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1K Classic June 2024

29th June 2024 at 7:55 pm

Race Report

The 1K classic is the culmination of the J13-J15 season. This year it was held on Saturday 29^th June at Lough Linn Co Leitrim. The 1K Classic tends to move between Cork and Leitrim on alternating years. As a result of this year’s event being held in Lough Rinn a good deal of the Northern Irish clubs have the chance to attend making this an Island wide event

Waterford Boat Club had crews entered in 6 races during the day

WJ15 4x+ – Rachel Weldon, Molly O’Flynn, Hannah Lemon, Faye O’Flaherty, Harry Grant(cox)
MJ15 1x – Harry Grant
WJ15 1x – Molly O’Flynn and Rachel Weldon
WJ14 1x – Hannah Lemon and Faye O’Flaherty

Our crew’s performances were excellent again today and competition was very strong in each race as expected. The WJ15 4x+ crew and cox Harry came in a solid 3^rd place in a very tough final and gave an excellent showing giving it their best effort.
Harry raced really well in his MJ15 1x with tough competition
Molly achieved 2^nd place in her WJ15 1x final and gave a very brave battle to the line but lost out in a close race to the sculler from Athlone.
Rachel took the win in her WJ15 1x final where she led from the start and was very comfortable throughout. Really well done Rachel.

Faye and Hannah got drawn in the same final which is always a bit of a shame when team mates are drawn against each other but nonetheless both girls performed exceptionally well in the final with Faye taking an excellent win after a really tough battle with the sculler from Lee Valley with Hannah following in closely behind in 3rd place. A brilliant result for the girls.

In summary, a fantastic effort from all of our crews today in the highlight event of the Junior 13-15 season. Everyone represented the club well today, gave their absolute best effort and should be proud of themselves. Thanks to all parents, guardians and club members for the support and well wishes.

However there’s no rest for our crews as they make the long journey home only to turn around a few hours later to head up to Fermoy Regatta the following morning to meet up with the rest of the club for an extremely busy day with the WJ15 4x+ girls back racing again at 08:22 am.

The club would like to thank Clonmel Rowing Club for bringing our boats for the 1K up to Lough Rinn and bringing them down to Fermoy for the next day’s regatta. A huge thanks to them for their help.

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Winners WJ15 1x – Rachel weldon, WJ14 1x winner Faye O’Flaherty

Carlow Regatta June 2024

17th June 2024 at 2:22 pm

Now a regular event for the club WBC took part in Carlow Regatta on Sun 02^nd June. Luckily the weather was really good on the day with no rain or wind. This was a great help on the Carlow course which can be a tricky one to navigate on the best of days given the number of bends throughout the 1200 meter stretch of the Barrow.

Attendance was down on previous years due to other postponed regattas being moved to the same weekend which meant that Carlow regatta was just held over the single day rather than the full weekend but nonetheless there was plenty of exciting racing packed into the Sunday.

Waterford performed extremely well on the day and won a total of (x) finals. Notable mentions have to go out to a recently formed MJ16 4x+ who won their race as well as our WJ13 4x+ who took their maiden win this season (albeit in the older WJ 14 4x+ category). Our MJ13 4x+ crew won their third race in a row, but again racing in the older J14 category. Well done to all of our crews and thanks to Carlow Rowing Club for hosting such a good event as always.

As always thanks to Mick for getting the trailer safely to and from the event.

Next event for the Club is Cork Regatta which will be held in the NRC on Sat 22^nd June.

Results

The full official results from Carlow Regatta 2024 can be found here or here (not updated yet)

Category	Crew	Placing
MJ18A 2x	Sean Harte, Darragh Ryan	1^st
MJ18A 1x	Sean Harte	2^nd
MJ16 4x+	Gosha Shekunov, Harry Whelan, Henry Brady, Oran Skinner, Deirdre McHugh(c)	1^st
MJ16 1x	Oran Skinner	1^st
MJ14 4x+	Sean Fitzpatrick, John Brady, Tadhg Hawkins, Sam O’Neill, Sofia Mullins(c)	1^st
MJ14 4x+	Leon Mullins, Hugh Brady, Maksym Indiuchenko, Mads O’Flynn, Toby Cooke(c)	1^st
WJ18A 2x	Erin O’Neill, Siun O’Mahony	1^st
WJ18A 1x	Sarah Power	1^st
WJ16 2x	Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick	1^st
WJ16 1x	Aine Power	1^st
WJ15 4x+	Rachel Weldon, Molly O’Flynn, Hannah Lemon, Faye O’Flaherty, Harry Grant(c)	1^st
WJ15 2x	Molly O’Flynn, Rachel Weldon	1^st
WJ15 1x	Rachel Weldon	1^st
WJ14 4x+	Amelie Mullins, Leah Trant, Amy Trant, Sofia Mulling, Siri O’Flynn(c)	1^st
WJ14 2x	Hannah Lemon, Faye O’Flaherty	1^st
WJ14 1x	Hannah Lemon	1^st
WJ14 1x	Faye O’Flaherty	1^st

Carlow Regatta 2024 results

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Lee Regatta May 2024

20th May 2024 at 1:42 pm

Waterford Boat Club attended our fourth even of the year – Lee Regatta on Sat 18th May 2024. We had a total of 30 entries on the day with 9 wins overall as well as a significant number of second and third places which is a remarkable achievement for such a hard fought regatta as Lee.

Some of the highlights of the day included the WJ18 4x- crew getting the day off to a great start with a comprehensive win to keep their winning run going.

Ben Weldon and Toby Cooke achieved a very respectable 4th place in their MJ13 2x double which was an excellent result as they’d only been out in a double once before the race.

Edie O’Flaherty and Katie Fitzpatrick won their WJ16 2x final. Sean Harte won his MJ18 1x heat and progressed to the final where he finished 3rd. Molly O’Flynn and Rachel weldon both took 2nd in their WJ15 1x finals. Sarah Power finished 2nd in her heat and qualified for the WJ18 1x final where she came in third.

Oran Skinner took 3rd in his MJ16 1x and Henry Brady took 2nd in his MJ16 1x. Later in the day Henry and Gosha Shekunov would win their MJ16 2x. Congratulations to the lads and to Gosha on his first win.

Following up their victory from Castleconnell, the MJ13 4x+ crew of Leon, Hugh, Maksym, Mads and cox Sofia took an excellent win where they won well after a great start. Great display from the crew, most of whom have only started rowing in the past few months.

Harry Grant and Colm Brennan took third place in their MJ15 2x final. In the MJ16 1x final Jessica Cooke took 2nd and Aine Power placed third. Then towards the very end of the day Rachel Weldon and Molly O’Flynn rounded off another very succesul regatta with a great win in the WJ15 2x.

Special mention has to go to Faye and Hannah who competed and won in three different categories over the space of 70 minutes and won all their races in the WJ15 4x+ (with Rachel and Molly), the WJ14 2x and also both girls won their individual singles as well. Fantastic display from the girls to keep their winning run going.

A great days racing yet again from all of our crews. Well done to all who took part and represented the club so well. As always thanks to all of the coaches for their ongoing hard work and for all the parents and guardians for helping out on the day

Big thanks to Tony for providing the jeep and towing the trailer up and down to Cork and also for the excellent photography on the day. Hugely appreciated by all.

The races are coming thick and fast now with the club travelling to Blessington on Sat 25^th May for Dublin Metropolitan regatta for the second of three consecutive weekends of racing.

Placings

The full official results can be found here

Category	Crew	Placing
WJ18 4x-	Hannah Cunningham Boylan, Siun O’Mahony, Sarah Power, Erin O’Neill	1^st
WJ16 2x	Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick	1^st
WJ16 1x	Jessica Cooke	2^nd
WJ15 1x	Rachael Weldon	2^nd
WJ15 1x	Molly O’Flynn	2^nd
WJ15 4x+	Molly O’Flynn, Rachel Weldon, Hannah Lemon, Faye O’Flaherty, Mads (cox)	1^st
WJ15 2x	Rachel Weldon, Molly O’Flynn	1^st
WJ14 2x	Hannah Lemon, Faye O’Flaherty	1^st
WJ14 1x	Faye O’Flaherty	1^st
WJ14 1x	Hannah Lemon	1^st
MJ16 2x	Henry Brady, Gosha Shekunov	1^st
MJ13 4x+	Leon Mullins, Maksym, Hugh, Mads, Sofia(cox)	1^st

Full official results here

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MJ13 4x+ winners – Maksym, Leon, Sofia(c), Hugh and Mads

Fundraising – Ardkeen Stores

14th May 2024 at 9:59 am

Saturday 11th May 2024 – Waterford Boat Club held a collection in Ardkeen stores to raise funds for the club. The stand was manned all day by our athletes taking 2 hours shifts between the various crews. We even had a surprise visitor, Tánaiste Micheál Martin, pictured with some of our members in the photo below.

Huge thanks to Ardkeen Stores for allowing us to set up in the entrance to the store again this year. It’s hugely appreciated by the club.

Also, thanks to all our crews, supervising parents for manning the station all day and of course to Louise for organising another hugely successful fundraising event. And the biggest thanks of course goes to the public who donated so generously on the day.

Tanaiste Micheál Martin with WBC members

Castleconnell Sprints May 2024

4th May 2024 at 12:26 pm

Placeholder for Castleconnell Sprints May 2024.

Winning WJ18 4x crew – Siun, Sarah, Erin and Hannah

Skibbereen Regatta Apr 2024

4th May 2024 at 12:18 pm

Waterford Boat Club took part in our first regatta of 2024 with a trip to Skibbereen Regatta which was held at the National Rowing Center in farran Woods in Co Cork. This event takes place over 2 days. As this was a Grand League event all competitions for J16 and upwards would be held over the full 2K distance. For the J14 and J15 groups the race would be held over a 1K course.

The club would be well represented over the weekend with XX crews entered for racing.

Notes Day 1 (Clean up later)

WJ18 4x+ crew won their category, coxed by Deirdre

WJ16 4x+ crew qualified for their final finishing

Faye and Hannah leading well in WJ14 2x until an oar came out of a loose gate

Very competitive race for MJ14 4x+, finishing 3rd, first race for John Brady

Special thanks to Toby Cooke for coxing 3 boats consecutively – WJ16 4x+ heat, MJ14 4x+, Wj16 4x+ Final

Results

Category	Crew	Placing
WJ18B 4x+	Hannah Boylan, Siun O’Mahony, Sarah Power, Erin O’Neill, Deirdre McHugh(c)	1^st
WJ14 1x	Hannah Lemon	2^nd
WJ14 1x	Faye O’Flaherty	2^nd
MJ13 4x+	Leon Mullins, Maksym Indiuchenko, Hugh Brady, Ben Weldon, Sofia Mullins(c)	2^nd

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Thanks to Tesco Poleberry

15th April 2024 at 11:32 am

Huge thanks to Shelly, Christina & Ryan from Tesco Poleberry Waterford for dropping by the Club this week with a donation from the blue chip collection. It’s greatly appreciated by the club.

Tesco Poleberry made this donation as part of the Tesco Community Fund scheme which supports good causes in their communities. Thanks again.

*Christina and Ryan from Tesco Poleberry with some of our Junior members*

Cork Head of the River – Mar 2024

12th March 2024 at 10:45 am

This is a placeholder for a race report on Cork Head of the River March 2024. A full report and results will be published shortly.

22 races
5 overall wins
- WJ15 4x+ – Molly, Faye, Hannah, Rachel
- WJ16 4x+ – Aine, Jessica, Katie, Kate
- WJ18 4x- – Siun, Sarah, Erin, Hannah
- WJ16 2x – Katie and Edie
- WJ15 2x – Molly and Rachel
Congratulations to all our new members in the WJ14 and MJ14 boats and Gosha competing in their first events. Great showing from all.

Results

To be completed…

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Porpoises on The Suir

27th November 2023 at 12:17 pm

With most of the club away on Sunday morning (26 Nov ’23) for a friendly invitational with New Ross a hardy few turned up for regular Junior training and were treated to a training row alongside a pod of porpoises. Thanks to stand in cox and videographer extraordinaire Louise for capturing the videos below.

Porpoises on The Suir 1

Porpoises on The Suir 2

*^{Porpoise spotters – Hannah, Max, Amy and Thomas}*

New Ross Boat Club Invitational HOTR Nov 23

27th November 2023 at 11:57 am

As a result of the many cancellations over the past few months New Ross Boat Club were kind enough to stage an informal invitational Head on Sun 26 Nov ’23 for a few boat clubs in the locality. New Ross Boat Club, Graignamanagh and Waterford were the participants for this timed event over 3400 metres.

Waterford brought eleven crews up to take part in this friendly event and the morning proved to be a most enjoyable run out for all. The results can be found in the link below.

Huge thanks for our hosts, New Ross Boat Club, for putting this together at short notice and for providing refreshments afterwards. Really appreciated by everyone at WBC.

New Ross 23 results