116 rowers in 28 crews from ERBC had a very early start on Saturday morning to travel to Castleconnell Boat Club for the first race of the season. This was the first experience of racing for the new rowers who only started at the Club in September and they all rowed extremely well.
Many thanks to everyone who travelled with the kids and to all who helped get the boats rigged and de rigged and with getting the kids on and off the water. A special word of thanks to all the coxes who spent a lot of time on the water on a very cold day. Thanks to Head of Rowing, Derek Holland who transported the boats to and from Limerick and to Donnelly Group who lent the Club a pick up to tow the trailer.
The Club are delighted to have come away with 11 category wins including both the Junior 18 eights events. The MJ 18 8+ were the fastest crew over the 3.2 km course, the only one to complete the race in under 10 minutes at 9.58, many congratulations to them. We had wins in
MJ15 2X
MJ16 2X
MJ16 8+
MJ18 8+
WJ14 4X+
WJ14 8X+
WJ15 4X+
WJ15 8+
WJ16 8+
WJ18 8+
WJ18 4X-
There were also great 2nd place finishes for
MJ15 8+
MJ18 2X
WJ16 4X+
WJ18 2X
Well done to all our rowers on their performances, you should all be very proud and thanks to all the coaching staff involved in preparing them for the event.
The next race on the calendar is Shannon Head of the River in Carrick-On-Shannon on Saturday, 7th December.
