# ROWING: The Irish Universities Championships, which fell to the weather last month, have been rescheduled to Friday, May 24th, the eve of Metro Regatta, at Blessington. The event will run on a very pared-down version of the original programme. The Irish Schools’ Regatta becomes a separate event to be run on Friday, June 28th.

Hopes of rescheduling Skibbereen Regatta have faded due to the lack of a suitable date.

# 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: A decision will be made this afternoon on whether this weekend’s two big regattas at the National Rowing Centre will go ahead. The Skibbereen Regatta is fixed for Sunday and the Irish Universities and Schools’ Championships for Saturday, but both are in doubt because of the forecast of bad weather around the Co Cork venue.