COBRA - Coleraine Alumni Rowing Association

09/10/2026

Masters categories brought success for several visiting clubs

05/10/2026

In Memory of Darren Quigg

A small but very meaningful addition to our High Performance Centre.

This cross section has been installed in memory of Darren Quigg — coach, friend and a hugely positive influence on so many.

Darren was taken from us far too early. There’s no doubt he would have loved seeing the new HPC, the opportunities it is creating for our young players and the continued development of rugby & sport at Coleraine Grammar.

It’s a small token from the Rugby Association, but one that ensures Darren’s name and the impact he had will remain part of CGS Sport for years to come.

Missed dearly. Never forgotten.

03/10/2026

03/10/2026

13/09/2026

Yesterday we held our boat naming ceremony, bringing our ‘Rowing into the Community’ project, in partnership with Sport NI’s Olympic Legacy Fund, to a close.

It was fantastic to see such a strong turnout at the rowing club as we officially welcomed our new boats and ergometers to the boathouse. It was a great opportunity to celebrate what has been a fantastic project and the investment it represents in the future of rowing at Coleraine Grammar School.

As was said many times yesterday, none of this would have been possible without the incredible generosity of the hundreds of people who supported our fundraising campaign.

Overall COBRA purchased 2x Kanghua quadruple sculls, a WinTech Touring quadruple scull, a set of octuple scull riggers for one of our eights, 11x Concept2 Ergometers and 12 pairs of new oars.

The boats were named by a number of sponsors including David Woodend (Bann Power) and Stephen Vandevyver (iCare Opticians).

Thank you to everyone who donated, supported and helped make this project a reality. We genuinely appreciate your generosity and continued support.

10/09/2026

A reminder to all about our boat naming ceremony on Saturday 12th September at 12 noon at the boathouse.

These boats were acquired through the outstanding success of our fundraising campaign in partnership with Sport NI’s Olympic Legacy Fund. The campaign also enabled the purchase of 11 new Concept2 ergometers and new octuple riggers for one of our junior 8s, representing a significant investment in the future of rowing at Coleraine Grammar School.

This is an open invitation to all connected to Coleraine GS Rowing Club. I hope to see many of you there.

04/09/2026

Coleraine G.S. Rowing Club Awards Dinner

Tickets are now available for our annual Rowing Club Dinner & Awards Ceremony!

We are absolutely delighted to announce that our guest speaker this year is the truly exceptional Miss Lauren Henry MBE.

As well as being an Olympic Gold Medallist, Lauren became World Champion last weekend, an incredible achievement, and we’re thrilled to have her joining us for what promises to be a very special evening.

All rowers, families and supporters of CGS Rowing are warmly invited to attend.

All event details can be found on the ticket attached to this post.

Please get in touch to secure your tickets as soon as possible. In previous years, the dinner has been oversubscribed and unfortunately some people were left disappointed. We’d hate for that to happen again!

We look forward to seeing you all there!

16/08/2026

Huge congratulations to COBRA member Molly Curry on a fantastic victory yesterday at the FISU World University Championships in London, Ontario, Canada!

Molly and her doubles partner Eleanor raced brilliantly in the final, battling hard against fast crews from Italy and Germany. They eventually crossed the line around two lengths clear, with the Italian and German crews fighting it out in a photo finish for silver and bronze.

Well done, Molly!

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