DULBC News October2011 by DULBC

DULBC News, Volume 2 Issue 1, October 2011

Welcome to a new season at Dublin University Ladies Boat Club! Whether you‟re a seasoned rower returning for yet another year, an Alumnus long gone from Trinity, a fresh faced novice trying the sport for the first time or perhaps the parent of one of DULBC‟s latest recruits, we hope you enjoy this brief insight into DULBC life, what the club achieved in 2010/11 and our plans for the coming year. Inside you will find a calendar of important dates for the year, profiles of the new committee, details of the new DULBC blazer and much more. As ever we would love to include your news and views in future editions so please do get in touch dulbcnews@gmail.com.

DULBC’s World Championship Debut Dublin University Ladies Boat Club has seen numerous remarkable rowing talents across the years since the club‟s establishment in 1976. This summer one Trinity athlete wrote her own page of this history becoming the first member of DULBC to represent Ireland at the World Rowing Championships. Sarah Dolan raced in the women‟s lightweight single scull at the Worlds regatta on Lake Bled, Slovenia. Racing against the very best international sculling talents Sarah made it through several heats to the C/D semi-final where she earned her place in the C final. With a strong performance and fast finish to her race she won this final placing her 13th in the world, a truly outstanding performance from the 21 year old athlete who is just going into the final year of her 1

Engineering degree at Trinity. Sarah has been competing with the Rowing Ireland High Performance team for two seasons and has previously raced at World Cup regattas and the Under 23 World Championships in the lightweight double scull with Claire Lambe of UCD. Despite a punishing international training regime and spending several months of the year based at the National Rowing Centre near Cork, Sarah remains an active and hugely valued member of DULBC and competes with the club at a number of domestic regattas throughout the year. In 2011 Sarah and her younger sister Sinead won the Senior double scull at the University Championships, Sarah‟s third consecutive victory in this event. We look forward to having her in our crews again this year! DULBC News 2011 ©

Captain’s Welcome Rebecca Dowling It is with great honour that I begin my quest as DULBC Captain for the 2011-2012 season. My name is Rebecca Dowling and I am delighted to welcome you all to the wonderful world that is DULBC News. I hope you enjoy reading about our year to come and keep up to date with all of our activities throughout the year.

that will always be remembered for something – whether it‟s the crew that reaches a Henley final, wins the Corcoran Cup or perhaps even more memorable, introduces bright pink hoodies for the whole rowing community to be jealous of. In my mind this

building up among the returning rowers from the season gone by and it won‟t be long before we have new fresher crews on the water learning the basics of rowing as the generations of Trinity ladies have done before them. With several returning rowers from the intermediate/ senior set up last year, and a few budding juniors set on joining the Trinity ranks, we are in for some great seat racing if nothing else! Along with that we have a vast number of second year novices that are determined to up their game this year and become a winning crew. I hope that as Captain I can lead this fantastic bunch of rowers to a year that they will enjoy both on and off the water.

This is my fourth year rowing with Trinity, having started as a fresh faced novice in September 2008. In the three years that have Rebecca sculling at Cork Regatta 2011. passed since then, I have seen first hand just how much this club means to everyone that has passed through the gates of Islandbridge in the infamous colours of pink and black. Rowing is a special kind of sport that I am incredibly lucky to be a part of, and what makes it even better is that I am a part of it with this amazing club. It goes without saying that there is something unique about DULBC, something that others simply may not comprehend. We are like a tight knit family with the same goals and ambitions that makes the training more bearable because we know Rebecca completed a charity cycle from Dublin to that we‟re all in it together. It London with Trinity’s Dental School this summer… is the ultimate team sport. in DULBC kit of course!

Lifelong friendships are born during the long hours of winter training and are made stronger by the thrill of racing during regatta season. Before long you have become part of a DULBC crew 2

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I have no doubt in my mind that this year will be one that goes down in the club‟s history books. The standard has been set and big things are to come. The club has been growing at an exponential rate over the past two or three years and it looks as if 2011-2012 will have something similar in store. Not only are we recruiting many new novices on an annual basis but an awful lot more of them are staying around for longer than ever before and if even possible are becoming more and more enthusiastic as the years go by! It has come to the point where the club is beyond stretched in trying to cater for these vast numbers yet last January we somehow managed to pull off the impossible and enter six novice

eights at St. Michael‟s HOR. This kind of accomplishment though not producing pennants or pots is down to the commitment of the hardworking people behind the scenes – our coaches, committee members, alumni, family and supporters who often never receive the credit they are due. The University Championships in April this year was testament to the hard work and dedication that exists among everyone involved in the club. Fifty three DULBC athletes represented the club right through from 1st year novice to senior level with the one goal in mind – to be the best University in

Ireland. With a combined effort from our male counterparts in DUBC we pulled off an extraordinary win for the college. When called upon the rowers did the work on the water but this would not have been possible without the incredible support and dedication from our voluntary coaches who work around the clock from September to July in an effort to make us the athletes we are. Head coach Andrew Coleman and DULBC‟s own Franky Sheridan took care of the intermediate/senior crews while Connla Edwards was joined by Phil Keane to take charge of the novices. Their dedication does

not go unnoticed though they are not nearly thanked enough for what they bring to the club. I hope to work with all four of these talented men this year in bringing DULBC to a new level of success in Irish Rowing. I can only hope that my time spent as captain, though inevitably short, will bring victory and triumph to the club that I have come to love over the past three years. We will be a force to be reckoned with and I hope that we will have the continued support of all friends, family and alumni of DULBC, for we would not be able to do it without you.

DULBC Coaching Panel 2011/12 We are immensely lucky at DULBC to have the help of four experienced and qualified rowing coaches who volunteer their time to help us progress as athletes and without whom DULBC could certainly not exist as the large and thriving club you see today. < Head Coach Andrew Coleman IARU Level 2 Coaching Certificate Rowed for Oratory School (UK), Dublin University BC, Neptune RC, Lady Elizabeth BC, Ireland (Home Internationals, World Cup)

Franky Sheridan > IARU Level 2 Coaching Certificate Rowed for Neptune RC, Lady Elizabeth BC, Ireland (Home Internationals)

< Connla Edwards IARU Level 2 Coaching Certificate Rowed for Commercial RC, Ireland (Home Internationals)

Phil Keane > IARU Level 1 Coaching Certificate, completing Level 2 this year. Rowed & coached at Neptune RC

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Meet the 2011/12 Committee Captain

Alumni Officer

Rebecca Dowling

Caitlin Condon

4th year Dentistry. 4th year Philosophy and Likes cycling, playing the fiddle Economics. By far the and popping into Copper Face most sophisticated Jacks for special occasions. member of the club, Caitlin Worst rowing moment was finding never does anything out that her Mum was out on the embarrassing… honest!

town with the DULBC girls in Henley (UK) whilst she was at home in Dublin studying for summer exams. Work hard kids!

Development Officer

Susannah Cass

Vice-Captain

Rebecca Deasy

2nd year PhD in Botany. Likes rowing, currach rowing, skiff rowing, rowing and earthworms. Once crashed a 2– so far into the reeds at St Michael‟s Head that the only way to get free was bouncing for 5 minutes.

3rd year Medicinal Chemistry. Likes flags. Stunt woman of the club, Rebecca is decidedly accident prone and once ran herself over with the launch trailer.

Secretary

Fundraising Officer

Sinead Dolan

Cat O’Shea

MSISS. Likes rowing, talking about rowing, talking about her sister rowing. Once refused to go training in case her fake tan got ruined.

3rd year Drama and Italian. Likes photography and the Phil‟. Has lost countless phones overboard in Ireland‟s bodies of water.

PR Officer

Treasurer

Hazel O’Neill

Sinead Roger

2nd year Medicine. 3rd year Music and Likes sailing and Education. Likes playing skiing. Was once in the piano, choir and her an 8+ which clashed new pet dog. Got a bit of blades with another sunstroke at Henley crew at Erne Head and started a full blown Women‟s Regatta and accused of being drunk in a shouting match… before realising they were 13 petrol station - she just needed some ice cream! year old boys… how embarrassing. 4

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Social Secretaries

Keira Buttanshaw and...

Heather Crowley

3rd year Economics and Social Studies. Keira likes rowing but not 2nd year Engineering. Likes pink as much as she likes rowing and black, tea and DUBC men… nights out. She‟s always easy to well, a certain DUBC man... spot because she has a moral objection to wearing anything more than extremely tiny dresses.

Alice Norwood

... Molly Brady-Martin

3rd year Ancient History & Archaeology and History of Art. Likes music and playing golf. Alice‟s Dad has volunteered to trawl all of the crabs out of Inniscarra Lake before next year‟s National Championships...

2nd year European Studies. Likes capsizing sculls on enemy lines directly opposite UCD and, more dramatically, an 8+ at the bank AFTER a race at Carrick-on-Shannon.

Novice Committee Coordinator

Suzanne Daniels 3rd year Occupational Therapy. In first her first year rowing texted Andrew at 6am to ask if we still row in the rain… “I didn't get a reply and I have learned since we row in much worse than rain (poor little novice me!!!)”

Jane Casey 3rd year Economic and Social Studies. Likes drama, being dramatic and the Phil‟. You usually hear Jane before you see her…

Gill Crowe 2nd year Medicine. Loves sailing, VDP and tea. Most embarrassing rowing moment was body-boarding a capsized scull in Islandbridge. DULBC News 2011 ©

Neptune Head Senior 8+: 2nd Intermediate 1x: Sinead Dolan Pennant Winner, Iseult Finn 2nd Novice 8+: Pennant Winners St Michael’s Head Senior 8+ Pennant Winners Senior 2-: 4th, 5th, 6th Intermediate 8+: Pennant Winners Novice 8+: 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th Head of the Shannon Novice 8+s: 2nd, 4th

Results from 2010—2011

Dublin Head Senior 8+: 2nd Novice 8+s: 8th, 9th Erne Head Senior 8+: Pennant Winners Senior 4+: 2nd (1st 4+) Intermediate 8+: 2nd Novice 8+: 2nd, 3rd

Colours Races vs UCD Corcoran Cup (Senior) LOST by 3/4 length Sally Moorehead Trophy (Novice) LOST by 5 lengths Neptune Regatta Senior 8+ LOST to UCD Senior 4+ LOST to UCD Intermediate 8+ WON Intermediate 4+ WON Novice 8+ LOST to UCD University Champion- Senior 8+: 2nd ships Senior 4-: University Champions Senior 2x: University Champions Senior 1x: Sarah Dolan 2nd Intermediate 8+: University Champions Intermediate 4+: 2nd Intermediate 1x: Sinead Dolan 2nd Novice 8+: 5th Novice 2x: University Champions, 3rd Novice II 8+: 1st, 2nd, 4th (Non-Championship event) Skibbereen Regatta Senior 8+: 1st Under 23 8+: 1st Under 23 1x: Sinead Roger 1st Intermediate 4+: 1st Novice 4+: 1st Novice 1x: Rebecca Dowling 1st Trinity Regatta Senior 8+: 1st, 2nd Senior 4+: 1st, 2nd Novice 8+: 1st Novice 4+: 1st Queen’s Regatta Senior 4+: 1st Henley Women’s Regatta Senior 4+: Round 1 BEAT Reading Rowing Club, Round 2 LOST to Oxford Brookes Senior 1x: Sinead Roger Fastest non-qualifier after time trial Senior Lightweight 1x: Sinead Dolan LOST to Wallingford RC (winner) in the semifinal. Athlone Regatta Novice 8+s: 2nd, 3rd Cork Regatta Senior 4-: 5th Senior 2-: 1st Selected for Home Internationals Under 23 2-: 2nd, 3rd Selected for Home Internationals Division I 1x: Sinead Dolan 2nd B Final Selected for Home Internationals Sinead Roger 1st D Final, WINNER Under23 Division II 1x: Rebecca Dowling 3rd A Final WINNER Novice 6

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Champs 2011 - End of an Era for Caoimhe Proud-Murphy By Caitlin Condon Each year Champs not only marks the end of the season but also the beginning of the next: it is the culmination of a years worth of hard training - a chance to earn concrete validation for one‟s efforts, as well as an opportunity to look back on what one has already achieved and to look forward to what the next season will bring from one Captain and her committee to the next. However, despite the obvious significance of the regatta itself, when I look back on past championships I think not so much about the actual days that comprise the event, but the long summer weeks leading up to it time spent predominately in Blessington, tensely analysing every millisecond of every stroke, making sure that everything is just right for the big day. In no other time of the season is there such an intense focus felt by all levels of the club, from first year novice up to senior, on one particular regatta. The reason I have digressed is not to muse over my past summers rowing with DULBC but rather to put into context all that the club has achieved this past Champs. Although winning an elusive championship pot is of course the end goal, sometimes, for one reason or another, it does not always happen. It is times like these, when we are seemingly left empty handed, that we are forced to look at the bigger picture and

evaluate our success in more complex terms. This is what happened on July 16th, 2011 This past Championships was particularly significant for many of us as it was Caoimhe ProudMurphy‟s last race with DULBC. I personally had the privilege of rowing with Caoimhe for three of her four years with DULBC and during that time I not only grew to respect her enormously as an athlete, but she also become one of my dearest friends. What has always struck me about Caoimhe is that despite knowing when to be serious, and she is one of the most focused and driven people I‟ve ever met, she simultaneously embodies such a wonderful sense of fun and mischief. She is the rower whose mere presence in your boat made you that much more confident at the start line as well as the friend you wanted to celebrate with at the finish. DULBC News 2011 ©

At the close of Champs weekend after a somewhat disappointing result in the senior eights race, we dusted ourselves off and celebrated Caoimhe‟s legacy by presenting her with a DULBC oar inscribed with her name along with the titles of her most notable victories with the club. Not only were we acknowledging the enormous contribution that Caoimhe has made to DULBC, but also it inevitably led us to reflect on all that the club has achieved in the most recent years. The numbers alone are astonishing: we had 35 girls competing at champs this year along with four dedicated coaches. The club as it stands today has boundless potential and I look forward to witnessing what it will accomplish this year. In some ways Caoimhe‟s departure seems to mark the end of an era: it is apparent that a new generation of rowers has eagerly taken the reigns and have already started to make their own unique mark on DULBC just as the generations before them have. However, although the faces themselves may have changed quite a bit throughout the years, I am pleased to report that the unique spirit that had initially attracted me to the club is well intact. I‟m going to savour everything that my last year has to bring but I am confident that everything that I loved about the club will be there for other girls to enjoy for years to come. 7

Tips for Novices!!! Suzanne Daniels, Novice Coordinator Hey guys, so you have joined the fun and addictive sport of rowing. I‟m guessing some of you haven‟t a clue where to start with what kit to wear, code words being shouted at you from the bank and general issues that face a newbie rower... Rowing might look like a simple and repetitive movement but, because you're floating on water and sliding on a seat with wheels attached, it's not a stable environment. After a few weeks, novices can get to a point when they feel the boat moving at speed and the rush of water beneath them. That sensation is addictive! In addition, the camaraderie that comes with a rowing club could mean that you quickly find yourself becoming part of a thriving community.

My experience as a novice rower I joined rowing as a first year wandering through the fresher‟s stands, probably similar to most of you. Now three years on I still love it. I wasn‟t the fittest novice at all (I hadn‟t played sports in a few years) but I quickly got into training and enjoyed it from the get go…circuits are still my favourite bit of the year! I remember the first time getting into the boat…I thought I was definitely going to fall in and was even super nervous about stepping into the boat! But eventually you get really comfortable and forget to worry about falling into the dirty Liffey water. It does take a long time to get „good‟ at

Key Words:

rowing as it is such a technical sport, so don‟t get frustrated with it, it will happen in time! Rowing is a great place to make really close friends (kind of necessary as you have to spend so much time around each other), I have met some of my best friends through rowing. Training, erg tests, racing and social events make up the calendar of the rowing year. I was in the bows of the first novice boats to go out on the first weekend to help balance you all and the flash backs to my novice year were great. I hope you keep up rowing and attend all the social events and enjoy every moment of it!

green marking.

usually metal, that sits under the stern of the boat; allows the coxStroke Side - the left side of the swain to steer the boat. boat - when sitting in the cox's seat, looking forward. Oars for Saxboard - this is the top side of this side of the boat often have a the boat - the edges onto which red marking. the riggers are bolted.

The boats are steered by the coxswain. Cox's use a rudder to steer the boat, which they control using cables that are connected to it. To help keep the boat on course, all boats have a small fin Stern - the back end of the boat, where the cox usually sits; also in the stern. the end of the boat with the Each rower sits on a seat that rudder and/or fin. rolls on wheels along the slide. Feet are tied into shoes which are Bow - the front end of the shell, bolted onto footplates in the covered by a bowball. boat. Each oar is held in place by Bowball - small rubber ball that riggers, which extend from the covers the end of the bow; saxboard. The rigger holds the intended to prevent/reduce gate in which the oar sits. damage upon collision. Bow Side - the right side of the Fin - the fin under the stern of the boat - when sitting in the cox's boat which helps to keep the boat seat, looking forward. Oars for on course. this side of the boat often have a Rudder - a small, movable part, 8

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Gate - the small plastic part at the end of the rigger that opens at the top. The rower opens the gate, places the oar into it, then shuts the top metal bar, screwing it tightly shut. The gate holds the oar in place during the rowing stroke. Rigger - The metal support attached to the saxboard that holds the gate. Slide - the tracks underneath each seat which the wheels of the seat slide on.

Cox Box - a device used by the blade perpendicular to the water cox, consisting of a microphone on the recovery. and speakers, that amplifies the Feathered blades - keeping the cox's voice throughout the boat. blade parallel to the water on the Blade - another name for the oar, recovery. particularly the paddle end know The recovery - the part of the as the spoon. rowing stroke when the oar is out Square blades - keeping the of the water.

Crab - an unfortunate incident when the blade gets caught in the water and the handle of the oar hits the rower. It is caused by the blade not entering into the water fully square, when pressure is applied to the blade it will just go deeper and deeper in the water.

Drop - after telling the crew to easy there the cox will give the command to drop, the crew can then drop their blades on the water, this is a bit like the "at ease" command in the army.

A few co

x’s calls...

Hold it up - put the blades into the water at an angle, causing the boat to decelerate quickly. Firm/Full Pressure - pull on the oar with 100% of your power.

Three Quarter Pressure - rowing with 75% of your Full Crew, Rowing from backstops, Are you power. Ready, Go! - This is a classic command, the cox Half/Medium Pressure - rowing with 50% of your specifies who the command is to, what they are to power. do, gives them time to prepare and when the cox Light Pressure - stop rowing with pressure and just can tell the crew is ready they say Go. lightly pull the blades through the water. Easy There - stop rowing, while maintaining the Back it down - push the oar backwards through the arms away position and leaving the blade feathered water to move the boat toward the stern above the water, letting the boat glide over the predominantly used to turn the boat around (back it water. down on one side).

Training Gear Tips As a rower you will find yourself spending A LOT of time in lycra! (it‟s just so comfortable) So invest in a few leggings and tech tops, they‟ll always come in handy.

Land training is often indoors, so shorts, t-shirt and a good pair of runners are essential. Water-based training takes place in the outdoors (unfortunately, with all this cold weather)!! During cold weather the best advice is to wear a lot of thin layers (thermals, fleece etc) which can be removed as you get warmer. Ideally, gear should be close fitting (so the oars don't catch in it) but allow plenty of joint movement and not have any zips, pockets, etc. that can get in the way of oar movement. No jeans, woolly jumpers or any type of clothes that prohibit movement! Once the kit page opens you‟ll have a chance to buy the superbly flattering one pieces and tech tops etc. which are really handy pieces of kit. Plus you need your one piece for RACING!

Always bring a spare set of kit to training, in case you get wet. Oh and don’t forget socks! Always bring a water bottle with you and be sipping during training sessions and during the day… as Andrew says „if you‟re thirsty.. it‟s too late‟ ( Coleman, A., 2010)

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Social Events The Best Bit! Work hard, Play hard or even better… Row hard, play hard! With all our hard work and dedication to the sport we do like to party! There are loads of events during the year from Sunday lunches after training in our favourite pub, Ryan‟s of Parkgate Street, to great nights out after races and they are all AMAZING

Then we have

Boat Ball on the 17th November

where you get to wear a gorgeous dress, dine in the Gresham Hotel and dance to your heart‟s content! Very similar to your debs…and you all know you couldn‟t miss that so you definitely can‟t miss Boat Ball!

and are the BANTER at training. To get the whole picture of rowing you have to come to these events! Here are just a few coming up before Christmas... The

Halloween Massacre

is on Friday the

The best bit of the year is Christmas COMMONS and initiation! Basically we have a lovely meal in the dining hall, then head to the GMB for initiations and team games, if you want to be a part of the club you have to be initiated (basically just making a fool of yourself in the Pav, with photographic evidence!) Then onto a club!

28th October; I hope you all have your fancy dress outfits picked! This is one of the best nights of the year and cannot be missed!!! Plus DULBC organise it so it‟s great night to show your support for The social events are a great way to meet new your club. people and mix with DUBC also!

Stay up to date with the latest News and Results Facebook DULBC „Like‟ our page to keep up to date with news, receive event invitations and maybe even re-connect with some old crewmates. Twitter TrinityLadiesRowing (@DULBC1976) Follow our tweets for the latest news and up to the minute results on race day. Blog http://dulbc.blogspot.com Trinity Ladies Rowing Follow our bkog for more detailed news, race results and the results of the monthly 100 Club draws. DUCAC To keep up to date with ALL of Trinity’s Sport keep an eye on news from DUCAC: Web: www.ducac.tcdlife.ie Facebook: Ducac Twitter: DUCAC (@tcd_DUCAC) 10

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Alumni Corner Life After DULBC News from DULBC alumni around the world, please send your own news to dulbcnews@gmail.com. Laura MacDermott has succeeded Jane Williams as President of DULBC. We are immensely grateful for Jane‟s hard work over the years and are really looking forward to working with Laura in the future. Zoë Keers (2004-06) is now Zoë Keers-Coakley having married Eugene Coakley this summer. They first met at a Trinity Boathouse party! Breda Horan (2007–09) is a radiologist currently working in Waterford but made a star appearance in the DULBC team at the Irish International Currach Championships this August. Emma Jacob (2006-10, Captain 2008/9) is now a fully qualified teacher working near Canterbury, UK. Caoimhe Proud-Murphy (2007-11) is now living and working as a risk analyst in London.

Fundraising ‘100 Club’ It really could be you! Support DULBC for a chance to win cash prizes every month from November - July! DULBC is becoming a larger and more successful club year on year but this puts a lot of pressure on our equipment and resources. Please help us to fulfil our commitment to every Trinity girl who would

like to row (and Trinity boy who wants to cox!) and achieve our competitive potential by joining the DULBC 100 Club. For a donation of just €20 per rowing year you will be allocated a lucky number which will be entered into a draw to win cash prizes every month from November-July. The 100 Club will officially launch once we have 12 members and the minimum top prize will be €25 - yes, that's right, you could have a 1/12 chance of winning €25 in the very first month! As more members join the 100 Club the prizes will increase by €10 for every 10 new lucky numbers in play. So for example, with 25 members the prize will be €30 and with 91 member the prize will be a tidy €100!! Entry forms can be collected from any current member of DULBC or downloaded from the ‘100 Club’ page on our blog dulbc.blogspot.com where you will also find more details and terms and conditions.

BLAZERS What more can we say? Since 1976 DULBC has been sadly lacking in traditional rowing sartorial elegance but, as of 2011, things have changed. They‟re here. They‟re pink (and black and white). They look STUNNING.

Tailor made in a flattering women’s fit from bespoke DULBC-stripe, 70% wool / 30% cotton fabric; lined in matching silky pink; trimmed with pink piping (Senior blazer only); embellished with a hand embroidered, gilt-wired crest and yours for a surprisingly reasonable €300 (Student) or €350 (Alumni)*. These are not just any blazers, these are DULBC blazers! Men‟s blazers also available on request. Blazers currently supplied with plain black buttons but boxed sets of gold plated, DULBC crested buttons will be available shortly. For more pictures, eligibility criteria, design information and full details on ordering your DULBC blazer please visit the Alumni page of our blog dulbc.blogspot.com or email dulbcblazers@gmail.com. *Prices are approximate based on £ exchange rates.

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Dates for your diary 2011/12 5th November 2011 13th November 2011

National Indoor Rowing Championships, TCD

16th November 2011

Run for Mark in the Dark, TCD

17th November 2011

Boat Ball, The Gresham Hotel

December 2011 TBC

DULBC are proudly sponsored by Ryan’s of Parkgate Street . For details on all FXB venues in the Dublin area, Christmas menus, special offers and to book visit:

Christmas Commons, TCD

December/January

Winter training camps. TBC

28th January 2012

St Michael’s Head, O’Brien’s Bridge

18th February 2012

Head of the Shannon, Carrickon-Shannon

25th February 2012

Lagan Head, Belfast

3rd March 2012 24th March 2012 7th April 2012

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Erne Head, Enniskillen Dublin Head, Dublin Trinity Regatta, Islandbridge

14th April 2012

University Championships, National Rowing Centre

15th April 2012

Skibbereen Regatta, NRC

21st April 2012

Neptune Regatta, Islandbridge

28th April 2012

Queens Regatta, Castlewellan Lake

26th May 2012

Dublin Metropolitan Regatta, Blessington Lake

16th June 2012

Athlone Regatta, Coosan Point

23rd June 2012

Cork Regatta, NRC

12th July 2012

Contact details:

Neptune Head, Blessington

Postal address:

DULBC, c/o DUCAC, Sports Centre, Trinity College, Dublin 2

Boathouse:

Trinity Boathouse, War Memorial Park, Islandbridge, Dublin 8

Captain

Rebecca Dowling

rdowlin@tcd.ie

Head Coach

Andrew Coleman

ampcoleman@gmail.com

Alumni Officer

Caitlin Condon

condoncc@tcd.ie

Newsletter

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Blazers

dulbcblazers@gmail.com

Website

www.ladiesboat.tcdlife.ie

Twitter

TrinityLadiesRowing (@DULBC1976)

Blog

National Championships, NRC