Weather Kind to Cork Sculling Ladder

21st December 2015

#Rowing: The Cork Sculling Ladder had a set of races on Sunday, December 20^th at the Marina. In springlike conditions of showers and sunshine, water conditions were suprisingly good. Luke Guerin, who was late for his race with Conor Twohig, eventually came out on top. Twohig accepted a race, but suffered an injury.

Cork Sculling Ladder Results, December 20^th

Race 1. (FC)(55) Cormac Corkery - Cork Boat Club bt (22) Peter Jackson - Lee Rowing Club. 5 Lengths.

Race 2. (14) Barry Connolly - Cork Boat Club bt (13) David Breen Lee Rowing Club. 6 Lengths.

Race 3. (7) Darragh Larkin - Lee Rowing Club bt (10) Barry O’Flynn - Cork Boat Club. 6 Lengths.

Race 4. (52) Conor Twohig - Cork Boat Club Row over (51) Luke Guerin - Presentation College Rowing Club, failed to turn up at start on time.

Race 5. (52) Luke Guerin - Presentation College Rowing Club bt (51) Conor Twohig - Cork Boat Club, DNF (Did not finish). Injured his back.

Race 6. (24) Eoin Larkin - Lee Rowing Club bt (27) Sam O’Neill - Shandon Boat Club, DNF, capsized at 900 metres.

Race 7. (49) Alex Byrne - Shandon Boat Club bt (43) bt Morgan O’Hara - Lee Rowing Club. 5 Lengths.

Race 8. (32) Liam O’Connell - Cork Boat Club bt (31) Conor McCarthy - Cork Boat Club. 6 Lengths.

Race between (33) Eoin Gaffney - Shandon Boat Club and (29) Shane Crean - Lee Rowing Club. Cancelled.

Starter : Finbarr Desmond. Umpires : Kieran Hughes and Pat Hickey.

Rearranged challenges for Sunday 27.12.2015.

(84) Kieran White - Cork Boat Club v (78) Cormac O’Connell - Presentation College Rowing Club. Time TBC.

(FC)(124) Eoin Power - Cork Boat Club v (80) Jack Aherne - Cork Boat Club. Time TBC.

Challenges. Dates and Times TBA.

(17) Feargal O’Sullivan - Cork Boat Club v (15) David Higgins - Presentation College Rowing Club.

(33) Eoin Gaffney - Shandon Boat Club v (29) Shane Crean - Lee Rowing Club.

(45) Emmett Hickey - Shandon Boat Club v (42) David Collins - Cork Boat Club.

(27) Sam O’Neill - Shandon Boat Club v (26) Neil McCarthy - Cork Boat Club

Note : Racing depends on weather conditions.

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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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