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Kincasslagh women’s quad crew, Irish silver medalists and fifth ranked European outfit
There is good Donegal interest at the 2024 World Rowing Coastal Championships as well as the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals which begin in Genoa, Italy this coming weekend.
Niamh Doogan with her Kincasslagh Rowing Club (KRC) quad crew will represent Ireland rowing against the best women’s crews in the world on the San Navarro beach this weekend.
The Kincasslagh crew are made up of Dineka Maguire, Katie Shirlow and Claire Feerick, ably coxed by rower and expert coxswain Cian Mac Suibhne from Loughross Point Rowing Club.
Their women’s quad crew came home with a silver medal from the recent Irish Championships held in Bantry and a 5th place at the European Championships in Gdańsk, Poland at the beginning of the summer.
Méabh McNamara from Donegal Bay Rowing Club (DBRC) will be coxing the Killorglin Rowing Club’s women’s quad crew this weekend.
Méabh herself, picked up a bronze medal at the Irish Championships in the women’s single race and the coveted gold coxing her Killorglin crew to victory, now rowing into the World Championships as the Irish champions.
Kincasslagh’s Niamh Doogan, won’t have much time to catch her breath or dry her socks, back racing again in the Beach Sprint finals the following weekend 14-15 September, this time racing in the mixed double with Noel Creedon from Ring Rowing Club.
Niamh and Noel were in a class of their own being crowned the Irish champions at The Irish Beach Sprint Finals in Brittas Bay, Wicklow this summer.
Grace Masterson from Donegal Bay (DBRC) will be racing in the Junior mixed double with Jack Hehir, Rosscarbery Rowing Club (RRC).
They too are going into the Worlds as Junior Irish champions after rowing for gold at The Irish Beach Sprint Finals.
World Rowing’s Facebook page will livestream the racing over both weekends.
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