Skibbereen Regatta 26th April 2009

Niamh in the WJ14 1X

Killorglin Rowing Club had another very successful regatta on Sunday. This time it was the Skibbereen Regatta which took place at the National Rowing Center in Cork on the 26th April 2009. The club was very well represented with crews competing in seven events through out the day. Here are some photos and videos(including the video of the WJ15 4X+)

First up was Niamh MacSweeney who was competing in the WJ14 1X, her first time competing in a single scull.  Conditions on the day made the course quite choppy with cross-winds making steering even more difficult. Niamh finished the 1000m course in 5th position and can make the most of the experience gained.

The U14 and U15 events were started as a floating start at the 1000m marker. This made it very difficult for crews to line up and later in the afternoon it was changed to start at the 2000m stakeboats which was much better.

The MN4+ "Blue" Crew!

Our next race was the MN 4+ with the Killorglin “blue” and “red” crews competing against each other in a straight final. They were joined by Workmen making it an all-Kerry final! It was a great race with the “blue” crew of Maurice, Jerome, Martin, Paul and Deirdre coxing coming in to win in a time of 7′ 12”, they were followed home by the reds of Fionan, Cian, Sean, Peter and Caoimhe (cox) 6” behind fighting off Workmen into 3rd place, making it a Killorglin one two.

The MN4+ Red crew fighting off Workmen

Veronica winning the WN 1X

We didn’t have to wait long for our next win with Veronica competing in a straight final in the WN 1X with six competitors, Veronica finished in a winning time of 8′ 47” with nearly 7 seconds to spare.

Sarah and Marguerite in the WJ18 2X got good racing experience in their straight final competing against a very experienced field which was won by Skib in a time of 7′ 38”.

Next up was the MJ18 4X crew of Cian, James, Sean and Peiter with Katie(cox) who were also racing in a very experienced field with Lee winning in a very impressive time of 6′ 45”, the Killorglin crew were unlucky not to get 4th when they were caught by Presentation B in the closing meters to finish in a time of 7′ 27”.

The customary Farran grey mist decided to pay a visit just in time for the afternoon events and the WJ15 4X crew got well wet trying to line up at the 1000m marker for their race. This proved to be a very close race with the Killorglin crew of Kelley, Caoimhe, Cliodhna, Aisling and Kerri (cox) coming in very strongly in the closing meters to nearly catch the winning Skib crew (I don’t have times for any of the U14 and U15 races  ).

The WJ14 4x+ heading to the start

The final race of the day for Killorglin was the WJ14 4X+ which the organisers wisely decided to start at the 2000m stakeboats.  Terry’s binoculars proved very popular with the rest of the Killorgin supporters as we tracked progress of the crew of Maeve, Meabh, Caoimhe, Aoife and Katie (c0x) over their 1000m race.

The Infamous Binoculars!

They won in spectacular style with a few lengths to spare over Clonmel. A perfect way to end a long day and we also found Seanie’s missing runners! So all’s well that ends well.

Paul Griffin Photoshoot in Killarney 24 April

 Paul Griffin will be doing a photoshoot in aid of Special Olympics Ireland.

The photoshoot will be on at the Outlet Center, Killarney 24 April between 3pm and 6pm.

Be there!

Neptune Regatta videos uploaded and Kerryman Photo

I’ve uploaded some videos of the races from the Neptune Regatta 2009 to our photo album. Also there’s some photos of some of the winning crews in this weeks local papers, the photo is in our scrapbook.

Neptune Regatta Islandbridge 2009

WJ15 4X+ Crew: Kelley, Aisling, Niamh, Caoimhe and Cliodhna (cox)

Killorglin Rowing Club had a great day at the 2009 Neptune Regatta with crews qualifying for 5 finals with 3 winning and one getting very narrowly beaten in  their semi final.

Our day started early with crews arriving at 7am at the boat trailer to help rig up the boats in preparation for a long days racing.

The race format was knockout between 2 crews over 1300 metres of the Liffey finishing in front of the UCD boatclub. Our first race was at 8:15 with both our  MN4+ crews competing in consecutive races and both proceeding to the semi finals at 14:20.

WN4+ competing in the final against UCD A

The semi finals saw the crew of Maurice, Martin, Jerome, Paul and Nadia (c0x) compete against An Garda and in a thrilling final 400m saw Killorglin come through by 2/3 of a length to make it into the final. Hopes of an all Killorglin final were dashed when the crew of Finan, John, Cian, Peiter and Agnieszka (cox) were narrowly beaten by UCD A who ended up being the eventual winners.

WJ15 4X+ crew winning against Commercial

In the meantime the WJ15 4X+ crew of Kelley, Caoimhe, Aisling, Niamh and Cliodna (c0x) battled through 3 rounds to make it to the final against Commercial which in a very exciting finish over the final 400m saw Killorglin holding on to win.

Killorglin were represented by Veronica and Monika in  the

Monika pulling away from Laura DUrso in the semi final of WI 1X

single sculls with Veronica competing in the WI 1X and the WN 1X, and Monika in the WI 1X and WS 1X. Veronica went on to win the WN 1X. The WI 1X event proved to be very eventful. The semi final was between Monika and Laura D’Urso and it was very close coming into the final 400m with Monika just beginning to pull away when Laura collided with another boat and broke her blade and had to abandon. Monika continued to the final and won by a few boat lengths.

Monika also qualified for the WS 1X final but lost out in a closely contested final.

MN8+ semi final versus an Garda

The MN8+ crew of Cian, Martin, Maurice, Paul, Finan, John, Jermone and Seanie and Nadia (cox) got through their first round race against UL to qualify for the semi-finals against an Garda. The semi-final was again a very close affair with the Killorglin crew being encouraged from the bank by the rest of the club and nearly pipped their opposition on the line but lost out by a 1/3 of a length.

At the end of the day Killorglin had qualified for 5 finals and had wins in 3 (WI 1X, WN 1x and WJ 15 4X+) and best of all “we did it in their own back yard”

Here are some picies and video!

Thanks to everyone for making this a memorable day  for the club.

Special Olympics Ireland Fundraiser

Carrauntoohil Special Olympics Fundraiser Climb

Norma Lynch is helping to organise a climb up Carrauntoohil in aid of Special Olympics Ireland.

This is scheduled for Sunday 10th May starting at 9:30.

For more information contact Norma.