Skibbereen’s men’s club one eight clocked 10 minutes seven seconds to come fastest at the Skibbereen Head of the River at the Marina in Cork.
The University of Limerick senior men’s quadruple was the fastest in their class. Their time of 10 minutes 29 seconds was 10 seconds faster than the composite men’s quadruple. Lee’s junior men’s quadruple were the fastest in this class in 11 minutes flat.
The fastest women’s sculler was junior competitor Holly Davis of Lee Valley, who took 13 minutes and 43 seconds to cover the course. Finn O’Reilly of Skibbereen (pic) was the fastest senior man – by one second from Kealan Mannix of University of Limerick.
The worst of the wind and rain came as the event was finishing up.