As the Official Sports Nutrition Partner for 2025, Kinetica Sports will once again provide Rowing Ireland’s elite athletes with a comprehensive suite of Informed Sport-certified products, designed to support performance, recovery, and athlete wellbeing throughout a demanding year of training and competition.

Supporting Medal-Winning Performances
This trusted fuelling support from Kinetica Sports has already contributed to strong performances on the water, including a gold medal for Tiarnán O’Donnell at the 2025 World Rowing Cup in Italy, as well as a silver medal for Fiona Murtagh in the Women’s Single Sculls, a bronze for Fintan McCarthy and Konan Pazzaia in the Men’s Double Sculls, and a bronze for Tiarnán O’Donnell and Sadhbh Ní Laoighre in the PR3 Mixed Double Sculls at the 2025 World Rowing Cup in Lucerne. These followed earlier podium finishes at the 2025 European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, where Murtagh also claimed silver and McCarthy and Pazzaia earned bronze in their respective events.

Closer to home, Kinetica Sports also fuelled winning performances at the 2025 Irish Rowing Championships, supporting standout results from High Performance athletes including Jake McCarthy, Mags Cremin, and Daire Lynch.

Michelle Carpenter, CEO of Rowing Ireland, said:

“We are delighted to continue our partnership with Kinetica Sports into 2025. Their support is a vital component of our High Performance system, ensuring that our athletes are properly fuelled, recovered and ready to perform. The recent medal success in Plovdiv, Varese and Lucerne is a testament to the dedication of our rowers, coaches and support team. As we now look ahead to the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai in September, having trusted, high-quality nutritional support in place is more important than ever.”

Kinetica Sports is equally excited about the partnership renewal: “Now into our 7^th year, we are delighted to continue our long-standing commitment to Rowing Ireland working with their nutritional team supporting High-Performance athletes. Our commitment to the sport will help to build on the successes on a global stage as well as inspiring the next generation of aspiring rowers on their journey”- Kinetica Sports Partnership Manager, Miriam Queally.

Under the renewed agreement, Kinetica Sports will supply Ireland’s High Performance athletes with a range of products tailored to the specific nutritional demands of elite rowers. All items are Informed Sport certified and batch-tested to meet international standards for anti-doping compliance.

Key Products Include:

• Whey Protein – can support overall health and performance particularly when it comes to lean muscle retention, repair and growth.

• Clear Whey – ideal for lighter taste and feel

• 100% Creatine Monohydrate – ideal for those athletes that require repeated bursts of maximum power like rowing

• Energy Gels & Electro-C tablets – fuels long sessions and maintaining hydration

• Energy Powder- maintaining exercise intensity and duration

• Collagen Powder & Shots – supports joint and connective tissue health

• Omega-3, Vitamin D3, Zinc & Magnesium – reinforces immunity, bone health and recovery

This tailored approach to fuelling enables athletes to train consistently at high intensity, recover efficiently, and reduce injury risk across the competitive season.

Kinetica Sports has been a committed partner to Rowing Ireland since 2018, contributing to a transformative period in Irish rowing with Olympic, World and European success. The 2025 renewal builds on this legacy, reinforcing our joint ambition to fuel performance at the highest level.

Rowing Ireland thanks Kinetica Sports for their ongoing commitment to our athletes and our programme. We look forward to another successful year together, both on and off the water.

Learn more about Kinetica Sports and their full product range at www.kineticasports.com

Friday, March 14 | 7:30 PM
Nutrition for Junior Rowers & Parents

This session, supported by Women in Sport and Coach Education, will provide valuable insights on fueling young athletes for optimal performance, covering essential nutrition tips, hydration, and recovery, while offering guidance for parents to support their child’s athletic journey. Register here.

Thursday, March 27 | 7:30 PM
Nutrition for Rowers & Coaches

Supported by Women in Sport and Coach Education, this session will explore key nutritional strategies to enhance performance, recovery, and overall health for rowers, while providing coaches with the knowledge to support their athletes’ needs effectively. Register here.

As part of my MSc Thesis titled ‘Specific Dietary Practices in Rowers and their association with Disordered Eating, I am looking for rowers aged between 15* and 30 years to complete a short survey. The survey is comprised of 3 parts:

1.       General information

2.       Dietary practices

3.       Disordered eating screen for athletes

The short survey will take roughly 10 minutes to complete, and all information provided by participants in this research project will be strictly confidential.

This research aims to further our knowledge of the dietary practices of rowers and investigate if there is an association between dietary adherence and disordered eating. It also aims to investigate the prevalence of disordered eating in rowers.

I would greatly appreciate any competitive rowers filling out my survey as well as sharing it amongst your own training circles. The survey can be found at the below link:

HERE

Any questions or concerns about this research can be directed to G0039012@atu.ie

*Any individuals who are under 18 will be required to gain parental consent before completing the survey.

We learnt about context, keeping our energy above the line, what 5,000 calories looks like, and there were even appearances from Phil Doyle and Lydia Heaphy.

At the end of the session we left time for a Q&A, where Sharon gave tips around fuelling hungry teens, how to recognise low energy in yourself or someone else, and discussed returning to training after illness.

To accompany the webinar we have a number of resources that you might find useful. These include recipes for the food featured, infographics, contact details for reliable sources of information.

• Nutrition and Energy Availability Webinar
• Recipes
• Infographics
• Menstrual Health Webinar and infographic – Go with the Flow
• Reliable Sources of Information – Nutrition

They can all be found at the following link https://www.rowingireland.ie/nutrition/

In response to these findings, we have invited Dr. Sharon Madigan to host a webinar on energy availability. Sharon works with the Sport Ireland Institute and has a wealth of experience working with athletes of all levels, including our own High-Performance rowers. Having worked with athletes who have low energy availability, she is very aware of the warning signs and the effects it can have.

This webinar is free and open to all of our members, whether you are a competitive athlete, recreational rower, volunteer, coach or parent. It will take place over Zoom on Wednesday 2nd February at 7pm. To register, follow the link below.

Registration link – click here

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Notes:

Energy availability is the amount of energy you have available for growth, development, and all other bodily functions after the energy required for exercise has been deducted.

Low energy availability occurs when someone doesn’t have enough energy to support these functions as well as their exercise or training

This is a really important topic for anyone who is physically active, not just high-performance athletes. When the survey has closed you will receive your own individual results, while the group results will help us to shape future webinars, resources, and coach education materials to make sure that we provide our clubs and members with the right support.

To be eligible for the screening you should be:

• Female
• Regularly active (>2.5 hrs per week)
• Aged 18yrs+
• Not pregnant, diagnosed with a chronic illness, or menopausal

Click here to complete the screening questionnaire

There are 25 questions and it will take you less than 10 minutes to complete.

If you have any questions please contact Leanne Varley, Club Support Nutritionist via leanne.varley@rowingireland.ie.

Notes:

1. 1. Energy availability is the amount of energy you have available for growth, development, and normal bodily function after the energy required for exercise has been deducted.
2. 2. Low energy availability occurs when someone doesn’t have enough energy to support these functions as well as their exercise or training.