Irish Rowing News. Training and Preparation for Events
ROWING: The St Michael’s head of the river, which was to be held this Saturday, February 1st, has been postoned for three weeks. The organisers say that he forecast of “very severe” weather prompted the move. The rescheduled head will…
#Rowing - Rowing Ireland have a vacancy for the position of Leinster Women’s Development Officer to be based in Dublin. The Leinster Women’s Development Officer will be tasked with introducing women to the sport of rowing and to general fitness…
#INDOORROWING: Irish indoor rower Jonathan Doyle took a silver medal in a remarkable race at the European Indoor Championships in Copenhagen. Five-time Olympic medallist Eskild Ebbesen of Denmark was cheered home to a gold medal in the 40-49 lightweight grade…
ROWING: Queen’s Regatta has been cancelled. The Grand League Regatta was scheduled for May 17th at Castlewellan Forest Park in Co Down but redevelopment work at the venue has forced the abandonment of the event. The board meeting of Rowing…
#CorkRowing: Fourteen Cork Boat Club rowers represented Ireland at international level in 2013, and the club marked the feat with a function recently. The club, based in Blackrock, had nine members who rowed at the Home International Regatta, four at…
#RowingIreland: An extraordinary general meeting of the Irish Amateur Rowing Union has granted permission for the change of name of the body to Rowing Ireland. The meeting, which was concluded quickly, also agreed new measures on the rules on para…
SELECTED DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ROWING DATES 2014 January 11th: Kerry Head of the River [CANCELLED]; 25th: Sligo Head. February 1st: St Michael’s Head; 8th: Head of the Shannon, Carrick-on-Shannon; 15th: Lagan Head, Belfast; Cork Head, Marina, Cork; 22nd: St Michael's…
#BelfastIndoorRowing: Erin Barry, a junior 16 athlete, set an excellent time of seven minutes 2.1 seconds for the 2,000 metres at the Belfast Indoor Rowing Event today. Barry, from the Bann club in Coleraine, was over 30 seconds faster than…
#IndoorRowing: Paul Buchanan stood out at the Irish Indoor Championships in the University of Limerick, setting a top time of six minutes and six seconds. Buchanan, a non rower, was competing in the Men’s 30 to 39 category, but came…
#BannRowingHead: Queen's University crews were the fastest at both heads in the Bann Head of the River in Coleraine. The Queen's men's intermediate coxless four set a time of 13 minutes and 19 seconds in the second head - just…
#OceanRowing: Irishman Philip Cavanagh is set to compete in the Great Pacific rowing race from Monterey in California to Honolulu in Hawaii next summer. Cavanagh is putting together a four-person team, which will be called Battleborn. Barry Hayes from Wales…
#NeptuneHead: The fastest crew home at the Neptune Head of the River at Blessington Lakes today was the UCD men’s senior eight, but a four made up of two pairs in the Ireland training system were third, nine seconds behind…
Talent ID Expert and Ireland Rowing Coach To Hold Seminars in Four Provinces
7th November 2013 Rowing
#TALENTID: Peter Shakespear, an expert on the subject, will be facilitating a Talent Identification Seminar in each Province on the dates below. Don McLachlan, the Rowing Ireland Lead Coach, will support Peter at each workshop with a presentation on rowing…
#RowingCastleconnell: The fastest crew of the day at the Castleconnell Head of the River was the Castleconnell/Clonmel composite quadruple of David Quinlan, Alan Prendegast, Adrian Sheehan and Stewart Shannon. St Joeeph's won the boy's quad. The junior eight from St…
#RowingCoach: Rowing Ireland has announced that Mary McLachlan has joined its coaching team. McLachlan has been working with British Rowing for the last nine years and joins Rowing Ireland in a voluntary capacity as a High Performance Coach. Having coached…
#RowingHOCR: Notre Dame, with Ailish Sheehan of St Michael’s stroking, finished sixth in the women’s Championship Eights at the Head of the Charles in Boston on Sunday. In a race which featured some of the best women rowers in the…
