GGGR programme going from strength to strength

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.

Rowing Ireland, together with their Get Going…Get Rowing partners Dublin City Council and Waterways Ireland, held their first on-the-water Blitz at Charlotte Quay, Dublin, last week. Over 300 students from all over the country travelled to the heart of Dublin to take part in the rowing event, which ran over 250m.

This regatta is a culmination of the hard work and perseverance from 11 Get Going…Get Rowing community coaches. Many of the competing students from the five GGGR centres (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Carlow) who took part on the day had only rowed once or twice. The event was organised in line with the Department of Education Active School’s initiative that encourages schools to get students active.