Irish Rowing News. Training and Preparation for Events
#RowingHOCR: Shannon Rowing Club's first crew finished third of 24 crews in the men's masters eights at the Head of the Charles rowing regatta in Boston. Shannon's second crew placed 22nd. The race was won by Kennebecasis of Canada. Molesey BC…
#RowingSkibbereenHead: The Skibbereen Head of the River, set for this Saturday at the National Rowing Centre in Cork, has been cancelled. There were predictions of high winds and organizers felt that with an event in which many young rowers would…
#ROWING: Seán Jacob set a new record time of six minutes 11.56 seconds as he won the Dublin Sculling Ladder time trial on the Liffey today. Niall O’Toole, who also took part today, had set the longstanding record of 6:14…
#RowingCourse: Deane Public Works from Fermanagh will be awarded the main construction contract for the new rowing course at Lough Rynn in County Leitrim. The specialist work of design, supply and installation of the lanes will sub-contracted to Polaritas, a…
#RowingIreland: Twenty-two athletes have been invited to join the senior Rowing Ireland training group after the recent Ireland identification trial at the National Rowing Centre. Three athletes - Dave Neale, John Keohane and Cormac Folan - have been named as…
#CorkScullingLadder: John Mitchell of Lee Rowing Club was the fastest man at the Cork Sculling Ladder time trial at the Marina today. Dan Buckley of Lee and Eamon Joyce of Cork Boat Club were locked on the same time in…
#TullamoreTimeTrial: Offaly scullers now competing for other clubs did well at the Tullamore Time Trial on Saturday. David Neale of UCD won the men’s event in eight minutes 23 seconds, while Eimear Moran of Three Castles won the women’s event…
#RowingIrelandTrial: A well-attended Ireland identification trial at the National Rowing Centre in Cork highlighted the talent of some of the younger athletes available for selection in the coming season. Paul O’Donovan was the fastest single sculler on both days, while…
#IndoorRowing: The Irish Indoor Rowing Championships 2013 will be held in the UL Arena, Limerick on 23rd November 2013. Registration is now open for all events. Individual races & team relays from ages 13 to 70+ years will be the…
#RowingPosts: Rowing Ireland are seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced, ambitious and enthusiastic individuals for the voluntary roles of coaches, managers and drivers for the Junior, Coupe, Under 23 and Senior squads for the 2014 international season. Interested candidates…
#Olympics - With Tokyo announced as the host city for the 2020 Olympic Games, World Rowing takes a look at what may be the course that the world's top rowers will race seven years from now. The Sea Forest Waterway…
#MastersRowing: Commercial had a good weekend at the World Masters Regatta in Varese in Italy. The Dublin club had a number of wins. Each heat winner receives a medal at the regatta, which had a massive entry of more than…
#ROWING: The Afloat Rowers of the Month for August are Leonora Kennedy and Monika Dukarska. The Enniskillen woman, who had rowed and won medals with Britain, and her Killorglin teammate only began to work together earlier this summer, yet they…
#WRChamps: In a terrifically exciting final of the men’s single sculls at the World Rowing Championships, Alan Campbell had to settle for fourth. Ondrej Synek of the Czech Republic was an impressive winner of the gold, but Angel Fournier Rodriguez…
#WRChamps: Ireland had a good finish to its campaign in the World Rowing Championships in Chungju in Korea this morning. The new women’s double scull of Monika Dukarska and Leonora Kennedy took fourth in their B Final, tenth overall in…
#WRChamps: Ireland’s new double scull of Leonora Kennedy and Monika Dukarska finished fifth in their semi-final at the World Championships in Chungju in Korea this morning and will compete in a B Final on Sunday. The semi-final was won well…
