Shandon Boat Club

Shandon Boat Club is Cork’s Number 1 boat club. Founded more than 130 years ago and with a long and proud tradition of competitive rowing, Shandon today is a vibrant and growing club with a strong membership, a well appointed and recently renovated clubhouse and excellent equipment. We are a family club with an open welcome for new members interested in the sport of rowing.

Welcome to Shandon Boat Club. Please click here to find out more about our club.

Our Mission

Shandon Boat Club aims to provide world class facilities, equipment and coaching in a safe, secure, friendly and enjoyable environment to boys and girls, men and women, interested in competitive rowing.

A friendly, competitive club with a committed membership competing at local, national and international level.

Become a member

Shandon Boat Club is always happy to welcome new members subject only to our ability to provide adequate coaching resources. We welcome boys and girls, men and women between the ages of 12 and 30 interested in trying out the sport for the first time or in developing previously acquired skills to new levels.

To find out more about becoming a member or trying our free taster sessions for beginners please click here.

Club Location

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News & Notices

We are now taking bookings for our 2018 Learn To Row Camp. The camp will run from July 23th to July 27th for boys and girls aged from12 to 15 years of age. Depending on numbers there will be two separate camps each day one from 10:00 to 13:00 and one from 14:00 to 17:00. Applicants will be allocated to camps by age or alternatively by friendship/family groupings where this applies. The camp will cost €80. Further details can be had by emailing the club secretary at: secretary@shandonboatclub.com.
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News & Notices

At the 137th Annual General Meeting of the Club which was held on the 26th September the following officers and committee were elected:

President: Tom Rose. Captain: Henrik Merz. Secretary: Frank Coghlan. Treasurer: Neil Alcock. Members: Noel Carey, Siobhan Slattery, Miriam Dineen, John Sheehan, Alan Prendergast, Sandra Deady, Andy Harrington, Ken Lynch in addition to George Costello (ex officio), Mick Looney (ex officio) and John Cashell (ex officio). Contact details for the officers can be found on the "Contact Us" page on this website.
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