Four of the six Irish crews were in heats action on the opening day of the 2007 Rowing World Championships in Munich this morning.

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.

The Irish rowing team embark on the second outing of their international season tomorrow when they take to the water in the second of the three leg Rowing World Cup Series at the Bosbaan regatta course in Amsterdam.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Two of Ireland's four boats contesting today's semi-finals at the final leg of the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne impressively qualified for tomorrow's finals.

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

Alan Campbell has secured victory in the single scull event at the Rowing World Cup in Munich.

Ireland's lightweight fours, stroked by Kerryman Paul Griffin, today eased through to their second straight World Cup regatta final, in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Ireland's rowers have struck bronze at the World Cup campaign at Munich today.

Eamon Joyce of Cork BC and the Cork sculling ladder caused a major upset at the sixth Guinness sculling challenges when he defeated Enda Marron of Lady Victoria boat club and the Belfast sculling league and Sean Jacob of Commercial rowing club and the Dublin sculling ladder in Belfast on Saturday.

There was no joy for Ireland at Henley Royal Regatta yesterday. Commercial Rowing Club, Dublin, holders of the Men’s Quadruple Sculls, lost to Molesey Boat Club, England, by one quarter of a length.

Skibbereen talent Timmy Harnedy has made a telling breakthrough in sculling circles at the World Cup in Munich this morning, stroking brilliantly through to the A final of the lightweight singles.