The Irish rowing season holds the promise of two bumper weekends in quick succession. The Ireland trial should see world champions Paul O’Donovan and Sanita Puspure top the senior rankings in single sculls, while the talented crop of juniors and under-23 rowers will be at the NRC in numbers. The world under-23 lightweight champions of 2018, David O’Malley and Shane Mulvaney, might have been their closest rivals, but Mulvaney has been injured, and The Irish Times understands they will be absent. The Colours Races on St Patrick’s weekend are coming down the tracks, and give extra spice to the clash of the women’s senior eights from Trinity and UCD. An extraordinary congress of Fisa in October 2020 will decide on the future of lightweight rowing.

Source: The Irish Times February 21, 2019 17:48 UTC