Irish Rowing News. Training and Preparation for Events
#World Rowing: Ireland will send two crews to the World Rowing Championships in Chungju in South Korea. Claire Lambe will compete in the lightweight single sculls, while Monika Dukarska and Leonora Kennedy will compete in the double. In their last…
#WorldJuniorRowing: Ireland’s campaign at the World Junior Rowing Championships ended on a good note, as Bridget Jacques and Hilary Shinnick won the B Final of the women’s double sculls. The host country, Lithuania led through the 500-metre mark, but Ireland…
#WorldJuniorRowing: Ireland’s Bridget Jacques and Hilary Shinnick missed out on the A Final of the women’s double sculls at the World Junior Championships at Trakai in Lithuania. The first three from today’s A/B semi-final made it into tomorrow’s A Final,…
#WorldJuniorRowing: Ireland had to settle for fifth place in the C Final, 17th overall, in the women’s quadruple sculls at the World Junior Rowing Championships at Trakai in Lithuania today. The crew of Fiona Murtagh, Jasmine English, Erin Barry and…
#WorldJuniorRowing: Ireland’s quaduple scull of Conor Carmody, John Mitchell, David O’Malley and Paddy Hegarty raced a good race to finish third in their C/D Semi-Final and qualify for the C Final at the World Junior Rowing Championships in Trakai in…
#WorldJuniorRowing: The Ireland women’s quadruple, which has struggled at the World Junior Rowing Championships in Trakai in Lithuania, showed fighting spirit to take third in their C/D Semi-Final today. Denmark and Japan secured first and second, but the young Ireland…
#WorldJuniorRowing: The Ireland men’s double scull of Jack Casey and Andy Harrington missed out on a place at the semi-finals at the World Junior Rowing Championships at Trakai in Lithuania this morning. In tailwind conditions, Romania set a hot pace…
#WorldJuniorRowing: Ireland’s Bridget Jacques and Hilary Shinnick qualified for the semi-finals of the women’s double sculls at the World Junior Rowing Championships with an emphatic win in Trakai in Lithuania this morning. Two boats qualified, but Ireland left second-placed Austria…
#WorldJuniorRowing: The Ireland women’s double scull of Bridget Jacques and Hilary Shinnick had to settle for second place and a slot in a repechage at the World Junior Championships in Trakai in Lithuania today. The very promising crew were leading…
#CoupeRowing: Ireland’s Gareth McKillen and Phoebe Mulligan reached A Finals at the Coupe de la Jeunesse, the European junior rowing tournament, at Lucerne in Switzerland today. McKillen, who also reached the A Final on Saturday, finished sixth of 11. Mulligan…
#CoupeRowing: Ireland had a set of disappointing results on the second day of the Coupe de la Jeunesse, a European rowing tournament for juniors, at Lucerne in Switzerland today. Gareth McKillen had the best result, qualifying for the A Final…
#CoupeRowing: A junior women’s eight got Ireland’s campaign started at the Coupe de la Jeunesse at Lucerne in Switzerland this evening. The crew of Lauren McHugh, Ruth Gilligan, Daisy Callanan, Phoebe Mulligan, Claire Beechinor, Eimear Lambe, Megan McLaughlin, Kara O’Connor…
#Rowing: John Armstrong, who has been coaching the Ireland pararowing team, has been chosen as the new Northern Ireland Talent Development coach. Armstrong’s decorated career as a rower included a bronze medal at the World Championships in 1997 and gold…
#rowerofthemonth: Paul O'Donovan, who was the Afloat Rower of the Month for June, has won the award again for July. The 19-year-old Skibbereen man, a UCD Scholarship Student, continued on his remarkable run when he took the bronze medal in…
#HomeInternationalRowing: Ireland had to be content with second places both in crew terms and in overall categories at the Home International Regatta in Nottingham. England had a clean sweep, winning both the senior men’s and women’s categories and the junior…
#World Under-23Rowing: Paul O’Donovan took a bronze medal for Ireland at the World Under-23 Championships in Linz in Austria this morning. The 19-year-old Skibbereen man, who is a scholarship student at UCD, had a controlled race in the A Final…
