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12th July '08	CAROLINE RYAN WINS HER SECOND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE Caroline returned from Henley after her big win in the Princess Royal Cup to compete at the National Championship in Cork (11/12 July) In the final of the women's single sculls, she won the title in a time of 7 minutes 40.3 seconds ahead of Hourihan from Skibbereen (8.06.7) Dukarska from Killorglin came third. Jacob and Quinn from OCBC finished fourth and fifth. O'Brien from the University of Limerick finished sixth. In the women's senior 4X, Caroline joined up with St Michael's R.C., Carlow and Skibbereen to win the title in 6 minutes 50 seconds from a composite Old Collegians/UCD (6.53.9) Queens/Belfast came third and Cork fourth. The Garda novice 8 finished fifth in the final (6.25.8) The race was won by UCD. (6.05.3) Queens A came second ahead of DUBC and UCC finished fourth. Queens B were sixth. The Garda senior 4- were sixth and did not finish the race. In the coxed four event Garda finished fifth (6.39.7) The race was won by a composite Galway/Shannon crew (6.29.2)
7th July '08	CAROLINE RYAN WINS THE PRINCESS ROYAL CUP AT HENLEY According to 'Irish Times' reporter Liam Gorman, Caroline Ryan bridged a yawning gap for her country, her club, the Garda Síochána, and her family and made history when she won the women's single sculls title, the Princess Royal Cup at Henley (July 6, 2008) and became the first Irish woman ever to win a trophy at the Royal Regatta. It was the first Irish win in an 'open' event at Henley since 1979 when Garda won the Prince Philip Cup for coxed fours with a crew that included her father Willie and uncle Ted. Caroline showed characteristic grit yesterday in her victory over Mathilde Pauls, a German-born British team member. The race was was all set to go at the start, but due to the bad weather conditions with thunder and lightning the race had to be postponed. She had to climb on to the bank, empty her boat and keep warm until the race started over half an hour later. After the race started, Caroline took the lead which she held to the finish by three and a half lengths in a time of 9 minutes 18 seconds. In the semi-final she beat A. Labots from Holland, easily. In the Britannia Cup, Garda were beaten by Kingston R.C. in the first round on Wednesday.
	CAROLINE RYAN WINS GEORGE INNES CUP AT HENLEY WOMEN'S REGATTA Caroline Ryan had a resounding victory in the George Innes Cup for Elite Single Sculls at the Henley Women's Regatta (June 20 - 22, 2008) which is rowed on the Thames from Temple Island to Remenham Club. Caroline, who is attached to Pearse Street Station in Dublin was the only Irish winner at the regatta which caters for Intermediate, Senior and Elite competitors. In the first round, Caroline beat Lou Roubottom of Leander Club by five lengths. The semi-final was an all Irish clash with Caroline beating Helen Walshe from U.C.D. by four lengths. In the final, Caroline met her toughest opposition, Hayley Arthur from Roodeplast Rowing Club in South Africa and led by a canvas off the start. Arthur fought back and led by half a length at the end of the Island. As the race progressed, Caroline drew back level and led by a length at the Barrier (640 metres) From there Caroline went on to win by four lengths and has now qualified to compete in the Princess Royal Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta (July 2 to 6) The Garda senior four - Damien Kelly, Kieran Duane, Karl McKenna, Gearoid Duane and Lisa Hayden (cox) will also be competing in the Britannia Challenge Cup.
27 April 2008	GOOD PERFORMANCES BY GARDA CREWS AT TRINITY REGATTA The Garda Senior 4+ Damien Kelly (stroke) Gearoid Duane; Karl McKenna and Kieran Duane coxed by Lisa Hayden gave an excellent performance in their first senior competition at Trinity regatta (26/4/2008) when they beat Commercial by 2 lengths in the final. Commercial took an early lead by ½ a length but under the watchful eye of coach Brendan Duane they drew level and were over a length ahead passing their clubhouse. Earlier in the day they beat Commercial ‘A’ by ½ a length in the semi-final. In the Women’s Novice 4+ event Garda – Marian Doherty (stroke) Sandra Fitzgerald; Katriona McHale; Beth Hewson coxed by Lisa Hayden beat Neptune in the semi-final and went on to beat UCD in the final by a canvas. In the semi-final of the Women’s Novice 8 event Garda lost to DULBC and the Men’s Novice 8 lost to UCD. In the Men’s Novice 4+ event - Garda – Kevin Sheehan (stroke) David O’Hanlon; Declan O’Keeffe; Ronan Swan coxed by Jonathan O’Brien beat Neptune in the semi-final and lost to UCD by 3 lengths in the final. Paul O’Brien was beaten in the semi-final of the of the senior sculls and Laura Gannon had a row over in the final of the sculling event. Geoghegan (DULBC) did not start.
	Garda Boat Club - Golf Classic 2008 Westmanstown Golf Club - Thursday, 5th June Entry Forms available from Liam Clavin Telephone: 087 9007681
10 Dec 07	25,420 EURO PRESENTED TO OUR LADY'S HOSPICE, DUBLIN A cheque for 25,420 euro, was presented to Sister Zaviour from Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross, Dublin by Assistant Garda Commissioner Eddie Rock at a reception at the Garda Boat Club on 7th December, 2007 on behalf of the organising committee of the annual fundraising Cheese & Wine Party at the Garda Boat Club in 2007. The total amount raised by the committee in aid of the hospice over the past nine years is just over 232,000 euro.
	CHRISTMAS PARTY AT THE GARDA BOAT CLUB FRIDAY, 21^st DECEMBER, ‘07, AT 7.30 Dinner Served at 8 p.m. LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE AT €20.00 each FROM Brian Farrell -Tel: 087 9555500 Sile Whyte -Tel: 087 9497493 CIaran Hoey - Tel: 086 8282489 Diarmuid O'Donovan - Tel: 087 2423470 Brian Hoey - Tel: 086 8206900
6 Nov 07	CAROLINE RYAN EXCELS AT NEWRY TRIALS At the Ulster/Leinster Trials held at Newry last week-end, Caroline Ryan (Garda) gave an excellent performance beating her rivals - Helen Walshe (UCDLBC) and Orla Duddy (BRC) In a time of 20mins 14secs over the 5000 metre course, Caroline finished almost a minute ahead of Walshe (21.39) and Duddy (21.05)
13 Oct 07	THE DUBLIN SCULLING LADDER 2007 GOOD PERFORMANCE BY CAROLINE RYAN The 42nd Dublin Sculling ladder at Islandbridge on Saturday, 13th October was successfully run in a slight head wind. 113 scullers competed for the Wodden Goblet. Caroline Ryan (Garda) gave her best performance and finished in eight position in a time of 7 minutes 16.99 seconds, less than a minute behind the winner - Sean Jacob (Commercial) 6 minutes 30.64 secs. Three other Garda scullers competed - Laura Gannon finished in 44th place (8.06.33) and Sile Whyte finished in 103 place (10.10.2) Club coach Gerry Conway was the only other Garda sculler to compete and finished in 59th place (8.27.48)
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13 July 07	GARDA INTERMEDIATE 4 WIN CHAMPIONSHIP The Garda Intermediate Four - Karl McKenna, Kieran Duane, Gearoid Duane, Damien Kelly and Lisa Hayden, cox beat Commercial RC by a canvas to capture the championship on the first day of the Championship Regatta in Cork. Belfast Rowing Club came third followed by Methodist, UCC and UL. In the women's novice 4 event, Garda came second in the heat B and fifth in the final which was won by Galway. Garda did not qualify for the final of the men's novice 8 after finishing fourth in their heat. In the men's intermediate 2- Garda came fourth in a race won by Commercial. At the third world cup regatta in Lucerne, Caroline Ryan finished fourth in the C final. Orla Duddy finished fourth in the B final of the lightweight scull. Ireland also finished fourth in the B final of the M4- The LM4- won the D final. The M4X finished fourth in the C final. The LW2X also finished fourth in the C final. Richard Coakley finished second in the C final of the lightweight scull.
30 June 07	AIB PRIVATE BANKING SPONSOR NEW SCULLING BOAT A magnificent new sculling boat for the Garda Boat Club presented to the club by AIB Private Banking was formally launched by Mr John Rockett, Head of AIB Private Banking at a ceremony attended by a party of specially invited guests yesterday (29/6/07) at Islandbridge. The new sculling boat was built by Empacher in Germany and will be used by Garda Caroline Ryan who is preparing for the next World Cup Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland (July 13 – 15) The new boat, appropriately named AIB Private Banking was blessed by Rev. Fr. Joe Kennedy, C.P. Mount Argus, Spiritual Advisor to the Gardai. Speaking at the ceremony, Club President, Deputy Commissioner Peter Fitzgerald said: “the acquisition of this new boat could not have come at a more opportune time as it will carry our senior sculler, Caroline Ryan into International competition at the next World Cup Regatta in Lucerne in July. The problem of equipment is nowadays a difficult one, especially for amateur athletes like ourselves. The demands of excellence, not just in the long hard hours of training and the concentrated effort of competition, but in the quality of boats and oars used are not easily met and without the support of our friends from AIB Private Banking we simply could not afford to buy them. For that reason we are deeply grateful to the management of AIB for their generosity and continued support. For over twenty five years we in the Garda Boat Club have been generously supported by AIB Bank and we thank them very sincerely. On each occasion our crews have gone from success to success. Caroline is the first female member of An Garda Siochana to represent our club at such a high level of international competition and on behalf of all members I wish her every success” Mr Leo Larkin, General Manager, Business and Private Banking said that AIB Private Banking are delighted to be able to support the Garda Boat Club with this new boat and wished Garda Caroline Ryan every success in the future.
16 June 07	SUCCESS FOR INTERMEDIATE FOUR IN ATHLONE The Garda Intermediate Four - Karl McKenna, Kieran Duane, Gearoid Duane, Damien Kelly and Lisa Hayden, cox beat NUI Galway by over 2 lengths and Athlone into third place in the final at a wet and windy Athlone regatta on Saturday June 16. Karl McKenna also won the Novice scull event. In the coxless pair event, Garda - Kieran and Gearoid Duane finished second to St Michaels R.C. On the International scene, Caroline Ryan has been selected to represent Ireland in the single scull at the second world cup regatta in Amsterdam starting on Friday June 22, as part of the Irish team.
14 May 07	A NEW MITSUBISHI PAJERO FOR THE CLUB Mitsubishi Motors Ireland have provided the Garda Boat Club with a Mitsubishi Pajero to transport their boats and equipment to regattas. At a reception at the club to mark the hand over of the Pajero (14/5/07) Mr Robert Guy, Sales Manager of Mitsubishi Motors congratulated International sculler Garda Caroline Ryan on her selection to the Irish National Team for the forthcoming World Cup Regattas and wished her every success in her efforts to be selected for the Olympic Games next year in Beijing. Speaking at the reception, the President of the Club and former International oarsman, Deputy Commissioner Peter Fitzgerald congratulated Caroline on her selection to the Womens Double Scull for the World Cup Regattas and wished her well in her preparation to be selected for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Caroline Ryan is the first female Garda to represent Ireland at this level of competition. Deputy Commissioner Fitzgerald said this was a great honour for the Garda Boat Club and the Garda Organisation as a whole. He thanked Mitsubishi Motors for their generous support. This is the perfect vehicle for our needs. It combines the comfort and capacity we need for transporting our people to events around the country along with the ability to carry the kit needed and it is a pleasure to drive. It is noteworthy that Carolines partner in the Double Scull - Ms Helen Walshe (UCD) is the daughter of former Garda oarsman Tom Walshe (retired) who competed with Deputy Commissioner Fitzgerald in the late 1960's. Caroline & Helen will be competing at Ottensheim, Austria 1st to 3rd June next followed by Amsterdam from 22nd to 24th June. Caroline said she was very happy with training in the double and was getting on well with her partner - Helen. Our aim is to prove our ability in the first two World Cup Regattas and be selected for the third World Cup in Lucerne in July followed by the World Championships at Munich in August. If we make the required standard we can get the boat selected for the Olympic Games next year which would be a bonus. Next year we could then focus our training to peak at Beijing.
5 March 07	GARDA CREWS COMPETE AT CORK HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE At the Cork Head of the River Race on Saturday 4 March 07 Garda BC had two novice crews competing. In the Men's Novice 8 section Garda, in a time of 13mins 01.4secs came second to UCC RC who had a time of 12mins 58.3secs. In the Women's Novice 8 event Garda, in a time of 14mins 39.3secs came second to UCC RC who had a time of 13mins 34.1secs. There was a big entry of crews mainly from the southern region with Garda being the only entry in the event from the Dublin region.
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15 Feb 07	29,000 EURO PRESENTED TO OUR LADY'S HOSPICE A cheque for 29,075 euro, was presented to Sister Xavier from Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross, Dublin by Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy at a reception at the Garda Boat Club on 14th February, 2007 on behalf of the organising committee of the annual fundraising Cheese & Wine Party at the Garda Boat Club in 2006. The total amount raised by the committee over the past eight years is 207,000 euro.
11 Feb 07	GARDA COLLEGE ROWING CLUB MAKE HISTORY The Garda College Rowing Club made history on Saturday, 10th February, 2007 at Blessington in the Neptune Head of the River Race. It was a winning debut for two women's crews - Novice 8 and Novice 4 in their first competitive outing.
12 Dec 06	3 BOATS FOR SALE The Garda Boat Club has a restricted 8, a restricted 4 and a coxless pair for sale Contact Club Captain Brian Hoey - Tel: 086 8206900
3 Dec 06	CAROLINE RYAN SELECTED TO THE PANEL FOR OLYMPIC GAMES IN BEIJING 2008 Congratulations to single sculler Caroline Ryan (Garda) who put up a good performance at the National Trials in Cork at the week-end 2/3 December and was selected to the team panel to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.
28 Jan 06	CAROLINE RYAN AND DUANE BROTHERS TOPS AT LIMERICK HEAD OF THE RIVER In a time of 13mins 39secs Caroline Ryan emerged as the winner of the women’s senior sculling race at the Limerick Head of the River at O’Brien’s Bridge (Jan 28) 1min 6secs ahead of Van Nulck from Commercial (14.45) sixteen scullers competed. Gearoid and Kieran Duane put up a very good performance to win the novice pair in 12mins 49secs. almost a minute ahead of Athlone. (13.48) Garda finished fourth in the novice fours event. In the senior fours event Garda had the fourth fastest time (11.56) forty seven seconds behind the winners, St. Michael’s R.C. Caroline and Helen Walsh from UCD won the women’s double scull event ahead of Tribesmen and Skibbereen. The senior eights event was won by St. Michael’s R.C. ahead of Shannon and Commercial.
3 Jan 06	CAROLINE RYAN’S ACHIEVEMENTS FOR 2004/5 Caroline got off to a great start by winning the women’s section of the Dublin Sculling Ladder at Islandbridge in a new course record of 7 minutes 3 seconds in October 2004. This was the first occasion that the women’s winning time was within one minute of the men’s fastest time. Over the next few months she put in some good performances by winning the Cork Head of the River and came second to International Sculler, Sinead Jennings at the Neptune HoR at Blessington. Caroline was unbeaten at Neptune, Castlewellan, Trinity and Dublin Metropolitan regattas during the season. At Gent International Regatta in May, Caroline lined up beside eKaterina Karsten, the current Olympic Silver Medallist and Gold Medallist from the Sydney and Atlanta Olympic Games. After an exciting race Caroline won the silver medal in a time of 8 minutes 3 seconds, 11 seconds behind the former Olympic champion. As a result of this performance Caroline was upgraded from senior to elite status by the Henley Regatta Committee where she won the George Inns Cup. This was the first time that an Irish woman won the elite section at the Women’s Henley Regatta. It was also the first time that a father and daughter won at Henley. Her father Willie won the Thames Cup in 1975 and the Prince Philip Cup in 1977 and 1979. At Amsterdam International Regatta, Caroline finished second in the repechage to qualify for the ‘A’ final against four of the six finalists who held Gold and Silver medals, which was a major achievement as the other finalists are full time professional athletes. The race was won by eKaterina Karsten from Belarus. Caroline finished in sixth place. Her greatest achievement was her victory at the National Championships in Cork in July where she beat the favourite, Heather Boyle from the National Squad in the race of the day by 1 second. Caroline brought the rowing season to a fantastic conclusion by winning the Gold Medal at the Home International at Cardiff. Representing Ireland, she fought off strong opposition from England, Scotland and Wales. Caroline also won the Dublin Sculling Ladder in October 2005 and the Indoor Championship in November.
1 July 04	GARDA FOUR BEAT POTOMAC AT HENLEY In the first round of the Britannia Cup at Henley (30/6/'04) the Garda Intermediate Four gave a sterling performance when they beat Potomac Boat Club, USA by 1 1/4 lengths in 7 mins 52 secs. Garda led from the start against the Americans and had the second fastest time of the day to the barrier (2.10) On Friday they lost to the more experienced Kingston Rowing Club by 3 lengths. The event was won by Molesey Boat Club who beat Nottingham and Union in the final.
28 May '04	Monthly Draw Prizewinners - Go
26 April '0 4	GARDA FOUR WIN AT TRINITY REGATTA The Garda Intermediate Four gave a good performance at Trinity Regatta, Islandbridge on Saturday last. John McCarthy, Brian Farrell, Eamon O'Neill and Diarmuid O'Donovan coxed by Denis Casey got a bye to the semi-final and had a comfortable win over UCC 'A' In the final they beat UCC 'B' by 3 lengths. The Garda Novice 8 were beaten by DUBC by 2 lengths. The Garda Intermediate 8 beat Neptune in the semi-final and lost to DUBC in the final by 2 lengths.
5 April 2004	REGATTAS START AT NEPTUNE The regatta season got off to a flying start at Islandbridge on Saturday 3^rd April, hosted by Neptune. The Garda novice eight were making their first appearance. In the event they were drawn against the the more experienced favourites, DUBC ‘A’ who beat them by over a minute in the Dublin Head. After a good start, both crews were level passing the Army slip. DUBC then took a lead of ½ a length into the bend and Garda were unable to close the gap and were 1½ lengths behind at the finish. DUBC went on to beat Portadown in the final. The Garda intermediate four were drawn against Methodist College in the first round. Following an obstruction during the race, the umpire ordered a re-row. Garda were narrowly beaten by a canvas. The Garda intermediate eight were beaten by St Joseph’s College in a disappointing not yet surprising result. The crew had problems with their preparation due to injuries.
14 May 2003	The High Speed Irish Rowing Challenge - Pictures and report - Go

GOOD PERFORMANCES BY GARDA CREWS AT TRINITY REGATTA