{"id":7568,"date":"2023-08-30T10:31:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/?post_type=sport&#038;p=7568"},"modified":"2023-08-30T10:31:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:31:45","slug":"sailing","status":"publish","type":"sport","link":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/sport\/sailing\/","title":{"rendered":"SAILING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UCD Sailing made history by winning the British Intervarsities Team Racing Championship in April, commonly known as the BUSA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>This achievement marks the first time since 1970 that an Irish team has won the title. Moreover, the team\u2019s triumph at the BUSA Finals came just a month after they made another groundbreaking win as the first Irish team to claim victory in the renowned Oxford Top Gun Invitational Regatta. It is customary for the leading Irish team to be invited to compete in the BUSA Finals. This year, the event was hosted by Cambridge University and took place on Grafham Water from April 12-14. Having won most of the Irish university events this year along with Top Gun, the UCD team was selected as the Irish team to take on the BUSA. The victorious team included Jack Fahy (captain), Liam Glynn, Tom Higgins, Triona Hinkson, Kathy Kelly and Cian Lynch.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7590\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sailing-Eve-McMahon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sailing-Eve-McMahon.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sailing-Eve-McMahon-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sailing-Eve-McMahon-1024x444.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Sailing-Eve-McMahon-768x333.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Elite Sports Scholar Eve McMahon was named \u2018Irish Sailor of the Year\u2019 for 2022. 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