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Colours Boat Races
The Colours Boat Races are an annual event on the River Liffey echoing the world famous Oxford/Cambridge University Boat Race in London. It has taken place in various locations on the river throughout the years and is currently raced from O’Connell Bridge to St. James’s Gate Brewery.
The Senior Mens race, the Gannon Cup, was founded in 1947 in memory of former UCD Captain Ciaran Gannon who lost his life in Burma in 1944.
In 1980 Trinity were presented with the Corcoran Cup as winners of the inaugural Senior Womens race.
Races for Novice Men (Dan Quinn Shield) and Novice Women (Sally Moorhead Trophy) were introduced in 2004 and 2005 respectively and add greatly to the atmosphere of the event.
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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
Gannon Cup
St. Patrick’s day is nearing and that brings with it the annual UCD vs TCD grudge match. The races will take place on the 16th of March from O’Connell bridge […]
UCD Boat Club victorious at Colours
UCD redeemed what was shaping up to be a dismal weekend of sport. The weekend started on a high note as UCD novice 2nd VIII overcame a crab off the […]
Colours races date announced
The date for the annual colours boat races between rivals University College Dublin Boat Club and Dublin Univeristy Boat Club has been set for the 19th of March. The […]
Convincing Gannon Cup victory for UCD
UCD rowed to a convincing victory in the 62nd Gannon cup on Saturday
Gannon Cup Race Day Details
There will be an Alumni Reception in the Clarence Hotel starting at 1:30pm tomorrow (Sat 6th) before the first race. Buses will be collecting spectators from the Taxi Rank at […]
Gannon Cup 2010 Preview
Regardless of the circumstances which surround the race, the Gannon cup, and equally the Dan Quinn Shield, is invariably a tense encounter
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