Youngest ever competitor causes head-scratching among officialsAt just 10 years old and a whisker over four feet tall, Rory Keogh from Dublin should be at home kicking a football or messing around on his Playstation. But instead he’s preparing to take control of a boat worth over £13,000 and steer four athletes, up... to three times his age, down a tight 1500m course in Henley-on-Thames this weekend.
Rory is the youngest ever competitor at Henley Women’s Regatta, which holds its 23rd event on 18-20 June, and his appearance on the entry sheet, coxing the senior four of Áine Feeney, Jane Shackleton, Laura Byrne and Naomi Fearon, has caused some consternation among event officials. Click the link below for the rest of the story
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