Irish University Championships & Skibbereen Regatta – Results

Arriving on Thursday, the day before the regatta began, the weather was encouraging and hopes were high for it to remain so.

However, as it happens, by Friday rowers were met with a typical  Inniscarra tailwind leaving the water choppy, but for the most part very rowable.

Crews from both clubs rowed hard and performed well under the new categorizing system which saw higher level crews come down and race in the lower categories. This resulted in not as many wins as Queen’s would have liked but saw many of our rowers perform well against crews more senior than they were.

For more detailed information on the results of the regatta follow this link http://www.rowingireland.ie/regattas/321/ to the Rowing Ireland website.

Results for the MEN at University Championships were as follows

Heats
Intermediate 1x
James McKelvey – 2nd
Ben Evans – 6th

Novice 8+
QUBBC A – 1st
QUBBC B – 3rd

Finals (Some boat classes were straight finals)

Club 8+
QUBBC – 3rd

Club 1 4+
QUBBC – 3rd

Intermediate 1x
James McKelvey – 4th

Novice 8+
QUBBC A – 3rd
QUBBC B – 6th

Senior 4x-
QUBBC – 2nd (Luke McCann filled in at bow seat for James McKelvey)

Novice 4x+
QUBBC – 1st

A picture of the winning Novice 4x+

Results for the WOMEN at University Championships were as follows

As I was unable to update the blog of the women’s crews and who was in them while at the regattas I will include the members of the crews while listing results. The details of the men’s crews are included in the previous post

Heats

N/A

Finals

Intermediate 2x
QUBLBC (Rebecca Mackey, Rebecca Edwards) – 3rd

Novice 8+
QUBLBC A (Lana Mullen, Lois Kelso, Rosanna McBrien, Stephanie McIvor, Alice Foynes, Niamh Cassidy, Molly Kerr, Samantha Fisher. Cox  – Carol Moorehead) – 2nd
QUBLBC B (Jennifer Whittaker, Victoria Coulter, Joanne Willis, Caroline McCammon, Booke Burnside, Hannah Smith, Chelsea Goodwin, Stacey McGaughey. Cox – Alice Murdoch) – 4th

Intermediate 1x
QUBLBC (Rebecca Edwards) – 2nd

Novice 4x+
QUBLBC (Jennifer Whittaker, Victoria Coulter, Rosanna McBrien, Booke Burnside. Cox – Alice Murdoch) – 3rd

Club 1 4+
QUBLBC B (Alicia Green, Rachael Abbott, Mary-Beth Toner, Ellie Holmes. Cox – Catherine Campbell) – 4th
QUBLBC C (Lois Kelso, Lana Mullen, Stephanie McIvor, Molly Kerr. Cox – Carol Moorehead) – 6th

Club 1 8+ (This was the ladies 1st VIII first race in their new boat. From what I gathered it was a beautiful boat to race in)
QUBLBC (Emma McKee, Rachel Brown, Rebecca Mackey, Rebecca Edwards, Ruth Taylor, Dineka Maguire, Jane Cunningham, Niamh Menary) – 2nd

 

Queen’s only raced on day 1 of Skibbereen Regatta. Times have also been provided with the results sourced on the Rowing Ireland website for this event. http://www.rowingireland.ie/regattas/303/

Results for the MEN at Skibbereen Regatta

Heats

Division 2 8+ (includes J16, Club 2 and Novice. All categories raced together but the winners of each category are awarded rather than just 1st place in the final)
Heat A
QUBBC B (Novice) – 3rd with a time of 6:59.24. Winning time 6:15.84
Heat B
QUBBC A (Novice)  – 2nd with a time of 6:23.22. Winning time 6:09.94

Division 1  1x (Includes J18, club 1, Intermediate, Senior and Lightweight. Same system as Division 2)
Heat E
Tiernan Oliver (club 1) – 1st with a time of 7:29.21
Adam Boreham (club 1) – 2nd with a time of 7:46.59
Jason Armstrong (club 1) – 4th with a time of 7:57.38
Heat J
Christopher Beck (Lightweight) -1st with a time of 7:19.38
Luke McCann (Lightweight) – 4th with a time of 7:55.59
Ben Evans (Lightweight) – 6th with a time of 8:38.44

Division 2 2x
Heat F
QUBBC C (Club 2) – 5th with a time of 9:11.00 (Oar came out of gate). Winning time 7:18.70
Heat G
QUBBC A (Club 2) – 1st with a time of 7:20.00
QUBBC B (Club 2) – 3rd with a time of 7:28.20
QUBBC D (Club 2) – 6th with a time of 8:35.70

Division 1 4x-
Heat A
QUBBC (Club 1) – 6th with a time of 6:52. Winning time 6:27.

Finals

Divison 2 8+
Final C
QUBBC B (Novice) – 1st with a time of 6:55.50.
Final A
QUBBC A (Novice) – 6th with a time of 6:21.00. Winning time 6:08.6

Division 1X
Final B
Tiernan Oliver (Club 1) – 5th with a time of 7:31.10. Winning time of 7:20.10.
Final A
Christopher Beck (Lightweight) – 5th with a time of 7:21.1. Winning time of 7:12.00.

Overall Tiernan was the fastest club 1 sculler in the finals and Chris was the fastest Lightweight in the finals.

Division 2x
Final B
QUBBC B (Club 2) – 1st with a time of 7:25.15.
Final A
QUBBC A (Club 2) – 2nd with a time of 7:20.90. Winning time 7:17.30
QUBBC A was the winner of the Club 2 double category of Division 2

Picture of the Division 2 Club 2 2x winners Mark McMullan and Ben Evans

 

Results for the WOMEN at Skibbereen Regatta

Heats

Division 1 1x
Heat D
Rebecca Edwards (Intermediate) – 3rd with a time of 8:27.00. Winning time 8:06.

Division 2 2x
Heat B
QUBLBC (Novice) – 6th with a time of 9:42.60. Winning time 7:58.15.

Division 1 2-
Heat B
QUBLBC (Intermediate) – 1st with a time of 8:02.43.

Division 2 8+
Heat A
QUBLBC A (Novice) – 1st with a time of 7:27.60.
Heat C
QUBLBC (Club 2) – 5th with a time of 8:11.20. Winning time 7:13.

Division 1 4x-
Heat B
QUBLBC (Intermediate) – 4th with a time of 7:22.50. Winning time 7:02.30.

Division 2 2x
Heat C
QUBLBC (Club 2) – 3rd with a time of 8:27.50. Winning time 8:02.90

Division 1 4+
Heat B
QUBLBC (Club 1) – 4th with a time of 8:04.60. Winning time 8:04.60

Finals

Division 1 1x
Final B
Rebecca Edwards (Intermediate) – 2nd with a time of 8:23.45. Winning time 8:15.73.

Division 2 4x+
Final C
QUBLBC (Novice) – 5th with a time of 9:19.2. Winning time 8:29.10.

Division 1 2-
Final A
QUBLBC (Intermediate) – 3rd with a time of 8:03.8. Winning time 7:55.00
The Pair of Dineka Maguire and Ruth Taylor won their division.

Division 2 8+
Final C
QUBLBC B (Club 2) – 3rd with a time of 8:23.60. Winning time 8:12.60
Final A
QUBLBC (Novice 8) – 4th with a time of 7:42.50. Winning time 7:15.00
The novice crew won their division. Pictured below is the crew.

Division 2 2x
Heat B
QUBLBC (Club 2) – 2nd with no time recorded in results. 4.68 seconds behind leader.

Division 1 4+
Heat B
QUBLBC (Club 1) – 3rd with a time of 8:03.00. Winning time 7:48.

 

It was a fun weekend for all, both clubs have been able to see where they are in terms of the competition. Queen’s do not usually peak for University Championships, we hope to come back in the summer and take away a very different set of results! Needless to say everyone enjoyed their sleep after the 5 hour car journey back to Belfast on Saturday evening.