Nine Offaly crews among the winners at Carrick on Shannon Regatta
A big team from Offaly Rowing Club travelled to Carrick on Shannon for their recent regatta.
The club had a very successful day out with no less than nine winning crews.
The day started with a closely contested WJ15 Double with Emily Byrne and Lyla Kane Walsh in the Offaly boat. Byrne and Kane Walsh rowed well and finished second in a close race.
The Womens J16 & J18 double winners.
In the mens J15 single both Ben Ward and Aidan Molloy won their races. Louis Dollard, Finn Bagnell-Condron and Shane McLachlan raced well to finish second in their races.
The Mens J15 double winners.
Conor Gilsenan and John Ward raced in both the masters singles and doubles races finishing second in all races.
Ealga McAuliffe and Katelyn Taylor raced in the women's J13 singles. They both finished very strongly in second in their races.
The Womens J13 Quad Gold medallists.
The women's J13 quad of Katelyn Taylor, Ealga McAuliffe, Tess Flynn, Anna Walsh and cox Lyla Kane Walsh rowed a great race to win.
Roisin Byrne, Isabel McAuliffe and Aisling Walsh all raced Womens J16 single scull. They won all their rounds to the semi finals where Walsh and McAuliffe won their semi finals and raced each other in the final. In a very tight race, Walsh emerged victorious.
In the women's masters double Adele O’Dwyer and Ciara Ni Cheilleachair finished a strong second in their race.
Aisling Walsh, the womens' J16 winner.
The women's J16 quad of Isabel McAuliffe, Roisin Byrne, Emily Byrne, Aisling Walsh and Anna Walsh won their heat, quarter and semi final but after a long day of racing were beaten on the line by a fresher Sligo crew.
The mens J16 double of Louis Dollard and Aidan Molloy finished second. Molloy then teamed up with Ben Ward to win the mens J15 double. Finn Bagnell-Condron and Shane McLachlan finished a close second in their J15 doubles race.
The mens J15 quad of Finn Bagnell-Condron, Shane McLachlan, Aidan Molloy, Ben Ward and Cox Lyla Kane Walsh were impressive in winning their race over the local favourites.
The club's next outing is to the Masters regatta at Neptune, Islandbridge.
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