Rowing club from Tipperary were brewing up a storm in Limerick
Success for Clonmel rowers at UL Arena
Above: The Clonmel Rowing Club senior women’s team of (from left) Clara Hogan, Chris Fanning, Hannah McMahon and Jurita Wall, who won the relay race at the Provinces Indoor Rowing Competition at the UL Sports Arena in Limerick
While Storm Bert had the country on high alert recently, rowers from all across the island and even some from the UK were brewing up a storm at the UL sports arena in Limerick.
Clonmel Rowing Club’s Brendan Wall has perfected the art of coaching relay teams on the ergometer and the club’s junior women of Kate Fogarty, Brid Fogarty, Millie Crean and Sofia Lenehan combined well to hold off the challenge of the Athlunkard and St Michael’s teams.
Kate scored twice more on the day, winning the silver medal in the WJ14 2,000 metres and the 500 metres.
Clonmel’s senior women’s team of Clara Hogan, Chris Fanning, Hannah McMahon and Jurita Wall had a convincing win in their relay race, which should come as no surprise as Chris and Hannah were part of the team that won a silver medal at the world indoors in Prague last January.
The other two members of the team, Clara Hogan and Jurita Wall, had wins in their own individual competitions. In fact, Clara made a clean sweep in four disciplines.
Not to be outdone by the girls, the boys J14 relay team drew on all their reserves of strength to clinch the silver medal position.
In the women’s J16 1,000 metres, Eimear Sweeney and Brid Fogarty were unlucky not to make the podium when they came home in fourth and fifth place.
Millie Crean also went close to the medals when she finished fourth in the J15.
Daniel McKenna braved the 2,000 metres twice in quick succession and he put in a fine time of 7’20”.
Shaun Callaghan made his trip over from the UK worthwhile, winning the men’s 60-64 category, while Clonmel’s Paul Nugent came home in third place with a time of 3’30”.