Peter Murphy and Sam Balcombe who took bronze for Enniskillen at Dorney Lake
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#Rowing: Enniskillen’s Sam Balcombe and Peter Murphy took a fine third place in the men’s Championship Pair at the National Schools Regatta at Dorney Lake today.
On Saturday, Enniskillen had won gold in the Junior 16 Girls coxed four by a big margin.
Ryan Spelman of St Michael’s took his place in the A Final of the Championship Single Sculls, and finished well to challenge the leaders. He took fifth.
Coleraine Grammar School also took fifth in the final of the Junior 16 Girls Double.
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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