The Irish University Sailing Association intervarsities were this year hosted by UCD Sailing Club, from the 4th to the 8th of March in Killaloe. Five trinity teams competed across four fleets, against teams from UCD, TUD, UCC, CIT, NUIG, QUB and RCSI. There were some excellent performances across the board in hugely varying conditions on Lough Derg.
After two competitive days of racing, TCD 1,2 and 3 earned themselves quarter final positions. It was an early start on Saturday morning with first gun at 9am to ensure all of the finals were sailed before the wind picked up too much. In the end, Trinity 1 and 2 finished in third and fourth in gold fleet respectively, while Trinity 3 lost a devastatingly close final, to take second in the silver fleet. While we didn’t manage to reclaim our varsity title as we had hoped, the depth of talent within the club at the moment is strong, exemplified by the performances of all teams on the water. We hope that with a combination of hard work and a steady influx of new sailors , DUSC will be back and ready to go for gold at next years varsities.
A huge thank you to UCD for organising such a great event, and to UL for the use of their watersports centre on Lough Derg.