A team of six athletes have been selected to represent Ireland at the European Rowing Championships at the Ada Ciganlija Rowing Course, in Belgrade, Serbia from 29 May to 1 June 2014. These six athletes were selected to compete based on their performances at the Rowing Ireland High Performance Trials held at the end of […]
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Team Ireland Chef de Mission Kevin Kilty and OCI CEO Stephen Martin visited the National Rowing Centre in Cork to meet with High Performance Director Morten Espersen and Rowing Ireland CEO Hamish Adams. The visit coincided with a training session at the National Rowing Centre and it afforded the opportunity for Kevin and Stephen to
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In the first international competition of 2014 for Irish crews, six athletes were selected to represent Ireland at the Memorial Paolo d’Aloja International Regatta in Piediluco, Italy from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th April 2014. The six selected athletes competed in four events: Heavyweight Women’s Double Scull: Eimear Moran (Three Castles RC) and Monika Dukarska
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Olympic Rower on her Olympic experience with Team Ireland London 2012, her transition into the Irish system, and her approach to recovering from recent medical issues.
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Ireland’s Monika Dukarska and Leonora Kennedy finished 10th overall at the World Rowing Championships in Korea with a solid fourth place in their B final. It was their first major event in this Olympic-class discipline. The United States crew of Meghan O’Leary and Ellen Tomek were impressive winners, seeing off Russia and the Ukraine, who were closest to them down the course.
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Leonora Kennedy missed out on a final place in the women’s double sculls after taking fifth in her semi-final. Enniskillen woman Kennedy and her partner Monika Dukarska are competing in the women’s double sculls. They will now race in the ‘B’ final on Sunday as they attempt to achieve their goal of a top-10 finish
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Leonora Kennedy and Monika Dukarska are through to the World Championships semi-finals in South Korea. They finished second in the double sculls repechage on this morning in a time of 7:12.08. The Ireland pair were over two seconds behind Ekaterina Potapova and Maria Krasilnikova of Russia. Kennedy and Dukarska just missed out on an automatic semi-final
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Ireland’s Paul O’Donovan stepped up on the podium in Linz in Austria to accept a bronze medal at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships. It’s seen as a major boost for Irish rowing under the guidance of Morten Esperson. The women’s four came very close to a medal and lightweight sculler Denise Walsh also reached an
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Lisa Dilleen, one of Ireland best young rowers took a big step forward for Irish rowing when she stroked the Ireland four into an A final. There were two places available in yesterday’s repechage, Poland put up the battle, but Ireland won it, and guaranteed themselves a better lane draw tomorrow. Ireland team manager Morten Espersen said “They were fantastic:
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John Keohane has been selected on to the Ireland team for the European Championships. The Lee Valley man was the fastest man home in the Irish trials on Saturday and will compete for Ireland in Seville in four weeks’ time. Sanita Puspure is selected in the women’s single scull; Claire Lambe in the lightweight single and Niall
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Morten Espersen Irish Rowing High Performance Director will attend this weekend’s Irish trials at the National Rowing Centre. Esperson’s is keen to widen the base of the sport and building international crews with an eye to Rio 2016. More than 120 junior athletes will trial this weekend with hopes of places from World Junior Championships down to
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Hamish Adams has been announced as the new Chief Executive Officer of Rowing Ireland. He takes over from Acting CEO Frank Coghlan and will be based in the National Rowing Centre at Farran Woods, Cork. Adams moves from his current role with the Irish Rugby Union Players Association (IRUPA) in late February. He has worked
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