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ROWING: Under-23 athlete Justin Ryan won the men’s A Final of the single sculls at the Irish Assessment Regatta at the National Rowing Centre in Cork. Fellow lightweights Michael Maher and Justin Ryan were second and third.

Sanita Puspure was dominant in the women’s single, where surprise packet Bridget Jacques, who is just 17, took second.

Sean O’Connor and Eddie Mullarkey of NUIG, an under-23 crew, beat Bann juniors Chris Black and Joel Cassells into second in the men’s pair. The Bann pair have not competed this season as Black has had glandular fever.

The A Final of the women’s pair, an all-junior affair, was won by Hanna McCarthy and Hanna O’Sullivan of St Michael’s after a terrific battle to the line with Brooke Edgar and Emily Hutchinson of Bann.

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ROWING: Niall Kenny of UCC headed up a group of lightweight men at the top of the rankings after the 5,000 metre time trial at the second National Assessment in Newry. The top lightweight woman, Siobhan McCrohan also impressed – her percentage of projected world best time was 84.7 to Kenny’s 84.9. The fastest woman of the day was under-23 heavyweight Lisa Dilleen, and the junior women and men set a high standard, with Bridget Jacques and Andrew Griffin topping their classes. Sanita Puspure (ill) and Holly Nixon (injured) could not compete and Shane O’Driscoll and Paul O’Donovan missed out because of a bereavement.

National Assessment, Newry (5,000 metre time trial; Provisional Results - Percentages based on projected world winning time in athlete's class)

Niall Kenny (UCCRC) LM1x 19:37.3 84.9%

Michael Maher (Three Castles) LM1x 19:42.8 84.5%

Mark O'Donovan (CITRC) LM1x 19:55.5 83.6%

Anthony English (UCCRC) LM1x 19:55.9 83.6%

Justin Ryan (UCCRC) LM1x 19:56.4 83.6%

Nathan O'Reilly (Tideway Scullers’ School) LM1x 20:20.3 81.9%

Jonathan Mitchell (QUBBC) LM1x 20:23.1 81.8%

Sean O'Connor (NUIGBC) HM1x 20:21.3 80.2%

David Neale (UCD) HM1x 20:28.5 79.8%

Eddie Mullarkey (NUIGBC) HM1x 20:37.4 79.2%

Conor Egan (NUIGBC) LM1x 21:10.0 78.7%

Patrick Hughes (DUBC) HM1x 20:50.3 78.4%

Adam Boreham (BBC) HM1x 20:55.2 78.1%

Christopher Beck (RBAIRC) LM1x 21:22.5 78.0%

Feargal Geraghty (NUIGBC) LM1x 21:24.5 77.9%

Mark O'Brien (St Michaels) HM1x 21:23.6 76.3%

Matthew Wray (Bann RC) HM1x 22:27.1 72.7%

Siobhan McCrohan (Tribesmen RC) LW1x 21:38.1 84.7%

Claire Lambe (UCDBC) LW1x 21:42.0 84.5%

Lisa Dilleen (CITRC) HW1x 21:13.5 83.4%

Sarah Dolan (DULBC) LW1x 22:26.0 81.7%

Monika Dukarska (Killorglin RC) HW1x 21:59.7 80.5%

Sinead Dolan (DULBC) LW1x 23:05.7 79.4%

Andrew Griffin (Neptune R.C.) JM1x 20:39.2 83.0%

David Quinlan (Castleconnell Boat Club) JM1x 21:02.0 81.5%

Patrick Boomer (MCB) JM1x 21:02.2 81.5%

Aodhan Burns (Skibbereen R.C.) JM1x 21:03.2 81.5%

Cathal Phelan (Offaly RC) JM1x 21:03.7 81.4%

John Mitchel (Lee R.C.) JM1x 21:04.3 81.4%

Mathew Ryan (Skibbereen R.C.) JM1x 21:06.4 81.3%

Paddy Hegarty (Skibbereen R.C.) JM1x 21:12.6 80.9%

David O'Malley (St Michaels) JM1x 21:18.6 80.5%

Paudie Leonard (Skibbereen R.C.) JM1x 21:21.5 80.3%

Andrew Bell (Col.Iognaid) JM1x 21:22.0 80.3%

Cian Noone (Neptune R.C.) JM1x 21:25.1 80.1%

Andy Harrington (Shandon B.C.) JM1x 21:26.1 80.0%

Daniel Buckley (Lee R.C.) JM1x 21:30.9 79.7%

Gearoid Moore (St Michaels) JM1x 21:37.6 79.3%

Gary Thornton (Portora BC) JM1x 21:40.0 79.2%

Thomas English (Neptune R.C.) JM1x 21:43.6 78.9%

Eddie Beechinor (Cork BC) JM1x 21:52.7 78.4%

Conor Carmody (Shannon RC) JM1x 21:55.2 78.2%

Darragh McCarthy (Col.Iognaid) JM1x 21:58.9 78.0%

Kevin Fallon (St.Joseph's) JM1x 22:09.5 77.4%

Mathew Kelly (Col.Iognaid) JM1x 22:22.3 76.7%

James Healy (St Michaels) JM1x 22:35.1 75.9%

Brian Keohane (Presentation College, Cork) JM1x 22:39.9 75.7%

Philip Mc Entee (GRC) JM1x 22:56.3 74.8%

Kai McGlacken (Col.Iognaid) JM1x 23:15.5 73.7%

Bridget Jacques (BBC) JW1x 22:22.6 83.0%

Hilary Shinnick (Fermoy RC) JW1x 22:37.0 82.2%

Katie Cromie (Portora BC) JW1x 22:39.2 82.0%

Kate O'Brien (St Michaels) JW1x 23:00.1 80.8%

Aileen Crowley (Muckross RC) JW1x 23:19.3 79.7%

Bernadette Walsh (Skibbereen R.C.) JW1x 23:22.0 79.5%

Leonie Hamel (Cork BC) JW1x 23:33.4 78.9%

Sarah Higgins (Cork BC) JW1x 23:36.9 78.7%

Sarah Allen (Bann RC) JW1x 23:37.9 78.6%

Fionna Murtagh (GRC) JW1x 23:44.1 78.3%

Roisin Merz (Shandon B.C.) JW1x 23:50.0 78.0%

Jasmine English (MCB) JW1x 23:51.9 77.9%

Phoebe Mulligan (Portora BC) JW1x 23:56.4 77.6%

Aoife Cooper (Muckross RC) JW1x 23:59.9 77.4%

Kara O'Connor (Muckross RC) JW1x 24:18.3 76.5%

Sadhbh Cassidy (Neptune R.C.) JW1x 24:18.8 76.4%

Maria Gregson (MCB) JW1x 24:20.3 76.4%

Katherine Cremin (Muckross RC) JW1x 24:31.5 75.8%

Claire Silke (Castleconnell Boat Club) JW1x 25:01.4 74.3%

Megan McLaughlin (Cork BC) JW1x 25:03.0 74.2%

Crainne Malone (Col. Charrian) JW1x 25:11.9 73.7%

Megan Donnelly (GRC) JW1x 25:23.2 73.2%

Zoe Hyde (Killorglin RC) JW1x 25:33.5 72.7%

Henry Millar/Lloyd Seaman (Portora BC/Portora BC) JM2- 19:47.5 82.2%

Kevin Keohane/Niall Crowley (Presentation College Cork) JM2- 20:05.5 81.0%

William Yeomans/Colm O'Riada (Commercial) JM2- 20:09.5 80.7%

Joel Cassells/Chris Alcorn (Bann) JM2- 20:10.4 80.7%

Aidan Kinneen/Eric McEvoy (St.Joseph's) JM2- 20:30.9 79.3%

Shane Walsh/Alan Murtagh (Galway RC) JM2- 20:40.5 78.7%

Killian Doyle/Aaron McGrath (Carlow) JM2- 20:55.3 77.8%

Brooke Edgar/Emily Hutchinson (Bann) JW2- 22:29.0 79.8%

Hanna McCarthy/Hanna O’Sullivan (St Michael’s) JW2- 22:40.7 79.1%

Ruth Gilligan/Lauren McHugh (Shannon) JW2- 22:51.9 78.5%

 

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Kate O'Brien of St Michael's in Limerick recorded an outstanding time for a junior woman in the ergometer (rowing machine) test of six minutes 58 seconds at the second Natioinal Assessment at Newry today. Only one other woman, under-23 athlete Lisa Dilleen, with 6:49.2 bettered the young Limerick competitor's time. Sanita Puspure, who was ill, was a noticeable absentee, but she hopes to soon bounce back from the viral infection which prevented her taking part. Dave Neale was the fastest man, and the strong lightweight men's group performed well. Shane O'Driscoll had to withdraw due a family bereavement.

Rowing Ireland
2k Ergo Results (11th-February-2012)
FEB 2k Score
Row Labels Total
HM
David Neale (UCD ) HM 6:05.0
HMU23
Eddie Mullarkey (NUIGBC) HMU23 6:09.8
Adam Boreham (BBC) HMU23 6:12.2
Mark O'Brien (St Michaels) HMU23 6:15.6
Patrick Hughes (DUBC) HMU23 6:18.0
Sean O'Connor (NUIGBC) HMU23 6:19.0
HMU20
Matthew Wray (Bann RC) HMU20 6:21.4
HWU23
Lisa Dilleen (CITRC) HWU23 6:49.2
Monika Dukarska (Killorglin RC) HWU23 7:00.1
LM
Michael Maher (3 Castles) LM 6:14.3
Niall Kenny (UCCRC) LM 6:16.7
Anthony English (UCCRC) LM 6:19.0
Mark O'Donovan (CITRC) LM 6:21.6
Nathan O'Reilly (Tideway Scullers School) LM 6:25.6
Feargal Geraghty (NUIGBC) LM 6:29.0
LMU23
Justin Ryan (UCCRC) LMU23 6:17.0
Jonathan Mitchell (QUBBC) LMU23 6:20.2
Adam O'Donohue (Offaly RC) LMU23 6:55.3
LMU20
Conor Egan (NUIGBC) LMU20 6:46.0
Christopher Beck (RBAIRC) LMU20 6:49.8
LW
Siobhan McCrohan (Tribesmen RC) LW 7:09.3
LWU23
Claire Lambe (UCDBC) LWU23 7:11.6
Sarah Dolan (DULBC) LWU23 7:24.7
Sinead Dolan (DULBC) LWU23 7:38.8
MJ18
Henry Millar (Portora BC) MJ18 6:19.7
Fionnan McQuillan-Tolan (St.Joseph's) MJ18 6:20.9
Joel Cassells (Bann RC) MJ18 6:25.0
Andrew Griffin (Neptune R.C.) MJ18 6:25.3
Eddie Beechinor (Cork BC) MJ18 6:26.8
Patrick Boomer (MCB) MJ18 6:27.4
David Quinlan (Castleconnell Boat Club) MJ18 6:28.9
Thomas English (Neptune R.C.) MJ18 6:31.5
Andrew Bell (Col.Iognaid) MJ18 6:32.6
Cian Noone (Neptune R.C.) MJ18 6:34.4
Lloyd Seaman (Portora BC) MJ18 6:35.6
Colm O'Riada (Commercial RC) MJ18 6:36.3
James Healy (St Michaels) MJ18 6:36.4
Killian Doyle (Carlow RC) MJ18 6:37.2
Gary Thornton (Portora BC) MJ18 6:39.0
Shane Walsh (GRC) MJ18 6:41.9
Chris Alcorn (Bann RC) MJ18 6:42.0
Paudie Leonard (Skibbereen R.C.) MJ18 6:44.1
Gearoid Moore (St Michaels) MJ18 6:45.7
Kevin Molloy (Athlone B C) MJ18 6:46.0
Aodhan Burns (Skibbereen R.C.) MJ18 6:46.2
Mathew Kelly (Col.Iognaid) MJ18 6:52.3
MJ17
Paddy Hegarty (Skibbereen R.C.) MJ17 6:29.7
Kevin Keohane (Presentation College Cork) MJ17 6:34.8
Aidan Kinneen (St.Joseph's) MJ17 6:36.0
Mathew Ryan (Skibbereen R.C.) MJ17 6:37.1
Niall Crowley (Presentation College Cork) MJ17 6:39.8
Aaron McGrath (Carlow RC) MJ17 6:39.8
Andy Harrington (Shandon B.C.) MJ17 6:40.4
John Mitchel (Lee R.C.) MJ17 6:42.4
Eric McEvoy (St.Joseph's) MJ17 6:42.7
William Yeomans (Commercial RC) MJ17 6:46.1
Alan Murtagh (GRC) MJ17 6:46.2
Cathal Phelan (Offaly RC) MJ17 6:47.5
Daniel Buckley (Lee R.C.) MJ17 6:48.7
Philip Mc Entee (GRC) MJ17 6:51.9
Dylan Delargy (GRC) MJ17 7:16.2
MJ16
Kai McGlacken (Col.Iognaid) MJ16 6:49.1
Conor Carmody (Shannon RC) MJ16 6:51.6
Brian Keohane (presentation College Cork) MJ16 6:58.8
Darragh McCarthy (Col.Iognaid) MJ16 6:59.5
David O'Malley (St Michaels) MJ16 7:00.5
Kevin Fallon (St.Joseph's) MJ16 7:02.8
WJ18
Kate O'Brien (St Michaels) WJ18 6:58.0
Katie Cromie (Portora BC) WJ18 7:09.2
Hanna O'Sullivan (St Michaels) WJ18 7:30.0
Aileen Crowley (Muckross RC) WJ18 7:32.7
Sarah Allen (Bann RC) WJ18 7:33.5
Emily Hutchinson (Bann RC) WJ18 7:35.7
Brooke Edgar (Bann RC) WJ18 7:36.3
Roisin Merz (Shandon B.C.) WJ18 7:37.7
Sarah Higgins (Cork BC) WJ18 7:41.5
Maria Gregson (MCB) WJ18 7:45.3
Sadhbh Cassidy (Neptune R.C.) WJ18 7:46.8
Aoife Cooper (Muckross RC) WJ18 7:47.5
Sally O'Brien (Neptune R.C.) WJ18 7:53.6
WJ17
Hilary Shinnick (Fermoy RC) WJ17 7:07.9
Bridget Jacques (BBC) WJ17 7:08.0
Leonie Hamel (Cork BC) WJ17 7:28.5
Lauren McHugh (Shannon RC) WJ17 7:32.3
Hanna McCarthy (St Michaels) WJ17 7:32.9
Ruth Gilligan (Shannon RC) WJ17 7:34.1
Fionna Murtagh (GRC) WJ17 7:37.4
Bernadett Walsh (Skibbereen R.C.) WJ17 7:40.0
Phoebe Mulligan (Portora BC) WJ17 7:45.6
WJ16
Claire Beechinor (Cork BC) WJ16 7:39.9
Zoe Hyde (Killorglin RC) WJ16 7:42.1
Jasmine English (MCB) WJ16 7:42.5
Megan McLaughlin (Cork BC) WJ16 7:49.3
Megan Donnelly (GRC) WJ16 7:50.8
Katherine Cremin (Muckross RC) WJ16 7:52.5
Crainne Malone (Col. Charrian) WJ16 7:54.1
Claire Silke (Castleconnell Boat Club) WJ16 7:58.7
Kara O'Connor (Muckross RC) WJ16 7:59.4

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Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta

From the Baily lighthouse to Dalkey island, the bay accommodates six separate courses for 21 different classes racing every two years for the Dun Laoghaire Regatta.

In assembling its record-breaking armada, Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta (VDLR) became, at its second staging, not only the country's biggest sailing event, with 3,500 sailors competing, but also one of Ireland's largest participant sporting events.

One of the reasons for this, ironically, is that competitors across Europe have become jaded by well-worn venue claims attempting to replicate Cowes and Cork Week.'Never mind the quality, feel the width' has been a criticism of modern-day regattas where organisers mistakenly focus on being the biggest to be the best. Dun Laoghaire, with its local fleet of 300 boats, never set out to be the biggest. Its priority focussed instead on quality racing even after it got off to a spectacularly wrong start when the event was becalmed for four days at its first attempt.

The idea to rekindle a combined Dublin bay event resurfaced after an absence of almost 40 years, mostly because of the persistence of a passionate race officer Brian Craig who believed that Dun Laoghaire could become the Cowes of the Irish Sea if the town and the local clubs worked together. Although fickle winds conspired against him in 2005, the support of all four Dun Laoghaire waterfront yacht clubs since then (made up of Dun Laoghaire Motor YC, National YC, Royal Irish YC and Royal St GYC), in association with the two racing clubs of Dublin Bay SC and Royal Alfred YC, gave him the momentum to carry on.

There is no doubt that sailors have also responded with their support from all four coasts. Running for four days, the regatta is (after the large mini-marathons) the single most significant participant sports event in the country, requiring the services of 280 volunteers on and off the water, as well as top international race officers and an international jury, to resolve racing disputes representing five countries. A flotilla of 25 boats regularly races from the Royal Dee near Liverpool to Dublin for the Lyver Trophy to coincide with the event. The race also doubles as a RORC qualifying race for the Fastnet.

Sailors from the Ribble, Mersey, the Menai Straits, Anglesey, Cardigan Bay and the Isle of Man have to travel three times the distance to the Solent as they do to Dublin Bay. This, claims Craig, is one of the major selling points of the Irish event and explains the range of entries from marinas as far away as Yorkshire's Whitby YC and the Isle of Wight.

No other regatta in the Irish Sea area can claim to have such a reach. Dublin Bay Weeks such as this petered out in the 1960s, and it has taken almost four decades for the waterfront clubs to come together to produce a spectacle on and off the water to rival Cowes."The fact that we are getting such numbers means it is inevitable that it is compared with Cowes," said Craig. However, there the comparison ends."We're doing our own thing here. Dun Laoghaire is unique, and we are making an extraordinary effort to welcome visitors from abroad," he added. The busiest shipping lane in the country – across the bay to Dublin port – closes temporarily to facilitate the regatta and the placing of six separate courses each day.

A fleet total of this size represents something of an unknown quantity on the bay as it is more than double the size of any other regatta ever held there.

Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta FAQs

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is Ireland's biggest sailing event. It is held every second Summer at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay.

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is held every two years, typically in the first weekend of July.

As its name suggests, the event is based at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Racing is held on Dublin Bay over as many as six different courses with a coastal route that extends out into the Irish Sea. Ashore, the festivities are held across the town but mostly in the four organising yacht clubs.

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is the largest sailing regatta in Ireland and on the Irish Sea and the second largest in the British Isles. It has a fleet of 500 competing boats and up to 3,000 sailors. Scotland's biggest regatta on the Clyde is less than half the size of the Dun Laoghaire event. After the Dublin city marathon, the regatta is one of the most significant single participant sporting events in the country in terms of Irish sporting events.

The modern Dublin Bay Regatta began in 2005, but it owes its roots to earlier combined Dublin Bay Regattas of the 1960s.

Up to 500 boats regularly compete.

Up to 70 different yacht clubs are represented.

The Channel Islands, Isle of Man, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland countrywide, and Dublin clubs.

Nearly half the sailors, over 1,000, travel to participate from outside of Dun Laoghaire and from overseas to race and socialise in Dun Laoghaire.

21 different classes are competing at Dun Laoghaire Regatta. As well as four IRC Divisions from 50-footers down to 20-foot day boats and White Sails, there are also extensive one-design keelboat and dinghy fleets to include all the fleets that regularly race on the Bay such as Beneteau 31.7s, Ruffian 23s, Sigma 33s as well as Flying Fifteens, Laser SB20s plus some visiting fleets such as the RS Elites from Belfast Lough to name by one.

 

Some sailing household names are regular competitors at the biennial Dun Laoghaire event including Dun Laoghaire Olympic silver medalist, Annalise Murphy. International sailing stars are competing too such as Mike McIntyre, a British Olympic Gold medalist and a raft of World and European class champions.

There are different entry fees for different size boats. A 40-foot yacht will pay up to €550, but a 14-foot dinghy such as Laser will pay €95. Full entry fee details are contained in the Regatta Notice of Race document.

Spectators can see the boats racing on six courses from any vantage point on the southern shore of Dublin Bay. As well as from the Harbour walls itself, it is also possible to see the boats from Sandycove, Dalkey and Killiney, especially when the boats compete over inshore coastal courses or have in-harbour finishes.

Very favourably. It is often compared to Cowes, Britain's biggest regatta on the Isle of Wight that has 1,000 entries. However, sailors based in the north of England have to travel three times the distance to get to Cowes as they do to Dun Laoghaire.

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is unique because of its compact site offering four different yacht clubs within the harbour and the race tracks' proximity, just a five-minute sail from shore. International sailors also speak of its international travel connections and being so close to Dublin city. The regatta also prides itself on balancing excellent competition with good fun ashore.

The Organising Authority (OA) of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta is Dublin Bay Regattas Ltd, a not-for-profit company, beneficially owned by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC), National Yacht Club (NYC), Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC) and Royal St George Yacht Club (RSGYC).

The Irish Marine Federation launched a case study on the 2009 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta's socio-economic significance. Over four days, the study (carried out by Irish Sea Marine Leisure Knowledge Network) found the event was worth nearly €3million to the local economy over the four days of the event. Typically the Royal Marine Hotel and Haddington Hotel and other local providers are fully booked for the event.

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