Irish Rowing News. Training and Preparation for Events
The Fours Head of the River in London, which would have featured a number of Irish crews, was cancelled because the organisers believed that the unfavourable wind could make conditions dangerous.
AFLOAT.IE The Neptune Head of the River, scheduled for Blessington on Saturday, has been cancelled due to a forecast of high winds. The event, which was to feature the inaugural National Sculling Head, had already been postponed from last weekend…
AFLOAT.IE Over 400 rowers are expected in Blessington, Co Wicklow this weekend as Rowing Ireland’s new season gets underway this Saturday with a new national competition format. The competition, originally scheduled for last weekend, was postponed due to adverse weather…
The National Sculling Head of the River Race due to be held tomorrow, Saturday 7th in Blessington, Co Wicklow has been postponed until Saturday 14th of November. The forecast for the area includes strong winds which make conditions on the…
The entry list for this weekend's Neptune Head of the River Race incorporating the Rowing Ireland National Scullers Head. The races at 10.30pm and 2pm take place this Saturday, November 7th. The attached listing over the fold shows all the…
Over 400 rowers are expected at Blessingtion in Co Wicklow this weekend as Rowing Ireland’s new season gets underway with a new national competition format. The new national format involves a series of time trial Head of the River races.…
Monika Dukarska of Killorglin Rowing Club won the singles title at the World Coastal Rowing Championships in Plymouth. Dukarska, a student in the Tralee Institute of Technology whose family are from Poland, took bronze at the World Championships last year…
The annual general meeting of the Irish Amateur Rowing Union decided to adopt a new framework for the season which will site a National Championships for bigger boats on the traditional mid-summer dates and and a second National Championships for…
Queen’s University finished a creditable fifth in the men’s senior eights at the European Universities Championships in Poland. In a high-quality event in Kruszwica, the Belfast crew looked well on course to finish in bronze medal position until big pushes…
Sean Casey ended his campaign at the World Championships in Poland with a fourth-place finish in the C Final, placing him 16th overall. Maxim Shauchenka of Belarus won the race convincingly from Peter Lambert of South Africa. Mario Vekic of…
Ireland had a stirring victory in a B Final at the World Rowing Championships in Poland this morning. The legs, trunk and arms mixed coxed four beat the United States into second after a thrilling battle. The win places Ireland's…
Ireland’s Sean Casey took second place in this morning’s C/D Semi-Final at the World Rowing Championships in Poland. The race was won by Mario Vekic of Croatia, while Chile’s Oscar Vasquez Ochoa took the third qualification place. The three will…
Sean Casey finished third in his repechage of the men’s single scull at the World Championships in Poland, missing out on a chance to compete in A or B finals. Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic, the silver medallist from…
Ireland’s top adaptive crew, the legs, trunk and arms coxed four, were just one place off qualification for the A Final at the World Championships in Poznan in Poland this morning. In a repechage which was won comfortably by Canada,…
Two adaptive crews competed for Ireland at the World Championships in Poland today. The trunks and arms mixed double of Vincent Culhane and Karen Cromie finished fifth of five in a heat won by Brazil. The legs, trunk and arms…
Sean Casey must finish ahead of at least one silver medallist from Beijing if he's to qualify for the A/B semi-finals of the single scull at the World Championships. Casey’s fifth-place finish in the heat on the single sculls in…
