Championships To Cover Four Days in Mid July

2nd October 2010

Delegates to the Rowing Ireland agm at Neptune Rowing Club in Dublin decided to hold all the National Championships at their traditional time of mid July. However, the Championshhips will run over four days, from Thursday July 14th to Sunday, July 17th.

Rowing Calendar for 2011

(as voted on at agm; Grand League status to be decided; selected international events added):

January 7th-9th: Rowing Ireland Development Camp, National Rowing Centre; 15th: Kerry Head of the River, Killorglin; 22nd: Sligo Head; 29th: National Two-Blade Head of the River, O’Brien’s Bridge, Clare.

February 12th: Rowing Ireland Ergometer Test, Newry; 13th: Rowing Ireland 5K Assessment, Newry; 19th: Cork Head, Lagan Scullers’ Head. 26th: National Four-Blade Head of the River, Carrick-on-Shannon.

March 4th-6th: Rowing Ireland Development Camp, venue to be chosen. 5th: Dublin Head of the River; 12th: Erne Head of the River, Enniskillen; 19th: Tribesmen Head, Galway city; 26th National Eight-Blade Head of the River, River Lagan, Belfast.

April 2nd: Neptune Regatta, Islandbridge, Dublin; 9th: University Championships and Schools’ Regatta, NRC; 10th: Skibbereen Regatta, NRC; 15th-18th: National Trials, NRC; 16th: Trinity Regatta, Islandbridge, Dublin; 30th: Limerick Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge.

May 7th: Bantry Regatta; 7th-8th: KRSG Ghent; 14th Queen’s Unversity Regatta, Castlewellan; 21st: Cork Regatta. 22nd: Lee Regatta; 27th: 27th-29th: World Cup One, Munich, Germany. 28th: Metropolitan Regatta, Blessington.

June 5th: Carlow Regatta, Carlow; 11th: Belfast Sprint Regatta; 17th-19th: World Cup Two, Hamburg, Germany; 18th: Athlone Regatta, Coosan Point; 19th: Galway Regatta; 25th: Portadown Regatta; 26th: Castleconnell Sprint Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge, Clare. 29th-July 3rd: Henley Royal Regatta.

July 2nd: Monkstown Cork Harbour, National Rowing Centre; 3rd: Fermoy Regatta; 8th-11th: World Cup Three, Lucerne. 14th-17th: National Championships NRC; 18th-29th: Rowing Ireland Summer Academy, NRC; 21st-24th: World Under-23 Championships, Amsterdam. 23rd: Home Internationals; 30th Coupe de la Jeunesse; 31st: Carrick-on-Shannon Sprints.

August 3rd-6th: World Junior Championships, Dorney Lake, Eton. 15th-18th: Lagan Sculling Camp. 27th: Belfast Summer Sprints. 28th-September 4th: World Rowing Championships, Bled, Slovenia.

September 16th-18th: Rowing Ireland Development Camp, venue tbc; 16th-18th: European Championships, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 24th-25th (provisional): Festival of Rowing, NRC.

October 1st: Tullamore Time Trials. 21st-22nd: Rowing Ireland Development Camp, venue tbc. 22nd: Castleconnell Head, O’Brien’s Bridge; 24th-27th: Rowing Ireland Academy Camp, NRC.

November 5th: Neptune Head, Blessington; 12th: Bann Head, Coleraine. 19th: Skibbereen Head, NRC; 26th-28th: Rowing Ireland Development Camp, venue tbc.

December 10th: Muckross Head, NRC; 17th: Rowing Ireland Ergometer Tests, Newry; 18th: Rowing Ireland 5k Assessment, Newry.

FORUM discussion on the calendar HERE

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