Sports News - Trinity College Dublin

SPORTS
NEWS
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
READY FOR LEAGUE KICK
OFF!
After the game v
UCD was
postponed the
club will now
kick off their
league campaign
away to UL on
Sun 8th March
ATHLETICS - TRACK
4X200M RELAY TEAM INVITED TO COMPETE AT
THE 2015 AIT INTERNATIONAL GP IN ATHLONE
In a competitive field the trinity quartet consisting of Kevin
Migge, Tadgh Healy, James Sinclair-Ford and Amr Dawood
finished a strong third, beating their season's best by 0.4
seconds. It was a great performance for the club at a
competition that featured high calibre athletes such as
Mutaz Essa Barshim, Carmelita Jeter and Asafa Powell.
BOAT - LADIES
ERNE HEAD OF RIVER
DULBC Senior 8 won
Senior 8, Fastest
Women's Crew and
smashing a course
record held since 1997
by over a minute at Erne
Head of the River.
The Club VIII, who were
also racing Senior came
in just over a minute
later even through the
terrible weather
conditions.
BOAT - MEN
ERNE HEAD OF RIVER
The senior squad collected the pennants for Senior VIIIs and Intermediate
VIIIs.
Congratulations to the senior 8+ broke the long-standing course record in the
process.
The 1 4+ took home the pennant for Intermediate 4+/4x
BADMINTON
LADIES 1ST WIN
LEINSTER CUP FINAL
Our Ladies team of
(l-r) Lara Taylor,
Ciana Diskin, Virginia
Julliard & Clodagh
McHale defeated ESB
on sets to take some
silver wear home to
Trinity!
BADMINTON
COLOURS DATE
FINALISED
Main hall
Tuesday 10th March
5pm-10pm
All support welcome
to cheer on the guys
& girls taking on UCD
BADMINTON
SHUTTLETIME
COACHING COURSE
Monday 2nd March 2015
5pm-10pm
Cost: €10 (discounted
to Trinity students –
should be €55)
Anyone interested
should mail
[email protected]
BADMINTON
SOCIAL BADMINTON
TOURNAMENT
Main hall
Wednesday 4th March
4pm-8pm
Open to everyone!
If you’re interested
mail [email protected]
BASKETBALL - LADIES
GET A HOME DRAW IN THE
LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL
Trinity
V
UL
Main Hall
Wednesday 4th March
2pm tip off
Please come & support
the girls!
BOXING
3 WINS AT DUBLIN NOVICE FINALS
Congratulations to our
Boxers fought the Dublin
Novice Competition on
Wed 11th Feb in the
National Stadium – we
had 3 great wins for club
members!
Toby Lywood (91+kg) Lost
Stephen Haire (63kg) Won
Gemma McGee(75kg) Won
Tara Mansfield Won
CAMOGIE
GIRLS MAKE SHIELD SEMI-FINAL
Congratulations
to our Camogie
team who won
their Fr.
Meachair Shield
Final against DIT
CAMOGIE
PILTOWN WIN INTERMEDIATE ALL
IRELAND
Congratulations
to Fresher
Lorraine Long
who’s Piltown
team won the All
Ireland Club
Camogie Final
EQUESTRIAN
TRINITY TAKE COLOURS TITLE
Camilla Driver defeated
fresher Cian Weldon in an
all TCD Show jumping
final.
Chandler Gerard-Reimer
won Prix-Caprilli division.
Rebecca Andrews was
runner up in dressage.
Overall winners Trinity.
EQUESTRIAN
INTERVARSITIES ROUND-UP
Jack Hutchinson
made the Showing
Jumping Final &
finished in 2nd place.
Jack Kennedy,
Rebecca Andrews &
Anna von
Schintling-Horny all
made the Dressage
Semi-Finals
FENCING
GREAT PERFORMANCES AT
MAYNOOTH NOVICE COMP
An incredible
performance from all
DUFC fencers at
Maynooth Novice.
Congratulations to Crystal
Percival who proudly
represented wofo and
placed second. Also
congratulations to John
Dawson (3rd), Jack
Tinsley (2nd) and
Fearghal Doherty(1st).
MEN’S GAELIC FOOTBALL
INTERS INTO THE FINAL!
Congratulations to
our Inters who
have made the
final on Wed 4th
March – venue
TBD
HANDBALL
INTERVARSITY WIN
Congratulations
to Ciara Mahon
on her
Intervarsity 40 x
20 win
LADIES HOCKEY
Results 2nd March 2015
Div 1:
Trinity 4 v Corinthians 0
Div 3:
Trinity 2 v Newbridge 0
Div 6:
Trinity 4 v Guinness 0
Div 11:
Trinity 1 v Muckross 3
MEN’S HOCKEY
SEMI-FINAL WIN IN RAILWAY
CUP
22nd /02/2015
Railway Cup
Dublin University
2
Glenanne
1
Aran Rooney & Stephen Ludgate
with goals for College
MEN’S HOCKEY
1ST TEAM CLAIM LEAGUE TITLE
WITH 4 GAMES LEFT!
MEN’S HOCKEY
1ST TEAM BEAT WESTON FOR
SPOT IN THE CHALLENGE CUP
FINAL
Trinity 4-0 Weston
HOCKEY
LADIES & MEN’S 1ST TEAMS
BOTH VICTORIOUS AT COLOURS
Ladies
Trinity 1
UCD 0
Men’s
Trinity 3
UCD 1
HURLING
TRINITY MAKE HISTORY &
CLAIM RYAN CUP
Congratulations to our
Senior Hurlers who
won the Ryan Cup on
Saturday beating
Queens 1-18 to 1-9
HURLING
SUTCLIFFE HIGHS & LOWS FOR
DUBLIN
Trinity & Dublin Hurler
Danny Sutcliffe scored
0-4 from play in a
historic win over
Kilkenny in Nolan Park
before being dismissed
for a second yellow.
JUDO
INTERVARSITIES ROUND-UP
Congratulations to our
Judo club on a great
Intervarsities
• Men’s team took
bronze in the team
event.
• Alison O’Reilly won
two silvers at Lower
Kyu & Under 78kg.
• Frank Higgins and
Rustam Kulpeisov won
a silver and bronze
respectively in the
lower kyu section.
KARATE
INTERVARSITIES – ROUNDUP
Club Captain
Clodagh Nearney
in action at the
Karate
Intervarsities results to
follow…..
KAYAK
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR KAYAK
CLUB WHO TOOK THE WHITE WATER
TITLE AT INTERVARSITIES
Conor Quinn
Sarah McDonagh
Iomhair McGhiolla Phadraig
Cade Ryan
KAYAK
INTERVARSITIES ROUND-UP
NETBALL
INTERVARSITIES ROUND UP
Commiserations to our
Netball 1st team who lost in
the Semi Final to a very string
UU side.
Our 2nd team faired out better
loosing out in the final.
Great performances by all
players & great to see two
teams representing College
this year!
RIFLE
BIG WEEKEND AHEAD WITH
INTERVARSITIES & COLOURS ON THE
LINE
Best of Luck to Club Captain Stephen Ennis
& all the Rifle Club members competing at
Intervarsities this weekend. The tournament
will double up as Colours too.
RIFLE
SMALL BORE NATIONAL RESULTS
Rifle club members:
Conor McDermott took 1st place overall
Stephen Ennis took first place class B
Michael Walsh first place class D
RIFLE
TRINITY CLAIM INTERVARSITIES AND COLOURS
Novice Individual Championship:
Dinara Isaeva DURC
Overall Individual Championship:
Stephen Murphy DURC
Novice Team Championship:
DURC
Senior Team Championship:
DURC
Captain's Match:
Stephen Ennis DURC
Irish Intervasities Rifle Shooting
Championship:
DURC
UCD v Trinity Annual Colours Match:
DURC
RUGBY –MEN'S
TRINITY BACK ON TRACK WITH
ANOTHER WIN
SHANNON 13
DUBLIN UNIVERSITY 19,
Dublin University: Tries from
Tom Ryan, Richard Halpin and
Conor Kearns helped our Div 1 B
side keep their promotion hopes
on track. Conor Kearns and Tom
Whittle chipped in with
conversations to over turn a 6
point half time deficit.
MEN’S SOCCER
COLLINGWOOD TEAM FALL AT FINAL
HURDLE
1st Round
Trinity 2
V
RCSI 0
Quarter Finals
Trinity 1
v
UL 0
Semi Finals
Trinity 1
v
UCD 0
Final
Trinity 1
UCC 3
MEN’S SOCCER
TRINITY PLAYER GETS
COLLINGWOOD PLAYER OF THE
TOURNAMENT
Congratulations to
David Minihane for his
Player of the
Tournament in the
Collingwood Final.
David kept 3 clean
sheets throughout the
tournament & the
award was well
deserved
MEN’S SOCCER
CALL UP FOR AYMEN BEN
MOHAMMAD
Congratulations to
fresher Ayman Ben
Mohamad who
played for the
Home Based Irish
Under 21 squad at
the weekend
SQUASH
INTERVARSITY ROUNDUP
Well done to our Men’s A side
who won Intervarsities in
Belfast this weekend, beating
UCD (15-3) and UUJ (10-9) to
bring home the trophy for the
second consecutive year All
results:
Mens A (1st)
Mens C (2nd)
Mens D (2nd)
Ladies A (2nd)
Ladies B (2nd)
SQUASH
COACH GETS IRISH SQUASH COACH
OF THE YEAR!
Congratulations to club
coach Elvy da Costa on
winning Irish Squash Coach
of the Year this year. For
many years Elvy has given
so much of his time and
expertise to squash at Trinity,
working with players of all
levels and creating a great
environment for all players at
the courts. It’s fantastic to
see him recognises at
National level for all his work.
SUB AQUA
MARK O’ REGAN GETS BSAC
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR 2014
Congratulations
to Mark
O’Regan who
was awarded
Volunteer of the
Year by the
British Sub
Aqua Council
TAEKWANDO
INTERVARSITIES
Best of Luck to
Ying-bei Ho and all
the Taekwando
Club members
Travelling to Tralee
for Intervarsities
this weekend.
TENNIS
INTERVARSITIES – ROUND UP
Congratulations
to our Ladies who
beat UCD in the
Intervarsities
Final winning a
3rd set tie break to
take the title!
WATERPOLO MEN WIN INTERVARSITY
FINAL!
Trinity 12
NUIG 09
WATERPOLO –
LADIES WIN & MAKE IT A TRINITY
DOUBLE!
Trinity
08
DIT
08
Trinity won after
a penalty
shootout
WATERPOLO –
LADIES WIN LEINSTER CUP FINAL
Trinity
06
St Vincents
05
Congratulations
girls –
Intervarsity &
Leinster
Champions
2015!!
ULTIMATE FRISBEE
INTERVARSITY NEWS
Trinity
crowned
Mixed
Intervarsity
Champions!
ULTIMATE FRISBEE
STUDENTS MAKE NATIONAL BEACH
TEAMS
Ireland will be playing
at the World
Championships of
Beach Ultimate in
Dubai from the 8-13th
of March.
Trinity students on
the Irish Open team
are Stephen Dawkins
and Daniel Purdy and
on the Mixed team are
Sarah Melvin, Rob
Holland and Sam
Meighan
VOLLEYBALL
MEN ONE STEP CLOSER TO STUDENT
SPORTS IRELAND SEMI FINALS
Big congrats to the
TCD Men's team who
defeated both DCU
and DKIT by 3:0
taking a decisive step
in qualifying for the
SSI League semifinals in Maynooth on
the 25th of March.
STAFF NEWS
AILISH EGAN - RUGBY
Ailish features on
IRFU TV. The Irish
prop discussed
the 6 nations so
far
http://www.irishrug
by.ie/matchdaytv?
play=media&id=20
300
GRADUATE NEWS
CONOR LAVERTY - GAA
Congratulations
to GAA
Development
Officer & Down
Captian Conor
Laverty on his
Man of the Match
award for Down’s
win over Cavan
GRADUATE NEWS
AILISH EGAN - RUGBY
Congratulation
s to Ailis who
played on the 6
Nations side
that beat
England at the
weekend
GRADUATE NEWS
ED JOYCE & GEORGE DOCKRELL CRICKET
Congratulations to
Graduates Ed Joyce
and George Dockrell
who took on and
beat the West Indies
in the World Cup
Ed made 83 runs
with George taking 3
wickets!
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
SARAH MCCAFFREY – GAELIC
FOOTBALL
Great to see
Sarah back in
the starting line
up after a break
for college
commitments &
back on the
score sheet with
a point form
mid-field v Kerry
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
TIARNAN DALY– GAELIC
FOOTBALL
Congratulations
to Tiarnan who
played at full
back for
Fermanagh in
their National
League win over
Tipperary.
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
MICHAEL O’GRADY– GAELIC
FOOTBALL
Michael was on
the Kildare side
that lost to
Westmeath in
the National
League at the
weekend.
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
SCOTT FLANIGAN - SAILING
Sports Scholar
Scott Flanigan was
sailing with the
GBR Match Racing
Team again at the
weekend and won
the Scarlino Grade
3 match race event
which places the
team in the World
Top 20
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
PRAKASH VIJAYANATH BADMINTON
Sports Scholar
Prakash
Vijayanath
manages to
squeeze in a
spot of score
keeping for our
Ladies Leinster
Cup Final!
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
KEVIN JOHNSTON - WATERPOLO
Congratulations to
Sports Scholarship
Student Kevin
Johnston on being
awarded MVP of the
Water Polo
Intervarsities & was
selected for the Irish
Universities Team
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
ANGUS LLOYD - RUGBY
Congratulations to
Angus Lloyd,
Rugby Scholar who
was selected to
start for the Irish
Clubs Team v
France in the Aviva.
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
AOIFE MCDERMOTT - BASKETBALL
Basketball
Scholarship
Student Aoife
McDermott
becomes Sky
Living for
Sport Athlete
Mentor &
Ambassador
*Aoife McDermott Back Row,
centre
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
TOM BRENNAN - KAYAK
Congratulations
to Tom on
taking the Men’s
K1 Long
Distance event
at Intervarsities
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
CADE RYAN - KAYAK
Congratulations
to Cade who was
on the Gold medal
winning White
Water team & also
took silver in the
men’s K2 Long
Distance
SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
AISLING SMITH - KAYAK
Congratulations
to Aisling who
won Gold in the
wonem’s HP Long
Distance event at
the Intervarsities