World Rowing Cup III: LW1X Silver for Siobhan McCrohan

Siobhan McCrohan has won a silver medal in the Lightweight Women’s Single Scull at this year’s World Rowing Cup III, ending today in Lucerne, Switzerland. She is the only woman to claim a medal for Ireland at the competition after several of her teammates missed out in competitive finals. McCrohan, who last month missed out on a bronze at the …

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European Rowing Championships: Day 3 Updates

Day 3 (May 27) of the European Rowing Championships wrapped up with Irish female rowers making appearances in two finals: Women’s Four and the Lightweight Women’s Double. Eimear Lambe, Tara Hanlon, Fiona Murtagh, and Aifric Keogh finished fifth in the Women’s Four A Final, struggling somewhat from the start but squeezing past Spain at the halfway mark. Romania, Great Britain, …

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European Rowing Championships 2023: Day 2 Updates

Day 2 of the European Rowing Championships 2023 is underway. Ireland’s women’s teams all participated in the repechage races this morning. Aoife Casey and Margaret Cremen were first to race this morning in the Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls Repechage 1. They finished 2nd with a time of 07:01.95 – two seconds behind Greece. They will now advance to the Final A …

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European Rowing Championships 2023: Day 1 Updates

The first day of the European Rowing Championships is underway and Team Ireland has been in top form. The sun is coming out, and the crowds are growing here at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia! #ERCHBled #EuropeanRowing pic.twitter.com/9VCuaIJl4a — World Rowing (@WorldRowing) May 25, 2023 Katie O’Brien and Steven McGowan finished fourth in their PR2 Mixed Double …

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Who To Watch Out For At The 2023 European Rowing Championships

The 2023 European Rowing Championships will commence this Thursday, 25 May (until 28 May) in Bled, Slovenia. The event will feature a range of races singles, doubles, quads, pairs and eights. This year, 10 teams have been selected to represent Ireland at the competition European Rowing Championships. The competition will give the crews a good measure of where they are …

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Rowers Launch New Fund To Support The Sport

What started out as a fun Instagram account has now become a new fund aimed at helping future young rowers. Set up by the Irish women’s team (that went on to Olympic Bronze in 2021), the Big Strong Gorls (BSGs) fund will channel money earned through the sale of branded kit and merchandise via Powerhouse Sport towards financially supporting the …

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Her Sport Weekend Roundup

Check out Her Sports Weekend Roundup to catch up on the latest headlines from the European Championships!#EuropeanChampionships #WeekendRoundUphttps://t.co/qVHDkcUuuA pic.twitter.com/2fWYi45hil — Her Sport (@HerSportDotIE) August 15, 2022   Success in Cycling for Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal  Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal have both won gold medals at the Para-Cycling World Championships, claiming their 6th World Championship title. They completed the …

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Day 5: Rowing Four Claim Bronze To Make History For Team Ireland

Ireland’s rowing four of Aifric Keogh, Eimear Lambe, Fiona Murtagh and Emily Hegarty won bronze for Ireland at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

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Day Two: Ireland Earn Crucial Victory In First Ever Olympic Match

The Irish Hockey team got off to a winning start in their Olympic hockey campaign with a win against South Africa.

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