Rowing Ireland, the governing body for rowing in Ireland, is proud to announce the launch of its exciting new initiative, “Catch Us If You Can,” designed to engage schools and clubs across the country in the exhilarating world of rowing ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  Trying to mirror the rigorous training schedule of Rowing Ireland’s High-Performance athletes, “Catch Us If You Can” will see schools across Ireland participating in training similar to that undertaken by the elite rowers. Students will be immersed into the demanding training regimen of top-level ..read more

Limerick Regatta and the Irish Schools Regatta took place last weekend at O’Briensbridge. The six Limerick clubs hosted 32 clubs and 52 schools over two days, delivering over 200 races in glorious sunshine. Many of the young rowers got their first taste of regatta rowing on Saturday, with huge cheers of support for the U13 Octuplets, giving us some fantastic races along with the U14 quads too. Well done to all the first-time racers. The school regatta made a welcome return to the rowing calendar, having been absent since 2018. The prize for the best overall school was awarded to Methodist Coll ..read more

Limerick Regatta Committee will host both the Limerick Regatta and the Schools Regatta this weekend at O’Briensbridge, Co. Clare. The regatta committee wants to make attendees aware that there is very limited parking available at the venue and in the local area. Spectators and athletes are advised to carpool and to get dropped off and picked up at the venue where possible. Declarations are now open and will close at 7 pm tonight. Clubs and schools are asked to send confirmation of entry payment to the Treasurer via limerickregattatreasurer@gmail.com to assist in reconciliation. Any queries on ..read more

Last week, the participants of the Women in Coaching Pathway took part in a co-coaching session with Rowing Ireland’s high-performance coaches at the National Rowing Centre. The session provided an opportunity for the pathway coaches to enhance their knowledge and skills in various aspects of coaching, technical understanding, and athlete development within the sport of rowing. To kick off the session, the pathway coaches observed a high-performance training session. This offered insights into effective coaching techniques and athlete interaction as they shadowed the high-performance coaches ..read more

Rowing Ireland’s High-Performance Director, Antonio Maurogiovanni has announced the athletes that will represent Ireland at the European Championships. Racing will take place from the 25th April – 28th April in Szeged, Hungary. Selected Crews Women’s Double Alison Bergin (Fermoy RC) Zoe Hyde (Tralee RC) Lightweight Men’s Double Paul O’Donovan (Skibbereen RC) Fintan McCarthy (Skibbereen RC) Lightweight Women’s Single Margaret Cremen (University College Cork RC) Lightweight Men’s Single Jake McCarthy (Skibbereen RC) More Information For more information on the 2024 European Championships ..read more

Firstly, on behalf of Neptune Rowing Club I wish to express my sincere thanks for the support and understanding I received from clubs due to participate in our regatta on the 6th. It was evident that from early in the week, weather forecasts were showing potentially unfavourable conditions for the day of the regatta, and I was also very aware that participating clubs were trying to finalise their own arrangements. Notwithstanding this uncertainty, I was grateful for your patience, thus affording the regatta committee the time to make the most informed decision possible, (duly announced at lunc ..read more

The Anti-Doping webinar series organised by International Testing Agency (ITA) in conjunction with World Rowing is back! This is a comprehensive educational initiative aimed at promoting clean and fair competition within the sport sector. As part of our ongoing commitment to maintaining the integrity of rowing and supporting our athletes, coaches, and clubs, we believe it is crucial to foster awareness and understanding of anti-doping matters among our community. The Clean Sport Series will consist of five webinars, each focusing on different aspects of clean sport principles and practices. Th ..read more

Two medals are coming home to Ireland as racing finishes up here on Lago di Varese. Fiona Murtagh and Airfic Keogh are taking home the silver medals for the Women’s Pair. Up against reigning World Champions Veronique Meester and Ymkje Clevering of the Netherlands, the crew from Galway had a tough race ahead. Ireland were the quickest boat through the second half of the race and brought it right down to one second between themselves and the Netherlands when they got to the line. “It’s our second event since Worlds, our second event in the pair together so we’re constantly learning and this is a ..read more

The sun continues to shine on Lago di Varese after the few miserable days in the lead up to racing. Day two finishes up in Italy, and we’ll see four crews from Ireland race for medals tomorrow in the A Finals. The Men’s Double of Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch dominated their repechage, leading the race from the start line to the finish. The Belfast and Clonmel rowers will go into tomorrow’s A final with the quickest time out of the two repechages that raced today. Going head to head again with the reigning World Champions, Stefan Broenink and Melvin Twellaar of the Netherlands, it’s a race not ..read more

As a consequence of hosting the Schools Regatta this year, Limerick Regatta has had an unprecedentedly large entry. Initial timetabling resulted in racing commencing at 9:00 and finishing at 1:00 the following morning. As a result, the Committee have had to consider how to reduce the regatta to a manageable length. To do so we have taken a number of actions: All masters events have been cancelled with the exception of the eights All single sculls have been cancelled All Senior doubles and pairs have been cancelled This achieves the necessary reduction in the number of races while impacting t ..read more