In their first Olympic Games, Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney had the entire county well and truly rowing in behind them. The Fermanagh duo made it through the heats on day one, and in one of the races of the entire week, they booked their place in the ‘A’ Final by securing third place in […]
Cassidy to row for Great Britain U19s at World Champs
Enniskillen Royal Boat Club rower Acorn Cassidy has been selected to race in the women’s coxless four for Great Britain at 2024 World Rowing Under 19 Championships in Canada later this month. Cassidy, 18, is part of an 84-strong GB squad heading to the championships (18-25 August) and will be joined in the boat by […]
VIDEO: Well-known faces show support for our Olympians
As the 2024 Paris Olympics gets underway with the opening ceremony this evening (Friday), Fermanagh is gearing up to cheer on our athletes on the world stage. Ross Corrigan, Nathan Timoney, Claire Boles and near neighbour Leona Maguire will all be going for gold, and the team’s chef de mission, Gavin Noble, from Enniskillen, is […]
Six golds for Portora rowers at Irish Masters
Portora Boat Club returned home on Saturday from the Rowing Ireland 1k Classic with six national wins out of seven finals. The 1000m Classic is a Rowing Ireland tier-one event held annually at Lough Rynn in County Leitrim. The top over 27 Masters’ rowers from Ulster, Munster, Connacht and Leinster came together to see who […]
McCartney impresses at first European Championships
Ellie McCartney has shared her delight after making an impressive debut at the senior European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade over the weekend, reaching three finals. The Enniskillen native, representing the National Centre (Limerick), finished eighth in both the 200m Breaststroke and 200m Individual Medley (IM) and was part of the Irish 4x100m Mixed Medley relay […]
Corrigan and Timoney confirmed to row at 2024 Olympics
The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney to row for Ireland at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. Corrigan and Timoney qualified the Men’s Pair boat for the Paris Games last September but had to wait until now to ensure it would be the Fermanagh duo in the […]
McCartney in Ireland team for European Championships
Enniskillen swimming sensation Ellie McCartney has been selected to represent Ireland at the European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, from June 17-23. The selection comes hot on the heels of her outstanding performance at the Irish Open Swimming Championships in Dublin last month, where she clinched gold in both the 200m Individual Medley and the […]
Super Saturday in store for the Enniskillen 10K
This Saturday the Enniskillen 10k, sponsored by Modern Tyres, will make its return for the first time in five years. The ‘Castle to Castle’ event starts from the iconic Enniskillen Castle running towards the National Trust property Castle Coole, before returning to the finish line at Derrychara Playing Fields. Over 1000 thousand runners and walkers are expected […]
Mount Lourdes’ cross country team pick up award
On Saturday, March 9, a team of eight Mount Lourdes students made history by winning a first-ever national cross-country title for the school at the Irish Schools’ Cross Country Finals in Tymon Park, in South Dublin. The team, made up of Erin McPhillips, Eimear Mulligan, Kacey Gallagher, Ciara McCrystal, Moya Magee, Megan Kelly, Kate Kelly […]
Three golds and a silver at best-ever National Schools’
Enniskillen Royal Boat Club had their most successful visit to the National Schools’ Regatta at the weekend, winning three golds and a silver. The event, held at the 2012 Olympic venue Dorney Lake outside London is the largest schools’ regatta in Europe with over 5000 rowers participating over three days. On day one, the two Junior J14 […]