THREE Irish seeded crews yesterday swept through their heats at Henley regatta.

Neptune had a relatively untroubled route in the club eights event, the Thames Cup, which they won last year.length and a half up without having been put under any pressure.

Ireland's lightweight quad continued their preparations for next weekend's World Cup fixture with a comfortable three-length victory over RAF in the Queen Mother's event. The quad raced as Tara RC, with Brendan Dolan at stroke and Emmet O'Brien, Neal Byrne and John Armstrong behind.

Trinity's decision to concentrate resources on the Henley fours events seems to have been justified, through a place in the semi-finals of the Britannia Cup. The coxed four led Lea RC from the start.

Commercial's coxless four narrowly missed out on making the last four in the Wyfold when they where raced through in the enclosures and lost by three feet.

Queens University were knocked out of the Temple by Oxford Brookes, and UCD were beaten by Harvard in the quarter-finals.