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 4 Updates

Female Irish rowers took part in four more finals on the last day of the European Rowing Championships, but unfortunately won’t be taking home any medals. Imogen Magner and Natalie Long, however, won the B Final of the Women’s Pair in a fine performance and a sparkling debut for Magner. Coming from third place in the third 500m, the pair …

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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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Katie O’Brien Wins Gold- Weekend Roundup

KPMG Women’s Irish Open- Maguire and Walsh Miss Out The Irish Women’s Open returned to the Ladies’ European Tour after a ten-year hiatus. Ireland’s Leona Maguire made a remarkable comeback from a difficult beginning which had left her ten shots behind, but missed making the 14-under-par required to make it into the play-off by just one shot. This left a …

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