#Rowing: Hannah Scott of Bann produced the outstanding performance at the Ireland junior Assessment at Lough Rynn in Leitrim. Scott rowed the six kilometre course in 25 minutes 32 seconds – a remarkable 89.10 per cent of projected world best time for a junior over this distance.
Aaron Johnston and Nathan Timoney of Enniskillen were the best men’s junior pair, with Alexander Wilson and Calum McCrae of Methodist also showing well. Aaron Christie of Bann, the top male single sculler, covered the six kilometre course in a fine time of 24 minutes and six seconds.
The top two women’s pairs were also fast – both were from Enniskillen.
At the National Rowing Centre in Cork, Margaret Cremen and Aoife Casey teamed up in a junior double and were ranked first on the day in terms of per centage of projected world gold medal-winning time. Sanita Puspure and Monika Dukarska both did well in single sculls, while Daire Lynch and Sam McKeown teamed up well in a double.
Ireland Assessment, National Rowing Centre (Six kilometre time trial: Selected Results; per centage of projected World gold medal time in category)
Saturday
Men
Pair – Senior Lightweight: S O’Driscoll, M O’Donovan 22 min 5 sec (86.49). Senior: St Michael’s (McKeon, Garvey) 23:53 (77.25). Junior: St Michael’s 23:56 (81.96).
Sculling, Single – Senior Lightweight: 1 P O’Donovan 23:06 (87.23), 2 G O’Donovan 23:20 (86.36), 3 C Beck 23:49 (84.6).
Senior: 1 D Lynch 23:27 (83.8) 2 S McKeown 23:53 (82.27), 3 K Mannix 24:23 (80.59). Junior 18: B O’Flynn 24:17.
Women
Pair – Senior: 1 A Feeley, A Keogh 25 min 26 sec (80.80), 2 R Gilligan, E Lambe 25:50 (79.55), 3 A Mason, T Hanlon 25:58 (79.41). Junior: Fermoy 25:59 (84.01).
Sculling, Single – Senior: 1 S Puspure 24:36 (86.99), 2 M Dukarska 25:13 (84.86), 3 E Hegarty 26:49 (79.80). Senior Lightweight: D Walsh 26:11 (84.79). Junior: A Casey 26:51 (84.73).
Sunday
Men
Four – Jun 18: St Michael’s, Clonmel (O’Byrne, McKeon, O’Donnell, McKenna) 21:48 (82.34). Pair – Senior: Presentation A 24:51 (74.25). Lightweight: S O’Driscoll, M O’Donovan 22:18 (85.87). Jun: Waterford 23:57 (82.05).
Sculling,
Quadruple – Sen: K Mannix, D Begley, R Byrne, D Buckley 20:25 (81.31). Lightweight: A Goff, C Hennessy, S O’Connor, N Beggan 20:26 (83.93). Jun: B O’Flynn, J Keating, J Quinlan, O Clune 20:32 (85.96).
Double – Sen: D Lynch, S McKeown 21:44 (82.82). Lightweight: G O’Donovan, P O’Donovan 21:37 (84.43), 2 Beck, O’Connor 21:48 (83.72). Junior: Workmans (Bartlett, Bartlett) 24:03 (79.42).
Single – Sen: E O’Connor 25:31 (77:01). Junior: E Gaffney 25:16 (82.72)
Women
Four – Sen: A Gilligan, C Lambe, A Mason, T Hanlon 23:10 (80.72). Jun: Fermoy, Commercial (O’Reilly, McGirr, Keogh, Maxwell) 24:18 (82.72). Pair – Sen: A Feeley, A Keogh 25:37 (80.22).
Sculling
Quadruple – Sen: S Bounane, K Shirlow, O Blundell, R McBrinn 23:35 (77.81). Jun: G O’Brien, A O’Sullivan, C Nolan, C Browne 22:48 (85.75).
Double: Sen: M Pigott, B Larsen 24:37 (80.64). Lightweight: J Coleman, E Ormsby 25:36 (79.69). Jun: M Cremen, A Casey 24:00 (88.12).
Single: S Puspure 24:40 (86.76), 2 M Dukarska 25:09 (85.09). Lightwt: D Walsh did not finish. Jun 18: S Burns 28:16 (80.48).
Ireland Assessment, Lough Rynn (6k; selected results)
Men
Pair – Junior: A Johnson, Nathan Timoney 22.40 (86.54), 2 A Wilson, McCrae 22:52 (85.79).
Sculling, Single – Jun: A Christie 24:06 (86.72), 2 M Ryder 24:42 (84.76).
Women
Pair – Jun 18: MJ Elliot, Z McCutcheon 25:37 (85.10), 2 M Kelly, C Fee 25:46 (84.61).
Sculling, Single – Jun: H Scott 25:32 (89.10), 2 C Nic Dhonncha 27:17 (83.38).
