The Cork International Hotel is the official hotel partner of the 2024 Irish Rowing Championships and are offering discounted bed and breakfast rates to anyone attending the Championships.  Part of the Trigon Hotel Group, the 4-star Cork International Hotel is located just over 20mins from the National Rowing Centre, Farran Woods where the Championships will take place on July 12th, 13th and 14th.  The hotel is also perfectly located at what is affectionately known as the gateway to West Cork. Situated only 20 minutes from Kinsale and 10 minutes from Cork city centre, The Cork I ..read more

Skibbereen RC have space on their trailer which they will be towing to London Met Regatta in Dorney on June 1st. Please contact skibbregattasecretary@gmail.com if you would like a space on the trailer ..read more

 Ever watched Traditional Coastal rowing on the Liffey and wanted to try it out? Ever watched Beach Sprints, the new Olympic version of Coastal Rowing, and wanted to have a go? You can do both on Sunday May 12th at the fantastic facilities available at the Stella Maris Rowing Club in Ringsend. Rowing Ireland, in partnership with Swift Racing and the members of Stella Maris RC are hosting a rowing day from 10am-4pm on the Liffey where everyone will get the chance to row and maybe race one another in traditional and modern Coastal boats. We will have an actual beach sprint course laid ..read more

Rowing Ireland coach education is excited to launch two free nutrition workshops for rowers and coaches hosted online by sport nutritionist Leanne Varley. The workshops will cover how to fuel for training and competition. They will explain how fuelling can improve your performance and the risks of fuelling incorrectly. The workshops last about 1:30 and are: Rower and Coaches session – Thursday May 9th at 8pm Junior and Parents session – Tuesday May 14th at 8pm Nutrition for Rowers Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Enter Email Confirm Email Workshop Date(Required) Rowers and Coaches 0 ..read more

Masters rowing is a fast-growing category in Irish Rowing and Lee Rowing Club has changed the regatta format to support this.   Lee Regatta is now a two-day regatta, holding the traditional sprint regatta on Saturday 18th May, and a masters regatta on Sunday 19th May. The new Master’s regatta will take place on a 750-meter course and features a wide range of event classes.  Entries are now open for both events and Lee Rowing Club looks forward to welcoming crews to the Marina for this Festival of Rowing.  ..read more

The Masters come to Glenarm! Saturday, 4th May 2024, will see over 200 rowers from 21 rowing clubs located all over Ireland and the UK descend on Glenarm for the 2nd Swift Racing Irish Master’s Coastal Championships. This is the second year the event has been hosted by Olderfleet Rowing Club and based in Glenarm. After a successful launch in 2023 it is expected that the 2024 regatta will be even bigger and better than before. Events will see a range of Master rowers (age 35+) compete in single, double and quad events with men, women and mixed teams taking part. Junior rowers will also be inclu ..read more

This weekend Skibbereen Regatta kicked off the first Grand League event of the 2024 regatta season. The Grand League is made up of four events; Skibbereen Regatta, Lough Rynn Regatta, Dublin Metropolitan Regatta and Cork Regatta. These events differ from regular regattas as the events are grouped in two divisions, allowing rowers to compete against crews of similar speed rather than just being confined to their age or points category. Division 1 is made up of Senior, Lightweight, Intermediate, Club 1 and Junior 18A grades and Division 2 is made up of Club 2, Junior 18 B, Novice and Junior 16 g ..read more

Winning her first international medal in the LM1x event, Margaret brought home the silver for Team Ireland at the European Championships on Sunday. Margaret, racing for the first time at an international event in the single scull, was the fastest off the blocks in the first 500m of the final. However, Alena Furman, racing under a neutral flag, challenged Margaret through the middle and took the lead through the 1000m mark. Margaret crossed the line comfortably in second place, claiming the silver medal position for Ireland. Speaking to World Rowing after her race, Margaret said, “It was diffic ..read more

Paul will kicking be off finals day for team Ireland at the European Championships tomorrow. Racing the M1x at 09:03 in the B Final after finishing 5th in the semis today, he will face scullers from Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia tomorrow . Follow the Racing On the World Rowing website (HERE) there will be a live race tracker and live audio commentary for every race, and live video streaming on Saturday, from 12:00 onwards, and on Sunday from 9:00 for all A-Finals. Follow the Rowing Ireland social media for live updates on results! Sunday Schedule 9:03am – M1x B Final 10:35am ..read more

Another fantastic day of racing unfolded in Szeged, Hungary, with two crews from Ireland taking to the water for day two of the 2024 European Championships. It’s into the A final for the Women’s double of Fermoy RC’s Alison Bergin and Tralee RC’s Zoe Hyde. In similar fashion to yesterday’s heat, the double sat comfortably within the pack until the last 500m, where they made a push through the Swiss and Czech crews to clinch second place and secure a spot in Sunday’s A Final. Paul O’Donovan dominated the M1x repechage, taking the lead through the 1000m mark. Paul maintained his speed towards th ..read more