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VARSITY ROUND-UP CANOE<\/strong><\/p>\n

UCD placed first in the WhiteWater category at the Canoe Intervarsity Championships. The victorious team comprised M\u00e9abh Lynch, Lorcan McDonnell, M\u00edche\u00e1l O\u2019Connor and Michelle O\u2019Herlihy. At the same event, Lorcan McDonnell secured first place in the Men\u2019s Composite category. Lorcan was also named Strongest Male Paddler across all disciplines during the competition.<\/p>\n

EQUESTRIAN<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Club hosted this year\u2019s Intervarsities and placed first in Team Dressage.<\/p>\n

FENCING<\/strong><\/p>\n

UCD Fencing Club took home the Fencing Intervarsity trophy for the second year in a row, giving UCD its 22nd win overall. UCD were also successful in the individual weapon in Women\u2019s Foil and Men\u2019s Ep\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

KARATE<\/strong><\/p>\n

UCD Karate were crowned the 2023 All-Ireland Intervarsity Cup champions at the University of Limerick in March.<\/p>\n

MOUNTAINEERING<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the Irish Intervarsity Climbing Competition, hosted by Queen\u2019s University Belfast, UCD placed third overall, with two members achieving first place in their respective categories \u2013 Dylan Dodd in Female Advanced and Eimear Smith in Female Beginner.<\/p>\n

ORIENTEERING<\/strong><\/p>\n

UCD travelled to Fauna Forest in Co Wicklow in early March for the first Orienteering University Championships event since 2019. The Women\u2019s trophy was won by UCD\u2019s team of Kathryn Barr, Niamh Collins, Rachel Conlon, In\u00e8s Durand, \u00c9adaoin McCavana, Aoife O\u2019Sullivan, Jordan Pim, Niamh Sheehan, Cassandra Sterns and Yi Shan Wong. Individual success was also achieved at the same event. Kathryn Barr won the Women\u2019s Advanced, Cassandra Sterns won the Women\u2019s Intermediate and In\u00e9s Durand won the Women\u2019s Beginner.<\/p>\n

SURF<\/strong><\/p>\n

UCD competed at the National Intervarsities Contest in Bundoran, Co Donegal in March. Erin Smith took home the gold in the Women\u2019s Longboard, David King placed fourth in Men\u2019s Open and Eoin Morgan came third amongst the novices. UCD placed third in terms of overall team performance.<\/p>\n

TAEKWON-DO<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the Taekwon-Do University Championships, UCD took home 12 gold medals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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