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These Clonmel RC rowers were enjoying the sunshine at the recent Lee Regatta in Cork
Clonmel Rowing Club is beginning to look like a logistics company with members competing in three separate regattas on the weekend of May 18/19.
On the Saturday a few junior crews travelled to Cork for Lee Regatta and on the Sunday Pat Kinsella brought the high performance juniors to Neptune Regatta in Islandbridge.
Team Ryan, Andy, Stephen & Joseph rowing with Donal Lyons and Nicola Keating steering, wouldn’t have to wait too long for their luck to change. They were the dominant force in the final of the men’s 4x+.
Alan Prendergast was trying hard for a win and it came when he rowed in the Castleconnell / Clonmel composite 8 with Nicola Keating sitting in the cox’s seat.
CRC went out on a high note in the five-boat final of the Women’s 4x+. The experienced crew of Denise Fleming, Nell McCarthy, Chris Morrissey, Branwen Kelly and Mary Jane Brasil coxing gave a powerful display to win by a length.
These were very good results for CRC and the good news wasn’t finished. At Neptune Regatta our juniors were in action with wins for Darragh Noonan in the men’s J16 1x and the mens J16 4x for Darren Kane, Darragh Noonan, Oisin Walsh and Keelan Hogan, coxed by Ciaran Hickey. The mens j18 4x of Ciaran Hickey, Rory Keely, Cian Mellerick and Darragh Noonan went down by the narrowest of margins in a nail biting finish.
In the Women's J16 1x and J18 1x our girls Anna Kiely and Kate Meehan exited at the semi-final stage.
Former Clonmel rower, Michael Fogarty, now resident in Cobh, was delighted to meet up with Clonmel RC legend Andy Ryan at the Lee Regatta in Cork last weekend.
CLUB LOTTO WIN
Michael Green landed the spoils in last week’s club lotto. To all our ex rowers who follow us on Facebook, we invite them to join our lotto.
TWO MONTHS TO PARIS
With just two months or so to go to the Olympics, Daire Lynch is with the Irish squad at their training camp in Italy. He will probably have 1 more regatta before the Olympics and the intense preparations are going well.
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