2016-2017
Captain: Max Murphy
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Four Bronze medals for UCD athletes at U23s
All four UCD athletes competing at the 2017 World Rowing U23 Championships returned with medals as David O'Malley and Shane Mulvaney finished 3rd in the Lightweight Mens 2- with Shane O'Connell and Andrew Goff following it up with another 3rd place in the Lightweight Mens 4x.
UCD wins Intermediate 8+ National title
UCD won the Intermediate 8+ title at the 2017 National Championships for the first time since 2008. UCD Ladies Boat Club added the Senior 2- and joined up with Old Collegians to take home the Senior 8+, while Old Collegians themselves had wins in Senior 1x and Senior 2x.
Senior, Intermediate and Club Eights wins at Cork Regatta
UCD won the Leander Trophy for Mens Senior 8+ at Cork Regatta for the first time since 1971 with wins also coming in Mens Intermediate 8+ and Mens Club 2 8+.
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.
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.
Irish National Champions in the Men’s Senior 8+ 🏆![]()
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Delighted to have won back to back titles for the first time since our coach Martin stroked the boat in the 70s!![]()
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Thanks to @Rowingireland for organising a fantastic championships and congratulations to all clubs involved 👏![]()
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@ucdsport @ucd_hpg @rowingireland
Another great day of racing at Lough Rynn for UCD! 🟡🔵![]()
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Saturday’s event saw UCD take home wins in:![]()
Senior 8+![]()
Inter 8+![]()
Club 8+![]()
Senior 2-![]()
Novice 4X+ 💪![]()
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Thank you to the Lough Rynn Regatta Committee for a fantastic event 👏 and @thewateredge for some great photos 📸![]()
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@ucdsport @universitycollegedublin @bankofireland @ucd_hpg
There were some big results for the club at the 2021 University Championships 🙌![]()
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Standout performances included:![]()
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Men’s Senior 8+ (1st & 2nd)![]()
Men’s Senior 2- (1st)![]()
Men’s Intermediate 8+ (1st)![]()
Men’s Intermediate 4+ (3rd)![]()
Men’s Club 4+ (2nd & 3rd)![]()
Men’s Novice 4x+ (1st)![]()
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On top of retaining both the Wylie Cup and the UCD Centenary Trophy as Overall Winners of the 2021 University Championships with UCD Ladies Boat Club, UCD became the first university in the history of Irish rowing to win all Men’s and Women’s 8+s events at the University Championships 💪![]()
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Shoutout to @shaunafitzzz for organising a fantastic event 🔥![]()
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