London HOR – great results for Queen’s Ladies! The results are in for the Women’s HORR with two strong performances from Queen’s Ladies. The Intermediate VIII were 31st out of a field of almost 300 boats, and the 5th fastest university crew. The Novice VIII came 95th beating all other novice crews – an amazing [...]
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Queen’s University Belfast Ladies Boat Club
Irish Rowing Championships 2010
Back Row: Andy Wells (Ladies Coach), Laura Mills, Hannah Addley, Hannah McGrath, Hannah Lavery, Alexandra Greene and Rob Edmondson (Ladies Head Coach) Front Row: Claire Mcilwaine, Ellen Thompson (cox), Laura Coll and Katie Keaney. Queen's ladies take sweep novice titles! Last weekend, Queen's Rowing took part in the climactic event of the Regatta season, the [...]
NI First and deputy First Minister met Queen’s Rowing crews
The First Minister, Peter Robinson, and Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness MP, met the Captains, oarsmen and women from Queen’s Rowing 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 the event boasts two enclosures. The [...]
Queen’s Ladies win at BUCS
Another great win for Queen’s Rowing. Queen’s Ladies have won the Women Beginner 8’s with a time of 7:27:66! Congratulations to all this weekend. Posted by David Russell
Season update 2009/2010
Following a short summer break, Queen's rowing began preparation for the 2009/2010 season. Both clubs had a good uptake of fresher rowers, providing the club with its biggest field of athletes in recent years. This year we have been fortunate to attract various experienced rowers from other clubs, who have since become great assets to [...]
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 [...]
Irish University Championships 2009
On Friday morning, Irish University squads gathered in Castlewellan for the 2009 Irish University Championships Regatta. Clubs went all out to compete in hope of winning the Wylie Cup, Bank of Ireland Cup, and the new overall university cup. Racing commenced at 11 a.m. with the men’s intermediate sculls heats. Will Howell and Trevor McKnight [...]
Neptune Regatta 2009
On Saturday, Queen’s rowing made the short trip to Islandbridge to compete in Neptune Regatta. The event had an overwhelming entry but despite this managed to run very smoothly, a credit to the organisers. Queen’s men entered 4 crews, the novice IV, novice VIII, intermediate VIII and senior VIII. Queen’s ladies entered 4 crews, the [...]
Ladies’ Dinner 2008
Thanks to all who put so much effort into organising the Ladies' Dinner last Friday, particularly club secretary Zoe Patterson. Past and current rowers, coaches and club alumni all enjoyed the evening which started in the Great Hall and finished in Belfast Rowing Club. Our guest speaker Elise Laverick provided us with an exciting insight [...]
Ladies Dinner guest speaker Elise Laverick
Queen's Ladies rowers are all excited to hear what double olympic bronze medal Elise Laverick has to say. Elise won her first bronze medal in Athens in 2004, but in 2005 she was the victim of a 'hit-and-run' accident, she fought her way back to fitness and equalled her success in the double scull in [...]
Recruitment 2008
The recent Fresher's Bazaar, held on Wednesday 1st October in the students union, proved a great success. The club attracted a lot of attention at the main entrance, and the union was a hive of activity all day long. The men’s club were successful in recruiting 101 new rowers on the day, through a host [...]
Irish Rowing Championships 2008
Congratulations to the women’s senior pair of Alison Graham and Rachel Beringer. The pair put in a fantastic performance to win their event and earn them their title as Irish Champions. They won convincingly in a time of 7:46.1, over ten seconds clear of the field. The pair have been selected for the Home International team, [...]