[Mike Green wrote the following eulogy for Mr Domnall (Donal) Murphy, who has sadly passed away. Condolences to his wife, Pauline, and family can be sent to 120 Harberton Park, Belfast, BT9 6TU.] Donal was the one person we could totally rely on. He inspired our 1970 era shells and exposed young crews to the …
Lady Victoria Boat Club Newsletter: 2/2010
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Lady Victoria Boat Club Winter Dinner 2010
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Queen’s Rowing adds to its Roll of Honour
The naming of 'The Paddy D' at Queen's Boat House. Pictured above (left to right); Gareth Ingram, Stephen Meenan, Dr Paddy Doherty, Keith Wilson, Kerry Bryson (Alumni Office), Jonny Malloy and Brendan Duffin The Queen’s University of Belfast Boat Club celebrated its 75th Anniversary last year. The club is an unknown success story within Northern Ireland’s sporting …
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Lady Victoria AGM 2008
This year's Lady Victoria AGM is due to take place on Friday the 21st of November at 8PM. The meeting will be held in the Queen's Senate Room in the Lanyon Building. All committee members to attend.
Queen’s rowers at the 44th Head of the Charles Regatta
Queen's University Boat Club rowers represented Irish rowing at the 44th Head of the Charles regatta (HOCR) in the U.S on the weekend of the 18th and 19th of October 2008. The HOCR is the world's largest two-day rowing event and was first held on the 16th of October, 1965. More than 7,500 athletes from …
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Lady Victorian driving around
Lady Victorian, Dave Russell, is due to take part in an event to raise money for charity. Details of the event can be found here.
Rowing at Queen’s: 1969-1974 by Iain Kennedy
I arrived at Queen's in October 1969 fresh from rowing in successful crews at CAI so it was naturally assumed success would continue. My father was not so sure, having said to me a month beforehand that Queen's didn't seem to be very good at rowing in recent years. From a rugby man, this was …
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Rowing at Queen’s: 1962-1968 by Stevie Smith
Rowing at Queen's: 1962-1968 by Stevie Smith 1961-62 I have just read Dusty Anderson’s account of the 1961/62 season and found it very interesting to compare his ‘bird’s eye view’ with my ‘worm’s eye view’. At that stage, Dusty was an experienced oarsman and respected coach who was able to take an objective overview of …
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Rowing at Queen’s: 1952-1961 by Dusty Anderson
A Personal View I have chosen to write about this decade, or rather undecade, in Queen’s History because in 1952 we won the Senior Eights (Elite) Championship for the first time and in 1962 for, alas, the last time to date. My brother Sam rowed 2 in the 1952 crew, I stroked the senior crews …
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Rowing at Queen’s: 1938-1951 by D.B. McNeill
Day-Break The years between 1938 and 1951 began inauspiciously and ended with Queen’s moving into a boathouse of their own. In 1938 there were three very active clubs boating out of B.C.B.C. premises in Balfour Avenue and, on many occasions, congestion at the slip led to crews having to wait for a considerable time to …
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Rowing at Queen’s: 1864-1937 by D.B. McNeill
Unfinished Odyssey Rowing began at Queen’s on 6th May 1864, when T. G. Houston, Matthew Leitch, S. J. McMullan, W. H. Dodd and several other students, who intended to stay in Belfast during the long vacation, founded the Queen’s College Rowing Club. Houston was appointed as secretary and Leitch treasurer [1]. It was decided to …
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