Black and Cassells Win Second Gold at Coupe Rowing

31st July 2011

Liam Gorman

Black and Cassells Win Second Gold at Coupe Rowing

Bann crew Chris Black and Joel Cassells won a second gold medal for Ireland in the junior men’s pair at he Coupe de la Jeunesse, a European junior rowing tournament in Ottensheim in Austria today, having achieved the same feat on Saturday.

The junior women’s double of Katie Cromie (Portora) and Shelly Dineen (Skibbereen) took silver today to add to yesterday’s gold medal, and junior men’s double of Matthew Monteith and Adrian Sheehan were third. Ireland’s junior men’s four and junior women’s quadruple scull also took bronze.

Coupe de la Jeunesse, Ottensheim, Austria (Selected Results, Irish interest)

Saturday

Men, Junior Four – A Final: 3 Ireland (C Egan, H Millar, F Tolan, L Seaman) 6:22.34.

Junior Pair – A Final: 1 Ireland (J Cassells, C Black) 6:48.51, 2 Hungary 6:52.42.

Junior Double Scull – 1 Italy 6:36.68. 2 Ireland (M Monteith, A Sheehan) 6:3805.

Women, Junior Double – A Final: 1 Ireland (K Cromie, M Dineen) 7:24.75, 2 Hungary 7:27.29.

Sunday

Men

Junior Four – A Final: 1 Spain 6:12.56, 2 Ireland (Egan, Millar, Tolan, Seaman) 6:16.50

Junior Pair – A Final: 1 Ireland (J Cassells, C Black) 6:50.15, 2 Hungary 6:55.20.

Junior Double Scull – A Final: 1 Italy 6:42.16, 2 Britain 6:44.42, 3 Ireland (Monteith, Sheehan) 6:44.70.

Women

Junior Quadruple – Final: 1 Britain 7:03.54; 3 Ireland (R Shorten, K O’Brien, H Shinnick, B Jacques) 7:06.87.

Junior Double – A Final: 1 Hungary 7:26.87, 2 Ireland (K Cromie, M Dineen) 7:30.11

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Liam Gorman

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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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