cutting branches, fixing engines, making tea, cleaning up the rubbish! Waterville Rowing Club's Noel Clifford and team were on hand for every element of the rowing weekend.

 Speaking after the event, PRO Mary B Teahan, commented "What we witnessed in Waterville was a wonderful weekend of rowing, the atmosphere was amazing, the fun and comradarie incredible. Medals were hard to come by, every crew gave it there all. We've been working on the event for a year, and all the hard work definitely paid off, Waterville was the perfect location, every community in South and Mid Kerry were completely behind the event. The Organisation was enormous, and thankfully it ran very smoothly"

All Ireland coastal rowing racing at Waterville. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan. Scroll down for a gallery of photos

As Afloat reported previously, taking the honours for the Senior Men's Race was Killorglin Rowing Club, the crew took an early lead and just couldn't be taken, Cork Rivals Courtmacsherry and Kilmacsimon RC finishing 2nd and 3rd in what is always the biggest race of the day.

Not to be outdone the Senior Ladies was won by Killorglin Rowing Club, 2nd another great Kerry Club, Sneem RC and in 3rd place was Arklow RC.

Results of the All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships 2014

Senior Men's Race: Winners: Killorglin Rowing Club A
2nd Courtmacsherry Rowing Club
3rd Kilmacsimon Rowing Club

Junior Men's Race: Winners: Ring Rowing Club
2nd Passage West Rowing Club
3rd Kilmacsimon Rowing Club

Intermediate Men's Race Winners: Cahirciveen Rowing Club
2nd Whitegate Rowing Club
3rd Portmagee Rowing Club

Senior Ladies Race Winners: Killorglin Rowing Club
2nd Sneem Rowing Club
3rd Arklow Rowing Club

Junior Ladies Race Winners: Galley Flash Rowing Club
2nd Arklow Rowing Club
3rd Courtmacsherry Rowing Club

Intermediate Ladies Race Winners: Passage West Rowing Club
2nd Whitegate Rowing Club
3rd East Ferry Rowing Club

Mixed Veteran Crew Winners: Portmagee Rowing Club
2nd Myross Rowing Club
3rd Templenoe B Rowing Club

Under 14 Girls Crew Winners : Whitegate Rowing Club A
2nd Ring Rowing Club
joint 2nd Templenoe Rowng Club

Under 16's Boys Winners: Killorglin Rowing Club
2nd Kilmacsimon Rowing Club
3rd Sive Rowing Club

Under 18 Ladies Winners; Sneem Rowing Club
2nd Fossa Rowing Club
3rd Valentia Rowing Club

Pre-Vet Men Winners: Killorglin B Rowing Club
2nd Courtmacsherry Rowing Club
3rd Whitegate Rowing Club

U 12's Winners: Galley Flash Rowing Club
2nd Passage West Rowing Club
3rd Myross Rowing Club

U18's Winners: Passage West Rowing Club
2nd Killorglin Rowing Club
3rd Galley Flash Rowing Club

U18's Ladies Winners: Sneem Rowing Club
2nd Fossa Rowing Club
3rd Valentia Rowing Club

U16 Girls Winners: Kilmacsimon Rowing Club
2nd Myross Rowing Club
3rd Caherdaniel Rowing Club

U16's Winners: Killorglin Rowing Club
2nd Kilmacsimon Rowing Club
3rd Sive Rowing Club

Under 14 Winners: Cairndhu Rowing Club
2nd Courtmacsherry Rowing Club
3rd Killorglin Rowing Club

Under 21 Ladies Winners: Killorglin Rowing Club
2nd Ring Rowing Club
3rd Fossa Rowing Club

Under 21 Winners: Whitegate Rowing Club
2nd Templenoe Rowing Club
3rd Galley Flash Rowing Club

U12 Girls Winners: Portmagee Rowing Club
2nd Passage West Rowing Club
3rd Sive Rowing Club

Master Ladies Winners: Kilmacsimon Rowing Club
Masters Men Winners: Templenoe Rowing Club
Veteran Men Winners: Portmagee Rowing Club
Veteran Ladies Winners: Whitegate Rowing Club
Senior Mixed Winners: Killorglin Rowing Club
Pre Veteran Mixed Winners: Callinafercy Rowing Club
Pre Veteran Ladies Winners: Arklow Rowing Club
Pre Veteran Men WInners: Killorglin B Rowing Club
Mixed Veterans Winners: Portmagee Rowing Club

FISA Singles Ladies Winner Melanie Hunt Kilmacsimon
FISA Single Mens Winner Cormac Kelly Arklow

Seine Boat Winners: Valentia Island (A) Dermot Walsh

Open Classic Ladies Winners: Myross Rowing Club
Open Classic Men Winners: Myross Rowing Club

Cork Yawl Ladies Winners: Whitegate Rowing Club
Cork Yawl Men Winners: Whitegate Rowing Club

Heritage Race Ladies Winners: Sneem Rowing Club
Heritage Race Men Winners: St Patrick's (A) 

All photos by Valerie O'Sullivan