NUIG and Fermoy made their exits from Henley Royal Regatta at the semi-final stage today. In the Britannia for coxed fours, Fermoy came up against a heavier crew in Agecroft, who took the lead early and held off the Irish crew’s challenges to win by two thirds of a length. NUIG swapped the lead with a slick Isis unit in the early stages of the Visitors’ Cup for coxless fours, but struggled with their steering. Isis, stroked by Irishman Martin Walsh, won by three and three-quarter lengths.
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Liam Gorman
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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