Peter Egan
8 results

Cresser and Lusty take Liffey Descent after tricky race
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- September 15, 2018, 15:53
On a day when low water caused carnage on the 18-mile course, British pair Nicky Cresser and Tom Lusty were the winners of the K2 class at the 59th Li(...)

Amado and Lloris triumph in Liffey Descent
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- September 23, 2017, 15:56
Three years ago Spain’s Luis Amado and Miguel Lloris fell short by just one place in their bid to win the Liffey Descent. For the 2017 version there w(...)

Followers of Liffey Descent can track top boats on online map
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- September 20, 2017, 17:19
The Liffey Descent, the highlight of the domestic calendar of Irish canoeing, will boast some novel features this Saturday. The race, which has an en(...)

Peter Egan and Mads Brendt Pedersen claim Liffey Descent success
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- September 24, 2016, 18:15
It was a Liffey Descent with almost everything: a collection of crashes at the start deemed “carnage” by the competitors; a race of changing position(...)

Hank McGregor has unfinished business with River Liffey
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- September 23, 2016, 00:53
The Liffey Descent this Saturday has bagged the biggest name in marathon canoeing. South African Hank McGregor comes to the event having just won t(...)

Jenny Egan narrowly misses out on Ireland’s first European Games medal
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- June 16, 2015, 17:56
Jenny Egan came within four hundreths of a second of taking a medal for Ireland at the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan today. The 28-year-old, who(...)

Low water makes for high drama as dreams realised and boats broken in Liffey Descent
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- September 29, 2013, 22:25
The crowds watching at the start in Straffan and at Lucan weir witnessed a dramatic Liffey Descent canoeing race on Saturday. The hundreds of competit(...)

Irish canoers target success at Marathon World Championships
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- September 17, 2013, 01:00
In a busy month for canoeing, Ireland’s paddlers will be hoping for some good results at the Canoe Marathon World Championships in Copenhagen in Denma(...)