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| | | | 56th ERNE HEAD OF THE RIVER |
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| | | | | Saturday 2nd March 2013 |
| | | | | Timed |
| | | | | Finishing Crew Mins:Secs |
| | | | | Position No. Crew Identity Class Rowing Time |
| | | | | 1 1 GM/NUIG/St.JoesMS 8 19:30 |
| | | | | 2 3 U.C.D. BC MS 8 19:33 |
| | | | | 3 2 QUBBC MS 8 19:49 |
| | | | | 4 4 DUBC MS 8 19:52 |
| | | | | 5 8 DUBC MI 8 20:08 |
| | | | | 5 = 9 U.C.D. BC A MI 8 20:08 |
| | | | | 7 6 NUIG BC MI 8 20:09 |
| | | | | 8 5 St Michaels RC MS 8 20:30 |
| | | | | 9 13 Neptune RC MJ18 8 20:55 |
| | | | | 10 12 UCD BC B MI 8 21:03 |
| | | | | 11 20 U.C.D. BC A MN 8 21:10 |
| | | | | 12 25 DUBC B MN 8 21:11 |
| | | | | 12 = 14 Portora BC MJ18 8 21:11 |
| | | | | 14 19 QUBBC A MN 8 21:23 |
| | | | | 15 21 NUIG BC MN 8 21:37 |
| | | | | 16 10 St Michaels RC MI 8 21:46 |
| | | | | 17 15 MCB BC MJ18 8 22:09 |
| | | | | 18 30 Garda BC MI 4x 22:11 |
| | | | | 19 18 DUBC A MN 8 22:17 |
| | | | | 19 = 22 Portora/BBC/CAIBC MS 4x 22:17 |
| | | | | 21 33 Bann RC MJ16 8 22:18 |
| | | | | 22 24 U.C.D.L B.C A WS 8 22:24 |
| | | | | 23 16 RBAI BC MJ18 8 22:26 |
| | | | | 24 11 CAIBC MI 8 22:35 |
| | | | | 25 27 QUBBC B MN 8 22:36 |
| | | | | 26 35 MCB BC MJ16 8 22:47 |
| | | | | 27 40 Portora BC MI 4+ 22:57 |
| | | | | 28 23 LSC MS 4x 23:06 |
| | | | | 29 28 DUBC C MN 8 23:08 |
| | | | | 30 17 Blackrock BC MJ18 8 23:19 |
| | | | | 31 41 BBC MM 8 E 23:22 |
| | | | | 32 32 Portora BC MJ16 8 23:36 |
| | | | | 33 42 BRC A MM 8 C 23:38 |
| | | | | 34 43 BRC/BBC B MM 8 E 23:39 |
| | | | | 35 29 U.C.D. BC MI 4x 23:41 |
| | | | | 36 47 Bann RC WI 8 23:44 |
| | | | | 37 45 QULBC WI 8 23:51 |
| | | | | 38 31 U.C.D.L.B.C B WS 8 23:58 |
| | | | | 39 34 CAIBC MJ16 8 24:08 |
| | | | | 40 63 CAIBC MJ18 4+ 24:09 |
| | | | | 41 38 BBC MS 4+ 24:10 |
| | | | | 42 48 Portora BC WJ18 8 24:13 |
| | | | | 43 50 Bann RC MM 8 C 24:31 |
| | | | | 44 49 LVBC MM 8 E 24:42 |
| | | | | 45 44 OCBC/TCBC MM 8 F 24:47 |
| | | | | 46 60 St Michaels BC WS 4+ 24:52 |
| | | | | 47 53 QULBC A WN 8 25:11 |
| | | | | 48 57 BBC WM 8 D 25:13 |
| | | | | 49 59 Portora BC WS 4x 25:19 |
| | | | | 50 62 Bann RC MJ18 4+ 25:42 |
| | | | | 51 52 Molesey B C MM 8 G 25:56 |
| | | | | 52 37 MCB BC B MJ16 8 26:14 |
| | | | | 53 54 BRC WN 8 26:33 |
| | | | | 54 55 QULBC B WN 8 26:48 |
| | | | | 55 58 Neptune BC WS 4x 27:04 |
| | | | | 56 51 Portadown BC MM 8 D 27:09 |
| | | | | 57 66 Portora BC A WJ16 8 27:16 |
| | | | | 58 36 Portora BC B MJ16 8 27:22 |
| | | | | 59 61 BRC WS 4+ 27:29 |
| | | | | 60 65 CAIBC MJ16 4x 27:53 |
| | | | | 61 67 Portora BC B WJ16 8 28:52 |
| | | | | 62 56 QULBC C WN8 29:55 |
| | | | | 63 = 7 QUBBC MI 8 Did Not Row |
| | | | | 63 = 26 U.C.D BC B MN 8 Did Not Row |
| | | | | 63 = 39 DUBC MI 4+ Did Not Row |
| | | | | 63 = 46 NUIG BC WI 8 Did Not Row |
| | | | | 63 = 64 Blackrock BC MJ18 4x Did Not Row |
| | | | | The positions given are those relative to all crews participating. |
| | | | | Positions within a Class are to be determined by inspection. |
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# ROWING: A collision before the start between the Queen’s University senior eight and the Portadown intermediate four took both crews out of the reckoning at the second head of the day at Lagan Head of the River in Belfast on Saturday. One of the Portadown crew had to be treated in hospital. In the absence of Queen’s, Neptune’s junior 18 eight ruled the waters: they took pennants as fastest crew; fastest junior crew and fastest junior 18 eight. The Belfast Boat Club/RBAI senior crew was the fastest four and Trinity's top women’s senior eight placed well.
| Lagan Head of the River 2013 - Race 2 – 4200m Saturday 16th February at 1500 |
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| RESULTS by Time – Masters handicap not applied |
| POSITION |
| CREW |
| NUMBER Club Class Cox/Steerer Time % of winning |
| time Comments |
| 1 6 Neptune RC MJ18A 8+ H. Thompson 15:59.2 100.00 |
| 2 5 Portora BC MJ18A 8+ E. McClean 16:02.9 100.39 |
| 3 2 CAIBC MJ18A 8+ M. Bucklee 16:03.7 100.48 |
| 4 8 BBC/RBAIRC MS 4- A. Boreham 16:12.1 101.35 |
| 5 21 QUBBC A MN 8+ P. Ramsey 16:36.1 103.85 |
| 6 11 DULBC A WS 8+ G. Nic Fhionnain 16:43.1 104.58 |
| 7 20 BRC MN 8+ K. McCullagh 16:48.2 105.11 |
| 8 13 BBC MM E 8+ A. Scott 17:06.2 106.99 |
| 9 7 LSC MS 4X- P. Cross 17:10.8 107.46 |
| 10 31 Bann RC MJ16 8+ D. Tang 17:11.1 107.50 |
| 11 12 DULBC B WS 8+ N. Williams 17:12.4 107.63 |
| 12 4 RBAIRC MJ18A 8+ R. Hulatt 17:15.8 107.99 |
| 13 22 QUBBC B MN 8+ S. McGaughey 17:27.6 109.21 |
| 14 10 CAIBC/Portora BC MS 4- S. Archibald 17:32.3 109.71 |
| 15 14 BRC/BBC MM E 8+ S. Mairs 17:38.8 110.38 |
| 16 25 BRC MM C 8+ U. Smart 17:54.7 112.05 |
| 17 15 OCBC/Three Castles RC MM F 8+ J. Henry 18:05.4 113.16 |
| 18 27 QUBLBC WI 1 8+ C. Moorehead 18:09.1 113.54 |
| 19 28 Bann RC WI 1 8+ L. Ferguson 18:24.4 115.15 |
| 20 17 CAIBC MI 1 4+ A. Stewart 18:47.7 117.56 |
| 21 23 LVBC MM F 8+ M. Warnock 18:53.3 118.15 |
| 22 40 QULBC A WN 8+ C. Campbell 19:00.2 118.87 |
| 23 37 Portora BC A WJ18A 8+ Z. Donaldson 19:00.5 118.91 |
| 24 24 Bann RC MM C 8+ E. Earl 19:20.1 120.94 |
| 25 42 DULBC A WN 8+ K. Paterson 19:20.9 121.03 |
| 26 32 CAIBC MJ16 8+ A. Stewart 19:26.5 121.61 |
| 27 29 BRC WI 1 8+ E. Catterall 19:42.1 123.24 |
| 28 30 BBC WM D 8+ H. Wilson 19:46.9 123.74 |
| 29 45 DULBC B WN 8+ N. O'Sullivan 20:34.0 128.66 |
| 30 26 BBC/LSC WS 4X- S. Herron 20:54.1 130.75 |
| 31 46 QULBC C WN 8+ M. Toner 20:55.4 130.89 |
| 32 33 Portora BC MJ16 8+ J. Foster 20:57.0 131.05 |
| 33 44 QULBC B WN 8+ A. Espona-McCartney 21:17.2 133.16 |
| 34 36 Portadown BC MM D 8+ R. Walker 22:01.4 137.76 |
| 35 43 Portora BC WN 8+ C. McClean 22:05.7 138.21 |
| 36 35 QUBLBC WS 4- A. Aitken 22:07.6 138.41 |
| 37 39 BRC WM E 8+ S. Smith 22:38.2 141.60 |
| 38 38 Portora BC B WJ18A 8+ E. Reynolds 22:41.3 141.92 |
| 1 QUBBC MS 8+ A. Margret |
| 9 BRC MS 4- C. Coyle |
| 16 QUBBC MI 1 4+ R. Crowley |
| 18 Portadown BC MI 1 4+ L. Chambers |
| 19 BBC WS 4X- L. Cameron |
| 41 UCDBC WN 8+ V. Turner |
| Lagan Head of the River is organised by Belfast Rowing Club |
| with assistance from Queens University Boat Club, Lagan Scullers Club, RBAI |
| Rowing Club and Belfast Boat Club |
| and the following organisations – |
| Belfast Harbour Commissioners |
| Belfast City Centre Regeneration Directorate |
| Odyssey Arena |
| Police Service of Northern Ireland |
| Powerhouse Sport |
# ROWING: Neptune Rowing Club had a good day at the Lagan Head of the River in Belfast on Saturday. Men’s junior quadruple sculls from the Dublin club placed first and second in Head One. Rory O’Connor of Queen’s University was the fastest senior single sculler.
| Lagan Head of the River 2013 - Race 1 – 2700m Saturday 16th February 1130 |
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| RESULTS by Time – Masters handicap not applied |
| POSITION |
| CREW |
| NUMBER Club Class Cox/Steerer Time % of winning |
| time Comments |
| 1 102 Neptune RC MJ18A 4X- W. Doyle 10:59.0 100.00 |
| 2 103 Portora BC MJ18A 4X- K. Anderson 11:21.1 103.35 |
| 3 112 QUBBC A MS 2- C. Beck 11:35.7 105.57 |
| 4 101 RBAIRC A MJ18A 4X- J. Hoy 11:53.7 108.30 |
| 5 155 Portora BC MJ15 8+ E. McClean 11:54.8 108.46 |
| 6 116 QUBBC C MS 2- K. Coughlan 12:01.6 109.51 |
| 7 121 QUBBC D MS 2- J. Cook 12:22.7 112.70 |
| 8 106 RBAIRC B MJ18A 4X- A. George 12:23.8 112.87 |
| 9 110 QUBBC MS 1X R. O'Connor 12:26.6 113.29 |
| 10 147 CAIBC MN 4+ J. Taggart 12:28.7 113.61 |
| 11 119 BRC B MS 2- K. McCracken 12:32.0 114.10 |
| 12 124 BBC B MM E 4+ J. Malloy 12:32.4 114.17 |
| 13 115 Neptune RC MS 2- L. Hawkes 12:32.9 114.24 |
| 14 118 Bann RC MS 2- C. Logan 12:35.3 114.62 |
| 15 150 Portora BC A WJ16 8+ C. McCLean 12:40.0 115.32 |
| 16 108 Bann RC MJ18A 4- M. Curran 12:40.1 115.34 |
| 17 111 LSC MS 1X N. Darby 12:43.7 115.89 |
| 18 135 Portadown BC MN 1X S. McKeown 12:49.1 116.71 |
| 19 156 Bann RC MJ15 4X+ F. Stinson 12:51.0 117.00 |
| 20 140 Commercial RC WI 1 4+ R. Keogh 13:06.1 119.28 |
| 21 123 QUBBC E MS 2- G. Doran 13:10.1 119.90 |
| 22 114 BRC A MS 2- G. Meek 13:11.6 120.12 |
| 23 148 CAIBC MJ18A 2X A. Meenagh 13:11.7 120.13 |
| 24 141 Bann RC WI 1 4+ L. Ferguson 13:16.5 120.86 |
| 25 122 Portora BC MS 2- R. Magwood 13:17.2 120.96 |
| 26 130 SABC MI 1 1X B. O'Carroll 13:18.2 121.12 |
| 27 120 Commercial RC MS 2- S. Connolly 13:21.0 121.55 |
| 28 139 QUBLBC WI 1 4+ C. Moorehead 13:22.4 121.75 |
| 29 145 Portora BC MJ16 4X+ M. Woodhouse 13:24.1 122.01 |
| 30 173 QUBLBC WN 4+ C. Campbell 13:29.6 122.85 |
| 31 161 BRC MN 4X+ S. Smith 13:29.9 122.89 |
| 32 143 Llandaff BC MM D 2- O. Zeigler 13:30.9 123.04 |
| 33 133 Bann RC B MJ18A 1X J. Gordon 13:38.9 124.26 |
| 34 138 DULBC WI 1 4+ N. Williams 13:41.0 124.58 |
| 35 126 Bann RC MI 1 1X D. Whoriskey 13:41.5 124.66 |
| 36 184 Portora BC MM D 1X G. Murphy 13:49.8 125.91 |
| 37 177 DULBC B WN 4+ K. Paterson 13:51.8 126.22 |
| 38 125 BBC A MM E 4+ D. Trainor 13:54.2 126.58 |
| 39 146 RBAIRC MJ16 4X+ D. Taylor 13:54.9 126.69 |
| 40 169 BBC/LSC WM 4X- S. Herron 13:58.5 127.23 |
| 41 178 BRC B WN 4+ K. McCullagh 14:03.7 128.02 |
| 42 136 Neptune RC WJ18A 4X- A. Byrne 14:05.8 128.34 |
| 43 175 BRC A WN 4+ S. Mairs 14:06.1 128.39 |
| 44 160 CAIBC MJ16 2X J. Gregg 14:08.1 128.69 |
| 45 162 Portora BC A WJ15 8+ Z. Donaldson 14:17.2 130.08 |
| 46 181 LSC A MN 1X J. McAllister 14:19.5 130.42 |
| 47 172 DULBC A WN 4+ G. Nic Fhionnain 14:20.4 130.56 |
| 48 105 Portadown BC MJ18A 4X- M. Dowdeswell 14:21.0 130.65 |
| 49 128 CAIBC MI 1 1X C. McDowell 14:22.0 130.81 |
| 50 166 Portora BC WJ18A 1X P. Mulligan 14:22.6 130.89 |
| 51 164 QUBLBC WI 1 1X A. Leahy 14:41.1 133.69 |
| 52 188 BBC MM F 1X S. Lockwood 14:42.4 133.89 |
| 53 185 Neptune RC MM E 1X E. Dolan 14:50.0 135.05 |
| 54 154 QUBLBC B WS 2- A. Aitken 14:57.0 136.12 |
| 55 144 CAIBC MJ16 4X+ A. Moore 15:00.3 136.62 |
| POSITION CREW |
| NUMBER Club Class Cox/Steerer Time % of winning |
| time Comments |
| 56 131 Bann RC A MJ18A 1X M. Curran 15:03.5 137.10 |
| 57 153 QUBLBC A WS 2- H. Douglas 15:19.5 139.53 |
| 58 157 CAIBC MJ15 4X+ R. O'Neill 15:36.9 142.17 |
| 59 193 Portora BC A MJ14 4X+ E. Daly 15:39.9 142.62 |
| 60 191 LSC MM G 2X P. Griffith 15:40.5 142.71 |
| 61 176 BBC WN 4+ A. Scott 15:54.3 144.81 |
| 62 159 Neptune RC WJ18A 2X V. Connolly 16:02.9 146.12 |
| 63 197 BBC WM F 1X A. Lockwood 16:28.9 150.06 |
| 64 151 Portora BC B WJ16 8+ E. Reynolds 16:46.4 152.71 |
| 65 170 BRC WJ16 4X+ M. Taylor 16:47.0 152.81 |
| 66 183 BRC MN 2X T. McAughtrey 16:58.6 154.57 |
| 67 180 Portadown BC MM D 4+ R. Walker 17:06.6 155.79 |
| 68 187 LSC B MM E 1X D. O'Hara 17:24.1 158.43 |
| 69 190 BRC B WN 2X C. Coulter 17:41.6 161.10 |
| 70 198 LSC WN 1X T. Florence 18:05.0 164.64 |
| 71 196 Neptune RC WM B 1X L. Feldman 19:00.8 173.11 |
| 72 195 Portora BC WJ14 4X+ E. Keane 21:13.3 193.21 |
| 73 194 Portora BC B MJ14 4X+ A. Beacom 23:13.6 211.47 |
| p 113 BBC MS 2- A. Boreham |
| 117 BBC/RBAIRC MS 2- J. Mitchell |
| 127 BRC MI 1 1X J. Baird |
| 129 Neptune RC MI 1 1X D. Brett |
| 132 Belfast BC MJ18A 1X Murray |
| 134 De Mass MM C 1X R. Shirley |
| 142 BBC WI 1 4+ A. Clayton |
| 149 Portadown BC MJ18A 2X L. Chambers |
| 163 Portora BC B WJ15 8+ C. Blackwell |
| 165 BBC A WJ18A 1X K. Turner |
| 167 BBC B WJ18A 1X H. McKeever |
| 174 Neptune RC WN 4+ A. Hall |
| 179 BRC C WN 4+ P. Griffith |
| 182 LSC B MN 1X T. McGivern |
| 186 LSC A MM F 1X G. Fettis |
| 189 BRC A WN 2X K. Flack |
| Lagan Head of the River is organised by Belfast Rowing Club |
| with assistance from Queens University Boat Club, Lagan Scullers Club, RBAI |
| Rowing Club and Belfast Boat Club |
| and the following organisations – |
| Belfast Harbour Commissioners |
| Belfast City Centre Regeneration Directorate |
| Odyssey Arena |
| Powerhouse Sport |
# ROWING: The Neptune Head of the River at Blessington gave Niall Kenny and some other top Galway rowers a chance to blow off the cobwebs in the run-up to the National Assessment in two weeks’ time in Newry. Kenny, a lightweight, won the single sculls well with his effort in the better conditions of the second head.
The honour of being the fastest eight was taken with ease by Trinity – St Michael’s damaged the fin on their boat in the first head and did not do as well as they would have liked in a borrowed boat in the second. Trinity were the women’s eight winners and Marie O’Neill of Cork the fastest women’s single sculler.
Neptune Head of the River, Blessington, Saturday (Selected Results)
Men
Eight – Senior: 1 Trinity (head one) 12 minutes 13 seconds, 2 St Michael’s (head 2) 12:24, 3 St Michael’s (head 1) 13:13. Intermediate: Trinity (2) 12:23, 2 Neptune (1) 13:24, 3 Trinity (2) 16:17. Novice: 1 Trinity (2) 13:31, 2 NUIG (2) 13:40, 3 Trinity (1) 13:42. Junior 18: Neptune (2) 12:39, 2 Neptune (1) 13:39, 3 Cork BC (1) 13:41. Junior 16: 1 Portora (1) 13:26, 2 Neptune (2) 14:03, 3 Commercial (2) 14:24. Masters: Old Collegians (1) 14:17.
Four – Senior: 1 St Michael's 12:51, 2 NUIG A/Grainne Mhaol/UCC (head 1) 13:07, 3 NUIG/St Joseph’s (1) 13:08. Intermediate: 1 NUIG B (2) 13:18, 2 NUIG (2) 13:33, 3 Trinity (1) 13:38. Junior 18: 1 Neptune (1) 14:11. Masters: Old Collegians (1) 14:49.
Sculling,
Double – Senior: 1 Trinity (Flaherty, Hughes) (Head 2) 13:57, 2 Commercial (1) 14:11, 3 Graiguenamanagh (2) 15:24. Single: 1 UCC (N Kenny) (2) 14:48, 2 NUIG (Mullarkey) (2) 15:03, 3 NUIG (S O’Connor) (2) 15:23, 4 Commercial (A Maher) (1) 15:26, 5 University of Limerick (Brinn) (1) 15:42, 6 Commercial (Gleeson) (1) 15:50. Intermediate: 1 NUIG (Egan) (2) 15:34, 2 Neptune (O’Connor) (1) 15:35, 3 St Michael’s (Stundon) (1) 15:45.
Women
Eight – Senior: 1 Trinity (2) 14:09, 2 Trinity (1) 14:26, 3 Trinity B (2) 14:26. Intermediate: Trinity (1) 14:36. Novice: 1 Trinity (1) 16:10, 2 Trinity (2) 16:32, 3 Commercial (2) 16:46Junior: 1 Carrick-on-Shannon (2) 15:25, 2 Portora (2) 15:34, 3 Graiguenamanagh (1) 16:10. Junior 16: 1 Portora (1) 15:32, 2 Carlow (2) 17:02, 3 Portora (2) 17:15.
Four – Senior: 1 Cork BC (2) 14:38, 2 St Michael’s (1) 15:30, 3 Commercial (2) 15:30. Intermediate: 1 NUIG (2) 15:58, 2 NUIG (1) 16:53, 3 NUIG B (1) 16:59.
Sculling
Double – Senior: 1 NUIG (1) 15:42, 2 Three Castles (2) 15:43, 3 St Michael’s (2) 16:05.
Single – Senior: 1 Cork (M O’Neill) (1) 16:45, 2 Three Castles (Quinn) (1) 16:53, 3 Trinity (Cooney) (2) 17:00. Intermediate: 1 Trinity (Dolan) (1) 16:53, 2 Trinity (O’Brien) (1) 17:02, 3 NUIG (Hurst) (2) 17:18.
Last year's Grand League winners, Skibbereen Rowing Club, will host the first of four Rowing Ireland Grand League regattas at the National Rowing Centre in Cork this weekend (April 9)
Other challengers this season will be runners up Neptune along with St. Michael's, Limerick, Commercial and UCD who all finished in the top five last season. Skibbereen Regatta sees a number of impressive crews start their challenge to become Grand League winners. With the absence of an NUIG entry, UCD's Senior 4 - stand out as the crew to watch. Muckross Olympians Sean Casey and Cathal Moynihan race together for the first time in the Senior 2x. As has been the trend, the men's Intermediate 1x has a large entry, as do all junior events. The Novice 8+ and 4+ Grand League titles look set to be fought for, mainly by the University clubs.
This is the second year the new Grand League will run at selected Irish regattas. The new format is designed to give competitive rowers more race time and allows all rowers to compete on speed as opposed to competing in strictly age-related or wins-related categories. The new system remains virtually unchanged from the 2010 season with all boats racing off in a series of heats which are timed, with the fastest six going into the A final and the next six into the B final.
Regatta hosts, Skibbereen RC, celebrated their 40th anniversary last year in impressive style, winning the Grand League and taking 14 national titles to bring the clubs' overall total to 123. They also hosted one of the country's best attended regattas last year with 456 crews racing. At international level, the club were well represented on national teams winning medals at the under 23 Worlds, the Coupe de la Jeunesse and Home Internationals.
The club capped off the year by opening a new boathouse, one of the largest ever built in Ireland. While the club's main emphasis is competitive rowing, they also take in 180 students for their annual schools rowing programme – an annual eight week course involving nine local schools.
The second Grand League regatta will be hosted by Queen's University in Castlewellan, Co. Down on May 14th.
The last in the series of Rowing Ireland's National Blade Heads takes place in Belfast this Saturday with the Lagan Head of the River hosted by Belfast Rowing Club.
There are 148 crews over the three races starting with pairs and sculls, then doubles and fours and finishing in the afternoon with eights and quads. The third race features 35 eights and 26 quads.
The big race of the day, the men's senior eights, which starts at 3.45 pm, will feature a high intensity race between the two Queen's University eights. The A Queen's crew, with new strokeman, Mike Ewing, have been relatively the same crew for the last three years. This is the crew which mounted serious challenges to the victorious NUIG team at the Irish Rowing Championships, narrowly missing out on a national senior eight by a mere few feet on two occasions. The A team's Ewing won a Wyfold cup (men's coxless four) at Henley last year.
The women's intermediate eights should prove interesting with a crew entered from St Andrews in Scotland who will be up against Queen's University Ladies and St Michael's, Limerick.
The men's junior 16 eights sees all the Ulster crews up against each other whilst the men's junior 18 quads sees Blackrock College, Dublin, Shandon ,Limerick and Offaly Rowing Club take on the Ulster schools.
Eight crews will contest the men's Master's pennant (over 28s) with Galway, Bann and Athlone pushing the Belfast-based masters crews, Belfast Boat Club, Belfast Rowing Club and the Lady Victoria Boat Club, all the way. The former Queen's ladies rower ,Frenchwoman Solange Garrais is bringing a men's Masters and a women's Masters quad from Aviron Grenoblois, France to compete.
The 10.45 am and 13.15 pm races start at the Albert Bridge in Belfast and finish at Queen's boathouse at Stranmillis. The 15.45 pm race starts at the Odyssey building in Belfast Harbour and finishes at Queen's boathouse at Stranmillis. There are viewing points along the full length of each race.
The official start to the regatta season takes place on Saturday 2nd April with the Neptune regatta at Islandbridge, Dublin.
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Neptune Rowing Club (Dublin) top the new Rowing Ireland Grand League table with two regattas under their oars but this could all change by next Saturday when the third regatta of the six series league takes place at the National Rowing Centre in Cork.
While Dubliners Neptune will be there in force with crews in most grades from under 14 to senior, they will be strongly challenged by the other big clubs, Skibbereen, UCD, Dublin Commercial and St. Michaels from Limerick. In particular, Skibbereen will compete strongly in mainly small boats. (Note: See current league standings below.)
Rowing Ireland spokesperson, Pat McInerney explained, “The overall entry for the regatta is well ahead of previous years which shows that clubs are embracing the new league format and enjoying the enhanced competition structure it offers.”
“From here on this season the top racing group of senior, intermediate and junior A will be collectively known as Division 1 while the novice, junior B and junior 16 group will be known as Division 2. With a massive entry of almost thirty junior 16 men’s single scullers, this is indicative of the health of sculling in the younger ranks and must augur well for the future.”
University of London, who are coached by former Irish lightweight rower, Brian Young, .are sending their men’s squad to challenge for senior eights, fours and pairs. They will line up in the eights against NUIG, Neptune, St Michaels, University of Limerick, Muckross and the top Junior eights of St Josephs and Presentation. This presents a very attractive prospect in store for the famed Leander trophy for eights which was first presented at Cork City regatta in 1904 when the world famous Leander club from London came to challenge for the trophy.
The Grand League offers an overall prize for top club based on all entries and this suits the bigger clubs. Smaller clubs can challenge for individual boat class or one of the four major categories of senior men, women, junior men and junior women
Current Grand League standings:
1 NEPTUNE ROWING CLUB 219
2 COMMERCIAL RC 206
3 SKIBBEREEN RC 192
4 UCD BOAT CLUB 171
5 ST MICHAEL'S ROWING CLUB 150
6 PORTORA BOAT CLUB 117
7 CARRICK-ON-SHANNON ROWING CLUB 102
8 BANN ROWING CLUB 93
9 LEE ROWING CLUB 86
10 GARDA SIOCHANA BOAT CLUB 83
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Howth Yacht Club (HYC) is 125 years old. It operates from its award-winning building overlooking Howth Harbour that houses office, bar, dining, and changing facilities. Apart from the Clubhouse, HYC has a 250-berth marina, two cranes and a boat storage area. In addition. its moorings in the harbour are serviced by launch.
The Club employs up to 31 staff during the summer and is the largest employer in Howth village and has a turnover of €2.2m.
HYC normally provides an annual programme of club racing on a year-round basis as well as hosting a full calendar of International, National and Regional competitive events. It operates a fleet of two large committee boats, 9 RIBs, 5 J80 Sportboats, a J24 and a variety of sailing dinghies that are available for members and training. The Club is also growing its commercial activities afloat using its QUEST sail and power boat training operation while ashore it hosts a wide range of functions each year, including conferences, weddings, parties and the like.
Howth Yacht Club originated as Howth Sailing Club in 1895. In 1968 Howth Sailing Club combined with Howth Motor Yacht Club, which had operated from the West Pier since 1935, to form Howth Yacht Club. The new clubhouse was opened in 1987 with further extensions carried out and more planned for the future including dredging and expanded marina facilities.
HYC caters for sailors of all ages and run sailing courses throughout the year as part of being an Irish Sailing accredited training facility with its own sailing school.
The club has a fully serviced marina with berthing for 250 yachts and HYC is delighted to be able to welcome visitors to this famous and scenic area of Dublin.
New applications for membership are always welcome
Howth Yacht Club FAQs
Howth Yacht Club is one of the most storied in Ireland — celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2020 — and has an active club sailing and racing scene to rival those of the Dun Laoghaire Waterfront Clubs on the other side of Dublin Bay.
Howth Yacht Club is based at the harbour of Howth, a suburban coastal village in north Co Dublin on the northern side of the Howth Head peninsula. The village is around 13km east-north-east of Dublin city centre and has a population of some 8,200.
Howth Yacht Club was founded as Howth Sailing Club in 1895. Howth Sailing Club later combined with Howth Motor Yacht Club, which had operated from the village’s West Pier since 1935, to form Howth Yacht Club.
The club organises and runs sailing events and courses for members and visitors all throughout the year and has very active keelboat and dinghy racing fleets. In addition, Howth Yacht Club prides itself as being a world-class international sailing event venue and hosts many National, European and World Championships as part of its busy annual sailing schedule.
As of November 2020, the Commodore of the Royal St George Yacht Club is Ian Byrne, with Paddy Judge as Vice-Commodore (Clubhouse and Administration). The club has two Rear-Commodores, Neil Murphy for Sailing and Sara Lacy for Junior Sailing, Training & Development.
Howth Yacht Club says it has one of the largest sailing memberships in Ireland and the UK; an exact number could not be confirmed as of November 2020.
Howth Yacht Club’s burgee is a vertical-banded pennant of red, white and red with a red anchor at its centre. The club’s ensign has a blue-grey field with the Irish tricolour in its top left corner and red anchor towards the bottom right corner.
The club organises and runs sailing events and courses for members and visitors all throughout the year and has very active keelboat and dinghy racing fleets. In addition, Howth Yacht Club prides itself as being a world-class international sailing event venue and hosts many National, European and World Championships as part of its busy annual sailing schedule.
Yes, Howth Yacht Club has an active junior section.
Yes, Howth Yacht Club hosts sailing and powerboat training for adults, juniors and corporate sailing under the Quest Howth brand.
Among its active keelboat and dinghy fleets, Howth Yacht Club is famous for being the home of the world’s oldest one-design racing keelboat class, the Howth Seventeen Footer. This still-thriving class of boat was designed by Walter Herbert Boyd in 1897 to be sailed in the local waters off Howth. The original five ‘gaff-rigged topsail’ boats that came to the harbour in the spring of 1898 are still raced hard from April until November every year along with the other 13 historical boats of this class.
Yes, Howth Yacht Club has a fleet of five J80 keelboats for charter by members for training, racing, organised events and day sailing.
The current modern clubhouse was the product of a design competition that was run in conjunction with the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland in 1983. The winning design by architects Vincent Fitzgerald and Reg Chandler was built and completed in March 1987. Further extensions have since been made to the building, grounds and its own secure 250-berth marina.
Yes, the Howth Yacht Club clubhouse offers a full bar and lounge, snug bar and coffee bar as well as a 180-seat dining room. Currently, the bar is closed due to Covid-19 restrictions. Catering remains available on weekends, take-home and delivery menus for Saturday night tapas and Sunday lunch.
The Howth Yacht Club office is open weekdays from 9am to 5pm. Contact the club for current restaurant opening hours at [email protected] or phone 01 832 0606.
Yes — when hosting sailing events, club racing, coaching and sailing courses, entertaining guests and running evening entertainment, tuition and talks, the club caters for all sorts of corporate, family and social occasions with a wide range of meeting, event and function rooms. For enquiries contact [email protected] or phone 01 832 2141.
Howth Yacht Club has various categories of membership, each affording the opportunity to avail of all the facilities at one of Ireland’s finest sailing clubs.
No — members can join active crews taking part in club keelboat and open sailing events, not to mention Pay & Sail J80 racing, charter sailing and more.
Fees range from €190 to €885 for ordinary members.
Memberships are renewed annually.
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