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A Galway man is on the verge of winning the World’s Toughest Row – a gruelling 4,800km journey across the Atlantic.

Rowing ‘matches’ or ‘badge races’ have been taking place on the Corrib for about 170 years. Initially, when there was only one club, The Corrib Rowing and Yachting Club, competitions were confined to members. Then the Commercial Boat Club was formed in 1875, and a meeting was held to promote a regatta at the river beside Menlo Castle. This regatta proved to be a success and was a great boost to the sport of rowing.

Galway Rowing Club crews enjoyed success at the recent Nottingham City Regatta.

Olympic bronze medalist Fiona Murtagh was back on the water at the Irish Rowing Championship helping a composite NUI Galway and Galway Rowing Club to gold.

A large number of Athlone Boat Club junior members participated in the Irish Indoor Provinces competition held in the University of Limerick Arena by RowFit and supported by Rowing Ireland in recent times.

Athlone Boat Club savoured unprecedented success at the national rowing championships which took place in Cork this past weekend.

As daylight diminishes, rowers from around the country returned to their respective club houses and gyms to train on their ergos and commenced preparations for the indoor rowing season.

The O'Donovan brothers and Sanita Puspure may have dominated the headlines at the recent World Rowing Championships, but Galway rowing was also celebrating a rare Irish feat.

Four young Galway rowers have been selected to represent Ireland at the upcoming Coupe de la Jeunesse, which will be hosted by Ireland this year.

Paul Giblin was one of the most amazing athletes to come out of the west of Ireland in recent years. He was one of the most successful oarsman to come from NUIG BC, with 19 national titles, multiple representations and medals at international level and two medals from the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta.