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Carrick-on-Shannon Launch Appeal For Funds
#ROWING: Carrick-on-Shannon Rowing Club have launched an appeal on gofundme.com. The club hopes to raise €15,000 to move clear of a problem which arose because of insufficient insurance cover. The payment should settle the issue without a court case, and…
New Date for Skibbereen Rowing Regatta
#ROWING – The Skibbereen Rowing Regatta, which had to be cancelled because of bad weather, has been rescheduled for Sunday, May 3rd. The Grand League event was originally scheduled for April 11th and 12th as a two-day regatta, but fell…
McCrohan Adds to Ireland Rowing Medal Tally in Italy
#ROWING – Siobhán McCrohan took silver for Ireland in the lightweight single sculls at the Memorial Paolo d'Aloja in Piediluco in Italy this morning. The 27-year-old from Galway finished less than a second behind gold medallist Kat Johnstone of South…
Kennedy and Dukarska Take Rowing Gold Again
#ROWING – Ireland's Leonora Kennedy and Monika Dukarska won gold for the second day running at the Memorial Paolo d'Aloja regatta in Piediluco in Italy. The Enniskillen/Killorglin pair have only come together as a crew in recent weeks, but again…
Ireland Rowing Pair Strike Gold in Italy
#ROWING: Ireland's Leonora Kennedy and Monika Dukarska took gold on their first outing together as a pair at the Memorial Paola d'Aloja regatta in Piediluco in Italy today. They held off Spain, who took second, and four Italian crews in…
Good Start for Ireland in First Rowing International
#ROWING – Three of the four Ireland crews competing in heats at the Memorial Paolo d'Aloja regatta in Piediluco in Italy made it through to the first day of finals on Saturday. Sanita Puspure finished third in her heat of…
Trinity Tops at Irish University Rowing Championships
#ROWING – Trinity took the overall title and the Wylie Cup for men and the Bank of Ireland trophy for women at the Irish University Championships at the National Rowing Centre in Cork today. The Wylie and Bank of Ireland…
Skibbereen Rowing Regatta Cancelled
skibereenregatta – Skibbereen Regatta, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the National Rowing Centre in Cork, has been cancelled. The forecast of winds of up to 30 miles per hour during the middle part of the day left the organisers with…
Commercial Regatta Back on Track After Break
#ROWING: Commercial Regatta got back on track after a six-year break with a relatively small event in excellent weather at Islandbridge today. The host club provided the bulk of the entry, but Trinity supplied the two eights which competed in…
Close Finishes Add Spice at Neptune Regatta
# Rowing: Trinity took the women’s eights title at the Neptune Regatta at sunny Islandbridge today, beating a game Portora crew which had earlier had an easy win in the women’s junior 18 final. Trinity A beat Trinity B in…
Trinity's Hurley Top Sculler at Neptune Regatta
# Rowing: Trinity’s Ian Hurley won the the men’s senior single sculls at the Neptune Regatta in Islandbridge today, beating Colm Dowling of Commercial by half a length in the final. Elise Maurin of New Ross took the women’s title.…
Ireland Crews Chosen for First International Regatta of the Season
#ROWING: Leonora Kennedy and Monika Dukarska will team up in a double scull for Ireland at the Memorial Paolo d’Aloja Regatta in Piediluco in Italy on April 10th to 12th. Lisa Dilleen, who partnered Kennedy in the pair last season,…
RBAI Fastest at Lagan Scullers Head of the River
#ROWING: The RBAI men’s junior 18A quadruple sculls was the fastest crew at the Lagan Scullers Head of the River in Belfast on Saturday. Competing in the third of three races on the day, RBAI set a time of 11…
McCrohan Chosen to Represent Ireland in Italy
#ROWING: Síobhán McCrohan has been chosen to compete for Ireland at the Memorial Paolo d’Aloja regatta in Piediluco in Italy in April. The Galway woman won the women’s lightweight single sculls trial today at the National Rowing Centre in Cork.…
UCD Boat Club Seek Bank Tank Bid Support
#ucdboatclub – UCD Boat Club has launched an online crowdfunding campaign on PledgeSports.org to raise money to refurbish its training Bank Tank in Islandbridge. The 98-year-old team, a regular at the Henley Royal Regatta, Colours, and the Irish National Championships,…
UCC Four Completes Successful Raid in Galway
#Rowing: UCC won the pennant for senior fours at the Galway head of the river on Saturday. The NUIG senior eight, rowing in head three, were the fastest of the day, but were the only senior eight taking part. Garda's…