Ireland Send Seven Crews to First World Cup Regatta

29th March 2016

Claire Lambe is in the Ireland team for World Cup Regatta.

#Rowing: The Ireland team for the first World Cup regatta, in Varese in Italy from April 15^th to 17^th, will feature seven crews. The Olympic-bound lightweight double sculls of Sinéad Jennings and Claire Lambe and Paul O’Donovan and Gary O’Donovan will be joined by the three boats which hope to find their way to Rio through the qualifiers in May – the lightweight men’s four, the women’s pair and single sculler Sanita Puspure – and by Siobhán McCrohan and Denise Walsh in lightweight single sculls. McCrohan and Walsh were to trial for a single spot, but the trial was twice postponed and both will now travel.

Pararower Karol Doherty will go out with the bulk of the team on April 12^th, and will compete in the Paralympic Qualifier in Gavirate in Italy on April 20^th to 23^rd.

Ireland Team for World Cup, Varese, Italy, April 15^th to 17^th

Men

Lightweight Four: L Seaman, M O’Donovan, L Keane, S O’Driscoll. Lightweight Double Scull: P O’Donovan, G O’Donovan.

Women

Pair: L Kennedy, B O’Brien. Lightweight Double Scull: C Lambe, S Jennings. Single Scull: S Puspure. Lightweight Single Scull: S McCrohan, D Walsh.

Crew for Paralympic Qualification Regatta, Gavirate, Italy, April 20th-23^rd: K Doherty (Arms and Shoulders men’s single scull).

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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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