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.
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For a list of all Shandon Boat Club contacts please click here
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Read more...Our next fund raising event is our annual Table Quiz which will be held in the Silver Key, Ballinlough on Thursday 23rd February at 8.30pm. Tables of 4 at €40 per table. This is an important annual fund raiser for the club and we hope that all adult members and parents of junior members will make every effort to attend and, if possible, bring along some friends to fill a table. We would be grateful for donations of spot prizes.
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The Cork Head of the River was held on the Marina on the 18th February. Shandon had a huge entry of 44 crew and a very satisfactory return of 7 victors pennants. Once again our junior 18 girls had double wins in the WJ184x- and the WJ18 2X. In the former, Laura, Saoirse, Holly and Roisín led a field of 4 crews home by well over 2 minutes and Saoirse and Laura won the latter by over 1 minute from a field of 12. Another excellent win was that of Andy Harrington in the MJ18 1X by 17 secs from a large field of 15 athletes. Brian O'Flynn beat Mike Griew in the battle of (former!) titans in the Mens Master 1X by 8 seconds in field of 6. Pennants were also won in the Men's Master 2-, Women's Junior 15 Eight and the Women's Intermediate Scull.
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Much thanks to all those who helped out with stocking and running the Head of the River Shop in the club on Saturday 18th Feb. We had a great supply of sambos, cakes, buns, tarts, cookies and even hot dogs (smashing they were too). The total net cash raised was €693 which almost exactly covered the €700 cost of the entries for the Head. This was a super result and a very important contribution to club funds. Well done to all who contributed. -
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The club has received a donation of a new Linder Safety/Coaching launch. This launch is a very welcome addtion to club equipment. We now have three safety launches and with our growing membership numbers this will help us to ensure that we have an adequate number of safety launches on the river at all times. Linder is the leading make of safety/coaching launch used by rowing clubs and the new launch with its remote steering console and 15 hp engine is the recommended model used by leading clubs.
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The 2nd Newry Assessment for international squad selection was held on 11th/12th February. Club members Andy Harrington and Roisin Merz participated and both performed very strongly each achieving a personal best in the ergometer (rowing machine) trial. Both can be confident of being recalled to the final assessment in April. Unfortunately Jack Casey and Laura Coleman were unable to attend due to injury and illness respectively. They will have a chance to reach the qualifying standards in individual tests in the National Rowing Centre when they are fit again.