DUCAC. Annual Report. DUCAC Sports Centre Trinity College Dublin

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1 DUCAC Annual Report DUCAC Sports Centre Trinity College Dublin 2 ducac@tcd.ie Catríona Kennedy Administrative Assistant Cyril J Smyth Chairman

2 Contents 1. Executive Summary DUCAC Personnel Recruitment Courses and workshops Research Club Roundup University Pinks International Athletes Home International Athletes Interprovincial Selections/All-Stars Sport Scholarships Sporting Commons and Sports Awards The Great Pacific Race Pacific Warriors ATAK Sports Stars of the Month Community Commitment Alumni Events Knights of the Campanile Acknowledgements... 55

3 1. Executive Summary 1 P a g e DUCAC Annual Report The economic landscape of Trinity College Dublin is changing with repercussions for Trinity Sports Clubs. The belated communication of a cut in the Capitation Grant post the Annual DUCAC Club Budgetary Cycle for meant this deficit in funding had to be absorbed by DUCAC. The past sporting year brought its usual mix of elation, frustration, disappointment, surprise performance, near misses, early exits, successes and failures. In spite of the economic vista shifting around them, Clubs continued to strive to compete at various levels. Rising to the sporting challenges during , DUCAC Clubs performed exceedingly well: o o o Association Football Colleges and Universities Football League (CUFL) Division 1D winners and promotion to the CUFL Premier Division; Leinster Sunday League team promoted for the second successive year from Intermediate Sunday 1B to 1A Ladies Boat Corcoran Cup winners; Intervarsity Novice 8+ Champions; Irish National Intermediate 8+ Champions; and other regatta winners Boat Novice 8+ winners of Goonan Shield and the Dan Quinn Colours Cup; Winners of Casey Cup for Dublin Sculling Ladder; Senior 8+ Intervarsity Champions; Irish National Intermediate 8+ Champions; and other regatta wins o Boxing IUABA Junior Intervarsity Champions with 5 Individual Champions - Eoin Le Masney (71 kg), Warren Callinan (75 kg), Patrick Nicholson (86 kg), Stephen Ellis (91 kg) and Gemma McGee (72 kg) o o o o o o o o o o o o o Climbing David Fitzgerald, Irish Universities Men s A Bouldering, Lead Climbing and Overall Champion Cycling Brendan Murphy, General Classification Yellow Jersey Winner of Wexford 2-Day; James McFadden, Winner of Laragh Classic; Mark Donnelly-Orr, Winner of Boyne GP; Raymond Sherry, Winner of Tommy Brady Memorial Race; Eoin Healy, Leinster Senior Gold Medal 500 m Standing Start Time Trial and National Senior Gold Medal in Team Sprint in National Record time; Andrew Stanley, Leinster Track Championship Bronze Medal in Scratch Race. Equestrian Conor Ledingham, National Tetrathlon Champion Fencing Intervarsity Champions for 7 th successive year; Winners of Leinster Novice Épée League and Final Football (Rugby) Winners of U20 s Intervarsity Championship Conroy Cup Ladies (Football (Rugby) Winners of Student Sport Ireland Division 2 Rugby Intervarsity Handball Ciara Mahon, 60x30 Intervarsity Ladies Open Singles Champion; Ciara Mahon and Lisa McKenna, Winners of 60x30 Intervarsity Doubles Championship; Winners of Intervarsity 60x30 B Team Championship Harriers & Athletics Intervarsity Women s Cross-Country Champions; Maria O Sullivan, Intervarsity Cross-Country Champion and 3000 m and 5000 m Track Champion; Claire McCarthy, 3000 m Steeplechase Champion Judo Adam Corcoran, Intervarsity under 73 kg Champion; Nelson Mills, Lower Kyu Intervarsity Champion; IJA Irish Open, Adam Corcoran Gold medallist in the under 66 kg class and Omar Nouhi Silver medal in the under 90 kg Senior category; All Irish National Championships, Adam Corcoran under 66 kg Champion, Omar Nouhi, Silver medal in the under 90 kg category and Bronze in the Open category; Omar Nouhi achieved 1 st Dan at National Gradings Karate Winners of Dublin Intercollegiate Cup; Winners of O Connor Cup (TCD v RCSI v DIT) Kayak Liffey Descent, Aisling Smith, Winner of Senior Women Racing Kayak; Sarah McDonagh, Winner of Senior Women General Purpose Orienteering Conor Short, Intervarsity Champion; Mirjam Allik, Intervarsity Champion; Conor Short & Eoin McCullough, Intervarsity Team Duo Champions; Mirjam Allik & Rosalind Hussey, Intervarsity Team Duo Champions; Eoin McCullough, National M20 Sprint and M20A Middle Distance Champion Rifle Conor McDermottroe, NTSA 50 m Prone National Champion postponed 2012 and 2013; Team of Three NTSA 50 m Prone National Champions postponed 2012 and 2013; Intervarsity Senior Team Champions; Aisling Miller, NTSA 10 m Air Rifle Champion; Conor McDermottroe, NTSA 25 Yard Indoors Three-Position National Champion; NTSA 10 m Air Rifle Team of Three National Champions; Victoria Mullin, Air Pistol Welsh Open Champion, Silver medal in Air Pistol British Championships o Sailing Colours Champions for first time in four years; National Team Racing Championships Silver Fleet Winners o Squash Intervarsity Men s Team A Champions; Saturday League Division 1 Winners and Division 1 o o Cup Winners Surfing Ali Leonard, Intervarsity Novice Surfing Champion Taekwon Do Yingbei Ho, Intervarsity Champion in Patterns

4 o Trampoline Orlagh Hanratty, Intervarsity Advanced Ladies Champion; Ciarán O Neill & Iain Meeke, Intervarsity Synchronised Team Champions; Aideen Ní Choileain, Irish Student Trampoline Open (ISTO) Tumbling Champion; Saskia Wachter, Dublin Open Advanced Ladies Champion; David O Driscoll & Paul Scully, Dublin Open Synchronised Team Champions; Saskia Wachter, Intermediate Women National Champion; Paul Scully, Advanced Men National Champion Eighteen Trinity Sport Scholarships were awarded in November, recognising students achievements at county, provincial, national and international levels in thirteen sports: Victoria Mullin (Air Pistol Shooting), Prakash Vijayanath (Badminton), Aisling Smith (Kayak), Tom Brennan (Kayak), Iomhar MacGiolla Phádraig (Kayak), Scott Flanigan (Sailing), Ciarán McGahon (Association Football), Paul Coughlan (Hurling), Jacinta Brady (Ladies Gaelic Football), Lucy Mulhall (Ladies Gaelic Football), Paul McPadden (Men's Gaelic Football), Maria O Sullivan (Harriers & Athletics), Stephen Ludgate (Hockey), Avril Dooley-O Carroll (Ladies Hockey), Anna-May Whelan (Ladies Hockey), Sinéad Dolan (Rowing), Hannah McCarthy (Rowing) and Melanie Young (Three Day Eventing). The Annual Sporting Commons night hosted the inaugural Sports Awards. The Special Guest on the night was Jamie Heaslip, D.U.F.C. alumnus and Irish international rugby player, fresh from his Six Nations victory in France. The Sports Awards recognized not only athletic prowess and achievement, but also importantly the individuals behind the scenes club officers, coaches, and persons making significant contributions to Trinity and University Sport - who put in so much hard work to making DUCAC clubs the very best they can be. Club Administrator of the Year Aideen Ní Choileain (Trampoline) Coach of the Year Elvy Da Costa (Squash) Contribution to Sport The Late Professor Trevor West, former Chairman DUCAC Club Team of the Year Women s Cross-Country Champions (Harriers & Athletics) Athlete of the Year Victoria Mullin (Rifle) University Pinks were awarded by the Captains Committee to six athletes who had represented Dublin University with distinction in their respective sports: Aisling Smith (Kayak) Ciarán O Neill (Trampoline) Rebecca Woods (Harriers & Athletics) Sam Mehigan (Ultimate Frisbee) Brian du Toit (Rugby Football) Patrick Lavelle (Rugby Football) In International Sport at European, Americas, World, World University, Student Nations and Commonwealth Games levels, 19 Trinity Students represented their respective nations or countries. In Home Inter-University Internationals and Home Inter-Countries Internationals, some 40 students represented their countries. At Inter-Provincial Level four hockey players and two GAA players represented their provinces. Twenty-three Trinity GAA players represented their counties at Senior or Minor Levels. Danny Sutcliffe, Dublin and Trinity hurler, received a GAA Hurling All Star Award for his 2013 season. Outside the lecture theatres learning takes place formally through courses and workshops organised through DUCAC, while students also gain practical skills through their management of sport clubs and/or serving as officers or student representatives on the DUCAC Executive. Workshops for Club Captains and Club Hon. Treasurers were held. Four students attended the Student Sport Ireland Networking Event held at Google in Portlaoise. The Sub-Aqua Club qualified the highest number of new Practical Diving Instructors and the 2 nd highest number of Open Water Instructors of all BSAC-affiliated clubs. Nine members of the Kayak Club completed Canoe Ireland s River Safety and Rescue Level 2 Course. The GAA Development Officer offered GAA members coaching courses which included fundamental skills and referee skills along with sport-specific first aid. Thirty-four students attended the fundamental skills course. A further 17 students completed their foundation level coaching course for Gaelic Football and Hurling. Twenty-seven students completed a child protection course in October. Gradings were achieved in the martial arts, notably with Omar Nouhi achieving 1 st Dan in Judo. Cyril J Smyth Chairman DUCAC 2 P a g e

5 2. DUCAC Personnel DUCAC personnel Administrator Administrative Assistant Pavilion General Manager GAA Development Officer Boat Club Development Coach Pavilion Bar Staff Caroline Duggan / Drinda Jones Catríona Kennedy Justin Parle Conor Laverty Charles Cunningham Jason Lynch, Ghassan Marzouq, Eoghan Doyle, Joseph Doyle, Louise Fitzpatrick, Adam Keys, Sylwia Kozlowska, (John) Xin Lin, Anthony Raymond, Sam Scanlon and Amy Walsh The DUCAC Executive was elected at the DUCAC AGM which was held in the Ed Burke Theatre, Arts Building on Thursday 11 th October, The following were appointed for the academic year Chairman Cyril Smyth ( ) Vice Chairman Conor Traynor (Fencing) Senior Honorary Treasurer John Lumsden ( ) Honorary Treasurer Kevin Migge (Harriers and Athletics) Honorary Secretary Lucy O Donoghue (Ladies Boat) Pavilion Bar Chairman Michael Gleeson ( ) Pavilion Members Chairman Roger West Club Representatives Jessica Jacques (Ladies Boat) Lydia Todd (Netball) Ian Hurley (Boat) Aaron Rooney (Hockey) Alex Spain (Ladies Hockey) Ian Beatty-Orr (Rifle) Conal Campion (Harriers and Athletics) Aideen Costello(Ultimate Frisbee) Pavilion Members John Dillon Gerry Kelly Brendan Leahy Donagh McDonagh Claire McGlynn 3 P a g e

6 3. Recruitment Many mediums are used to recruit members to DUCAC Sport Clubs. Students, Graduates and Staff are entitled to join DUCAC and Sport Clubs at Trinity. Freshers Week This is the main recruitment drive for Sport Clubs where students set up stands in Front Square and organise taster sessions during the first couple of weeks of term. Sport Clubs are also publicised at the Orientation Talks which take place throughout the week in the Ed Burke Theatre. Schools and Clubs DUCAC targets 2 nd Level Schools and Sport Clubs around the country to encourage sports students to come to Trinity College to compete with Trinity Sport Clubs. The Gaelic Development Officer targets County Minor Teams and Development Squads. He attends training sessions and matches and meets players to speak about GAA at Trinity College. Students within the GAA Clubs visit their old schools with the GAA Development officer. TAP (Trinity Access Program) Orientation Catríona Kennedy was asked to present again this year to incoming Trinity Access Programme Students during their orientation week to encourage and support their transition in to Trinity College and to promote active involvement in DUCAC Sports Clubs. Trinity College Dublin Open Day During the Trinity College Open Day held in December 2013, a number of clubs presented to potential students. These included the DU Football, GAA, Boat and Hockey Clubs. DUCAC also had a stand during Open Day in the Arts Building and provided two presentations in conjunction with CSC and the SU. Global Relations International Students Refreshers Event DUCAC, in conjunction with the Global Relations Office, took part in an initiative aimed at encouraging international students to get involved in the sports clubs and societies. Sports clubs and societies were invited to the new Global Room, located in the Hamilton Building beside the new Academic Registry Office, to chat with Erasmus and visiting international students about sport, to answer questions and to sign up potential new members. Turnout was steady but small. DUCAC hopes to build on this to make it a larger inclusive event in P a g e

7 4. Courses and workshops DUCAC Annual Report A number of courses and workshops were held for Club Officers to support them in their roles. These workshops are very beneficial to the volunteer Club Officers, creating opportunities for outside the classroom learning. Skills such as communication, leadership and team building are lifelong skills necessary for the development of the student body, thereby increasing the professionalism of sport clubs. It is also a chance for students to work with other volunteers and to expand their networks. Two Captains and Treasurers Workshops were held in the Sun Room in the Pavilion. The Captains Workshops were held during the first week of term. These informed the incoming Captains of DUCAC s role, Captains roles, Alumni Engagement, Volunteering, and Administration and Leadership skills required. The Treasurers Workshops were held during the second week of term and informed incoming Treasurers of the procedures for claiming allocations and offered advice on budgeting, fundraising and sponsorship. All Treasurers must complete an annual budget at the start of the academic year and manage their allocations throughout the year, giving them much needed budgeting skills required in every area of their futures. DUCAC sent four students to the 2 nd Student Sport Ireland Student Networking Event which took place at Google, Portlaoise in October. The event covered areas such as Event Management and Fundraising which are vital for the continuance of Trinity Sport Clubs. DUCAC arranged a First Aid Training Course, which was well supported by Sport Club personnel. This included students and coaching staff. This is an intensive course which requires a commitment of three hours for five evening sessions. Only those completing the whole course successfully get first aid certification. Many of our Sport Clubs provide additional courses for their members including grading for martial arts clubs and practical diving instructors and open water instructors courses for the Sub-Aqua Club. This year the GAA Development Officer offered GAA members coaching courses which included fundamental skills and referee skills along with sport-specific first aid. He also ran a child protection course in October which 27 students completed. Thirty-four students attended the fundamental skills course while a further 17 students completed the foundation level coaching course for Gaelic Football and Hurling. 5 P a g e

8 5. Research DUCAC is currently supporting the Student Sport Ireland national research project. This research project s aim is to examine participation of third-level students on the island of Ireland in sport, physical activity and related matters. The project has been awarded to a joint partnership consisting of experienced researchers from Dublin City University, University of Limerick, University of Ulster and Waterford IT. The decision to award the contract worth up to 120,000 was taken by Student Sport Ireland following a rigorous examination and assessment of all the tenders received in advance of the 30 th October, 2013 deadline. The joint partnership includes researchers with extensive experience and expertise in working in the third-level education sector, with specific expertise in undertaking research in exercise and physical activity. The research team will have a management committee of six people, consisting of Professor Marie Murphy from the University of Ulster, Dr Catherine Woods from Dublin City University, Dr Ciarán Mac Donncha from the University of Limerick, Dr Niamh Murphy from Waterford Institute of Technology, Professor Alan Nevill from the University of Wolverhampton and Kyle Ferguson from the University of Ulster. Prof Murphy will be the research principal with Dr Mac Donnacha, Dr Murphy and Dr Woods as coinvestigators. The research team has a record of collecting and analysing data in order to create an evidence base to inform policy, development and practical implementations with a range of stakeholders. Dr Woods, Prof Murphy, Dr Murphy and Dr Mac Donncha were appointed as academic experts on the National Physical Activity Steering group for the past 4 years and wrote the physical activity guidelines and physical activity plan for Ireland. The group is now represented by Dr Woods on the Special Action Group on Obesity, which directs national obesity related policy in government and currently advises Healthy Ireland on the final version of Ireland s first national physical activity plan as part of the Health and Wellbeing Framework Prof Murphy, Dr Murphy and Dr Woods are currently in receipt of CARDI funding to analyse data on the national longitudinal study of aging (TILDA), and are also collaborating on producing Ireland s first national physical activity report card. Additionally, these researchers are active at steering group and working group levels in the European Health Enhancing Physical Activity Network, which is supported by the World Health Organisation. The Third Level Research study, which is the first of its kind undertaken in Ireland, has been made possible through significant funding contributions from Student Sport Ireland s member institutions, the Irish Sports Council and Sport Northern Ireland. ISC and SNI representatives are actively involved in the management and oversight of the research study. Detailed planning and preparations for the study commenced in January The collation and analysing of data will be undertaken throughout 2014 and early 2015, with the study s final report expected to be ready for publication in mid P a g e

9 6. Club Roundup DUCAC Annual Report Dublin University American Football Club defeated University of Limerick and University College Dublin to retain their Intervarsity title, were Runners-up to Belfast Trojans in the European Federation of American Football s Atlantic Cup (a European competition) played at Tallaght Stadium, and reached, for the first time in the club s history, the final of The Shamrock Bowl at Tallaght in August, unfortunately losing out narrowly to Belfast Trojans under far from ideal playing conditions. The ranks of DU Ladies Association Football Club were boosted by a number of Erasmus students early in the season. In the Women s Soccer Colleges Association of Ireland (WSCAI) North Dublin League, Trinity Ladies placed 2 nd. In the WSCAI Futsal Competition they struggled with numbers. In the WSCAI Intervarsity Qualifiers DULAFC lost 5 0 in the semi-finals to Waterford IT who went on to face NUI Galway in the final. DU Association Football Club won the Colleges and University Football League (CUFL) Division 1D scoring 23 goals in 5 matches. A third of these goals came in a crushing defeat of the National College of Ireland on a score line of 8 0. After beating NUI Galway and Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa (Cork) in the quarter- and semifinals, respectively, the Club gained promotion back to the CUFL Premier Division. The semi-final match will long be remembered in the annals of DUAFC history it went to 9 8 on penalties with 22 players taking spot kicks! In a replayed final, DUAFC were beaten 1 0 by Carlow IT. The Leinster Senior League (LSL) Sunday Team was promoted for the second successive season from Intermediate Sunday 1B to 1A (3 rd highest intermediate league), missing out on winning the league title by a single goal. The LSL Saturday Team comfortably maintained their status in Saturday Major 1 (2 nd highest Saturday division) following their promotion to that league in In the Collingwood Cup, DUAFC lost to UCC in the quarter final, before beating UCD in the Farquhar Cup semi-final, but then losing to UU Jordanstown in the final. After appearing in the Harding Cup final in 2013, this season s Harding Cup was disappointing with two defeats meaning an early exit from the competition. 7 P a g e

10 DUAFC Team in CUFL League against NCI DUAFC Team in Semi-Final against CSN DU Ladies Boat Club Senior 8+ beat UCD to claim the Corcoran Cup in the annual boat race in the Liffey. This reflected a solid rowing season reaching back as far as July DULBC won the Novice 8+ at the University Championships, The Queen s University Boat Race, the Cork Regatta Senior 8+ and Novice 8+, the Skibbereen Novice 8+, the Trinity Regatta Senior 8+ and Novice 8+, and the Neptune Head Senior 8+ and Novice 8+. The Intermediate 8+ took victory at the Irish National Championships in Inniscarra, Co. Cork. Hailing from Queen s University Belfast, Charles Cunningham took up the position of DU Boat Club Novice Coach this past academic year. Under his watch the Novice 8+ crews have reaped the rewards with wins in the Goonan Shield, the Dan Quinn Colours Cup, the Skibbereen Grand League Regatta, Trinity Regatta, Cork Regatta, the Queen s University Boat Race, a respectable second place at the University Championships and a sterling performance at the Metropolitan Regatta. DUBC retained the Casey Cup (top 8 scullers) at the Dublin Sculling Ladder for the 4 th year running with Ian Hurley placing 6 th. Despite disappointment in the Gannon Cup due to a medical emergency in the closing stages, the Senior VIII stormed to victory over UCD and NUI Galway in the University Championships. National Champions: DUBC Intermediate 8+ DUBC Novice 8+ at Trinity Regatta 8 P a g e

11 DUBC won the Intermediate 8+ at the National Championships and almost pulled off what would have been a remarkable double, but lost the Senior 8+ final by 0.4 sec. At the Marlow Regatta, the DUBC Senior 8+ placed 4 th against very good British club crews. At Henley DUBC was drawn against Edinburgh University in the Temple Challenge Cup, losing by the smallest of margins, a canvas, on the finishing line. Together with DULBC, Trinity College claimed the Best Overall University title for University Champions: DUBC Senior 8+ Overall University Champions: DUBC DULBC DU Badminton Club s year started at the International Student Badminton Tournaments (ISBT) in Limerick at which Prakash Vijayanath, Jana Cox, Leon Kahl and Orla Fox reached finals in their respective sections. At the Intervarsities at DCU in March, TCD-1 lost to QUB in the quarter-final, in spite of the very high level of performance by each Trinity player. TCD-2 reached the quarter-final of the Plate tournament but lost narrowly to NUI Galway. The Club entered seven teams in the Dublin and District League. The 2 nd team in Division 6 made it to the quarter-final stage. The Ladies 1 st team reached the semi-final of the Leinster League in Division 4. The 2 nd Mixed team made it through to the quarter-final in Division 9. ISBT, Limerick 2013 Prakash Vijayanath At the Intervarsities hosted by DCU, DU Basketball Club s Women reached the final of the B Division by topping their Group of Dublin IT, Tralee IT and IT Tallaght. In the semi-final they defeated Waterford IT by to face UU Jordanstown in the final. Both sides came out strong in the opening quarter, with very little between the sides. The second quarter proved to be the difference between the sides as UUJ outscored TCD 13 8 and, although Trinity worked hard producing turnovers, they lost The Men played in Pool B with NUI Maynooth and Cork IT, but did not make the quarter-finals. In the NBCC College s League the Men played in Division 3 South, while the Women played in NBCC Ladies League Division 1 North. 9 P a g e

12 DU Boxing Club won the IUABA Junior Intervarsity Championship to retain the Gilmore Cup. Trinity with 10 finalists ended the tournament with five champions Eoin Le Masney (71 kg), Warren Callinan (75 kg), Patrick Nicholson (86 kg), Stephen Ellis (91 kg) and Gemma McGee (72 kg). At the TCD v UCD v DCU tournament Tara Mansfield received the Boxer of the Tournament accolade. Eoin Le Masney (Red) Patrick Nicholson (Red) Stephen Ellis (Red) Tara Mansfield (Red) At the Irish Climbing Intervarsities in Belfast there were excellent performances by members of DU Climbing Club. There are two disciplines, bouldering (Boulderworld Belfast) and lead climbing (Ozone Climbing Wall). Trinity placed 4 th overall. In the Men s A grade David Fitzgerald won both the bouldering and climbing events to take individual Gold overall with a score of 592.5/600. Philip McDonald placed 8 th, Daniel Walsh 14 th and Eoin Hunt 21 st of the 76 competitors. In the Women s A grade Sara Kallar was 5 th, Helen Wallace 10 th, Iseult Cummins 11 th and Laura McDonald 12 th of the 22 competitors. In the Men s grade B Richard Reid placed 11 th and Daire Ó Catháin 17 th of the 50 competitors. In the Women s B grade Áine Tubridy took the Silver medal, 10 P a g e

13 while Ruth Buckley was 5 th, Eleanor McSweeney 6 th and Sinéad Bermingham 14 th of the 48 competitors. In the Basecamp Summer Series 2014 at the Gravity Climbing Centre, Dublin, David Fitzgerald placed 3 rd overall in the league of 6 rounds on the climbing wall. He also competed in the British Bouldering Championships at The Climbing Works, Sheffield. DU Camogie Club registered 40 players in The Club managed to field a Freshers team and a Senior Team, playing three matches in the All-Ireland Division 2 League, a Freshers tournament, three challenge matches and three Championship matches in the Fr. Meachair Cup. The Senior team reached the Championship weekend semi-final, losing to St. Patrick s College, Drumcondra, who went on to lift the trophy in the final. DU Cricket Club Ladies XI held a Colours match against UCD for the first time in many years, losing in a keenly contested match. At the Indoors Intervarsities, playing against Men s teams, they went down to IT Sligo. In the League DUCC Ladies avoided the wooden spoon in an enthralling match against North Kildare CC in which a 103-run stand between Anne Golden and Lucy Crockford saw the Club performance of the season. DU Cycling Club started their year off by hosting an evening with Nicholas Roche talking about The Trials and Tribulations of Professional Cycling. Among the early successes of the season were Mark Donnelly-Orr winning the Boyne GP and being upgraded from A4 to A3. In July, Raymond Sherry took DUCC s second A4 win in the Tommy Brady Memorial Race. At the Wexford 2-day, Brendan Murphy won stage 1 and held on the Yellow jersey to take the title in the General Classification and took 1 st place in the Eddie Tobin Memorial Race. In September James McFadden won the A4 Laragh Classic in his first road race. On the track Eoin Healy won a Leinster Senior Gold Medal in the 500 m Standing Start Time Trial and a National Senior Gold medal in 11 P a g e

14 the Team Sprint event in a National record time. Andrew Stanley won the Bronze medal for the Scratch Race at the Leinster Track Championships. Nicholas Roche get DUCC Jersey Brendan Murphy Mark Donnelly-Orr National Tetrathlon Runners-Up: Hugh Weldon, Sari Coakley, Joanna Tottenham, Conor Ledingham The DU Equestrian Club had great success at the National Tetrathlon Championships in Kilkenny. The standard in the team competition was unprecedented. It was nail bitingly close in the end. However, UCD came out on top with a score of 10,371 pts and Trinity, 2 nd with 10,374 pts (3 pts is equal to half a metre in the swim). The team was Hugh Weldon, Conor Ledingham, Sari Coakley and Joanna Tottenham. Trinity was the only College to have two teams in the top 6, with the second team of John Kavanagh, Stephen O'Leary, Jane Hannigan and Katie Weldon finishing 6th. Conor Ledingham took individual honours in a hotly contested men s competition, while Hugh Weldon placed 5 th. Conor also took individual first in the run and was 2 nd in the swim, while Hugh took 6 th in the swim and 5 th in the shoot. Barry Gill finished 3 rd in the run. Melanie Young took the individual Bronze medal, while Sari Coakley placed 5 th overall and 4 th in the shoot and Joanna Tottenham won the shoot. In the Team Nationals, DU Fencing Club placed 2 nd in the Men s and Women s Épée and Men s Foil disciplines and 3 rd in the Men s Sabre. DUFC won the Intervarsity Championship (Frank Russell Cup) for the 7 th consecutive year, dominating in the Men s Foil, Women s Foil and Women s Épée. The Redvers Skelton Three-Weapon Trophy was won by Maxton Milner. In addition DUFC took first place in the Leinster Novice Épée League (unbeaten throughout) and went on to win in the team Épée League final. Club members took individual honours in the Schull Novice Cup (David Byrne), the Carrickfergus Open (Olivia Murray and Maxton Milner) and the Derry Open (Maxton Milner) in Foil, Epée and Sabre events. The Club travelled to London for matches against King s College and University College. Against UCL the Club won in the Women s Foil, Sabre and Épée and the Men s Foil, but lost in the Men s Épée and Sabre. DUFC won against King s 12 P a g e

15 College in Men s Foil, Sabre and Épée and in Women s Sabre, but lost in Women s Épée and Foil. In a subsequent match against Oxford University Fencing Club, DUFC only won the Women s Épée discipline. In October 2013 DU Football Club (Rugby) Under 20 s won the Conroy Cup at Maynooth. This was the first time since 2006 that DUFC had won this Intervarsity competition. DUFC beat NUI Maynooth (15 8) and NUI Galway (36 0) in the group stages and UCD in the final on a scoreline of In March 2014, the Trinity U20 s Pennant XV played Naas RFC in the Leinster JP Flanagan 1 st Division League Final at Donnybrook. The DUFC Senior Team maintained their Division 1B Status with dramatic end of season matches. They beat Blackrock at Stradbrook in their penultimate match, which guaranteed DUFC s survival in Division 1B for the season. In the annual Colours Match at Donnybrook, UCD held out against a spirited Trinity side to take the honours in this tight match on a score line of In the 10 th Centrale International University Sevens at the École Centrale, Paris in May 2014, DUFC lost their opening match against Johannesburg 31 0, then beat Oxford 24 7, and lost to Paris In the Bowl semi-final they again beat Oxford and in the Bowl final defeated Euskadi University (Basque, ESP) DUFC U20 s Conroy Cup Winners DUFC U20 s Leinster JP Flanagan Winners Not be outdone by their male counterparts, in March DU Ladies Football Club (Rugby) won the Student Sport Ireland Division 2 Women s Rugby Intervarsity, which was hosted by UCC at The Farm in glorious weather. The team received their trophy from Declan Kidney. Defending champions DULFC were runners-up in the Kay Bowen Trophy Intervarsity which was played between UCD, UCC, NUI Galway and TCD in a Round Robin League format of 20-minute matches. In the final Trinity were unlucky to lose against NUI Galway by a try scored in injury time in a highly competitive game. DULFC won the 10-a-side Intervarsity Blitz competition. DULFC Division 2 Intervarsity Winners DULFC Kay Bowen Trophy Team 13 P a g e

16 The DU Gaelic Football Club saw a substantial increase in participation, possibly because of the Club continuing to compete at Sigerson Cup level. DUGFC fielded Freshers, Intermediate and Senior teams. The Freshers had a poor league campaign, but there were signs of promising talent for future years. In contrast, the Intermediates had a run in the league to the semi-finals. DUGFC had a play-off against UCD for a place in the O Byrne Cup. In the Sigerson Cup, Trinity drew UCC who prevailed in strong wind and rain. Trinity trailed UCC, the eventual 2014 Sigerson winners, 0 10 to 0 3 at half time but clawed their way back to within two points before UCC pulled ahead to restore their half-time advantage. After the Lynch Cup success of the previous year, the present season was a reality check for DU Ladies Gaelic Football Club. The 1 st team competed in the Giles Cup. DULGFC lost the Division 2 League semi-final and disappointingly for the Ladies did not make it to the Giles Cup weekend. The 2 nd team played in the Donaghy Cup, but, despite giving their all, found the matches very tough to win. On the positive side there was a raft of promising young players who could step up to the mark in to stake claims for places on the 1 st team. DU Golf Club started their year with the biennial tour to Scotland. At the Dundonald Links in Ayrshire they played University teams from the UK and Europe in the Stirling Invitational, finishing 4 th overall in the team competition. Darragh Coghlan tied for 6 th in the individual competition. Against Edinburgh University on the Gullane No. 1 course, DUGC lost narrowly by to a top notch side, but won their match against Dundee University on the links of Panmure Golf Club. At the Irish Colleges Match-play Tournament at Murvagh, Co. Donegal, DUGC placed 3 rd, while Hugh McHugh took individual 6 th place. 14 P a g e

17 DU Handball Club had great success at the Kilkenny 60x30 Intervarsities. Ciara Mahon won the Ladies Open Singles and with Lisa McKenna, who had lost the Ladies A final, won the Ladies Doubles title. Seán Killeen, Ronan McQuillan, Lisa McKenna and Ciara Mahon combined to win the B Team event. At the 40x20 Singles Intervarsities in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, Lisa McKenna was unlucky to lose in the semi-final of the Women s Grade B. Ciara Mahon was the runner-up in the Grade A final. In the Men s Grade A competition Cormac McMahon lost out to Kevin Barrett (IT Carlow) in an epic quarter-final match. Ciara Mahon DUHAC Cross-Country Champions: Claire McCarthy, Maria O Sullivan, Becky Woods and Sorcha Humphreys DU Harriers & Athletics Club retained the Women s Cross Country Intervarsities Championship (The Cheetahs Trophy) with their four scoring athletes taking individual Gold (Maria O Sullivan) and Silver (Becky Woods) medals and placing 8 th (Claire McCarthy) and 10 th (Sorcha Humphreys). The Women outshone the Men at both the Intervarsities Indoors and Outdoors Track & Field Championships, with 3 Silver and 1 Bronze Indoors and 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze medals Outdoors versus 1 Bronze and 2 Silver and 3 Bronze medals, respectively. The Gold medallists were Maria O Sullivan (3000m and 5000m) and Claire McCarthy (3000m Steeplechase). DU Ladies Hockey Club After the play-off last year to maintain their Division 1 status, DULHC finished 8 th in the Leinster League Division 1. In the Intervarsities DULHC placed 3 rd in the Plate Competition. In the Colours matches against UCD, the 1 st XI drew with UCD, while the 3 rd XI won. The 2 nd XI, 4 th XI and 5 th XI all lost their matches. The 1 st XI reached the Jacqui Potter Cup final (the Leinster Ladies Senior Cup Competition) beating Railway 2 nd XI, Old Alex and Pembroke on the way. In the final they lost to Railway Union 1 st XI on a 2 1 score line. DU Hockey Club, together with the Ladies Hockey Club, successfully hosted the Hockey Intervarsities in October. DUHC won their opening match in the Mauritius Cup against UCC, but lost to Dublin IT in a competitive match. In the semi-final they suffered a 6 0 defeat to UCD, the eventual champions against DIT in the final. In was not an auspicious year in terms of League performance. The 1 st XI were demoted from Division 2 to Division 3 and the 2 nd XI from Division 3 to Division 4. With the opening of the new water-based hockey pitch at Santry, the Club is now rebuilding from a home base. 15 P a g e

18 DU Hurling Club has progressed over the last few years. There were some outstanding performances in Victory over Armagh (0 12 to 0 11) in Round 1 of the Kehoe Cup brought a quarter-final clash with Derry. In a hard fought match Trinity saw victory slip from their grasp when a 68 th minute goal gave Derry victory 3 11 to The highlight of the year was qualification for the Ryan Cup weekend. In the semi-finals NUI Maynooth beat UU Jordanstown and Trinity College beat IT Tralee. In the final NUI Maynooth overwhelmed Trinity 0 18 to 0 8, with Man of the Match Paul Winters scoring 11 of Maynooth s points. DU Judo Club members competed at the Intervarsity Championships in Galway in February. Adam Corcoran was crowned the under 73 kg Champion and Nelson Mills, the Lower Kyu Champion. Silver medals went to Romain Valadaud (under 81 kg), Omar Nouhi (under 90 kg), Melchior de la Rauch Fauland (Upper Kyu), and Bronze medals to Rustam Kulpeisov (under 60 kg and Lower Kyu) and Romain Valadaud (Upper Kyu). At the IJA Irish Open in October 2013 Adam Corcoran took Gold in the under 66 kg class and Omar Nouhi won Silver in the under 90 kg Senior category. At the All Irish Championships 2014 in Kilkenny, Adam Corcoran won the under 66 kg title and Omar Nouhi, the Silver medal in the under 90 kg category and Bronze in the Open category. At the National Gradings of the Irish Judo Association in March, Omar Nouhi achieved 1 st Dan. The DU Shotokan Karate Club won the Dublin Intercollegiate Cup, with the Gold medals in the Women s Senior Kumite (sparring) [Clodagh Nerney] and in Intermediate Kata (forms) [Ruth Gavin]. The Men won individual Gold medals in Intermediate Kumite [James McKeown], Beginners Mixed Kata [Kaspar Snashall], and Beginners Kumite [Nicholas Fitzgerald]. Silver and Bronze medal performances by team members contributed vital points to the overall tally. DUKC beat UCD by 1 point to lift the trophy! DUKC also won the O Connor Cup by 2 points in Galway, an annual competition between TCD, RCSI and DIT held in honour of Kyoshi Stephen O Connor who founded DUKC. There were individual Gold medals in the Women s Senior Kata [Clodagh Nerney] and Intermediate Kata [Ruth Gavin] and Men s Senior Kata and Kumite [Andy O Neill] and Beginners Kata [Kasper Snashall]. 16 P a g e

19 DU Kayak Club members competed in the 28-km Liffey Descent at the end of September 2013 with the following placings in their respective classes: Sarah McDonagh 1 st place (Senior Women General Purpose), Aisling Smith 1 st place (Senior Women Racing Kayak), Tom Brennan 2 nd place (Senior Racing Kayak Double), Iomhair MacGiolla Phádraig 3 rd place (Senior Wildwater Racing Kayak) and Eadaoin Whelan 2 nd place (Senior Women Racing Kayak). DUKC, despite epic team efforts, were knocked out at the group stage of the Canoe Polo Intervarsities. Nine members of the Club successfully completed Canoe Ireland s River Safety and Rescue Level 2 Course in Kilkenny. DU Lawn Tennis Club maintained their status as one of the premier University tennis clubs. The Women successfully retained their intervarsity title at the Westwood Tennis Club, Leopardstown, in March. Having dispatched UCC in the semi-final, DULTC Ladies inflicted a comprehensive defeat on UCD in the final. In the Men s Intervarsity DCU defeated Trinity-2 and UCC on their way to the final. On the other side of the draw, the semi-final was an eagerly awaited clash between TCD-1, defending champions, and UCD. The TCD players ran out clear winners on a scoreline of 5 2. The final turned into an epic match. DCU forged a lead but TCD clawed their way back to 4 4. Everything depended on the final singles match between DCU s Craig O Neill and TCD s Jack Devine. O Neill took the 1 st set 7 5 and Devine the 2 nd, 7 5. Devine had a break in the final set, but O Neill fought back to take the final set 6 4 and DCU the title 5 4. The DU Netball Club performed very well at the Netball Intervarsities in Belfast. DUNC won 6 of their eight round-robin matches, only losing to UCD-1 and QUB-1. In the semi-final they again faced UCD-1. Although losing in the end, it proved to be one of the closest matches ever between the clubs. DUNC then faced a tough match against QUB-1 in the 3 rd place play-off, which they lost. Their final 4 th place reflected well on a year of hard work and determination. In the Netball Ireland Women s Winter League Division 1, the Club finished in 5 th place. 17 P a g e

20 With a consistently strong squad with a competitive edge DU Orienteering Club s Men took individual Gold and Silver medals at the Intervarsities Championships (Conor Short and Eoin McCullough, respectively) and the Women Individual Gold and Bronze medals (Mirjam Allik and Rosalind Hussey, respectively). In addition DUOC placed 1 st in the Men s (Conor Short & Eoin McCullough) and Women s Team Duos (Rosalind Hussey & Mirjam Allik) Championships. At the 2014 Leinster Orienteering Championships Conor Short and Eoin McCullough placed 4 th and 5 th, respectively, in the M21 Long Course and Rosalind Hussey placed 6 th in the W21 Long Course. At the Irish Orienteering Championships in May held at NUI Maynooth (Sprint), Camaderry (Middle) and Lough Ferrib (Classic Long), Eoin McCullough won the Gold medal in M20 Sprint and in the M20A Middle Distance. Rebecca O Connor and Jana Cox took Silver and Bronze in the W20 Sprint. Michael Babechuk won the Bronze medal in the M21N Middle Distance. Kyle Heron placed 12 th in the M21 Sprint, 4 th in the M21E Middle Distance and 5 th in the M21E Classic Long Distance. Conor Short was 5 th in the M21 Sprint and 11 th in the M21E Middle Distance. Rosalind Hussey finished in 6 th place in the W21 Sprint and 5 th in the W21E Middle Distance. Laura Cox was 16 th in the W21 Sprint and Stuart Scott, 16 th in the M21 Sprint. Rebecca O Connor and Jana Cox Kyle Heron Michael Babechuk DU Rifle Club continues to go from strength to strength with a very large membership. The postponed 2012 and the 2013 NTSA 50 m Prone National Championships were held on consecutive days at the Midlands National Shooting Centre of Ireland in October The 2012 Championship was won by Conor McDermottroe, with DURC shooters David Franklin, Aisling Miller and Stephen Murphy placing 2 nd to 4 th. The 2013 was a head-to-head between Conor McDermottroe and Stephen Murphy, Conor taking the Gold medal by one shot. At both events the Team of Three Trophy was won by DURC. At the Intervarsities Championships in Wilkinstown, DURC placed 1 st in the Senior Team competition. Stephen Murphy won the Overall Individual Championship. At the 2 nd Clay Target Shooting Intervarsities at the Balheary Shooting Grounds near Swords DURC placed 2 nd. Team of Three NTSA 25 yard Founders League June 2014 DURC at Sporting Commons The NTSA 10 m Air Rifle Championships took place at UCD in April. Stephen Murphy won the overall individual Silver medal, while Aisling Miller retained her National Women s title. At the NTSA 25 Yard Indoor Nationals 2014 in May, DURC won the Team of Three Trophy for a third consecutive year Siobhán Scarlett, Conor McDermottroe and David Franklin. Conor McDermottroe won the overall individual Gold medal. Stephen Murphy took the Bronze medal in the 25 yard Three-Position Championship and the Gold medal in the Class B prone. Other DURC competitors lifted medals in their classes: Lorcan O Carroll, Silver in Class B; Keith 18 P a g e

21 Flanagan, Gold in Class D, and Michael Walsh, Silver in Class D. The 2 nd DURC Founders League Competition kicked off in June, a competition named after the founders of the Club in the spirit of the Club s Golden Jubilee in DU Sailing Club s year started at the Team Racing Nationals at Dún Laoghaire. The 20 teams included the World Champions, the 2012 Irish National winners and the British Senior Champions. TCD1, drawing many of the top seeds in their group, fell short of the three wins to advance to the Gold Fleet, but advanced to the final series of the Silver Fleet, taking both semi-final and the final. At the Cambridge Cup Invitational Championship in February two teams from DUSC competed. Against the top UK University teams with four world class Senior teams, the DUSC sailors performed well to place mid-table out of 19 teams. The Club hosted the first Trinity Invitational Trophy at St George s Yacht Club, Dún Laoghaire, in March, with seven teams competing in five races before semi-finals and the final. With UCD having snatched a win from TCD on count-back at the Student Yachting Nationals the week before, the Colours match, held in April on the River Liffey beside the MV Cill Airne, was filled with intense rivalry as UCD was going for five in a row. Trinity swept the boards with 1,2 s in races 1 and 2 and a 1,2,3 in the third for an emphatic win to cheers of TCD echoing across the river. Sailing Colours Match, River Liffey, April 2014 Jack Hogan/Iain Irvine (TCD1) DU Squash Club continues from strength to strength. Winners of the Club s Beginners Tournament in October were James Haynes and Janna Musilova. At the Squash Intervarsity in Cork the Club was represented by five teams. The Men s A team won the Intervarsity title, with the Men s B to D teams placing 3 rd and the Ladies B team taking 2 nd place. Two full teams comprised beginners. There was more success in the League. The Club lifted the Saturday League Division 1 Team title (captained by Robert Ta), beating Aer Lingus 11 9 in the final match. In April the Cup finals were held at ALSAA. Facing Aer Lingus in the final they won the Division 1 Cup on a match score 3 2. In Division 2, DUSC were runners-up in the League and runners-up in the Jim Humphrey s Cup (captained by Anish Raghavan). DU Squash at Intervarsities in Cork DU Squash Club Division 1 Team 19 P a g e

22 The DU Sub-Aqua Club had a very active year with 973 dives being completed by members from Dublin Bay to Inishbofin, Doolin, Inishturk, Hook Head, Quilty and Belmullet. The Club was awarded certificates by the British Sub-Aqua Club for qualifying the highest number of new Practical Diving Instructors and the 2 nd highest number of Open Water Instructors of all the affiliated clubs in Nine successful trips were organized and two dives on the wreck of the M.Y. Alastor at Ringahaddy Sound, Strangford Lough. DU Surfing & Body Boarding The Irish Universities Surfing Championships were hosted by Galway-Mayo IT at Keel, Achill Island in March The outstanding performance was that of Ali Leonard who won the Novice Surfing title. Mark Rogers, the Captain of the Club, placed 4 th in the Longboard event. Trinity placed 8 th of 14 colleges. Ali Leonard Mark Rogers At the Senior Water Polo Intervarsities in Belfast, the DU Swimming and Water Polo Club Men s team topped their group, defeated Dublin IT in the quarter-final, but lost to a superior NUI Galway team in their semi-final, finishing 3 rd overall. The Women s team, the defending champions, defeated QUB in their quarterfinal and crushed UCD 14 0 in their semi-final. In a keenly and closely fought encounter in the final, Dublin IT took the Intervarsity title. DUSC Water Polo Coach Bert O Brien, twice winner of the Liffey Swim in 1988 and 1995, was presented with a much deserved Lifetime Achievement Award by the Leinster Water-Polo Association to mark 50 years of enthusiastic and committed service to the sport. The Swimming Intervarsities were held in Waterford in March. DUSC placed 4 th overall. 20 P a g e

23 At the British Universities Dry Slope Championships DU Snowsports Club members showed prowess. Lisa McShera finished 14 th of 141 competitors in the Ladies Giant Slalom and Iain Irvine placed 43 rd of 180 competitors in the Men s Giant Slalom. At the Intervarsities in March at Kilternan, DUSSC won the Skiing and placed 3 rd in Snowboarding Freestyle and Slalom. At the ITF Leinster Championships, hosted by East Coast Taekwon Do in Arklow in November, DU Taekwon Do Club members won 11 medals. At the Taekwon Do Intervarsities there was both individual and team success. Yingbei Ho won Gold in Patterns and Bronze in Sparring; Cian O Driscoll took a Bronze medal in Patterns; Matthew Phutai won Silver in Sparring; John Walsh took Bronze in Sparring and Phil O Gorman, Silver in Patterns. The Club won the Silver medal in Team Sparring. DUTD Club won its Colours match against UCD. At the Intervarsities in Belfast, members of DU Trampoline Club won individual medals at Novice, Intermediate, Advanced and Elite levels 1 Gold (Orlagh Hanratty) and 3 Bronze. In the Synchro Team Higher Level DUTC swept the board with Gold (Ciarán O Neill and Iain Meeke), Silver and Bronze. In February at the Scottish Student Trampoline Open (SSTO), the Elite Synchro event brought Silver and Bronze medals for Club duos. At the Colours Competition DUTC took 14 Individual and 5 Synchro medals to win the Colours Shield for the first time in four years. At the Irish Student Trampoline Open (ISTO) in Lisburn, the largest student trampoline competition in Europe, there were Silver and Bronze medals for Conor Delaney (Novice) and Iain Meeke (Elite), respectively, and Tumbling medals for Aideen Ní Choileain at Level 1 (Gold) and Saskia Wachter at Level 4 (Silver). At the Dublin Open Competition DUTC won 1 Gold (Saskia Wachter), 3 Silver and 1 Bronze individual medals, with teams placing 1 st and 3 rd ; in the Synchro Competition there was Gold at Elite Synchro Level 3 (Paul Scully and David O Driscoll) and a Silver in Intervanced Synchro Level 2. At the Gymnastics Ireland Regional Qualifiers in Rathdrum, five members achieved the required scores for the National Championships, which were held in Limerick in May. Saskia Wachter and Paul Scully won Gold medals in Intermediate Women O19 and Advanced Men O19, respectively, while Danny Finn took Silver in National Level Men O19 and Fiona Dolan, Bronze in Advanced Women O P a g e Colours Trampoline Synchro DUTC Team for SSTO

24 DU Ultimate Frisbee Club ran its 3 rd Annual Trinity Tea Party Tournament at Santry in early October for College and Secondary Schools from all over Ireland. The same weekend, two teams went to the annual Edinburgh Beginners Tournament, finishing respectably 12 th and 14 th. The Senior Men s Team made the quarter finals of the Cork Open, eventually finishing in 7 th place. At the Women s Indoors Intervarsity in November, the 1 st team lost in the semi-final by 1 point and finished 3 rd overall. At the Mixed Indoors Intervarsity DUUFC lost to UCC in the final on a score of In the Mixed Outdoors Intervarsity the Club placed 3 rd overall. At the Women s Outdoors Intervarsity UCD overcame DUUFC to take the title, a disappointment to take team Silver for the 2 nd year in a row. At the Open Intervarsity in Belfast, DUUFC defeated DIT in the quarter-final but lost to UCD (the eventual winners) in the semi-final by 1 point. DUUFC claimed the team Bronze in the 3 rd place match against Maynooth University. In the Colours matches, Trinity s Men beat UCD for the first time in four years, but the Women s team lost for the very first time to UCD. DUUFC at Cork Open DUUFC Team at Mixed Indoors IV DU Volleyball Club had a successful year. In the Student Sport Ireland Volleyball League the Men s team won 7 out of 8 League fixtures to qualify for the finals held at Waterford IT in March. After winning their semi-final against Dundalk IT, they met Galway-Mayo IT in the final, losing by 2 sets to 0. The Women s team were Runners-Up in the Intervarsity Championship. In The Volleyball Association of Ireland Cup, DUVC Premier Women were finalists in the Shield Competition, beating Garda Sirens in the quarter-final and Dublin Volleyball Club-D1 in the semi-final. The Club lost the final to Tallaght Rockets P a g e

25 7. University Pinks DUCAC Annual Report Pinks are awarded to College students in recognition of outstanding performances at both collegiate and international levels in their respective sports. They are the Trinity College equivalent of Blues awarded by Oxford and Cambridge. The bar in all DU Sport Clubs is set very high to receive such an accolade. In the following six athletes in five sports were awarded University Pinks by the Captains Committee: Aisling Smith (Kayak), Junior Sophister in Mechanical Engineering: Since joining DU Kayak Club, Aisling has competed regularly in the Irish Wildwater League and the Dublin City Canoe Polo League. She did an excellent job as PR Officer of the Club in Aisling won the long distance high performance Intervarsity Championship in 2012, 2013 and She was Irish Senior Wildwater K1 Champion and Irish K1 Marathon Champion (16 km) in both 2012 and She also won the K1 Senior Women s Liffey Descent (26 km) in 2012 and In 2013 Aisling competed in the 11 th International Český Krumlov River Marathon over 36 km, placing 5 th in the K1 Women s Class in a time of 2:28:12. In June 2013 at the International Canoeing Federation Wildwater Sprint World Championships at Solkan, Slovenia, competing for the first time in the Senior K1 Class, Aisling finished in a highly credible 28 th place. In March 2014 she performed very well in the National team Selection Wildwater races on the River Mourne. Ciarán O Neill (Trampoline): MAI Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering 23 P a g e The DU Trampoline Club has the most complex Club Colours qualification rules of any DUCAC-affiliated club, covering Colours matches, Intervarsity Championships, other competitions, medalling, and score contributions to a DUTC team. Ciarán has achieved these twice, in 2011 on his performances in and and in 2013 on his performances in and In 2013 he won the Gold medal, with his partner Paul Scully, at the Scottish Student Trampoline Open (SSTO) in Elite Synchro and the Silver medal at the Irish Student Trampoline Open (ISTO), again with Paul Scully, in Higher Synchro (Elite Standard). ISTO is the largest European Student Trampoline event and SSTO, the second largest. In 2011 he won the Gymnastics Ireland Silver medal for Intermediate Men 19+ Category and was 4 th in the Inter- Advanced Men s category at SSTO. Ciarán was Club Captain in and has been the club s head coach in and

26 Rebecca Woods (Harriers and Athletics) 2 nd Year MSc Clinical Speech & Language Therapy Since 2007 Becky Woods has represented DU Harriers and Athletic Club 20 times in Intervarsity Track & Field Championships (Indoors and Outdoors), Cross Country and Road Relays. She has also competed for DUHAC in Colours Cross Country and Track & Field matches on numerous occasions. In Intervarsity Championships she has won 13 individual medals (4 Gold, 5 Silver, 4 Bronze). Becky has won two individual Bronze medals at the Athletics Ireland Senior Championships in the 1500 m and the 3000 m steeplechase. She has represented Ireland at Irish University, European U23, Celtic U23 Cross Country, and European Champion Club levels. Becky is a two-time scoring team Gold medallist in Intervarsity Cross Country (2013 and 2014), the first occasion Trinity has retained this title since 1980 and 1981, and a fourtimes scoring team Silver medallist in Intervarsity Cross Country. In 2014 she was the individual Intervarsities Cross-Country Silver medallist. Sam Mehigan (Ultimate Frisbee) 3 rd Year PhD Physics Sam was a member of the DU Ultimate Frisbee Club Team which won both the Irish Outdoors Intervarsities Championship and the Colours Match against UCD in the same year three years in a row ( ) and a member of the DUUFC team that made the Intervarsities Outdoors Final in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and He has represented Ireland three times at European Ultimate Championships. In June 2013 he was a member of the Irish team that won the Silver medal in Tarragona, Spain, the only time Ireland has medalled internationally. He scored three of Ireland s goals in the final against Australia. He has represented Ireland twice at World Championships in 2010 and Sam was named MVP of the Irish team in Florence in He is a three-time All- Ireland Club Champion playing for Broc (Outdoors 2010, Indoors 2012) and for Ranelagh (Outdoors 2012). 24 P a g e

27 Brian du Toit (Rugby) Junior Sophister Mechanical Engineering Brian du Toit plays No. 7 (Flanker) for DU Football Club. He started for DUFC in the annual Colours Match against UCD in 2013 (played 75 min) and in 2014 (played 80 min). In November/December 2011 he played twice for Leinster A XV against Ireland U18 and Ireland U20. He was selected for the Ireland U20 International trials squad for the Junior World Championships in South Africa in June 2012, but, due to a collar-bone injury he suffered playing twice for Leinster, he did not make the final team for South Africa. Brian played the full 80 min for the Irish Universities in their win over the Irish Exiles XV in February In the Leinster Senior Cup in 2012 he played outstandingly in all five matches, DUFC losing in a hard fought semi-final against St Mary s College. He won an All-Ireland Sevens Cup with DUFC in 2012 and an All-Ireland Sevens Plate and a Centrale Sevens Plate in Paris in Patrick Lavelle (Rugby) Junior Sophister BESS Patrick Lavelle started off as a No. 8 (back row), but now plays No. 13 (centre) for DU Football Club. He competed in three Colours Matches for DUFC, , on the starting line-up on each occasion. He played four matches for the Leinster U19 s in Patrick put in sterling performances in four of the five matches in the Leinster Senior Cup series for DUFC in 2012, only missing the semi-final through injury. He played No. 12 for the Irish Universities team which convincingly beat the Irish Exiles XV in February He was selected for the Ireland U20 International training camp in Brian was a double All- Ireland Sevens Cup winner with DUFC in 2011 and In 2011 the DUFC Sevens team went on to win the prestigious Scandinavian Master Sevens in Copenhagen. He was a plate winner with DUFC in the Centrale Sevens in Paris in Patrick was awarded DUFC Player of the Season for The Pinks Scarves and ties were presented to these worthy recipients at the Sporting Commons and Sports Awards evening in the College Dining Hall in April P a g e

28 8. International Athletes th HEC European University Clay Court Championship, Roland Garros, Paris, October 2013 Stephanie Kinsella & Mark Carpenter The European University Clay Court Championship, hosted by the École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris, at Roland Garros in October has become one of the most prestigious annual Inter- University tennis tournaments. Only six University teams compete against one another in three matches men s singles, ladies singles and mixed doubles. The DULTC team comprised Mark Carpenter, Stephanie Kinsella, Julian Bradley and Sinéad Kennedy. Trinity were drawn with defending champions Cologne Sport University and DCU. At the group stage Trinity defeated DCU 3 0, and then Cologne 2 1. In the semi-final DULTC beat the University of Moscow 2 1. In the final they had a rematch with Cologne who had won the other semifinal. In the final Cologne took both singles matches for the title. Finishing Runner-Up was a remarkable achievement for the club. IRB Americas Rugby Championship, Langford, British Columbia, October 2013 Canadian Full Back Jack Fitzpatrick (No. 15) tackles USA s Tim Maupin Jack Fitzpatrick (DUFC) represented Canada A in the Americas Rugby Championship which took place at the Canadian Rugby Centre of Excellence, Langford, British Columbia. He had previously played with the Canadian U20 team. He also played for the Leinster U20 s in Jack was the only member of the Canada A roster playing overseas. Canada s opponents were Argentina, Uruguay and the USA. The match scores were Canada 17 (Fitzpatrick Fly half: try) 10 Uruguay, USA Canada (Fitzpatrick Full back) and Argentina Canada (Fitzpatrick Full back: two conversions). 2 nd European Universities Judo Championships, Coimbra, Portugal, October 2013 Adam Corcoran, a 4 th Year Geography student ( ), is a Senior Judo international for Ireland who competes in the under 66 kg category. He has won the Irish Open title three times at under 66 kg ( ; 2 nd in 2012) and the All Irish Championship four times ( ; 2 nd in 2011). In the first full round of the European Universities Championships he was a tad unlucky to draw João Crisóstomo (Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon), who went on to win the Gold medal in the under 66 kg class. Adam Corcoran 26 P a g e

29 Student Riders Nations Cup, Ballindenisk, Cork, October 2013 DUCAC Annual Report Melanie Young (TCD), Beatrice Gates-Hardiman (UCD), James Brennan (UCD) At the Student Riders Nations Cup hosted by the Irish Universities Riding Clubs Association in October 2013, Melanie Young, a 2 nd Year student in Education and a Trinity Sports Scholarship student , together with James Brennan and Beatrice Gates-Hardiman clinched the Team Gold medal in the Show Jumping. In the Dressage discipline, Ireland placed 3 rd behind the Netherlands and Canada. In the Horse Sport Ireland Overall Combined Competition, Ireland s outstanding results ensured that they secured Team Gold on home turf with Canada in Silver and Netherlands in Bronze. In finishing 3 rd in both the Show Jumping and Dressage, Melanie Young took the Overall Individual title. Clementine Yost, a JS Student at Trinity College competing for Canada, placed 2 nd in the Show Jumping and 6 th in the Dressage, contributing to Team Canada s Silver Medal in the overall competition. AIEC-SRNC Student Riders World Finals, Aalter, Belgium, December 2013 Melanie Young (TCD), Brian Morrison (UCC), Peter O Donnell (UCC) Ireland made a clean sweep in the World University Equestrian Federation (AIEC) Student Riders Nations Cup (SRNC) Student Riders World Finals for 2013 at Aalter in Belgium, winning the Overall Team Championship, the Overall Individual Title and the team and individual show jumping titles. Fifteen nations took part. The Irish trio of Melanie Young, Brian Morrison and Peter O Donnell collected the Presidents Cup, the Overall Team Championship trophy. The Overall Championship comprises two disciplines dressage and show jumping on borrowed horses. Peter O Donnell took Gold and Brian Morrison Silver for the Individual Championship. Team Ireland also won the trophy for the Overall Team Show Jumping Championship and finished second behind Germany in the Team Dressage Championship. World Association Croquet Team Championship, Tier 2.1, Carrickmines, May 2014 Danny Johnston, a graduate and now a postgraduate student in Immunology, won the 2014 Championship of Ireland Singles and the 2014 Dublin Croquet Singles Championship. He has been a regular member of Irish test teams playing against Great Britain, Australia and the USA. The Tier 2.1 World Association Croquet Team Championship finals were played between teams from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and South Africa at the Carrickmines Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club. Danny Johnston had the honour of captaining the Irish Team. Ireland claimed outright victory after test wins against Scotland, South Africa and in the final match against the holders, Wales. 27 P a g e

30 ICF Wildwater Canoeing World Championships, Valtellina Adda River, Italy, June 2014 Iomhar Mac Giolla Phádraig, a SF student in Engineering ( ), has received a Trinity Sports Scholarship in and He was a Junior Liffey Descent winner and has had 6 Liffey Descent podiums. He competed in two World Championships as a Junior. At the Wildwater Canoeing Championships in Italy, in the K1 Classic Individual race Iomhar finished in 38 th place of 53 competitors. In the K1 Classic team event Ireland placed 12 th. In the Individual Sprint event, Iomhar was 42 nd in the best of two runs. ICF U23 Canoe Sprint World Championships, Szeged, Hungary, July 2014 Tom Brennan, a 4 th year in Medicine ( ), has been a stalwart competitor for the DU Kayak Club over the past three years. He has received a Trinity Sports Scholarship in , and He previously reached the semi-final of the 200 m sprint at the European U23 Championships. At the Canoe Sprint World Championships in Hungary, in heat 5 of the K1 200 m Sprint Tom placed 3 rd in sec. In semi-final 4, he finished in 5 th place in sec setting a new National record. This assigned him to the C final. He won the C final in sec to place 19 th overall. XX Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, July 2014 Prakash Vijayanath is a JF Computer Science and Business student ( ). He was awarded a Trinity Sports Scholarship for He is a member of the Road to Rio project under the auspices of the Badminton World Federation and the Badminton Confederation of Africa to support African players in the lead up the Olympic Games in Prakash competed for South Africa in Badminton at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In the Men s Singles Round of 64 he beat Andre Padmore of Barbados 2 0. In the round of 32, he lost 2 0 to Tony Stephenson of Northern Ireland. In the Mixed Teams Group E (Singapore, South Africa, Jamaica, Norfolk Island), South Africa finished 2 nd in their group, but did not qualify as one of the two runners-up for the quarter-final matches. Victoria Mullin is a 2 nd year PhD student in Genetics ( ). She was awarded a Trinity Sports Scholarship for She was named the inaugural Trinity Sportsperson of the Year in April 2014, an award presented to her by Irish International rugby player Jamie Heaslip. She competed for England in the Women s Air Pistol competition at the Commonwealth Games. In the 10 m Air Pistol Qualification she placed 18 th with a score of 365/400, only the top 8 qualified for the final. In the 25 m Pistol Qualification she placed 5 th with 283/300 in the Precision stage series and 12 th with 279/300 in the Rapid stage series to place 10 th overall, only 5 shots behind the 8 th qualifying place for the semi-finals. 28 P a g e

31 5 th World University Cycling Championships, Poland, July 2014 Ian Richardson is a 3 rd Year PhD student in Genetics ( ). In May 2013 he won Stage 2 of the Tour of Ulster. In May 2014 he placed 2 nd in the Leinster 10- mile Time Trial Championship in 20:37 and in National Time Trial Championships in 2012 he placed 9 th in 48:31 (40 km) and in 2014 he was 5 th in 46:48 for (37 km). In the Rás Mumhan 2014 he placed 9 th of 193 finishers in Stage 1, placing 40 th after the four stages. Ian was Ireland s sole representative in the Time Trial at the 5 th World University Cycling Championships held in Jelenia Góra, Poland. He placed a highly creditable 12 th in 36:07 (23 km). 19 th World University Orienteering Championships, Olomouc, Czech Republic, August 2014 Eoin McCullough is a JF student in Law and French ( ). In 2012 he was the Orienteering Ireland M18 Champion at Middle distance, in 2013 the M20 Champion at Middle distance and in 2014 the M20 Champion at Middle distance and Sprint. He represented Ireland at the European Youth Orienteering Championships at Limousin, Bugeat, France in 2012, the World Junior Orienteering Championships (WJOC) in 2013 at Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, competing in the Sprint, Long and Relay, and in the WJOC at Borovets, Bulgaria in July 2014, where he finished 33 rd of 60 competitors in the M20 A final, 44 th of 161 starters in the Sprint and 52 nd of 163 starters in the Long distance. At the 19 th World University Orienteering Championships Eoin did himself proud in his first Senior level international, placing 52 nd of 101 competitors in the Sprint, 99 th of 111 athletes in the Middle distance and 72 nd of 97 starters in the Long distance. Conor Short is a Junior Sophister student in Music ( ). Conor is an experienced international athlete who has represented Ireland in the World Junior Orienteering Championships in 2010 (Ålborg, Denmark), in 2011 (Rumia-Wejherowo, Poland) and in 2012 (Kosice, Slovakia), the European Orienteering Championships in 2012 (Falun, Sweden, Relay) and in 2014 (Palmela, Portugal, Middle, Relay), the World Orienteering Championships in 2013 (Vuokatti, Finland, Middle, Long) and in 2014 (Veneto/Trentino, Italy, Middle, Relay), and the World Cup in 2014 (Palmela POR and Asiago ITA, Middle). At the 19 th World University Orienteering Championships Conor placed 49 th in the Sprint, 50 th in the Middle distance and 68 th in the Long distance disciplines. Together with Eoin McCullough and Ruari Short, Ireland placed 21 st of 26 scoring teams in the Relay. 29 P a g e

32 Rosalind Hussey studied for a PhD in Neuroscience and was competing as a one-year down student under FISU rules. She has competed for Ireland in the World Cup in 2009 (Salo, Finland) and in 2012 (Falun, Sweden), the European Orienteering Championships in 2012 (Falun, Sweden Sprint, Middle, Relay), World Orienteering Championships in 2010 (Trondheim, Norway Sprint, Middle, Relay), in 2011 (Savoie, France Sprint, Long, Relay), in 2012 (Lausanne, Switzerland Sprint, Middle), in 2013 (Vuokatti, Finland Sprint, Long, Relay), and in 2014 (Veneto/Trentino, Italy Sprint) and the World University Orienteering Championships in 2012 (Alicante, Spain Sprint, Middle). She was awarded a University Pink in At the 19 th WUOC, Rosalind placed 52 nd of 91 competitors in the Sprint and 79 th of 91 competitors in the Middle distance. Ireland placed 20 th in the Sprint Relay. 10 th World University Rowing Championships, Gravelines, France, September 2014 Sinéad Dolan, a JS student in Management Science and Information Systems Studies ( ), was awarded a Trinity Sports Scholarship in She was Hon Secretary of DULBC in and Hon Treasurer in and She is a member of Rowing Ireland s International Lightweight training group She represented Ireland at the Home International in 2011 (Strathclyde, Scotland; Senior Sweep U23 4 and 8+) and in 2013 (Nottingham, England; Senior Sculling Lwt2x and 4x). She competed for Ireland at the prestigious Huegel Regatta at Essen, Germany in 2011 in the U23 Lwt1x. She represented DULBC at the Henley Regatta in 2011 (Senior Lwt1x). She was the Rowing Ireland National Intermediate 1x champion in In the Lightweight Single Sculls at Gravelines, Sinéad placed 5 th in Heat 1, but qualified for the repêchage. In the repêchage, with a difficult lane draw, she placed 6 th. Sinéad placed 4 th in the B final. Ruth Morris is the Captain of DULBC. She was Hon Secretary of the club in She represented Ireland in the Home International in the Junior Sweep JW2 and in the Junior Sweep 8+ in She won the Rowing Ireland National U23 Lwt1x title in At Gravelines in September in the bow seat of the Lightweight Women s Double Sculls (LW2x) with Orla Hayes (University College London), the Irish duo powered to 2 nd place in Heat 2. Ruth and Orla won the first repêchage to qualify for the A final. In the final they placed 4 th behind Poland, Great Britain and Mexico. It was a very praiseworthy performance so tantalizingly close to the Bronze medals. 30 P a g e

33 51 st ISSF World Shooting Sport Championships, Grenada, Spain, September 2014 Conor McDermottroe of the DU Rifle Club was National 50 m Prone Champion in both 2012 and He won the National 25 yd Prone Championship in May 2014, contributing to DURC retaining the National Team of Three Trophy for this event. He gained selection to represent Ireland at the quadrennial World Championships in Spain in the 50 m Prone event. Each competitor shoots 6 series of 10 shots, 60 shots in 50 minutes for electronic scoring, the highest score for the very centre of the target being 10.9 per shot. Conor s performance was consistent (100.3, 102.2, 99.0, 101.4, 99.8, 102.2) for a total of (max 654). He placed 38 th of 46 competitors in Elimination Group 3. Only the top 63 from the 136 shooters in the three elimination rounds proceeded to the Qualification Round for finals. Victoria Mullin represented Great Britain in two events in Air pistol at the World Championships in Grenada. In the 25 m Pistol Championship, Precision stage, she scored 280 in three series (95, 95, 90) to place 72 nd of 97 competitors. After the Rapid Fire series, she finished in 71 st position overall, scoring 276 from her three series (94, 90, 72) for an aggregate total of 556 with a total of 11 centres. In the 10 m Air Pistol event she placed 55 th of 74 competitors on a score of 371 from 4 series (94, 95, 93, 89) with 8 centres. She placed 80 th of 114 competitors from the qualification round, with only the top 8 proceeding to the final. 31 P a g e

34 9. Home International Athletes Trinity Students represented their home countries in several Home International events. Orienteering Senior Home Countries Internationals (Carlingford Mountain, Co. Louth) In October 2013, DU Orienteering members Conor Short, Rosalind Hussey and Eoin McCullough represented Ireland, while Kyle Heron represented Scotland in the Men s Team competition. In the Team Relay, Conor Short got the Irish team off to a great start on the first leg. The team ended up with the Bronze medals. The individual events on the second day took place in low cloud conditions, reducing visibility to 5 metres in some areas and making navigation difficult. Many of the top orienteers went off track and had to abandon the race. Conor Short placed 5 th, the top Irish representative, and Kyle Heron 11 th in the M21 class. Eoin McCullough in the M20 class and Rosalind Hussey in the W21 class were DNFs. Rugby Combined Irish Universities v Irish Exiles U23 XV (Ealing, England) A Combined Irish Universities XV had not played a match since The Combined Universities side which played the Irish Exiles U23 team in February 2014 comprised players from the four University teams competing in the Ulster Bank League Dublin University, UCD, UCC and Queen s University. The six DUFC players who played for Irish Universities were: Backs: Niyi Adeolukan (Wing, scored two tries) and Patrick Lavelle (Inside Centre, see University Pinks); Forwards: Jack Dilger (Back Row), Brian du Toit (Back Row, see University Pinks), Jack Kelly (Captain) and Martin Kelly (Tight Head Prop). Irish Universities destroyed the Irish Exiles U23 on a scoreline of Niyi Adeolukan Jack Dilger Jack Kelly Martin Kelly Cross Country Celtic Nations Cross Country Challenge Race, Greenmount, Antrim Representing Ireland on the U23 team at the Celtic Nations Cross Country run in conjunction with the 5.6-km Senior Women s race at the Antrim IAAF International Cross Country in January 2014, Maria O Sullivan, Captain of DU Harriers (Trinity Sports Scholar ; SS Molecular Medicine ) put in a sterling performance. Maria led home the Irish U23 team in placing 12 th overall in a time of 19:28 in a world class field of Ethiopian, Kenyan and Irish Senior International athletes and an emphatic 42 sec ahead of the next U23 athlete from Wales. 32 P a g e

35 Athletics Irish Universities v Scottish Universities (Grangemouth, Scotland) At the Irish Universities v Scottish Universities Track and Field Match in June 2014 in perfect weather, the following DUHAC athletes competed for the IUAA against SUCA Maria O Sullivan (see above, 3000 m, 1 st ), Colum O Leary (3000 m steeplechase, 3 rd ), Claire McCarthy (3000 m steeplechase, 2 nd ), Conal Campion (Discus 3 rd, Javelin 2 nd ) and Niamh Donnelly (1500 m, 3 rd ). Conal Campion Niamh Donnelly Claire McCarthy Colum O Leary Cricket The Hone-McGregor Tri-Series incorporating the Celtic Cup (Cambridge, England) Will von Behr and Hugh A.C. Pike played for Irish Universities against Scottish Universities and Cambridge University for the inaugural Hone-McGregor Series (50 overs) at the F.P. Fenner Ground, Cambridge in June The Hone-McGregor trophy is named after the first Irishman (Nathaniel Hone) and Scot (Gregor McGregor) to win Blues for the English university. Against Scottish Universities for the Celtic Cup, Hugh Pike and Ryan Hopkins (DCU) as opening batsman put on 117 for the 1 st wicket. Pike scored 57 runs. Irish Universities won by 78 runs (352 6 against 284 all out). After Cambridge University beat Scottish Universities, the final match became the decider for the Hone-McGregor Trophy. Chasing 256 to win, Pike and Hopkins again opened. Pike hit 11 fours in his second 50 of the Tri-Series before he was caught for 52. Will von Behr kept the momentum going by adding 28 runs before he was out. Irish Universities won by 4 wickets (256 6 v ). The Tri-Series can now be added to the British Universities Championships previously won by Irish Universities in 1988, 1990 and Both DUCC members had played for Irish Universities against Ireland U19 s in College Park. Will von Behr scored an unbeaten 91 runs and took 3 wickets for 33 runs, while Hugh Pike scored 34 runs. Irish Universities won by 3 wickets (194 7 against 190 all out). Both players had also been selected for Irish Universities v MCC, but the match was called off due to the weather. Rowing Home International Regatta (National Rowing Centre, Inniscarra Lake, Cork) For the regatta at the end of July 2014 Rowing Ireland selected several DUBC and DULBC athletes. In the Senior Sweep, Killian Dunne and Karl Kavanagh competed in the coxed four (placed 3 rd ). In the Sculls, Hazel O Neill partnered Caragh Edwards (Commercial) in the Senior 2x (placed 3 rd ). In the Senior Sweep, Sally O Brien, Hannah McCarthy, Aoife Leahy and Gill Crowe competed in the 4 (placed 4 th ) and in the Senior 8+ with Niamh Williams as cox (placed 3 rd ). Niamh also coxed the Senior 4+. Killian Dunne Karl Kavanagh Hazel O Neill 33 P a g e

36 Hazel O'Neill, Gill Crowe, Sally O'Brien, Aoife Leahy, Hannah McCarthy and Niamh Williams (cox) (left to right) Golf Boyd Quaich Memorial Tournament (St Andrews, Scotland) Jonathan O Driscoll ties off at St Andrews Two members of DU Golf Club were invited to the annual Boyd Quaich Memorial Tournament inaugurated in 1946 over two rounds of the Old Course, but now played over four rounds on the Old and New courses at St Andrews, Scotland, in July Students from TCD, QUB and the NUI played in the inaugural tournament. The Boyd Quaich Tournament is held in memory of two brothers of St Andrew s University, Quentin Douglas Boyd and Anthony Persse Boyd, who lost the lives in WWII, to foster lasting friendship between nations by promoting the increase of international goodwill, and by the encouragement of friendliness between young men of different countries". Of the 72 university golfers taking part, including two from France and six from the USA, 10 were from Ireland, six of whom made the top 30 cut for the final two rounds. Jonathan O Driscoll, DUGC Hon Secretary , finished in 25 th place on a four-round score of 301 [Old 74 (par 73), New 75 (par 72), New 77, Old 75]. DUGC Captain Andrew Stokes had two well above-par rounds of 82 sand 77 to finish in 58 th place. 34 P a g e

37 Fencing Student Five Nations Tournament (Birmingham, England) Dublin University Fencing Club was strongly represented on the Irish team by Evie Clarke, Olivia Flynn, Emily Greenan, Killian Hanlon, Olivia Murray, Clodagh McCarthy-Luddy, and Niall O'Brien at the Student Five Nations Tournament in Birmingham in July. Maxton Milner, Captain of DUFC , represented England. Max received the Silver medal for all-round individual performance of those competing at the tournament. The placing order of the countries was 1. England, 2. Scotland, 3. Northern Ireland, 4. Ireland and 5. Wales. Max Milner (2 nd from right) with three of his English team colleagues Water Polo Universities Celtic Tri-Nations Tournament (Galway) Deirdre Kindregan, Fiona Fenton, Michaela Hogan, and Eva Banks represented Ireland in the Celtic Tri-Nations Water-Polo Tournament in March, 2014 in Galway. The Irish team won the match against Scotland by 7 6. The match against Wales was more one-sided, Ireland taking the laurels 15 7 to clinch the Celtic Tri-Nations title. Celtic Nations Team. Fiona Fenton (Back: far right) Deirdre Kindregan (Back: third from right), Michaela Hogan (Front: second from right), Eva Banks (Front: far right) Croquet Ireland v Great Britain, Carrickmines, Dublin Danny Johnston, a PhD student in Immunology, represented Ireland in the annual match against Great Britain at the Carrickmines Croquet Club in August, Ireland lost the match on a score line of However, Danny recorded one of Ireland s two wins in his singles match against David Maugham by +12tpo to +17 (a winning triple peel on opponent). David Maugham is a three-time Singles World Champion and has also won the British Open Championship, the British Men s Championship, the British President's Cup four times, the Australian Open and the US Open. Quite a scalp! 35 P a g e

38 10. Interprovincial Selections/All-Stars DU Ladies Hockey Club Charlotte Dunne, Anna-May Whelan (Trinity Sports Scholar , SF Pharmacy) and Avril Dooley-O Carroll (Trinity Sports Scholar , SF Engineering with Management) were selected for the Leinster U21 s for the Inter-provincial match series in February, 2014, which was played at Three Rock Rovers Grounds, Grange Road, Dublin. The scores in the matches were: Leinster 3 Munster 1; Connacht 0 Leinster 7; Ulster 2 Leinster 0. Leinster placed 2 nd to Ulster, who won all three of their matches. DU Hockey Club Charlotte Dunne Anna-May Whelan Avril Dooley-O Carroll Aran Rooney of DUHC was selected for the Leinster Junior Men s Squad for the Junior Inter-provincial matches played at the Garryduff Sports Centre in Cork at the beginning of May, He was given the honour of Captaining Leinster. The scores in the matches were: Leinster 1 Ulster 2; Leinster 4 Connacht 2; Munster 3 Leinster 4. Leinster placed 2 nd overall as Ulster won all three of their matches. Aran Rooney scored one of Leinster s goals against Munster. DU Ladies Gaelic Football Jacinta Brady of DULGFC (4 th Year Physiotherapy; Trinity Sports Scholar ) was a member of the Leinster Ladies Gaelic Football squad for the MMI Inter-Provincial Championships in 2012 and 2013 and a member of the Longford team that won the TG4 Ladies Leinster Intermediate Football Championship in 2012 and In 2012 Jacinta Brady received an award for making the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies Gaelic Football Division 4 Team of the League. She again was selected for the Leinster Inter-Provincial team in DU Hurling Club Danny Sutcliffe of DUHC played for Dublin Senior Hurling in He scored 1 5 in a Man of the Match performance in Dublin s win over Kilkenny in March (1-22 to 3 13) in Division 1A. He scored 2 goals in Dublin s win over Waterford 4 13 to Following surgery on a hand injury he was ruled out of Dublin s Leinster Hurling Championship semi-final against Wexford. He played in the LHC Final against Kilkenny, which Dublin lost 0 24 to 1 9; Sutcliffe scored 1 point. Danny gained selection on the Leinster Interprovincial Hurling Panel. 36 P a g e

39 GAA All-Stars 2013 Danny Sutcliffe received a GAA Hurling All Star award for the 2013 season in October Danny has played Dublin Hurling since minor level ( ). He was a member of the Dublin Minor team which won the Leinster title in He was Captain of the team which reached the All Ireland semi-final against Clare in Danny received a Trinity Sports Scholarship in He won the Leinster U21 Championship with Dublin in 2011 and made his Senior intercounty debut in He played a key role in the Dublin s Leinster Championship victory in Danny has played regularly for Dublin University in both hurling and football. The Road to Rio in Rugby Sevens? Lucy Mulhall (SF Radiation Therapy in and Trinity Sports Scholar in Ladies GAA Football) now has her sights set on the possibility of reaching the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with the Irish Ladies Rugby Seven s team. In 2011 the Wicklow and Tinahely Ladies Football star had her goal for Wicklow against New York in the All-Ireland Junior Championship final chosen as one of the Goals of the Year. She received an All-Star award as the Junior Players Player of the Year in She was Player of the Match in Trinity s Lynch Cup win against Dublin IT in She was talent-spotted for the Irish Ladies Rugby Seven s Development Squad and has signed for the IRFU Ireland Women s High Performance Programme. 37 P a g e

40 11. Sport Scholarships DUCAC Annual Report The Annual Trinity Sports Scholarship Awards were presented in the Pavilion at the end November. Eighteen students received these awards. Through the programme, talented sports students are offered a comprehensive support package to assist with their aspirations of sporting excellence alongside academic achievement. The scholarships were handed over by the Vice-President for Global Relations, Professor Jane H. Ohlmeyer. Prof Ohlmeyer stressed the importance of extracurricular activities, and in particular sport and sports facilities, in recruiting overseas students to study at Trinity College. She emphasised that the rigours of competing at the top level in sport required the level of support that scholarships provided if the College was to keep pace with the demands of the students and maintain the competitiveness of Trinity in sport. Among the recipients was 18-year old South African student, Prakash Vijayanath, who is studying Computer Science and Business at Trinity. Originally from Johannesburg in South Africa, Prakash is currently training in the Badminton Ireland High Performance Centre in Marino Institute of Education and is a member of the Badminton World Federation Road to Rio Group. This is a select gathering of young players who have been identified as potential qualifiers for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil s capital. He was the youngest competitor to win a Silver medal in the All African Men s singles in 2013 and was a member of the South African team which won the team Gold medal at the event. He followed this performance by winning the South African Men s National Singles title in August Prof Ohlmeyer stressed that the inclusion of Prakash Vijayanath among the recipients reflected the global impact of sport at third level. 38 P a g e

41 The successful awardees were recognised for their achievements at a county, provincial, national and international levels in the thirteen sports represented in the list. Sports Air Pistol Shooting Association Football (Soccer) Badminton Gaelic Football (Ladies) Gaelic Football (Men) Harriers and Athletics Hockey (Ladies) Hockey (Men) Hurling Kayak Rowing Sailing Three Day Eventing Awardees Victoria Mullin Ciarán McGahon Prakash Vijayanath Jacinta Brady Lucy Mulhall Paul McPadden Maria O Sullivan Anna-May Whelan Avril Dooley-O Carroll Stephen Ludgate Paul Coughlan Tom Brennan Iomhar MacGiolla Phádraig Aisling Smith Hannah McCarthy Sinéad Dolan Scott Flanigan Melanie Young 39 P a g e

42 12. Sporting Commons and Sports Awards The Annual Serice for the Gift of Sport was held in the College Chapel on 2 nd April, 2014, followed by Sporting Commons in the Dining Hall, which was attended by Clubs which had won Intervarsities, National Championships, National Leagues and Student Sport Ireland Leagues from April 2013 through March 2014: Sports Clubs Captain President Coach DU American Football Club Stephen Carton Stephen Carton DU Boat Club Luke Acheson Desmond Hill Colm Dowling DU Boxing Club Cian McGrenra Michael McClure Dan Curran DU Fencing Club Maxton Milner Rory Greenan Colm Flynn DU Ladies Football Club (Rugby) Caitlin Crowe Brendan Hyland Ailish Egan/Conor McHugh DU Handball Club Seán Killeen Padraig Gaffney DU Harriers and Athletic Club Gerard Claffey Cyril J. Smyth Mick Farrell DU Hockey Club Toby Sherwood Roger West Simon Filgas DU Karate Club Clodagh Nerney Steve McDonald/Malachy Dunne DU Ladies Boat Club Ruth Morris Laura McDermot Andrew Coleman DU Orienteering Club Kyle Heron Andrew Butterfield Rosalind Hussey DU Rifle Club Michael Cullinan Ray Reilly Geoff Cooney DU Squash Club Robert Ta Elvy Da Costa DU Trampoline Club Aideen Ní Choileain Ciarán O Neill Ciarán O Neill The Guest of Honour at Sporting Commons was Jamie Heaslip, DUFC alumnus and Irish International and Leinster Rugby player. University Pinks were presented at Sporting Commons to the six recipients: Sport Kayak Ultimate Frisbee Trampoline Harriers and Athletics Rugby Rugby Pinks Aisling Smith Sam Mehigan Ciarán O Neill Rebecca Woods Brian du Toit Patrick Lavelle In conjunction with Sporting Commons and in collaboration the the Sports & Recreation Department, the inaugural Sports Awards were held to recognise individual and team sporting achievements, contributions to coaching and club administration and contributions to University sport as a significant addition to the tradition of Sporting Commons. The evening allowed students, Staff and supporters of Sport at Trinity College not only to celebrate the individual and team successes in Sport, but importantly acknowledge the significant efforts to clubs successes made by student officials in the running of clubs and by coaches in encouraging, developing and supporting club athletes. 40 P a g e

43 Club Administrator of the Year Nominee Short list: Florian Auferoth Vanessa Sarita Hullon Olivia Murray Aideen Ní Choileain Katie Weldon DU Ultimate Frisbee Club DU Ladies Association Football (Soccer) DU Fencing Club DU Trampoline Club DU Equestrian Club Aideen Ní Choileain, a 3 rd year PhD student and Captain of the Trampoline Club for , had previously held of the role of Hon. Treasurer, during which tenure the Club turned a bleak financial position in to a healthy bank balance because of Aideen s interventions. As Club Captain, she made it her business to oversee every aspect of club activities and did so in a friendly, willing and pleasant manner at all times. She paid particular attention to new Club members and ensured they were fully integrated in to activities. The result was more students continuing to participate and to compete for DU Trampoline Club. Her communication skills were excellent. She developed excellent working relationships with DUCAC and the Department of Sport in terms of bookings, equipment, courses and budgets. This made the functions of the Club Committee very effective. Aideen led by example on every occasion. She rarely missed any of the four weekly club sessions and contributed nine hours of dedicated coaching each week to the Club, over and above her administrative duties. Aideen was an enthusiastic attendee at all competitions during the year, including making a 5-hour bus journey from Galway to Belfast to ensure that all organisational aspects were in place for the team to compete at the Intervarsities. Her levels of planning and organisation were, according to her club colleagues, almost unnatural and the Club has prospered under her leadership. Coach of the Year Nominee Short list: Andrew Coleman Dan Curran Elvy Da Costa Colm Flynn DU Ladies Boat Club DU Boxing Club DU Squash Club DU Fencing Club 41 P a g e

44 Elvy Da Costa s energy for the sport of Squash knows no boundaries. The Trinity Club has been the main benefactor of this over many years. He is one of the highest qualified coaches in Ireland and has been involved with many of the National squads, including the U17 s, U19 s and Senior Women s teams. Trinity has a very proud record of success in Squash at Intervarsity and Leinster League levels. Students have thrived under Elvy s expert coaching. He works as much with beginners as he does with high standard players and always instils a sense of ownership and belonging to all members. Elvy has been responsible for a number of students gaining their coaching and refereeing qualifications in Squash. He has integrated the students brilliantly in the delivery of the After Schools Squash Programme to local primary schools and has been available each week to supervise the programme. His coaching techniques and delivery ensure that training sessions are always engaging, challenging and enjoyable. This is reflected in the consistently high numbers involved in the club, including the re-establishment of a Ladies Team for Colours and Intervarsities in Perhaps most resoundingly of all, Elvy has a distinct vision in recognizing the value of Squash as a competitive and social sport that brings people together and unites them. Contribution to College and University Sport The Late Professor Trevor West 42 P a g e John West, brother of Trevor West, with Jamie Heaslip

45 The late Trevor West s contributions to College and to Irish University sport were considerable. He served for 43 years on the DUCAC Executive. To this role he brought passion, drive, vitality, vibrancy, sparkle, energy and total commitment. He served as Hon. Treasurer of DUCAC from He was Chairman of DUCAC for 33 years ( ), only the 4 th and the longest serving incumbent. Trevor served as Hon. President of DU Association Football Club ( ) and DU Cricket Club ( , ). He was Hon. Secretary of the Irish Universities Rugby Union ( ) and organised tours of New Zealand in 1978 and of Korea and Japan in He helped to found CUSAI, now Student Sport Ireland, becoming its first Hon. Secretary. He oversaw the Development of the Luce Hall Sports Centre project to its completion and worked tirelessly on Planning Committees from 1998 through 2007 to see completion of the College s new Sports Centre in The Award was accepted by his brother John West, former Irish International Rugby referee. Team of the Year Nominee Short list: Fencing Club Senior Team Harriers and Athletics Ladies Cross Country Team Ladies Boat Club Novice Squad 2013 Trampoline Club Colours Team Sorcha Humphreys, Maria O Sullivan, Jamie Heaslip, Rebecca Woods, Claire McCarthy Sports Scholarship student Maria O Sullivan led home the Trinity Ladies Cross-Country Team at the Intervarsities Cross-Country Championships at Cork IT at the beginning of March. She was pushed all the way by her Trinity team-mate Becky Woods who took the individual Silver medal. Claire McCarthy (8 th ) and Sorcha Humphreys (10 th ), both freshmen, gave Trinity its four scorers in the top ten (21 pts), to retain The Cheetahs Intervarsity Trophy. It was an historic occasion for DUHAC Women. Only on one other occasion since the Cross-Country Intervarsity for Women was first held in 1966 have two Trinity Women taken individual medals (2011, Bryony Treston, 2 nd and Becky Woods, 3 rd ). Only once before have Trinity retained their Women s Intervarsity Cross Country title (1980 & 1981). It is over thirty years since a Trinity woman won the Universities Cross Country title Mary Friel (1983). In total, DUHAC had 14 athletes on the start line making up approximately 20% of the field and evidencing great participation numbers by Trinity at this level. 43 P a g e

46 Athlete of the Year Nominee Short list: Victoria Mullin Maria O Sullivan Danny Sutcliffe Anna May Whelan DU Rifle Club DU Harriers & Athletics DU Hurling Club DU Hockey Club Victoria is a 2 nd Year PhD student in Genetics and has been competing in the sport of Air Pistol Shooting for 10 years. She has represented Great Britain at a significant number of international events and is currently the highest ranked GB female shooter in the World and European Rankings. Her recent achievements include winning the Welsh Open, runner-up at the Commonwealth Federation Championships and winning the Silver medal in the British Championships. As well as training and competing at international level, Victoria has immersed herself as an active member of the DU Rifle Club. She successfully coordinated DU Rifle Club s teams to Air Pistol competitions and has provided coaching to emerging Irish talents in the sport. Victoria was awarded a Trinity Sports Scholarship in and She represented Great Britain at the World University Games in Shenzhen in This is the pinnacle of University sport, bringing together the crème de la crème of talented sports students from over 150 countries on a biannual basis and in a multisport environment similar to the Olympics. 44 P a g e

47 13. The Great Pacific Race Pacific Warriors Susannah Cass (a PhD student in Botany), a former Vice-Chairman of DUCAC and member of the Ladies Boat Club, competed in the Great Pacific Race Ocean Row from Monterey Bay, California to Hawaii, a distance of 2,100 nautical miles. The race started on 7 June, Susannah was a member of a mixed International team of four The Pacific Warriors comprising a stockbroker from Sydney and two American entrepreneurs. Susannah Cass (GBR), Duncan Tebb (AUS), John Wagner (USA), Matt Lasky (USA) Their boat, The Limited Intelligence, was 30 feet long. Susannah and her companions, with guts and determination and overcoming enormous physical and psychological highs and lows, survived hypothermic cold, sea sickness, frustration at slow progress, tropical heat, blisters in unspeakable places, bird-strike, squid-strike and a close call with two hurricanes during the 2,400 miles from California to Hawaii. The challenge took the team 57 days, 5 hours and 45 minutes of constant rowing in 3-hour shifts, 24 hours a day. Aside from surviving, Susannah was raising money for the Mark Pollock Trust and its fight against spinal cord injury. 45 P a g e

48 14. ATAK Sports Stars of the Month DUCAC joined forces with the Department of Sport and ATAK Sportswear to run the Sports Star of the Month Award from November 2013 through February Clubs could nominate any member who had excelled at College, Intervarsity, Regional, National or International level. Each month s winner received an ATAK Pack with a range of Armour Training Gear. The nominations were collated by the DUCAC Administrative Officer and the awardee picked from the nominees by representatives from the Department of Sport and DUCAC. Month Recipient & Club Citation November Danny Sutcliffe Hurling GAA Hurling All Star for 2013 December Elena Tangtra Squash Unbeaten in Leinster League Division 1 matches, becoming the highest ranked player in that division; The Squash Club s Number 1 player in Colours tournament February Maria O Sullivan Harriers & Athletics Winner of the U23 Celtic Cross Country in Antrim, over 40 seconds ahead of 2 nd place, a race run in conjunction with the IAAF Antrim International Cross Country event in which she placed 12 th behind World Class Ethiopian, and former Ethiopian and Kenyan athletes, and experienced Irish Senior athletes 46 P a g e

49 15. Community Commitment The DU GAA Clubs trained this past season at Clanna Gael Fontenoy facilities at Ringsend. As part of this partnership, the GAA students offered Clanna Gael members assistance such as grinds and educational support to their juvenile members, coaching underage teams and running of coaching camps over school holidays. The Gaelic Development Officer co-organised a Halloween camp for the children at the Club, building on the success from the year before, with numbers close to 200. The camp lasted 3 days and the DU GAA Clubs provided coaching. This was a major success and great to see Trinity students helping young children learn the skills of the game. The Coaches were excellent, made it really enjoyable for attendees and brought a great variety of skills to the camp. DU Swimming Club hosted a fund-raising Swim a Mile (64 lengths of the Trinity pool) in March 2014 for Pádraig Schäler who had completed his undergraduate studies at Trinity College in Pádraig was knocked off his bicycle as he cycled to work in Cape Cod on Thursday 27 June, 2013 where he was spending the summer on a J1 visa considering his future career options. After a few weeks in a Cape Cod Hospital he was brought back to Dublin s Beaumont Hospital and subsequently moved to a neuro-rehab facility in Hamburg, Germany. Pádraig was one of Trinity s best performers at swimming Intervarsities having won two Gold medals and had been selected for the Celtic Tri-Nations team. Over 1,400 was raised by the Club to support Pádraig s treatment. DU Boxing Club hosted an action-packed night of boxing in the Exam Hall in February to raise money for Trinity VDP. To spice up the rivalry, the challengers were from UCD and DCU and as well the CIE Club. Of the 14 matches, DU Boxing Club won eight bouts. The event raised about 350 for Trinity VDP. DU Golf Club hosted St Vincent de Paul kids and volunteers at Kinsealy Driving Range. This event is now an eagerly awaited annual outing in the diaries of both parties. While some of the groups stayed upstairs, the artificial putting green was also an attraction with putting competitions for sweets. Some 2500 golf balls were driven in a two-hour period. The day introduced children to golf who would otherwise not have the opportunity to experience golf in any form. 47 P a g e

50 DU Squash Club introduced squash to the City Quay National School in the autumn of 2011 when the Club, in conjunction with Squash Ireland, ran a fiveweek pilot programme to introduce the sport into primary schools. The initiative was very successful and the programme has continued with pupils from 5 th and 6 th classes as part of their P.E. programme. Whether this programme can continue with the imminent demolition of the Luce Hall remains an imponderable. Students on the Certificate in Contemporary Living (CCL) Course at the National Institute for Intellectual Disabilities attended weekly classes at the Trinity Sports Centre from the beginning of the Michaelmas Term These sessions involved contributions from DUCAC Clubs as well as the Sports Centre staff. This development was made possible by an Equality Fund Project Supporting students with intellectual disabilities to become credited sports coaches. DUCAC is incredibly proud of the enthusiasm and commitment shown by Clubs in delivering coaching sessions for the NIID students. The American Football, Squash, Association Football, GAA, Basketball, Rowing, Trampoline, Ultimate Frisbee, Hockey and Climbing Clubs all contributed to this successful venture. 48 P a g e

51 16. Alumni Events DUCAC Annual Report DU Fencing Club Back row: Bríd Boland, Síle O Connor, Ian O Donnell, Declan Mulkeen, Ger Flynn. Front row: Sandra Roche, Simon Rooney, Redvers Skelton, Elaine Reddy, Kyle O Sullivan. The Redvers Skelton Three Weapons Trophy A reception in honour of Redvers Skelton, DUFC Hon President , was held in The Pavilion on Saturday 15 th March. DUFC honoured Redvers for all the work he had done for the Club. During his presidency Redvers helped the Club in many different ways. He coached beginners whenever possible and sponsored individuals so they could attend fencing training courses/competitions both in Ireland and abroad. He helped to fund many trophies and events and accompanied the Club on many trips both within Ireland and abroad. He encouraged all fencers to do their best. He represented the true essence of good sportsmanship. Redvers Skelton was instrumental in founding the Patrick Duffy Memorial Épée competition in 1988 which has since gone from strength to strength. When he retired, he was elected a Knight of the Campanile in recognition of his outstanding sporting contributions. Redvers Skelton, who was accompanied by his wife, Kathy, gave a moving speech, touching on the Club s strong tradition, the success achieved during his tenure, and his pride at being involved with a club such as DUFC. To honour Redvers the Redvers Skelton Three Weapons Trophies were designed by and presented to the Club by a former Captain, Geraldine Flynn ( ). Since the Intervarsities are such a significant event in the Club s fencing year, it was fitting that these trophies be presented to the best performing individual male and female fencers from all three weapons at the Intervarsities. He presented the perpetual trophy to the first recipient of the Best Male Fencer in Three Weapons Maxton Milner (DUFC). The event was also attended by Redvers s daughter, Amanda and her family along with alumni of DUFC and former coaches, Tony Quinn and Shirley Duffy. There was a great turnout from DUFC along with King s College London and UCD. Professor Cyril Smyth (Chairman, DUCAC) was also present and awarded the Trinity Alumni Sports Clubs Hall of Fame Trophy to DU Fencing Club for The current Club Captain, Maxton Milner, accepted the trophy on behalf of the teams which had won the Intervarsities 13 consecutive times between 1979 and 1991, several of whom were present at the event, and the more recent teams who had won the Intervarsities Championship for seven consecutive years P a g e

52 DU Boat Club On Saturday 9 th November, 2013 the Boat Club alumni descended on the Stephen s Green Hibernian Club to celebrate a successful 2013 rowing season. In particular, the celebratory dinner honoured the 2013 Novice VIII Champions of Ireland, but also the Senior IV+ and their brave exploits at Henley Royal Regatta. The event was well attended by alumni, some of whom had travelled from the UK to add their congratulations in person to the successful crews. The dinner was attended by Cyril J. Smyth, Chairman of DUCAC, and Michael Gleeson, Chairman of the Pavilion Bar. DU Swimming Club Eric W. Briggs with Coach Bert O Brien Dublin University Swimming Club held a Club Alumni Reunion on 16 November, The programme comprised a swimming gala and water polo matches, as well as a semi-formal reception in the Pavilion Bar. The reunion proved to be a great opportunity to reconnect with the Club and old members and friends. Events started with the Ladies Water Polo Match, won by the Undergraduates 8 5. This was followed by the Swimming Gala and then the Men s Water Polo Match, which the Alumni won by Among the past Captains of the Club who participated in the Alumni day were Paul T. McCann ( ) and Paul Magill ( ). The honour of the oldest officer of the Club to attend went to Eric William Briggs (BA, BAI) who was Honorary Treasurer of the Club in and a Vice-President for a good few years. Roger Brownlee who was Hon. Treasurer in was also in attendance. The day s activities concluded with a get-together in the Pavilion Bar for food and a few pints where many a tale was shared about the craic of yesterdays. 50 P a g e

53 DU Hockey Club and Ladies Hockey Club The Hockey Clubs held their Annual Port and Pies evening in the Pavilion Bar in December It was also an occasion for the Hockey Clubs to express a heart-felt thank you to Ruth Potterton, who has been Hon. President of the Ladies Hockey Club for over two decades. Ruth came to Trinity College in 1967 to do General Studies, graduating in She became a member of the Library staff, giving over 40 years of service. She was known affectionately as the Owl Lady because of her collection of owls from all over the world made from different materials ceramic, clay, stone, shells, cork and wood. She even kept chocolate bars in two of the larger ones. She has also been involved with Old Alex. Since her retirement Ruth Potterton has been Registry Secretary of the Leinster Branch of the Irish Hockey Association. A thank-you presentation was made to Ruth Potterton by DULHC as a token of the Club s appreciation of all the help, advice and encouragement she had given over the years, which still continues to this day. DU Boxing Club Jim Rock (Red) gives sparring exhibition Boxing Club Alumni and present members of the Club got together for a Xmas Commons Reunion night in the Dining Hall. Members from as far back as 1992 were in attendance. Among the guests present was Jim Rock who has shared his boxing crafts with club members in sparring sessions. Jim Rock, nicknamed The Pink Panther, is the only Irish professional boxer to hold titles at four weights light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight and light heavyweight. The Hon. President of DUBC, Mick McClure, and the Club s long-time boxing coach, Dan Curran, reminisced about older members of the Club. 51 P a g e

54 DU Boat Club The Boat Club held a remembrance ceremony at Islandbridge War Memorial Park on November 10, Boat Club members past and present remembered the members of the Boat and Rowing Clubs who gave their lives in the First World War. A wreath was laid by the Club Captain, Luke Acheson, and the Captain of the Lady Elizabeth Boat Club, Donagh McDonagh, followed by readings and the traditional two-minute silence. Following the commemoration and refreshments in the Boat House, there was a boat-naming ceremony at the Boat House to thank Mike Ryder and John Pearson for their extremely generous donations of two brand new pairs over the summer months. 52 P a g e

55 17. Knights of the Campanile Due to the sterling efforts of Greg McCambridge, Roger Brownlee and Alan Wolfe, the Knights of the Campanile have been resurrected to the honourable institution of a society of hospitable sportsmen, the purpose for which they were set up. The Knights were established in 1926 to entertain visiting teams, particularly those from Oxford and Cambridge. The Knights have also taken on the task of assisting in defraying the costs incurred by individual Trinity sportsmen in representative fixtures. A list of all current and past Knights has now been compiled. Officers and Committee Name Title Club Year Elected Gregory McCambridge Master Golf 1960 Danny Johnston President Croquet 2010 Roger Brownlee Vice-President Swimming 1963 Alan Wolfe Vice-President Hockey 1976 David Fanagan Vice-President Football 2012 Scott Flanigan Honorary Secretary Sailing 2012 Ed Monbiot Honorary Treasurer Lawn Tennis 2012 David Lowry Committee Member Squash 2006 Rory McCarthy Committee Member Football 2012 Composition of Student Knights on Books Club No. Club No. Association Football 2 Golf 4 Boat 2 Harriers & Athletics 4 Boxing 1 Hockey 6 Cricket 1 Lawn Tennis 3 Croquet 1 Karate 1 Football 6 Sailing 5 Gaelic Football 8 Surfing 1 The Annual Dinner of the Knights of the Campanile was held in Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club on Saturday 15 th February Over 110 Student Knights and Knights attended. The earliest elected Knight present was Charlie McCaw, a Golf Knight from Among those attending were John West, former Irish International Rugby Referee and Senator Seán Barrett. George Hook was the special guest who regaled the Knights with an amusing after dinner speech. 53 P a g e

56 George Hook and Greg McCambridge (Master) Roger Brownlee Senator Seán Barrett Student Knights Student Knights Alan Wolfe (Vice-President) 54 P a g e