Hannah rowing for gold

BANBRIDGE woman Hannah Lavery is hoping to lift gold medals in the Irish Rowing championships in Cork this month (July 16–18).

By The Newsroom

Published 9th Jul 2010, 10:23 BST

Updated 12th Jul 2010, 13:28 BST

Hannah, a student at Queen’s University, rows in the university’s very successful women’s squad, and the novice rowers are hotly tipped to win the novice VIIIs championship.

The crew recently beat their counterparts at Trinity in the annual university boat race on the Lagan and Hannah is hopeful that this winning streak will continue.

"We’ve had a really good season," says the young medical student. "Winning the Irish championships would be the icing on the cake."

Queen’s rowing has had its strongest season in years. The students are British and Irish university champions and the mens squad reached the semi finals at Henley Regatta for the first time in over 30 years.