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es of DULBC in the 2013 season, and welcomes you

to what promises to be another successful year for

the club. Inside are a calendar of important events,

including the 2014 DULBC gathering, accounts of

last years events, tips for new beginners, DULBC

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October 2013 Volume 1, Issue 1

DULBC Senior 8+, Winners at the Queens Boat Race, Belfast

DULBC… Three time National Champions of Ireland!

C a p t a i n s

W e l c o m e …

R u t h M o r r i s

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Members, alumni, supporters and friends,

Like many of you, DULBC has played a huge

role in my college experience so far, and I am

honoured to be the captain of this incredibly suc-

cessful club for the upcoming year. As I start into

my 8th year of rowing and my 3rd year with

DULBC, I hope to build on the great achieve-

ments the club had last season, where we fin-

ished off on a high in becoming triple Irish Na-

tional Champions! This is testament to the great

ethos of the club; coaches and athletes alike put

in endless hours of hard work to carry forward

the great traditions set down in foundation by

our alumni. It is this dedication and determina-

tion within the club that both ensures success

and creates memories that last a lifetime. I look

forward to the challenging but exciting season

that awaits current members and newcomers of

DULBC – a club that continues to thrive on four

simple words ‘winter miles, summer smiles’.

Throughout the year, there are many exciting

events that will attract the support of our family,

friends and alumni. First up is the annual Col-

ours race where Trinity will battle it out with

UCD through the heart of Dublin City Centre,

followed by the University Championships which

will be held on Blessington Lakes and our very

own Trinity Regatta in Islandbridge with DUBC,

to name but a few. Outside of Dublin the club

will travel to Limerick, Belfast and Cork, and

will also travel further afield to compete at Lon-

don Metropolitan Regatta, which is held on the

great lake of Eton Dorney and to Women’s Hen-

ley Regatta, situated in the picturesque town of

Henley on Thames. These memorable trips

promise to provide invaluable racing experience

to our members. I would like to greatly thank the

generous support of both DUCAC and the Kathe-

rine Miller Memorial Fund who make these ex-

periences a reality for our members which would

not be possible otherwise.

I would also like to thank those that kindly sup-

port the club and the Trinity Association and

Trust who make a lot of our achievements possi-

ble. Not to mention, the sheer dedication of our

coaches who put in hours of voluntary work to

help our members reach their full potential and

continue to foster the positive atmosphere within

the club.

In recent years, our annual alumni dinner has

become an integral part of our season. As a club,

it is our experiences within DULBC which con-

nect us all and therefore, we would like to contin-

ually increase the pool of alumni that attend this

event. It is of great importance to stay connected

to our alumni, who since 1976 have so heavily

invested both time and effort into making our

club what it is today. The committee look for-

ward to hosting another memorable alumni din-

ner, which will see founding members right

through to our newest recruits recounting rowing

stories in the boathouse where those first seeds

were sown.

Along with Vice captain Gill Crowe and a great

committee, I am proud to take on my role as cap-

tain and continue to instil high levels of expecta-

tion in both new and existing members, to lead

by example and represent our club in the season

ahead which I hope

will be one of suc-

cess for DULBC!

Yours in rowing,

Ruth Morris

DULBC, London Met 2013

I r i s h N a t i o n a l

C h a m p i o n s h i p s 2 0 1 3

D U L B C N E W S . . .

By mid-June, we all had our dai-

ly routine. Eat, sleep, work and

row. But as the number of train-

ing sessions became fewer and

fewer only meant one thing, the

National Championships were

fast approaching. All our regatta

racing had been done, and we

knew where we stood against the

over crews. Champs, however, is

one of those events that no mat-

ter how fast you have been all

year, and no matter how many

times you’ve beaten your compet-

itors, it all could go incredibly

wrong.

From the moment exams ended,

each DULBC member had one

goal in sight, Champs. All of the

early morning erg sessions in the

gym, all of the cold and rainy

rowing sessions in Blessington,

and all of the painfully sore blis-

ters on our hands were in prepa-

ration for this one weekend in

mid-July. Within the pre-champs

regattas, almost all of the crews

racing champs had an opportuni-

ty to see how good they really

were. And, with consistent wins

in events like Inter 2x, Inter 1x,

Novice 8+, Novice 4+, Senior 8+

and many more boats, we knew

as a club we stood a good chance

in contending for a National

Championship come July. But,

we couldn’t get complacent. That

meant, every day, each crew

would train in Blessington for at

least two hours. Training could

be arranged for half seven in the

morning before the day ran away

from us, or it could be at half

seven at night so the crews could

get on with their jobs and daily

duties. The commitment re-

quired was gruelling for most,

but sometimes that wasn’t even

the hard part about the champs

build up. Each training session

most likely involved race prep

pieces, meaning that you would

have to push yourself to your

absolute limit over and over

again until you had nothing left

to give. We all know it would be

worth it though to cross that fin-

ish line first.

After the last training session,

we de rigged the boats, loaded

the trailer and packed up the

boat house bay in Blessington.

There was nothing more we

could do from there on in. On

Wednesday 17th July, we trav-

elled down to Cork, rigged the

boats and rowed the course in

our crews. Racing began on Fri-

d a y ,

w i t h

DULBC

h a v i n g

c r e w s

compet-

ing in

the Nov-

ice 4+,

Inter 2-,

Senior 4- and Inter 8+. Each

crew approached the start line

knowing that there was nothing

else they could do except battle

their way down the 2000m

stretch on Iniscarra Lake. For

the two Novice 4+’s and the Sen-

ior 4-, their outcome wasn’t what

they hoped for but gave it their

all against the other crews. The

Inter 2-, of Sally O’Brien (stroke)

and Gillian Crowe (bow), having

never raced in that combination

before surprised themselves as

they won their heat and were in

a commanding start position for

the final. Racing against five oth-

er competitive crews, the girls

knew they had to blast out of the

blocks in the final and to try and

snatch an early lead. And that’s

exactly what they did, winning

the race by twenty seconds, the

largest winning margin of the

championships. And as an added

bonus to the National Title, as

this boat class event was the

first of its time, DULBC go down

in history for being the first club

to win this event.

The celebrations of this win were

quickly ended however, because

later

D U L B C N E W S . . .

that afternoon, DULBC were

racing in a straight final of the

Inter 8+. The crew of Niamh

Williams (cox), Katie Phelan

(stroke), Georgia Richard (7),

Sally O’Brien (6), Deirbhile Tu-

ite (5), Amy Nash (4), Heather

Crowley (3), Sinead Greenan (2)

and Gillian Crowe (bow) had

only been formed weeks before

but showed potential to be a fast

crew. The race was neck and

neck from start to finish, with

Galway RC taking and holding

an early lead over all the other

crews. Both DULBC and

UCDLBC were holding onto Gal-

way RC as they lead the race all

the way until the last 500m. And

with 500m to go, the race came

down to either DULBC or Gal-

way RC. Approaching the last

100m nobody could call the vic-

tor, but thankfully DULBC

pulled through strongly winning

by half a boat length, or two sec-

onds. National Championship

number two was greatly cele-

brated amongst the club.

Trying to bring Friday’s success

through to the rest of the week-

end posed a challenge as many

more DULBC crews took to the

water. On Saturday morning,

the Inter 2x of Sinead Dolan

(stroke) and Sally O’Brien (bow)

were drawn into the straight

final of an event that they domi-

nated in all season. Unfortu-

nately on the day, the win was

not theirs, being beaten by a

strong and determined NUIG

crew and placing 2nd in the

championship event. Later that

afternoon, two DULBC pairs

launched for the Senior 2-‘s

heats, however both pairs faced

very experienced crews and were

unlucky to make the final of this

event. Sunday approached and

the final day of racing began.

DULBC’s Inter 4+ took to the

water in the morning session,

but was unlucky to make the

final of this event. Later that

afternoon saw the Novice 8+,

Senior 8+ and Inter 1x events.

The Novice 8+ which qualified

through to their final in their

heat were unlucky to only place

6th in their final, but did them-

selves very proud, with the ma-

jority of the crew only having

started rowing at the start of

term. The Senior 8+ was up

against the big guns of Ireland,

and gave a strong and hearty

performance, placing 4th in the

final. But the weekend was to

end on a high, with both

DULBC’s Inter 1x’s, Sinead Do-

lan and Sally O’Brien, making

their final and the club was

awarded its third National

Championship of the year, with

Sinead Dolan’s commanding win

in the Inter 1x.

After a long year of intense

training, hard work and commit-

ment from each and every mem-

ber and coach in DULBC, this

successful championships made

everything worthwhile. Once

you were holding your National

Championship pot in your hand

and your national pennant was

hanging on the wall, you forgot

about how much pain and effort

went into achieving this title. At

the end of the day, the club got

out from the championships

what training it put in and can

be very proud for such a trium-

phant end to the season. Let’s

just hope next year can show the

same results from all the hard

work ahead!

Left: Sinead Dolan winning Inter 1x. Middle: Winning Inter 8+, Niamh Williams (Cox), Katie Phelan (stroke), Georgia Richard (7), Sally

O’Brien (6), Deirbhile Tuite (5), Amy Nash (4), Heather Crowley (3), Sinead Greenan (2) and Gill Crowe (bow), with happy coaches Andrew

Coleman (left) and Franky Sheridan (Right). Right: Sally O’Brien (stroke) and Gill Crowe (bow) winning Inter 2-. National Rowing Centre.

After overindulging ourselves

over Christmas and New

Year’s we were forced to break

our coma of comfort by making

our way to our beloved Bless-

ington Lake. With full lycra

attire packed and pasta bake

in hand we were ready for the

next three days of training

camp, if not a bit apprehensive

to see what kind of effect those

extra mince pies had.

Our day begun at 8.00am, a lie

in for us rowers, we as-

sembled ourselves on the

slip into boats consisting

of three novice eights, a

quad, doubles, pairs and sin-

gles. For the novices it was

their first experience of row-

ing for longer than 20mins,

and for the senior squad an

opportunity to learn the art of

sculling and improve our

technique in smaller boats.

Myself and a fellow second

year novice braved the brutal-

ity of Blessington in a pair for

the first time and succeeded

in our one and only goal to

not fall in. By midday we

were out again for another

session, after a well-deserved

power nap, nourishment and

a chance to dry off soaked

wellies, we were only dying

for more. It was during the

fleeting moments of rest be-

tween hard pieces that one

could afford to relish in the

indescribable beauty of

Blessington as the sun illu-

minated the hills that sur-

rounded our haven. A pleas-

ant distraction from the

searing pain of calloused

hands, the throbbing of

muscles and the mental bat-

tle to go on from rowing nu-

merous kilometres through-

out the day. By evening we

were only fit to eat and

sleep, only moving if it was

necessary, preparing our-

selves for the following day.

B l a s t t o t h e p a s t . . .

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Novice Training Camp,

Blessington

January 2013

Senior Training Camp,

Banyoles,

The cold in Banyoles feels different than the cold

in Dublin, or so the Trinity rowing girls will tell

you as they launch into it at 8:00 a.m. They

won’t mention that it’s exactly zero degrees in

both countries at the moment; they will just un-

curl slowly into rowing strokes and feel their

blood start pumping. They know that within an

hour, the Spanish sun will have burned off the

fog and loosened the ridges of ice on the gun-

whales. The sky will turn pink. They will give

their layers to their coxswains (who will still be

cold). Drums will start up on the north shore of

Banyoles Lake and the day will begin.

Coach Cass shouting orders as usual!

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Based on the theory

that ‘mileage makes

champions’, (or, as

Andrew would say,

‘winter miles, sum-

mer smiles’), the

DULBC ladies logged

significant distance

this week at the Club Natació Banyoles on the

1992 Olympic rowing venue. The lake boasts a

perfectly-marked 2000 meter course, which the

crews traversed many times during their six-day

stay in Spain. (However, there has been a bit of a

discrepancy on whether the week’s distance to-

talled 185 km or 192 km, based on whether the

distance accrued by spinning — and as verified by

GPS — counts toward total mileage. There has

also been dissent as to whether a total of 200 km

might be achieved by a sneaky Islandbridge row

yet this week. Signs point to no.)

Throughout the week, the rowers were shuffled

around between an eight, a four, a double or pair,

and a single scull, which meant a fair deal of blis-

ters and corresponding banter. Also on the water

were the Cambridge men (we have photos. Yes

it’s creepy we know.) and the St. Michael’s men

from Limerick, whom Trinity decided to befriend

rather than just creep on. The clubs shared a

common living space in the hostel and thus also

shared company, books, tea, physio consultations,

unsolicited relationship advice, and Nutella. On

the last night of camp, St. Michael’s and Trinity

found a local pub for a couple drinks to celebrate

a week of successful training, before their reluc-

tant departure from the crystalline water of

Banyoles and the slow-warming days of Spain.

COLOURS

DULBC Welcome back the

Sally Moorehead!

Eimear Duff

A win for the Novices at this

year’s Colours Races with

DULBC maintaining the Sally

Moorehead Trophy. Here, novice

Eimear Duff gives her account of

the lead up to the race.

The exper ience of nov-

ice colours is somewhat of a les-

son in elastic. It all began with

our lycra-clad début on the wa-

ter. This was our first foray into

the functional attire we became

more and more familiar with in

our first few weeks of attempting

t o r e m e m b e r w h i c h

oar colour was for which side.

Looking back, the initial months

were a blur of cross training,

core work, ergs and water work.

But they gave us a sense of how

time can be elastic: ten minutes

can stretch into some of the long-

est minutes of our lives when

they involve persisting through

the pain of our erg work. The

days shortened and the term

trundled on, but rowing provided

brilliant camaraderie, fun and

escapism.

Our Christmas break was punc-

tuated by the fantastic Blessing-

ton camp, where our skills in

rowing as a unit improved im-

mensely. Training motored on

into Hilary term, and intensified

as March 16th approached. We

grew accustomed to training in

the frost and the dark before lec-

tures. Suddenly our next elasti-

cated surprise came onto the sce-

ne: bungees. With even more re-

sistance on the boat we further

honed our technique, learning

even more about how to increase

the power of our strokes.

Race day arrived. We zoned out

the green cacophony of O’Connell

Street and focused on the task

ahead. With the cry of

“Attention, GO!” we were off.

Banyoles Crew, 2013

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Initially we were closely

matched with our rivals. Nerv-

ous energy pulsed through us.

Then something clicked simulta-

neously in our minds – the

snatched view of UCD by our

sides, a voice shouting above the

hum of the crowd – and we

launched into longer strokes,

sitting up into the rowing we

had been taught, the motions we

had practiced for so many hours.

It became a surreal, almost out

of body, experience. The elastic

band of time we had so often

stretched to its limits in train-

ing, keeping pushing hard on the

ergs despite the pain we were in,

did something strange. In tan-

dem with eight best friends, the

timeframe no longer seemed like

eight minutes, but recoiled into

eight seconds.

We had mentally and physically

rehearsed the course countless

times, and inch by inch we made

headway. We wondered when we

would be approaching The Four

Courts, but – impossibly – we

realised we had already passed

them, and we were in the last

stretch of the race. An inner

voice prompted us to take it

easy for the end, but luckily

we had the overriding outer

voice of our cox, Kirsty, to

keep driving us forward. Our

last triumphant push to the

finish was a showcase of a

hundred mental obstacles,

months of preparation, and

excellent training: all accumu-

lating in an intense, euphoric

and moving experience. We

dipped under the white bridge

and kept going until we heard

the drone of the finishing horn.

Just before crossing the finish

line, the experience of nov-

ice colours had one final lesson

to offer: “snapping the elastic”.

Senior Colours… Niamh Williams

Being part of the senior crew for Colours is a huge

honour and achievement and, only in my second

year of coxing, I had been chosen to be part of that

crew. The feeling of elation lasted for about a day

before realising that I had a very long way to go as I

was the least experienced person in the boat. My

education began immediately as our first outing as a

crew was Lagan Head, a long winding course with

more than a few bridges to navigate my way

through while trying to make calls a senior boat

would want to hear. We came away the fastest wom-

en’s crew but there was definitely work to be done.

And so with a race under our belts the training real-

ly began. Six days a week you could find us either in

Blessington or Islandbridge, so early in the morning

or late into the evening that we frequently saw the

sun go up or down. Those

weeks of carefully planned

training, many visits to In-

somnia and only a few

skipped lectures made us

unrecognisable from the

crew that raced at Lagan.

Exactly four weeks later we lifted the boat over the

weir and made our way down to O’Connell Bridge.

As we passed under Ha’penny Bridge the wall of

noise hit us. I knew part of my job was to keep the

crew calm and ready to race and so luckily, as I’ve

been told, the pure fear inside my head did not come

across in my voice as we spun and backed onto the

stakeboat. No sooner than I had passed over the

bags of kit we were off. The next few minutes went

by in a flash. UCD began in the lead and managed

to hold us off. We began to eat away at their lead

but we had run out of time to make up the last seats

needed. Though once again the Corcoran Cup was

just outside our reach it was slightly closer than be-

fore, and not for one stroke was there ever a thought

of giving up.

Sally Moorehead Victors, Colours 2013

Senior 8+, Colours 2013

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Alumni Dinner 2013

This year’s Anna Liffey Dinner

took place on 30th March and was

attended by 46 members and

alumni. On what turned out to be

a beautiful evening following rac-

ing earlier that day at Dublin

Head of the River, DULBC ladies

clad in black, pink and an ever

increasing number of blazers took

a walk down memory lane as they

descended upon the Boathouse in

Islandbridge.

The bar (scrubbed hastily after

training that morning!) filled

quickly with many alumni bring-

ing albums of photos and newspa-

per clippings to show each other

and gave quite a few of us a his-

tory lesson on the earliest days

of the club. The changing rooms

in the telephone room and one

sink instead of our row of show-

ers were just a few small chang-

es mentioned! Before the sun

set, we moved outdoors for a

well overdue boat naming cere-

mony and some retakes of pho-

tos taken a few years back!

The senior Filippi 4+ bought in

2011 with its pink stripe was ap-

propriately named after one of the

first boats owned by the club. In

1976 two wooden fours were fund-

ed by the Central Athletics Com-

mittee following the successes of

DULBC members in winning the

University Championships and

the Elite 2 event at Nottingham

International Regatta in 1976. It

was decided that DULBC would

be a force to be reckoned with and

thus deserved boats of their own

in place of those they had to bor-

row. In further years the success

continued with a National Cham-

pionship win in the Elite Coxed 4

(Commercial composite), a second

place at the Nottingham Regatta

to a World Championship

winning crew and selection

for the Home Countries In-

ternational regatta. These

outstanding achievements

were what earned Shirley

Roycroft, Lorna Siggins,

Mary O’Connor and Mary

Stuart Trinity oarswomen’s’

first pinks. These boats were

named “Pink Panther” and “Carry

on Panting” (“C.O.P”) and thus it

was decided to name our newest

racing four after that from which

the growth of the club began. The

Filippi four was appropriately

named “Pink Panther 2” and we

hope the name brings the club the

good luck it has in the past!

The Swift racing 8 was bought in

2012 and won its first race in the

Novice National Championships.

With its pink bow and stern and

black interior it seemed appropri-

ate that it was named after a true

lady of DULBC. This boat was

named after founding member,

first captain, past president and

continuous supporter of the club

Jane Williams. It was fantastic to

honour the woman whose name

has been synonymous with

DULBC since its inception.

Equally appropriate was the at-

tendance of Jane’s husband David

Sanfey- past DUBC Captain, an-

other great supporter and previ-

ous coach to DULBC when this

support was needed most. Appar-

ently Jane was honoured in a sim-

ilar way a number of years ago

but that boat had an unfortunate

incident with the beloved Island-

bridge weir and no longer existed!

The club wished to thank Jane

again for what she had done for

women’s’ rowing in Trinity- hope-

fully the boat will continue in the

success it has brought so far.

Following the boat naming and

club photo the party retreated to

the Long Room for dinner fol-

lowed by a further Captain’s

speech, a toast and the

“presentation” of the newly updat-

ed Captains’ board from 2006 to

present. President Laura McDer-

mott also addressed the room and

spoke about the fun nature of

DULBC, how great friendships

and camaraderie has formed

throughout the last 37 years of

the club and how we can give

back to the club by helping out

with coaching and staying in

touch. The evening was concluded

with a night out to Harcourt

Street for those brave enough!

It was truly great to meet and

welcome so many Alumni back to

the boathouse this year. The

event is constantly growing and

we hope to have an even bigger

number next year. We are looking

towards members and crews

through the history of DULBC we

would like to include, get in touch

with and learn from…who knows-

maybe your name will be on a

boat next year!

Jane Williams, Hazel O’Neill, Laura McDermott

and David Sanfey, Jane Williams 8+.

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Uni-Champs 2013

A breezy and rough Friday even-

ing brought a shortened schedule

of racing for University Champi-

onships (postponed from April

due to adverse weather) with

only eights taking to the water.

With Novice and Senior boats

the only eights events entered, it

was a two race evening for DULBC. With two

straight finals on the cards, the races panned out

a lot like the Colours Races earlier this year with

DULBC and UCDLBC fighting each other to the

line. Final result; It was one out of two for

DULBC with the Novice 8 winning their race af-

ter an early lead.

Henley Women’s Regatta 2013

DULBC on tour arrived in mid-

June this year, when the banks of

Henley-on-Thames became black

with rowers and spectators alike

for Women’s Henley. DULBC en-

tered two crews for the regatta,

the Senior 8+ and the Inter 4+

(competing in the Academic fours

category). We arrived on Wednes-

day, with enough time to settle

in, grab some food and get a ses-

sion in on the course before even-

ing time. Thursday also provided

another days training for the

crews before they took to the wa-

ter on Friday.

Day one of racing arrived, and

the first duty of the day was the

time trials for events with high

numbers competing in them.

DULBC’s Inter 4+ faced over

twenty other crews, all of which

would race each other for the best

time to make the Top 16 and to

race on Saturday. Although the

competition was

tough, the girls took it in their

stride and sailed through to Sat-

urdays racing, with a confident

performance in the bag. Later

that afternoon, the Senior 8+

faced the first round of racing.

Racing against a composite crew

made up of Star Club and

Durham University, both from

the UK, the DULBC girls rowed

to the start knowing they’d have

a fight on their hands. With a

confident start, the girls rowed to

the end of the Island on the Hen-

ley course, but lost some speed as

the composite crew took a grow-

ing lead. Never giving up howev-

er, our girls fought to the line,

decreasing the deficit to ¼ of a

length, but were unfortunate to

fall just short of a

qualifying position.

That was the end of

the line for our senior

girls in this regatta,

but was an excellent

learning experience and race

practice even though the outcome

wasn’t what the girls anticipated.

With Saturday approaching,

DULBC’s Inter 4+ took to the

water competing as one of the

last sixteen crews racing Academ-

ic Fours. Racing West of England

University, the girls fought to the

line and were in contention of

qualifying up until the last few

hundred metres of the battle.

However, the girls were unlucky

in the final legs of the race to

take the lead and just slipped

behind the British crew. That

defeat was the end of DULBC’s

racing in the regatta but proved

to be an excellent learning experi-

ence for both crews.

Senior 8+, Henley Womens Regatta

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D U L B C N E W S . . .

Home Internationals

After racing Cork regatta in pairs

and single sculls, late in the

evening on Friday 28th June,

DULBC were delighted to be in-

formed that four of their rowers

had been successfully selected to

compete for Ireland in the Home

Internationals Regatta, held in

Nottingham, UK this summer.

The combination of Rebecca

Deasy and Keira Buttanshaw in

their pair granted them positions

in the Senior 8+ and Sen-

ior 4- of the women’s

sweep team. Both Sally

O’Brien and Sinead Do-

lan were selected for the

women’s sculling team,

with Sally racing in the

Senior 2x and Senior 4x

and Sinead competing in

the Senior Lightweight

2x and Senior 4x also.

DULBC Rowing 2012-2013 Results

Dublin Sculling Ladder

4 scullers Fastest women’s junior

sculler

Neptune HOR

3 WS8+ 1st, 2nd, 3rd

WI8+ 1st

2 WN8+ 1st, 2nd

WS1x 3rd Dolan

2 WI1x 1st Dolan, 2nd O’Brien

St. Michaels HOR Cancelled

Lagan HOR

2 WS8+ 1st, 2nd

2 WN8+ 2nd, 3rd

WI4+ 3rd

2 WN4+ 2nd, 5th

Colours WS8+ Lost Corcoran Cup

WN8+ Won Sally Moorehead Trophy

Dublin HOR WS8+ 2nd

3 WN8+ 2nd, 3rd, 5th

WS4+ 1st

Neptune Regatta WN8+ Quarter-finalists

2 WN4+ 1st,Semi-finalists

WI1x 1st O’Brien

Trinity Regatta WS8+ 1st

2 WN8+ 1st, Semi-finalists

WS4+ Finalists

WI4+ Semi-finalists

University Championships WS8+ 2nd

WN8+ 1st

(Due to adverse weather conditions this regatta was

postponed and held in Blessington in June. Only 8’s rac-

ing)

Dublin Metropolitan WS8+ 3rd

WN8+ 3rd

WI4+ 1st

WN4+ 1st, 5th

4 WS2- 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th

WI2x 1st

WI1x 1st O’Brien, 3rd Dolan

London Metropolitan

Saturday WS8+ 3rd (inter 1 cat)

WN8+ (inter 2 cat) WI4+ (inter 3 cat) WN4+ (inter 3 cat)

WI2X 3rd (inter 1 cat)

Sunday WS8+ 2nd (inter 1 cat)

WN8+ (inter 2 cat) WI4+ (inter 3 cat) WN4+ (inter 3 cat)

WI2X 2rd (inter 1 cat)

*Note: British racing classes differ to the Irish system,

hence the categories stated for each event)

Queens University Boat Race

Fresher Race Lost to Queens

Senior Race Won

Keira Buttanshaw, Rebecca Deasy, Sinead Dolan and Sally

O’Brien at the Home Internationals 2013

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Cork Regatta (Home International

Trials) WS8+ 1st

WN8+ 1st

WI4+ 5th

WN4+ 4th

4 WS2- 3rd, 6th,

2 WIX 2nd, 4th

Keira Buttanshaw and Rebecca Deasy selected to Rep-

resent Ireland at the Home International Regatta in

July in WS4- and WS8+. Sinead Dolan selected for

WLW2X and Sally O’Brien selected for WS2X – both

selected for WS4X-.

Skibbereen Regatta WS8+ 4th

WN8+ 1st

WI4+ 5th

WN4+ 2nd

WS4- 4th

2 WS2- 4th, 5th

National Championships WS8+ 4th

WI8+ 1st

WN8+ 6th

WI4+ 6th in Semi-final

2 WN4+ 4th, 5th both in Semi-final

WS4- 6th

WS2- 3rd in Semi-final

WI2- 1st

WI2X 2nd

2 WI1X 1st Dolan, 3rd O’Brien

Home International Regatta (Nottingham, England)

WS8+ (DULBC, SMRC, CRC) 4th

WS4 (DULBC, CRC) 3rd

WS4X- (DULBC, SMRC, Cork) 3rd

WS2X (DULBC, Lee Valley) 3rd

WLW2X (DULBC, CRC) 2nd

Meet the Coaches!...

Andrew Coleman (Head Coach)

Affectionately known as

“Mandrew”, Andrew

likes spanners, the

word “which” and Ri-

hanna... He also lives

for any opportunity to

slag everyone and any-

one in sight..

Currently listening to

“Whip my hair”, Willow

Smith

Franky Sheridan

Frankie enjoys cheeky

chats beside the water

cooler, the bar, the

oars, any station

where he can get the

gossip..

Currently listening to

“Rude Boy”, Rihanna

Doireann Ni Lochlainn

Doireann turned 22 over

the summer and gets the

fear every time she

doesn’t have an adult

with her in the off li-

cence...

Currently listening to

“22”, Taylor Swift

Sinead Rodger

Sinead cycles 2 hours a

day and is currently

composing her 8th sym-

phony titled

“Willoughby’s Wonder”

Currently listening to

“Futuresex

Lovesounds”, Justin

Timberlake

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Meet the Committee…

Captain: Ruth Morris

Studying: MSISS (3rd Year)

Ruth’s preparation to lead

the clan began aeons ago in

the desolate kingdom of

Commercial Rowing Club.

Completing her ginja train-

ing in 2011, she migrated

across to DULBC and has

been casually winning pots

ever since. She studies MSISS in college, a course

which is not well known with most people, but we

like to call it “Magical Science of Intense Super-

hero Studies”. Currently Ruth is pursuing her act-

ing career in “50 shades of grey..”

Currently listening to “Knas”, Swedish House Ma-

fia

Vice Captain: Gill Crowe

Studying: Medicine (4th Year-

Completing a Masters in Molec-

ular Medicine in present year)

She lives off a diet purely made

up of grapes, coke zero and

peanut butter bagels and

spends her days photo shop-

ping and driving to the cur-

ragh. #consideringMédecins_Sans_Frontières.

Currently listening to “Wherever you are”, Military

Wives

Secretary: Grace Gan-

non

Studying: Irish and

Film Studies (4th Year)

Grace joined DULBC in

2011. In her time out-

side coxing she tried to

pursue her modelling

career in both Baby Gap and Mama’s and Papa’s,

however left due to the low levels of food supplied

at the photo shoots. She’s now working for Sea

Life as the star attraction, “Shamu, the Whale”.

Currently listening to “Whale sounds of the deep”

#missinghome

Treasurer: Sinead Dolan

Studying: MSISS (3rd Year)

Sinead – Mad for chocolate,

ROWING, trips to Bank,

ROWING, Vice Captains…

of Neptune, ROWING and

set 4 blades. Oh and did

you know she kind of likes

rowing?...

Currently listening “Money Money Money”, ABBA

Social Secretary:

Deirbhile Tuite

Studying: Social Work

(4th Year)

Our chief meteorologist

can see the rain coming

from a mile off being ap-

proximately 2.3km in

height. When not predicting the weather for next

week, the leaning tower that is Deirbhile can be

cryan after younger men…

Currently listening to “Kids”, MGMT

Social Secretary: Amy Nash

Studying: Medicine (4th Year-

Completing a masters in Bio-

medical Engineering in pre-

sent year)

She likes dentists and gluten.

Currently listening to “I kissed

a girl”, Katy Perry

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Fundraising Officer: Niamh Williams

Studying: Science (3rd Year)

Resident Limpet spends

large amounts of time

stuck in boats/the stone

age with her prehistoric

phone. May as well live in

Coppers… oh wait she

does! She has friends in

high/bald places..

Currently listening to “Short People”, Randy New-

man

Website & Newsletter: Sally

O’Brien

Studying: Engineering (2nd

Year)

Smell Ammonia? Its probably

coming from sally… Mad for

hair dying, Sean Paul and

crashing into rear windows..

She also likes to be known as

the Web Evangelist.

Currently listening to “get busy”, Sean Paul

PR & Kit Officer: Georgia Richard

Studying: Medicine

(2nd Year)

Georgia does noth-

ing by halves, usu-

ally by doubles,

much to the detri-

ment of the next

morning. She’s usu-

ally revivable with

a good curry and a

Waitrose shopping bag.

Currently listening to “Mundain To Bach

Ke”, Punjabi MC

Alumni Officer: Hazel O’Neill

Studying: Medicine (4th Year)

Gayzel HO’Neill, just returned from a 3

month stint as a club rep in Ibiza. That’s

where she got the tan. She’s now dab-

bling with medicine with the hope of setting up

her own head shop in the near near future.

Currently listening to “Kill Everybody”, Skrillex

Co-Alumni Officer: Rebecca Sanfey

Studying: Ancient and

Medieval History and

Culture (4th Year)

We stole Rebecca from

Broadway to give us

some culture. It seems

like she never goes any-

where without a large starbucks coffee and her

personal cheerleading squad.

Currently listening to “Royale”, Lorde

Novice Coordinator: Claire

Buttanshaw

Studying: BESS

She’s basically the Black Swan

without all the self-harm. Her

sister is the second highest

earnest partner in KPMG,

N.B.D.

Currently listening to “Swan Lake”

General Member: Lucy O’Donoghue

Studying: Human Health

and Disease (3rd Year)

Lucy was training as an

assassin over the sum-

mer. BE SCARED!

Currently listening to

“Kung Fu fighting”, Carl

Douglas

D U L B C N E W S . . .

The boats are steered by the cox-

swain. Cox's use a rudder to

steer the boat, which they control

using cables that are connected

to it. To help keep the boat on

course, all boats have a small fin

in the stern.

Each rower sits on a seat that

rolls on wheels along the slide.

Feet are tied into shoes which

are bolted onto foot-plates in

the boat. Each oar is held in

place by riggers, which extend

from the saxboard. The rigger

holds the gate in which the oar

sits.

Bow Side - the right side of the

boat - when sitting in the cox's

seat, looking forward. Oars for

this side of the boat often have a

green marking.

Stroke Side - the left side of the

boat - when sitting in the cox's

seat, looking forward. Oars for

this side of the boat often have a

red marking.

Stern - the back end of the boat,

where the cox usually sits; also

the end of the boat with the rud-

der and/or fin.

Bow - the front end of the shell,

covered by a bowball.

Bowball - small rubber ball

that covers the end of the bow;

intended to prevent/reduce dam-

age upon collision.

Fin - the fin under the stern of

the boat which helps to keep the

boat on course.

Rudder - a small, movable part,

usually metal, that sits under the

stern of the boat; allows the cox-

swain to steer the boat.

Senior Colours off the start, O’Connell Bridge

WELCOME NEW NOVICES!!!

A very warm welcome to all of our new novices! It has been great seeing so many faces down at

the beginning of year training. Hopefully you have all enjoyed your DULBC experience so far and

are looking forward to what lies ahead in the coming year!

Things to look forward to….

DULBC Halloween Massacre

Christmas Commons

Colours

Blessington Training Camp

And that’s only to name a few. All I can recommend is to

get involved, get warm gear (winter is cold) and enjoy every minute of your time with DULBC.

Claire Buttanshaw, Novice Co-ordinator

Beginner Tips..

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Coxes calls…

Full Crew, Rowing from

backstops, Are you Ready,

Go! - This is a classic command,

the cox specifies who the com-

mand is to, what they are to do,

gives them time to prepare and

when the cox can tell the crew is

ready they say Go.

Easy There - stop rowing,

while maintaining the arms

away position and leaving the

blade feathered above the water,

letting the boat glide over the

water.

Drop - after telling the crew to

easy there the cox will give the

command to drop, the crew can

then drop their blades on the

water, this is a bit like the "at

ease" command in the army.

Hold it up - put the blades into

the water at an angle, causing

the boat to decelerate quickly.

Firm/Full Pressure - push on

the footplate with 100% of your

power.

Three Quarter Pressure -

rowing with 75% of your power.

Half/Medium Pressure - row-

ing with 50% of your power.

Light Pressure - stop rowing

with pressure and just lightly

pull the blades through the wa-

ter.

Back it down - push the oar

backwards through the water to

move the boat toward the stern -

predominantly used to turn the

boat around.

Colours 2013 Coin Toss

with President Michael D!

Freshers Boat, Queens Boat Race, Belfast

Trinity Representatives at Homes 2013!

Saxboard - this is the top side of the boat -

the edges onto which the riggers are bolted.

Gate - the small plastic part at the end of

the rigger that opens at the top. The rower

opens the gate, places the oar into it, then

shuts the top metal bar, screwing it tightly

shut. The gate holds the oar in place during

the rowing stroke.

Rigger - The metal support attached to the

saxboard that holds the gate.

Slide - the tracks underneath each seat

which the wheels of the seat slide on.

Cox Box - a device used by the cox, consist-

ing of a microphone and speakers, which

amplifies the cox's voice throughout the

boat.

Blade - another name for the oar, particu-

larly the paddle end known as the spoon.

Square blades - keeping the blade perpen-

dicular to the water on the recovery.

Feathered blades - keeping the blade par-

allel to the water on the recovery.

The recovery - the part of the rowing

stroke when the oar is out of the water.

Crab - an unfortunate incident when the

blade gets caught in the water and the han-

dle of the oar hits the rower. It is caused by

the blade not entering into the water fully

square, when pressure is applied to the

blade it will just go deeper and deeper in the

water.

D U L B C N E W S . . .

DULBC Merch!!!

Don’t just have tea…

Have DULB-tea!!!

DULBC have gone merchandise crazy and

are selling mugs that will hold the nicest

cup of tea EVER TASTED!! (cannot be

guaranteed).

These little gems are perfect for presents,

stocking fillers or even just to remember

your time in DULBC.

At the cost of only €6 per mug, you could

make your morning coffee, afternoon break

or late night tea all the more enjoyable com-

ing from a DULBC mug.

Orders can be made with the fundraising

officers, Gill Crowe and Niamh Williams,

through email to the following email;

dulbcfundraising@gmail.com

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Dates for the Diary… 2013-2103 at DULBC!

31st October 2013 DULBC’s Halloween Massacre, Neptune RC

9 November 2013 Neptune Head, Blessington

14th November 2013 DUBC & DULBC Boat Ball

December 2013 Christmas Commons

January 2014 Winter Training Camps

- Seniors: Banyoles, Spain

- Novices: Blessington

1st February 2014 St Michaels Head, O’Brien’s Bridge

15th February 2014 Lagan Head, Belfast

1st March 2014 Erne Head, Enniskillen

St Patricks Weekend Colours

22nd March 2014 Dublin Head, River Liffey

5th April 2014 Neptune Regatta, Islandbridge

12th-13th April 2014 Skibbereen Regatta, National Rowing Centre

19th April 2014 Trinity Regatta, Islandbridge

17th May 2014 Sligo Regatta

31st May-1st June 2014 London Met, Eton Dorney, UK

7th June 2014 University Championships, Blessington

8th June 2014 Dublin Met, Blessington

20th-22nd June 2014 Henley Women’s Regatta, Henley

28th June 2014 Cork Regatta, National Rowing Centre

11th-13th July 2014 National Championships, National Rowing Centre

Over the past few years, DULBC have had strong connections with the Mark Pollock Trust, and

in particular with the Run in the Dark event. All members support the event, by either helping

out with organisation on the night, or some even stick on their runners and take on the 5K/10K

challenge! Why don’t you give it a try this year? Registration can be done online at

www.runinthedark.org. Give it a go!

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Trinity Association & Trust

Over the years, the Trinity College Dublin

Association and Trust have supported DULBC

in more ways than we can thank them for.

Without their kind donations and assistance,

the club would not be the thriving club it is to-

day.

The following advertisement displays the Trini-

ty College Affinity Credit Card. This Bank of

Ireland card is designed for Trinity alumni,

staff and students and offers some great bene-

fits, to both you and the College. The card has a

unique design featuring an image of the Trinity

College and the Campanile.

When you become a Trinity Visa Cardholder,

Bank of Ireland will donate €15 to Trinity. The

more graduates and staff join, the more Trinity

benefits. Bank of Ireland will also donate a per-

centage of the annual spend to Trinity - at no

cost to you and without disclosing any of your

confidential account details.

We would encourage all students and alumni

alike to read into this service, as it not only

serves you, but benefits the college as a whole.

D U L B C N E W S . . .

Contact Details

Postal address: DULBC, c/o DUCAC, Sports Centre, Trinity College, Dublin 2.

Boathouse: Trinity Boathouse, War Memorial Park, Islandbridge, Dublin 8.

Captain: Ruth Morris

morissru@tcd.ie

Head Coach: Andrew Coleman

ampcoleman@gmail.com

Alumni Officers: Hazel O’Neill Rebecca Sanfey

oneillhm@tcd.ie sanfeyr@tcd.ie

Newsletter: dulbcnews@gmail.com

Blazers: dulbcblazers@gmail.com

Website: www.dulbc.ie

Twitter: TrinityLadiesRowing (@DULBC1976)

Facebook: www.facebook.com/DULBC

Winning Novice Crew, Colours 2013

Post Training Swim, Banyoles Training Camp

2013