The Irish Indoor Rowing Championships took place in Limerick on Saturday at the University of Limerick arena. Rowers competed on the Concept 2 ergometer over various distances. The race is visible on the screen and each competitor sees exactly where they are.

There was ten rowers representing Enniskillen Royal Boat Club at the event.

In the Junior 16 girls Isabella Wright and Emily Black took first and third places respectively over the five minute course - the rower who record the furthest distance wins. The Davis twins Tori and Brooke were seventh and 13th in the same event.

In the J15 boys event there was gold for Joshua Inhat while Cillian Donaghy was third and Matthew Montgomery ninth followed by Ollie Powell in tenth. The medals are commendable but the fact that there was good back up from the minor placings matters as rowing crews do not rely on one person - depth is important.

The star turn was Acorn Cassidy in the J18 girls 2k race who not only won but burst the Irish record by 3 seconds in the process - 6 minutes 53 seconds. Joshua Inhat was keen to impress also and he won his second gold in the 500 metre race while Cillian Donaghy was fifth.

Isabella Wright won again in the 500 metre race and Emily Black was tenth with Brooke Davis in 11th and her sister 20th. An interesting footnote to these races was the appearance of the mentors -Sonja Cassidy and Gerry Murphy in their age group races - both won medals!

Acorn hadn’t finished the Irish record business and won the 500 event in 1 minute 31 seconds. The relay team of Wright, Davis, Davis and Black took second place in the J15 2000m relay race. The equivalent boys contest saw Oliver Jenning, Joel Crean, Matthew Montgomery and Ollie Powell finish in third place behind Tullaghan Bay and St Joseph’s Galway.

The season looks to be set up now for these athletes and their crew mates back home - the winter training is now being ramped up on the water with Head of the river races in Newry, Belfast and Sligo coming in quick succession followed by the flagship event on the Erne on March 2.