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Headwind No Problem for O'Donovan and Puspure
#ROWING: Paul O’Donovan and Sanita Puspure headed the rankings on the first day of the Ireland Trial at the National Rowing Centre in Cork today. O’Donovan, who is still just 19 and a lightweight, was the fastest single sculler on…
Winning Start for Coakley at World Cup Rowing
#ROWING: Skibbereen man Richard Coakley, competing for Australia, qualified directly for the A Final of the lightweight single sculls at the World Cup in Sydney, Australia. Coakley won his heat easily, well ahead of challengers from Hong Kong and Vanuatu.…
Lambe Pulls Out of World Cup Rowing Regatta
#ROWING: Ireland will be without an entry at the World Cup regatta in Sydney this weekend. Claire Lambe, who was entered in the lightweight single sculls, has pulled out because of injury. The Dubliner has hamstring tendinitis. She has been…
Dublin Head A Dead Heat - Again
#ROWING: The Dublin Head of the River today ended in a dead heat – for the second successive year. The senior eight from Trinity and the composite crew of Commercial and Old Collegians were both timed at 11 minutes 39…
UCD Rowers Win Terrific Gannon Cup Race
#ROWING: UCD won the Gannon Cup for senior men after a terrific struggle, while Trinity senior women took the Corcoran Cup in facile fashion at the Colours Rowing Races on the Liffey today. Trinity’s crew led the Gannon Cup race…
UCD Rowers Target Seventh Consecutive Gannon Cup
The Gannon Cup Committee have announced the arrangements for the 2014 Dublin University Boat Races between Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. The Colours rowing races will this year take place on Sunday,  March 16th, in association with the…
Irish Rower's Atlantic Escapade On The Film Festival Circuit
#Rowing - The challenges of ocean rowing are documented in One Ocean: No Limits, an hour-long film charting an Irish novice rower's experience crossing the Atlantic that was shown in San Francisco last night as part of that city's International…
Rowers Revel In Calm Conditions as Cork Head Beats Weather
#Rowing: Over 200 crews competed in good conditions at the Cork Head of the River at the Marina today. The fastest crew on the day were Cork Boat Club’s senior eight, with a good time of 12 minutes and four…
Cork Head of the River Stands Alone as Lagan Event Falls
#ROWING: Lagan Scullers’ Head of the River, scheduled for Saturday in Belfast, has been cancelled. “The forecast was bad and getting worse,” said race director Gordon Reid this afternoon. The weather system could have made the course dangerous. Cork Head,…
Erne Head Cancelled As Weather Forecast Changes
ROWING: The Erne Head of the River has been cancelled. A radical change in the forecast, with high winds predicted, convinced the organisers that there was a chance that some boats could get into difficulty. The event set for Saturday,…
Rowers Get Green Light At Erne Head But Only in Eights
#ROWING: The Erne Head of the River will go ahead on Saturday at Enniskillen, but with a revised format because of the effects of the recent heavy rains. Only eights will compete and the course will run from Devenish Island…
Lightweight Rowers Top Rankings at Ireland Trial
#ROWING: Irish rowing grabbed a few hours of relative calm between spells of gusting wind to stage the second session of the Ireland Trial at Newry Canal today. Lightweight single sculler Siobhán McCrohan (26) again topped the overall rankings –…
Ireland Rowers O'Donovan, McCrohan and Puspure Excel in Trial
#ROWING: On a day with a spread of excellent performances, Paul O’Donovan, Siobhán McCrohan and Sanita Puspure topped the rankings in their classes at the Ireland trial on Newry Canal. O’Donovan, a 19-year-old lightweight sculler, was the fastest man on…
Ireland Rowing Trials May Be Cut Short
#ROWING: The Ireland trials on Newry Canal this weekend may be altered because of the forecast of bad weather. Time trials are scheduled for both days over five kilometres, but the distance on Sunday might be cut to 2.5 km.…
Indoor Rowing World Title for McDonald of Shannon Rowing Club
#ROWING: Kenny McDonald of Shannon Rowing Club won the 40 to 49 lightweight class at the World Indoor Rowing Championships in Boston yesterday. McDonald headed up an Ireland one-two: Jonathan Doyle, the defending champion, was second. Greg Ruckman of the…
High Five for Rowers as Irish Sports Council Confirms Carding
#ROWING: A relatively good 2013 for Irish international rowing will bring practical benefits this year. Five rowers, three more than last year, will receive funding from The Irish Sports Council under the 2014 International Carding Scheme. Sanita Puspure and Claire…