Rowing

Many congratulations to Team Ireland for their excellent performances at the 2014 World Rowing Championships. The final day of the World Rowing Championships, Amsterdam started with the Women’s double scull racing in the B Final at 10:40. The newly formed double of Helen Walshe andMonika Dukarska had only been training together for 6 weeks.  They had a really […]

The men’s lightweight pair of Niall Kenny and Mark O’Donovan were in sixth position off the blocks. In the first start the French who were in the lane beside the Irish got off too early and a false start declared, they fought hard the whole way down the course. In the end the Swiss came in first with the French three

Two challenging races have taken place so far for our crews at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. In the A semi-final of the women’s pair Leonora Kennedy and Lisa Dilleen were in third place off the blocks with USA in first and Australia second. By 1000m they were holding their fourth place and kept the pressure

The first day of the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam got off to a great start for the Irish crews at the newly developed Bosbaan Course. With a team of 14 athletes Ireland are out to prove that they are more than capable of securing medals and top placings. The weather picked up from yesterdays

The Rowing Ireland squad for the World Rowing Championships Amsterdam Holland departed on Thursday evening for preparation and training in Amsterdam. World Championships Schedule   Seen as the most important rowing event of the year for High performance Athletes. This year’s event has attracted record entries from 60 countries. Competition will be spread across 27

Ireland’s Paul O’Donovan came 4th in today’s U-23 World Championships in Varese, Italy. With USA Campbell storming off the start it was a hard fight between the other scullers. O’Donovan was neck and neck 2nd/3rd place with the Turkish and Italian boats at the halfway mark but slipped into Forth place in the last 500m

The Irish Rowing Championships will commence tomorrow at The National Rowing Centre, Farran Woods, Cork. With a record number of crews, the event will be the biggest to date. 875 crews will travel from the four corners of the country to race over the three days of the event. Starting tomorrow at 9:00am with the

Sanita Puspure and the women’s pair of Leonora Kennedy and Lisa Dilleen will represent Ireland at the World Cup Regatta in Lucerne in Switzerland in two weeks’ time. Ireland performance director Morten Espersen said budgetary constraints mean that just two crews will travel. “The hope is that they will get close to the final . . . get

Sanita Puspure put in another outstanding performance at the weekend. Puspure reached the A Final of the women’s single sculls at the World Cup Regatta in Aiguebelette in France with a third-place finish in her semi-final. She never gained traction in the final yesterday and finished sixth. Two other Olympic-class crews finished in places which

Congratulations to Ireland’s Sanita Puspure who closed a gap of eight years since Ireland won a medal in an Olympic event at a major rowing Championships when she took bronze in the women’s single sculls at the European Championships in Belgrade at the weekend. Puspure was in the top three right through the race: she matched

Irish crews racing on Friday 30 May LM1x (Paul O’Donovan) Heat 3 08:25 IRL FRA BUL ITA TUR 1-2 to A/B Semi-finals on Saturday, remainder to Repechage on Friday afternoon (14:36-14:56) W2- (Leonora Kennedy and Lisa Dilleen) Heat 2 10:55 SRB GER ROU CRO IRL 1 to A Final on Sunday, remainder to Repechages on Saturday morning