Queen’s crews today raced Goldie (Cambridge) on the Thames today umpired by Sir Matt Pinsent. The results were: First piece: Queen’s beat Goldie by 3 ½ lengths Second piece: Queen’s beat 1 length Both crews put in an incredible performance.
Forthcoming London HORR 2010
Queens men have entered two eights in this year’s HORR due to take place on Saturday 27th March. The first eight starts 16th, and the second eight 82nd in the start order. Queen’s aim to better their performances from last year, when the two crews finished 17th and 80th respectively. Both crews are entered as …
Dublin HOR 2010
Last Saturday three Queen's crews competed in Dublin, two ladies and one men's crew. The men entered the novice eight, whilst the ladies entered a novice and intermediate eight. The women's intermediate eight put in a strong performance, winning their category in a time of 15:27.7, almost 7 seconds ahead of DULBC. The women's novice …
Queen’s at The Xchanging Boat Race Oxford & Cambridge
Thursday 25 March - 13:00 - Goldie vs Queen’s Belfast http://www.theboatrace.org/article/newsandmedia/boatrace/clubfixtures2010
Erne HOR 2010
Men's Senior VIII Winners, Killyhevlin Straight On Saturday crews gathered to take on the gruelling 7k Erne Head course. Conditions on the day were calm, with crews having to battle only a light head-wind. The 53rd Head had 10 fewer boats competing compared to last year, with the notable absence of UCD and NUIG men. …
Queen’s take title for a second year (Belfast Telegraph)
ROWING: Queen's University Boat Club's senior eight cruised to the head of the river title for the second year in a row. The Queen's competitors passed their test with flying colours with the university's second team finishing runner-up in the 4,200 metre challenge. Both crews saw off a determined challenge from UCDBC and Neptune's senior …
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Lagan Head 2010 – Results Race 1
The small boats took to the water in Race one of the day. Queen’s ladies raced in both the novice and intermediate coxed fours. The women’s novice four put in a fantastically strong performance to top their category in a time of 12:54.2. Their time was good enough to beat the intermediate four by eight …
Lagan Head 2010 – Results Race 2
Queen's senior 8s - 1st with a time of 14.37, 2nd with a time of 15.08 8th with a time of 16.44 Queen's novice 8 18th with a time of 17.51 Queen's ladies novice 8's 24 th with a time of 18.28 and 43rd with a time of 20.53. Lady Victoria masters 8 30th with …
5th European Universities Rowing Championship 2009
Queen's men' senior VIII crew is currently competing in the 5th European Universities Rowing Championship, in Kruszwica, Poland. The championship is taking place 2-5 September. Twelve men's eights are entered in total, setting up for two heats Thursday, repêchage on Friday, and the final on Saturday. Following the event:Official WebsiteTwitterUpdate, Heats, Thurs 3 Sept: Two heats …
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Irish Rowing Championships 2009
Queen's men deliver at Champs!Last weekend, Queen's rowing finished out the season on a high, at the Irish Rowing Championships. Racing got underway on Saturday for Queen's. The racing schedule was brought forward due to anticipated bad weather, with racing commencing at 7am. The first race to get underway, was the women's novice IV, who …
NUIG take men’s senior eights title (Irish Times)
NUIG take men's senior eights title Liam Gorman (Irish Times) 13 July 2009 Rowing National Championships: It was worth waiting for. NUIG won the “Big Pot”, the men’s senior eights title in the outstanding race last evening at the National Championships in the National Rowing Centre in Cork. Commercial led early on, but Queen’s took …
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Henley Royal Regatta 2009
Update, Round 1, Wed 1 July: Queen's men have progressed through the first round of the Temple Challenge Cup. The lads defeated Cambridge University Lightweight R.C. by a margin of 2/3 of a length, the narrowest margin of the opening round. In doing so, Queen's equalled the record to the Barrier, in a time of …