44 rowers from ERBC travelled to National Rowing Centre, Cork to compete in Skibbereen Grand League Regatta over 2 days.
The girls J18 squad won the Pair, Coxless Four and the Eight.
Captain Acorn Cassidy along with Isabella Wright won their category in the A final 8.37.77 almost 20 seconds ahead of the pair from Cork BC. They were 2nd in the race, beating 2 Senior and one Intermediate university crews.
Coxless Four – Acorn Cassidy, Isabella Wright, Naomi Robinson and Zara Welsh had a brilliant race in the A final to take the win over Cork BC by almost 7 secs completing the 2K in a time of 7.08.46
The were joined by Eva Johnston, Rhea Cartin McCloskey, Ruby Hamill, Kate Huddlestone and cox Jessica Thompson to race in the Women’s Division 1 Eights where they had a brilliant heat to qualify for the A final 6.45.24, winning by a margin of 18 seconds over the other 2 J18 crews in the race.
WJ16 8+ Tori Davis, Brooke Davis, Hannah Armstrong, Sienna Howe, Naomi Robinson, Rhea Cartin McCloskey, Emily Black, Zara Welsh and Cox Abbey Wilson had a straight Final in which they led from start to finish crossing the line ahead of the crews from Castleconnell BC and St Michael’s RC in time of 8.09.75.
The WJ15 4X+ crew of Tori and Brooke Davis, Abbie McCarthy Magwood, Emily Back and Cox Abbey Wilson were delighted to win their Final. The girls then split into 2 Doubles who were unfortunately drawn into the same final with Emily and Abbie taking the win by a very small margin over the twins.
There were win for Cillian Donaghy and Joshua Ihnat in the MJ15 2X and the MJ15 4X+ of Olie Powell, Matthew Montgomery, Cameron Bell, Shane O’Donnell and cox Ben Cameron.
The MJ18 8+ crew were hit by illness resulting in a couple of changes – Luke Bailey, Ryan Topping, George Kernaghan, Oran Harty, Owen Kelly, Oliver Khew, Hugo McChesney, Harry Coalter, cox Katelyn Fee had a very exciting heat against old rivals St Joseph’s BC, crossing the finish line first in the J18 category. Unfortunately the tables were turned in the A Final with St Josephs catching the boys as they approached the finish line taking the win by only 0.34 secs.
Next up for the rowers is Portadown Regatta this Saturday.
