Rowers Revel In Calm Conditions as Cork Head Beats Weather

8th March 2014

#Rowing: Over 200 crews competed in good conditions at the Cork Head of the River at the Marina today. The fastest crew on the day were Cork Boat Club’s senior eight, with a good time of 12 minutes and four seconds in the first of the heads. “Conditions were perfect, flat calm all day,” said Susan Dunlea, the event secretary. The head became the first and only head of the season so far to beat the weather.

Cork Head of the River (Selected Results):

Head One: 1 Cork BC senior eight 12 minutes 4 seconds, 2 Presentation College, Cork junior 18 eight 12:33, 3 Cork BC jun 16 eight 12:59; 4 Muckross intermediate eight 13:47, 5 Shandon novice eight 14:03, 6 Shandon junior 16 eight 14:18

Women, Sculling, Quadruple: Intermediate One: Killorglin 15:16; Novice, coxed: St Michael’s 17:01.

Head Two: 1 Shandon jun 18 single scull (Hennessy) 14:21, 2 Lee jun 18 single (Kearney) 14:40, 3 Fermoy senior single (Daumann) 14:42. Inter One Single: Lee RC (Buckley) 14:46; Novice single: Lee (O’Sullivan) 15:07; Junior 16 single: Shandon (O’Sullivan) 14:58

Women – Junior 18 Pair: Cork 15:13.

Head Three: Presentation jun 18 four 12:44, 2 Shandon nov four, coxed 13:42, 3 Killorglin inter four, coxed 13:59, 4 Presentation jun 16 four, coxed 14:32

Women – Double, Senior: Killorglin 15:18; Inter One: Cork 14:30; Novice: Lee 15:15; Jun 18A: Cork 14:27; 13 Jun 16: Lee 15:13.

Head Four: 1 Shandon jun 18A quad 12:14; 2 Cork jun 18A quad 12:34; 3 Cork jun 16 quad, coxed 13:23

Women – Eight, Inter One: Cork BC 15:14; Jun 18A: Shandon 14:43; Jun 16: Cork 14:53;

Head Five: 1 Lee Inter One Pair 13:43, 2 Shandon Jun 18 Pair 14:28, 3 Presentation Jun 18 Pair 14:36

Women – Sculling, Single – Senior: Cork (O’Neill) 14:49; Novice: Lee Valley (Godsil) 16:37; Jun 18A: Cork (Beechinor) 15:51; Jun 16: Lee (Cummins) 15:56

Head Six: 1 Cork BC Jun 18A Double Scull 13:37, 2 Fermoy Jun 16 Double Sculls 14:18, 3 Killorglin Jun 16 double 14:23. Inter Double: Lee 14:31; Novice double: Clonmel 15:40

Women, Four – Junior 18A: Shandon 15:28.

Rolling Head: Men, Eight – Intermediate: Muckross 13:16; Junior 15: Cork 13:52

Four – Intermediate, coxed: Killorglin 13:59; Jun 18A: Muckross 14:29

Sculling, Quadruple – Junior 18A: Athlunkard 14:11; Jun 16, coxed: St Michael’s 15:28.

Double – Jun 18A: Presentation 15:13; Jun 16: St Brendan’s 16:44;

Single, Junior 16: St Michael’s 16:01; Masters: Cork (Regan) 16:01.

Women – Four, Junior 18: Muckross 14:58.

Quadruple, Junior 16, coxed: Shandon 15:53; Jun 15, coxed: Lee 15:15

Double, Inter One: Fermoy 15:47; Novice: Clonmel 17:34; Jun 16: St Michael’s 17:16

Single, Inter One: Fermoy (Bounane) 17:04; Jun 16: Fermoy (Cotter) 16:51; Jun 15: Lee (Brozio) 16:55

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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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