Queen's University Belfast Boat Clubs
Rowing competition events
Lagan Head of the River results: Race 1: 1st  QUBBC     MS 2X   R. O'Connor (Won category) 7th  QUBBC     MN4+   S. Leitch      (Won category) 25th QUBBC (B)   MN4+    R. Crowley 32nd QUBLBC      WN4+   C. Moorehead 35th QUBLBC      WS 2-  A. Greene    (Won category) 50th Qubbc (C)   …
Belfast Rowing Club will be holding a ceilidh in the evening after Lagan Head (25th Feb) Tickets are only £6 and it will kick off around 7.30pm. The Club Bar will be open until late!If you are interested in tickets you can email the club belfastrowing@googlemail.com, or Natalie natalie.r.montgomery@googlemail.com
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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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 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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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 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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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 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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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
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!
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.