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Gannon Cup – 7 in a row

UCD won the Gannon Cup for senior men at Colours 2014 after a terrific struggle. Trinity’s crew led the race from just after the start, but could not gain a clearwater lead. UCD’s pushes were relentless, and though they were still behind coming through the final bridge, Watling Street, they then powered through and had command […]

March 17, 2014 More
 

Colours 2014

UCD Boat Club is gearing up for the Annual UCD vs TCD Colours race during this weekend’s St Patrick’s Festival. Racing takes place on Sunday the 16th March from O’Connell Bridge to St. James’ Gate with buses travelling along the course route for spectators. All members, alumni and supporters are encouraged to come down and […]

March 12, 2014 More

UCD Boat Club Scholarships – DEADLINE 10th MAY

UCD Sport Scholarships The pursuit of excellence is part of the mission of University College Dublin. In sport, the sports scholarship programme reflects the commitment of UCD to aspiring to the highest standards possible. For many years sports scholarship at American Universities were the only option for sports minded students with talent. In other situations, […]

April 30, 2013 More
 

UCD Dominate at Trinity Regatta

UCD Boat Club had a great day winning 9 trophies at the Trinity Regatta held in Islandbridge on Saturday, the 20th of April. UCD won every event entered in the 8s and the 4s as well as individual victories for David Neale and Sam Toland in the single scull events. The master’s category was also […]

April 26, 2013 More
 

UCD Boat Club at Head of the River Race

UCD BC will be sending its senior eight to the HORR next Saturday, the 23rd of March. The UCD eight will be 46th in line of an entry of 400 boats in total. This is the first time that UCD has graced the tideway in some 4 years. If you’re in the south east of […]

March 19, 2013 More
 

3 out of 4 for UCD Boat Club

UCD has won three of the four titles at the Irish Colours Boat Races: the Gannon Cup (senior men’s eights), the Corcoran Cup (senior women’s eights), and the Dan Quinn Shield (novice men’s eights). The Sally Moorhead Trophy (novice women’s eights) went to our opponents Trinity College Dublin. The Colours Races which start at O’Connell […]

March 19, 2013 More

Gannon Cup Streaming

In a first for the Colours boat races, we’re going global. You can follow the race live on USTREAM on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ucdbc or on the USTREAM App for Android or iOS. Sally Moorhead (WN8) @ 12:45pm Dan Quinn (MN8) @ 1:15pm Corcoran Cup (WS8) @ 1:45pm Gannon Cup (MS8) @ 2:15pm Text updates will also be […]

March 15, 2013 More
 

Gannon Coin Toss

President Michael D. Higgins did us the honour of flipping the coin for starting stations for the colours boat races. UCD elected to pick heads, lost the draw and will start on the south station.

March 11, 2013 More

Gearing up for Gannon

So preparations are nearing fever pitch in the UCD. With a successful outing at the Erne Head of the River under our belts the hard yards have been put in through the winter preseason. UCDBC has seen a bit of growth in the last year, with an increase in the Senior and Intermediate squads and […]

March 11, 2013 More

Gannon Cup Crews

The gannon cup crews have been named. These are as follows: Gannon Cup Squad: Cox: Kirsten Joyce S: Peter Grogan 7: Gearoid Duane 6: Joseph Nihotte 5: David Neale 4: Adrian Sheehan 3: Patrick Moore 2: Michael Bailey B: Liam McCarthy Dan Quinn Shield Squad: Cox: Lucy-Anne O’Sullivan S: James Ryan 7: Joseph Bollard 6: […]

March 11, 2013 More