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  • First National Assessment

    Six junior club members participated in the recent national squad assessment trials in Newry.   Following a tough, competitive assessment incorporating an ergometer test on Saturday and a sculling trial on Sunday four of our triallists - Andy Har...
  • Skibbereen Head of the River

    On a perfect day for rowing (Saturday 19th Nov) at the National Rowing Centre in Farran Woods our 22 entered crews ejoyed some excellent racing.    A number of juniors had their first competitive row and our novice women had their maiden outings i...
  • Indoor Rowing Championships

    The club had a very successful outing at the recent Indoor Rowing Championships held in Trinity College, Dublin.    We had 21 junior participants as well as Richard Morgan and Mike Griew in their masters' categories. In the MJ15 competition...
  • Club Rowathalon

    A great effort was made by all to make our recent Rowatalon such a success.   A special prize was on offer for the jumior members who collected the most funds and also for the junior member who collected from the most subscribers.    The winner ...
  • Fund Raising 1

    The first fund-raising exercise of the new season got off to a successful start when over €1,300 was raised through bag packing in Ryan's Supervalu, Grange.   We would like to thank all the junior members who participated over the four shifts on ...
  • Sean "the coach" Casey

    Follow Sean on his cycle ride across the USA from West to East and many places in between on http://thelonghaul2011.blogspot.com/...
  • New 2011/2012 Season

    The new rowing season in Shandon opened with two very positive meetings.    On Friday 2nd September a meeting of new adult novice rowers indicated that we will be starting the season with at least 10 adults with ambitions to row competitively for the ...
  • Learn to Row Camp

    Our 2011 Learn to Row Camp for beginners aged 11 to 16 years from the 15th August to the 19th August was very successful.   We had 53 applications but were only able to accommodate the first 40 on the camp.    All participants got out on the wat...
  • Irish Rowing Championships 2011

    Day One of the Irish Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre proved to be very successful for the club.    On a warm, overcast day the first boat on the water was our WJ 2X of Laura Coleman and Niamh O'Mahony.   The girls rowed well to qual...
  • Home Internationals

    The Home Internationals were held in Glasglow over the weekend of the 23rd and 24th July.   By all accounts it was a very successful event and the reports back from the Irish Camp indicate that there was a great athmosphere in the squad contribut...
  • Fermoy Regatta

    A beautiful day at Fermoy Regatta on Sunday 3rd.   Hot July sunshine, great athmosphere, the banks of the Blackwater lined with picnic groups and avid club supporters, highly efficent regatta management and great racing.    Shandon crews did well...
  • Cork Regatta

    The club had a very successfull outing at Cork Regatta on Saturday 2nd July.   It was a lovely warm summer's day although unfortunately the athmosphere of a big event was somewhat lacking - mainly due to the lack of a commentary which is so necessa...
  • Henley Women's Regatta

    On Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th June, Shandon Sculler, Karen Corcoran O'Hare competed at Henley Women's Regatta in the UK.    This is the premier Women's Regatta in these islands and attracts the best women's rowing talent from Ireland, GB and further ...
  • International Recognition

    Shandon Boat Club is proud to recognise our latest international rower, Niamh O'Mahony. Niamh has been selected to represent her country in the Junior Women's Quad at the Home International Regatta in Strathclyde, Scotland in July. Niamh join...
  • Coffee Morning

    The Junior 18 girls who are competing in two weeks time in the London Metropolitan regatta organised and ran a very successful coffee morning in the club on Sunday the 22nd May.   The goodies on sale were delicious and all cooked and baked by the girls t...
  • WJ18 at London Metro Regatta

    The WJ18 quad of Niamh O'Mahony, Roisin Mertz, Saoirse Horgan and Laura Coleman had a great win in the in the London Metropolitan Regatta held on Dorney Lake (the location for the 2012 rowing olympics)this weekend. On Saturday 4th June Shan...
  • Table Quiz

    Thanks to all who attended our Table Quiz in the Silver Key, Ballinlough on Thursday 12th May.    We raised €1,300 which was very much in line with our expectations.    It was a most enjoyable night - and the questions were not too difficult.   At...
  • Lee Regatta

    Wins Galore at Lee Regatta.   Men's Junior 14 4X+ Ronan Byrne, Emmett O'Sullivan, Colm Hennessy, Stephen O'Sullivan, Laura Jevens (cox) Men's Junior 12 1X Daniel O'Neill Women's Junior 15 2X Zoe Kampf, Sophie Healy ...
  • Grand League

    The Grand League finished after Cork Regatta.   Going into this event we were in 9th place overall and had hoped to improve. However the competition was intense and we did very well to hold our 9th position out of the 51 clubs competiting in the Le...
  • Easter Coaching

    Sean Casey will run a five day coaching session for juniors on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri of Easter Week (18th to 22nd incl). Sean is running these sessions in his own time and as a result he will be charging each junior €30 for the five d...