Queen's University Belfast Boat Clubs
Both clubs had a very successful weekend trialling for the Irish High Performance team. Day 1 consisted of a 6k Time Trial in Singles or Pairs. In the Under 23 Men’s Single , Ross Corrigan came 3rd, Aaron Christie 7th and Matthew Riordan 8th. Hugh Moore came 2nd in the Under 23 Men’s Lightweight Single. …
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8 QUBBC and QUBLBC athletes have been invited to the Irish High Performance Trials in October. This is a great starting point for the season with so many considered so early on. The athletes are Captain Miles Taylor, Ryan Ballentine, Ross Corrigan, Matthew Riordan, Aaron Christie, Hugh Moore, William Taylor and Ruth Carson. They will …
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A very busy day for all racing at University Championships. Highlights were wins for the Women's Novice 4X+ and the Mens Intermediate 2X (Tiernan Oliver and Nathan Hull). Queen's also placed 2nd in the Men's Intermediate 1X (Nathan Hull), Women's Intermediate 2X, Women's Club 1 8+ and Women's Novice 8+. Full results from all races …
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Lady Victoria Boat Club President, Ricky Caruth, welcomed new club patron, Lord Rana, to the boat house on Saturday morning, 10 May. Lord Rana saw the boat house at it's typical bustling weekend best, talking to Queen's oarsmen and women, and members of the Lady Victoria committee, including club captain Maurice Warnock. LVBC President Ricky …
At the 2011 IARU Rowing Championships at Inniscara Lake, Cork, the Queen's boat clubs recorded 4 victory pots, with 7 second places. The Men's Senior 2- was the first Queen's crew since 1979 to win a men's Senior sweep event at the Irish Champs. The Men's Inter 8+ recovered from a disappointing row in the …
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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