Following the fun and success had at last year's regatta, it was decided, by popular demand, to return for this years event, with the guys entered in the Intermediate 8+, Novice 8+, Novice 4+ & Novice 1x categories and the ladies in the WNovice 4+.Despite a very early train journey and the initial bad weather, Queens showed …
Boat Club Ball 2008
The annual Boat Club Ball is to be held in Wellington Park Hotel on Thursday 24th April @ 7:30 pm. This event is not to be missed and is open to all rowers and coaches, past and present. This year we have a fun packed evening prepared with plenty of surprises in store so …
Uni Champs & Queen’s Regatta 2008
Friday saw crews gather, for what would have undoubtedly been an excellent event, the Irish University Championships at Castlewellan. The event got underway with heats for the Men’s Inter sculls, when conditions started getting rough around the stake boats due to high wind. As more heats took place, it appeared the weather was only getting …
Head of the River Race 2008
It was off to London for the Head of the River Race 2008, with an entry of 420 eights from Great Britain, Ireland and Europe. The club entered both the inter and novice eights in the elite category to gain experience in this the most prestigious of head races. The inter crew put in a …
Erne Head 2008
This week we were off to Enniskillen to compete in Erne Head. The club entered three eights in the event, two inter and one novice crew. The race was a great success for the club with wins in both the intermediate and novice categories. The inter eight beat UCD into second place by a very …
Lagan Head 2008
This week focused towards Lagan Head. The event was a great one with a near record entry of over 200. We were joined by crews from Bann, Commercial, Glasgow University, Trinity, UCD to name a few, and also our neighbours and hosts of the event BRC. Great thanks must be made to BRC for all …
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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