At the UCD Athletic Union Council Sport Awards ceremony yesterday evening in the UCD Student Centre, over 240 students from 24 different sports clubs were honoured for their sporting achievements on behalf of the University over the last twelve months.

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This achievement marks the first time since 1970 that an Irish team has won the title.

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UCD Men's Hockey will play in the top flight of the EYHL next season after the club produced a fantastic second half of the season. 

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The 2022-23 EY Hockey League went down to the wire as the UCD Ladies Hockey 1st team claimed their fourth league championship following a 3-0 away victory over Pegasus in their final game of the league.

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UCD Boat Clubs Senior Ladies and Men's 8+ crews successfully defended their Corcoran and Gannon Cup titles at the annual Colours Boat races on the river Liffey in Dublin on Saturday March 25th.

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Many sports clubs were competing at intervarsities the last number of weeks. Read our round-up of a select few clubs success.

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UCD Women's Rugby will be hoping to be victorious in the Women’s Rugby Tier 1 Cup Final

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The Colours Boat Races are an annual series of head-to-head rowing races between Trinity and UCD on the River Liffey in Dublin.

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The UCD Sport recipients for 2023 were; Christine Coffey (UCD Women's Rugby), Peter Dillon (UCD Equestrian), Shauna Fitzsimons (UCD Men’s Boat), Jack Keaney (UCD AFC), David Somers (UCD Men’s Boat).

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UCD Rugby, sponsored by EY Ireland, has announced details of their fundraising drive to raise vital funds for the Irish Cancer Society’s annual Daffodil Day on Thursday 02 March.

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All UCD students, whether new or existing, can still sign up to our many Sports Clubs. With over 50 Sports Clubs available, there's something for everyone!

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UCD have three nominations for this year's RTÉ Sport Young Sportsperson of the Year award. James Culhane (Rugby), Eve McMahon (Sailing), and Israel Olatunde (Athletics) have all received a nomination.

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UCD Graduate Eimear Lambe recognised at the 2022 UCD Alumni Awards for her historic success with Rowing Ireland.

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UCD Sport congratulates Josh van der Flier on his award following the World Rugby Awards held in Monaco last weekend.

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Darragh McElhinney and Sarah Healy claimed their first national senior titles at the 123.ie National Cross Country Championships on November 20th.

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It is with deep regret that we learned of the death of our friend and colleague Brian Mullins.

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On Wednesday September 28th, a sense of gratitude was in the air as an enthusiastic crowd of over 150 students, staff and community members gathered in great anticipation to witness the official and long awaited opening of the New UCD Athletics Track.

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Welcome to UCD! We hope you enjoy every minute of your time here. There is no better way to enjoy and experience student life than Getting Involved with your favourite Sports Club, or even better; trying something new!

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The UCD Athletic Union Council (AUC) Sports Awards were announced last night on the UCD Sport social media platforms. The event is to thank and recognise those UCD sports men and women, who through their achievements, have brought prestige and honour to their clubs and to the University this year.

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In total there were 18 awards presented by UCD President Professor Andrew Deeks, to students representing sports clubs, societies, work with the students union and college life.

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UCD Sport acknowledges the considerable interest in future bookings for the new UCD Athletics Track.

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Welcome to UCD! We hope you enjoy every minute of your time here. There is no better way to enjoy and experience student life than Getting Involved with your favourite Sports Club, or even better; trying something new!

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Over the Christmas period the following operating arrangements will apply:

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UCD AFC overcame a tough promotion/relegation campaign to claim a spot in next year’s Airtricity League Premier Division.

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Welcome to UCD! We hope you enjoy every minute of your time here. There is no better way to enjoy and experience student life than Getting Involved with your favourite Sports Club, or even better; trying something new!

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Check out the brand new Sports Guide 2021/2022 - the best way to discover how to #GetInvolved in Sports Clubs in UCD!

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The Paralympics gets underway on the 24th of August in Tokyo. Following the excitement of the Olympics, UCD are thrilled to have 3 UCD Alumni flying the flag for Team Ireland at Tokyo.

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UCD is delighted to announce the Women’s Student Coaching Academy, being run by Student Sport Ireland with the hope to offer coaching opportunities to female students for the coming academic year.

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UCD Sport & Fitness seeks to employ a part-time Social Media executive to join the UCD Sports Development team.

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The final preparations are in place and the last athletes are making their journey to Tokyo this weekend in advance of the Tokyo Olympics.

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The UCD Athletic Union Council (AUC) Sports Awards were announced tonight on the UCD Sport social media platforms.

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UCD Sport and UCD Ladies Hockey Club is delighted to announce that former Irish International and current International Senior Women’s team Manager, Lisa Jacob will join UCD as the Ladies Hockey First Team Coach.

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Check out the brand new Sports Guide 2020/2021 - the best way to discover how to #GetInvolved in Sports Clubs in UCD!

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UCD Sport is delighted to announce that it has partnered with Leading Ireland’s Future Together (LIFT) Ireland to provide a free peer led programme for student sports club members aimed at improving their leadership skills.

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Level 5 is still in place putting a stop to our club but many of our clubs are as active as ever. They are running fantastic online classes and training along with social events and health and wellness classes.

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Latest updates regarding Covid-19

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There are 54 sports clubs to choose from that are for the most part student-run and student-led. Clubs provide a huge range of opportunities to train, play and compete in sport, no matter what your passion, ability or level.

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The Bank of Ireland UCD Athletic Union Council (AUC) Sports Awards were announced tonight on the UCD Sport social media platforms.

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While sports club activity as we know it has changed significantly over the past few weeks, clubs continue to engage with their members and support their remote training.

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The UCD Sports Scholarships Application are now open for the 2020/2021 academic year and remain open until the 3rd of April 2020

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The President's Awards for Excellence in Students Activities were presented to students at a ceremony on Friday March 6th in O’Reilly Hall.

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University College Dublin are set to expand their sports facilities in the coming year to include a world class running track close to the current sports precinct.

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On Tuesday October 1st a total of eleven students were honoured at the Graduate Sports Scholars reception.

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All 53 clubs were on display during the week of September 16th - 19th for our annual UCD Sports Expo.

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A large UCD student and alumni crowd gathered in good spirits this Wednesday evening to witness the official opening of the new pitch surface at the UCD National Hockey Stadium.

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At the 2019 World University Games in Napoli it was a case of so close and yet so far for Team Ireland, and our UCD representatives.

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Four UCD representatives selected for the 30th edition of the World University Games to be held in Naples, Italy next month.

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At the Bank of Ireland UCD Athletic Union Council Sport Awards ceremony yesterday evening in the UCD Student Centre, over 380 students from 21 different sports clubs were honoured for their sporting achievements on behalf of the University over the last twelve months.

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Irish Rugby Head Coach Joe Schmidt was guest speaker at the recent UCD Rugby Annual Dinner held in O'Reilly Hall.

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UCD President's Awards for Excellence in Students Activities presented to 15 students

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UCD Sport staff Suzanne Bailey, Paula Cashman and Georgina Dwyer (absent) awarded for their Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.

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UCD RFC's annual Daffodil Day in aid of the Irish Cancer Society takes place on campus Thursday March 7th 2019.

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UCD Tag Rugby has gone from strength to strength in recent years with over 350 students participating weekly.

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Refreshers Day 2019 gave students another chance to sign up to UCD Sports Clubs and Societies.

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UCD has emerged as the front-runner to host the Irish women's first Olympic hockey qualifier for Tokyo 2020 after the university confirmed yesterday that its new state-of-the-art pitch will be ready by next June.

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UCD Rugby, Leinster and Ireland Rugby Star, Rob Kearney was presented with the prestigious Alumni Award for Sport at a black tie event on Friday night in UCD's O'Reilly Hall.

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At a reception in UCD, eighteen students from six different programme areas were honoured as this year’s Graduate Sports Scholars reception.

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UCD are the SSE Airtricity League First Division Champions as they draw at home to Finn Harps, lifting the trophy in front of a packed UCD Bowl

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It really is a true underdog story as the Irish hockey team have made history by winning a silver medal at the FIH Hockey World Cup in London.

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Check out the brand new UCD Sports Guide 2018/2019

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Last night over 350 Students were honoured at the Bank of Ireland UCD Sports Awards the UCD Astra Hall.

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At an event last night in UCD's Astra Hall, with Uachtarán Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, John Horan as guest of honour, UCD GAA held it's first Hall of Fame Awards and Alumni Dinner

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UCD Rugby Irish Rugby defence coach, Andy Farrell was the guest of honour as over 500 guests were present at the annual black tie Rugby dinner in O’Reilly Hall.

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UCD retained the women’s Irish Senior Cup title – their fourth in seven years – with an excellent win over Pegasus at Belfield.

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UCD Marian end 40-year wait for Super League title beating Killester in a thrilling playoff decider in Tallaght

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The Presidents Awards for excellence in students activities were presented to students at a ceremony on Friday 9th March in O’Reilly Hall. In total there were 16 Presidents Awards presented by Professor Mark Rogers, with President Professor Andrew Deeks unable to attend, to students representing sports clubs, societies, work with the students union and college life.

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UCD won their seventh RUSTLERS Colleges and Universities Premier Division title after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over UCC at a snowy Home Farm.

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The third annual campus-wide UCD RFC Daffodil Day will be held on Thursday, March 8th

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UCD Sport is just absolutely ALIVE with activity this weekend as there are Intervarsity competitions both on and off campus, International rugby, opening night of new seasons just as others draw to very close ends and exciting cup competitions.

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The UCD Canoe Club has just come off the back of hosting a fantastic varsity weekend. Months and months of hard work, preparation and training all paid off with the success of the event itself but the Club went on to claim the Varsity title at the weekend.

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UCD claimed their second Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup title in three years, thanks to a hard-earned 1-13 to 2-09 win over NUIG in Santry on Saturday.

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Drama has become synonymous with the RUSTLERS IUFU Collingwood Cup Final in recent years and the 2018 edition was no different as Daire O’Connor netted a wonderful 93rd minute winner for UCD against Queen’s University in the QUB Upper Malone.

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A new €3 million track-and-field facility will be located at the heart of the Sports and Recreation Character Area of the 158-hectare UCD campus, alongside the existing sports centre, student centre (which includes a 50m Olympic size swimming pool and state-of-the-art gymnasium), the national hockey stadium and the UCD Bowl.

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On Thursday the 30th of November 2017, UCD named it’s main GAA pitch in Belfield “Billings Park” in honour of the GAA legend, Dave Billings.

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Not only did the blue of Dublin dominate the 2017 All Star Awards but the blue of UCD dominated with 7 nominees on the night.

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On Thursday evening (26th October) in the UCD Clubhouse, a large crowd gathered for the launch of a book and an exhibition to commemorate the centenary of the achievement of the UCD Collegians hurling team in winning the All-Ireland senior hurling championship.

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At a ceremony in the O'Reilly Hall last week, 14 of our Elite Athletes were honoured at a graduation as they completed their time as part of the Ad Astra Academy.

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UCD Sport, Societies and Students Union Celebrated 25 Years of the UCD Presidents Awards last Thursday with a launch of a special memoir publication and a reception to welcome former recipients of the Award.

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Last week AIB brought together some of UCD's and indeed the countries finest GAA stars to announce a new three-year sponsorship deal with UCD GAA.

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At a reception in UCD, thirteen students from six different programme areas were honoured as this year’s Graduate Sports Scholars reception.

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This September, UCD has an incredible 27 current students and graduates in action across the Senior Hurling, Camogie, Ladies Football and Men’s Football Championship.

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We are delighted to announce that UEFA have today confirmed UCD AFC's admittance to the UEFA Youth League for the forthcoming season!

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Ireland secure a dramatic 19-17 victory over Australia and get their World Cup campaign underway with a vital victory.

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UCD Athletics Club members win 3 Gold Medals at the National Championships in preparation for next months World Championships in London.

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Alanna Lally (UCD) just missed out on a medal in the women’s 800m final at the European U23 Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz on Saturday with a storming finish in fourth in 2:05.63.

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UCD to be well represented at the upcoming World University Games in Taiwan after 7 students were selected as part of the Irish Men's and Women's soccer squads

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UCD students Shane Mulvaney, David O'Malley, Andrew Goff and Shane O'Connell have been selected to represent Ireland at the U23 Rowing World Championships in Bulgaria.

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Strong performances by UCD athletes during an historic weekend for Irish Pentathletes

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The industrious UCD Swim Team have just completed the 2nd leg of the Mare Nostrum in Barcelona showcasing performances which saw two out of seven swimmers securing spots in the B finals.

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An Ireland side featuring five UCD players brushed aside the USA Eagles on Saturday, scoring nine tries in an emphatic 55 – 19 victory.

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University College Dublin student Paul O’Donovan and his brother Gary recovered from a slow start to clinch silver medals at the European Rowing Championships in the lightweight men’s double sculls final, after storming past several teams in a breathless photo finish.

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At the Bank of Ireland UCD Athletic Union Council Sport Awards ceremony yesterday evening in the UCD Student Centre, over 450 students from 29 different sports clubs were honoured for their sporting achievements on behalf of the University over the last twelve months.

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UCD AC Ladies Road Relay Team have been awarded the National Road Relays Women's Title

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UCD secure Play-off final with tough 24 - 19 triumph over Tullamore RFC

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Both teams came into this Charlie McCorry Cup Final with convincing semi-final wins, UCD saw off Navan 55-10 and Clontarf won 43-10 against Trinity. However it was UCD who picked up their first Under 20’s trophy since 2013 with this impressive and deserved victory yesterday at Templeville Road.

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The students saw off Hermes-Monkstown 3 - 0 on penalties to add the Champions Trophy to their earlier EY Hockey league and Irish Senior Cup successes.

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Dundalk overcame a huge scare against UCD Monday night before edging into the next round on penalties.

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UCD stage a dramatic second half comeback to win the EY Hockey League title and secure their place in European Competition for next season.

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UCD held off a brave second half surge from Dublin University before securing the spoils, 32-19, in an Ulster Bank League encounter that doubled up as the 65th annual Colours match.

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UCD Sport, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership and the UCD Centre for Sports Studies are hosting a FREE Seminar on April 5th 2017 from 6.30-7.45pm in Astra Hall (UCD Student Centre)

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The coin toss was held last night in Belfield for the Annual Colours Boat Races, which will take place this Saturday the 18th of March on the River Liffey. Colours is an annual series of head-to-head races between University College Dublin (UCD) and Trinity College Dublin (TCD) on the River Liffey.

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University College Dublin Sailing Club (UCDSC), the defending Varsities champions, hosted the Irish University Sailing Association (IUSA) Intervarsities out of Clifden Boat Club from the 10th to the 12th March

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It might seem an unlikely tale but on March 5th, UCD Mountaineering Club managed to climb “Everest” right here on campus and all in support of a fantastic cause, the Dublin/Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team an organisation which lies close to the heart of UCDMC and its members.

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Look out for all the members of the UCD Rugby Club selling Daffodils on Thursday 9th March on behalf of the Irish Cancer Society

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A free separate staff and student Tag Rugby Blitz will take place in UCD from the 4th -6th April 2017 (lunchtime games). No experience necessary & equipment is supplied. Brought to you by UCD RFC, UCD Sport and Culture & Engagement - UCD HR and kindly sponsored by Aramark.

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UCD Gradaute and former UCD Golf Scholar Jack Pierse who with fellow Portmarnock Club member, claimed the World Club Championship in Thailand!

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UCD's Chloe, who is no stranger to success, won the women’s title at the Irish Intervarsity Championships in Lahinch.

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At a reception yesterday in UCD, this years students were honoured as this year’s Graduate Sports Scholars.

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UCD Sport and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership are hosting a FREE seminar on the evening of Tuesday the 27th September that will look at the area of gambling addiction and sport.

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UCD’s Paul O’Donovan and brother Gary has won both a silver Olympic medal along with the hearts of the world; Ciara Mageean races tonight and Annalise Murphy is out on the waters tomorrow in the medal race.

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UCD’s Eoin Morton put in the ride of his life to claim stage 2 of the An Post Rás after an epic two-man breakaway with Bryan McCrystal.

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It was a momentous day for Irish rowing at the European Championships in Germany with a gold for UCD’s Paul O’Donovan and his brother Gary in the lightweight men’s double sculls.

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Nominations for the Annual UCD Sport Awards are now open. Award categories include the ‘Dr. Tony O’Neill Sportsperson of the Year’, the ‘Gerry Horkan Club Administrator of the Year’, ‘Club of the Year’ and ‘Team of the Year’ along with team and individual awards. The David O’Connor Memorial Medal is also presented to a student or member of staff from the Veterinary Programme.

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UCD left it late but ultimately, thanks to a Mark Boland goal, were crowned the 2016 winners of the prestigious Collingwood Cup at the Maradyke in Cork.

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Refreshers Day is another chance to get involved in student life on campus. Whether you missed out on joining a club or society in September, want to try something new, or have just registered for one semester, why not come along and see what's on offer in UCD.

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The stage is now officially set and the countdown is on for the prestigious Women's Rugby World Cup with the group stages of the competition being held here in UCD.

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UCD's Paul O'Donovan alongside brother Gary, was last night named RTE's Sports Team of the Year for their fantastic and memorable silver medal at the Rio Olympics.

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Sailor Annalise Murphy has been named Irish Times, Sport Ireland Sportswoman of the Year 2016 after her heroics in the Olympic Games this year.

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UCD lifted the SSE Airtricity League U19 trophy with a 4-1 dominant display over Galway United at the UCD Bowl.

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UCD International Ladies’ GAA Team to participate in the 21st Edition of the FEXCO Asian Gaelic Games in Shanghai

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The UCD Golf Club with the fantastic, long supportive, Graduate Golf Club travelled to New York for the annual UCD VS IONA Challenge 2016.

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Annalise Murphy has come back with a bang after a bitterly disappointing 4th place in London to claim that podium spot and take a silver medal in Rio.

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UCD's Ciara Mageean ran an incredible and exciting race to win bronze at the European Championships in Amsterdam at the weekend which will give her a huge boost with Rio only weeks away.

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At the Bank of Ireland UCD Athletic Union Council Sport Awards ceremony yesterday evening in the UCD Student Centre, over 500 students from over 30 different sports clubs were honoured for their sporting achievements on behalf of the University over the last twelve months.

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UCD's Jonathan Yates was crowned champion at the 2016 Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa sponsored West of Ireland Amateur Open Championship yesterday as he defeated Castle’s Daniel Holland at Co Sligo

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Support Daffodil Day 2016. Look out for all the members of the UCD Rugby Club selling Daffodils this Thursday on behalf of the Irish Cancer Society

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Joe Schmidt has named UCD's Josh Van Der Flier as flanker in his 35-man squad for the opening two rounds of the 2016 RBS 6 Nations Championship.

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As the revision of Qualification and entry standards for the Rio Olympics was confirmed, as was a place on the team for UCD's Ciara Everard and Ciara Mageean

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CD's Alex Murphy has won bronze for Ireland at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Israel.

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At a reception last night in the UCD Student Centre, this year’s GAA scholars were honoured with Noel Delaneys there to present a scholarship on behalf of Grant Thornton, long standing supporters on UCD GAA.

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At a reception yesterday in UCD, ten students were honoured as this year’s Graduate Sports Scholars.

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UCD’s Sigerson Captain, Jack McCaffrey was named Footballer of the Year and was named as one of the seven Dublin All Stars at this year’s GAA-GPA football All Stars Awards at the Convention Centre on Friday night.

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Former Dublin County Footballer Ger Brennan has swapped the classroom in St Kevin's, Ballygall Road for the campus in Belfield as he takes on the role of GAA Executive in UCD.

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Last night at Belfield, UCD's Sports stars were out in force as they came together to support Movember 2015. A fantastic cause and foundation, some of UCD and indeed Irelands biggest stars came together to show their support as Noel McGrath, Tipperary hurler and UCD graduate joined in the fun for a cause so close to his own heart.

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fter a number of brilliant performances during our Europa League campaign, Ryan Swan has today announced as the SSE Airtricity/Sportswriters Association of Ireland Player of the Month for July. He also played an instrumental role in helping UCD to victory over title rivals Finn Harps as well as Cabinteely.

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Two UCD students have completed an impressive one-two by finishing first and second in a prestigious student international golf tournament at the famous St Andrews golf course in Scotland.

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After a frustrating run of injuries that led to poor form, Donegal runner Mark English posted a great time at the Anniversary Games to qualify for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro next summer.

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A headed strike from Ryan Swan gave ten-man UCD their vital away goal before a tenacious defensive display earned them a remarkable Europa League passage in Luxembourg.

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Ryan Swan's goal on the stroke of half-time earned UCD their first ever European win as they stunned higher-ranked opponents F91 Dudelange at the UCD Bowl.

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At the Bank of Ireland UCD Athletic Union Council Sport Awards ceremony yesterday evening in the UCD Student Centre, over 400 students from 25 different sports clubs were honoured for their sporting achievements on behalf of the University over the last twelve months.

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Dublin and Belfast will host Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 after World Rugby awarded the hosting rights for the prestigious tournament to the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU).

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There was huge excitement this week in UCD following the announcement that Ireland received an extra Europa League place through UEFA’s Respect Fair Play rankings and that UCD would capitalize on this place.

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It is with great sadness that we heard this morning of the sudden death of our friend and colleague Dave Billings. Dave, who first came to UCD in the 1970s when he graduated with a first class honours BComm, worked for the last 18 years as UCD Gaelic Games Executive.

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UCD's Mark English has won the silver medal in the 800m final in the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Prague coming in just behind winner Marcin Lewandowski from Poland and ahead of the Netherlands’ Thijmen Kupers.

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At a reception today in O’Reilly Hall, over 350 UCD students were awarded for their outstanding achievements from academics, sport, and music to awards outside the classroom for excellence in student activity.

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At the recent AGM of Student Sport Ireland, a number of Honorary Memberships were awarded various third level Institutions. This year UCD had three outstanding recipients in Mr. Gerry Horkan, Prof. Patrick Meenan (RIP) and Dr. Tony O’Neill (RIP).

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The South Africa Gaels GAA ladies and men’s team visited UCD’s Belfield Campus yesterday as part of their Ireland tour to develop and improve their football skills and teamwork in advance of the World GAA Games, which take place this coming weekend in Abu Dhabi.

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It was a great start for the Bears down at the IndoorIntervarsity Championships in Athlone as Eric Keogh picked up the first medalof the weekend with a silver in the 3000m.

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UCD could be in line for a place in the Europa League next season after it was announced that the Republic of Ireland currently tops the UEFA Respect Fair Play League Table with The Netherlands second place and England in third.

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UCD Sport in partnership with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership are running the fourth seminar of the 2016/2017 series on Wednesday February 15th from 6.30pm. Attendance if FREE and open to UCD sport club members, UCD students, staff, alumni and members of the public.

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UCD's Ciara Mageean and Mark English both take home a Bronze medal from the 2019 European Indoor Championship in Glasgow.

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After 20 years since their last win, and an amazing 13 years since they last appeared in a final, UCD Senior Footballers claimed the prestigious Sigerson Cup in Jordanstown after a nervewrecking final against holders DCU.

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