European IRC 2009 - Italy
The 2009 Indoor Sport Services Euro Open was held at Palalottomatica - the biggest and most prestigious indoor sports arena in Rome - on Saturday 24th January. You can read more about the event including full results on the Indoor Sport Services Italy website (english text).
British & Irish Competitor Results
The British and Irish competitors' performances are listed below, in total they won 3 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals.
| Men Open Lwt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th | Chris Price | Dover RC | 7:27.9 |  H Stephansen - 6:01.8 (WR) |
| Women Open Lwt | ||||
3rd  |
Emma Mathias | Taff Attack Racing | 8:22.2 | J Rasmussen - 7:15.7 |
| Men 40-49 Hwt | ||||
| 12th | Andy Parkes | - | 6:38.1 | K Geiger - 6.05.8 |
| 18th | Mark Turner | Free Spirits | 6:49.1 | |
| Women 40-49 Hwt | ||||
2nd  |
Helen Haggerty | Sutton Arena | 7:52.2 | E Introini - 7:29.5 |
| 5th | Susan Young | Sub 7 IRC | 8:06.9 | |
| 7th | Kay Hughes | Team Oarsome | 8:13.3 | |
| 8th | Donna Hall | Sub 7 IRC | 8:18.3 | |
| Women 40-49 Lwt | ||||
| 2nd |
Kelly Sapsford | MAD Team IRC | 7:47.1 | N Schleuder - 7:37.2 |
| Men 50-59 Hwt | ||||
| 2nd |
Paul Turner | Garage Grunters | 6:34.6 | P Slama - 6:30.7 |
| 4th | Philip Dyer | Total Fitness | 6:38.3 | |
| 5th | Paul Winton | Royal Navy IRC | 6:47.9 | |
| Women 50-59 Hwt | ||||
| 1st |
Jackie Hicks | - | 7:50.7 | |
| Men 50-59 Lwt | ||||
| 6th | Chris Betenson | Cheddar | 7:09.7 | F Nielsen - 6:41.0 |
| 14th | Brian Garner | Old Wrecks IRC/Flecther SS | 7:49.2 | |
| Men 60-69 Hwt | ||||
| 3rd |
Roger Stainforth | Durham ARC | 7:17.8 | C Sommer - 6:52.1 |
| Men 60-69 Lwt | ||||
| 2nd |
Peter Hicks | Chariots Westgate | 7:36.9 | L Pederson - 7:14.1 |
| Men 70+ Lwt | ||||
| 1st |
John Simmons | Spiral Gym | 7:40.7 | |
| Women 70+ Lwt | ||||
| 1st |
Mavis Surridge | Fitness First | 9:36.4 | |
| Women J18 | ||||
| 6th | Vinny Hourihane | Bexhill RC | 7:45.1 | D Baksyte - 6:59.0 |
| Women Junior 1994-1993 | ||||
| 15th | Lauren Turner | Garage Grunters | 8:51.5 | I Adomaviciute - 7:27.5 |
| Women Junior 1996 (1500m) | ||||
| 4th | Fern Turner | Garage Grunters | 6:52.0 | C Luconi - 6:13.1 |
| Men LTA (1000m) | ||||
| 3rd |
Ryan Shane | Castleconnell BC | 3:13.5 | A Palantrani - 3:02.5 |
| 8th | Aron O'Dowd | Castleconnell BC | 3:34.9 | |