UCD have day to remember

UCD won the blue riband senior eight race at the Irish Rowing Championships at Inniscarra on Saturday and denied NUIG/Gráinne Mhaol a third consecutive title.

It was a double victory for the university crews, who also won the women’s senior eight in a tightly fought contest with Killarney’s Muckross.

In the men’s seniors, UCD took the lead with Queen’s in second place. At the halfway stage the university crew were leading by three-quarters of a length, with NUIG Gráinne Mhaol and Queen’s level.