{"id":443673,"date":"2026-05-11T18:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/443673\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T18:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T18:39:09","slug":"four-university-of-galway-rowers-in-ireland-crew-for-2026-world-rowing-cup-i-in-seville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/443673\/","title":{"rendered":"Four University of Galway Rowers in Ireland Crew for 2026 World Rowing Cup I in Seville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four University of Galway rowers have been selected in the Ireland squad for the upcoming World Cup in Seville, led by Moycullen\u2019s Fiona Murtah in the Women\u2019s Singles Sculls.<\/p>\n

Emma Fagan is the Women\u2019s Four, Martin O\u2019Grady is in the Men\u2019s Quad Scull, and Fion\u00e1n Tolan competes in the Men\u2019s Pair.\u00a0 The event starts on May 29th.<\/p>\n

The event marks the first senior international test of the season for many of Ireland\u2019s High Performance athletes as crews continue preparations towards a busy summer racing programme.<\/p>\n

Selection for World Cup I follows an extensive winter training and trial process at the National Rowing Centre, with athletes and crews working through months of preparation, testing, and racing to earn selection for the Irish team.<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Single Scull (M1x)
Fintan McCarthy (Skibbereen Rowing Club)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Quad Scull (M4x)
Konan Pazzaia (Queen’s University Belfast Boat Club)
Andrew Sheehan (UCC RC\/Lee RC)
Ryan Spelman (Oxford Brookes & St Michael\u2019s Rowing Club)
Martin O\u2019Grady (University of Galway Boat Club)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Pair (M2-)
Adam Murphy (UCC RC\/Shandon BC)
Fion\u00e1n Tolan (University of Galway Boat Club)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Single Scull (W1x)
Fiona Murtagh (University of Galway Boat Club)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Double Scull 1 (W2x)
Zoe Hyde (Tralee Rowing Club)
Mags Cremen (Lee Rowing Club)
Women\u2019s Double Scull 2 (W2x)
Alison Bergin (Fermoy Rowing Club)
Sophia\u00a0Young (Methodist College Belfast\u00a0Rowing\u00a0Club)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Four (W4-)
Natalie Long (Lee Valley Rowing Club)
Claire Feerick (Oxford Brookes & Neptune Rowing Club)
Emma Fagan (University of Galway Boat Club)
Imogen Magner (Lee Valley Rowing Club)<\/p>\n

Lightweight Women\u2019s Single Scull (LW1x)
Izzy Clements (Tara Rowing Club & Edinburgh University Boat Club)<\/p>\n

Support Staff<\/p>\n

High Performance Director
Niall O’Carroll<\/p>\n

Coaches
Dominic Casey
Denise Walsh
Ed Hartery
Miles Taylor<\/p>\n

Physiology
Lorenz Kissling<\/p>\n

Manager
Ciara Harte<\/p>\n

Physio
Heather O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n

Nutrition
Laura Mahony<\/p>\n

Drivers
John Burchill
TJ Ryan<\/p>\n

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High Performance Director at Rowing Ireland, Niall O’Carroll, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWorld Cup I is an important milestone for our programme and provides an excellent opportunity for athletes and crews to benchmark themselves internationally early in the season. A huge amount of work has gone in behind the scenes over the winter months, from daily training sessions and camps through to a demanding trial process at the National Rowing Centre. Selection for these crews has been highly competitive, and the athletes have earned the opportunity to race in Seville through their performances and commitment across the season to date. We are looking forward to seeing how they perform against world-class competition as we continue building towards the major championship events later this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The provisional racing programme for the 2026 World Rowing Cup I in Seville is available here:\u00a02026 World Rowing Cup I Seville Programme<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2026 World Rowing Cup I takes place from 29 to 31 May in Seville, Spain, with racing expected to feature many of the world\u2019s leading rowing nations as crews begin their international campaigns for the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four University of Galway rowers have been selected in the Ireland squad for the upcoming World Cup in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[193091,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-443673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-four-university-of-galway-rowers-in-ireland-crew-for-2026-world-rowing-cup-i-in-seville","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}