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Investment in specialist sports programmes for children essential

NATIONAL Olympic rowing manager Mike Heskin believes the Government must begin to invest in the development of specialist sports programmes for children, if Ireland is to achieve its sporting potential.

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Two Irish rowing crews confirmed for Beijing

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Irish crew book ticket to Beijing

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Heavyweight pair and light double miss out at Olympic qualifier

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Rowing: Irish lightweight four through to final

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Lightweight four advance to Rowing World Cup final

Seven Irish boats set for rowing World Cup

An Irish rowing team of seven boats has been announced to compete in the opening regatta of the FISA World Cup series next week at the 1972 Olympic regatta course in Munich, Germany.

Wed, 30 Apr, 2008

Seven Irish boats to compete in final leg of Rowing World Cup

Seven Irish boats; five of them in Olympic classes will take to the water in Lucerne, Switzerland this weekend for the final leg of this year’s Rowing World Cup series.

Thu, 12 Jul, 2007

Four Irish crews to contest rowing World Cup semis

Four Irish boats will contest tomorrow’s semi-finals at the opening World Cup regatta in Linz, Austria.

Fri, 01 Jun, 2007

Irish rowing celebratesmulti-million euro boost

IRISH rowing received a multi-million euro boost yesterday when the National Rowing Centre was officially opened at Farran Wood in Inniscarra, Co Cork.

Thu, 03 May, 2007

Irish keep medal dream alive

ALTHOUGH not quite in the circumstances they might have expected, the Irish men’s lightweight four of Gearoid Towey, Eugene Coakley, Richard Archibald and Paul Griffin have earned themselves a place in tomorrow’s World Championship final.

Sat, 26 Aug, 2006

Irish men miss world rowing final

The Irish men's heavyweight four of Cormac Folan, Sean O'Neill, Sean Casey and Alan Martin missed out on qualification for the final at the Rowing World Championships in Eton this afternoon, finishing fifth in a hotly-contested semi-final, which was won by the high-profile British crew.

Thu, 24 Aug, 2006

Three Irish crews make semi-final cut

THREE Irish crews have qualified for the semi-finals at the Rowing World Championships at Dorney Lake, Eton.

Thu, 24 Aug, 2006

Two more Irish boats advance to World Championship semis

The Irish women's lightweight double of Sinéad Jennings and Niamh NiCheilleachair became the second Irish crew to advance to the semi-finals of the Rowing World Championships in Eton this morning, by defeating the defending world champions Germany to win their repechage in a time of 7.17.26.

Wed, 23 Aug, 2006

Ray of hope as heavyweight four earn place in semi-final

AFTER the disappointments of the first day of the World Rowing Championships at Eton, there was much better news yesterday for the Irish team at the Dorney Lake venue.

Wed, 23 Aug, 2006

Lightweights must race again after Chinese defeat

THE Irish men’s lightweight four of Gearoid Towey, Eugene Coakley, Richard Archibald and Paul Griffin will have to take the repechage route in order to qualify for the semi-finals at the Rowing World Championships after they were unexpectedly defeated by the Chinese four in yesterday’s heat.

Tue, 22 Aug, 2006

Rowers strike World Cup gold

IRELAND’s lightweight four are targeting World Championship glory after their gold medal success on Saturday.

Mon, 19 Jun, 2006