Useful racing at London Met
Nearly 30 UCD athletes competed at London Met, testing various combinations and getting good racing over the weekend.
Novice and Intermediate Eights win at Dublin Met
Crews battled through wind and rain in Blessington for Dublin Metropolitan Regatta, with UCD taking home wins for Senior 4+, Intermediate 8+ and Novice 8+.
Paul O’Donovan and Martin Feeley honoured at 2017 UCD Sports Awards
Paul won the ‘Dr. Tony O’Neill Sportsperson of the Year’ award while Martin was presented with the inaugural Bank of Ireland ‘Graduate of the Year’ award.
Helen Carty RIP
The club was saddened to hear of the death of Helen Carty (née Moloney), wife of 1962-63 Captain Austin Carty, last Sunday.
Senior 8 wins at Trinity Regatta
Although some events were curtailed by a lack of entries the centrepiece was again UCD vs Trinity in the Mens Senior 8+, with College prevailing by 2 1/4 lengths.
UCD Eights Shine at Skibb
UCD’s Senior and Intermediate Eights followed up their Wylie Cup success by taking home the titles on offer at Skibbereen Regatta over the weekend.
UCD reclaim the Wylie Cup
The Senior 8+ and Intermediate 8+ won convincingly to send the Wylie back to College for the first time since 2014 and move the club to 2nd in the overall standings.
Promising displays at first regattas of the season
Our Intermediates won their 4+ and stepped up to Senior 8+, missing out by a matter of feet, while our Club and Novice crews got some excellent head to head racing experience at Neptune and Commercial Regattas in Islandbridge.
UCD take 3 from 4 at Colours 2017
UCD repeated 2016’s results by taking the Gannon Cup, Corcoran Cup and Sally Moorhead Trophy at the Dublin University Boat Races (Colours) 2017.
Five UCD Eights race at Erne Head of the River
The Intermediate and Club 1 crews were fastest in their categories but the Senior boat collided with a safety launch.
UCD Boat Club
Calm before the storm at Trinity Regatta 2018, UCD racing starts with Men’s Inter 4+ at 7:30.
Full UCD timetable: twitter.com/UCDBC/status/987289896292405248
Huge congrats to our novices with a fantastic win in the Men’s Novice 8+ #HonCollege 💪🏼💪🏼
First UCD win at Rowing Ireland University Championships 2018, in the Men’s Senior 4-, congrats David O’Malley, Shane Mulvaney, Andrew Goff, Joe Ronaldson #HonCollege
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