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Congratulations to COBRA member Rachel Bradley on her most recent addition to the medal cabinet. Rachel is competing at Rose Regatta in Shanghai China where she and her Newcastle crew mates came away with the Gold medal!
Remarkable achievement Rachel, well done!
Newcastle University Boat Club
Some COBRA members took to the water this morning for a short paddle, taking advantage of the perfect weather!
Congratulations to Fergus and Rachel at the U23 World Championships in St Catharine’s, Canada.
Both Fergus and Rachel raced fantastically in their respective B finals this afternoon!
Fergus won his final putting his Men’s 4x- in 7th place overall!
Rachel and her doubles partner came in a close second, putting them in 8th overall.
Well done Rachel and Fergus, we couldn’t be more proud of what you’ve achieved this week💪❤️
Rachel Bradley and Fergus Bryce both progress to B Finals at the U23 World Championships in St Cathrines, Canada! 🇨🇦
Fergus raced his A/B Semi-Final yesterday afternoon but unfortunately missed out on a place in the A Final by an incredible 0.02 seconds! It was a remarkable race and to miss out on the final like this is simply bad luck, rowing is such an unforgiving sport!
Fergus and Rachel will both race in their respective finals on Friday 23rd August.
Rachel in the U23 Women’s Double sculls races at 14:40 BST.
Fergus in the U23 Mens Quadruple sculls races at 15:05 BST.
Be sure to follow along on World Rowing’s YouTube page! Good luck! 🍀
Newcastle University Boat Club
Queen's Rowing
Rowing Ireland
British Rowing
COBRA members Rachel Bradley and Fergus Bryce putting in solid performances in Canada!
After some delayed racing due to adverse weather conditions, racing resumed today with Rachel racing in the repechage of the U23 Womans Double Sculls. She finished in a credible 4th place which progressed her to the B Final and will race on Friday 23rd August at 14:40 BST.
Fergus stormed through his heats to finish in 2nd place, progressing him directly to the A/B Semi-Finals of the Men’s Quadruple Sculls. He races tomorrow at 20:00 BST.
Be sure to watch these races on the World Rowing YouTube page. Good luck!
Newcastle University Boat Club
Queen's Rowing
Very sad news this morning about a very valued member of the coaching staff. Darren helped many members of the rowing club, at all levels. He was always very cheerful and wanted to get the best out of his athletes.
On behalf of all COBRA members I extend our deepest condolences to Paula, Gemma and Callum.
Jamie Gibson
COBRA Chairman
Huge congratulations to COBRA member Fergus Bryce who has been selected to compete for Rowing Ireland at the U23 World Championships in St. Catherine’s, Canada!
Good luck Fergus!
Huge congratulations to COBRA member Rachel Bradley who has been selected to compete for GB at the U23 World Championships in Canada!
Good luck Rachel!
Congratulations Hannah, a remarkable achievement!
Irish Championships 2024
This year COBRA members Matthew Boyce, John Harte, Hugh Moore and Fergus Bryce competed for Queen’s University, Belfast in Cork.
Friday saw exciting races with Hugh in the Senior 2x, coming in a close 2nd to University College Cork. John and Matthew raced in the heat of the Club 2 4+, unfortunately narrowly missing out on a spot in the final later that evening.
Saturday began with our CGSRC J18 double’s time trial, where they placed 8th out of 36, only the top 6 went forward to the final this year.
John’s Novice 4x+ convincingly won their heat and went on to achieve a close 2nd place in the final.
In the afternoon Hugh and Fergus raced in heat 1 of the Senior 4x, winning their heat. Matthew placed 3rd in heat 2 of the Senior 4x, but only 2 boats progressed to the final.
Hugh and Fergus raced again in the evening in the final, storming through crews from Cork, Limerick, Dublin and Belfast to secure the championship of Ireland!
Sunday was another day full of success.
Fergus began the day by qualifying a spot in the final of the Intermediate 2x from the time trial. Later on that morning they won another pot for their collection, winning the final by 5.2 seconds!
Next was John and Matthew in the Club 2 VIII+, comfortably securing their place in the final by winning their heat! Later they placed 6th in a stacked final.
Hugh, Fergus, Matthew and John finished the weekend with a 5th place in the Senior VIII+.
Our CGSRC J16 sculler also raced in a tough time trial, placing 8th overall.
Massive well done to all involved!