Skibbereen Rowers on top of the world!

10 May, 2017

Skibbereen rowing is celebrating world success with super results at the World Rowing Cup in Belgrade, Serbia.

Four Irish teams competed and all reached A finals - a great result so early in the season.

Skibbereen Rowing Club’s Shane O’Driscoll and Mark O’Donovan won gold medals in the men's lightweight leading from halfway before crossing the line in first place.

It was then the turn of Skibbereen's Denise Walsh who rowed a fabulous race which saw her moving up from fifth at the halfway mark in the race to finish in silver medal position.

Gary and Paul O’Donovan were next in the men’s lightweight double sculls and although they moved into third place with 500 metres to go they unfortunately couldn’t match the strong finishes of Great Britain, Czech Republic and Poland, who finished ahead of them.

All in all a fantastic day's rowing from the Skibbereen Club.