#Rowing: Here is the 2017 Calendar for Irish Rowers. The year ahead is a bumper one. In February, the Fisa Extraordinary Congress in Tokyo will be the focus of intense interest, as a decision will be made on the boats which can compete at the Olympic Games. Lightweight athletes in Ireland and other countries will watch this closely. The international season will be a very long one as the World Championships will be held very late (September/October) in Florida in the United States. The domestic regatta season starts with Neptune Regatta on April 1^st and the high point is the Irish Championships, which run from July 14^th to July 16^th. Queen’s University have decided to abandon plans to hold their regatta, which was scheduled for May 6^th.

 Our good wishes to all involved in rowing this year, whether behind the scenes or on the water.

Rowing Fixtures 2017

January

21^st: Irish Indoor Rowing Championships, Limerick.

26^th-28^th: World Coaches Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

February

4^th: European Indoor Rowing Championships, Paris.

9^th-12^th: Fisa Extraordinary Congress, Tokyo.

11^th: Cork Head, Marina.

18^th: Lagan Scullers’ Head, Belfast; New Ross Head, River Barrow.

18^th-19^th: Ireland high performance Assesment, Regional.

25^th: St Michael’s Head, O’Brien’s Bridge, Clare. 

March

4^th: Erne Head, Enniskillen, Fermanagh. 11^th: Women’s Eights’ Head of the River, London. 18^th Galway Head; Lagan Head, Belfast.

25^th: Dublin Head; Offaly Head, Tullamore.

25^th: Head of the River, London.

25^th-26^th: Ireland high performance Assessment, National Rowing Centre (NRC), Cork.

26^th: Rowing Ireland agm.

April

1^st: Neptune Regatta, Islandbridge. 2^nd: Commercial Regatta, Islandbridge. 2^nd: The Boat Races, London.

7^th: Irish University Championships, NRC.

8^th-9^th: Skibbereen Regatta, NRC.

15^th: Trinity Regatta, Islandbridge, Dublin.

22^nd: Limerick Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge, Clare.

23^rd: Irish Schools’ Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge.

29^th: Portadown Regatta.

29^th (to May 1^st): BUCS Regatta, Nottingham, England.

May

1^st (from April 29^th): BUCS Regatta, Nottingham, England. 5^th-7^th: World Cup Regatta, Belgrade, Serbia.

7^th: Castleconnell Sprint Regatta.

13^th: Lough Rynn Regatta, Leitrim.

13^th-14^th: Fisa Para Rowing Regatta, Gavirate, Italy.

20^th: Lee Regatta, Marina, Cork.

20^th-21^st: European Junior Championships, Krefeld, Germany.

26^th-28^th: European Championships, Racice, Czech Republic.

26^th-28^th: British National Schools’ Regatta, Dorney Lake.

27^th: Dublin Metropolitan Regatta, Blessington; Belfast Sprint Regatta.

June

3^rd-4^th: Carlow Regatta. 3^rd-4^th: (London) Metropolitan Regatta.

10^th-11^th: Ireland high performance Assessment, NRC.

15^th-18^th: World Cup Regatta, Poznan, Poland. 16^th-18^th: Henley Women’s Regatta. 17^th: Athlone Regatta, Coosan Point. 17^th: Marlow Regatta, Dorney Lake. 18^th: Galway Regatta.

24^th-25^th: Cork Regatta, NRC.

28^th (to July 2^nd): Henley Royal Regatta.

July

1^st-2^nd (from June 28^th): Henley Royal Regatta. 1^st: Ulster Branch Regatta, Craigavon Lakes, 2^nd: Fermoy Sprint Regatta.

7^th-9^th: World Cup Regatta, Lucerne, Switzerland.

14^th-16^th: Irish Rowing Championships, NRC.

19^th-23^rd: Under-23 World Championships, Plovdiv.

22^nd: Home International Regatta, London Docklands, England.

29^th -30^th: Coupe de la Jeunesse, Hazewinkel, Belgium.

August

2^nd-6^th: World Junior Championships, Trakai, Lithuania. 6^th: Carrick-on-Shannon Sprint Regatta.

18^th-20^th: Irish Coastal Rowing Championships, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal.

26^th: Belfast Summer Sprint Regatta.

September

2^nd-3^rd: European Under-23 Championships, Kruszwica, Poland.

6^th-1oth: World Masters, Bled, Slovenia. 16^th: St Michael’s Masters Regatta, Limerick.

24^th (to October 1^st): World Championships, Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida­.

October

1^st (from September 24^th): World Championships, Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida.

7^th Tullamore Time Trial. 7^th-8^th: Ireland high performance Assessment, NRC.

13^th-15^th: World Coastal Rowing Championships, Thonon, France.

21^st-22^nd: Head of the Charles River, Boston.

28^th: Castleconnell Head, Castleconnell.  

November

4^th: Neptune Head, Blessington.

11^th: Bann Head, Coleraine. 12^th: Fours Head, London.

18^th: Skibbereen Head, NRC.

25^th: Provinces Indoor Rowing Championships, Limerick.

December

2^nd: Head of the Shannon, Carrick-on-Shannon; Muckross Head, NRC.

16^th-17^th: Ireland high performance Assessments, NRC.

Start	End	Name	Boat Class	Venue
06/02/16	07/02/16	IUSA Westerns	Fireflies	Killaloe SC
25/02/16	28/02/16	IUSA Varsities	Fireflies	Kenmare
26/03/16	27/03/16	Munster Championships	Laser	Baltimore Sailing Club
10/04/16	10/04/16	Traveller 1	Topper	East Down YC
23/04/16	24/04/16	Mirror Westerns	Mirror	Sligo YC
23/04/16	24/04/16	Ulster Championships	Laser	Coounty Antrim Yacht Club
23/04/16	24/04/16	RS400 Easterns	RS	Royal St George YC
23/04/16	24/04/16	RS200 Easterns	RS	Royal St George YC
24/04/16	24/04/16	Traveller 2	Topper	Lough Derg YC
08/05/16	08/05/16	Traveller 3	Topper	Wexford Harbour B&TC
14/05/16	16/05/16	Leinster Optimist Championships	Optimist	Royal St George YC
14/05/16	15/05/16	Optimist Leinsters	Optimist	Royal St George YC
21/05/16	22/05/16	Ulster Championships	Topper	Donaghadee SC
21/05/16	22/05/16	GP14 OT & Purcell	GP14	Swords Sailing & BC
21/05/16	22/05/16	J/24 Northerrns	J/24	Sligo YC
21/05/16	22/05/16	RS400 Northerns	RS	Cushendall Sailing & Boating Club
27/05/16	29/05/16	Sportsboat Cup 2016	Various	Howth YC
27/05/16	29/05/16	Dragon East Coast Championship	Dragon	Royal Irish YC
28/05/16	29/05/16	Squib Northern Championship	Squib	Killyleagh SC
04/06/16	04/06/16	Lambay Races 2016	All Classes	Howth YC
10/06/16	12/06/16	ICRA National Championships 2016	Cruisers	Howth YC
10/06/16	12/06/16	Wayfarer National Championship	Wayfarer	Ramor Watersports Club
11/06/16	12/06/16	Optimist Connaughts	Optimist	Foynes YC
18/06/16		Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race	Cruisers	Wicklow SC
18/06/16	18/06/16	Royal Alfred Bloomsday Regatta	All Classes	National YC
18/06/16	19/06/16	Leinster Championships	Topper	Skerries SC
25/06/16	26/06/16	GP14 Ulsters	GP14	East Down YC
25/06/16	26/06/16	RS400 Westerns	RS	Sligo YC
25/06/16	26/06/16	RS200 Westerns	RS	Sligo YC
01/07/16	01/07/16	Optimist VP Team Racing Cup	Optimist	Malahide YC
01/07/16	03/07/16	White Sails and Non Spinnaker Team Challenge	Cruisers	Royal St George YC
01/07/16	03/07/16	Dingy West 2016 - Sailing the Wild Atlantic	All Dinghies	Galway Bay Sailing Club
02/07/16	03/07/16	Connaught Championships	Laser	Lough Derg YC
02/07/16	03/07/16	Optimist Ulsters	Optimist	Malahide YC
02/07/16	03/07/16	J/24 Southerns	J/24	Royal Cork YC
02/07/16	03/07/16	Fireball Leinsters	Fireball	Wexford Harbour B&TC
02/07/16	04/07/16	Irish Nationals	Topper	Royal Cork YC
10/07/16	15/07/16	Volvo Cork Week & IRC European Championships	Various	Royal Cork YC
15/07/16	17/07/16	Ruffian 23 National Championship	Ruffian 23	Dun Laoghaire MYC
16/07/16	17/07/16	Optimist Crosbie Cup	Optimist	Lough Ree YC
16/07/16	17/07/16	Leinster Championships	Laser	National YC
17/07/16	17/07/16	Traveller 4	Topper	Carrickfergus SC
22/07/16	24/07/16	Mirror National Championships	Mirror	Sutton Dinghy Club
23/07/16	30/07/16	Laser Radial World Championships (Men's & Youth's)	Laser	Royal St George YC
23/07/16	24/07/16	GP14 Leinsters	GP14	Sutton Dinghy Club
23/07/16	24/07/16	RS400 Southerns	RS	Lough Ree YC
23/07/16	24/07/16	RS200 Southerns	RS	Lough Ree YC
23/07/16	29/07/16	World Championships	Topper	Ballyholme YC
27/07/16	30/07/16	WIORA 2016	Cruisers	Royal Western YC
30/07/16	01/08/16	Arklow Maritime Festival	All Classes	Arklow SC
06/08/16	07/08/16	J/24 Westerns	J/24	Lough Ree YC
07/08/16	07/08/16	Sutton Dinghy Regatta	All Classes	Sutton Dinghy Club
07/08/16	12/08/16	Mirror Europeans 2016	Mirror	Royal Cork YC
09/08/16	11/08/16	420 Nationals	420	Howth YC
12/08/16	13/08/16	Sailability President's Cup	Various	Kinsale YC
12/08/16	14/08/16	Fireball Nationals	Fireball	Howth YC
15/08/16	19/08/16	Optimist Irish Nationals	Optimist	Lough Derg YC
19/08/16	21/08/16	Squib Irish National Championship	Squib	Kinsale YC
20/08/16	23/08/16	National Championships	Laser	Galway Bay Sailing Club
26/08/16	28/08/16	RS400 Irish Nationals	RS	Schull Harbour SC
26/08/16	28/08/16	RS400 Irish Nationals	RS	Schull Harbour SC
27/08/16	29/08/16	GP14 Irish & Masters	GP14	Skerries SC
27/08/16	28/08/16	Munster Championships	Topper	Kinsale YC
27/08/16	28/08/16	Mirror Northerns	Mirror	Royal North Of Ireland YC
27/08/16	28/08/16	Topper Munster Championship	Topper	Kinsale YC
28/08/16	28/08/16	Taste of Greystones Cruiser Regatta	Cruisers	Greystones SC
31/08/16	04/09/16	Dragon Irish Championship	Dragon	Kinsale YC
02/09/16	04/09/16	J/24 Nationals	J/24	Royal St George YC
03/09/16	04/09/16	Wayfarer Inland Championship	Wayfarer	Callaun SC
10/09/16	11/09/16	Optimist Munsters	Optimist	Royal Cork YC
10/09/16	11/09/16	Fireball Munsters	Fireball	Killaloe SC
11/09/16	11/09/16	Traveller 5	Topper	Killyleagh SC
17/09/16	18/09/16	All Ireland Inter-Schools Championship	All Classes	Sutton Dinghy Club
24/09/16	25/09/16	GP14 Autumn & Youth	GP14	Sligo YC
24/09/16	25/09/16	ISA All Ireland Youth Championships	TBC	TBC
01/10/16	02/10/16	ISA All Ireland Senior Championships	J80	TBC
15/10/16	16/10/16	Squib Inland Championship/Freshwater Regatta	Squib	Lough Derg YC

#ricktomlinson – The 27th edition of  Rick Tomlinson's Portfolio and Desk Calendars are now available featuring 12 spectacular images from recent assignments around the world.
Action and art has always been Rick's style, "Each picture will hang on the wall for a month and offer the viewer something that perhaps they didn't see on the first look" says Rick.
For 2015 there is a great selection and variety, including action from the Volvo Ocean Race, the RC44 fleet in Lanzarote, Oman Sail at 40 knots and a great picture of the Round The Island Race fleet, plus other action and art from the international racing circuit.
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February 23rd: RORC Caribbean 600

April 9th-12th: ISA Topper Youth Championship (Royal Cork YC)

April 25th: ISORA Coastal Day Races @ Holyhead, and Dun Laoghaire to Arklow

May 7th – 10th : ISAF Nations Cup – Euro Final (Howth YC)

May 16th: Baily Bowl (Royal Alfred YC)

May 22nd - 25th: 40th Annual Scottish Series (Clyde Cr C, Gourock-Tarbert)

May 22nd - 24th: Baltimore Wooden Boat & Seafood Festival

May 22nd-24th: ISORA Dun Laoghaire-Holyhead-Isle of Man series.

May 31st – June 1st DBOGA Leinster Trophy and Dublin Riverfest (Poolbeg Y&BC)

June 6th Howth YC Lambay Races (inc Classics)

June 12th: Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race

June 13th: Royal Alfred YC Bloomsday Regatta (Royal StGYC)

June 24th - 28th: Kinsale: Sovereigns Regatta & ICRA Nats

June 19th – 21st Squib Irish Nats (Howth YC)

June 27th – July 3rd: Squib Inter-Nationals at Howth

July 2nd – July 5th: Tall Ships, Classics & Old Gaffers in Belfast

July 3rd RORC Lyver Trophy Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire (Royal Dee YC & ISORA)

July 9th-12th: Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (inc Royal Dee YC Bicentenary Series)

July 18th – 24th: CH Marine Glandore Classics Regatta

July 22nd – 25th: WIORA Championship @ Galway Bay SC

July 31st to Aug. 2nd: Peel Traditional Boat Weekend (IOM)

Aug. 3rd: Baltimore Regatta

Aug. 4th – 7th: Calves Week (Schull)

Aug. 15th: Howth YC Double-Handed Race Challenge

Aug 15th: ISORA Dun Laoghaire to Pwllheli

Aug. 16th: Rolex Fastnet Race (Cowes)

Aug 16th – 20th Optimist Irish Nationals (Lough Derg YC)

Aug. 21st – 23rd: Crosshaven Dinghy Mini-Week

Aug. 29th: ISORA Races from Pwllheli & Dun Laoghaire to Greystones

Aug. 30th: Taste of Greystones Keelboat Regatta

Sept. 5th – 6th: DBSC Cruiser Challenge

Sept. 12th: ISORA Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire

Sept. 12th - 13th: Helmsmans Championship

Oct. 17th : Rolex Middle Sea Race (Malta)

#SB20 - Following the 2014 fixture list for the SB20 class published in December, here are some more dates to add to your diary for the new season.

First up is the SB20 Annual Dinner on Friday 7 March at the Royal St George in Dun Laoghaire. This year's dinner will be a less formal affair (dress smart casual) and held in the club room with own bar.

Spaces will be limited so early booking is strongly advised to avoid disappointment. Prices are not yet finalised but expected to be around €40 per head. Call the RStGYC office to book your place at 01 280 1811.

The following month, on Saturday 5 April, sees the Howth Spring Warmer hosted by Howth Yacht Club - a great way to dust off the cobwebs over two days of guaranteed big wind and big wave sailing off Ireland's Eye. More will be revealed on the HYC website in due course.

And the first DBSC Sunday is scheduled for Sunday 27 April with a fantastic line-up this year, and plans to once more to get 10 DBSC Sundays' racing in. 

A more complete calendar of events for SB20s in 2014 can be downloaded below.

SELECTED DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ROWING DATES 2014

January 11th: Kerry Head of the River [CANCELLED]; 25th: Sligo Head.

February 1st: St Michael’s Head; 8th: Head of the Shannon, Carrick-on-Shannon; 15th: Lagan Head, Belfast; Cork Head, Marina, Cork; 22nd: St Michael's Head (rescheduled); 22nd/23rd: Newry Trials.

March 1st: Erne Head, Enniskillen; 8th: Lagan Scullers’ Head, Belfast; 15th: Galway Head; Women’s Eights Head, London; 16th: Fermoy Head; 22nd: Dublin Head; 28th-30th: Ireland Trials; 28th-30th: World Cup One, Sydney, Australia; 29th: Head of the River, London.

April 5th: Neptune Regatta, Islandbridge; 6th: The Boat Race, London; 11th: Irish University Championships, NRC [SWITCHED] 12th/13th: Skibbereen Regatta, National Rowing Centre; 18th-20th: British Senior Trials; 19th: Trinity Regatta, Islandbridge; 26th: Limerick Regatta; 27th: Schools’ Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge.

May 3rd-5th: BUCS Regatta, Nottingham; 3rd: Portadown Regatta; 4th: Wallingford Regatta; 10th-11th: Munich Junior Regatta. 10th/11th: Dusiburg Regatta, Germany; 10th: Bantry Regatta and Lough Rynn Regatta; 11th: Sligo Regatta; 17th: Dublin Metropolitan Regatta; 23rd-25th: British Schools’ Regatta; 24th-25th: European Junior Championships and Hazewinkel Regatta, Hazewinkel, Belgium; 24th: Lee Regatta, Marina, Cork; 24th: Belfast Sprint Regatta; 30th – June 1st: European Championships, Belgrade, Serbia.

June 1st: Carlow Regatta; 7th-8th (Provisional): Metropolitan Regatta, Dorney Lake; 7th: Irish University Championships, Blessington [SWITCHED TO APRIL 11TH AT NRC]; 14th: Athlone Regatta; 15th: Galway Regatta; 20th-22nd: World Cup Two, Aiguebelette, France; 20th-22nd: Henley Women’s Regatta; 21st: Marlow Regatta, Dorney Lake; 22nd: Castleconnell Sprint Regatta; 27th: Henley Qualifying; 28th: Cork Regatta, NRC; 29th: Fermoy Sprints. 29th: Ireland Assessment (additional testing if needed).

July 2nd-6th; Henley Royal Regatta; 11th-13th: Irish Rowing Championships, NRC; World Cup Three, Lucerne; 23rd-27th: World Under-23 Championships, Varese, Italy.

August 1st-3rd: Coupe de la Jeunesse, Libourne, France; 3rd: Carrick-on-Shannon Sprints; 6th-10th: World Junior Rowing Championships, Hamburg; 15-17th: Irish Coastal Rowing Championships, Waterville, Kerry; 23rd: Belfast Summer Sprints. 24th-31st: World Rowing Championships, Amsterdam.

September 13th: Interprovincial Sprints, Limerick; 14th-16th: World University Games, Gravelines, France. 20th: New Ross-Barrow Challenge. 27th/28th: Ireland Assessment One (2015), NRC.

October 4th: Tullamore Time Trial; 18th: Skibbereen Head, NRC. 17th-19th: World Coastal Championships, Thessaloniki, Greece. 18th-19th: Head of the Charles, Boston, United States.

November 1st: Castleconnell Head; Fours Head, London; 8th: Neptune Head, Blessington; 15th: Bann Head, Coleraine; 22nd/23rd: Regional Indoor Rowing Championships, Provincial Venues.

December 6th: Muckross Head, NRC. 13th: Irish Indoor Rowing Championships.

# ROWING: The Irish Universities' Championships will be detached from the Irish Schools’ Championships and moved to a new date in June as part of the 2014 rowing calendar accepted by delegates at the Rowing Ireland agm in Dublin yesterday. The change has been prompted by Ireland Performance Director Morten Espersen, who also hopes to have the university athletes involved in a set programme of heads of the river and indoor rowing events.

 

Rowing Ireland Calendar 2014 (as approved by agm)

January 11th: Kerry Head of the River; 25th: Sligo Head.

February 1st: St Michael’s Head; 8th: Head of the Shannon, Carrick-on-Shannon; 15th: Lagan Head, Belfast; 22nd/23rd: Newry Trials.

March 1st: Erne Head, Enniskillen; 8th: Lagan Scullers’ Head, Belfast; 15th: Galway Head; 16th: Fermoy Head; 22nd: Dublin Head; 28th-30th: National Trials.

April 5th: Neptune Regatta, Islandbridge; 12th/13th: Skibbereen Regatta, National Rowing Centre; 19th: Trinity Regatta, Islandbridge; 26th: Limerick Regatta; 27th Schools’ Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge.

May 3rd: Portadown Regatta; 10th: Bantry Regatta and Lough Rynn Regatta; 11th: Sligo Regatta; 17th: Queen’s Regatta, Castlewellan; 24th: Lee Regatta, Marina, Cork; 24th: Belfast Sprint Regatta.

June 1st: Carlow Regatta; 7th: Irish University Championships, Blessington; 8th: Dublin Metropolitan Regatta, Blessington; 14th: Athlone Regatta; 15th: Galway Regatta; 22nd: Castleconnell Sprint Regatta; 28th: Cork Regatta, NRC; 29th: Fermoy Sprints.

July 11th-13th: Irish Rowing Championships, NRC.

August: 3rd: Carrick-on-Shannon Sprints; 23rd: Belfast Summer Sprints.

September 13th: Interprovincial Sprints, Limerick; 20th: New Ross-Barrow Challenge. 27th/28th: National Trials, NRC.

October 4th: Tullamore Time Trial; 18th: Skibbereen Head, NRC.

November 1st: Castleconnell Head; 8th: Neptune Head, Blessington; 15th: Bann Head, Coleraine; 22nd/23rd: Regional Indoor Rowing Championships, Provincial Venues.

December 6th: Muckross Head, NRC. 13th: Irish Indoor Rowing Championships.

 

CALENDAR 2014 - proposal for discussion / approval at 2013 AGM
2014	DATE	EVENTS JAN - DEC 2014	TYPE OF EVENT	STATUS	LENGTH	LANES	VENUE	PROVINCE
Sat	04-Jan
Sun	05-Jan
Sat	11-Jan	Kerry HOR	Head		4000		Killorglin	Munster
Sun	12-Jan
Sat	18-Jan
Sun	19-Jan
Sat	25-Jan	Sligo HOR	Head		4000		Garavogue River Sligo	Connaught
Sun	26-Jan
Sat	01-Feb	St Michaels HOR	Rolling Head		3500		O'Briens Bridge	Munster
Sun	02-Feb
Sat	08-Feb	Head of the Shannon	Head		5000		Carrick on Shannon	Connaught
Sun	09-Feb
Sat	15-Feb	Lagan HOR	Head 1 Head 2		2800 4200		River Lagan Belfast	Ulster
Sat	15-Feb	Cork HOR	Head		4000		Marina Cork	Munster
Sun	16-Feb
Sat	22-Feb	Newry Trials	Trials		5000		Newry Canal	Ulster
Sun	23-Feb	Newry Trials	Trials		5000		Newry Canal	Ulster
Sat	01-Mar	Erne HOR	Head		6000		Enniskillen	Ulster
Sun	02-Mar
Sat	08-Mar	Lagan Scullers HOR	Head		2800		River Lagan Belfast	Ulster
Sun	09-Mar
Sat	15-Mar	Galway HOR	Head		4300		Galway	Connaught
Sun	16-Mar	Fermoy HOR	Head		4000		River Blackwater	Munster
Sat	22-Mar	Dublin HOR	Head		3700		Liffey	Leinster
Sun	23-Mar
Fri	28-Mar	Trials - Juniors / U23 / Seniors	Trials				National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sat	29-Mar	Trials - Juniors / U23 / Seniors	Trials				National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sun	30-Mar	Trials - Juniors / U23 / Seniors	Trials				National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sat	05-Apr	Neptune Regatta	Regatta - Grow the Sport	SEMI	1400	2	Islandbridge Dublin	Leinster
Sun	06-Apr
Sat	12-Apr	Skibbereen Regatta	Regatta - Grand League	FULL	2000	8	National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sun	13-Apr	Skibbereen Regatta	Regatta -Grand League	FULL	2000	8	National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sat	19-Apr	Trinity Regatta	Regatta - Grow the Sport	SEMI	1800	2	Islandbridge Dublin	Leinster
Sun	20-Apr	Easter Sunday
Sat	26-Apr	Limerick Regatta	Regatta - Multi-lane	FULL	1500	4	O'Briens Bridge	Munster
Sun	27-Apr	Schools Regatta		Non	1500	4	O'Briens Bridge	Munster
Sat	03-May	Portadown Regatta	Regatta - Grow the Sport	SEMI	1000	2	Portadown	Ulster
Sun	04-May
Sat	10-May	Bantry Regatta/Lough Rynn	Regatta - Grow the Sport /ML	NON/FULL	500/2000	3	Bantry	Munster/Connaught
Sun	11-May	Sligo Regatta	Regatta - Multi-lane	SEMI	1000		Sligo	Connaught
Sat	17-May	Queen's Regatta	Regatta - Grand League	FULL	1500	6	Castlewellan	Ulster
Sun	18-May
Sat	24-May	Lee Regatta	Regatta - Grow the Sport	NON	500	6	Marina Cork	Munster
Sat	24-May	Belfast Sprint Regatta	Regatta - Grow the Sport	NON	500	2	River Lagan Belfast	Ulster
Sun	25-May
Sat	31-May
Sun	01-Jun	Carlow Regatta	Regatta - Grow the Sport	SEMI	1000	2	Carlow	Leinster
Sat	07-Jun	UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS / ( NON Championship)	Regatta - Multi-lane	NON	2000	6	Blessington	Munster
Sun	08-Jun	Dublin Metropolitan Regatta	Regatta - Grand League	FULL	2000	6	Blessington	Leinster
Sat	14-Jun	Athlone Regatta	Regatta - Multi-lane	FULL	1800	5	Coosan Point Athlone	Connaught
Sun	15-Jun	Galway Regatta	Regatta - Grow the Sport	SEMI	700	3	Galway	Connaught
Sat	21-Jun
Sun	22-Jun	Castleconnell Sprint Regatta	Regatta - Grow the Sport	NON	500	5	Castleconnell	Munster
Sat	28-Jun	Cork Regatta	Regatta - Grand League	FULL	2000	6	National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sun	29-Jun	Fermoy Sprints	Regatta - Grow the Sport	NON	500	3	Fermoy	Munster
Sat	05-Jul
Sun	06-Jul
Fri	11-Jul	Irish Rowing Championships	Championships	FULL	2000	6	National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sat	12-Jul	Irish Rowing Championships	Championships	FULL	2000	6	National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sun	13-Jul	Irish Rowing Championships	Championships	FULL	2000	6	National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sat	19-Jul
Sun	20-Jul
Sat	26-Jul
Sun	27-Jul
Sat	02-Aug
Sun	03-Aug	Carrick-on-Shannon Sprints	Regatta - Grow the Sport	NON	420	3	Carrick on Shannon	Connaught
Sat	09-Aug
Sun	10-Aug
Sat	16-Aug
Sun	17-Aug
Sat	23-Aug	Belfast Summer Sprints	Regatta - Grow the Sport	NON	300	2	River Lagan Belfast	Ulster
Sun	24-Aug
Sat	30-Aug
Sun	31-Aug
Sat	06-Sep
Sun	07-Sep
Sat	13-Sep	Interprovincial Sprints	Interprovincials		500		Limerick	Munster
Sun	14-Sep
Sat	20-Sep	New Ross - Barrow Challenge	Head		18000		River Barrow	Leinster
Sun	21-Sep
Sat	27-Sep	Trials - Juniors / U23 / Seniors	Trials				National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sun	28-Sep	Trials - Juniors / U23 / Seniors	Trials				National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sat	04-Oct	Tullamore Time Trial	Head		2250		Canal Offaly	Leinster
Sun	05-Oct
Sat	11-Oct
Sun	12-Oct
Sat	18-Oct	Skibbereen HOR	Head		3000		National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sun	19-Oct
Sat	25-Oct
Sun	26-Oct
Sat	01-Nov	Castleconnell HOR	Head		3000		Castleconnell	Munster
Sun	02-Nov
Sat	08-Nov	Neptune HOR	Head		4000		Blessington	Leinster
Sun	09-Nov
Sat	15-Nov	Bann HOR	Head		3000		River Bann Coleraine	Ulster
Sun	16-Nov
Sat	22-Nov	Regional Indoor Rowing	2k				Provincial Venues	each Province
Sun	23-Nov	Championships	2k				to be confirmed	each Province
Sat	29-Nov
Sun	30-Nov
Sat	06-Dec	Muckross HOR	Head		3000		National Rowing Centre Cork	Munster
Sun	07-Dec
Sat	13-Dec	Irish Indoor Rowing Championships
Sun	14-Dec	Irish Indoor Rowing Championships
Sat	20-Dec
Sun	21-Dec
Sat	27-Dec
Sun	28-Dec

#ROWING – The year ahead will be a bumper one for rowing. Check out the 2012 Calendar - with a month-by-month list of domestic and international fixtures.

Rowing Calendar 2012

January 21st: Sligo Head of the River. 28th: St Michael’s Head, O’Brien’s Bridge.

February 4th: Lagan Scullers Head, Belfast. 18th: Head of the Shannon, Carrick-on-Shannon; Cork Head, Marina. 25th: Lagan Head, Belfast.

March 3rd: Erne Head, Enniskillen; Fermoy Head; Women’s Eights Head, London. 17th: Tribesmen Head, Galway; Head of the River, London. 19th: Gannon Cup Colours Races, Dublin (morning); 24th: Dublin Head.

April 1st: Monkstown Sprint Regatta, National Rowing Centre, Cork. 7th: Trinity Regatta, Islandbridge, Dublin. 14th: Irish University Championships and Irish Schools’ Regatta, NRC. 15th: Skibbereen Regatta, NRC. 21st: Neptune Regatta, Islandbridge. 28th: Queen’s Regatta, Castlewellan; Bantry Regatta, Bantry.

May 4th-6th: World Cup One, Belgrade. 5th: Portadown Regatta. 5th-6th: Munich Junior Regatta. 5th-6th: Ghent International May Regatta. 12th: Limerick Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge. 19th: Belfast Sprint Regatta; Lee Regatta, Cork Harbour. 20th-23rd: Final Olympic Qualification Regatta, Lucerne. 25th-27th: World Cup Two, Lucerne. 26th: Metropolitan Regatta, Blessington.

June 2nd-3rd: Carlow Regatta; (British) Metropolitan Regatta, Dorney Lake; International Junior Regatta, Hamburg. 10th: Castleconnell Sprint Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge; 15th-17th: World Cup Three, Munich; 15th-17th: Henley Women’s Regatta; 16th: Athlone Regatta, Coosan Point; 17th: Galway Regatta; 16th-17th: Marlow Regatta, Dorney Lake. 23rd: Cork Regatta, NRC; 23rd-24th: National Assessment (Junior Trials), NRC; 24th: Fermoy Sprints; 27th-July 1st: Henley Royal Regatta.

 July 1st (from June 27th): Henley Royal Regatta; 11th-15th: World Under-23 Championships, Trakai, Lithuania; 12th-15th: National Championships, National Rowing Centre, Farran Wood, Cork; 20th-22nd: Coupe de la Jeunesse, Banyoles, Spain. 21st (Provisional) Home International Regatta, Cardiff; 28th-August 4th: Olympic Games Regatta, Dorney Lake, England.

 August  (from July 28th) to 4th: Olympic Games Regatta, Dorney Lake, England. 5th: Carrick-on-Shannon Sprints; 15th-19th: World Senior and Junior Championships, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; 24th-26th: All-Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships, Broadstrand, Courtmacsherry, Co Cork; 25th Belfast Summer Sprints; 31st-September 2nd: Paralympic Regatta, Dorney Lake, England.

 September (from August 31st) to 2nd: Paralympic Regatta, Dorney Lake, England; 6th-9th: World Masters Regatta, Duisburg, Germany; 7th-9th: World University Championships, Kazan, Russia. 14th-16th: European Championships, Varese, Italy.

October 7th: Tullamore Time Trial; 20th: Skibbereen Head of the River, NRC; 20th-21st: Head of the Charles, Boston, Massachussets.

November 1st-4th: World Rowing Coaches Conference, Limerick. 3rd: Castleconnell Head of the River, O’Brien’s Bridge; 10th: Neptune Head of the River, Blessington; Fours Head of the River, London. 17th: Bann Head of the River, Coleraine. 24th-25th: National Assessment, Newry.