News on Irish Rowing, Angling, Waterskiing, Canoeing, Diving and Sea Swimming
ROWING: NUIG and Tribesmen will join forces this year to stage the Galway Head of the River on St Patrick’s Day. The Tribesmen Head of the River has been a major part of the calendar for years, but was not…
#ANGLING - The Irish Specimen Fish Committee's annual report for 2011 features catch details for 587 specimen fish as well as four new records, according to The Irish Times. The report comes ahead of the committee's annual awards event at…
#ANGLING - Northern Ireland's taxpayers could be left with a bill for millions in EU fines if action isn't taken to reverse the decline of salmon stocks, the News Letter reports. Ulster Unionist MLA Robin Swann said he believes that…
#ANGLING - The Corkman has paid tribute to the late Jack O'Sullivan, one of the best known Irishmen in the coarse angling fraternity. "He is a man who worked hard to put the town of Fermoy, and the stretches of…
#ROWING–Cold weather isn’t deterring the largest entry to date of Limerick’s St. Michael’s Rowing Club Head of the River(HOR) race which will be held on Saturday, January 28th in O’Brien’s Bridge. Over 1000 athletes are entered in what is the…
#ANGLING - Strongs winds and heavy seas weren't enough to dampen the spirits of the anglers taking part in the Courtown Sea Anglers RNLI fundraising event last Sunday, the Gorey Guardian reports. Top winner on the day in the shore angling…
#FISHING – New Zealand's Stabicraft Marine has delivered nine custom 659 Wheel House vessels to Alaska where they will be used as observation boats to monitor the gill net fishery and the fishery's interaction with sea mammals and sea birds.…
#ANGLING - The Third International Pike Competition and Pike World Cup Boat Angling Tournament is set to take place on Lough Ree in Co Westmeath from 18-20 April 2012. While the first event in 2010 attracted 55 anglers, that number…
#ANGLING - Northern Ireland's Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) has called on anglers to help protect the North's wild salmon, following new research that shows a significant drop in their numbers. Fisheries Minister Carál Ní Chuilín told BBC…
#ANGLING - The Atlantic Salmon Trust's 2012 Fishing Country Sports Auction went live this week, with some 300 lots offered - including three prime Irish fishing spots on the Blackwater, Mourne and Drowes. “The annual auction remains our single most…
#SURFING - The world governing body for surfing is set to roll out drug screening for competitors and officials at its sanctioned events this year. As The Guardian reports, the move by the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) comes after…
#FISHING - Proposals to close substantial areas of Strangford Lough to fishing vessels have been met with strong criticism by Northern Ireland's commercial fishermen. In a recent letter to the News Letter, Paul Leenan writes asking Fisheries Minister Michelle O'Neill…
ROWING: The second National Assessment in Newry on February 11th and 12th will feature a much smaller field of senior and under-23 athletes than competed in the first assessment in November. However, 101 juniors have been invited. The invitees are…
#BANTRY2012 – A spectacular display of seamanship for Cork this Summer will be officially launched by Minister for the Marine Simon Coveney TD on January 27th when details of the Bantry 2012 Challenge are revealed. As well as a top…
#KITESURFING – It's encouraging to know there's always somone out there pushing the envelope. Looking at this next generation craft in the vid below shows there's a big future for sailing but just whether it's future's in the water or…
After a brilliant start the crew of Sara G has been finding the going much tougher as they attempt to set a new record for rowing across the Atlantic. Seasickness and difficult winds have not helped. The English station Heart…
