What's been going on? The last few months have been jam packed for us at Queen's Rowing. With now having moved into our new Boathouse both Men's and Ladies Clubs are throwing themselves into the Winter Training for Head of River Season. The new building and facilities are a great asset to both current rowers and our …
Boathouse nears completion, novice recruitment and Tullamore trials
Evening All As the University year is about to begin the Queen's boathouse nears completion. Having worked tirelessly the construction of the newly refurbished is nearly finished, with a face-lift and an extension to the old boathouse the Queen's oarsmen and oarswomen are excited by the prospect of pushing off the newly constructed pontoon! …
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Captains’ Address 2015-16
Jason Armstrong: Men’s Club Captain Hello, I’m Jason Armstrong, Captain of QUBBC for the 2015-16 rowing season. I would like to introduce myself, and give you all an insight into our plans for the season ahead. I grew up around rowing as a child, both my parents rowed for Queen’s and I often found myself …
Continued work on Queen’s Boathouse refurbishment and the new Captains
With the rowing season at an end and with all athletes continuing their fitness with a well deserved break from on the water training, that does not mean the work has stopped at Queen's Boathouse. With the on-going refurbishment of the long standing Queen's boathouse, the current Queen's rowers are excited by the prospect of …
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Irish Rowing Championships 2015
The Queen's crews traveled down to Cork during the week of the 6th of July in preparation for the grand finale to the 2014-2015 season; the Irish Rowing Championships. The Men's intermediate 4+ were first up on Friday morning, and came up against some of the strongest crews in Ireland. After comfortably qualifying for the …
Delta Crew – Henley Revisited
Friendships between individuals are formed through many encounters in life, and grow and foster with shared experiences. Camaraderie among a group is less common, if only because such opportunities are fewer, and it is more difficult to maintain the esprit de corps. Sport is a great way for people to learn the important skill of …
Update – June 2015
WIth Queen's regatta finished it was off to the library for the rowers as they prepared to take their summer exams. However, the minds naturally began to drift toward the University Boat Race on the 6th June. Eventually the big day arrived and it was a fantastic day of racing on the river Lagan. The …
Irish University Championships 2015
Once we arrived in Cork we were greeted with the disappointing news that Skibbereen Regatta had been cancelled due to forecasts of adverse weather conditions (they were obviously looking at different forecasts to us as this was totally unexpected). However the University Championships on the Friday were going to go ahead as planned, albeit with …
Building work begins, the last head races, and an Easter training camp
Over the last couple of weeks we have been moving our entire fleet of boats down to our new temporary home at Belfast Boat Club; and I am happy to announce that building work has officially begun at the Queen’s boathouse. The building work will include extending the ground floor of the boathouse out towards …
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Erne Head 2015
After the relative disappointment of Lagan head two weeks ago the men's squad bounced back well and got some great results today at Erne HOR. The men's club 8 showed fantastic improvement, winning the club category in a time of 19:06 putting them in 7th place overall. Their time would have placed them second in …
Indoor Champs, Lagan HOR, and heroic rowers
With exams now out of the way, the men's and ladies' squads were back into full training, with focus on the second part of the head season. Two of our rowers travelled down to Limerick for the Irish Indoor Rowing Championships to compete over 2km on the rowing machine. Philip Doyle clocked an astonishing 6:01 …
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