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| | 56th ERNE HEAD OF THE RIVER |
| | Saturday 2nd March 2013 |
| | Timed |
| | Finishing Crew Mins:Secs |
| | Position No. Crew Identity Class Rowing Time |
| | 1 1 GM/NUIG/St.JoesMS 8 19:30 |
| | 2 3 U.C.D. BC MS 8 19:33 |
| | 3 2 QUBBC MS 8 19:49 |
| | 4 4 DUBC MS 8 19:52 |
| | 5 8 DUBC MI 8 20:08 |
| | 5 = 9 U.C.D. BC A MI 8 20:08 |
| | 7 6 NUIG BC MI 8 20:09 |
| | 8 5 St Michaels RC MS 8 20:30 |
| | 9 13 Neptune RC MJ18 8 20:55 |
| | 10 12 UCD BC B MI 8 21:03 |
| | 11 20 U.C.D. BC A MN 8 21:10 |
| | 12 25 DUBC B MN 8 21:11 |
| | 12 = 14 Portora BC MJ18 8 21:11 |
| | 14 19 QUBBC A MN 8 21:23 |
| | 15 21 NUIG BC MN 8 21:37 |
| | 16 10 St Michaels RC MI 8 21:46 |
| | 17 15 MCB BC MJ18 8 22:09 |
| | 18 30 Garda BC MI 4x 22:11 |
| | 19 18 DUBC A MN 8 22:17 |
| | 19 = 22 Portora/BBC/CAIBC MS 4x 22:17 |
| | 21 33 Bann RC MJ16 8 22:18 |
| | 22 24 U.C.D.L B.C A WS 8 22:24 |
| | 23 16 RBAI BC MJ18 8 22:26 |
| | 24 11 CAIBC MI 8 22:35 |
| | 25 27 QUBBC B MN 8 22:36 |
| | 26 35 MCB BC MJ16 8 22:47 |
| | 27 40 Portora BC MI 4+ 22:57 |
| | 28 23 LSC MS 4x 23:06 |
| | 29 28 DUBC C MN 8 23:08 |
| | 30 17 Blackrock BC MJ18 8 23:19 |
| | 31 41 BBC MM 8 E 23:22 |
| | 32 32 Portora BC MJ16 8 23:36 |
| | 33 42 BRC A MM 8 C 23:38 |
| | 34 43 BRC/BBC B MM 8 E 23:39 |
| | 35 29 U.C.D. BC MI 4x 23:41 |
| | 36 47 Bann RC WI 8 23:44 |
| | 37 45 QULBC WI 8 23:51 |
| | 38 31 U.C.D.L.B.C B WS 8 23:58 |
| | 39 34 CAIBC MJ16 8 24:08 |
| | 40 63 CAIBC MJ18 4+ 24:09 |
| | 41 38 BBC MS 4+ 24:10 |
| | 42 48 Portora BC WJ18 8 24:13 |
| | 43 50 Bann RC MM 8 C 24:31 |
| | 44 49 LVBC MM 8 E 24:42 |
| | 45 44 OCBC/TCBC MM 8 F 24:47 |
| | 46 60 St Michaels BC WS 4+ 24:52 |
| | 47 53 QULBC A WN 8 25:11 |
| | 48 57 BBC WM 8 D 25:13 |
| | 49 59 Portora BC WS 4x 25:19 |
| | 50 62 Bann RC MJ18 4+ 25:42 |
| | 51 52 Molesey B C MM 8 G 25:56 |
| | 52 37 MCB BC B MJ16 8 26:14 |
| | 53 54 BRC WN 8 26:33 |
| | 54 55 QULBC B WN 8 26:48 |
| | 55 58 Neptune BC WS 4x 27:04 |
| | 56 51 Portadown BC MM 8 D 27:09 |
| | 57 66 Portora BC A WJ16 8 27:16 |
| | 58 36 Portora BC B MJ16 8 27:22 |
| | 59 61 BRC WS 4+ 27:29 |
| | 60 65 CAIBC MJ16 4x 27:53 |
| | 61 67 Portora BC B WJ16 8 28:52 |
| | 62 56 QULBC C WN8 29:55 |
| | 63 = 7 QUBBC MI 8 Did Not Row |
| | 63 = 26 U.C.D BC B MN 8 Did Not Row |
| | 63 = 39 DUBC MI 4+ Did Not Row |
| | 63 = 46 NUIG BC WI 8 Did Not Row |
| | 63 = 64 Blackrock BC MJ18 4x Did Not Row |
| | The positions given are those relative to all crews participating. |
| | Positions within a Class are to be determined by inspection. |
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# ROWING: A collision before the start between the Queen’s University senior eight and the Portadown intermediate four took both crews out of the reckoning at the second head of the day at Lagan Head of the River in Belfast on Saturday. One of the Portadown crew had to be treated in hospital. In the absence of Queen’s, Neptune’s junior 18 eight ruled the waters: they took pennants as fastest crew; fastest junior crew and fastest junior 18 eight. The Belfast Boat Club/RBAI senior crew was the fastest four and Trinity's top women’s senior eight placed well.
Lagan Head of the River 2013 - Race 2 – 4200m Saturday 16th February at 1500 |
RESULTS by Time – Masters handicap not applied |
POSITION |
CREW |
NUMBER Club Class Cox/Steerer Time % of winning |
time Comments |
1 6 Neptune RC MJ18A 8+ H. Thompson 15:59.2 100.00 |
2 5 Portora BC MJ18A 8+ E. McClean 16:02.9 100.39 |
3 2 CAIBC MJ18A 8+ M. Bucklee 16:03.7 100.48 |
4 8 BBC/RBAIRC MS 4- A. Boreham 16:12.1 101.35 |
5 21 QUBBC A MN 8+ P. Ramsey 16:36.1 103.85 |
6 11 DULBC A WS 8+ G. Nic Fhionnain 16:43.1 104.58 |
7 20 BRC MN 8+ K. McCullagh 16:48.2 105.11 |
8 13 BBC MM E 8+ A. Scott 17:06.2 106.99 |
9 7 LSC MS 4X- P. Cross 17:10.8 107.46 |
10 31 Bann RC MJ16 8+ D. Tang 17:11.1 107.50 |
11 12 DULBC B WS 8+ N. Williams 17:12.4 107.63 |
12 4 RBAIRC MJ18A 8+ R. Hulatt 17:15.8 107.99 |
13 22 QUBBC B MN 8+ S. McGaughey 17:27.6 109.21 |
14 10 CAIBC/Portora BC MS 4- S. Archibald 17:32.3 109.71 |
15 14 BRC/BBC MM E 8+ S. Mairs 17:38.8 110.38 |
16 25 BRC MM C 8+ U. Smart 17:54.7 112.05 |
17 15 OCBC/Three Castles RC MM F 8+ J. Henry 18:05.4 113.16 |
18 27 QUBLBC WI 1 8+ C. Moorehead 18:09.1 113.54 |
19 28 Bann RC WI 1 8+ L. Ferguson 18:24.4 115.15 |
20 17 CAIBC MI 1 4+ A. Stewart 18:47.7 117.56 |
21 23 LVBC MM F 8+ M. Warnock 18:53.3 118.15 |
22 40 QULBC A WN 8+ C. Campbell 19:00.2 118.87 |
23 37 Portora BC A WJ18A 8+ Z. Donaldson 19:00.5 118.91 |
24 24 Bann RC MM C 8+ E. Earl 19:20.1 120.94 |
25 42 DULBC A WN 8+ K. Paterson 19:20.9 121.03 |
26 32 CAIBC MJ16 8+ A. Stewart 19:26.5 121.61 |
27 29 BRC WI 1 8+ E. Catterall 19:42.1 123.24 |
28 30 BBC WM D 8+ H. Wilson 19:46.9 123.74 |
29 45 DULBC B WN 8+ N. O'Sullivan 20:34.0 128.66 |
30 26 BBC/LSC WS 4X- S. Herron 20:54.1 130.75 |
31 46 QULBC C WN 8+ M. Toner 20:55.4 130.89 |
32 33 Portora BC MJ16 8+ J. Foster 20:57.0 131.05 |
33 44 QULBC B WN 8+ A. Espona-McCartney 21:17.2 133.16 |
34 36 Portadown BC MM D 8+ R. Walker 22:01.4 137.76 |
35 43 Portora BC WN 8+ C. McClean 22:05.7 138.21 |
36 35 QUBLBC WS 4- A. Aitken 22:07.6 138.41 |
37 39 BRC WM E 8+ S. Smith 22:38.2 141.60 |
38 38 Portora BC B WJ18A 8+ E. Reynolds 22:41.3 141.92 |
1 QUBBC MS 8+ A. Margret |
9 BRC MS 4- C. Coyle |
16 QUBBC MI 1 4+ R. Crowley |
18 Portadown BC MI 1 4+ L. Chambers |
19 BBC WS 4X- L. Cameron |
41 UCDBC WN 8+ V. Turner |
Lagan Head of the River is organised by Belfast Rowing Club |
with assistance from Queens University Boat Club, Lagan Scullers Club, RBAI |
Rowing Club and Belfast Boat Club |
and the following organisations – |
Belfast Harbour Commissioners |
Belfast City Centre Regeneration Directorate |
Odyssey Arena |
Police Service of Northern Ireland |
Powerhouse Sport |
# ROWING: Neptune Rowing Club had a good day at the Lagan Head of the River in Belfast on Saturday. Men’s junior quadruple sculls from the Dublin club placed first and second in Head One. Rory O’Connor of Queen’s University was the fastest senior single sculler.
Lagan Head of the River 2013 - Race 1 – 2700m Saturday 16th February 1130 |
RESULTS by Time – Masters handicap not applied |
POSITION |
CREW |
NUMBER Club Class Cox/Steerer Time % of winning |
time Comments |
1 102 Neptune RC MJ18A 4X- W. Doyle 10:59.0 100.00 |
2 103 Portora BC MJ18A 4X- K. Anderson 11:21.1 103.35 |
3 112 QUBBC A MS 2- C. Beck 11:35.7 105.57 |
4 101 RBAIRC A MJ18A 4X- J. Hoy 11:53.7 108.30 |
5 155 Portora BC MJ15 8+ E. McClean 11:54.8 108.46 |
6 116 QUBBC C MS 2- K. Coughlan 12:01.6 109.51 |
7 121 QUBBC D MS 2- J. Cook 12:22.7 112.70 |
8 106 RBAIRC B MJ18A 4X- A. George 12:23.8 112.87 |
9 110 QUBBC MS 1X R. O'Connor 12:26.6 113.29 |
10 147 CAIBC MN 4+ J. Taggart 12:28.7 113.61 |
11 119 BRC B MS 2- K. McCracken 12:32.0 114.10 |
12 124 BBC B MM E 4+ J. Malloy 12:32.4 114.17 |
13 115 Neptune RC MS 2- L. Hawkes 12:32.9 114.24 |
14 118 Bann RC MS 2- C. Logan 12:35.3 114.62 |
15 150 Portora BC A WJ16 8+ C. McCLean 12:40.0 115.32 |
16 108 Bann RC MJ18A 4- M. Curran 12:40.1 115.34 |
17 111 LSC MS 1X N. Darby 12:43.7 115.89 |
18 135 Portadown BC MN 1X S. McKeown 12:49.1 116.71 |
19 156 Bann RC MJ15 4X+ F. Stinson 12:51.0 117.00 |
20 140 Commercial RC WI 1 4+ R. Keogh 13:06.1 119.28 |
21 123 QUBBC E MS 2- G. Doran 13:10.1 119.90 |
22 114 BRC A MS 2- G. Meek 13:11.6 120.12 |
23 148 CAIBC MJ18A 2X A. Meenagh 13:11.7 120.13 |
24 141 Bann RC WI 1 4+ L. Ferguson 13:16.5 120.86 |
25 122 Portora BC MS 2- R. Magwood 13:17.2 120.96 |
26 130 SABC MI 1 1X B. O'Carroll 13:18.2 121.12 |
27 120 Commercial RC MS 2- S. Connolly 13:21.0 121.55 |
28 139 QUBLBC WI 1 4+ C. Moorehead 13:22.4 121.75 |
29 145 Portora BC MJ16 4X+ M. Woodhouse 13:24.1 122.01 |
30 173 QUBLBC WN 4+ C. Campbell 13:29.6 122.85 |
31 161 BRC MN 4X+ S. Smith 13:29.9 122.89 |
32 143 Llandaff BC MM D 2- O. Zeigler 13:30.9 123.04 |
33 133 Bann RC B MJ18A 1X J. Gordon 13:38.9 124.26 |
34 138 DULBC WI 1 4+ N. Williams 13:41.0 124.58 |
35 126 Bann RC MI 1 1X D. Whoriskey 13:41.5 124.66 |
36 184 Portora BC MM D 1X G. Murphy 13:49.8 125.91 |
37 177 DULBC B WN 4+ K. Paterson 13:51.8 126.22 |
38 125 BBC A MM E 4+ D. Trainor 13:54.2 126.58 |
39 146 RBAIRC MJ16 4X+ D. Taylor 13:54.9 126.69 |
40 169 BBC/LSC WM 4X- S. Herron 13:58.5 127.23 |
41 178 BRC B WN 4+ K. McCullagh 14:03.7 128.02 |
42 136 Neptune RC WJ18A 4X- A. Byrne 14:05.8 128.34 |
43 175 BRC A WN 4+ S. Mairs 14:06.1 128.39 |
44 160 CAIBC MJ16 2X J. Gregg 14:08.1 128.69 |
45 162 Portora BC A WJ15 8+ Z. Donaldson 14:17.2 130.08 |
46 181 LSC A MN 1X J. McAllister 14:19.5 130.42 |
47 172 DULBC A WN 4+ G. Nic Fhionnain 14:20.4 130.56 |
48 105 Portadown BC MJ18A 4X- M. Dowdeswell 14:21.0 130.65 |
49 128 CAIBC MI 1 1X C. McDowell 14:22.0 130.81 |
50 166 Portora BC WJ18A 1X P. Mulligan 14:22.6 130.89 |
51 164 QUBLBC WI 1 1X A. Leahy 14:41.1 133.69 |
52 188 BBC MM F 1X S. Lockwood 14:42.4 133.89 |
53 185 Neptune RC MM E 1X E. Dolan 14:50.0 135.05 |
54 154 QUBLBC B WS 2- A. Aitken 14:57.0 136.12 |
55 144 CAIBC MJ16 4X+ A. Moore 15:00.3 136.62 |
POSITION CREW |
NUMBER Club Class Cox/Steerer Time % of winning |
time Comments |
56 131 Bann RC A MJ18A 1X M. Curran 15:03.5 137.10 |
57 153 QUBLBC A WS 2- H. Douglas 15:19.5 139.53 |
58 157 CAIBC MJ15 4X+ R. O'Neill 15:36.9 142.17 |
59 193 Portora BC A MJ14 4X+ E. Daly 15:39.9 142.62 |
60 191 LSC MM G 2X P. Griffith 15:40.5 142.71 |
61 176 BBC WN 4+ A. Scott 15:54.3 144.81 |
62 159 Neptune RC WJ18A 2X V. Connolly 16:02.9 146.12 |
63 197 BBC WM F 1X A. Lockwood 16:28.9 150.06 |
64 151 Portora BC B WJ16 8+ E. Reynolds 16:46.4 152.71 |
65 170 BRC WJ16 4X+ M. Taylor 16:47.0 152.81 |
66 183 BRC MN 2X T. McAughtrey 16:58.6 154.57 |
67 180 Portadown BC MM D 4+ R. Walker 17:06.6 155.79 |
68 187 LSC B MM E 1X D. O'Hara 17:24.1 158.43 |
69 190 BRC B WN 2X C. Coulter 17:41.6 161.10 |
70 198 LSC WN 1X T. Florence 18:05.0 164.64 |
71 196 Neptune RC WM B 1X L. Feldman 19:00.8 173.11 |
72 195 Portora BC WJ14 4X+ E. Keane 21:13.3 193.21 |
73 194 Portora BC B MJ14 4X+ A. Beacom 23:13.6 211.47 |
p 113 BBC MS 2- A. Boreham |
117 BBC/RBAIRC MS 2- J. Mitchell |
127 BRC MI 1 1X J. Baird |
129 Neptune RC MI 1 1X D. Brett |
132 Belfast BC MJ18A 1X Murray |
134 De Mass MM C 1X R. Shirley |
142 BBC WI 1 4+ A. Clayton |
149 Portadown BC MJ18A 2X L. Chambers |
163 Portora BC B WJ15 8+ C. Blackwell |
165 BBC A WJ18A 1X K. Turner |
167 BBC B WJ18A 1X H. McKeever |
174 Neptune RC WN 4+ A. Hall |
179 BRC C WN 4+ P. Griffith |
182 LSC B MN 1X T. McGivern |
186 LSC A MM F 1X G. Fettis |
189 BRC A WN 2X K. Flack |
Lagan Head of the River is organised by Belfast Rowing Club |
with assistance from Queens University Boat Club, Lagan Scullers Club, RBAI |
Rowing Club and Belfast Boat Club |
and the following organisations – |
Belfast Harbour Commissioners |
Belfast City Centre Regeneration Directorate |
Odyssey Arena |
Powerhouse Sport |
# ROWING: The Neptune Head of the River at Blessington gave Niall Kenny and some other top Galway rowers a chance to blow off the cobwebs in the run-up to the National Assessment in two weeks’ time in Newry. Kenny, a lightweight, won the single sculls well with his effort in the better conditions of the second head.
The honour of being the fastest eight was taken with ease by Trinity – St Michael’s damaged the fin on their boat in the first head and did not do as well as they would have liked in a borrowed boat in the second. Trinity were the women’s eight winners and Marie O’Neill of Cork the fastest women’s single sculler.
Neptune Head of the River, Blessington, Saturday (Selected Results)
Men
Eight – Senior: 1 Trinity (head one) 12 minutes 13 seconds, 2 St Michael’s (head 2) 12:24, 3 St Michael’s (head 1) 13:13. Intermediate: Trinity (2) 12:23, 2 Neptune (1) 13:24, 3 Trinity (2) 16:17. Novice: 1 Trinity (2) 13:31, 2 NUIG (2) 13:40, 3 Trinity (1) 13:42. Junior 18: Neptune (2) 12:39, 2 Neptune (1) 13:39, 3 Cork BC (1) 13:41. Junior 16: 1 Portora (1) 13:26, 2 Neptune (2) 14:03, 3 Commercial (2) 14:24. Masters: Old Collegians (1) 14:17.
Four – Senior: 1 St Michael's 12:51, 2 NUIG A/Grainne Mhaol/UCC (head 1) 13:07, 3 NUIG/St Joseph’s (1) 13:08. Intermediate: 1 NUIG B (2) 13:18, 2 NUIG (2) 13:33, 3 Trinity (1) 13:38. Junior 18: 1 Neptune (1) 14:11. Masters: Old Collegians (1) 14:49.
Sculling,
Double – Senior: 1 Trinity (Flaherty, Hughes) (Head 2) 13:57, 2 Commercial (1) 14:11, 3 Graiguenamanagh (2) 15:24. Single: 1 UCC (N Kenny) (2) 14:48, 2 NUIG (Mullarkey) (2) 15:03, 3 NUIG (S O’Connor) (2) 15:23, 4 Commercial (A Maher) (1) 15:26, 5 University of Limerick (Brinn) (1) 15:42, 6 Commercial (Gleeson) (1) 15:50. Intermediate: 1 NUIG (Egan) (2) 15:34, 2 Neptune (O’Connor) (1) 15:35, 3 St Michael’s (Stundon) (1) 15:45.
Women
Eight – Senior: 1 Trinity (2) 14:09, 2 Trinity (1) 14:26, 3 Trinity B (2) 14:26. Intermediate: Trinity (1) 14:36. Novice: 1 Trinity (1) 16:10, 2 Trinity (2) 16:32, 3 Commercial (2) 16:46Junior: 1 Carrick-on-Shannon (2) 15:25, 2 Portora (2) 15:34, 3 Graiguenamanagh (1) 16:10. Junior 16: 1 Portora (1) 15:32, 2 Carlow (2) 17:02, 3 Portora (2) 17:15.
Four – Senior: 1 Cork BC (2) 14:38, 2 St Michael’s (1) 15:30, 3 Commercial (2) 15:30. Intermediate: 1 NUIG (2) 15:58, 2 NUIG (1) 16:53, 3 NUIG B (1) 16:59.
Sculling
Double – Senior: 1 NUIG (1) 15:42, 2 Three Castles (2) 15:43, 3 St Michael’s (2) 16:05.
Single – Senior: 1 Cork (M O’Neill) (1) 16:45, 2 Three Castles (Quinn) (1) 16:53, 3 Trinity (Cooney) (2) 17:00. Intermediate: 1 Trinity (Dolan) (1) 16:53, 2 Trinity (O’Brien) (1) 17:02, 3 NUIG (Hurst) (2) 17:18.
Last year's Grand League winners, Skibbereen Rowing Club, will host the first of four Rowing Ireland Grand League regattas at the National Rowing Centre in Cork this weekend (April 9)
Other challengers this season will be runners up Neptune along with St. Michael's, Limerick, Commercial and UCD who all finished in the top five last season. Skibbereen Regatta sees a number of impressive crews start their challenge to become Grand League winners. With the absence of an NUIG entry, UCD's Senior 4 - stand out as the crew to watch. Muckross Olympians Sean Casey and Cathal Moynihan race together for the first time in the Senior 2x. As has been the trend, the men's Intermediate 1x has a large entry, as do all junior events. The Novice 8+ and 4+ Grand League titles look set to be fought for, mainly by the University clubs.
This is the second year the new Grand League will run at selected Irish regattas. The new format is designed to give competitive rowers more race time and allows all rowers to compete on speed as opposed to competing in strictly age-related or wins-related categories. The new system remains virtually unchanged from the 2010 season with all boats racing off in a series of heats which are timed, with the fastest six going into the A final and the next six into the B final.
Regatta hosts, Skibbereen RC, celebrated their 40th anniversary last year in impressive style, winning the Grand League and taking 14 national titles to bring the clubs' overall total to 123. They also hosted one of the country's best attended regattas last year with 456 crews racing. At international level, the club were well represented on national teams winning medals at the under 23 Worlds, the Coupe de la Jeunesse and Home Internationals.
The club capped off the year by opening a new boathouse, one of the largest ever built in Ireland. While the club's main emphasis is competitive rowing, they also take in 180 students for their annual schools rowing programme – an annual eight week course involving nine local schools.
The second Grand League regatta will be hosted by Queen's University in Castlewellan, Co. Down on May 14th.
The last in the series of Rowing Ireland's National Blade Heads takes place in Belfast this Saturday with the Lagan Head of the River hosted by Belfast Rowing Club.
There are 148 crews over the three races starting with pairs and sculls, then doubles and fours and finishing in the afternoon with eights and quads. The third race features 35 eights and 26 quads.
The big race of the day, the men's senior eights, which starts at 3.45 pm, will feature a high intensity race between the two Queen's University eights. The A Queen's crew, with new strokeman, Mike Ewing, have been relatively the same crew for the last three years. This is the crew which mounted serious challenges to the victorious NUIG team at the Irish Rowing Championships, narrowly missing out on a national senior eight by a mere few feet on two occasions. The A team's Ewing won a Wyfold cup (men's coxless four) at Henley last year.
The women's intermediate eights should prove interesting with a crew entered from St Andrews in Scotland who will be up against Queen's University Ladies and St Michael's, Limerick.
The men's junior 16 eights sees all the Ulster crews up against each other whilst the men's junior 18 quads sees Blackrock College, Dublin, Shandon ,Limerick and Offaly Rowing Club take on the Ulster schools.
Eight crews will contest the men's Master's pennant (over 28s) with Galway, Bann and Athlone pushing the Belfast-based masters crews, Belfast Boat Club, Belfast Rowing Club and the Lady Victoria Boat Club, all the way. The former Queen's ladies rower ,Frenchwoman Solange Garrais is bringing a men's Masters and a women's Masters quad from Aviron Grenoblois, France to compete.
The 10.45 am and 13.15 pm races start at the Albert Bridge in Belfast and finish at Queen's boathouse at Stranmillis. The 15.45 pm race starts at the Odyssey building in Belfast Harbour and finishes at Queen's boathouse at Stranmillis. There are viewing points along the full length of each race.
The official start to the regatta season takes place on Saturday 2nd April with the Neptune regatta at Islandbridge, Dublin.
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Neptune Rowing Club (Dublin) top the new Rowing Ireland Grand League table with two regattas under their oars but this could all change by next Saturday when the third regatta of the six series league takes place at the National Rowing Centre in Cork.
While Dubliners Neptune will be there in force with crews in most grades from under 14 to senior, they will be strongly challenged by the other big clubs, Skibbereen, UCD, Dublin Commercial and St. Michaels from Limerick. In particular, Skibbereen will compete strongly in mainly small boats. (Note: See current league standings below.)
Rowing Ireland spokesperson, Pat McInerney explained, “The overall entry for the regatta is well ahead of previous years which shows that clubs are embracing the new league format and enjoying the enhanced competition structure it offers.”
“From here on this season the top racing group of senior, intermediate and junior A will be collectively known as Division 1 while the novice, junior B and junior 16 group will be known as Division 2. With a massive entry of almost thirty junior 16 men’s single scullers, this is indicative of the health of sculling in the younger ranks and must augur well for the future.”
University of London, who are coached by former Irish lightweight rower, Brian Young, .are sending their men’s squad to challenge for senior eights, fours and pairs. They will line up in the eights against NUIG, Neptune, St Michaels, University of Limerick, Muckross and the top Junior eights of St Josephs and Presentation. This presents a very attractive prospect in store for the famed Leander trophy for eights which was first presented at Cork City regatta in 1904 when the world famous Leander club from London came to challenge for the trophy.
The Grand League offers an overall prize for top club based on all entries and this suits the bigger clubs. Smaller clubs can challenge for individual boat class or one of the four major categories of senior men, women, junior men and junior women
Current Grand League standings:
1 NEPTUNE ROWING CLUB 219
2 COMMERCIAL RC 206
3 SKIBBEREEN RC 192
4 UCD BOAT CLUB 171
5 ST MICHAEL'S ROWING CLUB 150
6 PORTORA BOAT CLUB 117
7 CARRICK-ON-SHANNON ROWING CLUB 102
8 BANN ROWING CLUB 93
9 LEE ROWING CLUB 86
10 GARDA SIOCHANA BOAT CLUB 83
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Royal St. George Yacht Club
The Royal St George Yacht Club was founded in Dun Laoghaire (then Kingstown) Harbour in 1838 by a small number of like-minded individuals who liked to go rowing and sailing together. The club gradually gathered pace and has become, with the passage of time and the unstinting efforts of its Flag Officers, committees and members, a world-class yacht club.
Today, the ‘George’, as it is known by everyone, maybe one of the world’s oldest sailing clubs, but it has a very contemporary friendly outlook that is in touch with the demands of today and offers world-class facilities for all forms of water sports
Royal St. George Yacht Club FAQs
The Royal St George Yacht Club — often abbreviated as RStGYC and affectionately known as ‘the George’ — is one of the world’s oldest sailing clubs, and one of a number that ring Dublin Bay on the East Coast of Ireland.
The Royal St George Yacht Club is based at the harbour of Dun Laoghaire, a suburban coastal town in south Co Dublin around 11km south-east of Dublin city centre and with a population of some 26,000. The Royal St George is one of the four Dun Laoghaire Waterfront Clubs, along with the National Yacht Club, Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC) and Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC).
The Royal St George was founded by members of the Pembroke Rowing Club in 1838 and was originally known as Kingstown Boat Club, as Kingstown was what Dun Laoghaire was named at the time. The club obtained royal patronage in 1845 and became known as Royal Kingstown Yacht Club. After 1847 the club took on its current name.
The George is first and foremost an active yacht club with a strong commitment to and involvement with all aspects of the sport of sailing, whether racing your one design on Dublin Bay, to offshore racing in the Mediterranean and Caribbean, to junior sailing, to cruising and all that can loosely be described as “messing about in boats”.
As of November 2020, the Commodore of the Royal St George Yacht Club is Peter Bowring, with Richard O’Connor as Vice-Commodore. The club has two Rear-Commodores, Mark Hennessy for Sailing and Derek Ryan for Social.
As of November 2020, the Royal St George has around 1,900 members.
The Royal St George’s burgee is a red pennant with a white cross which has a crown at its centre. The club’s ensign has a blue field with the Irish tricolour in its top left corner and a crown towards the bottom right corner.
Yes, the club hosts regular weekly racing for dinghies and keelboats as well as a number of national and international sailing events each season. Major annual events include the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, hosted in conjunction with the three other Dun Laoghaire Waterfront Clubs.
Yes, the Royal St George has a vibrant junior sailing section that organises training and events throughout the year.
Sail training is a core part of what the George does, and training programmes start with the Sea Squirts aged 5 to 8, continuing through its Irish Sailing Youth Training Scheme for ages 8 to 18, with adult sail training a new feature since 2009. The George runs probably the largest and most comprehensive programme each summer with upwards of 500 children participating. This junior focus continues at competitive level, with coaching programmes run for aspiring young racers from Optimist through to Lasers, 420s and Skiffs.
The most popular boats raced at the club are one-design keelboats such as the Dragon, Shipman 28, Ruffian, SB20, Squib and J80; dinghy classes including the Laser, RS200 and RS400; junior classes the 420, Optimist and Laser Radial; and heritage wooden boats including the Water Wags, the oldest one-design dinghy class in the world. The club also has a large group of cruising yachts.
The Royal St George is based in a Victorian-style clubhouse that dates from 1843 and adjoins the harbour’s Watering Pier. The clubhouse was conceived as a miniature classical Palladian Villa, a feature which has been faithfully maintained despite a series of extensions, and a 1919 fire that destroyed all but four rooms. Additionally, the club has a substantial forecourt with space for more than 50 boats dry sailing, as well as its entire dinghy fleet. There is also a dry dock, four cranes (limit 12 tonnes) and a dedicated lift=out facility enabling members keep their boats in ready to race condition at all times. The George also has a floating dock for short stays and can supply fuel, power and water to visitors.
Yes, the Royal St George’s clubhouse offers a full bar and catering service for members, visitors and guests. Currently the bar is closed due to Covid-19 restrictions.
The Royal St George boathouse is open daily from 9.30am to 5.30pm during the winter. The office and reception are open Tuesdays to Fridays from 10am to 5pm. The bar is currently closed due to Covid-19 restrictions. Lunch is served on Wednesdays and Fridays from 12.30pm to 2.30pm, with brunch on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 3pm.
Yes, the Royal St George regularly hosts weddings and family celebrations from birthdays to christenings, and offers a unique and prestigious location to celebrate your day. The club also hosts corporate meetings, sailing workshops and company celebrations with a choice of rooms. From small private meetings to work parties and celebrations hosting up to 150 guests, the club can professionally and successfully manage your corporate requirements. In addition, team building events can utilise its fleet of club boats and highly trained instructors. For enquiries contact Laura Smart at [email protected] or phone 01 280 1811.
The George is delighted to welcome new members. It may look traditional — and is proud of its heritage — but behind the facade is a lively and friendly club, steeped in history but not stuck in it. It is a strongly held belief that new members bring new ideas, new skills and new contacts on both the sailing and social sides.
No — members can avail of the club’s own fleet of watercraft.
There is currently no joining fee for new members of the Royal St George. The introductory ordinary membership subscription fee is €775 annually for the first two years. A full list of membership categories and related annual subscriptions is available.
Membership subscriptions are renewed on an annual basis
Full contact details for the club and its staff can be found at the top of this page
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RStGYC SAILING DATES 2024
- April 13th Lift In
- May 18th & 19th Cannonball Trophy
- May 25th & 26th 'George' Invitational Regatta
- July 6th RSGYC Regatta
- August 10th & 11th Irish Waszp National Championships
- August 22- 25th Dragon Irish National Championships / Grand Prix
- Aug 31st / Sept 1st Elmo Trophy
- September 6th End of Season Race
- September 7th & 8th Squib East Coast Championships
- September 20th - 22nd SB20 National Championships
- September 22nd Topper Ireland Traveller Event
- October 12th Lift Out
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