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Fri 06 Jun 2010Young Keogh in driving seat
ROWING:THE BUILD-UP to Women’s Henley this weekend has focused on one Irish entrant – a boy. Male or female crews in rowing can have a cox of a different gender, but Rory Keogh, the Commercial cox, is special because he is just 10 years of age.
He will be the youngest ever competitor at this event, and this week the fourth-class pupil in St Joseph’s Boys’ National School in Terenure was interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford. He told them his job was to steer straight as long as possible and support the crew.
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