Race Summary
St Michaels Head of the River 2026 took place on Saturday 07th Feb 2026 at O’Briens Bridge in Co Clare. In a welcome return to racing after some previous cancellations The club had 20 entries on the day. The races were run over a 3K course. Despite the recent terrible weather it was really nice day and great conditions.
Unfortunately a good deal of the younger categories and smaller boats for younger categories were cancelled beforehand but WBC eventually had 20 entries on the day with some great results including 2 wins, multiple second places and great performances across the board.
Thanks to our hosts St Michaels for a great event.
Thanks of course to all of our volunteers, coaches, parents and Tony for doing the towing.
Results
Overall results from the St Michaels website can be found here
Specific results from Waterford Boat Club can be seen below. The Hyperlinks under the race column will bring you to the full raceclocker results for all clubs.
Detailed results for WBC are here
| Race | Category | Crew | Time | Split | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M I 1x | Seán Harte | 12:48.1 | 2:08.0 | 1 |
| 1 | MJ18A 1X | Mykola Podmarkov | 16:37.5 | 2:46.3 | 26 |
| 1 | MJ18A 1X | Colm Brennan | 14:32.9 | 2:25.5 | 22 |
| 1 | MJ18A 1X | Gosha Shekunov | 13:47.1 | 2:17.8 | 14 |
| 1 | MJ18A 1X | Harry Whelan | 13:40.2 | 2:16.7 | 13 |
| 1 | MJ16 1X | Bill Ogilvie | 13:32.9 | 2:15.5 | 2 |
| 2 | WJ15 4X+ | Amelie, Cara, Amy, Sofia (Cox – Leah) | 13:37.0 | 2:16.2 | 5 |
| 3 | M I 2X | Seán Harte, Harry Whelan | 13:20.7 | 2:13.5 | 2 |
| 3 | MJ18A 2X | Mykola Podmarkov, Colm Brennan | 13:42.0 | 2:17.0 | 8 |
| 3 | MJ16 2X | Waterford B – (Bill Ogilvie, Seán Fitzpatrick) | 12:22.3 | 2:03.7 | 4 |
| 3 | MJ16 2X | Waterford A – (John Brady, Sam O’Neill) | 18:58.8 | 3:09.8 | 21 |
| 4 | WJ18A 2- | Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick | 13:50.5 | 2:18.4 | 2 |
| 4 | WJ18A 1X | Molly O’Flynn | 15:09.1 | 2:31.5 | 2 |
| 4 | WJ18A 1X | Aine Power | 16:13.3 | 2:42.2 | 6 |
| 4 | WJ16 1X | Faye O’Flaherty | 15:44.7 | 2:37.5 | 7 |
| 5 | MJ16 4X+ | Bill, Seán F, John, Sam (Cox – Sofia) | 11:50.0 | 1:58.3 | 1 |
| 5 | MJ15 4X+ | Hugh, Padraig, Thomas, Toby (Cox – Amelie) | 13:29.6 | 2:14.9 | 10 |
| 6 | WJ18A 2X | Waterford A (Edie O’Flaherty, Katie Fitzpatrick) | 13:06.2 | 2:11.0 | 3 |
| 6 | WJ18A 2X | Waterford B (Molly O’Flynn, Faye O’Flaherty) | 13:43.2 | 2:17.2 | 5 |
| 6 | WJ18A 2X | Waterford C (Moya Carragher, Aine Power) | 15:05.3 | 2:30.9 | 12 |
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