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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Skibbereen take three titles as UCD are disqualified (Irish Times)
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 [...]
Redemption day for UCD as Henley loss is quickly banished (Irish Times)
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 [...]
The First and Deputy First Ministers meet Queen’s Rowing
First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin Maginnis MP met The Captains from Queen’s Rowing and some of the oarsmen and women competing in this year’s Ramada Shaws Bridge University Boat Race. The event taking place on the 5th June will once again see Queen’s pitted against their Dublin counterparts. This year we [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Armagh rower is boat race captain (Ulster Gazette)
Armagh rower is boat race captain(Ulster Gazette)28 May 2009 Armagh rower Nathan Oliver is this year's captain of the Queen's University Senior Eight crew. The 23-year-old -- a former pupil of St Patrick's Grammar School -- is studying medicine at the Belfast complex. Along with his well drilled crew, Nathan will go head-to-head against Trinity [...]