The 2026 season got off to an early start on Saturday 17 January, when Rosscarbery rowers travelled to the UL Sports Arena in Limerick for the Irish Indoor Rowing Championships, the biggest day in the indoor rowing calendar.
Rowers of every age race side by side on rowing machines, and it is a great test of the fitness built up over the winter.
Results
Rosscarbery came home with seven medals: one gold, four silver and two bronze.
- Gold: Gabrielle O'Donoghue, women's junior 18, 500 m
- Silver: Niamh Hehir, women's junior 14, four minutes and 500 m
- Silver: Gabrielle O'Donoghue, women's junior 18, 2,000 m
- Silver: Clodagh Whelton, women's 34 to 42, 1,000 m
- Bronze: Michael O'Sullivan, men's junior 13, three minutes
- Bronze: Dawn O'Reilly, women's 34 to 42, 1,000 m
Among the other strong performances, Luke Crowley was 7th in the men's junior 16 2,000 m, Jack Hehir 8th in the men's under-23 2,000 m, Cillian Forsythe 8th in the men's junior 15 five minutes, and Daithi O'Driscoll 5th in the men's junior 14 500 m.
Source: official results, time-team.nl.
Well done to every Rosscarbery rower who took part. See more in the photo gallery.
