ERBC had an extremely successful start to their racing season with 13 category wins at St Michael’s Head of the River in O’Briensbridge in Co. Clare last Saturday. Well done to all the rowers who competed and thanks to the coaches and parents who travelled down to help get the rowers on and off the water. These were the category winners –
WJ13 8X+ Hollie Sharpe, Sophie Madill, Muireann Cassidy, Ellie McCauley, Sophia Latimer, Emilia Iwanicka, Maya Kettyle, Heidi Bogle and cox Beth Bradley
WJ15 2X – Eva Fowler and Clodagh Donaghy had a 11.1 sec win over the girls from Lee Valley RC
WJ16 2X – Darcy Balfour and Amy Williamson also had a great win in their category.
WJ16 2- Tori Davis and Emily Black beat the Galway Girls by 38.3 secs.
WJ16 4+ Abbie McCarthy Magwood, Claire Walsh, Tori Davis , Grace Collins and Jessica Thompson (cox)
WJ18 4+ – Zara Welsh, Abbie McCarthy Magwood, Rhea Cartin McCloskey, Sienna Howe and cox Jessica Thompson overcame the challenge from the other ERBC crew to take the win.
The WJ18 4X- were very unlucky to get beaten by just 0.5 secs by St Michael’s.
MJ14 4X+ Josh Allen, George Elliott, Ethan Vance, Oliver Collins, Eli Irvine and Leah Topping (cox) beat the crews from Offaly RC and St Michael’s RC by 36.4 and 56,1 respectively.
MJ15 4+ Reece Brady, Caelan Moore, Oliver Jennings, Evan Clarke and cox Abbey Wilson won their category by 1.02.8 over St Michael’s RC.
MJ16 4+ Evan Clarke, Oliver Jennings, Andries Ferreira, Cillian Donaghy and cox Jessica Thompson won by 28 secs over the crew from Presentation College.
MJ18 2- Luke Bailey and Ryan Topping took 1st place in the category with crews from Castleconnell BC taking the 2nd and 3rd positions.
MJ18 4+ Luke Bailey, Ryan Topping, Lorcan Sreenivasan, Evan Donaghy and Cox Abbey Wilson were the 15th fastest men’s crew on the day in a very tight race with Castleconnell BC winning by 0.7 secs.
Men’s Intermediate 4+ Evan Donaghy, Christian Timoney, Ryan Topping, Austin Cassidy and Jessica Thompson (cox) were the 14th fastest crew overall in the Men’s Race in a time of 10.57.4
Men’s Senior 4+ Lorcan Sreenivasan, Luke Bailey, Andrew Cuthbertson, Jake Sembhi and cox Abbey Wilson overcame the University of Limerick crew by 13.4 secs.
Next up for the rowers is Erne Fours Head of the River on Saturday, 8th November with the Men’s race at 11 am and the Women’s at 2 pm.
If you can help to support this event in any way, particularly with safety boat cover for the races please e mail enniskillenrbc@gmail.com, all support is very welcome and appreciated.
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