This years rowing season culminated in the biggest ever Irish Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre in Farran, Co Cork. The 2024 event lasted three full days (from Friday, July 12th, to Sunday, July 14th) and featured an impressive lineup of 916 crews, 51 clubs, 1169 competitors, 216 races, and 54 events.
Waterford Boat Club had (5+x+x) crews entered over the weekend. The club performed extremely well against the very best crews from across the country, showcasing their talent. The competition was fierce, and the results reflected the rowers’ high level of skill and dedication. Due to the huge number of crews taking part, races could feature up to 50-60 crews in a time trial setup for all heats with only the overall top 6 times going through to the final. Highlights from the weekend included:
WJ16 4x+ (Kate Lemon, Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick, Jessica Cook and cox Aine Power) made it to the final of the WJ16 4x+ and ranked 5th place overall, missing out on 4th place by a mere 0.03 of a second.
WJ18 4x- (Hannah Boylan, Siun O’Mahony, Erin O’Neill, Sarah Power) ranked 9th place overall
WJ16 2x (Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick) ranked 9th place
MJ16 4x+ (Henry Brady, Oran Skinner, Harry Whelan and Gosha Shekunov) Ranked 9th overall and missed the final by just 2 seconds. A great showing from a crew in this age category who’ve only been together for a couple of months.
These are only a few of the highlights of a fine showing from the club during the Championships. well done to all of our athletes both over this weekend and over the whole season. The huge effort that’s gone in was clearly visible over the season.
Results
| Category | Crew | Placing | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| WJ16 4x+ | Kate Lemon, Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitz, Jessica Cooke, Aine Power | 5th | 7:59.8 |
| MJ18 1x | Sean Harte | 24th | 8:18.7 |
| MJ18 1x | Darragh Ryan | 48th | 9:02.2 |
| WJ18 1x | Sarah Power | 27th | 9:27.5 |
| MJ16 4x+ | Henry Brady, Oran Skinner, Harry Whelan, Gosha Shekunov | 10th | 7:12.9 |
| WJ18 2x | Hannah Cunningham Boylan, Deirdre McHugh | 18th | 8:19.6 |
| WJ18 2x | Erin O’Neill, Siun O’Mahony | 24th | 8:26.5 |
| WJ16 2x | Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick | 9th | 8:12.0 |
| WJ16 2x | Kate Lemon, Aine Power | 29th | 8:55.0 |
| MJ16 2x | Oran Skinner, Harry Whelan | 12th | 7:27.6 |
| MJ16 2x | Henry Brady, Gosha Shekunov | 15th | 7:30.3 |
| MJ16 1x | Henry Brady | 32nd | 8:12.2 |
| MJ16 1x | Oran Skinner | 39th | 8:16.3 |
| MJ16 1x | Harry Whelan | 49th | 8:35.7 |
| MJ18 2x | Sean Harte, Darragh Ryan | 20th | 7:18.2 |
| WJ18 4x- | Hannah Boylan, Sarah Power, Erin O’Neill, Siun O’Mahony | 9th | 7:32.3 |
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