A celebration of the life of Dr Terry McMurray will be held at 10.30am on Saturday 14th January in The Great Hall, Queen’s University. Terry died over the Christmas break following a long period of illness. He was a postgraduate dean of the university, and coxed for Queen’s in the early 1970s.
Come out to Festive Mini Head this Saturday!
The Men's and Ladies' Boat Clubs are wrapping up the winter season with the Festive Mini Head this weekend (Saturday, 17th December). We would like to invite you all to our Boathouse for some mulled wine, mince pies and maybe even a few carols to get us all into the festive mood after the race! …
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Queen’s win 4 pots at Irish Champs 2011
At the 2011 IARU Rowing Championships at Inniscara Lake, Cork, the Queen's boat clubs recorded 4 victory pots, with 7 second places. The Men's Senior 2- was the first Queen's crew since 1979 to win a men's Senior sweep event at the Irish Champs. The Men's Inter 8+ recovered from a disappointing row in the …
UCD’s swell finish sees them take double (Irish Times)
UCD's swell finish sees them take doublehttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0718/1224300884454.htmlLiam Gorman (Irish Times)18 July 2011 ROWING: THERE IS a tide which taken at the flood leads on to greatness. UCD reaped the benefits of the swell of big athletes who are cresting at the same time and won both the men’s and women’s senior eights titles at the …
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Queens at the Irish Rowing Championship 2011; Day 3: QUB win Men’s Inter 2- and Women’s Inter 8+
On the third and final day of the 2011 IARU Rowing Championships at Inniscara Lake, Cork, the Queen's boat clubs recorded another two wins -- the Men's Intermediate 2- and the Women's Intermediate 8+.This brought the tally of victory pots to 4, with 7 second places.More information, including highlight photos and videos, will be posted …
Skibbereen take three titles as UCD are disqualified (Irish Times)
Skibbereen take three titles as UCD are disqualifiedhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0716/1224300821736.htmlLiam Gorman (Irish Times)16 July 2011 ROWING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: LIGHT RAIN and mist swept in from the west at the National Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre in Cork yesterday, and three of the main titles of the day headed the other direction as Skibbereen kept up …
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Queens at the Irish Rowing Championship 2011 DAY 2 : QUB take their first two pots
Irish Rowing Championship 2011 QUB take their first two pots Queens have picked up their first victories of the 2011 championships. On day two the men’s senior 2- became the first QUB crew since 1979 to win a men’s senior sweep event. The Men's Senior 4x came second to Skibbereen (the country's top sculling club). …
Redemption day for UCD as Henley loss is quickly banished (Irish Times)
Redemption day for UCD as Henley loss is quickly banishedhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0715/1224300761009.htmlLiam Gorman (Irish Times)15 July 2011 ROWING: SOMETIMES THE chance to redeem yourself comes quickly. UCD won the men’s senior fours title at the National Rowing Championships yesterday, beating NUIG/Gráinne Mhaol in convincing fashion and banishing the demons of their defeat by the same opposition at …
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Irish Rowing Championships 2012 – Results Day 1
Queen's results for the first day of the champs as follows: F w sen 4- 2nd F m nov 4x 2nd F m sen 2x 2nd F w nov 4+ 3rd & 4th F m inter 4+ 2nd
henley update
Unfortunately Queen’s failed to secure a place in the quarter finals of the Temple Cup, going out to RSV University Okeanos of the Netherlands by ¾ of a length.Onward to the Irish champs!
henley update
Queen’s are through the first round of the Temple Challenge Cup beating Bristol University by 1 ¾ lengths. They will meet University Okeanos of the Netherlands tomorrow.
Good luck Queen’s!
Queen’s start their Henley campaign tomorrow (Wednesday) at 3.35pm against the University of Bristol in the first round of the Temple Challenge Cup. The crew is one of eight selected crews, in other words the stronger crews who are selected and placed in the draw so that they should not meet each other in the …