Arklow Rowing Club is a coastal rowing club located in

Arklow Arklow ( ; ; ) is a town in County Wicklow on the southeast coast of Ireland. The town is overlooked by Ballymoyle Hill. It was founded by the Vikings in the ninth century. Arklow was the site of one of the Battle of Arklow, bloodiest battles ...

, County Wicklow, Ireland. Founded in 1990, the club is a member of the East Coast Rowing Council and affiliated to

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, and races year-round in local, national, and international events.

Racing

Each year the ECRC organises a summer schedule of

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s 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

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in Wales as well as other long distance races such as the annual Ocean to City race in

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, 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 , clinker built, double-enders.

Achievements

Arklow has won various Irish titles across many Coastal Rowing categories, and has qualified crews for multiple World Rowing Coastal Championships.

References

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