Rowing Ireland is seeking an administrative assistant 

The role will hold responsibility for supporting core business areas and ensuring that all aspects of the organisation are supported. 

The role is crucial to continuing the development of the organisation as a leading sporting establishment. This role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, excellent internal and external relationship management, confident communications and strong administrative skills. 

Full job description can be found below.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 23^rd August 2024

Please apply with cv and cover letter to strategicbusiness@rowingireland.ie

This is a comprehensive educational initiative aimed at promoting clean and fair competition within the sport sector.

As part of our ongoing commitment to maintaining the integrity of rowing and supporting our athletes, coaches, and clubs, we believe it is crucial to foster awareness and understanding of anti-doping matters among our community. The Clean Sport Series will consist of five webinars, each focusing on different aspects of clean sport principles and practices.

The first session of the Clean Sport Series is scheduled for the 9th of April, and we encourage all our members to participate in this informative event.

You can find more info and the registration links HERE

Start Times:

1:00pm – The Sally Moorhead Trophy (Women’s Novice VIIIs)

1:30pm.  – The Dan Quinn Shield (Men’s Novice VIIIs)

2:00pm – The Corcoran Cup (Women’s Senior VIIIs)

2:30pm – The Gannon Cup (Men’s Senior VIIIs)

For more information and a link to the livestream go to coloursboatraces.ie or follow the event on Instagram @coloursboatraces

We will have all the old favourites with our Champs and 1k T-shirts and Hoodies but also look out for an amount of new products including Bucket Hats, Visors, Cufflinks, Rowing Ireland ties and lots lots more.

We will be accepting card and cash payments at the 1k and the Champs and will be open every day from 10am to 5pm.

Looking forward to seeing you all this weekend

Our High Performance programme has shown amazing progress in recent years in getting more and more women training, competing and succeeding at the highest levels of the sport. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics we saw the first ever women’s team medal come home to Ireland, with our Women’s Four bronze medal.

Margaret Cremen, Tokyo 2020 Olympian said, ‘What I love about being a woman in sport is that I never have to look too far for inspiration. My female team mates are my sporting heroes. Through my junior club days, college rowing, to high performance. 

I think partly because I know the adversity/obstacles they have had to overcome along the way and have still become the person (athlete) they are today. 

In college competing in the 8s I remember having a realisation that these girls are my blood sweat and tears? Training day in and day out together, living inside each others pockets. I thought, I want and I need to be the best version of myself for them. I think that’s so cool & powerful that women can impact and lift each other within sport and life too. Some of them were leaders, some were messers, some would sit next to you on the rowing machine until you finished the session. Everyone’s qualities shone. 

Behind every result, behind every athlete and woman there’s a story and people can relate to these things. And therefore believe well I could maybe do that? This is where it starts, that’s the jackpot – you can absolutely run away with belief and take it somewhere special.’

‘When we embrace equity, we embrace everyone from different diversity’s in life.’ said Alison Bergin, U23 Bronze medallist. ‘In sport there is no reason as to why we can’t empower women and all genders to embrace equity.’

Below you can see some summaries of performances on the international stage by women in the last 12 months.

Success at U19 and U23 World Championships, July 2022

In the summer 2022 season we saw women’s crews achieve excellent results at the U19 and U23 World Championships. These crews included:

• The Women’s Quad of Kate Reidy (Lee RC), Lauren McCarthy-Steele (Skibbereen RC), Moya Knowles (Skibbereen RC) and Ayla O’Neill (Kenmare RC) who finished 3rd in the B final

• W2x of Holly Davis (Lee Valley RC) and Anna Keating (Shannon RC) who finished 6th in the A final

• Alison Bergin (Fermoy RC) stormed home in the BW1X with a bronze medal at the U23 Championships, as well as setting a new World Record in her semi final!

These crews were supported by international female coaches Leah O’ Regan and Janet Walsh

Success at World Cup II, June 2022

• The W4- of Tara Hanlon, Natalie Long, Eimear Lambe and Aifric Keogh finished in third place, taking home a bronze medal.

• Sanita Puspure and Zoe Hyde won silver medals in the W2x.

• Katie O’Brien won her final of the PR2 W1x, to take the gold medal.

• The LW2x of Margaret Cremen and Lydia Heaphy had a huge race, finishing in bronze position.

• Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty also took home bronze medals, thins time in the W2-.

Success at the Senior World Rowing Championships, September 2022

• Katie O Brien (Galway RC) claimed victory in the PR2 1x to become World Champion.

• Mags Cremen and Aoife Casey (UCC) blazed home to bronze in the LW2X.

• The Women’s Four of Emily Hegarty, Fiona Murtagh, Eimear Lambe and Aifric Keogh finished sixth in the A Final.

• The Women’s Pair of Tara Hanlon (UCCRC) and Natalie Long (Lee Valley RC) finished in second in the B final.

• Lydia Heaphy (Skibbereen RC) finished in third place in the Lightweight Women’s Scull B Final, ranking her ninth in the world.

• The Women’s Double of Zoe Hyde (Killorglin RC) and Sanita Puspure (Old Collegians) pulled a blinder of a race to win a bronze medal in the A final.

Success at the World Rowing Coastal Championships, October 2022

• Niamh Hayes of Galley Flash RC finished 5th in the CW1X B Final

• Gillian Hosford of Castletownshend RC finished 9th in the CW1X B Final

• Barbara Johnston ( Olderfleet RC), Catherine Maxwell, Joanne Stewart & Kirsten Leitch and Norman Leitch finished in 1st place in the CW4X+ B Final

• Aoibhe Sweeney, Caitlin Ward, Cian Sweeney, Leah Gallagher and Mairead Bholscaidh finished 9th in the CW 4x B final (Loughros RC and City of Derry RC)

• Sionna Healy (Arklow RC) 4th in the CW1X final

• Xena Jordan (Arklow RC) 5th in the CW1X final

• Miriam Sheehan (Castletownbere RC) 8th in the CW1X final

• Monika Dukarska (Killorglin RC) 13th place in the CW1X final

• Rhiannon O Donoghue & Monika Dukarska (Killorglin RC)2nd place in the CW2X final

• Ella Cialis & Gillian Hosford (Castletownbere RC) 9th place in the CW2X final

• Dineka Maguire and Niamh Doogan (Kinclassagh RC) 15th place

• Andrea Kinsella & Mary Ann Kent (DNF)

Well done to all the athletes who competed today. It is going to be another exciting day of racing tomorrow in the finals. Also a big well done to Miriam Sheehan, Sionna Healy ,Kealan Mannix and Patrick Boomer who competed in the finals for the Irish National endurance team in the MCM1x and MCW1x events.

Photos will b uploaded shortly onto our social media so keep an eye out.

If you would like to follow along for the next two days of racing and find more information on the event click HERE

Results from day one –

CCM2x
– Loughros Point – DNF
– Portmagee + Donegal – 6th
– Kilmacsimon – 7th

CCW1x Heat 1
– Kilmacsimon – 7th

CCW1x Heat 2
– Arklow 5th
– Kilmacsimon – 6th
– Galleyflash – 7th
– Kilmacsimon – 8th

CCM1x Heat 1
– Loughros Point – 8th

CCMix2x Heat 2
– Kilmacsimon DNF
– Shandon + Lee Valley – 2nd
– Portmagee + Killorglin – 9th

MCW1x Final
– Miriam Sheehan – 9th
– Sionna Healy -13th

MCM1x Final
– Kealan Mannix – 7th
– Patrick Boomer – 8th

Some notable results from the day included Trinity’s performances, with DULBC winning 4 events and DUBC winning 5 events. The Women’s Division 2 2x came down to a very close A Final with Offalys J16 crew winning the division outright, with the Sligo Club 2 double only 2 seconds behind.

Big thank you to the regatta committee, volunteers and all who attended the event.
All times and results can be found at the following link: https://linktr.ee/dublinmet

Muckross Head have informed us that “

Based on the latest weather forecast and in the interests of safety, the
rescheduled Muckross Head Of the River event planned for this Saturday 19
March 2022 is cancelled. It is with great regret that the organising committee
have reached this decision, however our first priority remains the safety of
everyone involved”.

The domestic events committee will work with both event organisers to ascertain if its possible for another date so near the regatta season. We would like to thank both committee’s for all the work that they put into the organisation of both events and hope that the weather will behave for the rest of the season so that our clubs can return to racing.

At Erne Head of the River which has been running since 1957, hosted by Enniskillen Royal Boat Club 101 crews completed the 4 mile time trial style race. Crews travelled from UCD BC, DUBC, Blackrock College, Castleconnell BC, St Michael’s RC, NUIG, Belfast BC, Queens BC, Methodist, RBAI, City of Derry, Lady Elizabeth BC, Commercial RC, Colaiste Iognaid, Bann Rowing Club and Carrick on Shannon Rowing Club. Trophies were presented by Waterways Ireland CEO John Mc Donagh.

Results were available live via raceclocker and a full version can be read now on the Rowing Ireland website events section linked HERE

Photos of the event can be found on Mark Kelly’s facebook page and also Roy Crawford’s facebook page both of which can be found via Enniskillen Royal BC’s social media pages.

In the Marina in Cork, it was also sunny, calm and cold. The 4km course brought crews along the Marina, with spectators and public enjoying the rowing along the Marina greenway down to Blackrock Castle. Almost 200 crews competed on the day and results are available on the Rowing Ireland website in the events section linked HERE

Photos of Cork HOR, taken by John O Shaughnessy are available on his facebook page

Upcoming Events include St Michael’s City HOR this Saturday 12th March in Limerick City