I Didn’t Come Up The Liffey In a Canoe!
5th and 6th Class got some experience boating this year when the school signed up for rowing lessons with Dublin’s Municipal Rowing Club. Pupils travelled on alternate weeks to the CLub’s HQ in Islandbridge, where they were trained in the rudiments of boat-rowing.
It wasn’t just theory, but practice too, with everyone moving up and down the Liffey in baots carrying five oarsmen/women.
“Knees down, back straight, let you arms out first, keep in time. That’s it!”
Some boats kept going sideways, but they insisted that the rudder was askew, and was not due to novice rowing.
It was generally agreed that this was an invaluable introduction to a sport that most people never get to experience.
