Rowing Ireland has announced their senior crews for the 2025 European Rowing Championships and Kinawley man Rowing Corrigan has been named in the M2- along with Tipperary man Daire Lynch. The championships will take place from 29 May to 1 June in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and mark the beginning of a new Olympic cycle, as […]
Enniskillen rowers enjoy 13 wins in Dublin
Enniskillen Royal Boat Club rowers returned with 13 wins for the club last weekend from the Neptune and Dublin Commercial Regattas. Rowing on the River Liffey, the twisting 1000 metre course at Islandbridge was the first side-by-side test of the season and was a chance for the Junior 13 beginner rowers to experience classic river racing, albeit at J14 […]
Almost one hundred crews get ready for Erne Head
Crews from all over Ireland will arrive in Enniskillen this weekend for the Erne Head of the River. 61 men’s crews and 36 women’s crews from schools, universities and senior clubs will compete over the four-mile course which starts at the top of the Killyhevlin straight, following the river down past the town, through the […]
Success for Enniskillen rowers in Newry
It was a cold and windy day on the Newry canal where the organisers shortened the normal 5km course to 3km to reflect the conditions for the morning session. There were two races, morning and afternoon, which allowed rowers to row in different boats with different crews over the course of the day. In the […]
Enniskillen win Best Junior Club after Erne Fours Head
The popular Erne Fours Head took place on Saturday with 81 men’s crews and 57 women’s crews competing over the four-mile course. The event started at the top of the Killyhevlin straight, following the river down past the town, through the west bridges, and finishing opposite the clubhouse. Conditions were excellent with little river flow […]
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 […]
Olympics preparation ramps up for Corrigan and Timoney
In 143 days from today (Thursday), Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney will hope to be in their boat, on the starting line, at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Fermanagh duo qualified the Men’s Pair boat at the World Championships in Belgrade last September when they also went on to secure a world bronze medal. This […]
Acorn’s American dream
Enniskillen Royal Boat Club’s Acorn Cassidy, has been making huge strides in the sport of rowing and only last week the 17-year-old broke two Irish records at the Irish Indoor Championships in Limerick. Acorn, who chooses to identify as non-binary, has now been scouted by Syracuse University in New York and will take up the scholarship later this […]
Erne Fours success for Enniskillen rowers
THE Enniskillen Royal Boat Club picked up a host of medals at the well-attended and hugely popular Erne Fours Head which took place along Lough Erne on Saturday. Over 110 crews competed across the four-mile course in the two categories, with 61 male crews participating in Race One, while 51 female crews competed in Race […]
Sports Personality Award goes to ERBC ‘Golden Girls’
From the banks of the Erne to the famous Dorney Lake in Buckinghamshire, nothing was beyond the Enniskillen Royal Boat Club Junior 14 girls who delivered gold in the octuple class back in May. The crew of Natalie Turner, Isabella Wright, Abbey McCarthy Magwood, Darcy Balfour, Grace Collins, Emily Black, Tori Davis, Caitlin Kelly and […]