Irish Rowing Championships 2012 Inniscarra Lake Co Cork

Novice men’s 8+ Irish Rowing Champions 2012.

The 2012 queen’s novice men have won the men’s novice 8 championships.

This has been the number one goal for the season and it just rewords for all the atlatls and coaches who have put in the time and effort this season.  It is a win not only for the 9 men in the boat but for the who Queens novice system that are run for this season 2011/2012.

Men’s novice 8+ winners Cox, Rupert Crowley , bow, Andrew Wood  2, Joshua Holmes  3, Alex Horkan 4, Oisin Griffin 5,Peter Mano 6, Tiernan Oliver  7, Conor Bell, 8,Jan Vasiliadis  Coaches  Stephen Lockwood and Marc Butler supported by  Paddy Doherty, Declan Gollogly, Jason Greenwood and Mark Jameson.

Times  Eight – Novice: 1 Queen’s University, Belfast 6:04.55, 2 UCD 6:10.94, 3 Trinity 6:16.26

Novice men’s 4+ Irish Rowing Champions 2012.

On the final day of the championships the novice men again tasted victory with a clear water win in the novice 4+.  

Results:
Mens Novice 4+ Final 
1 QUBBC A 6.32.18 
2 UCC RC 6.37.29 
3 UCD BC B 6.41.37 


4 DUBC A 6.43.81 
5 UCD BC A 6.44.70 
6 DUBC B 7.11.48

July 2012

July 2012 

Training continues towards the champs is cork next Friday. With the main event the novice men’s 8+ at 3.25pm.   The fours are on Sunday morning.

Training has being moving well booth the land, the lagan and on the fresh water.  Training was slightly disrupted due to the heavy rain over recent weeks but the team have being enjoying training alongside Methodist College Boat Club J18 crew and the QUB men’s senior VIII who also head to the champs next weekend the  13 July. 

                                                                  Land training 

Flooding at the boat house 

Fresh water training 

Training with MBC 

June 2012 

June 2012

On  June 16 the Novice men travelled to Marlow regatta on the London Olympic 2012 rowing course for what was intended to be a day of hard back to back racing. Due to the weather conditions and high wind speeds many event were cancelled. The novice men only completed one race with was a running start.  But the men returned to Ireland completed a number of training pieces to make up the lack of racing in England.   

Extra training in Ireland 

June 2012

Selection week  

The novice men took to the water in the Belfast Docks to take advantage of the straight 1500m that was be used for seat racing.  The lads also enjoyed an 2km erg test this week.

Ramada Plaza Belfast University Boat Race 2012

                    

Fresher University Boat race

The novice men overcame a week Trinity crew to have an easy win last Saturday On the lagan. Link 

The novice men train with the senior 8  in preparation for the upcoming Boat Race (Link) and  summer regatta season. 

May 2012

BUCS  Rowing Championships 2012

The novice men had an enjoyable and successful weekend at the British Universities and Colleges Sports Rowing Championships 2012 in Nottingham England.  unnecessarily and unfortunately Saturdays racing for Beginner 4+ crews was canalled due to the fear of bad weather witch  the end did not materialize.  All other racing on Saturday raced as planned.  On the Sunday in the beginner 8+ the lads has a good start completing the time trial  to advance to the semi finals.  Drawn in land 3 for the semi final , the lads rowed well and booked a place in the final by coming second to Nottingham, who they would finish ahead of in the final.  

The final its self was close a run affair.  The lads did not have their greatest start with the eventual winners Southampton Solent University having a quick start to lead the crews away from the start.  Queens lay in fourth for much of the race over lapping with all the crews in front about 3/4 down on Solent, ½ down on Durham and just a bow ball behind Nottingham.  Coming thorough the last 500m Queens lifted there pase to go with the leaders and to overtake Nottingham. Bristol made a late charge for the line but the young queens rowers held there nerve and took their place on the podium in 3ed behind Solent who held Durham to win by 0.1 of a second.    

Congratulations to Southampton Solent University on their impressive win, And to all the queen's finalist most  notably the Woman’s beginner 8 who took home gold.

 

6 May 2012 BUCS Mens beginner 8+

1.       Southampton Solent

2.       Durham

3.       Queens Belfast

4.       Bristol

5.       Nottingham University

6.       Warwick