IT HAS BEEN a memorable day for Irish rowing as Paul and Gary O’Donovan followed the earlier success of Skibbereen team-mates Mark O’Donovan, Shane O’Driscoll and Denise Walsh by claiming European Championship silver.
The Olympic silver medallists rounded off the most remarkable Sunday morning as they finished second behind France in the A Final at the European Rowing Championships in Czech Republic.
Earlier, Mark O’Donovan and O’Driscoll scorched to a superb victory in the men’s lightweight pairs final while Denise Walsh claimed her first major medal with silver in the lightweight women’s single sculls.
The O’Donovans were fifth at the halfway mark but, as we’ve come to expect, finished powerfully down the final 500 metres to edge ahead of the Italian and Polish pairs to claim silver.
France took gold and while the O’Donovans were unable to defend their European crown, it capped a historic morning for Skibbereen and Irish rowing.
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I’d like to see Brian Kerr given another chance.A very positive forward thinking manager who still has the best win record for Ireland,is younger than O’Neill,and what he achieved with the Faroe Islands was phenomenal.Spend five minutes on Twitter and the Ipswich fans can’t wait to get rid of Mick.The word dinosaur seems to crop up a lot.For me Kerr who be a no brainer.
@Padraig: I think Kerr could have more of an impact given a remit at under age level, alongside Ruud Dokter. Or maybe even in charge of the under 21 team. It’s a real pity he’s gone completely unused.
I would miss Roy. I think he and Brian Kerr would be a good team.
@GARFARKLE: Roy over the senior and Kerr over the under 21s with a consulting role in the seniors, aiding with player transition to the senior side (even with an eye on the under 19s which looks like a hotbed at the moment). That would be great.
@EnKy: Good one. Thank you for expanding my point.
Bring back Mick
I wonder if Johnny Walters is only saying that because he’s gone from Stoke now, and he knows how detrimental MON is to the Irish team with his insistence, like Trappatoni’s, that the Irish players aren’t any good, and thus shouldn’t be allowed play football.
And finally:
Former Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni calls time on managerial career – after his wife said she’d ‘change the locks’ if he left again
https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/giovanni-trapattoni-retire-ireland-team-11841576
I think the fai will go for McCarthy.
Yea,let’s clamber for O’Neill,he’s won so much for Ireland!
Need an extension on the trophy room.
Actually can’t believe w
@Gary O’Hanlon: can’t believe people want Roy Keane as a manager. He is clueless. Passion, desire, commitment that’s all he ever says.