Scott shines on dark day for Irish crews at Henley

WET WET WET: Spectators bid to stay dry at Thursday's Henley Royal Regatta in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Racing early on Thursday morning at Henley Royal Regatta was U23 European Champion Nathan Hull (Queen’s University, Belfast) and his partner Aidan Thompson (Twickenham RC) in the Double Sculls Challenge Cup, the event won last year by our Olympic Champions, Fintan McCarthy (Skibbereen RC) and Paul O’Donovan (UCCRC). 

Though led through most of the race by University of Washington, Hull and Thompson, maintaining a lower rate, pushed through to gain the lead just before the Mile Post.