Last weekend, 11th-13th July saw Queen’s Ladies Boat Club partaking in the annual Irish Rowing Championships being held in Cork. The weather conditions throughout the weekend were fair for rowing with a moderate tail wind each day. This meant the start was relatively sheltered with the wind and wave increasing further down the course. Friday: …
Irish Rowing Championships 2014 – QUBBC
The Men's and Ladies clubs now have their own individual Public Relations managers so updates will be posted separately in the future. We feel this will bring us more enthusiastic and complete reports of events and an overall better experience for you as readers. We enjoyed a very nice Irish Championships this year, the weather …
Queen’s crews prepare for Henley and Marlow
This week we have various crews from both clubs travelling over the pond to prepare for, and to race at, Henley Royal Regatta, Woman's Henley and Marlow Regatta. The Men's Club Senior 4x- are heading to Belgium for a training camp which will take them onto Marlow Regatta and finally into Henley Royal Regatta and …
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Athlone Regatta – Results
Mens and Ladies clubs from Queens attended Athlone Regatta on a sunny Saturday the 14th of June. Over the 1700m course we had various crews entered with much success. Liam Moran took home a win in the club 2 single scull by narrowly defeating the GSBC sculler. Jason Armstrong and Luke McCann won the Intermediate …
Men’s and Ladies’ AGM 2014
See below the new committees for each club. Men's Club Captain - Luke McCann Vice-Captain - Jason Armstrong Secretary - Andrew Beatty Treasurer - Liam Moran Logistics - James Cook Novice Managers - Christopher Rice & Brian Murray House and Grounds and Safety Officer - Ruairi Leonard Regatta Secretary - Mark McMullan Dinner Coordinator - …
10th Annual University Boat Race
Exams are mostly over, our crews are back training hard for the Boat Race on Saturday 7th June. Come on down and cheer all the crews on! See below details of the event!
BUCS Regatta 2014 – Results
Queen's Rowing had a very successful weekend at BUCS Regatta 2014 taking home medals in 7 different categories. Conditions were probably the best that we will see for the next number of years with flat calm conditions on Day 1, very slight headwind on Day 2 and a moderate crosswind on Day 3. Throughout the …
Limerick Regatta – Results
On Saturday the Intermediate and Senior Men went to Limerick to compete at Limerick Regatta over 1500m. With limited facilities and land to rig the boats the rowers ended up rigging their boats in the mud and wet and hiding in the van in between races. Below is a picture of Mark and …
Limerick Regatta – Arrival
Best of luck to the Queen's intermediate men will be competing at Limerick Regatta over a 1500m course. Boats entered are shown below Intermediate SingleLiam MoranBen Evans Senior SingleChristopher BeckTiernan OliverAdam BorehamJames McKelvey Club 2 4xJason Armstrong, Luke McCann, Liam Moran, Mark McMullan Senior 4XChristopher Beck, Adam Boreham, Tiernan Oliver, James McKelvey Intermediate 2xJason Armstrong, …
Irish University Championships & Skibbereen Regatta – Results
Arriving on Thursday, the day before the regatta began, the weather was encouraging and hopes were high for it to remain so. However, as it happens, by Friday rowers were met with a typical Inniscarra tailwind leaving the water choppy, but for the most part very rowable. Crews from both clubs rowed hard and performed well …
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Irish University Championships & Skibbereen Regatta – Arrival
This weekend Queen's Rowing embark on a journey down to Cork and the National Rowing Centre to take part in the first regatta of the season. Both men and women have made huge entries over the 2 days of racing.An update will follow regarding the ladies when they get me the full information for their …
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Update – March 2014
Over the weekend the Queen's Ladies sent a contingent of 2 inter eights and a novice eight over to race in the London Head of the River Race. They were delighted to be met by beautiful weather throughout their time at London. All crews performed exceedingly well performing in the Elite Category due to being …