Rowing Ireland are concerned by the immediate cancellation of all international events through March, April and May.

The victories may already be receding into the background, but for Michelle Carpenter the hard work is only beginning.

With four crews qualified for Tokyo, and a clutch of medals, Ireland’s rowers have much to celebrate following the world championships in Austria.

Several Irish women who have broken the glass ceiling by coaching elite men’s teams say the only problems they ever encounter come from the opposition.

Rowing Ireland are “miles behind” their competitors in terms of capital and staff despite success at the World Championships, says CEO Michelle Carpenter.

The Irish rowing team have claimed two medals at the World Rowing Cup I in Belgrade this morning.

Rowing Ireland will be looking to continue their rich vein of form having set off for Hazewinkel in Belgium where they will compete in the Coupe de la Jeunesse this coming Saturday and Sunday.

The stretch of water hidden behind Farran Wood rarely looked better than it did yesterday, the lake sparkling in a blazing sun as the National Rowing Championships took place.

As the Irish senior rowing team trains hard in Varese, Italy this week in preparation for the upcoming European Championships (May 26-28), the career cycle begins for many young and upcoming athletes back home, writes Sarah Dineen.

It’s going to be a busy weekend in Limerick with almost 500 crews from over 70 schools across the country travelling to O’Briens Bridge for Sunday’s Irish Schools Regatta, which follows the Limerick Regatta at the same venue on Saturday.

UCD repeated last year’s results by taking the Gannon Cup, Corcoran Cup, and Sally Moorhead Trophy at the Dublin University Boat Races (Colours) 2017. It also means nine of the last 10 Gannon Cups have gone to UCD and the gap in the overall standings is now 4 (Trinity with 36 wins to UCD’s 32, and one dead heat).

Some highly-charged racing is in store when the Colours Races — those famous head-to-heads between the crews of Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin — take place on Saturday on the River Liffey.

International trials and assessment will take place at the National Rowing Centre in Farran Wood, Cork, on the weekend of March 25-26th.

Rowing Ireland’s High Performance director, Morten Espersen confirmed this week he is resigning from his position, bringing to a close a huge contribution made by the Dane over the past four years.