It was not the results they wanted in the Rowing World Cup One in Varese, Italy last weekend. Still, Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney are determined to learn the lessons as they continue to fight for Olympic selection.

The Irish Men's Pair won the B Final after failing to make the A Final but it was a weekend hampered by issues with the boat and as Corrigan admits the pair were "under-prepped" to go racing competitively.

"We had a few mishaps," said Corrigan.

"Friday's race wasn’t too bad, Saturday's race was a real bad one.

"Sunday, well we didn’t want to be in the B final but we had to go out there and make the most of it.

"The B final nobody ever really wants to race it. When you are in a situation like us you are out there to prove you shouldn’t be in the B final. No matter what you do it never really makes up for not being in the A final. It was tough but we made the most of it."

Corrigan continued: "The other side of it we knew we were a bit under-prepped going into this than we would have liked to have been.

"The week before we were dying to go. You want to go racing, you never want to sit out especially when the majority of the team is going over racing.

"It’s a tough one. Naturally, we wanted to go racing and in hindsight, we weren’t ready to go racing but you can only figure that out when you get out there and we still made the most of it.

"All-in-all considering how the weeks' beforehand were going we are still in a solid spot bar that Saturday race."

Boat issues in the Saturday race scuppered any chance of reaching the A Final but Corrigan and Timoney are determined not to dwell on it too much.

They will take the positives and learnings and move on as they aim for selection for the Olympics in Paris this summer.

Before that is World Cup Two in five weeks in Lucerne, Switzerland and another chance to show what they are capable of.

"We'll stick the heads down, stay healthy and get a clean run at World Cup Two and show us where we are.

"We have three more months looking at the ultimate goal.

"You can either lament and complain and say it didn't go our way but that’s not going to get you anywhere. It's taking the lessons from it.

"We had a debrief with the coaches over there and another in Cork and just plan and discuss and regroup and go from there.

"The further you get from it you get a perspective from it.

"We weren’t a million miles away from where we need to be but we still aren’t where we want to be and it focusses you a bit more," Corrigan concluded.