Irish Rowing News. Training and Preparation for Events
#ROWING: Cork Head of the River, which was scheduled for the Marina in Cork tomorrow (Friday) has been called off. The honorary secretary of the organising committee, Susan Dunlea, informed interested parties today of the decision, stating: "It is with…
#ROWING: The Lagan Head of the River Races, scheduled for this Saturday, have been cancelled. The organisers, Belfast Boat Club, say that the safety and wellbeing of competitors and organisers was their primary focus. Because of a combination of increased…
#ROWING: The Ireland team for the Home International Regatta, which will be held at the National Rowing Centre in Cork on July 26th, will be chosen in a special trials process alongside the third National Assessment at the end of…
#Rowing: The Head of the Shannon, set for this Saturday, has fallen to the bad weather. The event, organised by Carrick-on-Shannon Rowing Club, cannot be held because the river is in flood. The weather forecast is for more high winds.…
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…
