St. Michael’s Head of the River 2012

Killorglin Rowing Club athletes  will take part in the first event of 2012 which is St. Michaels Head of the River. The race is held on 28^th of January at O’Brien’s Bridge in Limerick over 3,500m. The event  starts at 9am and finished at 4pm. Boys and girls will race against the clock with the winner of each category being announced after the event.

We have a group of 14 athletes travelling and we will compete in the Women’s Junior 15 Quads and Women’s  Senior and Junior 15 Single Scull categories. The boys will compete against 30 crews from all over Ireland in the Men’s Junior 15 Quad and in Men’s Junior 16 Quad races.

Best of luck to all the crews racing over the weekend. For more news and report after the weekend visit  our blog on http://killorglinrowing.wordpress.com/ .

 

The course can be seen here on the video :

 

Timetable and crews will be posted in the middle of the week.

 

Our next event after St. Mick’s Head of the River is Cork Head of the River on 18^th of February 2012 on Marina in Cork.

Trials, Newry February 2012

Two of our athletes, Monika Dukarska and Zoe Hyde have been re-invited to take part in the second assessment to Irish Team held in Newry on 11^th and 12^th of February. The girls will take part in 2,000m erg test on Saturday and 5,000m row on Sunday.

Best of luck!

Third assessment will be held in April over 2,000m. We hope to see both girls there.

Lottery

Killorglin Rowing Club is running a monthly draw.

Please sing up and support your local rowing club. The direct debit form is available from our webpage or you can just text us on 0873521840 with your name and address and we will be more than happy to send you a form. It is only e2 a week. The prices are as high as e200!

 

Big thank you to all people who signed up to our monthly draw and support the Club . Your help makes the difference!

Training Times

Rowing training takes place from Monday to Friday 6pm- 8pm.

Come along and try it out. To ensure we are there and training was not rescheduled – text us on 087-3521840 or check our blog on http://killorglinrowing.wordpress.com/ for any news.

 

Rowing is a great way to get fit, compete and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the river Laune and many places all over Ireland.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Killorglin Rowing Club would like to take this opportunity and wish our members, their parents, our supporters and everyone else a happy and peaceful Christmas and Happy New Year.

Thank you very much for the support given to the Club in year 2011.

We hope 2012 will be just as good!

 

Lottery Results

Killorglin Rowing Club is running a monthly draw.

November results are as follows:

€200 Faolan Fleming

€75 Norma Lynch

€25 Breda McBeth

Congratulations to all the winners, the next draw will take place at the end of December 2011.

Would you like to take part in our monthly draw? Send us a text on 087-3521840 with your name and address and we will send you a direct debit form to sign up. It is simple. The monthly amount deducted from your account is €8. Please support your local Rowing Club.

“Train like an Olympian” Article

I found an interesting article titled ” Train like an Olympian” . It might be of interest to some

Enjoy.

 

http://www.menshealth.co.uk/living/men/pete-reed-rowing-training-regime

 

Training cancelled

Attention!

Training on Thursday 1st of December is cancelled.

Boys and girls are training again on the 2^nd of December at 6pm.

National Trials, Newry Co. Down

Two of our athletes traveled to Newry last weekend to represent the Club at National Trials 2012.

The qualification process consisted of 2000m ergometer test on Saturday and 5000m row on Sunday. Only the athletes that made the qualifying times on the 2km erg test on Saturday could move on to row on Sunday.

Both our athletes qualified for the row, both pulling off Personal Best Times. Monika Dukarska had a PB of 6:58.6 at Under 23 level and Zoe Hyde pulling a PB of 7:53.8 at junior 16 level.

 

Well done girls.

Next trials are taking place also in Newry on 11&12 of February 2012 so easy up on the Christmas pud

Skibbereen Head of the River

Skibbereen HOR Killorglin Rowing Club athletes had an outstanding weekend at Skibbereen Head of the River at National Rowing Centre (NRC) on 19th of November last.

We had a large group of rowers travelling, with some experiencing their first day of racing. Girls Junior 14 quad of  Emma Murphy, Zoe Hyde, Ali O’Sullivan and Dearbhail Ryan coxed by Katie Fay started a new season with a great winning time of 7:56, 19 seconds ahead of the bunch. The boys junior 14 Quad of John F O’Grady, Rob Shaw,  Connor Dee and Kieran O’Sullivan coxed by Michelle Moriarty had a wonderful start with a time of 7:33, just 3seconds off the winning crew of Carlow RC.

Well done to all for a great days rowing.

 

Preparations are now on the way for Muckross Head of the River on the 10th of December in NRC.