Celebrations are continuing across Fossa following a hugely successful showing by Fossa Rowing Club at the Irish Coastal Rowing Federation All-Ireland Championships in Bantry.<\/p>\n
Over 50 local rowers travelled to West Cork to represent the club across 19 crews during three days of intense competition against the top coastal rowing talent in the country.<\/p>\n
Action began on Friday with strong performances from two U16 Mixed crews, before the Novice Mixed Final yielded the club’s first silverware of the weekend. <\/p>\n
In a closely fought race, the Fossa Novice A crew put in a trojan effort to claim a brilliant third-place bronze, while the Novice B crew battled bravely to the finish line.<\/p>\n
Saturday saw early morning action as crews gathered at the Bantry marina. <\/p>\n
The club’s U16 Girls got proceedings underway, with the A crew securing qualification for Sunday’s final. Strong displays followed from the Sprint Ladies, while Alison Coffey featured in a composite crew masterclass. <\/p>\n
The U18 Mixed crew put major pressure on the field in their final, before the U14 Boys finished strongly in their heat to book their place in Sunday’s showpiece event.<\/p>\n
Flawless morning conditions greeted rowers on Sunday for the final day of racing. Fossa’s Pre-Veteran Mixed and Senior Mixed crews put in solid performances, followed by a standout display from the club’s youngest participants, the U12 Girls crew.<\/p>\n
Despite deteriorating weather and choppy waters as the afternoon progressed, the Fossa Novice Men’s crew delivered the highlight of the day in Race 9, producing a superb team performance to capture All-Ireland silver.<\/p>\n
Solid showings from the U18 Boys, Novice Ladies, and U16 Boys closed out a historic and proud weekend for the Fossa club on national waters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrations are continuing across Fossa following a hugely successful showing by Fossa Rowing Club at the Irish Coastal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-608683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608683","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=608683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}