And so it begins! Five Ireland crews compete on the first day of the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade tomorrow (Sunday), with six more scheduled for Monday, and the PR2 Mixed double of Katie O’Brien and Steve McGowan set for their first action on Tuesday.
The Ireland men’s double of Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle compete on the first day: their heat is at 12.50 Irish time.
Programme for Ireland crews at World Rowing Championships, Belgrade
Sunday
10.08: Men’s Lightweight Single Sculls (Jake McCarthy)
11.12: Women’s Lightweight Single Sculls (Siobhán McCrohan)
11.19: Lightweight Men’s Double (Fintan McCarthy, Paul O’Donovan)
12:01: Men’s Pair (Ross Corrigan, Nathan Timoney)
12.50: Men’s Double (Daire Lynch, Philip Doyle)
Monday
9:28: Womens Pair (Aifric Keogh, Fiona Murtagh)
9.49: Lightweight Women’s Double (Aoife Casey, Margaret Cremen)
10.25: Women’s Double (Zoe Hyde, Alison Bergin)
11.21: Women’s Four (Natalie Long, Sanita Puspure, Imogen Magner, Eimear Lambe)
11.35: Men’s Four (Fionnán McQuillan-Tolan, Adam Murphy, Jack Dorney, John Kearney)
12:24: Men’s Quadruple (Konan Pazzaia, Ronan Byrne, Andrew Sheehan, Brian Colsh)
Tuesday
9.30: PR2 Mixed Double Sculls (Steven McGowan, Katie O’Brien)