Last Saturday, NUIG's golfing staff took on the student golf team on the windy links of Connemara Golf Club. This was the first year such a match had been played. The staff defeated the students in the handicapped match between the two teams, but the students will be looking for revenge next year as the rivalry hopes to continue annually.17 students took on 15 staff members in what was a very enjoyable and social event, and NUIG Golf Club would like to thank all involved. ...

The second of four regional IUSA - (Irish University Sailing Association) events took place in Lough Erne Yacht Club, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland on the 10th-12th November. The IUSA Northerns were hosted by our good friends from Queens University Belfast in what was an extremely enjoyable 2 days of sailing soaking up the spectacular scenery that the North has to offer. NUIG entered two teams in Silver and Bronze Fleet and performed extremely well in what was a challenging course due to the light wind conditions and superb competition from other colleges. Sailing was postponed by the OOD on ...

NUI Galway TaeKwon Do attend the British T.A.G.B. TaeKwon Do TournamentOn the 5th of November, four members of NUI Galway’s Taekwondo Team travelled to Birmingham as part of the Tae Kwon-Do Ireland (T.K.D.I.) international team to face off against many other countries in the TAGB British Championships. With over 1500 competitors and 30 rings, it was one of the biggest competitions around. Although one of the smaller teams at the championship they didn’t let that hinder them and walked away with multiple podium finishes.Competing against the best competitors Poland, England, Wales, Scotland ...

Well done to the NUIG Golf Team in Intervarsities in Enniscrone. 5 players from NUIG made the cut of the top 30 players - a record for NUIG and the 2nd most of any college in Ireland. See link to scoring belowhttps://www.golfnet.ie/guilive#/competition/1044845/leaderboard ...

NUIG 2 and NUIG 3 both played again this weekend. NUIG 2 played in Division 1 against Greenfields 2, despite putting in a great performance the girls were defeated 5-2. Congratulations to NUIG 3 with their second win of the season, 4-0 against Renmore. NUIG 1 play their first league match against Galway 1 tomorrow evening in Dangan and their first Irish Trophy match away in Waterford on Saturday. ...

NUIG Hockey had a great start to the 17/18 Connacht League with NUIG 2 beating Kinvara 4-0 in Division 1 and NUIG 3 beating Athlone 8-0 in division 2! Both teams play again this weekend and hope to keep up this strong start to the season. ...

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NUIG Koryukan is back training and welcomes back existing members who were away for the summer and looks forward to meeting all new members.Training resumes in Kingfisher on Tuesday 12th @ 18:00.Committee can be contacted at 086-8764249 or karate@clubs.nuigalway.ie with any questions.Have a look at this to see what we do!!! Enjoy.... ...

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NUIG faced a formidable opponent today in the form of DIT. The bleachers were full of supporters for the Galway lads in the Kingfisher sports hall. The game started with an impressive outside shooting display from both teams with DIT enjoying a small lead throughout the first quarter. A great passing effort from NUIG's Patrick Lyons (5) and Eoin Rockall (9) kept the guys within 7 points going into the second quarter. The second quater started off with a trading of points from both teams. The atmosphere in the gym started to become tense after some decisions by the referees upset the away sides ...

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The Mens Soccer Club Senior (Collingwood) team have reached the All Ireland Final in Div 1 of the Colleges Universities Football League! The game will be played at the FAI complex in Abbotstown at 1pm next Tues Feb 28th.Player profiles are below:ManagementJohn BrennanEric MortimerPhysioJohn MellettPlayersNeil Conlon 2nd Commerce Club: NUI GalwayConor King 2nd Med:  NUI GalwayChris Reid 3rd Commerce: Club Athlone TownConor Barry 3rd Science: Club Athlone Town Gary Kinneen 2nd Arts: Club Galway UnitedAlan Murphy 2nd Commerce: Club NUI GalwayEoin Whelan ...

Nominations for 11 Voluntary SU Officer Positions are now open, including Oifigeach na Gaeilge, Equality, Societies, Clubs, Postgrad, Mature Students and the 5 College Convenors.Nomination forms are available at the SU Office and on their website. Nominations close at 5pm on March 1. Elections will be held March 9 from 10am to 7pm in An Bhialann, from 11am to 8pm in Áras na Mac Léinn, from 12pm to 4pm in the Engineering Building, and from 10am to 8pm on the SU Website via remote vote which requires pre-registration by midnight on March 8 in the SU Website.PLEASE NOTE: For the elections ...

UCD IntervarsityNUIG Archery Club’s continued winning streak secured them three team medals and four individuals at UCD intervarsities last Saturday the 18th February.  With ITT finals just around the corner our archers have been stepping up their game and they’ve got the scores to prove it.1st Place Mixed Team1st Place Barebow Team3rd Place Recurve Team 1st Place Men's Advanced Barebow - Conor O'Beolain   1st Place Women's Intermediate Recurve - Helen Lacey1st Place Men's Intermediate Recurve - James Burke1st Place Women's Beginner Barebow - Cecilia FilottoWell done to ...

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Another great weekend for NUIG Archery club as we review the results from IT Carlow intervarsity competitions 4th and 5th February: 1st place Women’s Advanced Barebow – Niamh Meyler1st place Men’s Intermediate Recurve – James Burke Also big congratulations to Conall MacCuarta on competing in his first intervarsity, well done on an awesome score! Congratulations to all archers who took part on a fantastic days shooting. Not much time to celebrate though as UCD IV is only two weeks away! ...

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Congratulations to all of our archers who took part in the intervarsity competition last weekend in IT Carlow. Many hours of training were put in to make the first IV of 2017 as successful as it was for the NUI Galway Archery Club. Good luck to everyone competing in UCD on the 18th February and keep up the good work! ...

NUIG Muay Thai are organising a seminar with legendary Irish Muay Thai world champion Craig O'Flynn! It is happening on the 16th of February in our very own Kingfisher. It is open to everyone with at least one Muay Thai class and is not to be missed. Learn skills like no other.Entry is €10 and must be paid beforehand. Please contact a member of the committee through email or Facebook for more details.  ...

The Maamturks Challenge is one of Ireland's most popular hillwalking events. In its 42nd year, the ...

A new Karate beginners class will start on Tuesday 17th of January.6-8 in Hall 3 Kingfisher.Any questions mail club or call/text 0868764249.Look forward to seeing you there.NUIG Karate Club ...

Read below to see how NUI Galway's own Aisling Joyce had a spectacular performance at the National Cross Country Championshipshttp://galwaybayfm.ie/joyce-star-performer-national-cross-country-championships/ ...

Two sessions of 'Yawn Yoga' will be on Tuesday 29th of November at 7am & 10 am with YogaShala's Laragh & Dave Cunningham, internationally recognised instructors based here in Galway.The class is for all levels of Yoga enthusiast & is an ideal way to start the day during what can be a very stressful time of the year for students & staff alike. Entry is €5 for all students/staff & refreshments will be supplied by 37 West. ...

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Next Wednesday, in the run up to the SU's Christmas Day, the NUIG Sport's office have organised a 3K Santa Speed Walk in aid of the Galway Simon Community, as part of their "NUIG's Ultimate Team" (N.U.T) program.  So get out your Christmas Jumpers and Santa hats for this is a Christmas themed walking race around campus that’s sure to put you in the mood for the upcoming holiday season! Enter as a team or as an individual. We'll be kicking off at 1pm from the Quad and registration on the day will be from 12. 30pm at Quad. There will be a social gathering straight after the ...

A happy Hallowe'en from all in the sports unit! Hopefully you're fully recharged now and didn't overdo it on the sweets! Out Sports Pumpkin has unfortunately gone missing but if you see it anywhere (pictured below) let us know. But we've already begun the countdown to Christmas so drop in anytime to say hi to Mike, Kathy, Siobhan or Billy, add to our festive board or just for a little escape from the academic life. ...

We are only half way through this years first semester and already the club has played a lot of great ultimate. We kicked the year off at Trinity Tea Party up in Dublin and put in a fantastic performance. Our women's team went undefeated and topped their division taking home the Trinity Tea Pot. We sent two men's teams, both put on an amazing display with NUIG 1 coming second and NUIG 2 coming third. This was a brilliant introduction to the sport for our beginners and they all played outstandingly. Next up was Inter-varsities Mixed Indoors. We sent two teams and both put on an impressive ...

The Muay Thai club are going on their first trip of the year this October: Paintball!The paintball trip is taking place in Delta Force, Bray on Saturday the 15th of October. There will be a full day's paintballing for €30, and an affordable bus will organised to and from Bray for anyone interested. If you want to join, get your name to the committee at training asap, as it will be a case of first-come-first-served for deposits paid in order to get a spot. Don't be disappointed! A deposit of €20 is required to ensure your spot on this trip. More info on the NUIG Muay Thai Facebook ...

Sunday 25 September saw NUIG Kendo Club Captain Daniel Mulcahy attend the monthly national squad training in Dublin. Daniel regularly makes the trip to improve his kendo and practice with high level practitioners. He hopes to be considered for the squad in the months to come, and that NUIG can help him achieve this goal.  ...

This year and week saw the start of a specific ‘Strength and Conditioning for Karate’ class, which will run twice a week. The inaugural class was a coaching class lead by a high performance athlete and Olympic Weightlifting Coach. Again we had maximum attendance at this and the feedback has been 100% positive. Progress will be recorded and if there is significant interest we will extend this in 2017.Contact the Karate Club for more information. ...

Our first ‘Grappling for Karate’ class took place on Wednesday 28th of September and we had a full house. The class is available to all Karate club members of any skill level.  The focus will be the Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo-jutsu ground self-defence syllabus heavily influenced by Aiki Kenpo Ju Jutsu, but with flavours from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Wrestling etc. We will have guest instructors ‘drop in’ from time to time to share their knowledge in the grappling arts and multiple seminars throughout the year. For more information contact the Karate Club. ...

Dear student, It is with great pride that we celebrate the success of our staff – Dr Eoghan Clifford and Dr Pat O’Leary – following their achievements in the Paralympic Games in Rio. I hope you can join me to show our appreciation at a special homecoming event on the plaza in front of the Arts Millennium Building at 4.30pm today in the presence of Galway Bay FM.  Eoghan took home one gold and one bronze medal in Cycling (in the Men’s C3 Time Trial and C3 3000m Individual Pursuit), while Pat put in an immense performance to make the KL3 ...

If you're interested in writing for NUI Galway's student newspaper, SIN, now's your chance! Trevor Murray, SIN's Sports Editor is looking for contributors. If you're interested, contact him at sport.sined@gmail.com ...

This weekend in Westside boxing gym, NUIG Muay Thai will have four fighters competing at a show: Maja Rajkov, Toby Olokesusi, Gerald Jones and Jack Tighe. Come down and see some live Muay Thai for yourself. Doors at 2pm, first fight at 2:30. The gym is right beside the library in Westside, and it's only €10 entry! ...

Our first trip away will take place on Saturday and Sunday 15th/16th of October.We will be traveling with the GMIT Karate club to visit and attend a seminar with our sister Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo-jutsu club in Cork.Seminar will be given by Ante Brännbacka KU Kyoshi. ...

Tuesday 13th of September 2016, our official 'first class' of the new term at 18:00 in the Kingfisher. And what a class, great atmosphere, enthusiasm and attendance. The class consisted of: 1 Junbi Undo – Preparatory Exercises. 2 ‘Core Karate’ -Fundamental Koryu Uchinadi (KU) punching and how to use the punch without impacting with the fist. -Fundamental Kicking.-Flow drills -Alternative tools of impacting (bicep bump, shoulder, elbow, knee, head). -Basic escapes from grabs a la ‘Karate Kid’. :) 3 Seri Undo – Cool Down.Demonstrations of long staff, single and double sticks. ...

Would you like to learn simple, effective methods of defending yourself against unprovoked attack? Are you interested in becoming part of a cultural tradition whose origins can be traced back to Ming dynasty China and beyond? Would you like to practice a traditional martial art that incorporates striking, clinch, takedowns and groundwork as well as the use of ancient weaponry such as the rokushakubo (long staff) and tanbo (short stick) and knife?Would ...

On the 12th of March, we are going to have members from NUIG Muay Thai fighting A Class rules in Sitjaipetch gym in Cork. All are welcome, contact committee for details.  ...

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Yesterday evening saw the 2nd 3x3 Planet.com recreational basketball session  take place in NUI Galway. 63 Players participated and Matt Hall , technical director with Basketball Ireland was in attendance to assist with the 3x3 Planet.com event manager software. This is the first time a 3x3 recreational session has been ran in a university in Ireland and from the feedback received it is going to be a very enjoyable and successful 2 hours of basketball.  ...

The 7th of September saw the return of NUIG Archery Club after a successful outdoor summer season.With the start of a new academic year, we welcomed all at the first clubs day, which saw over 450 new members sign-up. Students from all over the world signed up and attended the first of our beginners sessions, held every Wednesday. A lot of natural talent came to surface as people who had never even held a bow were hitting the bullseye! It was a very successful session, everyone got to shoot many times and we hope to see everyone return to enhance their skills.Seasoned members return to shooting ...

University Playing Fields Dangan – Sunday 13/09/2015NUIG RFC got their season off to a flying start with a comprehensive victory over Ballyhaunis in the Curley Cup on Sunday. The cup, in it’s 3rd year, is named after Hugh Curley, one of the founders of Ballyhaunis RFC and the Mayo men were in no mood to let the students halt their progress in the competition. The wet conditions did not lend itself to a free flowing game and it was the visitors who adapted better in the opening exchanges when their aggression at the ruck was rewarded with a kickable penalty after just 6 minutes, which was ...

The NUIG table tennis club is happy to announce that training will begin once more on Thursday the 10th of September from 6 to 8 in the Kingfisher Gym in Hall 3. We welcome all students, old and new to participate and join us on this first training session. From beginners to advanced, everyone is welcome to play table tennis and we look forward to seeing all of you there! ...

Better than a 1000 words... have a look!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--etp9fi3lQNUIG Karate Club ...

Would you like to learn simple, effective methods of defending yourself against unprovoked attack?Are you interested in becoming part of a cultural tradition whose origins can be traced back to Ming dynasty China and beyond?Would you like to practice a traditional martial art that incorporates striking, clinch, takedowns and groundwork as well as the use of ancient weaponry such as the rokushakubo (long staff) and tanbo (short stick) and knife?Would you like to know the secrets of karate; the brutally efficient methods of personal protection encoded in the traditional forms (kata) and handed ...

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Well done to our club Vice Captain Peter Fleming in making the cut after two rounds by shooting rounds of 78 and 75 and going on to shoot 71 and 81in the final day to finish in the top 35 players out of 150 that played. ...

We would like to thank all the players and people that attended our event on a very pleasant day in Galway Golf Club. We like to think that for our first attempt at organising such an event it was a great success. Thanks to the Galway Golf Club Staff for their hospitality on the day and especially for the use of their incredible golf course, it was in superb condition for the players. We would also like to thank our advisors Kathy and Kevin in the NUIG Sports Centre, we couldn't have done it without their help and guidance, so a big thanks to them.Congratulations to the several prize ...

Well done to Colm Hughes on his performance at the event shooting rounds of 72 75 85 and 79. A very respectable weekend of golf for Colm. ...

Best of luck to our club Captain Colm Hughes and our club Treasurer Cathal Nolan in competing in the fantastic inter varsity event taking place in St. Andrews over the next few days.Also congratulations to Colm, Cathal and our Vice Captain Peter Fleming in making an appearance  on Sky Sports this week, showing highlights of their fantastic victory over England in the Home Nations Championship a few months back. Well done lads and keep up the good work! ...

NUIG BC Women’s Club 4+ Champions of Ireland (from left) Shane Cawley (Coach), Marie Piggot, Katie McEneff, Normagh Heaney (cox), Caoimhe Joyce-Hearne, Izzy McDonald, David Mannion (Head Coach)NUI Galway Boat Club and its alumni club Gráinne Mhaol Rowing Club had another very successful weekend at the National Rowing championships held in the National Rowing Centre in Cork on the 10-13th of July.The crews from NUI Galway had an encouraging opening day with wins in the Men’s Intermediate Coxed Four and  the Women’s Club Coxed Four in the morning. The Senior Men’s Coxless ...

Following their successful Connacht League promotion last season, NUIG RFC have further bolstered their coaching staff with the appointment of Galwegians stalwart Brian McClearn as Head Coach for the 2015/16 season. The imposing lock has taken to coaching following a hugely successful playing career with the Dublin Road based club and the former Galwegians captain, who has 8 Connacht Eagles caps to his name, will take up the reigns with the University side with immediate effect. Assistant Coach Barry Kilroy and former Ireland U19 forwards coach Bartley Fannin complete the coaching ...

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JUNE 9, 2015  |  NEWS, WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES 2015, WUG  |   Over 9,000 athletes will come together in Gwangju, South Korea for the 28th World University Games, 3-14 July 2015, to compete in some 300 medal events, across 21 sports and with less than a month remaining until the Opening Ceremony, Student Sport Ireland (SSI) is pleased to announce the team representing Ireland in Gwangju, known locally as the “City of Hope and Light”.Korean Ambassador, Mr. Hae-yun Park, and Chair of SSI, Ms Carmel Lynch, were in attendance to meet the athletes as ...

Summer Training 2015, continues as normal in NUIG. For more information please contact 086-8764249Here is a short clip of NUIG Coach, Damien Costello Renshi assisting Patrick McCarthy Hanshi explore Tekki/Naihanchi and Bassai/Passai Kata. During a tour of Ireland in June 2015.   ...

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The NUIG Mystics Basketball team are currently placed second in the Ladies D1 National league after a very successful weekend of wins over Oblate Dynamos 86 to 63, and IT Carlow 63 to 48. Pictured are front L to R, Kate Lyons,Sarah Grealish, Emer Smyth, Deirdre O Shea, Ailish O Reilly. Back L to R, Hannah Coen, Lauren Murray, Nicole Krusen, Marine Airault. Missing, Tena Thornton, Leah Cunningham.Well done Ladies. ...

Sunday the 19th of October NUI Galway's TaeKwon-Do Club attended the Connacht Championships in Oranmore. The students were happy to accept a number of medals on the day.A Gold medal was awarded to Emmanuel Antunes for TaeKwon-Do sparring, Enrique Campos took Silver, and six other students took home Bronze medals for sparring: John Kinsella, Ross Duffy, Joseph O'Connor, Kealan Moore, Javan Neves, and Sean Feeny.Bronze medals went to Chris Walsh, Javan Neves, and Sean Feeny for TaeKwon-Do patterns. ...

During the first week of semester one the NUI Galway TKD Club was happy to welcome members new and old, and was itself reminded of the joy involved in a progressive discipline such as Taekwon-Do that can offer so much to the students and the trainers alike. It did not take long to fall in and line-up at the first training session. We all trained together and then apart in separate belt grades, before joining back together for some stretching. The committee used the camera and took pictures of the high speed action during training, which were later uploaded to the NUI Galway TKD Facebook page. ...

Innishannon – Sunday 14th October 2012 Another year, another Innishannon competition. But what a glorious day it was for the troop that made its way down to Innishannon in Cork from Galway on Sunday, 14th of October 2012. Two cars, eight people, three girls, five lads, one goal – to win all the medals at the competition.Adrian’s car left the Kingfisher in the freezing October cold at 9am on Sunday. Crowded into the little bright blue Skoda were himself, Kevin, Cathal, Johanna and Maja. The journey started off harmless with chatter revolving around cars, driving lessons and Tae Kwon-Do. ...

With a member pulling out of our team at the last moment and the largest number of entries in the National Intervarsity Competition, the odds were against the NUIG Equestrian team.Spirits were running high though and you could see the determination on the faces of the show jumping team of Samantha Duffy, Joey Igoe, and John Philbin as they entered the ring. This determination shone through in their scores as they all proceeded to the second round, a first for a NUIG team.The second round brought with it some eventful displays and our team rode out of their skins. Unfortunately, the judges went ...