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                                     SUMMER BARBEQUE &

Garda Rowing Competition

Friday 6th August 10

 

All members and partners and friends are invited to our Annual Rowing Competition & Barbeque at the Clubhouse, Islandbridge on Friday 6th August next.

 

The rowing events will commence at 6 p.m. followed by a barbeque. Tickets available at the door at €15 each. 

 

A limited number of rooms are available at the Ashhling Hotel at €109 per double and €89 per single room with breakfast. Tel: 01 6772324.

 

 

 

ANNUAL MASS FOR DECEASED MEMBERS OF GARDA BOAT CLUB

Holy Mass will be celebrated at the Garda Boat Club on Friday 9th July at 7 p.m. for the deceased members of the club and in particular Tom Kelly (former Secretary) who died last February and Bill Somers (former Captain) who died recently.

Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Denis Ryan S.M.A. followed by a 'social evening'

All current members and former members are invited to attend

 

19 Apr 2010

 

GEAROID DUANE KEPT THE GARDA FLAG FLYING
AT NEPTUNE REGATTA
 
Gearoid Duane emerged as the only Garda Boat Club winner at Neptune regatta on Saturday 17/4/10 by winning the Intermediate sculling event by 5 lengths from O'Carroll (Neptune) in the final. In the first heat, Gearoid beat Quinn (Neptune) easily and went on to beat Burke (Neptune) in the semi-final.

The Garda novice 4 had a row over in the first heat and were beaten by Shannon in the next round.

The senior 4 were beaten by Galway R C by 3/4 of a length.

 
21 March 10

 

GOOD PERFORMANCE BY GARDA COXED FOUR
AT DUBLIN HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE

 

The Garda senior coxed four: Karl McKenna, Gearoid Duane, Liam Tobin, Damien Kelly with Shane Mulvaney (cox)  gave an excellent performance by winning their section of the Dublin Head of the River Race over a distance of 3.7km from Marlborough Street Steps to Islandbridge in a time of 14mins 30.99secs on Saturday 20/3/10. Shandon BC  four came second (!5.17.58)  The Garda novice eight were fifth in their section (14.59.55) Seven novice crews competed. UCD, DUBC, Queens and Commercial finished ahead of Garda followed by UCD B and DUBC B.
The overall winner was UCD (12.46.46)  Neptune won the Intermediate 8 section.

 

 

 

 

 

PRESENTATION TO BRENDAN DUANE

At the annual Christmas Dinner at the Garda Boat Club on 17th December a presentation of a specially commissioned piece of 'Bog Oak' was presented to Brendan Duane by Assistant Commissioner Dermot Jennings, President of the Garda Boat Club to acknowledge his association with the club for the past fifty years as an oarsman and coach.  A native of Galway, Brendan joined An Garda Siochana in 1958 and started rowing with the club in 1959. He was a member of the unbeaten Maiden eight that won the maiden and junior championships as well as the inter-provincial champuionship before going on to win the senior eight championship in 1966.

He was club captain in 1971 and 1972 and a vice captain in 1964. He coached crews from 1971 to the present day including seven senior championship winning crews, five intermediate championship and thirteen novice championship winning crews. He also coached the senior eight in 1975 that won the Thames Cup at Henley - the first since 1903. He also coached the senior four that won the  Prince Philip Cup at Henley in 1977 and 1979 and Caroline Ryan who won the Princess Royal Cup in 2008.

Brendan also coached our senior four who won the petite final at the Olympic Games in Montreal and our coxless pair - Willie Ryan and Pat Gannon who also finished 7th at the Olympics in Moscow in 1980.

Speaking at the presentation, Willie Ryan said - Brendan Duane's contribution to the sport of rowing in Ireland is second to none. He is to rowing as Alex Ferguson is to football, Declan Kidney is to rugby and Mick O'Dwyer is to the GAA.

 

23 Nov 2009
 
30,000 EURO PRESENTED TO OUR LADY'S HOSPICE, DUBLIN
 
A cheque for 30,000 euro, was presented to Criona Cullen (Head of Fund Raising) from Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross, Dublin by Tim Dalton (former Secretary General of the Department of Justice) at a reception at the Garda Boat Club on 22nd November, 2009 on behalf of the organising committee of the annual fundraising Cheese & Wine Party at the Garda Boat Club in June 2009.  The total amount raised by the committee in aid of the hospice over the past eleven years is almost 300,000 euro. Before the reception, Holy Mass was celebrated at the Boat Club by Father Joe Kennedy from Mount Argus for the deceased members of the organising committee - Dolores Barnes, Patrick McLaughlin (former Commissioner) Donal Gahan, George Hutchinson, John O'Halloran and Jim O'Brien This years Cheese & Wine Party was another big success, thanks to all the voluntary work done by the committee as well as the entertainment organised by Joe Harte. All the food and wine was donated free of charge and the surplus food was given to Charity organisations afterwards for the poor.

 

 
 
GARDA CREWS CLASH AT TRINITY REGATTA

Following their success in the preliminary rounds of the novice fours event, Garda 'A' met Garda 'B' in a mouth watering semi-final at Trinity Regatta on Saturday the 18th of April '09. Having dispensed with challenges from U.C.D. and the Defence Forces, both crews lined up against each other, with the winning crew advancing to the final. In a very exciting race there was little between the two crews over the body of the course. However, it was Garda 'B' who pulled ahead at the finish to win a place in the final against Dublin University. The final went down to the last few strokes with the hosts emerging victorious by just over one second. Afterwards, Club Captain Liam Tobin said "we are very happy with their progress. The crew have improved since our last outing at Neptune regatta. With a bit of hard work we should be well in contention for the race that matters at the National Championships in July"
Garda A - William McConalogue (bow) Ronan Allen, Declan O'Keeffe, Daire MacEoin (stroke) Faye Donnelly (cox)
 
Garda B - Colm Laffan (bow) Brian Daly, Shane Griffin, Kevin Sheehan (stroke) Eamonn Byrne (cox)
 
 

 

 
 

CHRISTMAS PARTY

AT THE

GARDA BOAT CLUB

THURSDAY, 17th DECEMBER, ‘09, AT 7.30 pm

Dinner served at 8.00 pm

Limited Number Of Tickets

Available At 25euro each

CONTACT

Brian Farrell -Tel: 087 9555500          Brian Hoey - Tel: 086 8206900

   Diarmuid O'Donovan - Tel: 087 6232089    Liam Tobin - 087 8160648

 

 

 

GARDA NOVICE 8 SECOND AT ERNE HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE

 

The Garda Novice 8 – William McConalogue (bow) Brian Daly, Colm Laffan, Ronan Allen, Declan O’Keefe, Martin Gaffey, Philip Murphy, Kevin Sheehan (stroke) and Faye Donnelly (cox) finished second to Dublin University BC at the Erne Head of the River on Saturday 7/3/09 in a time of 21mins 51secs (DUBC 21.41) Queens University finished third. UCD A were fourth and their B crew were fifth. Carrick were sixth.
 
15 Feb 09

 

GOOD PERFORMANCES BY GARDA CREWS
AT DUBLIN HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE

 

 

The Garda senior coxed four: Karl McKenna, Niall Kenny, Paul O'Brien, Damien Kelly with Kate Patterson (cox)  gave an excellent performance by winning their section of the Dublin Head of the River Race over a distance of 3.7km from Marlborough Street Steps to Islandbridge in a time of 14mins 25.75secs on Saturday 14/2/09. Old Collegians Masters four came second (!5.35.09) Neptune were third and OCBC/UCD in fourth place. The Garda novice eight were third in their section (14.47.27) Seven novice crews competed.
The overall winner was UCD (12.33.59)  UCD A won the womens senior eight section (15.13.16)
 
 

 

Re: History of the Garda Boat Club

To mark the 55th Anniversary of the establishment of the Garda Boat Club, the Committee has decided to publish a book documenting the Club's history from it's foundation to the present day.

 

Over the years every member of the Club, from novice to elite, has played an important part in shaping the Club into what it is today. I would appreciate if you could take the time to write an article about your involvement in the Club. It is important that we gather as much information as possible, including names of crew members, races won / lost, social events, photos, race programmes, newspaper clippings etc. All items received will be returned to the owner.

 

Submissions can be sent by post to Sergeant Graham Tolan, Garda Station, Kells, Co. Meath or by email to grahamtolan@gmail.com

 
 

 

GARDA OARSWOMAN SELECTED FOR TRACK CYCLING

 

 

Garda Caroline Ryan, Pearse Street Station, who is currently the Irish Sculling Champion and winner of the Princess Royal Challenge Cup at Henley in 2008, has been selected for Cycling Ireland Route 2012 Track Cycling Training Camp in Switzerland, next month (December 2008).

 

The Irish Cycling Federation in partnership with the Irish Sports Council and Sport Northern Ireland are introducing a talent transfer programme, ‘Route 2012’, to find athletes with the potential to make an Irish Track Cycling team bidding for London 2012 Olympic qualification.

 

Talent Transfer is about the recognition of athletes who already possess highly developed physical attributes and skills and have the potential to transfer these talents to another sport.

 

Cycling Ireland are targeting athletes who have a proven track record of performance at international level or at the highest standard nationally, preferably in endurance based sports. 

 

Previously an Olympic silver medallist at the Athens Games in Rowing, Rebecca Romero made the switch to Track Cycling and four years later is the new Olympic Champion, having won gold on the track at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  Romero also won gold earlier this year at the track cycling world championships.

 

Cycling Ireland plan to take young men and women with a background of sports training and competition at a high level and provide them with the opportunity and environment to transfer their skills to Track Cycling. 

 

Athletes who thought they met the criteria were invited to attend the Route 2012 testing to see whether they were suitable for a potential career in Track Cycling.  Track cycling is described as being exciting, explosive and fast.  It provides the ultimate mental and physical challenge.

 

Caroline attended the initial test at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin in September.  She was placed 2nd overall and was invited to attend the 2nd phase test at the Athlone Regional Sports Centre in the middle of November.  Following her performance in the 2nd test, Caroline has been selected for the next phase of testing which is a three day intensive track session, on a 200m wooden indoor track at Aigle in Switzerland, home of the world cycling centre.

 

Also travelling on the selected team from the Rowing world, is Richard Coakley who was spare man to the Irish Lightweight Coxless Four at the Beijing Olympics.

 

   
17th Nov '08
GOOD PERFORMANCES BY GARDA CREWS
AT BLESSINGTON HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE
The Garda senior coxless four got off to a good start to the season with an excellent win at the Neptune run Head of the River race on Saturday last at Blessington Lake in a time of 13minutes. This result is very encouraging when you consider this was the first competition in a new combination which includes former under 23 International oarsmen - Student Gardai Paul O'Brien and Niall Kenny with Damien Kelly (stroke) and Karl McKenna (bow)  UCD came second (13.23) and Castleconnell finished third (13.31) In their second race Garda were one second slower (13.01)

Caroline Ryan won the single sculls race in a time of 15 mins 55secs ahead of Old Collegians (Savita Puspure) a former Latvian rower (16.11) In the Double Scull, Kieran and Gearoid Duane were narrowly beaten into second place (13.55) by former International oarsman Sam Lynch and his brother from St Michaels, Limerick (13.38)

In the Intermediate Quad Scull, Garda - Jonathan O'Brien, Eamonn Byrne, Declan O'Keeffe and Kevin Sheehan had a time of 15mins 02secs. In the mens novice eight section, Garda - John Alderors (bow) Brian Daly, Colm Laffan, Daire MacEoin, Declan Manning, Martin Gaffey, Shane Griffin and Philip Murphy coxed by Gerry Conway got off to a good start and finished second in a time of 14mins 22secs to Portora (13.26)

Caroline Ryan competed with Old Collegians (Puspure) in the Senior Double Scull (14.25) and beat Tribesmen (14.44) UCD won both the mens and womens senior eights events.

12th Oct '08

 

 
CAROLINE RYAN - TOP GARDA SCULLER AT DUBLIN SCULLING LADDER
 
Garda sculler Caroline Ryan emerged as the fastest woman at the Dublin Sculling Ladder event at Islandbridge on Saturday 11th October in a time of 7mins 17.81secs. (9th overall) A record number of 172 scullers competed. The Wodden Goblet for the event was won by Sean Jacob OCBC in 6mins 33secs.  Gearoid Duane (Garda) had a time of 7mins 23.77secs (15th overall) Competing in his first event for Garda, Niall Kenny had a time of 7mins 35.7secs (22nd overall) Six other Garda scullers competed.
Paul O'Brien 7mins 42.14secs
Kieran Duane 8mins 13.22secs
Damien Kelly 8mins 30.96secs
Kevin Sheehan 8mins 32.78secs
Gerry Conway 9mins 12.30secs
Laura Gannon 9mins 19.34secs  
 
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12th July '08

 

 

CAROLINE RYAN WINS HER SECOND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

Caroline Ryan 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.

 
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.
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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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.

 

 

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.

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 3rd 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

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