Arklow Rowing Club
Arklow Rowing Club is a coastal rowing club located in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Founded in 1990, the club is a member of the East Coast Rowing Council and affiliated to the Irish Coastal Rowing Federation, and races year-round in local, national, and international events.
Racing
Each year the ECRC organises a summer schedule of regattas at clubs from Ringsend to Arklow where crews of all ages compete during the regatta. ECRC clubs also regularly compete in the biennial ‘Celtic Challenge’, a race of over 90 miles from Arklow to Aberystwyth in Wales as well as other long distance races such as the annual Ocean to City race in Cork, or the Kish lighthouse row in Dublin. Clubs can be regularly seen training at sea along the East Coast between April and September each year. Present day racing skiffs reflect their traditional origins, and are 25-foot-long (7.6 m), clinker built, double-enders.
2015 events and regattas
The ECRC schedule for 2015 is as follows:-
| Host | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Arklow Rowing Club | Arklow | Sun 7 June |
| St. Patrick's Rowing Club | Ringsend | Sun 21 June |
| Greystones Rowing Club | Greystones | Sun 28 June |
| Bray Rowing Club | Bray | Sun 5 July |
| Skerries Rowing Club | Skerries | Sun 12 July |
| St. Michael's Rowing Club | Dun Laoghaire | Sun 19 July |
| Stella Maris Rowing Club | Ringsend | Sun 26 July |
| Dalkey Rowing Club | Sandycove | Sat 1 Aug |
| Wicklow Rowing Club | Wicklow | Mon 3 August |