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irish swift coastal championship 2023

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On the last week of July Loughros point Rowing club had the honour of hosting the Swift Irish Coastal Championship in Narin, Donegal.

This is the first national championship the club has hosted and we hope that in future years Narin will remain a core stage and attract National and International rowers. The committee of Loughros Point Rowing Club wish to extend sincere gratitude to a large volume of individuals who made the spectacular weekend of racing possible.

Firstly, we would like to thank local businesses for their continued support to the club year after year which aids events like this to occur.To our volunteers on the water and on land; boat men, safety crews, camera crew, umpires, race officials, commentators, beach masters, sound and office team. To those that helped in the lead up to the event by transporting equipment to the beach. To the women who ensured officials on and off the water were looked after and fed, we appreciate your generosity of time.

Thank you all for your efficiency, enthusiasm and professionalism across both days ensuring everything ran smoothly. Thank you for willingly giving your time and resources to join us in the lead up and also on both event days.

We truly appreciate our support.

To our wonderful youth athletes, many of you worked throughout the week in support of preparing for the event, we appreciate your willingness, friendliness and commitment. You represented the club with such kindness and positive sporting attitude and we feel extremely privileged to watch you all continue to grow as young athletes.

To our neighbouring and travelling clubs, thank you all for your support, attendance and positivity throughout the weekend. We appreciate many clubs travelled a long distance and we thank you for your support and hope you enjoyed the scenery of Donegal .

Thank you to Sharon Hurley, James Boomer and the championship committee for your support on the months leading up to the event.Lastly to the Swift Racing Team for your support and we look forward to hopefully working with you again in the future.

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Beach Sprints at Duneen beach Co.Cork

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Successful weekend at beach sprint qualifiers for Donegal rowers.  3 clubs from Donegal – Kincasslagh RC, DBRC and ourselves headed to cork for the weekend to compete in the Beach sprints to qualify for the Homes International Beach Sprints, the World Rowing Beach Sprints and European Beach Sprints Championships.  9 crews from our club competed in the event. This was the first time for our club to compete at beach sprints.  All our crews done extremely well with Michael O’Boyle qualifying for the European Beach Sprints Championships in the CJM1x (junior men single) and Cian Sweeney qualifying in a CMix4+ (mixed quad) with a composite crew made up from Kincasslagh RC, Commercial RC and Ring RC with Cian steering them to glory. Cian also ranked 4th in the CM1x (men’s single) just missing out on a qualifying spot. Eva Shovlin and Brendan Shaw also qualified in the CJMix2 (junior mixed double) for the European Beach Sprints but will not be attending this year.  Our junior girls ranked 3rd,4th and 5th in the CWJ1x (junior woman’s single), the girls also ranked 4th and 5th in the CWJ2x (junior woman’s double), a fantastic achievement for all these young rowers  having only 2 practice sessions in Portnoo beforehand.We would like to send a huge congratulations to DBRC junior ladies on an outstanding performance qualifying for the Homes and the Worlds.

More exciting news, Caitlin Ward has been selected to represent Queen’s University on the 21st May at the Belfast Regatta in ladies single. Congratulations caitlin well deserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Local girl rowing at Queens

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Loughros Point Rowing club are no strangers to elite sports, with our young rowers making great strides in national competitions. Recently one of our members headed off to Belfast to study at Queens University. But she made sure to bring her oars with her. No slouch with the studies Caitlin Ward, currently studying Applied Maths and Physics, is also a powerhouse on the water and has managed to get hooked up with the Queens University Belfast Ladies Boat Club. We at the club wish Caitlin all the success in the world both with her studies and on the water.

In Caitlin’s own words

I started rowing when I was 16 because I wanted to try a new sport. I started in traditional skiff boats before moving into offshore boats and eventually river boats. The coaches at Loughros Point offered me encouragement and constant motivation and pushed me to a standard I never thought possible. I’ve recently had the opportunity to join Queens University Belfast Ladies Boat Club where I’m currently training with some of the best rowers in Ireland. This wouldn’t have been possible without the support from everyone at Loughros Point, especially Shaun Molloy. The countless hours he puts into the club and the athletes definitely doesn’t go unnoticed.