We will be using this page to keep you updated regarding the current rowing season at CAIBC over the coming weeks and months.  We would also like to use it to build up an archive of how CAIBC has faired in the past.  So if you have information about how the school has done in the past, please send a copy to us at chairman @ cobrarowing.co.uk  (remove the 2 spaces from the email address and put "COBRA" in the subject title to avoid the spam detector).

PLEASE send me any club/crew photographs (as jpeg files) that do not appear on these pages.  It would also be helpful if anyone could send me a photocopy of the Rowing reports from the school magazine, so something could be written about each year.  Thanks.

coming soon...

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Coleraine Academical Institution Boat Club was the scene for a terrific days training, fun and friendship between the three Ulster rowing schools on Saturday 29th May.  Methodist College Belfast and Royal Belfast Academical Institution both made the journey north to attend the inaugural Ulster Schools Training day.

The River Bann, on which CAIBC is proudly built, is not only one of the most picturesque rivers in the country, but it is also undoubtedly one of its best rowing training venues as well.  With over 7 miles of straight, wide water it enables the coaches to plan long challenging outings without the need to continually stop and turn their crews as they do on many other rivers.  The rain that fell did little to dampen spirits as the water was flat calm, perfect for rowing.

RBAIs Senior VIII came to train alongside CAIs J16 VIII and both schools crews benefited from the long, tough water sessions. 

MCBs J15s came to train along with CAIs J15s, both in individual school club crews and in inter school club crews.  The latter gave the boys of both clubs the chance to get to know each other and each other’s distinctive rowing styles.  The day ended with a thrilling race between three inter-club VIIIs, organised, marshalled and umpired by CAIBC coach Ross Cochrane.  He rose to the not inconsiderable challenge of lining the three young crews up in a running start but also in keeping them apart during the race from The Old Bridge to the Boat House.

The day was rounded of in style with a BBQ, ably cooked by Dr Hull, Master in Charge of Rowing at CAI.  Despite the inclement weather he manned the BBQ for hours, ensuring that all the hungry oarsmen had food aplenty when they finished their training.  This was massively appreciated by all who were present – oarsmen, coaches, parents and spectators alike.

On behalf of CAI we would like to re-iterate our thanks to Dr Hull, Ross Cochrane, Charlie McMullan and all the other CAIBC coaches, for organising such a fine day.    We would also like to thank the coaches and oarsmen of RBAI and MCB for attending, and the parents who provided food.  I know all who were present are already looking forward to the next time the Ulster rowing schools can get together again!

Irish Championship Regatta

The men's Intermediate pair was the first event of the weekend and the first race of the weekend was dominated by the CAI pair of Old Boys Michael McNaul and Steven Archibald.  After a tentative start the pair settled into a strong rhythm and gradually worked their way through the field and were in the lead by the 1250metre mark.  They pulled out an advantage on the remaining 5 boats and crossed the line comfortably ahead of their nearest rivals, Neptune from Dublin.  These two crews progressed to the final.  In the final the crew had a less settled display and struggled to keep pace with their more experienced competition.  They pushed hard all the way finally finishing fifth in a very good field.

The next event for the Coleraine Inst contingent was the Men's senior coxless four.  Taking place on Friday evening this was one of the toughest events to win in recent years at the Irish Championships, but the crew of Jonathan Mitchell, Michael McNaul, Robert Hart and Steven Archibald were prepared for the challenge.  As the first CAI crew in modern times to race in a senior event at the Championships they positively reacted to the situation and raced as hard as they could over the 2,000 metre distance against opposition with World and Olympic experience.  After a reasonable start the crew progressed over the next 750 metres to obtain fourth place in the 6 boat field.  The crew then began to attack the crew from Belfast sitting in third.  The two crews battled hard over the second half of the course with the Belfast boat just coming out ahead.  The Coleraine crew had made an impressive entrance into the ranks of senior rowing, coming away with a credible fourth place.

The other competitor racing for CAI at the Championships was Chris Black, competing in the extremely competitive Intermediate Single event.  Chris was unlucky in his draw and drew the eventual winner along with a number of other very fast scullers.  He made a really solid effort within the race, but was unfortunately not able to progress beyond a very classy heat.

Due to high winds and expected gusty conditions, Saturdays racing was moved forward, so Jonathan Mitchell had less preparation time than hoped for before his attack on the Junior single category.  Due to the very high number of competitors involved in this field there were a total of 6 heats, with only the top 2 progressing from each.  Jonathan proved to be in a different class to the other individuals in his heat and made light work of the race, dropping his rating for the second half and comfortably paddling home clear of the field.  The semi-final was a tougher race, but the result was the same.  After positioning himself in third, the last of the qualifying positions, Jonathan decided to raise a push for the finish to show what he could do.  His push was very effective and took him into the lead, where he remained until the finish line.  About half an hour before the final the weather turned even worse and no more boats were permitted to race.  During this time, in boat-sinking conditions, Jonathan's boat got over-turned by a freak wave.  He gathered himself together and rather than back out decided to race the final with far from ideal preparations.  Jonathan raced really well and acquitted himself fantastically in the conditions.  On the line he was judged to have come sixth only a matter of feet behind the fourth place boat.

The main event for the CAI squad at the Championships was the Men's Intermediate coxed four.  An event last competed in by the school 12 years ago.  In a highly competitive event CAI lined up in their heat against crews from Belfast, Cork, Galway and Dublin.  With only two through to the final the crew of Jonathan Mitchell, Michael McNaul, Robert Hart, Steven Archibald and Perry Stynes, knew the racing would be relentless over the distance.  After getting off the start in fourth the CAI crew settled into a powerful rhythm.  A strong push at half-way helped them into third ahead of the crew from Cork.  They then started to attack the Belfast crew and in a reversal of the senior fours result the CAI boys managed to get clear of Belfast and into the second qualifying spot, behind Galway.  In the final the four made every effort to stay with the race as long as possible and at half-way were overlapping with the top three.  The crew raced with a strong attitude and put themselves right in with the best Intermediate crews in Ireland, including university crews from Dublin and Galway.  In the second half the Inst boat attacked again and again and pushed the top three all the way, but were just not able to claw back the lost ground.  The four finished in fourth place, a very admirable position considering the time spent in the boat.
(shamelessly stolen from the school website)

Winter Head Season

As they have been doing for the past few seasons, in order to break up the long winter training, CAI decided to enter some of the pre-Christmas Head races organised by various clubs within Northern Ireland. The only difference from previous years was that this time some of the COBRA members were able to compete in these events too.

The first race of the season was at Bann Head of the River. Due to rough conditions on the day only one of the two scheduled races took place over a shortened course and due to restrictions on participants for safety reasons, only 4 boats took to the water. One of those boats, however, was an Old Boys (racing as their various regular clubs)-School Boys composite. Due to injury Jamie McBurney had removed himself from the crew, but an 8 with a range of Old Boys, along with Johnny Mitchell and with Peri Stynes coxing took to the water. The race, of approximately 2,000 metres from Seaton's Marina to the yacht club was raced in fiercely windy conditions. The crew started first and after a shakey start settled well and pulled away from an impressive Bann J16 crew. The race was tough, but enjoyed by all and the winning margin over the other crews was satisfactory in the end.

CAI and COBRA were also represented in three Mini-Heads in Belfast over the winter. Belfast Rowing Club organised the first one, over a 4,500 m course. The school was represented by Johnny Mitchell in the single, who had a fantastic race to come 2nd overall in the category and beat some well established scullers. The other boat was entered as a CAI/RBAI composite, but comprised Michael McNaul and Steven Archibald (both COBRA) in a pair. In only their second outing together they had a solid row and finished a creditable 9th overall, winning the pairs category.

The next race was organised by Lagan Scullers' Club and featured just sculling categories. Again CAI and COBRA were strongly represented, with Johnny Mitchell, Michael McNaul and Steven Archibald all racing in singles and performing well in the first division. In the second division these three individuals, along with Elliot Clarke combined to race in a quad that very handily dealt with a seasoned Bann/BBC crew, amongst others, in order to record the fastest time in that division. The final race featured a very tired Mitchell and McNaul combining for their third gruelling 3,000m race in two hours, this time in a double. They again performed well and won this category also.

The final race of the pre-Christmas season was the annual BRC festive Mini-Head. The Old Boys unfortun-ately were not represented due to illness and injury, but Johnny Mitchell again should great determin-ation to finish with a time not much off that of the junior 4x, again showing his increasing ability in the single...roll on regatta season.


Steven Archibald - COBRA under-secretary

Johnny Mitchell & Jamie McBurney start the 2008/2009 training season with COBRA members David Ewart (Reading Uni RC) and Stephen Feeney (London RC & GBrowing).

Johnny Mitchell & Jamie McBurney train under the watchful eye of CAIBC's youngest coach.



Captain: Jonathan Mitchell
Vice-Captain: Peri Stynes, Elliot Clarke
Secretary: Calum McBurney

The CAIBC quad of Jonathan Mitchell (stk), Robert Hart, Michael McNaul and Jamie McBurney (bow) won the silver medal at the Irish Champs. 

The race started with the fancied Carlow crew getting off to the quickest start, but CAIBC pulled through to gain the lead by 500m.  They maintained this lead to 1000m, when Skibereen made their push.

The school boys fought hard, but were unable to contain the skib challenge, and were squeezed into 2nd place.  Carlow finished lengths back from the two front runners in third place. 

A full years report will follow shortly...

Captain: Jamie McBurney, Ryan Dinsmore
Vice-Captain: Robert Hart, Jonathan Mitchell
Secretary: Elliot Clarke

Schools championships (Castlewellan)
Sen Pair J McBurney and R Hart won their straight final comfortably, beating Methodist College. The two boys received medals for first place.

J18 Four P Calvin, R Dinsmore, M McCullough and M McNaul lost narrowly to Portora and Methodist College.

J16 Scull J Mitchell & E Clarke

J18 Quad M McNaul, R Hart, M McCullough and J McBurney

J15 quad C McBurney, M Stynes, B McMullan, G Clarke and P Stynes won the J15 quad

Queens Regatta Castlewellan
J18 Quad M McNaul, R Hart, J Mitchell and J McBurney won their semi final beating Methodist College but lost narrowly to commercial in the finals.

J18, Eight P Stynes, P Calvin, M McNaul, R Hart, R Dinsmore, M McCullough, J McBurney, J Mitchelle and E Clark. The eight had a tremendous row with a very tight race against Methodist and St. Josephs but couldn’t catch their opposition in the last 100m.

J18 Double M McNaul and R Hart won in their semi final but unfortunately lost in their final to Carlo A’s

Portora Regatta

J18 Double R Hart and M McNaul won their heat but lost marginally in the final

J18 Quad lost to Carlow

J18 Eight This was a straight final against commercial, portora and Coleraine Inst. The race had to be re – raced with only Portora and Coleraine due to such an extremely close finish. The outcome of this race resulted in Portora winning the final by half a canvas.
 

Belfast sprints
J18 Pair R Hart, and J McBurney unfortunately lost in their straight final by half a canvas. Nevertheless the race was very exciting to watch by the crowd as it was neck and neck most of the way

J18 Four R Hart, R Dinsmore, M McCullough and M McNaul had a tremendous row in a straight final against Methodist College. The race was very nerve racking to watch for the crowd who looked on. Coleraine inst got off to a flying start taking MCB by half a length, although as the race progressed, Coleraine Inst unfortunately steered on to MCB’s lane causing the opposition to slow down. Even though Coleraine Insts first four was leading, the race was awarded to MCB for jeopardizing their chance in the race.R Hart, and J McBurney unfortunately lost in their straight final by half a canvas. Nevertheless the race was very exciting to watch by the crowd as it was neck and neck most of the way.


Wray and Craig Cup
On the 19th of June, the rowers from Coleraine Inst participated in the Wray and Craig cups held at Portora Royal on lough Erne. The Wray cup is an annual race between Portora and Coleraine’s 1st four, this however is the first time that it had had been raced in 17 years. It is an ancient tradition started in 1930 and both schools were eager to re-establish this race on the rowing calander. The Craig Cup is raced between the Junior 16 8’s in the province of Ulster, it is a highly coveted race as the winners become Ulster champions.

There were five crews entered in the Craig cup, our own Coleraine Inst, Belfast Inst, Portora Royal, Portadown and Methodist College. As there were do many crews there had to be heats to qualify for the final. The first heat was between Portora Royal and Portadown. This was raced over 1500m and Portora won easily progressing to the final. The second heat was between the remaining crews, Belfast Inst, Coleraine Inst and Methodist College. In this heat two crews would proceed to have a three boat final. This was a very close race all round with Coleraine taking second place, one length behind Belfast Inst. Methodist College was third. An hour later the final of the Craig Cup took place and the eventual winners were Portora Royal closely followed by Belfast Inst then Coleraine Inst.

Next on the agenda was the Wray cup. This was to be held on the same 1500 meter course as the Craig cup, and is a traditional race between Coleraine Inst and Portora Royal School. After a competitive start to the race, Inst edged there way out in front of the hosts. With this lead our boys from Coleraine slowly crept further in front of the their opposition to secure a comfortable win of the three lengths.


The Irish Champs saw a CAIBC coming 5th in the J18 pair, 6th in the J18 four and 5th in the J18 quad. Our J18 eight failed to qualify for the finals

 
Robert Hart - secretary CAIBC

Captain: Michal McNaul
Vice-Captain: Ryan Dinsmore
Secretary: Robert Hart

The season started off with the annual trip to Lagan Head of the River. The J18 8+ had a good race, despite being held up by a certain Commercial Crew. The J16 4x+ had a well deserved victory, winning their class by 40 seconds, over the likes of RBAI and Methody.

The next race was Erne Head of the River, which only the J18 8+ participated in. The crew had an amazing row over the 6km course but came second to Neptune.

Regatta season began with a trip to Neptune Regatta, where the J18 4+ was striving to show their worth in Southern Ireland, and came close second to Commercial in a nail-biting final. The J16 4x+ was desperate to overcome the bad luck in racing down South, but came through beating Waterford and Portora comfortably.

The hotly-anticipated race, Queens Regatta, caused a stir in the club over the desperately early morning, but all of the lads were up to the challenge. The J18 4+ came third in an exciting race which involved the usual suspects, Methody and RBAI.  The J18 8+ had a disappointing result, (which was mostly due to the fact that half of the crew was racing a mere 20 minutes earlier), coming third to RBAI and Methody.  The J16 4+ had an unexpected, but well deserved, victory over Portadown and Methody. One of the guys was so chuffed over winning he wouldn’t take his medal off!  Yet again, the J16 4x+ won, but were a length down to Portora after 200 metres. There were two victories in this race as the cox managed to break Methody’s steering without doing any damage to CAI’s boat at all!!

The weekend after, the club went down to Portadown to compete in the annual regatta there. The J18 4+ lost out in an exciting semi final to Methody, which was our first race of the day.  The J16 4+ were eager to carry on winning but lost by half a length to Portadown in an eagerly anticipated final.  The J16 8+ won their category, beating RBAI and Portadown in a close final, winning a certain Gibson Cup for their victory.  The Novice 8+ lost out on medals in a final against Portadown, after sitting at the start waiting for the other crew to arrive after a staggering 40 minutes.  The J18 8+ were defeated after a rudder failure causing them to bow out of the race.  The J16 4x+ won convincingly in good style after beating Methody and RBAI.  And of course, the Novice 1x lost out to RBAI in a convincing final.

Calum McBurney
(+ pics from Johnny Mitchell)

There was another win for the J16 4x+, this time at the Portora Sprint Regatta.  They had very tough opposition in the form of Carlow, undefeated south of the border.  A very close final saw the Coleraine crew pull through to win by 6 feet over the 500m course.
Belfast Sprint Regatta saw another win for the J16 4x+ as well as a win for Johnny Mitchell in the J15 1x, a win for the J16 VIII+ and a win for the J18 4x-.

Athlone Regatta saw the J16 4x maintain there undefeated season by 2 feet over Offaly.
The Craig Cup (Ulster J16 championships) was hosted by the holders of the Cup (CAIBC) between the New bridge and Bann boathouse in Coleraine.  Five crews entered the race which saw a win for Portora by half a canvas from Coleraine Inst.  Methody finished third in the final, while Belfast Inst and Portadown were beaten in the semis.

Captain: Darren Taggart
Vice-Captain: Mark Reid
Secretary: David Stafford

Huston Cup and Banana Boat Cup 

Saturday 25th June 2005 was a full day for CAIBC.  It dawned grey and overcast but the sun eventually broke through enough to make it a pleasant, warmish day.  Philip Braithwaite, the star coach of the Craig Cup winning J16 VIII had divided the entire club in two, with one batch of boys racing the opening rounds of both cups in the morning, and the other batch “Bag Packing” in Safeway’s as a fund raising venture.  These two groups swapped over after lunch so that all boys had the opportunity both to race and to fund raise for their club before meeting back at the club for the finals of both cups, and a well deserved BBQ.

It turned out to be an extremely exciting day for all those involved: for the boys who took part in hard fought races, for those coaches who have trained the boys all year to see the fruits of their labour, and to the spectators who lapped up the atmosphere around the launching and landing area.

Even the somewhat choppy condition did nothing to detract from this, indeed the author believes that it actually added to the boys achievements.  Some senior scalps were taken by much more junior boys (in both age and physical stature!), two of the most notable occasions were in the Huston cup – in the first round where the J15 Jamie McBurney beat the J17 Aimal Khan, and perhaps most impressively where the diminutive J15 Michael McNaul beat the J16 colossus that is Ryan Dinsmore. 

Huston Cup
Semi-Finals         Ewart        bt       Topping            3.5 lengths
                        McNaul      bt       Dinsmore           0.5 length
Final                  Ewart        bt       McNaul             3 lengths

Banana Boat Cup
Semi-Finals         Reid          bt       Khan
                        Jared         bt      Stranocum
Final                  Reid          bt       Jared

All involved had a great day and we would like to thank all those that made the day possible, especially Conor Campbell for giving up his birthday to set up and man the BBQ with great results.

Andrew Wright

The Craig Cup, which is the Ulster Championships for J16 VIII+s, was raced on Saturday 4th June on the River Bann between Sandleford Bridge and Bann Boathouse.  The race saw the holders Coleraine Inst Boat Club take on Methody and Belfast Inst in a very tightly contested race over the 900m course. 

The CAIBC crew had the quickest start and opened up a ¼ length advantage over MCB in the first 500m, with RBAI a canvas behind.

Methody then made a big push for the line, with the CAIBC crew just able to hold on to the lead and crossed the finish line a canvas ahead of Methody, who had opened over half a length on the RBAI crew.

The victorious CAIBC crew was; Jamie McBurney (bow), James Turner (2), Johnny Goodman (3), Peter Calvin (4), Michael McNaul (5), Mark Reid (6), Ryan Dinsmore (7), Michael Topping (stk), Peri Stynes (cox) and their coach Philip Braithwaite.

Mark and Ryan were part of the CAIBC crew that won the Craig Cup in 2004.  Our thanks to the race umpire Simon Hamilton (Ulster Branch committee member & Bann RC) and finish line umpire Geoff Bones (Bann RC).

Methody close the gap as they approach the top of the Wall

 



NOTE: It is a strange trick of the light that suggests that I’m driving with no hands - just in case the teacher who has complained about my launch driving is reading this ;-)

The CAIBC J15 4x+ was undefeated all season, winning at Queens, Portadown, Belfast Sprints and Portora Regattas.  Although they did attend Athlone Regatta, equipment failure meant they had to retire in the semi-final, while in a qualifying position.

The crew was Jamie McBurney (bow), Michael Topping (3), Robert Hart (3),, Michael McNaul (stk) & Calum MrBurney (cox), sub Johny Mitchell.

Captain: David Ewart
Vice Captain: Colin Cochrane
Secretary: James Humphrey


Photos of the CAIBC crews competing at the Lagan Head of the River Race, 2005.






                                                               Cheers for the photos David.

CAIBC Vs COBRA annual race – 22nd December 2003.
           See “COBRA archives” page.

The J18 IV+ competed in the Irish Championships, and qualified for the final, where they finished 5th.

The J16 VIII+ won a number of races including Lagan Head, Portadown and Belfast Sprints Regatta.  The highlight of their season was winning the Craig Cup by 1 length over Methody who beat RBAI by a third of a length.  

The Ulster J16 VIII+ Championship race was held in Belfast, from the Ormeau Bridge to the Albert Bridge, a distance of over 1,500m.  Although Methody took an early lead of over a length, CAI were up to the task, and gradually pulled through to finish ahead of their Belfast rivals.

The J16 IV+ also had a successful season winning all their races.

The J15 VIII+ had good wins over St Josephs A & B at Portadown, and Methody at Belfast Sprint Regatta to remain undefeated in their races.  The J15 IV+ also managed to beat the Methody J15 VIII+ at Lagan Head!

CAIBC Vs COBRA Sprints – saturday 11th September 2004.

See “COBRA archives” page.

Captain: Philip Braithwaite
Vice Captain: David Dunlop
Secretary: Alex Humphrey

J18 IV+ - C. Cochrane (bow), C. Smyth (2), D. Ewart (3), D. Dunlop (stk), A. Robinson (cox).

J16 VIII+ - C. McAteer (bow), A. Robinson (2), R. Dinsmore (3), M. Reid (4), D. Taggart (5), R. Knight (6), B. Ruddock (7), A. Khan (stk), D. McNeill (cox).
J16 IV+ - italicised oarsmen.

J15 VIII+ - M. McNaul (bow), R. Hart (2), J. Goodman (3), M. Topping (4), R. Dinsmore (5), A. Robinson (6), B. Ruddock (7), M. Reid (stk), D. McNeill (cox).
J15 IV+ - italicised oarsmen, A. Humphrey (cox).

Members of Coleraine Inst Boat Club in 2003.




CAIBC Vs COBRA annual race – Monday 23rd December 2002.
                   See “COBRA archives” page.

The Head season saw a win at Erne Head for a 2nd IV+, at J18 level, and a 276th position at the London Head of the River Race. 

The regatta season saw wins at Queens (J18 & J16 IV+), Portadown (Intermediate, J18 & J16 VI+), Belfast Sprints (Intermediate & J18 VI+) and at Athlone Regatta (J18 IV+).  These regattas also saw the J18 and J16 VIII+ performing well, with a number of close 2nd places.

At the Irish Champs, the J18 IV+ continued its run of good form by finishing a very close 3rd, behind two St Josephs crews, finishing the 2nd fastest club.  The J18 VIII+ also reached the final, and crossed the line in 4th place (this time the 3rd fastest club).

Iain Giffin was selected to represent Ireland at the Home International Regatta, were he was in the winning J18 VIII+ and IV+. 

CAIBC Vs COBRA Sprints – saturday 6th September 2003.

See “COBRA archives” page.

Captain: Iain Giffin       
Vice Captain: Colin Stewart
Secretary: Jason Taggart

J18 VIII+ - P. Braithwaite (bow), J. Humphrey (2), C. Smyth (3), D. Ewart (4), D. Dunlop (5), J. Taggart (6), I. Giffin (7), C. Campbell (stk), A. Humphrey (cox).
J18 IV+ - italicised oarsmen, D. McNeill (cox).

J16 VIII+ - B. Ruddock (bow), M. Reid (2), D. Taggart (3), R. Boyd (4), J. Purce (5), J. Humphrey (6), C. Smyth (7), D. Ewart (stk), A. Humphrey (cox).
J16 IV+ - italicised oarsmen.

The Head of the River season saw victories at Lagan Head for the Intermediate and Novice IV+ and the 1st VIII+ obtaining a credible 147th place at the London Head of the River Race.

During the regatta season there were wins at Castlewellan (J18 VIII+ & IV+ and J16 IV+), Portadown (Intermediate VIII+, J18, J16 & Novice IV+), Portora (J18, J18B and J16 IV+), Belfast Sprints (Intermediate VIII+, J18 & J16 IV+) and Nithsdale Regatta in Dumfries (Novice IV+).

For the second year in a row, the 1st VIII+ competed in Henley Royal Regatta, and again progressed to the second round of the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup, beating Yarm School in the process.  The VIII+ was defeated in the second round by Monmouth School.

Captain: Kyle Martin
Vice Captain: Chris Bradley   
Secretary: Jason Rosbourgh

1st VIII+ - J. Rosbourgh (bow), C. Athanasiou (2), D. Dunlop (3), C. Stewart (4), C. Bradley (5), K. Martin (6), I. Giffin (7), C .Campbell (stk), R. Cochrane (cox).

J18 VIII+ - J. Haslett (bow), J. Taggart (2), J. Rosbourgh (3), R. Beggs (4), D. Dunlop (5), C. Stewart (6), .I Giffin (7), C. Campbell (stk), R. Cochrane (cox).
J18 IV+ - stern 4 of the above crew.

J16 VIII+ - J. Purce (bow), C. Cochrane (2), J. Humphrey (3), C. Smyth (4), J. Haslett (5), D. Ewart (6), D. Dunlop (7), R. Beggs (stk), VJ (cox).
J16 IV+ - stern 4 of the above crew, with A Humphrey (cox).

Nov IV+ - P. Braithwaite (bow), J. Taggart (2), G. Blair (3), P. Topping (stk), U. Wali (cox).

Members of Coleraine Inst Boat Club in 2001.

The Colt VIII+ won at Castlewellan, Portadown and Belfast Sprints Regatta, which was the Craig Cup, the J16 Ulster Championships.

The 1st VIII+ competed at Henley Royal Regatta for the first time in five years, and became the first CAIBC crew to progress past the first round of the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup.  They defeated Oundle School in the first round, before being defeated by the seeded Abingdon crew.

The 1st VIII+ competed in the Irish Junior Championships, finishing 5th.  The 1st IV+ went one better and finished 4th in the J18 IV+ championship final.

Captain: Chris Bradley
Vice Captain: Kyle Martin
Secretary:

1st VIII+ - S. Feeney (bow), C. Campbell (2), C. Black (3), C. Stewart (4), C. Bradley (5), K. Martin (6), I. Giffin (7), C. Athanasiou (stk), J. Taggart (cox).
1st IV+ - italicised oarsmen.

The Head season saw a win at Erne Head for the J18 IV+, and a number of wins at the Ulster Branch Head.

The regatta season saw wins at Queens (J18 VIII+), Portadown (J18 & J16 IV+), Bann (composite Invitation VIII+ with Bann RC, J18 & J16 IV+), Portora (J16 IV+ & J15 VIII+), Belfast Sprints (J18 VIII+, J18 & J16 IV+) and Dumfries Regatta (J18 & J16 VIII+, Restricted 2, J18, J16, J15 & Novice IV+s).

The Irish Championships saw the J18 IV+ just fail to qualify for the finals in a very tight semis, coming in half a second behind the eventual winners, Skibereen.  The J16 Inter-provincial VIII+ at the championships saw Ulster, with 5 CAI oarsmen on board, Connor Campbell, Jason Rosborough, Thor O’Neill, Ryan Gordan and Stephen Duncan (Cox), winning the competition.

Captain: Stephen Henry
Vice Captain: Andrew Wright
Secretary: Christopher Graham

J18 VIII+ - J. Rosborough (bow), C. Athanasiou (2), I. Giffin (3), C. Stewart (4), C. Bradley (5), K. Martin (6), A.H. Wright (7), S.C. Henry (stk), S. Duncan (cox).
J18 IV+ - stern 4 of the above crew.

J16 VIII+ - S. Feeney (bow), R. Gordan (2), P. Wright (3), C. Campbell (4), I. Giffin (5), C. Stewart (6), T. O’Neill (7), J. Rosborough (stk), J. Taggart (cox). (sub, R. Chambers).
J16 IV+ - stern 4 of the above crew.

Novice IV+ - C. Black (bow), C. Athanasiou (2), P.I. Wright (3), C. Campbell (stk), J. Taggart (cox).

A number of wins were recorded at the Ulster Branch Head, as well as a J15 VIII+ win at Lagan Head,

The Irish Sprint Champs held in Belfast saw two close 2nd place finishes for CAIBC in the J18 IV+ and the Novice VIII+.

Captain: Brian Dickson
Vice Captain:
Secretary: 

J18 IV+ - C. Bradley (bow), S.C. Henry (2), A.H. Wright (3), R. Smith (stk), S. Duncan (cox).

Members of Coleraine Inst Boat Club, 1998.

The 1st VIII+ competed at London HORR, where they finished 165th.

Captain: Johnny Coulter
Vice Captain:
Secretary: Stuart Gowland

1st VIII+ - P. Kane (bow), K. Kher (2), J. Frazer (3), J.T. coulter (4), S. Gowland (5), B.H. Dickson (6), S. Henry (7), J. Gay (stk), R. Gillian (cox).

The Head season saw wins for the Intermediate IV+ and the Novice VIII+ at Erne Head and a respectable 152nd position in the London Head of the River Race.

The regatta season saw wins at Portadown (Novice VIII+ & IV+), Portora (J18 VIII+), Belfast Sprints (Intermediate IV+, J18 &Novice VIII+, J16 & Novice IV+) and Bann regatta (Novice VIII+ & IV+).

At the Irish Junior Championships, the J18 IV+ finished 4th, whereas the Intermediate IV+ at the Irish Senior Championships, missed out on qualifying for the final in a close finish.

Johnny Coulter was selected to represent Ireland at the Home International Regatta, were he was in the winning J18 IV+.

Captain: William Wright
Vice Captain: Neil Giffin
Secretary: Mark Black
 
Int VIII+ - S. Henry, (bow), C. McElhinney (2), J. Frazer (3), R. Higgins (4), N. Giffin (5), B.H. Dickson (6) , W.T. Wright (7) , J.T. Coulter (stk), S. Archibald (cox).
Int IV+ - stern 4 of the above crew.

J18 VIII+ - S. Henry (bow), C. McElhinney (2), S. Gowland (3), M. Black (4), J. Frazer (5), B. Dickson (6), N. Giffin (7), J. Coulter (stk), S. Archibald (cox).
J18 IV+ - stern 4 of the above crew.

Nov VIII+ - J. Neill (bow), R. Higgins (2), S. Henry (3), K. Kher (4), S. Gowland (5), C. McElhinney (6), J. Frazer (7), M. Black (stk), R. Gillan (cox).
Nov IV+ - italicised oarsmen.

J16 IV+ - J. Shirley (bow), S. Henry (2), J. Armstrong (3), P. Kane (stk), C. Woodrow (cox).

The Head season saw only one win, with the J16 VIII+ winning Lagan Head, although due to bad weather conditions, this was the only Head course they raced.  The 1st VIII+ went over to London Head of the River and finished 63rd.  This was the first Irish junior crew to get into the top 100, and was the 3rd fastest school crew at the event, 3.5 seconds behind the fastest school Hampton.

The regatta season was very successful, with wins at Castlewellan (Senior 3 IV+, J16 VIII+ & IV+), Portadown (Intermediate & J16 VIII+, J18 & J16 IV+), Belfast Sprints (Senior 2 & J18 IV+, J16 VIII+ & IV+), Bann (Intermediate VIII+ & IV+, J18 & J16 IV+ and the Craig Cup) and Dumfries Regatta (Open VIII+ & IV+, J16IV+, J18 & J15 2x).  The J16 VIII+ had completed the year undefeated, including winning the Craig Cup, the Ulster championships.

The 1st VIII+ traveled to Henley Royal Regatta, where they were defeated by the favorites and British schools champions Hampton, in the first round.  The 1st VIII+ competed as an Intermediate VIII+ at the Irish Championships, finishing 5th, while the Intermediate IV+ finished 2nd, after leading most of the race.

The Irish Sprint Championships were held in Belfast and the overall event was won by CAIBC.  This included wins for the Senior IV+, J18 VIII+ & IV+.  The Senior VIII+ finished 2nd, behind an Irish International junior crew, including Geoff Macdiarmid and John Millar.

John Millar and Geoff Macdiarmid were selected to represent Ireland at the European Coupe Regatta, were they won J18 VIII+ and IV+.

Captain: John Millar
Vice Captain: Richard Archibald
Secretary: Niels Kee

1st VIII+ - N. Giffin (bow), J.T. Coulter (2), E. Stewart (3), N. Kee (4), W.T. Wright (5), R. Archibald (6), J. Millar (7), G.H. Macdiarmid (stk), J. Armstrong (cox).
1st IV+ - stern 4 of the above crew.

J16 VIII+ - J. Neill (bow), S. Gowland (2), P. Kane (3), C. McElhinney (4), J. Frazer (5), K. Kher (6), S. Henry (7), B.H. Dickson (stk), S. Archibald (cox).
J16 IV+ - stern 4 of the above crew.

The Head season saw wins for the J18 VIII+ at Lagan Head and a very respectable 133rd position in the London Head of the River Race.

The Regatta season saw wins at Portadown (Intermediate & J18 VIII+, Intermediate, J18 & J16 IV+), Bann (J18 & J15 VIII+, J18, J16 & J15 IV+, & J18 1x), Belfast Sprints (J15 VIII+) and Dunmfries Regatta (Open & J18 VIII+, Restricted 1, & Novice IV+).

The Irish Junior Champs at Portora saw the 1st VIII+ finish 4th and the 1st IV+ come away with the bronze medals.

Both John Millar and William Wright were selected to represent Ireland at the Home International Regatta, were they competed in the winning J18 VIII+.

Captain - Stephen Morrow
Vice-Captain – Steven Wisener
Secretary – Dara Henry

J18 VIII+ - L. Wasson (bow), N. Kee (2), D. Henry (3), R. Archibald (4), J.K. Millar (5), S.D. Wisener (6), W.T. Wright (7), G.H. Macdiarmid (stk), M. Black (cox).
J18 IV+ - stern 4 of the above crew.

J16 VIII+ - S. Gowland (bow), B.H. Dickson (2), J. Adams (3), J. Neill (4), S. Henry (5), J.T. Coulter (6), N. Giffin (7), R. Higgins (stk), S. Archibald (cox).
J16 IV+ - stern 4 of the above crew.

J15 IV+ - J. Armstrong (bow), K. Kher (2), J. Frazer (3), C. McElhinney (stk), S. Archibald/ D. McQuillan (cox).

The only results and crews I know of so far are as follows –

The 1st VIII+ competed at the London Head of the River Race, finishing 144th.

At Portadown regatta, the Novice VIII+ won comfortably over MCB in the final, while at Belfast Sprints regatta, the J18B IV+ beat both MCB and RBAI to win.

The 1st VIII+ competed in the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, but were defeated in the first round by the seeded St Pauls School, Concorde, USA.

Captain – David Dysart
Vice-Captain – Chris Grey
Secretary – 

1st VIII+ - S.D. Wisener (bow), R.D. Dysart (2), E.J. Pollard (3), S.D. Morrow (4), J.K. Millar (5), G.H. Macdiarmid (6), C.S. Grey (7), C.M. Houston (stk), M.C.T. Black (cox).
A. Dane replaced an injured G.H. Macdiarmid for Henley.

Nov VIII+ - P. Wilson (bow), N. Kee (2), L. Wasson (3), R. Archibald (4), G. Surgenor (5), D. Henry (6), W.T. Wright (7), A. Watson (stk), A. McKimm (cox).
Nov IV+ - italicised oarsmen. 

The only results and crews I know of so far are as follows –

The 1st VIII+ competed at the Schools Head of the River Race, finishing 52nd, and also at the London Head of the River Race, finishing 318th.

At Belfast Sprints Regatta, the J15 IV+ won, as it did at Dumfries Regatta.  The Elite VIII+, J18, J16 & J15 IV+ won at Dumfries Sprint Regatta.

Captain – Brian Steele
Vice-Captain –
Secretary – 

J18 VIII+ - C.S. Grey (bow), C.M. Houston (2), S.D. Morrow (3), R.D. Dysart (4), E.J. Pollard (5), S.W. Whittley (6), B. Steele (7), D.K Perry (stk), A.G. McKimm/M.C.T. Black (cox).

J16 VIII+ - G. Surgenor (bow), A. Watson (2), W.T. Wright (3), N. Kee (4), S. Wisener (5), D. Henry (6), L. Watson (7), G.H. Macdiarmid (stk), P. Wilson (cox).
J16 IV+ - stern 4 of the above crew.

J15 IV+ - G. Surgenor (bow), P. McMorris (2), W.T. Wright (3), G.H. Macdiarmid (stk), P. Wilson (cox).

During the Head season there were wins at Coleraine Head for the 1st IV+, Open 1x and 2x. 

The 1st IV+ won at Bann and Nithsdale Regattas, while the Novice IV+ won at Portora Regatta.

1st IV+ - P. Wisener (bow), D. Perry (2), B. Steele (3), E. Grey (stk), C.S. Grey (cox). 

Back Row; I. Knox Esq, S Wisener, D Henry, S Collier, N Morrison, J Wilson, Mr Grey, P Longstaffe, D Perry, D Dysart, E Pollard, A Black, R.A. Platt Esq.
Front Row; C Grey, P Wisener, F Clark, E Grey, R Boomer, S. Forsythe Esq, A Fleming, B Steele, N Flinn, T Irwin.

The regatta season saw wins at Queens (J18B VIII+, J18 2x), Portora (J18B VIII+, J18 2x), Bann (J18B VIII+, J18A VIII+, IV+, 2-, 2x & 1x) and Nithsdale Regatta (J18 VIII+ & IV+ and Sen C VIII+ & IV+).

Captain: Richard Boomer
Vice-Captain: Andrew Fleming

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