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Skibbereen Regatta Apr 2025

22nd April 2025 at 11:52 am

Race Report

Skibbereen hosted the first Grand League regatta of the season at the National Rowing Centre (NRC) over the weekend of the 12th/13th April. Waterford Boat Club had a total of 21 entries over the weekend. Grand League races (J16 and older) were raced over 2000 metres, J15 was over 1500m, and J13/J14 over 1000m.

Carrying the great early season form from Commercial last week the club had a very successful and enjoyable outing with 5 overall victories and some excellent 2nd and 3rd places in Grand League events. Here’s a brief summary of the weekend

Saturday (11 Crews)

MJ14 2X (Saturday)

First out of the traps were Toby and Mads in the MJ14 2X. The lads put in a great performance given that this was one of their first double races and after a tricky start got themselves back in to the race and finished strongly. A good performance to build on for next time.

WJ18B 4X+ (Saturday)

Next up were one of the highlights of the weekend. The WJ18B 4X+ crew of Kate, Edie, Deirdre, Jessica and cox Oran took their heat in some style winning their in a time of 7:29 which was also the best time from all three heats. They then went and repeated the feat later in the day to win the A Final by 5 seconds. A fantastic achievement by the crew.

Mens 1X Division 1 (Saturday)

Seán Harte was next out of the traps in the highly competeitive Mens 1X Division 1. Seán placed second in his heat with a very impressive time of 7:29 and was unlucky to miss out on the finals by just a couple of seconds. As Division 1 consists of Senior, Intermediate and Club rowers getting so close to a final was a great result in itself and he placed highly in the MJ18A category carrying on his excellent form.

MJ14 4x+ (Saturday)

The club’s second win of the season day came courtesy of the MJ14 4X+ with Leon, Thomas, Padraig, Toby and Mads coxing. The lads had a brilliant race and won their final by 2 lengths. A remarkable performance from a crew rowing together for the first time. Special mention to Padraig and Thomas who are new to racing but have already secured their second win. A great showing from Mads, who coxed at short notice and brought the boat home. Brilliant to see our younger rowers taking a victory at such an early stage. Great effort lads.

WJ14 4x+ (Saturday)

The WJ4X+ quad of Amelie, Amy, Siri, Sofia and cox Leah were next out. They put in a strong performance after a tough start and finished in fourth with a strong finish.

Mens 2X Division 2 (Saturday)

In a packed field of over 50 boats the Waterford crews of Henry/Oran and Harry/Gosha put in a fantastic performance in the Time Trial finishing 7th and 10th overall and qualifying for the B final. IN the Final the Waterford crews finishing 1st and 2nd with Harry and Gosha pipping Henry and Oran. A brilliant performance by both crews.

WJ18A 4X- (Saturday)

After their success earlier in the day much of the crew from the 4X+ from earlier in the morning were back in the boat for the the Women’s Division 1 4X-. The crew of Kate, Edie, Sarah and Jessica placed 4th overall in the Time trial qualifying for the A final. After an exhausting series of races the girls then went on to take 4th overall in the A Final as well as placing 3rd overall in the WJ18 4X- category. A tremendous effort from all involved after a long tough days of racing.

WJ14 2X (Saturday)

Next out were 2 of our WJ14 2X crews in their debut race in doubles. Amy and Amelie were first out in and despite a boat crossing into their lane at the start they recovered and finished very strongly and placed 4th. In the next heat Sofia and Siri also placed fourth in their final. A good debut and great experience for both crews.

MJ13 4X+ (Saturday)

Our last but by no means least crew of the day were the MJ13 4X+ boat of Cathal, Harry Walsh, Lochlan and Richie with Sofia coxing. This was the crews first race together and after a sluggish start they recovered well and put in a very strong second half of the race to finish 4th. Again, great experience for this young crew and they’ll look forward to their next outing in Limerick.

Sunday (10 Crews)

MJ15 2X (Sunday)

First race of the day was the MJ15 2X with Seán and Tadhg. The lads had some problems from the start but worked their way back into third only to be pipped at the line to finish 4th. They’ll hope to build on this solid performance for their next event.

Mens Div 2 1X (Sunday)

Colm was next out in his first outing in a 2K single. Having raced really well in a very large field with J18’s and Club rowers Colm took 12th place in the very large field of J16 entries. The experience here will stand to him for his next event as he gets used to pacing for the 2K.

MJ15 4X+ (Sunday)

Next out were the MJ15 4X+ crew of Seán, John, Sam and Tadhg with harry Grant coxing. After a problem at the start that saw them three lengths down the crew made their way back through the field to overtake Shannon in the last 100 metres to take the first win of the day. Great performance by the group showing perseverance to come through in the end.

WJ15 1X (Sunday)

Hannah and Faye took to water next in their WJ15 singles. Hannah was in the first final and took an excellent second place with herself and the winner from Methodist well clear of the field. Faye was out two races later and took an excellent win after leading out from the start and building her lead throughout. Great displays from both girls.

WJ15 4X+ (Sunday)

Our WJ15 4X+ crew of Moya, Emily, Leah, Amy and cox Sofia were next out. In a very strong final with boats from Fermoy, Shandon and Muckross. The girls were leading coming into the last 50 meters and were just pipped by Shandon at the line. Nonetheless, this was an excellent display from the girls who’ve just started rowing together as a crew and will be buoyed by a great result here.

WJ15 2X (Sunday)

In one of our larger entries of the weekend the club saw 3 entries in the WJ15 2X category. First out in the seond final Moya and Emily. Unfortunately there was a major problem with the seat from the start of the race and the girls were only able to hobble home, still finishing the race but with only stroke rowing. An unfortunate outcome but hopefully the girls can get a good run at it in there next event.

In the fourth final 2 Waterford crews were drawn against each other. The Waterford A crew of Hannah and Faye added to their earlier good results in the singles were extremely strong in this final and took the victory by several lengths. The Waterford C crew of Leah and Amy were making their debut double together and raced really well finishing 4th in a tight group between 2nd and 4th. Great results all round here for this final.

Womens Div 2 1X (Sunday)

Rachel was next out to take part in the Women’s Div 2 1X. As with Colm earlier this was Rachel’s first 2K race in a single and she performed really well finishing 2nd in her heat. Unfortunately with so many WJ18 and Club entries she didn’t make the finals but an excellent debut at the distance for Rachel.

Mens Div 2 4X+ (Sunday)

To round off the weekend the Men’s J18 4X+ crew of Henry, Oran, Gosha, Harry Whelan and cox Hugh took 2^nd place in their A final after being beaten by a whisker by Methodist. A fantastic effort from the crew saw them take another 4 seconds off their heat winning time and putting on one of the most exciting races of the weekend. The crew will go with great confidence into their next event after such a good display.

Summary

A fantastic weekend’s racing saw the club take 5 1st places and numerous 2nd and 3rd in Grand League events. In addition to this we saw lots of great displays from our newer crews and athletes stepping up to 2K races giving great experience. Aside from some fog and a brief window of hail on Sunday the weather was almost perfect all Weeknd.

Compliments to Skibbereen for hosting a brilliantly organised and excellent event.

Special thanks for Liam sourcing a towing vehicle at the last minute and also of course to Mick for doing the towing.

Thanks as always to all the parents, volunteers and coaches for a huge effort over the weekend and most importantly thanks to all of our athetes for the tremendous show put on over the weekend. The long hard Winter training is clearly paying off and we look forward tothe next event at Limerick Regatta on Sat 26th Apr.

Results

Category	Crew	Place
WJ18B 4X+	Kate Lemon, Edie O’Flaherty, Deirdre McHugh, Jessica Cooke, Oran Skinner(c)	1^st
MJ14 4X+	Leon Mullins, Padraig Phelan, Thomas Harpur, Toby Cooke, Mads O’Flynn(c)	1^st
MJ15 4X+	Seán Fitzpatrick, John Brady, Sam O’Neill, Tadhg Hawkins, Harry Grant(c)	1^st
WJ15 1X	Faye O’Flaherty	1^st
WJ15 2X	Hannah Lemon, Faye O’Flaherty	1^st
MJ18B 4X+	Henry Brady, Oran Skinner, Gosha Shekunov, Harry Whelan, Hugh Brady(c)	2^nd
WJ15 4X+	Moya Carragher, Leah Trant, Amelie Mullins, Emily Whelan, Sofia Mullins(c)	2^nd
WJ15 2X	Hannah Lemon	2^nd
WJ18A 4X-	Kate Lemon, Edie O’Flaherty, Sarah Power, Jessica Cooke	3^rd

Full official Skibbereen Regatta Results here

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WJ18B 4X- Edie, Jessica, Kate, Deirdre and coach Lisa

Commercial Regatta Apr 2025

20th April 2025 at 10:38 pm

The traditional opening weekend of the year for regattas normaly takes place in Nepture (Sat) and Commercial (Sun) in Islandbridge in Dublin. The tight winding course down the Liffey makes for a tough challenge for the uninitiated but always results in incredibly exciting racing. The course is a 2 lane 1000m and 1200m stretch of the Leiffey at Islandbridge with J14 and younger using the 1000m course that finishes outside Commercial Boat Club. The 1200m course finishes just past UCD boat club.

J16 and upwards races consist of Quarter finals upwards. Some of the races even have heats before the Quarter Finals

WBC usually use Commercial was our first regatta of the year and after a very successul outing at Cork Head of the River the club entered 27 crews for the day.

The Weather was perfect on the day with blue skys all day long. Given the large amount of entries it’s typically a long day’s racing.

Time Trial 1

The first races of the day for the club took place in in the Time Trial 1 slot. This featured

WJ18 2X – The Waterford A boat of Deirdre and Jessica placed 7th in the time trial. The Waterford B boat of Edie and Katie placed 3rd just 0.2 seconds outside of a place in the final. Great performance from both crews here.

MJ18A 1X – Harry Whelan took an excellent 5th place out of a large field in the MJ18A TT

MJ16 1X – Colm took 6th place in his TT in the MJ16 1X event, again out of a large field

WJ16 4X+

Our first boat to launch on the day (outside of the time trials) would prove to be the busiest. The WJ16 4X+ quad of Molly, Rachel, Hannah, Faye and cox Harry Grant raced Galway in their Quarter Final, winningh that race that put them through to a Semi Final against Shannon A. The girls started their Semi and won comfortable, only for the race to be delared null as the wrong crew had lined up against WBC at the start. As a fresult thew WBC crew had to re-race the Semi Final against the Shannon A crew. Luckily they made their way through the final but because of the mix up and lack of time they had to immediately turn around after their semi and row back up to the start where they would have to immediately race again. The fonal was between Waterford and Shannon B and despite the exertion the Waterford boat took the final win with a great performance. Fantastic effort girls and a hard-earned victory.

WJ18 4X-

Next of our quads on the water were the WJ18 4X- crew of Kate, Edie, Sarah and Jessica not long after their time trials ion the doubles.In their Querter final the girls took on Commercial B and won through by a couple of lengths. In the Semi final they faced Sligo where again they had a great race and took another good win. In the 2nd last race of the regatta the girls took on Beptune in the final and afgter a fantactc effort took the win by 2 lengths. Another great outing for the WJ18 4X crew carrying on their good form from Cork HOTR.

MJ18 4X-

The MJ184X- crew of Henry, Oran, Gosha and Harry Whelan were next to hit the water for their Qurter final against a strong Neptune crew. Despite a great race the lads lost out by a length at the finish but will take heart from a really good performance.

MJ16 4X+

The men’s J16 4X+ crew of Colm, Mykola, Sam, Harry and cox Aine drew Offaly in their heat which they won comfortably to progress to the qurter final. In the QF they drew Athlone and repeated their performance from the heats winning through to the semi-final. In thw Semi Final they faced a strong Neptune crew. After a very close race most of the eay down the course the Neptunre crew pulled clear just before the finish and took the victory by a length. Howeevr it was a good overall performance fro a crew rowing together for the first time.

WJ14 2X

Our first doubles debutants of the day were next out. Siri and Sofia were racing in their first doubles race against Sligo. Commerical is always a really tricky course especially for your first try in a double and iunfortunately the girls got stuck in the reeds which resulted in what was later called a “cooling dip”. Both of the girls were fine and were rearing to go for their quad later in the day.

MJ14 4X+

For the first time Waterford had 3 quads enetred in the MJ14 4X+ category

The Waterford A quad of Leon, Maksym, Padraig, Toby and cox Sofia took a good win over Enniskillen. Special congratulations to Padraig on his debut here

The Waterford B quad of Hugh, Thomas, Jeff, Mads and cox Aine took an excellent 2 length victory over Colaiste Iognaid. Again congrats to our Thoams and Jeff on their debute here

The younger (MJ13) Waterford C quad of Hayden, Cathal, Richie, Lochlan and cox Amelie drew St Josephs in their final and despite a fantastic effort were beaten by St Josephs. Valuable experience for all of the lads in their first regatta. Special thanks to Cathal here who was moved from his original quad to ensure everyone got to race.

MJ14 2X

Commercial was our first opportunity to get our MJ14 doubles racing. For this category we had 4 people out of the three crews making their doubles debuts. A great opportunity for these crews to get experience on what is a very difficult course even for experienced crews

Waterford A – Cathal and Mads – A last minute swap meant Cathal had to jump in to this double. Despite the lads not having rowed together before they made a great effort against Col Iognaid. Great effort for a debut race.

Waterford B – Maksym and Leon – Another debut, this time against Enniskillen A. Anyother good effort with Maksym doing a fine job in bow in his first doubles races but with Enniskillen ultimately taking the win here.

Waterford C – Hugh and Toby – Another new pairing for the doubles got a tough draw against a very strong Shannon crew, but as with the others, a good row giving invaluable experience.

MJ15 2X

We had two crews entered in this category

Waterford A – Bill and John. First time in a double together and JJohn’s first time in bow of a double. Depite a strong row the lads lost to carlow but the experience here was well worth it

Waterford B – Seán and Tadhg were due to race garda in their final but unfortunately the opposing crew weren’t available to start so a the lads got a row-over.

Time Trial 2

WJ16 1X – Molly and Rachel took part in Time Trial 2 in the WJ16 1X event. Rachel took 7th overall and Molly set the fastest time in her time trial to make it through to the final. Unfornately MOlly fell just short in the final but took 2nd overall in a tremendous result.

MJ18A 2X – Waterford A – Darragh and Oran took 7th overall in the time trial qualifying. The Waterford B crew of Henry and Gosha finsihed just ahead of their clubmates in 5th position.

WJ14 4X+

The WJ14 4X+ crew of Amelie, Amy, Siri, Sofia and cox Leah took on Enniskillen in their final and after a close race the girls took a great victory.

WJ15 2X

We had 3 entries in this category

Waterford A – Hannah and Faye. The girls carried on their grea from from the WJ16 4X+ boat to take a comfortable win in their final.

Waterford B – Leah and Amy were out for their first doubles race and drew CGS and despite a good row CGS took then win here.

Waterford C – Moya and Emily. First race for the girls in a double but unfortunately the Col Iognaid crew didn’t turn up for the start so the girls got a row-over.

MJ15 4X+

The MJ154X+ crew of Bill, Seán, John, Tadhg and cox Harry took on Neptune in their final. The lads got off to a very strong start and never looked back taking the win comfortably.

WJ15 4X+

The newly formed WJ15 crew of Moya, Emily, Leah, Amelie and cox Sofia were next on the water to take on a very strong Colaiste Iognaid A crew. The girls rowed a very strong race but had some technical issues on 2 occasions during thre race and despite catching up both times Colaiste Iognoid managed to pull clear at the end. A great performance from the girls nonetheless who’ll look forward to their next race knowing they have more in the tank.

Summary

A great days racing and start to the regatta season by the club. Well done to Commerical for hosting a great event. Thanks to all the parents, volunteers and coaches for all their efforts over a packed day. Of course huge thanks to all our hard-working athletes and to all the people making their regatta debut today. Great performances from all crews today.

Huge thanks to Tony for providing the towing vehicle and driving the trailer up and down. It’s really appreciated.

Next up for the club is the Skibbereen Grand League Regatta in the NRC on 12/13th April

Results

Category	Crew	Placing
WJ18 4X-	Kate Lemon, Edie O’Flaherty, Sarah Power, Jessica Cooke	1^st
WJ16 4X+	Molly O’Flynn, Rachel Weldon, Hannah Lemon, Faye O’Flaherty, Harry(c)	1^st
MJ14 4X+ (A)	Leon Mullins, Maksym Indiuchenko , Padraig Phelan, Toby Cooke, Amelie(c)	1^st
MJ14 4X+ (B)	Hugh Brady, Thomas Harpur, Jeff Grant, Richie Mulally, Aine Power(c)	1^st
MJ15 4X+	Bill Ogilvie ,Seán Fitzpatrick, John Brady, Tadhg Hawkins, Hannah Lemon(c)	1^st
WJ14 4X+	Amelie Mullins, Amy Trant, Siri O’Flynn, Sofia Mullins, Hugh Brady(c)	1^st
WJ15 2X (A)	Hannah Lemon, Faye O’Flaherty	1^st
WJ15 2X (B)	Moya Carragher, Emily Whelan	1^st
MJ15 2X	Seán Fitzpatrick, Tadhg Hawkins	1^st
WJ16 1X	Molly O’Flynn	2^nd
MJ16 4X+	Colm Brennan, Mykola Podmarkov, Sam O’Neil, Harry Grant	SF

Full results here

Gallery

WJ184X- Jessica, Edie, Jessica, Kate and coach Lisa

Cork Head of the River Feb 2025

25th February 2025 at 10:26 pm

After a long Winter’s training and with several cancelled events in the rear view mirror Waterford took part in their first race of the new Season on a rare sunny February day in Cork on Saturday 22nd. Cork Head of the River is organised by the various Cork City clubs on The Marina in Cork and always makes for an excellent location for racing. The course was the regular 4.3km time trial from Cork Harbour down to Blackrock Castle. Waterford were rowing out of Shandon this year.

Waterford had 17 entries on the day and also saw 6 of our newer members have their first race. Huge congratulations to Moya, Mykola, Bill, Harry Walsh, Cathal, Lochlan and Padraig for taking part in their first of many events and for giving an excellent account of themselves.

The Club would like to extend their thanks to parents, volunteers and coaches for all their help over the weekend. Special thanks to Mick McGagh for towing the trailer to and from Cork and also to Cormac Power from Greenvolt Next for providing a towing vehicle for the day. It’s hugely appreciated by the club.

Last and certainly not least, thanks to all out athletes for a great effort on the day. It’s been a long hard Winter of training with multiple cancellations along the way so it was great to see everyone back on the water competing, especially our new members. Looking forward to many more great days over the season.

Race report and Results

First up on the day in Fixed Head 1 were the WJ18A 4X- crew of Kate, Sarah, Jessica and Edie who took an excellent 4th place in a very tight race, a mere 14 seconds behind winners Skibbereen.

Next up in Fixed Head 2 was Seán Harte who came 3^rd out of 30 in an extremely competitive MJ18A 1X. Brilliant display from Seán.

The next head was the first Rolling Head and saw our younger J14 and J15 crews take to the water. The WJ15 4X+ crew of Amelie, Moya, Hannah and Sofia with cox Faye put in a fine display with Moya making her debut and 2 of the girls stepping up from their J14 category.

For the first time we had three MJ14 4X+ crews take part in the same category. First up were the Waterford B crew of Leon, Hugh, Maksym and Toby who placed 7th overall in their category. Later in the day in the 2nd rolling head Waterford A took to the water with Hugh, Leon, Padraig and Cathal finishing just 10 seconds behind their clubmates. A great performance as both Cathal and Padraig were making their debuts. Last and certainly not least were our youngest crew of Waterford C with Toby, Harry Walsh, Lochlan and Hayden with three of the lads making their debut. The lads made a great effort and are also the stars of the photograph of the day seen below.

The MJ15 4X+ crew of Bill, Seán Fitz, Sam, Tadhg and cox Harry Grant put in a decent performance taking 5^th out of 17 just 38 seconds behind winners Galway. Congratulations to Bill taking part in his first race.

The MJ18 2X pair of Darragh and Henry took part in the rolling head as a timed only boat.

Fixed Head 3 saw 3 of our WJ18A 2X crews and one WJ16 2X crew take part. In the WJ18A 2X category some of closest racing of the whole event took place. The Waterford B crew of Edie and Katie placed 3^rd overall a mere 4 seconds from the win. Great display from the girls. Next out of the blocks were Waterford A (Kate and Sarah) who finished 6^th overall just 23 seconds down and then the Waterford C crew of Deirdre and Jessica just a few seconds back from them. A great showing from all three crews who were racing together in these combinations for the first time.

The WJ16 2X crew of Rachel and Faye unfortunately had multiple problems with a loose seat which forced them to stop mid race 4 times. Despite this they still came home with a very respectable time and based on their singles results later on, would surely have been pushing for the win in this race had they not had technical problems.

Fixed Head 4 saw our MJ16 4X+ crew competing (Colm, Mykola, John Brady and Harry Grant with cox Tadhg). Special mention here to Mykola who was taking part in his first race and John Brady who stepped in from the MJ15 crew. Well done Mykola, great to get that first race under the belt.

In Fixed Head 5 we had three entries in the WJ16 1X, Faye, Rachel and Hannah. The girls put on a great show and finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th overall. This was even more impressive as Faye and Hannah were rowing in an older age category as there was no WJ15 1X this year. Great performance from the girls carrying on their good form from last season.

Last but not least in Fixed Head 6 were the MJ18 2X crew of Darragh and Gosha who pipped the Waterford A crew from earlier in the day. No doubt to counter-claims of faster tides in the afternoon.

Again, well done to all of out athletes and we look forward to our regatta season starting in Commercial Regatta on 6^th April.

Category	Crew	Head	Place	Time
WJ18 4X-	Kate Lemon, Sarah Power, Edie O’Flaherty, Jessica Cooke	1	4^th	13:38.0
MJ18A 1X	Seán Harte	2	3^rd	14:13.6
WJ18 2X	Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick	3	2^nd	13:38.9
WJ18 2X	Kate Lemon, Sarah Power	3	6^th	13:58.5
WJ18 2X	Deirdre McHugh, Jessica Cooke	3	12^th	14:32.2
WJ16 2X	Rachel Weldon, Faye O’Flaherty	3	5^th	15:28.8
MJ16 4X+	Colm Brennan, Mykola Podmarkov, John Brady, Harry Grant	4	8^th	14:16.4
WJ16 1X	Faye O’Flaherty	5	2^nd	15:32.8
WJ16 1X	Rachel Weldon	5	3^rd	15:51.1
WJ16 1X	Hannah Lemon	5	4^th	16:07.0
MJ18 2X	Darragh Ryan, Gosha Shekunov	6	11^th	13:27.9
MJ18 2X	Darragh Ryan, Henry Brady	_Rolling	_^Timed	14:08.8
MJ14 4X+	Leon Mullins, Maksym, Hugh Brady, Toby Cooke, Rachel_(c)	_Rolling	7^th	15:13.5
MJ14 4X+	Hugh, Leon, Padraig Phelan, Cathal McCarthy, Sofia_(c)	_Rolling	9^th	15:23.6
MJ14 4X+	Toby, Harry Walsh, Lochlan Cooke, Hayden Scadding, Amelie_(c)	_Rolling	11^th	16:46.2
WJ15 4X+	Amelie Mullins, Moya Carragher, Hannah, Sofia Mullins, Faye_(c)	_Rolling	12^th	15:16.5
MJ15 4X+	Bill Ogilvie, Seán Fitz, Sam O’Neill, Tadhg Hawkins, Harry G_(c)	_Rolling	5^th	13:52.2

Cork Head of the River 2025 WBC Results

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MJ14 4X+ – Toby, Lochlan, Harry W, Hayden and Amelie(c)

Christmas Party 2024

19th December 2024 at 9:58 pm

The Club Christmas party took place on Monday 16th Dec 2024. The Junior members went Ice Skating followed by food in Dooley’s Hotel.

Huge thanks to Louise and Tina for organising the event and to all the staff at Dooley’s Hotel.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of our members, families and supporters.

Indoors – PIRC Nov 2024

24th November 2024 at 11:05 pm

The club travelled down to University of Limerick for the 2024 Provincial Indoor Rowing Championships with 17 members taking part across a range of events. The timetable for the day was pushed back by an hour for everyone given the weather conditions after Storm Bert. As always the Indoors are a great opportunity for all to set personal bests with competition incredibly tough across all categories.

Highlights of the day included the WTY5 Girls relay team of Edie, Katie, Jessica and Kate who took a great win in their 2K relay, Jessica coming 2nd in the Lightweight Womens Open 500m, Edie taking 3rd in the WJ16 2K with Katie coming 4th with a tremendous PB and Kate coming in 5th.

In the younger Molly took 3rd in the WJ15 1K, Faye took 3rd in the WJ14 500m and 5th in the WJ14 4 minute. Leon placed an amazing 7th place out of a field of 104 starters in the MJ13 500m. And last, but certainly not least was Kev carragher who took 2nd in the M40-49 500m in a mind blowing 1:25

A special mention has to go out to our new members who had their first races either on or off the water today. Emily, Moya and Padraig all took part in 2 events each today and made huge improvements on their personal bests. Brilliant work from all three.

Huge congratulations to all who took part, the indoors can be a high pressure environment but a huge range of Personal bests and medals made this WBC’s most successful indoors in a while.

Thanks to Joe and the team at ROWfit for staging an excellent event as always.

Results

Full results for Waterford Boat Club can be found at the Time Team page

A snapshot of the results can be seen here

PIRC 2024 WBC Results Download

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AGM 2024

1st November 2024 at 5:30 pm

Notice is hereby given that the 2024 Waterford Boat Club AGM will take place on Wednesday 20th of November at 7.30pm in club premises at Canada Street.

R McHugh (Club secretary)

Olympic Rowathon July 2024

29th July 2024 at 7:52 am

As part of the club’s fundraising activities a Rowathon was held on Friday 26 July in City Square shopping center in Waterford. The idea was that our members would row the distance between Waterford and Paris on ergs (rowing machines) throughout the day to mark the upcoming Paris Olympics and the huge Irish participation across the rowing events. This is a distance of 767 km.

Rowers were organised in 2 hour shifts working across 6 machines. After a monumental effort by all (including 2 marathon distance rows by Sean and Darragh) a total combined distance of 840km was achieved by the end of the day beating our target by quite a bit. Well done to all of our club members for turning out and putting in such a shift.

Huge thanks have to go to Louise and the Fundraising committee for getting this off the ground, to the parents and volunteers who turned up for hours at a time to supervise and help out. Thanks to ex-members and their family members for stopping by and supporting and of course to the management in City Square for allowing us to have the event on their premises. The club hugely appreciates it.

And last but certainly not least, massive thanks to the Waterford public who supported and donated so generously throughout the day.

Finally, the best of luck to all of our Irish crews and other athletes taking part in this years Olympics.

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Irish Rowing Championships 2024

18th July 2024 at 12:12 am

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 5^th place overall, missing out on 4^th place by a mere 0.03 of a second.

WJ18 4x- (Hannah Boylan, Siun O’Mahony, Erin O’Neill, Sarah Power) ranked 9^th place overall

WJ16 2x (Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick) ranked 9^th 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	5^th	7:59.8
MJ18 1x	Sean Harte	24^th	8:18.7
MJ18 1x	Darragh Ryan	48^th	9:02.2
WJ18 1x	Sarah Power	27^th	9:27.5
MJ16 4x+	Henry Brady, Oran Skinner, Harry Whelan, Gosha Shekunov	10^th	7:12.9
WJ18 2x	Hannah Cunningham Boylan, Deirdre McHugh	18^th	8:19.6
WJ18 2x	Erin O’Neill, Siun O’Mahony	24^th	8:26.5
WJ16 2x	Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick	9^th	8:12.0
WJ16 2x	Kate Lemon, Aine Power	29^th	8:55.0
MJ16 2x	Oran Skinner, Harry Whelan	12^th	7:27.6
MJ16 2x	Henry Brady, Gosha Shekunov	15^th	7:30.3
MJ16 1x	Henry Brady	32^nd	8:12.2
MJ16 1x	Oran Skinner	39^th	8:16.3
MJ16 1x	Harry Whelan	49^th	8:35.7
MJ18 2x	Sean Harte, Darragh Ryan	20^th	7:18.2
WJ18 4x-	Hannah Boylan, Sarah Power, Erin O’Neill, Siun O’Mahony	9^th	7:32.3

Irish Rowing Championships 2024 results

Gallery

WJ16 4x+ – Kate, Edie, Katie, Jessica, Aine

Thanks to Rent-A-Box Self Storage

17th July 2024 at 10:40 pm

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Fermoy Regatta June 2024

29th June 2024 at 8:25 pm

Race Report

Fermoy Regatta took place on Sunday 30^th June, the day after the 1K Classic up in Lough Rinn. Our J14 and J15 crews from the 1K rejoined the rest of the club for Fermoy where the club had 30 entries across a single day with heats and finals in most events which made for an extremely busy day for all of our crews.

Fermoy Regatta is a sprint regatta and is held over a 3 lane 500 meter course on The Blackwater through the center of Fermoy which makes for an excellent location and hugely enjoyable atmosphere every year. This would be the final event of the season for our J13-J15 crews and would act as a final tune-up for our J16-J18 crews for the upcoming 2024 National Championships down in the NRC between the 15th-17th July.

An early start was needed for everyone. Lisa and Tony brought our own loaded trailer down on Saturday afternoon and Clonmel Rowing Club were kind enough to transport our boats to the 1K Classic and then down to Fermoy so a huge thanks has to go out to them.

The J13 and J14 events were straight finals but unusually these were timed as well so it offered a good comparison to the other crews taking part in the other finals. For J15 and upwards there were no straight finals but rather a time trial with just the three fastest times in the heats going through to the final.

As always, the straight 500 meter distance made for extremely exciting racing with no room for errors. Some excellent results including 4 wins, 3 second places and 7 third places. Also we had several of our girls and boys J14 doubles racing for the first time.

Well done to all our athletes taking part today and thanks to all the parents and volunteers who helped out on the day. Huge thanks again to Tony for towing the trailer this weekend.

Results

Category	Crew	Placing	Time
WJ18 4x+	Hannah, Siun O’Mahony, Erin O’Neill, Sarah Power, Deirdre McHugh(c)	1^st	1:46.3
WJ15 2x	Rachel Weldon, Molly O’Flynn	1^st	1:51.3
WJ14 1x	Faye O’Flaherty	1^st	2:04.1
MJ13 4x+	Leon Mullins, Hugh Brady, Mads O’Flynn, Ben Weldon, Toby Cooke(c)	1^st	2:00.5
WJ15 1x	Molly O’Flynn	2^nd	1:58.8
WJ15 4x+	Rachel Weldon, Molly O’Flynn, Hannah Lemon, Faye O’Flaherty	2^nd	1:49.6
WJ16 2x	Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick	2^nd	1:51.9
WJ16 2x	Kate Lemon, Jessica Cooke	3^rd	1:54.5
WJ16 4x+	Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick, Kate Lemon, Jessica Cooke,	3^rd	1:48.1
MJ16 1x	Henry Brady	3^rd	1:49.1
MJ16 1x	Oran Skinner	5^th	1:50.9
MJ18 2x	Sean Harte, Darragh Ryan	6^th	1:40.7
MJ18 1x	Sean Harte	5^th	1:46.3
WJ18 1x	Sarah Power	3^rd	1:59.2
WJ14 2x	Hannah Lemon, Faye O’Flaherty	3^rd	1:59.2
WJ14 2x	Amelie Mullins, Sofia Mullins	7^th	2:13.6
MJ14 4x+	Sean Fitzpatrick, Tadhg Hamkins, John Brady, Sam O’Neill, Toby Cooke	4^th	1:55.1
MJ16 2x	Henry Brady, Gosha Shekunov	9^th	1:45.5
WJ18 2x	Erin O’Neill, Siun O’Mahony	3^rd	1:50.3
WJ18 2x	Deirdre McHugh, Hannah Cunningham Boylan	5^th	1:55.2
WJ14 2x	Hannah Lemon, Faye O’Flaherty	3^rd	1:59.2
MJ15 2x	Colm Brennan, Harry Grant	6^th	1:50.1
WJ13 4x+	Amelie Mullins, Siri O’Flynn, Leah (Bantry), Sofia Mullins, Sam O’Neill	2^nd	2:14.8

Fermoy 2024 Results