ROWING Irish rowers win B Final at World Rowing Championships

28 Aug 2009


Ireland adaptive rowers battled to a strong victory in a B Final at the World Rowing Championships in Poland this morning. The legs, trunk and arms mixed coxed four beat the United States into second place after a gripping battle between these two strong teams and ahead of Russia, France and Poland.


Team manager Joe Cunningham said, The win was a major effort by all the crew and made up for our disappointment at not making the A final. The win places Ireland's crew of Emer Patten, Shane Ryan, Kevin du Toit, Sarah Caffrey along with cox Amy Judge seventh in the world.


In the trunk and arms double scull Vincent Culhane and Karen Cromie finished fourth in their B Final


Day Six (Irish interest)

Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Coxed Fours B Final (Places 7 to 11):

  1. Ireland (E Patten, S Ryan, K du Toit, S Caffrey; cox: A Judge) 4:03.46
  2. United States 4:03.83
  3. Russia 4:04.58
  4. France 4:05.22
  5. Poland 4:13.94.

 

Trunk and Arms Mixed Double Sculls B Final (Places 7 to 11):

  1. Belarus 4:57.15,
  2. Russia 4:59.42
  3. France 5:00.63
  4. Ireland (K Cromie, V Culhane) 5:06.10
  5. Korea 5:20.89.

 

Information

  • Martin Corcoran CEO Rowing Ireland 087 687 6738