Rowing Calendars for 2012 and 2013 Here

21st May 2011

The domestic rowing calendars for 2012 and 2013 were agreed by the delegates at the agm of Rowing Ireland in Dublin. A fixtures meeting had done the bulk of the work, and some other changes were made before the calendar was approved.

Rowing Ireland Competition Calendar (as agreed at agm)

2012

January 1st: Kerry Head of the River, Killorglin. 21st: Sligo Head. 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; and (provisional) Fermoy Head. 17th: Tribesmen Head, Galway. 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 5th: Portadown Regatta. 12th: Limerick Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge. 19th: Belfast Sprint Regatta; Lee Regatta, Cork Harbour. 26th: Metropolitan Regatta, Blessington.

June 2nd and 3rd: Carlow Regatta. 1oth: Castleconnell Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge. 16th: Athlone Regatta, Coosan Point. 17th: Galway Regatta. 23rd: Cork Regatta, NRC. 24th: Fermoy Sprints.

July 12th-15th: Irish Rowing Championships, NRC.

August 25th: Belfast Summer Sprints.

October 7th: Tullamore Time Trial. 20th: Skibbereen Head, NRC.

November 3rd: Castleconnell Head, O’Brien’s Bridge. 1oth: Neptune Head, Blessington. 17th: Bann Head, Coleraine.

2013

Jan 5th: Kerry Head of the River, Killorglin. 26th: Sligo Head.

February 2nd: St Michael’s Head, O’Brien’s Bridge. 16th: Lagan Head, Belfast. 23rd: Cork Head, Marina; Head of the Shannon, Carrick-on-Shannon.

March 2nd: Erne Head, Enniskillen. 9th: Lagan Scullers Head, Belfast. 16th: Tribesmen Head, Galway. 23rd: Fermoy Head. 30th: Dublin Head.

April 6th: Neptune Regatta, Islandbridge, Dublin. 13th: Irish University Championships and Irish Schools’ Regatta, NRC. 14th: Skibbereen Regatta, NRC. 20th: Trinity Regatta, Islandbridge. 27th: Queen’s Regatta, Castlewellan; Bantry Regatta, Bantry.

May 4th: Portadown Regatta; Monkstown Sprint Regatta, NRC. 11th: Limerick Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge. 18th: Belfast Sprint Regatta; Lee Regatta, Cork Harbour. 25th: Metropolitan Regatta, Blessington.

June 1st and 2nd: Carlow Regatta. 15th: Athlone Regatta, Coosan Point. 16th: Galway Regatta. 23rd: Castleconnell Sprint Regatta, O’Brien’s Bridge. 29th: Cork Regatta, NRC. 30th: Fermoy Sprints.

July 18th-21st: Irish Rowing Championships, NRC.

August 4th: Carrick-on-Shannon Sprints. 24th: Belfast Summer Sprints.

October 6th: Tullamore Time Trial. 19th: Skibbereen Head, NRC.

November 2nd: Castleconnell Head, O’Brien’s Bridge. 9th: Neptune Head, Blessington. 16th: Bann Head, Coleraine.

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