National Dragon Boat Team - which boasts fourteen Carlow women - wins silver in Germany
Published 23rd Aug 2018, 16:12 BST
Updated 23rd Aug 2018, 17:36 BST
What a result by these 'legends'
Ireland’s International Women’s Dragon Boat Team have won a silver medal in the 1000m European Nations Championships with 14 members of the Carlow Dragon Boat Club making up a huge part of the group.
The final took place on Thursday afternoon in Brandenburg Germany.
The 22 strong team is made up of: Orla Macfarland, Susan Rowe, Lorraine Leonard, Grace James, Valerie McDonagh, Veronica Gordon, Fiona McKeon, Rosemary Phelan, Marian O'Dea, Dympna Watson, Elaine Rowe, Evelyn Dolan-Cronly.
Ifty Finn, Ciara O'Donnell, Margaret Kehoe, Jane Tynan, Valerie Robinson, Frances Lee, Fiona Burke, Mary Foley, Julie Doyle, Margaret Doyle.