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NUIG’s alumni boat club, Gráinne Mhaol RC, undertook its first overseas trip recently, joining hundreds of boats in a 30km row of the River Seine in Paris.

Now that the Leaving Certificate exams are about to start and the rowing season is in full swing, we thought to share the following story.

St Joseph’s College enjoyed the perfect warm-up at the Boston Scientific Galway Head of the River at the weekend ahead of this week’s trip to Australia.

Rowing is a sport of endurance, strength, and finesse, a sport naturally suited to Galway where the river connects Lough Corrib with the sea. The earliest reference we have to competitive rowing on the Galway river is 1839. The first rowing club established here was the Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club in 1864 (149 years ago!) and as other clubs formed, rowing matches became more competitive. In 1868, Commercial Rowing Club was formed and the inter-club rivalry generated a lot of interest in the sport.

In a weekend of festivals, Galway rowing stages its annual Head of the River on Saturday.

Galway’s premier rowing event, the annual Head of the River, takes place on Saturday next, March 16.

Galway rowers are swapping their oars for bicycles in a bid to raise funds for the club and Galway charity Ability West.

Having claimed the top school trophy at the Irish Schools’ Rowing Championships last month, Coláiste Iognáid rowers continued their winning streak at the Limerick Regatta on Saturday.

Rowers from Colaiste Iognaid were the overall winners at this year’s Irish Schools Championship Regatta Regatta.

Galway Rowing Club, the city’s oldest, is appealing for financial support for the purchase of a new boat.