DCU Clubs Highlights 2013/2014

Athletics >Road Relays: Men’s Team Champions & Women’s 3rd >Indoor Track & Field: Men’s & Women’s Team Champions for 7th successive year>Outdoor Cross Country: Men’s Team Champions & Women’s >Team s 2nd - Overall Champions>4 current or recent graduates competed at the European >XC championships in Serbia in December 2013. >David Mc Carthy (1500m) competed at the World Indoors in Sopot, Poland March 2014.

Badminton >Badminton Intervarsity hosts 2014>DCU “A” Intervarsity Runners-up >DCU “A” Student Sport Ireland League Champions and DCU “B” Runners Up

Basketball Men’s >Basketball Intervarsity hosts 2014>Men’s Freshers Plate Champions Intervarsity ‘B’ Runner Up

Basketball Women’s> Basketball Intervarsity hosts 2014>Division 1 & Division 3 Champions Intervarsity Champions 2014

Boxing >National IATBA Tournament: Out of 8 final fights we have an astonishing 5 gold medal wins, winning the highest scoring university club overall.>Two senior elite gold medals for Claire Grace (69kg) and Ceire Smith (51kg).

Canoe> Canoe Intervarsity hosts 2014>Team 2nd in Intervarsity>1st Canoe Polo >1st White water

GAA Ladies: >O’Connor Cup semi-finalists >Ladies Football A reached All Ireland Semi final of the Purcell Cup>Ladies Fooball B reached All Ireland Quater final>11 Players represented DCU in the 3 All Ireland finals in September Senior Intermediate and Junior

GAA Men’s: >Sigerson A: Reached the quarter-finals of the & Sigerson Cup>Sigerson B: reached the All Ireland semi final>Fresher C All Ireland CHAMPIONS 2014>11 Graduates and current students represented Dublin in winning the All Ireland title in September 2013>Graduate Stephen Cluxton Captained All Ireland Champions >Dublin to 19 DCU Players represented St Vincent’s in winning the All Ireland Club title on St Patrick’s Day 2014

Tennis: >Tennis Intervarsity hosts 2014Men’s Intervarsity Champions

Volleyball Women’s : >Student Sport Ireland League Final Runners up

Swimming & Waterpolo >Swimming Intervarsity hosts3rd overall in men’s category

Tae Kwon Do Intervaristy> Silver and Bronze medals for Cian Keogh and Aidan Smyth respectively in BB Heavyweight, >Bronze for Robin Butler in Lightweight, and DCU won Gold in Colour Belt team sparring.

Weightlifting > Intervarsities: DCU took home all the medals in the 85kg class. >Ian Darragh qualified for Junior European’s, senior European’s and world universities all at the same time with a 258kg total @ 83.8kg.

Golf >3 players received R&A Bursaries>Irish Colleges Stroke Play Championship: Amy Farrell 3rd

Handball >Intervarsity: Ryan Treanor won the Men’s C final.>Cian Daly won the Men’s A singles title. >Clodagh McManamon -runner-up in the Women’s Open section. Terry McElvaney, John Walsh, Cian Daly and >Aishling O’Keefe- Open Plate champions, defeating UCD in the final.>Ryan Treanor- Men’s C champion.>Handball Outside intervarsities:>Aishling O’Keefe- All-Ireland Senior Champion. >Aishling and Catriona Casey -Senior Doubles title >John Horgan-Junior title>Niamh Farrell Junior B singles title

Hurling > Runners up in North Leinster/Ulster 7-a-side blitz.>Eddie Byrne (Current student) & Seamus Kelly (Former Chairman) won a Leinster Senior Club title with Mount Leinster Rangers.

Karate> Intervarsity: 5th place overall out of 16Individual Results >First place junior mens team kata>First place junior womens team kumite>Second place intermediate womens team kata>First place intermediate womens team kumite

Rugby Women> Student Sport Ireland League semi finalists Soccer Men> CUFL League Premier Division semi –finalists>CUFL League Division 3 Champions>Collingwood Cup Semi finalists>Harding Cup Plate Winners