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So with about 1 hour left before the deadline, we are just waiting for and

Thank you for responding so quickly!

Thanks for posting! That’s no problem, you can edit the post when you have time, at least we have your entry confirmed

So seems like we are still waiting for the song entries from the following nations: @KingOfTheRhinos @brunamoura @titicow @vinipereira @Dnl @mrv86 @justony And @ManuCHIL need to choose a new song that was released prior to December 31st 2017. Official deadline is in 2 hours from now.

I've gone ahead and added a rule for that as I am likely to forget to add it next time:

Hopefully he will choose a replacement but we can give small extension if needed. Let’s see how many entries we have received by end of day

Yes, according to the rules the song should be released before December 31, 2017. @ManuCHIL can you reconsider your entry? The song chosen was released in 2020? Can you post a replacement entry? Thank you

Ideally everyone would post their entry in the thread but since it was posted to the organiser then it’s not a huge issue. I’d be more concerned if someone posted the song on their behalf entirely.

What have I missed?

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If Canada, Malta and Germany enter, which isn’t outside the realms of possibility at all, we will equal the record of 41 nations

@ManuCHIL seems to be the former participant @Manulete so just in case anyone was wondering, he is eligible to participate

Not really to be honest, what we could do is have a private message just before the song is entered and if we agreed that either nation can enter the song then why not. I know I had similar questions in my mind about some Northern Irish artists so it’s definitely something we could discuss in a PM if needed.

There will be one final chance for 1 team to qualify at next year’s Nations Cup final also.

So I have reviewed this case and read the notes included in your entry post. I see that this song has connections to Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia and you have highlighted that fact when presenting the entry. I am happy to allow some flexibility in this case as with old traditional folk songs, it's often hard to trace the first root of the song and they sometimes have connections to many nations as is this case. I contacted the other party and they said they are happy for Slovakia to enter the song. In fact there was not an objection to the entry, just a friendly note wondering if the song was eligible since it was a multi-national folk song. So now that I am happy that the other user is ok for Slovakia to enter the song then I am also fine with allowing flexibility in this case as there is no doubt Slovakia has a genuine connection to the song.

Thanks for the detailed message. I'll take a look into it and we'll figure it out

So we have reached the milestone of 30 nations registered for this contest. Nations from previous TISC edition (Annual 2022) that are yet to register: Nations returning to the contest after a break:

I think this was their way of saying they’re in

I've done an appraisal of the Irish performance here at this year's Rowing World Championships and it has been a hugely successful championships for our team. Overall picture: 1 gold and 2 bronze in Olympic class events 4 A-Finals in Olympic class events If we were to project forward 12 months, 5 boats would qualify to Paris 2024 if they replicate these results at the next World Championships while the men's four and men's double sculls finish just one and two places outside of the qualifying spots respectively. On evidence of this World Championships, if all these crews continue to progress, they all have a decent chance of making it to Paris 2024. The 2 crews who were furthest away from what would be a qualifying spot, the men's and women's single sculls, are both 20 years-old and making their senior championship debuts so there is still hope we can make sufficient progress in the next 12-18 months. I can't wait to see what the men's four do over the next season, 8th place on their senior debut was a phenomenal result for this young crew. I am hoping they can make it into the qualifying spots at next year's worlds. Event Athlete(s) Final Place in Final Overall Rank Men's Lightweight Double Sculls Paul O'Donovan (28) Fintan McCarthy (25) A 1st 1st Top 7 next year Worlds qualify for Paris 2024 Women's Lightweight Double Sculls Margaret Cremen (23) Aoife Casey (23) A 3rd 3rd Top 7 next year Worlds qualify for Paris 2024 Women's Double Sculls Zoe Hyde (25) Sanita Puspure (40) A 3rd 3rd Top 11 next year Worlds qualify for Paris 2024 Women's Four Emily Hegarty (24) Fiona Murtagh (27) Eimear Lambe (25) Aifric Keogh (30) A 6th 6th Top 7 next year Worlds qualify for Paris 2024 Women's Pair Tara Hanlon (24) Natalie Long (32) B 2nd 8th Top 11 next year Worlds qualify for Paris 2024 Men's Four John Kearney (21) Ross Corrigan (23) Nathan Timoney (22) Jack Dorney (21) B 2nd 8th Top 7 next year Worlds qualify for Paris 2024 Men's Double Sculls Philip Doyle (30) Konan Pazzaia (21) C 1st 13th Top 11 next year Worlds qualify for Paris 2024 Men's Single Sculls Brian Colsh (20) C 3rd 15th Top 9 next year Worlds qualify for Paris 2024 Women's Single Sculls Alison Bergin (20) C 5th 17th Top 9 next year Worlds qualify for Paris 2024

Bronze for Zoe Hyde and Sanita Puspure in the women’s double sculls! Awesome result! So happy for Sanita!

This should be 3 Equestrian - 1 Shooting.

That would be a nice mantle to inherit. Hopefully we can keep progressing and developing more youngsters.

Hopefully Zoe and Sanita can squeeze onto the podium tomorrow in the women’s double but it will be tough. Disappointed by the women’s four with no medal here. I think the changing of the line-up so late in the season didn’t help at all. Hopefully they will have a more settled line-up next year and can get back up there with the best. Otherwise it’s been a fantastic championships for us with new combinations coming into the mix and young crews showing potential for the future. The men’s four in particular have impressed me. We haven’t had representation in this class in the last Olympic cycle and now we have a young crew of average age of 21 making it to the B final and finishing second, 8th overall. Hopefully they can push on strongly in the next couple of years.

O’Donovan likes to play with the media, you never know what he is going to say or not going to say as it was in this case

O’Donovan and McCarthy win gold in the men’s lightweight double sculls