Queen's University Belfast Boat Clubs
Rowing competition results
Queen's men' senior VIII crew is currently competing in the 5th European Universities Rowing Championship, in Kruszwica, Poland. The championship is taking place 2-5 September. Twelve men's eights are entered in total, setting up for two heats Thursday, repêchage on Friday, and the final on Saturday. Following the event:Official WebsiteTwitterUpdate, Heats, Thurs 3 Sept: Two heats …
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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 …
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 …
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Update, Round 1, Wed 1 July: Queen's men have progressed through the first round of the Temple Challenge Cup. The lads defeated Cambridge University Lightweight R.C. by a margin of 2/3 of a length, the narrowest margin of the opening round. In doing so, Queen's equalled the record to the Barrier, in a time of …
Queen's victorious in 3 out of 4 races! On Saturday 13 June, the annual university boat race between Queen's and Trinity College, took place on the river Lagan. Now in its sixth year, the event continues to grow both in support, and media interest. In what is becoming somewhat of a boat race tradition, the …
Just before examinations, Queen's headed off to Nottingham to compete in BUCS Rowing Regatta 2009. 62 universities competed in 230 races over three days. Queens brought the whole contingent of men and ladies' squads to seize the great racing opportunity this regatta provides. On Saturday it was the turn of the men’s Championship VIII, intermediate …
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 …
On Saturday, Queen’s opted to scratch fours to focus on the eights events. The novice men lost out to DUBC in their final by a narrow margin, setting up good competition for the forthcoming Queen’s vs. Trinity boat on the 13th June. The intermediate eight also finished second in their final, after controlling the race …
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 …
On Saturday 28th March, Queens rowing entered seven crews to compete in Tribesmen Head of the River 2009. Conditions on the day were temperamental, which led to the withdrawal of many boat classes from the event. However, with a fortunate change in the weather, racing conditions shaped up perfectly for some excellent rowing. This enabled …
The week past saw Queen’s men prepare to take part in the Head of the River Race 2009. Two Queens eights competed in this, the most prestigious head race in the rowing calendar. Queens entered the event with hopes of finishing their head season with strong results, off the back of their recent success in …
Queen's had a very successful Valentine's weekend on the Lagan with wins in every category entered.Race 1QUBBC entered two N4+ with the crew coxed by Flanagan getting the fastest N4+ time. QUBLBC enter one WN4+ coxed by Morrison, again getting the fastest WN4+ time.Race 2QUBBC S8 (Tubman) got the overall fastest time with the I8 …