Irish Rowing News. Training and Preparation for Events
Lisa Dilleen and Sanita Puspure qualified for the A Final at the Rowing World Cup in Munich with a heart-warming second-place finish in the semi-final of the women’s double scull. The race was won convincingly by the top boat of…
There was no joy this morning for Ireland’s Michael Maher in the semi-final of the lightweight single sculls at the Rowing World Cup regatta in Munich. To reach the A Final Maher needed to find a place in the top…
Three Ireland crews joined heavyweight double Sanita Puspure and Lisa Dilleen in World Cup semi-finals after yesterday afternoon’s action in Munich. Claire Lambe and Siobhan McCrohan won their repechage of the lightweight women’s double scull and Mark O’Donovan and Niall…
Ireland’s women’s double of Lisa Dilleen and Sanita Puspure made it directly through to the A/B semi-finals at the World Cup regatta in Munich. They finished third in the time-trial heats which are being tested at this regatta. The lightweight…
Metropolitan Regatta, scheduled for tomorrow, has been cancelled because of the forecast of high winds. The organisers are investigating the possibility of running it next Saturday, June 4th.
The organisers of Metropolitan Rowing Regatta will post a decision tomorrow on whether to go ahead with the event. Strong winds are forecast for Blessington on Saturday. There is a huge entry, and Metro is set to serve as a…
The domestic rowing calendars for 2012 and 2013 were agreed by the delegates at the agm of Rowing Ireland in Dublin. A fixtures meeting had done the bulk of the work, and some other changes were made before the calendar…
Frank Coghlan of Shandon Boat Club in Cork is the new secretary of Rowing Ireland. The 59-year-old, who was not on the outgoing board, defeated Brenda Ewing to take over from Gordon Reid at a well-attended agm. The proposed calendars…
Gordon Reid steps aside as Secretary at the agm of Rowing Ireland on Saturday. The delegates will choose between Frank Coghlan of Shandon or Brenda Ewing of Belfast Rowing Club. The agm will be held at Sport HQ in Dublin.
Skibbereen head the Grand League table after the second round. The west Cork club, who were in second place behind UCD after their own regatta, travelled to Castlewellan in Co Down for the Queen’s regatta last weekend and added sufficient…
Queen’s University Regatta had to deal with difficult conditions at Castlewellan. Some races had to be cancelled for safety reasons, and the squalls forced the organisers to limit most of the races to 1,000 metres from 3 o’clock on. One…
Irish Rowing crews competed in Essen and Ghent this weekend and in the Munich Junior Regatta. We've got all the results of Irish interest: Cork Rowing Club in the Mix in Ghent, Black and Cassells Post Win in Munich, Lambe…
Cork Rowing Club had some good results on the second day of Ghent Regatta in Belgium. Their junior women’s quadruple scull finished second of 10 entrants, and their junior 16 equivalent fifth of 14 entrants. Mantas Pukelis of Offaly was…
Joel Cassells and Chris Black won their heat of the men’s pair on the second day of the Munich Junior Regatta. In the women’s double sculls, Holly Nixon and Michelle Dineen teamed up well to finish second in their heat.…
Claire Lambe produced the standout performance for the Ireland team at the Huegel Regatta in Essen with a second placing in the under-23 lightweight single scull to senior World Championship medallist Christina Giazitzidou of Greece. Ireland’s under-23 lightweight double scull…
Colaiste Iognaid’s junior men’s eight finished second in their class at the Ghent rowing regatta in Belgium. An Irish crew, Cork Boat Club, also won the junior women’s eight – but this was a certainty. The three crews competing were…
