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One week until COBRA Day 2025! 🐍

Reminder of timings for the 27th:
Racing - 10am
Dinner and AGM - 6pm
Members will have received details via email (let us know if you haven’t!)

Come forward…ATTENTION…

With just 20 days until COBRA Day 2025, we still have seats in both the women and men’s crews to fill!

The AGM and dinner will be held in the evening, members will have received an email containing further details.

If you’re interested in racing please get in contact as soon as possible.
Contact us via:
Instagram/Facebook DM
Email - chairman@cobrarowing.co.uk
Or let a member of the board know!

Looking forward to catching up with you all very soon

We are so close! Thank you to everyone who has donated so far!

Sport NI have pledged their support so now we are only within a few £k of our target. Keep sharing our Crowdfunder and let’s get the job done!

We’ve had a brilliant start, but we still have ground to cover to hit our £16,500 target.

Keep sharing our Crowdfunder and help push us over the line!

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/cobra-rowing-into-the-community-1

We have partnered with Sport NI Olympic Legacy Fund! Donate to our Crowdfunder to help up develop transformational investment into Coleraine GS Rowing Club!

Link in the comments.

Congratulations to Molly Curry on securing her first win for Durham University today at Rutherford HOR!

We're excited to announce we've partnered with Sport NI Olympic Legacy Fund to invest in rowing equipment at Coleraine Grammar School Rowing Club!

Sport NI will match fund up to 65% of our £47,050 target meaning we need to generate donations of approx £16,550 within six weeks and Sport NI will donate £30,500. This is a fantastic opportunity to deliver truly transformational change for our athletes and our club.

Please check out our Crowdfunder page below, spread the word, and consider supporting if you can — every donation makes a difference!

Reminder if you are a UK taxpayer to tick the Gift Aid box when donating.

COBRA day notice 2025!

It’s that time of year again, when we start to think ahead to our COBRA day races and dinner.

Last year saw exciting women’s and men’s races between the alumni and school, if you’re ready for a rematch and want to race for cobra please get in contact by email or DM this page.

AGM will begin at 6pm. Further details dinner to be released later, see you all there!

European Universities Rowing Championships (EUSA)

Congratulations to Fergus Bryce for his performance at EUSA in Bydgoszcz, Poland last weekend.
After placing an impressive 2nd place in the Open 2x at BUCS Regatta this year, Fergus and his doubles partner qualified their boat to represent the UK at this prestigious event!

Over the weekend the Queen’s 2x raced against crews from over 20 countries and on Sunday put on an outstanding race resulting in them winning the B final by 5 seconds.

Well done Fergus and the rest of the team, a fantastic end to a busy season!

Congratulations to COBRA member Colin Hunter ('66-'73) on another successful World Masters Rowing Championships in Banyoles, Spain. Colin, rowing for Belfast Boat Club, won both his E8+ and F8+ finals (the latter in a time faster than the other three finals) and also competed in E4+, D8+, G2- & Mixed E8+ events. Colin was part of the hugely successful CAI crew of '72 who had a recent reunion at the boathouse and on the river.

Colin is four from the left in the picture.

We also congratulate Roddy Clarke ('55-'62?) competing (for Lady Victoria Boat Club) at the same regatta, in H2x, J-M2x, H4x & I2x events. Roddy, as far as we know, is the oldest CAI oarsman still actively rowing...unless you know otherwise?

Roddy is at stroke in the picture, with Stevie Smith of Lagan Scullers Club.