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If you have a passion for competitive sport or a desire to lead a healthier and active lifestyle, UCD Sport has a wide variety of sporting and leisure pursuits to choose from.
c“ Becoming a member of a sports lub is not only a good way to stay or
get in shape, and deal with the stress that student life might cause, it’s also a great way to meet people and make friends, especially when you’re new to the University.
Nanette Schuppers, UCD Boxing Club ”
Rosie Corrigan, UCD Ladies Hockey Team
UCD Marian Basketball team, National Senior Cup 2011 winners
Sports Clubs & Activities
With 56 official sports clubs, and a wide variety of health and leisure activities, UCD has an extensive choice for stu- dents. While UCD has nurtured some of Ireland’s finest national and interna- tional sportspeople, all sporting levels and abilities are catered for. UCD clubs are at the nucleus of student sport at the University, with over 8,500 mem-
UCD Sports Clubs
Olympian and UCD Food Science student, Aisling Cooney in action at the European Short Course Championships in Eindhoven. Aisling has her eyes firmly set on competing in the 2012 Olympics in London.
Aikido American Football Archery Athletics Badminton Ladies Basketball Men’s Basketball Ladies Boat Men’s Boat Boxing Camogie Canoe Capoeira Caving & Potholing Cricket
Equestrian Fencing Ladies Gaelic Football Men’s Gaelic Football Ladies & Men’s Golf Handball Ladies Hockey Men’s Hockey Hurling Karate Kite Lacrosse Lau Gar Kickboxing
Mountaineering Netball Ninjitsu Olympic Handball Orienteering Pool & Snooker Rifle Men’s Rugby Women’s Rugby Sailing Shaolin Kung Fu Snow Sports Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Softball
Squash Sub Aqua Surf Swimming Table Tennis Tae Kwon Do Tai Chi Chuan Tennis Trampoline Ultimate Frisbee Volleyball Windsurfing Wrestling
bers each year. Clubs provide a huge range of opportunities to train, play, and compete in sport, no matter what your passion, ability or level. UCD clubs also cater for students who may not wish to compete but want to train in a particular sport for health and fitness benefits. For full details of all clubs, visit
www.ucd.ie/sport/clubs.
UCD Get in Gear Programmes Y“ I’m a big fan of the oga & Pilates Fusion
course especially with Matt – he is really good. I must admit you have great quality fitness instructors delivering your classes.
UCD Student Participant ”
Tese programmes aim to improve general health and fitness and promote the benefits of exercise to UCD students. Tey also encour- age students to include exercise around a busy academic timetable. Te UCD Get in Gear Get Active programme is designed to cater for beginners, and it provides a great opportunity to get involved in sport and exercise activities in a fun environment. Alternatively, the UCD Get in Gear Boot Camp programme targets students who want to change their workout routine and also challenge themselves physically, mentally and emotionally. Tese seven week programmes are open to all ages and fitness levels and com- mence in October and January each year. UCD Get in Gear programmes are rolled out by UCD Sport in partnership with UCD School of Public
Health, Physiotherapy & Population Science and the UCD Institute of Food and Health. Log on to
www.ucd.ie/getingear for further information.
UCD Campus Runs/Walks Troughout the academic year UCD Sport offers a supervised UCD Campus run/walk. Tis is an opportunity to join a group to run/walk the University boundary woodland walkways.
UCD Fitness Classes/Courses UCD Sports Centre offers a variety of pay- as-you-go fitness classes including aerobics, boxercise, circuit training as well as a range of pilates, yoga, yoga fusion and dance courses. For current timetables check out
www.ucd.ie/ sport/fitnessclasses.
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