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# ROWING: The Ireland team for the Home Countries International in Cardiff on July 21st includes Colm Dowling and Shane Mac Eoin from the Cork Boat Club four which competed in the Wyfold at Henley Royal Regatta. Tiernan Oliver of Queen’s University will compete in the men’s four and eight, though he came into the season a novice.

ROWING IRELAND – HOME INTERNATIONAL REGATTA 2012
SENIOR TEAM
SENIOR MEN
The following Senior Men have been selected to compete for Rowing Ireland at the Home International
Regatta 2012
SENIOR MEN SCULLING
1X Kevin Coughlan Carlow RC Coach
Paddy Behan Carlow RC
Lwt 1X Kevin O’Connor St. Michaels RC
2x Cian Pidgeon Castleconnell RC
Michael Bailey Neptune RC
Lwt 2x Niall Murphy Carlow RC
Shane Byrne Carlow RC
4x Kevin Coughlan Carlow RC
Kevin O’Connor St. Michaels RC
Cian Pidgeon Castleconnell RC
Michael Bailey Neptune RC
SENIOR MEN SWEEP
2- Aidan McEvoy St. Michaels RC Coach
Mark O’Brien St. Michaels RC Jonathan Shinnors St. Michaels RC
Lwt 2- Paul Sweetman Commercial RC
Stephen Connolly Commercial RC
4- Shane McEoin Cork BC
Colm Dowling Cork BC
Peter Gillanders Queens Uni BC
Tiernan Oliver Queens Uni BC
4+ Richard Looney Lee RC
Padraic O’Connell Lee RC
Declan O’Connor Lee RC
Patrick Quinn St. Michaels RC
Gavin Connolly - Cox Commercial RC
8+ Aidan McEvoy St. Michaels RC
Mark O’Brien St. Michaels RC
Shane McEoin Cork BC
Colm Dowling Cork BC
Peter Gillanders Queens Uni BC
Tiernan Oliver Queens Uni BC
Richard Looney Lee RC
Padraic O’Connell Lee RC
Gavin Connolly - Cox Commercial RC
The crews listed above are not listed in seat order in the boats
SENIOR WOMEN
The following Senior Women have been selected to compete for Rowing Ireland at the Home International
Regatta 2012
SENIOR WOMEN SCULLING
1X Monika Dukarska Killorglin RC Coach
John O’Keeffe Three Castles RC
Lwt 1X Karen Corcoran-O’Hare Shandon RC
2x Helen Walshe Three Castles RC
Eimear Moran Three Castles RC
Lwt 2x Karen Corcoran-O’Hare Shandon RC
Saoirse Horgan Shandon RC
4x Helen Walshe Three Castles RC
Eimear Moran Three Castles RC
Monika Dukarska Killorglin RC
Saoirse Horgan Shandon BC
SENIOR WOMEN SWEEP
2- Jessica O’Keeffe St. Michaels RC Coach
Ailish Sheehan St. Michaels RC Martin Kilbane Cork BC
Lwt 2- Liz Gill St. Michaels RC
Fran Judge UCDLBC
4- Anna Wickham Cork BC
Marie O’Neill Cork BC
Caroline Murray Commercial RC
Emer Nic Aiodh Commercial RC
4+ Jessica O’Keeffe St. Michaels RC
Ailish Sheehan St. Michaels RC
Sheila Clavin St. Michaels RC
Orla McEvoy St. Michaels RC
Kirsten Joyce - Cox UCDLBC
8+ Ailish Sheehan St. Michaels RC
Anna Wickham Cork BC
Marie O’Neill Cork BC
Caroline Murray Commercial RC
Emer Nic Aiodh Commercial RC
Sheila Clavin St. Michaels RC
Orla McEvoy St. Michaels RC
Alice O’Sullivan UL RC
Kirsten Joyce - Cox UCDLBC
The crews listed above are not listed in seat order in the boats
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# ROWING: The Cork Boat Club four of John Paul Collins, Stephen Carroll, Colm Dowling and Shane Mac Eoin put in a good challenge in the second round of the Wyfold Cup but could not overcome Rob Roy from Cambridge at Henley Royal Regatta. The English crew led by half a length at the quarter mile and held off Cork’s pushes to extend their lead.

Colin Williamson of Queen’s University lost to El Salvador’s Roberto Lopez in the Diamond Sculls. Lopez powered away from Williamson early on and did not yield up the advantage.

Henley Royal Regatta, Day Two (Irish interest)

Wyfold Cup (Fours, Club): Rob Roy bt Cork BC 4¼ l, 7:53

Diamond Sculls (Single Sculls, Open): R Lopez (El Salvador) bt C Williamson (Queen’s University) easily, 9:00

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# ROWING: Ireland’s only eight competing at Henley Royal Regatta bowed out of the Temple Cup today. Trinity led the University of Michigan at the Barrier and Fawley (roughly halfway). A push by Trinity was ineffective, but the Americans staged their own which took them into the lead. They took control and won by one and a quarter lengths.

Henley Royal Regatta, Day One (Irish interest)

Temple Cup (Eights, Student): University of Michigan (USA) bt Trinity 1 ¼ l, 7:12

Prince Albert Cup (Coxed Fours, Student): Imperial College bt Queen’s University 1¾ l, 8:07

Wyfold Cup (Fours, Club): Cork BC bt Cardiff City 1l, 7:52; Rob Roy bt Henley B 4l, 7:56

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# ROWING: Cork Boat Club gave Ireland its first race win at Henley 2012, when they came through their first round test against Cardiff City in the Wyfold for club fours. The Cork crew eked out a lead early on, but Cardiff mounted a challenge right to the end when the pressure told and their steering faltered. Cork won by a length.

Imperial Boat Club, who were seeded, ousted Queen’s University in the Prince Albert for student coxed fours.

Henley Royal Regatta, Day One (Irish interest)

Temple Cup (Eights, Student): Brown University (USA) bt Dartmouth 2½ l, 6:57;

Prince Albert Cup (Coxed Fours, Student): Imperial College bt Queen’s University 1¾ l, 8:07

Wyfold Cup (Fours, Club): Cork BC bt Cardiff City 1l, 7:52; Rob Roy bt Henley B 4l, 7:56

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# ROWING; Four Ireland crews have been chosen to represent Ireland at junior level at the World Senior and Junior Championships in Plovdiv in Bulgaria in August. The men's single of Paul O'Donovan and the pair of Joel Cassells and Chris Black will be joined by Kate O'Brien in the junior women's single and a junior women's quadruple. The teams for the Coupe de la Jeunesse and the Home Internationals have also been picked. 

JUNIOR TEAMS
JUNIOR WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – PLOVDIV, BULGARIA
JM1X Paul O’Donovan (Skibbereen RC)
Coach: Teddy O’Donovan
JW 1x Kate O’Brien (St.Michael’s RC)
Coach : HP Team
JM2‐ Joel Cassells (Bann RC)
Chris Black (Bann RC)
Coach: Seamus Reynolds
JW4X‐ Bridget Jacques (Belfast Boat Club)
Hilary Shinnick (Fermoy RC)
Katie Cromie (Portora BC)
Bernadette Walsh (Skibbereen RC )
Coaches: Derek Holland , Nathan Adams
Team Manager: Martin McElroy
Lead Coach : Derek Holland
Details regarding the Junior World Rowing Championships can be found at
http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012‐world‐rowing‐senior‐and‐juniorchampionships
COUPE DE LA JEUNESSE – BANYOLES, SPAIN
JM4‐ Henry Millar (Portora BC)
Lloyd Seaman (Portora BC)
Finnion Tolan (St. Joseph’s RC)
James Egan (St. Joseph’s RC)
Coaches: Derek Holland , David Ewart
JM2X Andrew Griffin (Neptune RC)
David Quinlan (Castleconnell BC)
Coaches: John Holland
JM4X Aodhan Burns (Skibbereen RC)
John Mitchell (Lee RC)
Jack Casey (Shandon BC)
Paddy Hegarty (Skibbereen RC)
Coaches: John Holland , Teddy O’Donovan
JW4x Aileen Crowley (Muckross RC)
Lucie Litvack (Belfast Boat Club)
Sarah Allen (Bann RC)
Sarah Higgins (Cork BC)
Coach: Nathan Adams
JW2‐ Brooke Edgar (Bann RC)
Aoife Cooper (Muckross RC)
Coach: Seamus Reynolds
Team Manager: Clare Cox
Lead Coach: Derek Holland
Details regarding the Coupe de la Jeunesse can be found at
http://www.cebanyoles.cat/en‐us/competicio/rem2012/inici.aspx
http://www.couperowing.org/
HOME COUNTRIES REGATTA
JM4‐ / JM 8+ William Yeomans (Commercial RC)
Colm O’Riada (Commercial RC)
Gary Thornton (Portora BC)
Chris Alcorn (Bann RC)
JM4+/ JM8+ Eric McEvoy (St.Josephs RC)
Aiden Kinneen (St.Josephs RC)
Kevin Keohane (Presentation College)
Niall Crowley (Presentation College)
JM2‐ Shane Walsh (Galway RC)
Alan Murtagh (Galway RC)
Colm Connelly – Cox (St. Joseph’s RC)
Coaches: John Walsh, Jamie Bradley
JM4X‐ Matthew Ryan (Skibbereen RC)
Andy Harrington (Shandon RC)
Daniel Buckley (Lee RC)
Paudie Leonard (Skibbereen RC)
Coach : David O’Donovan
JM2X Andrew Bell (Colaiste Iognaid)
Patrick Boomer (Methodist College )
JM1X David O’Malley (St.Michaels’s RC)
Coach: James Boomer
JW4‐ / JW8+ Ruth Gilligan (Shannon RC)
Lauren McHugh (Shannon RC)
Ruth Cummins (Galway RC)
Kellie Wade (Galway RC)
JW4+ / JW8+ Hanna McCarthy (St.Michael’s RC)
Hanna O’Sullivan (St.Michael’s RC)
Emily Hutchinson (Bann RC)
Fiona Murtagh (Galway RC)
JW2‐ Kara O’Connor (Muckross RC)
Jasmine English (Methodist College)
Affric O’Regan Cox (Galway RC)
Coach: Iain Cumiskey, Michael O’Callaghan
JW 4x Leonie Hamel (Cork BC)
Megan McLaughlin (Cork BC)
Rosin Merz (Shandon RC)
Laura Coleman (Shandon BC)
Coach: David O’Donovan
JW 2x Kathrine Cremin (Muckross RC)
Sadbh Cassidy (Neptune RC)
JW 1x Ella Ciallis (Skibbereen RC)
Coach: Cathal Moynihan
Team manager: Lisa O’Callaghan
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#ROWING: Skibbereen Rowing Club are the eFlow Go Row League champions of 2012. The west Cork club amassed 466 points over the three rounds and won Division One for men and for women.

All three regattas which hosted the eFlow League had huge entries. Skibbereen Rowing Club held the first regatta of the series at the National Rowing Centre in April and had 560 entries, becoming the biggest one-day regatta ever held in Ireland. Queen’s University staged the second round at Castlewellan and Cork Regatta at the NRC last weekend was the final in the series. Metropolitan Regatta at Blessington Lakes, which would have been the third round, had to be cancelled because of high winds.

“We’re very pleased to have won,” said Dominic Casey, the head coach of Skibbereen. “I think the league is good for rowing. The entry speaks for itself.”

There are prizes of €400 for each division winner and €400 to the overall points leader.  

Casey’s club was taking its third League title in succession. This season they were pushed hard by Queen’s University in the men’s class (192 points to 172), while Three Castles, who are based at Blessington, were second in women’s Division One. Lee won men’s Division Two and Commercial of Dublin took women’s Division Two.

eFlow Go Row League 2012

Overall: 1 Skibbereen RC 466, 2 Lee RC 303, 3 St Michael’s RC 296, 4 Cork BC 270, 5 UCD BC 267, 6 NUIG BC 259, 7 Queen’s BC 255, 8 Dublin University BC 208, 9 Commercial RC 208, 10 Shandon BC 204.

Men – Division One: 1 Skibbereen 192, 2 Queen’s 172, 3 NUIG 114, 4 St Michael’s 89, 5 Bann 73, 6 Cork 59. Division Two: 1 Lee 225, 2 Queen’s 83, 3 Skibbereen 77.

Women – Division One: 1 Skibbereen 188, 2 Three Castles RC 139, 3 St Michael’s 119, 4 Queen’s LBC 88, 5 Cork 86, 6 NUIG 74. Division Two: 1 Commercial 109, 2 Queen’s LBC 88, 3 Dublin University LBC 76.

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#ROWING: Galway crews came out on top in Division One of the men’s eights at Cork Regatta at the National Rowing Centre in Cork. The Grainne Mhaol/NUIG senior eight overcame NUIG’s intermediate eight, with the St Joseph’s junior crew third.

Helen Walshe and Eimear Moran of Three Castles added the Division One doubles title to the singles title Walshe had won the previous night.

Men, Eight – Division One – A Final: 1 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG (senior) 6:19.4, 2 NUIG (intermediate) 6:23.7, 3 St Joseph’s (junior 18A) 6:33.3; 4 UCD (inter) 6:38.9, 5 Galway (jun 18A) 6:40.9. B Final: Neptune (jun 18A) 6:50.8. Division Two: 1 Trinity (nov) 6:19.4, 2 UCD (nov) 6:19.7, 3 Neptune (jun 16) 6:25.9.

Four – Division One: 1 Grainne Maol (sen) 6:20.3, 2 Cork (sen) 6:24.3, 3 St Michael’s (sen) 6:27.3; 4 NUIG (u-23) 6:55.5.

Four, coxed – Division One – A Final: 1 UCD (inter) 6:37.8, 2 NUIG (inter) 6:40.2, 3 Portora (jun 18A) 6:49.1. B Final: St Michael’s (jun 18A) 6:48.3. Division Two, coxed – A Final: 1 Trinity (nov) 7:22.4, 2 UCC (nov) 7:23.7, 3 UCD (nov) 7:27.5. B Final: 1 NUIG (nov) 7:42.6; 2 Cork (jun 16) 7:44.2.

Sculling, Quadruple – Division One – A Final: 1 Skibbereen (sen) 6:40.5, 2 Skibbereen (jun 18A) 6:45.2, 3 Carlow (sen) 6:48.5. B Final: NUIG (inter) 7:13.1.

Division Two, coxed – A Final: 1 Shandon (nov) 7:15.6, 2 Neptune (nov) 7:16.2, 3 Commercial (jun 16) 7:31.8. B Final: Shandon (jun 18B) 7:43.6.

Double – Division One – A Final: 1 Neptune (inter) 7:06.9, 2 UCD (sen) 7:07.7, 3 Castleconnell (u-23) 7:09.8; 5 Skibbereen (jun 18A) 7:28.4. B Final: Skibbereeen (inter) 7:11.1. C Final: Garda (inter) 7:13.8. Division Two – A Final: 1 Cappoquin (nov) 7:33.8, 2 Skibbereen (nov) 7:36.8, 3 Lee (Jun 18B) 7:46.0. B Final: 1 Shannon (jun 18B) 7:51.6; 2 Athlone (jun 16) 7:54.6. C Final: Shandon (jun 18B) 8:17.0.

Single - Division Two: 1 Skibbereen (O’Neill, nov) 7:47.3, 2 Cork A (Burgess, jun 18B) 8:00.6, 3 Neptune (McCarthy, nov) 8:03.2. B Final: Shannon (Carmody; jun 16) 7:55.6; C Final: Cork D (Murphy; jun 16) 7:56.9. Masters: Clonmel (Kinsella).

Women

Eight – Division One: 1 Trinity (u-23) 6:41.4, 2 Galway (jun 18A) 6:47.3, 3 St Michael’s (inter) 6:52.1; 4 Skibbereen (u-23) 6:56.5, 5 NUIG (inter) 7:05.6. Division Two: 1 Trinity (nov) 7:39.5, 2 NUIG (Nov) 7:52.9, 3 Cork (nov) 8:00.6; 5 Shannon (jun 16) 8:27.1, 6 Shandon (jun 18B) 8:30.8.

Four – Division One - A Final: 1 Skibbereen (sen) 7:42.2, 2 Cork (sen) 7:47.3, 3 NUIG (sen) 7:55.0; 4 St Michael’s (jun 18A) 8:07.3. B Final: 1 Galway (jun 18A) 8:04.0.

Four, coxed - Division One: 1 Trinity (inter) 7:37.6, 2 University of Limerick (inter) 7:46.2, 3 Commercial (inter) 7:47.8. Division Two: 1 Trinity (nov) 7:46.0, 2 University of Limerick 7:46.2, 3 NUIG (nov) 7:56.9. B Final: Trinity B 8:07.1.

Sculling, Quadruple – Division One: 1 Skibbereen (sen) 7:06.3, 2 Shandon (jun 18A) 7:10.3, 3 Cork (jun 18A) 7:10.3. Division Two, coxed – A Final: 1 Carlow (jun 16) 7:38.8, 2 Galway (jun 16) 7:41.3. B Final: 1 Commercial (jun 16) 7:55.6; 4 Muckross (jun 18B) 8:47.7; 5 Commercial (nov) 9:20.3.

Double – Division One – A Final: 1 Three Castles (sen) 7:14.3, 2 Skibbereen (under-23) 7:39.1, 3 Skibbereen (u-23) 7:42.6. B Final: Neptune (jun 18) 7:53.4. C Final: Clonmel B (jun 18A) 8:22.1.

Single – Division Two – A Final: 1 Shandon (Callnan, jun 18B) 9:16.1, 2 St Michael’s B (Madden; jun 18B) 9:26.8, 3 Fermoy (Sohun; jun 16) 9:33.4. B Final: 1 Muckross (Cremin; jun 16) 9:23.3; 2 University of Limerick (Kearney; novice) 9:29.4. C Final: Fermoy (Freeman; jun 16) 9:25.6.

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# ROWING: Cork Regatta provided John Keohane with a fine boost as he heads off to compete in the Diamond Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta, as the Lee Valley man beat Paul O'Donovan into second in Division One of the men's single sculls at the National Rowing Centre last night.

Helen Walshe of Three Castles won the women's single, beating clubmate Eimear Moran into second as darkness fell at the NRC. Walshe, like Keohane, thus took  two of the eFlow Go Row Grand League rounds. The Division One titles in men's and women's pairs were won by St Michael's of Limerick.

 

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# ROWING: In the qualifying races for Henley Royal Regatta this evening, UCD's senior women's eight was well outside the mark to qualify for the Remenham Cup, but Colin Williamson of Queen's University did enough to make his way into the draw for the Diamond Sculls for single sculls.

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#ROWING: Two Irish club crews and two Rowing Ireland crews reached finals at Henley Women’s Regatta. Queen’s University came close to winning in the senior coxed four, but lost out, as did the UCD senior eight and Ireland squad athletes Lisa Dilleen, in the elite single and the elite double.

Irish crews also had a string of second places at Marlow Regatta at Dorney Lake on Saturday. However, Trinity won the intermediate one eights.

Henley Women’s Regatta (Irish interest, finals)

Eight – Senior: Newcastle University bt UCD 3 ½ l, 5:39

Four – Senior, coxed: Upper Thames bt Queen’s University 2/3 l 6:02

Sculling

Double – Elite: Leander bt Rowing Ireland 3 2/3 l 6:01

Single – Elite: Sport Imperial (Gooderham) bt Rowing Ireland (Dilleen) easily 6:58

Marlow Regatta, Dorney Lake (Selected, Irish interest, finals)

Saturday

Eights – Senior: 6 Queen’s University 6:25.68. Intermediate One, Division One: 1 Trinity 6:24.14

Four – Elite: 5 Rowing Ireland 6:48.54

Sculling

Quadruple - Elite: 2 Rowing Ireland 6:31.16. Junior 18, Division One: 5 Carlow 8:01.63

Double – Elite: 2 RBAI 7:51.18

Single – Elite: 2 Lee Valley (J Keohane) 8:33.16

Sunday (1,000-metre racing; Irish interest, selected)

Sculling, Single – Intermediate Two: 1 Carlow (N Murphy) 3:42.46

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Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) in Ireland Information

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a charity to save lives at sea in the waters of UK and Ireland. Funded principally by legacies and donations, the RNLI operates a fleet of lifeboats, crewed by volunteers, based at a range of coastal and inland waters stations. Working closely with UK and Ireland Coastguards, RNLI crews are available to launch at short notice to assist people and vessels in difficulties.

RNLI was founded in 1824 and is based in Poole, Dorset. The organisation raised €210m in funds in 2019, spending €200m on lifesaving activities and water safety education. RNLI also provides a beach lifeguard service in the UK and has recently developed an International drowning prevention strategy, partnering with other organisations and governments to make drowning prevention a global priority.

Irish Lifeboat Stations

There are 46 lifeboat stations on the island of Ireland, with an operational base in Swords, Co Dublin. Irish RNLI crews are tasked through a paging system instigated by the Irish Coast Guard which can task a range of rescue resources depending on the nature of the emergency.

Famous Irish Lifeboat Rescues

Irish Lifeboats have participated in many rescues, perhaps the most famous of which was the rescue of the crew of the Daunt Rock lightship off Cork Harbour by the Ballycotton lifeboat in 1936. Spending almost 50 hours at sea, the lifeboat stood by the drifting lightship until the proximity to the Daunt Rock forced the coxswain to get alongside and successfully rescue the lightship's crew.

32 Irish lifeboat crew have been lost in rescue missions, including the 15 crew of the Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire) lifeboat which capsized while attempting to rescue the crew of the SS Palme on Christmas Eve 1895.

FAQs

While the number of callouts to lifeboat stations varies from year to year, Howth Lifeboat station has aggregated more 'shouts' in recent years than other stations, averaging just over 60 a year.

Stations with an offshore lifeboat have a full-time mechanic, while some have a full-time coxswain. However, most lifeboat crews are volunteers.

There are 46 lifeboat stations on the island of Ireland

32 Irish lifeboat crew have been lost in rescue missions, including the 15 crew of the Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire) lifeboat which capsized while attempting to rescue the crew of the SS Palme on Christmas Eve 1895

In 2019, 8,941 lifeboat launches saved 342 lives across the RNLI fleet.

The Irish fleet is a mixture of inshore and all-weather (offshore) craft. The offshore lifeboats, which range from 17m to 12m in length are either moored afloat, launched down a slipway or are towed into the sea on a trailer and launched. The inshore boats are either rigid or non-rigid inflatables.

The Irish Coast Guard in the Republic of Ireland or the UK Coastguard in Northern Ireland task lifeboats when an emergency call is received, through any of the recognised systems. These include 999/112 phone calls, Mayday/PanPan calls on VHF, a signal from an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) or distress signals.

The Irish Coast Guard is the government agency responsible for the response to, and co-ordination of, maritime accidents which require search and rescue operations. To carry out their task the Coast Guard calls on their own resources – Coast Guard units manned by volunteers and contracted helicopters, as well as "declared resources" - RNLI lifeboats and crews. While lifeboats conduct the operation, the coordination is provided by the Coast Guard.

A lifeboat coxswain (pronounced cox'n) is the skipper or master of the lifeboat.

RNLI Lifeboat crews are required to follow a particular development plan that covers a pre-agreed range of skills necessary to complete particular tasks. These skills and tasks form part of the competence-based training that is delivered both locally and at the RNLI's Lifeboat College in Poole, Dorset

 

While the RNLI is dependent on donations and legacies for funding, they also need volunteer crew and fund-raisers.

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