Race Summary
Cork Head of the River 2026 took place on Saturday 28th Feb 2026 at Cork Marina. Following up a great outing at St Michaels earlier in the month the club were looking forward to another outing. Races were run over a 4K course. Yet again we were lucky on the day with the weather with rain and wind mostly staying away. The club rowed out of Cork Boat Club which stands close to the finish of the course
The club had 26 entries on the day with some great results including 2 wins, some extremely close second places and great performances across the board. As there were no issues with the weather all categories were running on the day unlike our previous outing where some of the younger groups races had to be cancelled
Big shout out to our young debutantes starting their first race today – Avelynn, Aoife and Romy racing up a few years in the WJ14 4X+ and Charlie racing with the MJ14 4X+
With our Head of the River season over the club looks forward to regatta season starting in April.
Thanks to our hosts Cork Boat Club and the other Cork clubs for a great event as always.
Results
Full results for all clubs from the Raceclocker website can be found here under the heading “Cork HORR 2026”
Specific results from Waterford Boat Club can be seen below. More detailed results are here
| Race | Category | Crew | Time | Split | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WJ16 4X+ | Hannah, Moya, Leah, Faye, (Cox – Harry G) | 17:01.0 | 2:07.6 | 5th |
| 2 | M Club 2 1x | Seán Harte | 15:40.0 | 1:57.5 | 1st |
| 2 | MJ18A 1X | Mykola Podmarkov | 19:44.3 | 2:28.0 | 25th |
| 2 | MJ18A 1X | Henry Brady | 16:54.3 | 2:06.8 | 12th |
| 2 | MJ16 1X | Bill Ogilvie | 16:46.6 | 2:05.8 | 4th |
| 2 | WJ18A 2- | Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick | 17:28.6 | 2:11.1 | 3rd |
| 2 | MJ15 2X | Waterford A – (Hugh, Maksym) | 17:28.5 | 2:11.1 | 8th |
| 2 | MJ15 2X | Waterford B – (Leon, Thomas) | 18:38.2 | 2:19.8 | 14th |
| 2 | MJ15 2X | Waterford C – (Richie, Padraig) | 20:23.9 | 2:33.0 | 20th |
| 3 | MJ14 4X+ | Hugh, Maksym, Charlie, Richie, (Cox – Thomas) | 18:20.7 | 2:17.6 | 8th |
| 4 | W Club 2 2X | Waterford A (Aine, Katie) | 16:59.1 | 2:07.4 | 2nd |
| 4 | W Club 2 2X | Waterford B (Leah, Moya) | 19:44.3 | 2:28.0 | 8th |
| 4 | WJ18A 2X | Edie, Molly | 16:09.8 | 2:01.2 | 4th |
| 4 | WJ16 2X | Hannah, Faye | 17:17.1 | 2:09.6 | 5th |
| 5 | MJ16 4X+ | John, Seán F, Tadhg, Sam (Cox – Harry G) | 14:36.4 | 1:49.5 | 2nd |
| 6 | WJ15 2X | Waterford A – (Amelie, Amy) | 17:25.3 | 2:10.7 | 6th |
| 6 | WJ15 2X | Waterford B – (Cara, Sofia) | 17:12.1 | 2:09.0 | 2nd |
| 6 | WJ14 4X+ | Skye, Avelynn, Aoife, Romy (Cox – Leah) | 20:07.6 | 2:30.9 | 6th |
| 7 | WJ18A 1X | Molly O’Flynn | 17:12.6 | 2:09.1 | 7th |
| 7 | W Club 2 1X | Aine Power | 18:36.9 | 2:19.6 | 4th |
| 8 | M Club 2 2X | Seán Harte, Henry Brady | 13:43.5 | 1:42.9 | 2nd |
| 8 | MJ18A 2X | Mykola Podmarkov, Sam O’Neill | 15:46.1 | 1:58.3 | 19th |
| 8 | MJ16 2X | Waterford A – (Bill, Seán F) | 13:53.8 | 1:44.2 | 1st |
| 8 | MJ16 2X | Waterford B – (John, Tadhg) | 15:46.5 | 1:58.3 | 10th |
| 8 | WJ15 4X+ | Amelie, Cara, Amy, Sofia (Cox – Skye) | 15:20.9 | 1:55.1 | 3rd |
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