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Glory in 2008 Gannon Cup The UCD Boat Club Graduate Fund
UCD rowed to an unprecedented victory, winning all The UCD Boat Club Graduate Fund was established in 2001
four races in the 2008 Dublin Boat Race and bringing by three former captains of the Boat Club. The Trustees of
home the 60th Gannon Cup on Saturday, 22 March. the fund are all former captains and rotate on a first-in,
Large crowds gathered to watch the annual boat races, first-out basis every three years.
from O’Connell Bridge to the Guinness Brewery on the The fund’s two main goals are to ensure that the UCD
River Liffey, between the rival boat clubs of UCD and Boat Club always has the means necessary to compete at
TCD. the highest level and to help make improvements to the
The day’s boat racing began with the Ladies’ Maiden boathouse at Islandbridge.
Eights. The UCD Women finished up to three quarters of Since it has been established, the fund has been used to
a length ahead of their competition to claim the Sally supplement the income of the club, facilitating equipment
Moorehead Novice Trophy. In the second race, the Men’s and boat upgrades, as well as their increasingly expensive
Maiden Eights, UCD claimed their third win out of four trips abroad to race in events such as Henley Royal Regatta,
in the Dan Quinn Shield (first introduced in 2004). On the London Head of the River, Ghent, Amsterdam and Boston.
day, UCD also retained the 29th Corcoran Cup with their In more recent times, the fund has contributed to the
18th win for UCD Women’s Senior Eights. The team purchase of a new jeep.
captained by Emma Doyle rowed to victory by two and a Most of its contributors are based in Ireland. However, it
half lengths. also has subscribers in both the UK and the USA. The
The final race of the day was the much anticipated current strategy is for each trustee to contact all of the
60th Gannon Cup race for Men’s Senior Eights. After the members from their era in the club and to try to get each
first 800m, Trinity led by half a length, but the UCD team era to ‘give back what it got out’. If you are interested in
came through to claim the final lead by three quarters of contributing to the fund, email Johnny Devitt at
a length. ucdbcgraduatefund@gmail.com or phone 086 6290956.
BIKING TO BEIJING
In September 2007, three Irish students set off on an 18,000km cycle to
China to raise funds for charity
HREE students last year trip highlights have included “making it
T
embarked on a gruelling through the desert in Turkmenistan, or
18,000km cycle trek through 18 making it to the top of a tough climb in the
countries, with the aim of Black Forest in Germany, or setting a new
raising €100,000 for the UCD distance record for the day – the latest being
Volunteers Overseas and the the 197km we did to get to Mashad.
Aftercare Research Counselling (ARC) Cancer “At this stage we’ve no doubts that we’ll
Support Centre. The trio are Conor Rowan, a roll into Tiananmen Square on 6 August as
third-year Veterinary Medicine student at planned,” he added.
UCD, Paul Ryan, a graduate of History and To follow the progress of the cycle online,
Politics from UCD, and Mark Donlon, a visit Biketobeijing2008.bebo.com. To date
graduate of Construction Economics and €30,000 has been raised, but if you’d like to
Management from DIT. The plan is to arrive donate, here’s how:
in Beijing, China on 6 August, in time for the Direct to bank account: Bike to Beijing
2008 Olympic Games. 2008 account. Account No: 2467-5036 Sort
When we caught up with them in March, Code: 93-11-87 IBAN: AIBKIE93118724675036
they had cycled 8,100km and had reached By credit card: Visit www.mycharity.ie and
Samarkand, the epicentre of the ancient Silk select biketobeijing2008 from the list of top
Road network in Uzbekistan, leaving an 50 fundraisers and be taken step by step
estimated 10,000km to Beijing. Rowan said from there.
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