UCD’s Sean Jacob retains Single Scull title while Purspure wins Women’s Singles at National Rowing Championships.
Reigning single sculls rowing champion Sean Jacob of UCD Boat Club has retained his title at the National Rowing Championships for small boats in Cork today.
Jacob had a comfortable win finishing nine seconds ahead of second placed Richard Coakley of Skibbereen. This is Jacob's third championship win in this event.
In the women’s single scull, Old Collegian BC’s Sanita Puspure, the defending senior women’s sculling champion, also defended her title beating Tribesmen’s Siobhan Mc Crohan into second place, with Hayes of Skibbereen third and Monika Dukarska of Killorglin fourth.
In the women’s intermediate single sculls, Marie O’Neill of Cork Rowing Club beat Claire Lambe of UCD into second in the
women’s event.
Dublin club Neptune’s Claire Lambe and Elaine Fitzgerald ended a fantastic season for them by winning the women’s senior pair landing the club its 150th championship.
The Dublin club remains in first place on the league of winners (1912-2010).
National Rowing Championships, National Rowing Centre, Farran Wood, Cork:
RESULTS:
Sculling: men's single – Senior: 1 UCD (S Jacob) 7:44.52, 2 Skibbereen (R Coakley) 7:53.52, 3 NUIG (D Mannion) 8:01.50, 4 Tralee IT (R O’Connor).
Women's single – senior: 1 Old Collegians (Purspure), 2 Tribesmen (McCrohan) 3 Skibbereen (Hayes)
Single - intermediate: Cork Boat Club (M O’Neill) 8:20.93, 2 UCD (C Lambe) 8:25.76, 3 Killorglin (M Dukarska) 8:25.80.
Intermediate: 1 Lee Valley (J Keohane) 7:32.78, 2 Castleconnell (C Pidgeon) 7:44.31, 3 Commercial (M Maher) 7:50.78.
Women, pair – senior: 1 Neptune (E Fitzgerald, C Ludlow) 8:35.77, 2 NUIG/Tribesmen 8:41.48, 3 Skibbereen/St Michael’s 8:42.04.
Men, pair – junior 18: 1 Presentation College (J Griffin, K Neville) 7:33.60, 2 Skibbereen 7:38.81, 3 Bann 7:51.95.
Sculling, quadruple – novice, coxed (non-championship): 1 Killorglin A 8:05.41, 2 Garda 8:13.97, 3 Neptune 8:28.48.
Junior 18: 1 Skibbereen (L Connolly, C Fitzgerald, D Walsh, S Dinneen) 7:35.71, Cork BC 7:45.06, Bann 7:48.12.
