It was a fine, sunny spring day for the 2011 Lagan Head of the River. There were three sets of races, with many entries from school clubs and few from universities outside Queen's. Nevertheless, the competition provided a good environment for every squad to test their fitness and stamina, if only for a race against …
Womens HORR results
London HOR – great results for Queen’s Ladies! The results are in for the Women’s HORR with two strong performances from Queen’s Ladies. The Intermediate VIII were 31st out of a field of almost 300 boats, and the 5th fastest university crew. The Novice VIII came 95th beating all other novice crews – an amazing …
Thames update
Brave performance!Beating Oxford as they come to their racing peak was always going to be a big ask – to live with them and not look out of place beside them would be tough enough, and today on the Thames their class was never in doubt, in spite of the best efforts of Queen’s senior …
Novice kit presentation 2011
Modelling the new kit At Belfast Boat Club, the novice rowers from Queen's Men's and Ladies' Boat Clubs were formally presented their rowing kit. Last year's novice rowers were also retrospectively given kit. There were several dozen rowers in attendance as well as a good representation of former rowers and supporters from Queen's Rowing. David …
presentation of novice kit
The presentation of Queen’s racing kit to the novices will take place on Thursday 3 March at 8.00pm in the upstairs function room in Belfast Boat Club. LVBC members are warmly invited to come along and show their support for the Novice Squad 2010/2011.
LVBC Winter Dinner 2011
See the full gallery on Posterous Another good turnout of 75 rowers and supporters at the annual Lady Victoria Boat Club Winter Dinner, held at the Ulster Reform Club in Belfast. It was a warm occasion for rowing friends to reunite. David Russell did a fine job, per usual, as emcee. Grace for the meal …
The Italian Job 2011
Enda Marron is organising a bicycling trip through the Dolomites, for 3-8 August 2011. Based in Cavalese, a quiet historic town, you'd stay in La Stua, a cyclist-friendly family-run hotel. You'll cycle four classic routes made famous by the Giro d'Italia, meeting other club cyclists from all over Europe. This excursion offers beautiful scenery and …
Festive Mini HOR photos
For the annual Festive mini HOR on the Lagan on 11th December, Mark Fangen-Hall requested domination from his crews -- and that is what they delivered. As well as winning the overall race, Queen's were first in senior men, senior women, novice men and novice women. The club was able to boat five novice eights …
Festive Mini HOR announcement
Festive Mini HOR The Annual Festive Mini HOR takes place this Saturday – December 11. The race starts at 2.00pm, with crews launching from around 12.30pm, so why not take a break from the Christmas shopping and get into the festive swing by coming along to support the Queen’s crews.
QUBBC Men’s Dinner 2010
See the full gallery on Posterous I've been attending the annual Queen's University Belfast Boat Club "Men's Dinner" for some years now, but mates Gareth and Stephen own the honour of 18 consecutive dinners -- impressive. We started this year's with a minute's silence for those rowing comrades that we have lost in the past …
Fuller’s Head of the River Fours 2010, London, 14th Nov 2010
London Fours Head, 14th November 2010 Today 461 crews took to the river Thames to compete in the 2010 Fuller’s Head of the River. Queen’s had three crews entered, Men’s Elite Quad, Men’s Elite Coxed Four and the Women’s Elite Coxless Four. Weather conditions held up for the day’s racing, with crews only having to …
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Results: London Fours HOR and Bann HOR
Queen’s squads turned in good solid performances at both Bann HOR in Coleraine and the London Fours HOR this weekend. In almost perfect conditions on the Bann the Women’s Intermediate IV was unlucky to be beaten by a very strong Bann crew in the morning race. The second race of the day saw the two …