Two Ulster rowers are bringing medals home after producing superb
performances at the Rowing World Cup in Amsterdam.
Coleraine man Richard Chambers and his comrades Paul Mattick, James Clarke
and James Lindsey-Fynn cruised home second in the lightweight men's four
behind China.
The quartet are in astonishing form and the
confidence gained from becoming the first ever British boat to claim a World
Cup medal in the category at the World Cup meeting in Linz certainly showed.
It was also a triumphant weekend for Londonderry girl Orlagh Duddy who
pocketed a bronze medal in the non-Olympic lightweight single scull category.
The 27-year-old, who only made her debut on the senior international stage
three weeks ago, said: "It's certainly a special feeling to reach the
podium at the World Cup. I nearly can't believe it. It's been a brilliant
last few months for me; coming into the national set-up, getting to be a
part of that and all it offers and it's great to see the hard work is
starting to pay off with this today."
Coleraine rower Alan
Campbell had to settle for sixth place in the men's single scull final
yesterday, finishing six seconds behind Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic.
Ireland's lightweight four of Coleraine man Richard Archibald, Paul Griffin,
Eugene Coakley and Cathal Moynihan were rested for the regatta.
Meanwhile, Great Britain's men made history as they took gold and bronze in
the final of the men's eight.
"What an amazing result for our
men's eights," said GB performance director David Tanner.
There were also four silvers in Olympic boat classes, a gold in the
lightweight men's pair and a gold in the first world cup race for the
Paralympic boat class of the mixed adaptive four. The final World Cup is in
Lucerne in mid-July before the world championships in August in Munich.
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