UCD Boat Club

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UCD Boat Club
UCD Boat Club Crest.png
UCD Boat Club Rowing Blade.svg
MottoAd Astra
Location Islandbridge, Dublin Flag of Ireland.svg
Coordinates 53°20′48″N6°19′04″W / 53.346568°N 6.317911°W / 53.346568; -6.317911
Home water River Liffey
Founded1917 (1917)
University University College Dublin
Affiliations Rowing Ireland
Website ucdbc.ie
Notable members
UCD Boat Club
Medal record
Rowing
Olympic Games
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio LM2X Paul O'Donovan
World Championships
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rotterdam LM1X Paul O'Donovan
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Linz PR2 W1X Katie O'Brien
World U23 Championships
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Poznan LM2- David O'Malley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Poznan LM2- Shane Mulvaney
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Poznan LM4X Andrew Goff
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Linz M1X Paul O'Donovan
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Plovdiv LM2- Shane Mulvaney
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Plovdiv LM2- David O'Malley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Plovdiv LM4X Shane O'Connell
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Plovdiv LM4X Andrew Goff
European Championships
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Brandenburg LM2X Paul O'Donovan
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Racice LM2X Paul O'Donovan

UCD Boat Club or University College Dublin Boat Club, founded in 1917, [1] is the rowing club of University College Dublin. It is based in Islandbridge in Dublin, along the River Liffey, and also trains on Blessington Lake. [2]

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History

Founding

The club was founded as University College Dublin Rowing Club in 1917 and boated from Commercial Rowing Club in Ringsend. It was renamed University College Dublin Boat Club in 1926 and moved to Dolphin Rowing Club in Islandbridge in 1928.

First Success

The club moved to its own boathouse in 1932 and soon won its first Wylie Cup in 1938, followed by its first Irish Championships for the Men's Senior 8+ in 1939 and 1940. Its first appearance at Henley Royal Regatta came in 1947, reaching the semi-final of the Thames Challenge Cup. [3] This year also saw the first presentation of the Gannon Cup for competition between the club and Dublin University Boat Club, named in memory of Ciaran Gannon who captained UCD in 1937 and 1938, and died on active service with the RAMC in Burma in 1944. [4]

Five UCD rowers along with a UCD cox, coach and manager [5] formed part of the Irish Men's 8+ at the 1948 Olympic Games.

Growth

The club developed strongly in the 1960s winning the Irish Men's Senior 8+ three times while its alumni club, Old Collegians, won a further two. This progress continued in the early 1970s when a crew nicknamed "The Animals" [6] won three-in-a-row Irish Men's Senior 8+ titles before triumphing in the Ladies' Challenge Plate at Henley in 1974, the first Irish crew to win the event since 1875.

Two members of the crew went on to represent Ireland in the Men's Coxless Four at the 1976 Olympic Games. [7]

This era of growth was capped by the foundation of UCD Ladies Boat Club in 1975 and moving to the current boathouse in 1977.

Recent Years

Both clubs have continued to compete with success, as UCD Boat Club, at the Irish Championships [8] and Henley Royal Regatta, winning the Prince Albert Challenge Cup in 2010, while members have represented Ireland at multiple World Rowing events, [9] including Paul O'Donovan and Claire Lambe at the 2016 Olympic Games.

Facilities

UCD's Clubhouse on the River Liffey. UCD Boat Club.jpg
UCD's Clubhouse on the River Liffey.

The club's own boathouse is in Islandbridge while its gym facilities are based on campus at University College Dublin. It also shares a boathouse at Blessington Lake with the Dublin Metropolitan group of rowing clubs. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "History". UCD Boat Club. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Facilities". UCD Boat Club. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Meenan, Patrick. "Rowing available – at one penny fare from D'Olier St". UCD Boat Club. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "History". Colours Boat Races. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. ↑ McElligott, Morgan. "Holding of the Thin Green Line". UCD Boat Club. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Kennedy, Iain. "Rowing at Queen's: 1969-1974". Lady Victoria Boat Club. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "1976 Olympic Games". UCD Boat Club. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Irish Rowing Championship Winners" (PDF). Irish Rowing Archives. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "International Representation Database" (PDF). Irish Rowing Archives. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Facilities". UCD Boat Club. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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