Sport Shorts 2025

GAME ON

UCD scored great success over the last year at intervarsity, club and national level

SPORTS AWARDS 2025

At this year’s UCD Athletic Union Council (AUC) Sports Awards, more than 530 students from 25 UCD sports clubs were honoured for their outstanding sporting achievements on behalf of the University over the last year. UCD President, Professor Orla Feely, praised the students for their role in fostering a “vibrant, inclusive and welcoming” community on...

PRESIDENT’S AWARDS

Five students were awarded the UCD President’s Award this year by President Orla Feely, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to student life and sport. The recipients of this year’s awards were Daire Cregg (UCD GAA), Mindaugas Dzenkaitis (UCD Karate), Siobhán McGuinness (UCD Sailing), Richard Otroshchenko (UCD Olympic Handball) and Aoife O’Sullivan (UCD Orienteering and...

NEW PITCHES AND GYM

In November 2024, the new gym facility at UCD Smurfit’s Blackrock Campus was opened, expanding the number of student-accessible gyms to five. The new gym was purpose-built to meet the needs of the School’s 1,400 students, 250 of whom are residents on the Campus, thus eliminating the lengthy commute to the Belfield Campus for the...

ATHLETICS

Nicola Tuthill wins first Irish gold at European Hammer Cup. At the National Senior Indoor Championships in February, UCD Athletics...

SAILING

UCD Ad Astra Elite Sport Scholar and Howth Yacht Club sailor Eve McMahon is sailing’s World Number One, becoming the...

GOLF

UCD student and Elm Park amateur Emma Fleming won the Victorian Amateur Championship in Australia and has been named for...

BASKETBALL

Varsity Team of the Year: UCD Men’s Basketball. UCD Men’s Basketball had considerable success this year, with the Varsity 1st...

BOAT

In March, the 2025 Colours Boat Races took place on the River Liffey from O’Connell Bridge to St James’ Gate....

BOXING

Several UCD Boxing Club members obtained championship titles this year at the Irish Athletic Third-Level Boxing Association Championships: Zoe Beato...

CYCLING

UCD Cycling Club won the National Team Pursuit title in June with a time of 4:43.307. The team comprised Jason...

GAA

In December, the Men’s Fresher Football team won the Fresher Football Division 1 League, beating the University of Limerick 1-16...

HOCKEY

UCD Ladies’ Hockey Club won in three League Divisions. The 5s team beat Avoca 2-0 in their League final in...

KARATE

UCD Karate Club won the All-Ireland Karate Intervarsities for the fifth year in a row, taking home 11 gold medals...

RUGBY

It was a big day for UCD Rugby on 8 May with the announcement of the 2025 British and Irish...

SOCCER

UCD was the winner of the IUFU Harding Cup for the third consecutive year, beating University College Cork 2-1 in...

SWIMMING

UCD Swimming broke a nine-year-old record in Irish Club Swimming in June, in the 4x50m Mixed Medley. The team that...

ULTIMATE FRISBEE

UCD’s Ultimate Frisbee won both the Mixed and Women’s competitions at Outdoor Intervarsities. Several members were named for the Irish...

IN MEMORIAM

Sadly this year we lost Gerry Horkan, a beloved figure at UCD, especially in sport and student life. As former...