UCD rowers retain senior cups at 2024 Colours Boat Races

Posted 3 April, 2024 The senior cups at the 2024 Colours Boat Races have again been won by the Ladies and Mens rowers at University College Dublin. Repeating their 2023 triumph, the UCD Ladies Boat Club senior crew successfully defended the Corcoran Cup from race rivals the Trinity Ladies Rowing. The Corcoran Cup was introduced in 1980 as a Women's Senior IV race between the Ladies' Boat Clubs of Trinity and UCD. This latest win means that the UCD Ladies are three for three in the senior race. The winning Corcoran Cup UCD crew were made up: Bow: Niamh Campbell 2: Jessica Farrell 3: Dervila O'Brien 4: Lauryn Roche 5: Nell Allison 6: Sarah Daly (Capt. Alison Daly Stroke: Tara Phelan Cox: Libby Ryan In the men's senior race, the UCD's mens crew also scored a trio, retaining the Gannon Cup for a third year in a row against the Dublin University Boat Club. The Gannon Cup has been competed for annually since 1947 between the Men's VIIIs from Trinity and UCD.