{"id":32747,"date":"2025-09-07T12:57:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/?p=32747"},"modified":"2025-09-08T08:25:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:25:42","slug":"impressive-fourth-place-finishes-for-mens-and-womens-eights-in-racice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/impressive-fourth-place-finishes-for-mens-and-womens-eights-in-racice\/","title":{"rendered":"Impressive Fourth-Place Finishes for Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Eights in Ra\u010dice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was an exciting day of finals for Rowing Ireland at the 2025 European Rowing Under 23 Championships in Ra\u010dice, Czechia, with both the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Eights lining up in their A Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Men\u2019s Eight delivered a powerful performance, finishing 4th in a time of 05:51.22. They crossed the line ahead of Spain and Poland, with gold going to Romania, silver to Czechia, and bronze to Italy. The crew showed great determination against some of Europe\u2019s strongest boats and highlighted the depth of talent emerging through Ireland\u2019s pathway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s Eight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Martin O\u2019Grady \u2013 University of Galway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liam Walter \u2013 ULRC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ross Mason \u2013 UCDBC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donagh Claffey \u2013 University of Galway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mattias Cogan \u2013 Skibbereen RC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew O\u2019Leary \u2013 UCDBC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shane McLoughlin \u2013 University of Galway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donnacha Keeley \u2013 University of Galway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Noah Giltinan \u2013 UCCRC (Cox)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Women\u2019s Eight also impressed, securing 4th place in their A Final with a time of 06:37.67. They finished ahead of Spain, with Czechia taking gold, Romania silver, and Austria bronze. This young crew produced a fantastic effort, gaining invaluable experience at international level and proving themselves highly competitive on the European stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s Eight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alyssa Mannix \u2013 ULRC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amilia McAleer \u2013 QUBLBC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emma Fagan \u2013 University of Galway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Caoimhe O\u2019Sullivan \u2013 ULRC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sophia Young \u2013 Methodist College Belfast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sib\u00e9al N\u00ed Fhleathbheartaigh \u2013 Castleconnell BC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moya Knowles \u2013 Skibbereen RC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Danielle Winter \u2013 UCCRC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mollyann Flynn \u2013 Methodist College Belfast (Cox)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Both results reflect the continued progress of our Under 23 programme and the exciting talent developing as we look ahead to future seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rowing Ireland congratulates all athletes and coaches involved for their commitment and performances across the Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exciting day of finals for Rowing Ireland at the 2025 European Rowing Under 23 Championships in Ra\u010dice, Czechia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":32750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,18],"tags":[295],"class_list":["post-32747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-high-performance","tag-european-rowing-under-23-championships"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rowingireland.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}