Novice Glory at Champs Ship Now Stands Near to the 150 Mark

DUBC NEWS Winners of the Novice IV + pot: (from le!) L. Cameron, M. C. Harris, R. Crowley (cox), J. Semple & F. McCa"rey

Lizzie Reborn! Ali Floyd

2010 has been a hotbed of activity and energy in the world of Lady Elizabeth Boat Club. A revitalisation of the splendid alumni association has seen a 200 % increase in contributors to DUBC and Lizzie’s member- Novice Glory at Champs ship now stands near to the 150 mark. A full committee of man- James Semple lost in an 8, the smaller boat is acquaint ourselves with new agement headed up by Donagh somewhat more intimate. !e skills, and hard work in the 8 McDonagh as Captain and a he 2009 novice season cra" is more responsive, the in Blessington in the evenings. good response so far from across ended in $ne form with acceleration faster and the con- Being termed ‘novice’ in some- the generations means that this the reclaiming of the nection with the water more thing we felt we were doing full new Lizzie is $rmly here to stay. Tnovice 4+ pot for the $rst time palpable. At the same time, you time was becoming tiresome. LEBC is a fantastic way for in 23 years. are very much aware that this is We su#ered the usual con- past members to stay in touch !e crew crossed the line 1½ still a crew boat. Every stroke re- troversies: late crew changes as with friends and their club and lengths ahead of nearest compe- mains as much for those around solid strokesider Mooney was re- any future success for DUBC tition NUIG. you as it is for yourself. !e placed with wonderboy McCaf- on the water is contingent on !e journey of the 4 began intention remains to hurt the fery, riggers disappearing from our support. So please, if you in April 2009 at Trinity Regat- other crews on the water and be trailers, stroke rigging, bow rig- haven’t $lled out your forms, do ta. A"er a mere two days prac- relentless. Trinity Regatta saw ging, stroke rigging again, and so and give the undergraduates tice, it was race time. On re&ec- a long day’s racing, and as we a long heated argument which of today the same support we all tion, going from an VIII to a IV crossed the line for the seventh $nally saw us granted permis- enjoyed in DUBC. was as big a shock to the system time on April 18th, in a pain- sion to use the club’s Empacher (see pages 17 & 18) as sitting petri$ed in the seat fully narrow victory over Garda four (a boat whose utter bril- of a single for the $rst time. So BC, it dawned on us that we had liance has earned it the name, much more can go wrong, the discovered something magic. Godpacher). balance can shi", a bad stroke By early June, having re- On 11 July, we sat at the can be unforgiving. And yet, mained undefeated, we were start line for the heats as the from the start, we developed doing early morning paddles rain came down in sheets. !e such a fondness for the boat. in the four in Islandbridge, oc- start was shaky to say the least, Whereas one can almost get casional midday excursions in singles as we attempted to (continued on page 5) Dublin University Boat Club. Trinity College, Dublin 2. www.boat.tcdlife.ie [email protected] June 2009 2 DUBC NEWS June 2010

Rowing Update National Champs rounded o# the 2009 season, and everybody went their separate ways for the summer break. Re- turning in September, the squad was eager to take advantage of the remaining summer heat. A week at the National Rowing Centre in Cork proved the ideal start to a year of rowing which has seen a lot of progress and some success on the water, despite a few setbacks. Repeating the recruitment success of Freshers’ week 2008 was a challenge, but the large numbers of new oarsmen who came out to Islandbridge for the annual Freshers’ open Saturday proved that our e#orts had paid o#. Further proof can be seen out on the Li#ey today, where Mike Ryder and Sean Tunney can be seen put- Christmas Commons 2009. Charlie Landale: “I’ve got better legs than Crowley and ting the two Maiden eights through their Crockett” paces. !e senior squad was strengthened by the arrival of two talented Juniors: Patrick Jacques (winner of the Pineap- ple Cup) and Luke Acheson, both from Methody College. While the fresh recruits got to grips with the basics, returning club members (continued page 6) DUBC Fun-draising and such !is year, the club has organized sev- eral successful fundraising e#orts in order to cope with the stresses and strains that are placed on the modern rowing club. Boats must be repaired, oars must be bought and co#ers must be $lled if we are to progress in our endeavours. !e $rst of these was a seasonal carol singing jaunt to Gra"on St. !e $n- est voices in the club assembled in rooms and ate warm mince pies in anticipation. Once ‘Good King Wencelas’ was suit- Loco looks on impassively at Gannon training in February ably rehearsed, and the altos had found their niche, the DUBC singers took to the streets and sang into the night until it was decided that we had delighted the public enough for one evening. It was then decided that a charity Erg- athon be run with the Cancer Society, the Boat Club doing the leg work in exchange for some of the collected monies. Apart from some exeptional persua- sion by Maeve Crockett when asked some awkward license related questions by an Garda Síochána , the day went o# with great success. Between these and other smaller Carol singing gets under way in December fundraisers, the club has raisied just over Coxes Maeve Crockett and Rebecca €2000, helping to deal with the day to day Crowley with Bill Jacques at Trial running of the club. Eights DUBC NEWS June 2010 3 !e future of DUBC

about money. Resources as ever Desmond Hill are a major issue. To those who think a subscription of €25/£25 per annum is perfectly reason- uccess breeds success. able, think again. A boat club Success generates good- is an expensive organisation to will and should improve run. In our case, there is a trin- Sour attendances at Irish regat- ity of costs. Firstly, College ex- tas, HRR and DUBC/LEBC pends about €35K on maintain- functions. Furthermore, it ing the boathouse and grounds should loosen purse strings. and paying the boatman. Sec- Regrettably though, in our case ondly, DUCAC allocate us a it has o"en merely generated grant of about €30K to run the complacency. We are members, Boat Club, pay for travel and en- old members, friends and sup- try fees and replace equipment. porters of the $nest Boat Club Much as it is appreciated, it is in Ireland, occupying the $nest never enough. !irdly, until boathouse in Ireland and with now, Old Members and friends a record of success stretching have been contributing about on to the British rowing scene Jacques, who have successfully back through the decades that €10K, which clearly has not to join the premier league of run Portora and Belfast ‘Inst’ is unequalled by any other boat been enough, adequate to cover university rowing in these is- Boat Clubs for many years. We club in Ireland. our needs. Much as the sub- lands, a"er winning Senior can draw on the wisdom of Tom Having assumed the role of stantial individual donations VIII’s and Inter VIII’s at BUCS Sullivan and Robin Tamplin, President last October, many received are greatly appreciated, University Rowing Champion- who have coached Ladies’ Plate meetings and conversations with a large number contributing a ships. We congratulate them and Women’s Henley winning those who work at the Club’s relatively modest amount will and wish them well for Henley, crews. We have access to Mar- coal face, so to speak, lead one achieve even more. I understand where they must rank as serious tin McIlroy who coached the to the inexorable conclusion that contributions this year have contenders for their $rst Hen- Sydney Gold Medal winning that we are not doing terribly risen to €30K and many are an- ley win. GB VIII. well at present. Certainly we nual standing orders. Imitation is the sincer- More than anything, we won the Int. VIII’s Champion- Albeit politely, we intend est form of &attery. !ere are need to get you all back in the ship in 2006, followed by the to alter the ethos of donations amongst us those who are much boat, $guratively speaking. ‘Big Pot’ and Int. IV’s Champi- and $nancial support for the better able than your Presi- We need you to take more of onship in 2008 and the Novice Club by adopting the system dent to analyse and determine an interest and become more IV’s Championship in 2009. long used with such success at what needs to be done to bring closely involved. We need you However, in recent years at American universities, espe- DUBC up into this elite group to browse the Rowing Ireland Henley, a"er reaching the $nal cially those in the Ivy League, and stay there. We have an ex- and ARA websites, subscribe to of the Temple Cup in 1994 and where there is an expectation cellent well of knowledge and Rowing and Regatta magazine, 1995, we have only progressed and not just a craven hope of experience on which to draw. attend coaching courses, pass to the quarter $nals in 1999, philanthropy from graduates. We have our own Henley med- the Umpires’ examinations, 2006 and 2007. We remain If you do not like being asked allists and those who have rowed encourage youngsters, who capable of producing good wins and do not wish to partake, just at World Championship and are ‘sporting giants’ to come but only on an intermittent and say so but do remember that it Olympic level, Chris George to Trinity, keep in touch with cyclical basis. is also tough for the guy doing and James Lindsay-Fynn. We other Old Members, come to (ueen’s University, who in the asking. If we have the re- have many who attended top Trinity Regatta and HRR and losing the Senior Pot last year sources, there will, as they say, English rowing schools and have so forth. by only half a second, narrowly be no holding us. seen $rst hand how they coach To that end the Admiral, missed achieving a clean sweep To John Aiken, Captain in and train their boys. We have Ali Floyd, ably assisted by for- of all three Men’s VIII’s events 1982, we give our thanks as he our own home-grown talent mer Captains Tim Coote, James at the Irish Championships. completes two terms as Chair- in Robert Northridge and Bill Lindsay-Fynn, Nick Dunlop, !ey have now come storming man of the Long Term Com- and Ladies’ Plate winner Ted mittee. A"er a hiatus some O’Morchoe, has lived up to his years ago, he has done much to To those who think a subscription of title and done an admirable job restore the excellent relations we in spearheading the re-launch €25/£25 per annum is perfectly rea- now enjoy with College. His of Lady Elizabeth Boat Club in likely successor is Dublin busi- support of DUBC. sonable, think again. nessman, John Mohan, Captain Much of it, of course, is 4 DUBC NEWS June 2010 in 1996. We wish him well in take this enterprise of bringing his endeavours. DUBC up to speed, that one Peter Croke $nishes out his should never be afraid of fail- year as Captain and we wish ure. Edison had thousands of him and his crews all possible failures in his e#orts to develop success for the rest of the season the incandescent light bulb. including Henley and the Irish However, the prize was worth Championships. the e#ort. To Robin Tamplin, the out- At Henley this year, instead going President, we give thanks of clutching your pint of beer for what was the culmination and blethering about how you of a lifetime of dedication to staggered out of J. P. Murray’s the Boat Club. To Hazel and grocery shop and bar to win him, we send all best wishes for Maiden Fours at Carrick-on- a well-deserved retirement from Shannon Regatta in dear knows #e Provost with Simon G. Williams and Drinda Jones at Hen- active service. what year, your President will, ley Royal Regatta last year It is with sadness that we re- as he circulates among you, ob- port the deaths of Philip Smyly serve you holding glasses of or- and Derek Walton. !eir obit- ange squash and earnestly dis- uaries appear elsewhere in this cussing the $ner points of boat issue. Michael Johnston thinks rigging, how to combat the fade that Philip’s father rowed for in the third 500 metres and the the Rowing Club before amal- relative merits of the Concept gamation and that Philip had II and Rowperfect ergometers. a replica made of his Winning He will then cry out, “For good- Sheet, which had been missing ness sake, you lot, lighten up. from the Long Room. Can no one here remember the Finally, to return to the words of O’Reilly’s Daughter?” main theme of this article, it is worth saying to all who under-

Jane Hickey, David Browne and Raymond Blake

THE MAN WHO THINKS HE CAN

If you think you are beaten, you are; If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you’d like to win, but think you can’t It’s almost a cinch you won’t. If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost, For out in the world we ﬁnd Success begins with a fellow’s will; It’s all in the state of mind. Bill Lewis with the Provost If you think you’re outclassed, you are: You’ve got to think high to rise. You’ve got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize. Life’s battles don’t always go To the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later the man who wins Is the man who thinks he can.

Walter D. Wintle Norman Gilett, Madeleine and Enda Cahill (Henley photos courtesy of Des Hill) DUBC NEWS June 2010 5 Novice IV+ Championship

(continued !om page 1) an element of panic, race day nerves, creeping in for just a second, but we had pulled level with NUIG and lengths ahead of the rest of the $eld by 1000m. !ere were glances between the two boats. We had met our competition. Two to qualify. Hold o# on the big guns for now, it’s all to race for in the $nal. A"er a brief break and near disaster where a certain strokesider lost most of his breakfast (insisting he was $ne again af- ter a Nutrigrain) we were again on the start. !e rain persisted, but there was a stillness to the From le!: John Mohan, Lorcain Cameron, Mark Harris, Rebecca Crowley, James Semple, air. O# the word ‘Go!’ we had Fionn McCa"rey, Sean Tunney a clean start, and it was bloody fast. We led right from the ing for the $nish. !ose last few eights $nish the year is almost !e $nal weekend of our blocks and took chunks o# the hundred metres seemed to last unheard of. novice year was one of pure competition. By 500m we had for hours as push a"er push was On the Sunday of National triumph and resilience, of pain a half length on NUIG, Garda called to take us home. With Championships, the “B” boat and of utter defeat and heart- following and UCD nowhere to the sound of the horn bod- nearly powered through an un- break. For some of the 20 strong be seen. !ere was an urgency ies collapsed, but the pain was expecting (ueens crew in the squad, it was the end of a long to every stroke as we insisted on nothing compared with the ut- heats. !e northern crew that journey. For others, it was just pulling away. At 1000m we had ter jubilation. We had done it. nearly fell apart, however, were the beginning. I must take this a length and we were pushing. Such victories are the prod- composed for the $nal. A"er opportunity to thank coaches With 500m le", bodies scream- uct of many things, but last repeated seesawing, (ueen’s Sean Tunney, whose words ing with lactate, muscles torn, year I believe it was the shear held us and crept back, pushing of wisdom gave us speed we the race was ours to lose. Gal- bulk and competitiveness of our through our wind at 1500m. thought beyond us, and par- way were hanging in there, just. squad that did it. !e following Alas, the coveted double could ticularly John Mohan, who gave It was a matter of sitting tall day, two Trinity novice VIIIs not be achieved, and we $nished us endless hours of time and through the pain and plough- raced the $nal. Having two a bitter second. belief.

Photo courtesy of TheWaterEdge.com 6 DUBC NEWS June 2010

The Year in Rowing Musings of a Coach (continued !om page 2) blades on the extraction. !e icy didn’t perform to their ability and our experienced newcomers boathouse was warmed only by on the day, but the Intermedi- spent the autumn and winter weary bodies li"ing weights as ate eight put in a decent per- months training hard under the we waited for the gas to arrive. formance over the six kilometre watchful eyes of Gerry Cantan A dedicated core of athletes was course, beating Neptune’s crew and Mark Pattison. Running, beginning to emerge. to win the pennant. !e same sculling, ergo work and the use We raced for the $rst time Neptune crew were the main of the club’s brand new gym in the Head of the Shannon at opposition at Dublin Head and Gerry Canton equipment all featured in the the end of January. !at day a Tribesmen Head, where the training programme as we pre- crash prevented the senior eight club’s second eight raced well As an outsider I have par- pared for racing season. from racing, and le" us in the but didn’t manage to come away ticipated in DUBC for nearly Unfortunately, bad weather unfortunate position of having with any pennants. !e novices two seasons and have learned meant that we had to wait quite to spend much needed funds on entered two eights into Dublin a lot about what is making the a while for the season to begin. repairs, but the second crew se- Head, both of which performed club tick and where it might go. A plethora of Head races, in- cured the senior pennant none- at their best, but were denied At the risk of upsetting much cluding the $rst National 1x theless. success by a more experienced more distinguished oarsmen HOR (Neptune) and National novice crew from UCD. than myself, I would like to put 2x HOR (Skibbereen), had to down a few thoughts. be abandoned due to wind or I have also observed over fog, so that the squad had no many years the performance opportunity to race for much of and position of University row- the winter. Training, therefore, ing here and particularly in the was uninterrupted except by the Next up was Colours, ear- UK where it is going through a annual Christmas Commons, lier this year than usual. !e Meanwhile, the $rst eight radical transformation, partly which was a very enjoyable af- novice A and B eights both was preparing for a trip to Lon- to attain parity with the heavy- fair, and was followed by an ex- raced well to victory over their don, where the club’s senior weights of the USA, Holland cellent party in Rathmines. UCD counterparts, but the se- eight spent the last weekend in and other places foreign at Hen- A wetter autumn than can nior eight, with $ve athletes re- March, competing at the annual ley on their home waters. be remembered in recent years turning from last year’s Colours Head of the River. An injury to I suspect that I am not alone was followed by an even colder eight, were overcome by an im- the Captain meant we had to in realising that DUBC is at winter. !e new year began pressive UCD out$t. call in a substitute at the last the same cross-roads. One of promptly with an Islandbridge On Saturday 13th March minute, and our result - 136th, the strengths of the club is the training camp, as Blessington the club sent two eights to com- having started 83rd - was dis- continuity and support from was frozen, and remained so pete at Erne Head of the River in appointing, but we returned to old members, but it is also a for the extent of the two week Enniskillen. A last minute crew Dublin determined to improve. camp. Water froze on sculling shake-up meant the senior eight (for Uni Champs see page 8) (continued on page 9)

Rigging of the #omas Dudeny in Blessington New Blood: Methdody boys Paddy Jacques and Luke Acheson bringing “experience” to the squad DUBC NEWS June 2010 7

A man of integrity, courtesy, modesty and charm

Dr. Philip Smyly, son of Sir ticular year 365 babies - and Philip and Lady Aileen Smyly, that by October! !e last baby was born on the 21st May 1917. Philip delivered was his own He was born in Ireland, where grand-daughter, Sara, while he he lived until he was evacuated was on holiday in England. during 1922 because of the po- Philip always got the very litical situation of the time. most out of any situation he Despite being sent to the best found himself in. A man of schools in England he detested great capabilities and with wide- every minute of his school days ranging interests, he had unique there. His dislike of cricket led personal qualities of integ- him to take up ri&e shooting at rity, courtesy, loyalty, modesty, which he proved a crack shot. charm, wisdom and humour. He returned to Ireland to He passed away peacefully read medicine at Trinity Col- on 17th January 2010. He was lege, Dublin. His stories on his predeceased by Mary in 2004, own training experiences fol- and is survived by his daughter lowed by internships in Baggot Judith, son-in-law Peter and Street and Steevens Hospital grand-daughters Helen, Lizzie at Islandbridge in 1940. Philip In 1941, Philip set up prac- would compete with any com- and Sara. His funeral took place was delighted to join crew-mate tice in Portarlington. He mar- edy incidents in Carry on Doc- on 21st January in St. Stephen’s and friend Raymond Rees sixty- ried Mary Hildick the following tor. ‘Pepper Canister’ Church on six years later in 2006 when the year. Responsible for three sur- During these years, like his Mount Street in Dublin. Club held a celebration dinner geries a day, home visits over an father who had had rowed on for the most recent winners increasingly wide area and night the DUBC Senior VIII of Ar- of the title. I remember they calls (things never heard of in thur Maha#ey in 1891, he joined JFMA brought with them that evening the modern era), the phone and DUBC and was a member of (With thanks to Jennifer Flegg a photograph of the 1940 crew, doorbell never stopped ringing the Junior VIII which won the and Micheal Johnston) which was proudly shown to the for forty years. Midwifery, too, National Championships at younger members of the club. as Philip delivered in one par- Dublin Metropolitan Regatta A Gentleman Athlete

Derek Walton’s death came a"er College, and he never lost e#ective rowing style, was a de- rowing and the training, and we as a shock to all who knew him, touch with the other sport at light to watch in a sculling boat, thank him for being a friend, not just in the usual sense of re- which he excelled, running. and made his main mark in the crewmate, and enthusiast. ceiving such bad news, but be- One of his best performances 7 seat of Tony Gray’s 1966 VIII cause we had been delighted to was a London Marathon in 2 which was only able to beat Tony Bowen see both Derek and Val looking hours 34 mins, at the age of 39, the powerful Gardai by racing Senior VIII 1966-‘68 so $t at the reunion of the 1966 one indeed to be proud of. In guile. Derek enjoyed both the Senior VIII at Henley in 2006. 1991 the family took a big deci- He was obviously still very $t sion to move to Canada, where and a regular runner and many Derek and Val ran their own wished they were as much in business in Calgary for many trim! years. Retirement led to DIY in We were all so glad to have a beautiful home on Vancouver found Derek and Val again for Island and a $shing ‘bolt-hole’ the reunion, since they had been in the mountains. o# the ever acute DUBC radar But where we all remem- for many years. A"er Trinity ber Derek most was in Trinity Derek joined the John Lewis in the 60’s, striding along with Partnership and developed a Val on his arm or heading o# high level of expertise in fabrics. to Islandbridge for yet another He and Val had a charming cot- outing, sometimes in the Lotus tage in Richmond, moving on 7 built from a kit in Henley! once the two boys, Keith and Derek learned to row at Kings Rob, needed more space. Row- Canterbury in the great drain- ing at Kingston Rowing Club age dyke called Plucks Gutter allowed more rowing continu- which was their main training ity than many of us achieved resource. He had an elegant and 8 DUBC NEWS June 2010 A modern Trinity Regatta Fionn McCa#rey

Enjoying its 112th year, Trinity regatta has seen out the creation of the Irish State and come through Two World Wars. It has been organised by generations of DUBC oarsmen, participating in the ostensible traditions of running the event and competing but also in the tradition of commitment and Winning Intermediate IV+ sacri$ce that has been contin- From le": James Semple, Rob Mawn, Maeve Crockett, Mark Harris, Luke Acheson ued by committees since the in- ception of the Regatta in 1898. With each year that passes, the burden upon each incoming re- DUBC at Uni gatta committee augments. No one wants to be the one who must face his predecessors, at Champs an impromptu Henley barrel Mark Harris court-martial perhaps, and tell Ryan and these men who have handed A d a m him a 112-year-old tradition t happens but once a year: O’Brien. why he thought it pro$cient to DUBC combined forces !e nov- let it fall by the wayside. with DULBC in a quest ice sin- !e Regatta’s continuity and Ito be named overall University gles was a Novice sculler McCa"rey en route to the slip longevity belie the myriad of Champions this April in the fantastic race in which the top NRC in Inniscara. three were within a canvas of was not going to be theirs as the (continued page 14) DUBC had prepared it’s each other but $rst to cross the UCD second year novice crew squad of 30 men to compete in $nish line was Lorcain Camer- which had been a wide range of boats over the on for DUBC followed closely kept at bay by weekend in order to gain points in 3rd by one Fionn McCa#rey. Trinity last year for the Black and White. !e !e day was going to plan and were back in Inter/Senior squad had come points for Trinity were piling 2010 to secure on leaps and bounds in the up, however UCD and (ueens victory. !e VIII small boats and the VIII also hot on our tails. $nished 2nd had high hopes. !e event was as did the IV+. the $rst taste of 6 lane racing !ese results, for this year’s novices, although As the a"ernoon approached although not the crowds were nothing like it was down to the sweep events victories, still the roars from the banks of the to separate the universities. A added points for Li#ey during their epic victory young inter VIII, consisting of to the Trinity against UCD. only two crew members from scoreboard. !ere was a great turn out last year, were eager to see what When it of boats and competition was the opposition was like, but came to results, going to be $erce. Our quickest only managed third in the In- Trinity came up scullers set o# early in the morn- termediate category. However short $nishing ing and all quali$ed for their stern four proved formidable 2nd to UCD for $nals. First points were scored in the Intermediate coxed fours the 2nd year in a by a rather sensational race in event, and earned a comfortable row. !is result the senior doubles, the crew of win. !e race was theirs from has only made us Paul Dunphy and Charlie Lan- the start, $nishing a length and hungrier to top dale coming second to a very a half up on their nearest oppo- our cross-town Paul Dunphy takes a experienced NUIG crew. !e sition. rivals and take the University break from the midday small boat training again stood !e novices raced hard and Championships back to the sun to DUBC as we took victory in showed immense talent in all Boathouse. Here’s to the rest of the novice doubles with Paddy of their races. However, victory the season. DUBC NEWS June 2010 9 #e way forward for a University club (continued !om page 6) where a good environment en- compassing $rst class facilities, weakness by the shadow it casts equipment, coaching and ac- on what has to be done now. tivities exist, being able to o#er University rowing is radically scholarships is o"en a deciding di#erent to what it was even factor. 5 years ago. Certain Univer- sity rowing clubs in England are Activities now centres of excellence. !ey !e sport we love is rowing, realise they have to compete in my view a"er 47 years still with the likes of Brown Uni- the most beautiful sport going. versity, toting an annual boat We operate in Islandbridge and buying budget of half a million Blessington, both $ne pieces of dollars. Domestically, (ueens, water. #e ten brand new ergs available in the college sports within a couple of years of pro- !e challenge unique to a hall exclusively to DUBC fessional coaching and good or- University club is making good ganisation, have leaped forward rowing technique secure within into that sphere with a much the 3-4 year window of univer- more modest budget. sity life. !is is extremely chal- lenging. I think it is imperative Facilities therefore that a university club !ere is no doubt that the should be quite clear: boat house is a $ne historic building. Unfortunately boat r On preferred technique storage and gymnasium are not to be taught by all coaches up to the requirements of a good r !e method and sequence university club. of teaching that technique Trinity provide a general r How evaluations of gymnasium on campus, but ac- technical develop- cess to this is inadequate. Re- ment will be made. cently rowing ergometers have been housed on campus with Other University systems Admirals outgoing and incoming : Ali Floyd and Peter exclusive use by the rowers and are particularly wasteful in this this is certainly a step in the regard because of the huge num- Croke right direction, but it has to bers seeking to make their way be contrasted with the high to the top. An American univer- performance gymnasium on sity may start with 180 recruits campus in DCU for selected and burn them until they award athletes. A decision has to be scholarships to the top 20. made by the University whether it is sport for all, or whether it !e nature of Henley and is legitimate for them to provide particularly the Temple cup for facilities for sports excellence. University eights has changed substantially. !e standard is Recruitment now usually higher than the !e Novice programme is Irish championships. Even with $ring the imagination of many the ideal facilities in place to ex- and is on a par with other Uni- pect a DUBC crew to reach that versities. standard within four years of Other Universities are how- taking up the sport is extremely ever more advanced in the active ambitious. recruitment of formed oarsmen. !e light blue rivals from the In summary I don’t think other side of the river have ini- there is a lack of ambition to tiated a good scholarship pro- reach the top of University row- Rob van Mesdag entertaining Peter Croke at the barrel gramme to tempt in talent. ing but it will take clear think- last year in Henley Whilst young rowers may ing and a lot of money. be slightly insane and will go 10 DUBC NEWS June 2010

Pollock’s Pole From the Irish Times - Tuesday, March 23, 2010 “The past ten years have been a journey and I’ve come MARCH 23rd, 1877: DORQJZD\:KHQ,ÀUVWZHQW blind, the idea of going to the Trinity College South Pole didn’t even cross my mind. If I know 100% to control boat that I can do something, it’s not a challenge, and it’s not club rowdies worth doing. The excite- ment lies in the calculated JOE JOYCE risk of failure.” FROM THE ARCHIVES: Mark Pollock A columnist using the pseud- onym Bartolo wrote a regular On 21st November, LEBC column called Passing Events hosted a wonderfully convivial in #e Irish Times in the late reunion dinner at London Row- 19th century, commenting on ing Club, with 76 Lizzie mem- Highlight of the evening was the news of Mark’s and Simone’s random events and frequently bers and friends representing engagement. breaking into verse. #is one every ‘DUBC decade’ from the face in life. ‘Making it Hap- O’Donnell and Inge Solheim, explained how Trinity College 1950s to-date. Chairman for pen’ has become the ‘strap line’ they raced $ve other teams to planned to control the rowdies the evening, Len Dunne (Cap- for his worldwide motivational the Pole, the $rst such race since of the Boat Club and touched, tain DUBC, 1987), introduced speaking. Scott and Amundsen. With in verse, upon one of his pet Mark Pollock as guest speaker, A"er completing six Gobi stunning video clips, Mark hates, the muck on Sackville leading o# with the exciting Desert marathons, racing in showed how they progressed, (O’Connell) Street. news of Mark’s engagement to the world’s coldest marathon at advancing up to 14 hours daily Simone George – warmest con- the North Pole, competing in over $ve weeks, hauling 70kg I LOOKED with some curi- gratulations to them both. Ironman Switzerland, kayaking sleds, navigating across 1000 osity in vain at the board on the Mark’s coming to terms across the Irish Sea and racing kilometers of the Antarctic, ne- College gates, which serves the with his blindness a"er Cap- in the Dead Sea Ultra Running gotiating crevasses, skiing and purpose for which the old statue taining DUBC in 1997, rowing Challenge, Mark set himself his climbing to 9,300 feet in tem- of Pasquin was reserved. !ere internationally and with an as- biggest challenge yet in Janu- peratures down to 48 degrees was a rumour throughout Col- sured banking career, exempli- ary 2009 – to become the $rst below zero. lege for the last week that a new $es in remarkable measure what blind man to reach the South Despite losing two stone en ukase was about to be issued the human spirit can achieve Pole. But $rst he had to raise route, Mark $nished in good forbidding the students from undaunted by adversity. He de- the money, hugely di)cult in physical shape but it took huge keeping cats in their rooms. A cided to engage in life-changing recession; a couple of nail-biting mental e#ort to keep going: dog is a prohibited animal, al- experiences through physical weeks before the deadline, the “!e closer we got to the end, though odd dogs do stray in. challenges, thus connecting cash was raised. the further away it seemed to !e forthcoming order against with the tough decisions we all Together with Simon get”, he said. Achieving his goal, cats originated, I am told, in the he added: “It’s what sport is all conduct of that terrible conclave about – having incredibly tough of demons known as the Boat times, putting in a huge e#ort Club. !ese beings in the dead and achieving your goals. !is of night indulged in cat-calls is ‘the feeling’ that drives me”; and caterwauling, signalling to then, characteristically, he said: each other. !e “Miow, miow,” “we planted our &ag bearing the brings out all the Tom cats from photographs of 500 of our sup- the vaults in Botany Bay square, porters in the ice at the South and when porters rush in to ar- Pole, as a big thank-you to all rest some member of the Boat who ‘travelled’ with us”. Club, they see only a scamper- A"er answering questions ing crowd of felines, which they from the &oor, Mark’s inspi- cannot bring before the board rational evening ended with a or a police magistrate. Hence standing ovation from the as- the anticipated order for the sembled company. banishment of all cats. All night signals of a caterwauling sound Report by Mike Hannon will, of course, then be easily Ed Rolf-Sylvester, James Lyndsay-Fynn, and Johnny Johnston. (Vice-Captain DUBC 1964/65; traced to the Boat Club. Captain LEBC 1967/68) DUBC NEWS June 2010 11 - Front row:Front Maeve Crockett, John Mohan, Ali Floyd, Sean Drea, Rob van Mesdag, Peter Croke, Robin Tamplin, Charlie Landale, Peter Wolfe, Donagh McDonagh,

Trial VIII’s this year.RebeccaHenry,Mawn,RobLorcainJoe Crowley;CliveMike SecondLee, row: Ryder, Cameron, SeanAaron PaulHeDunphy, Tunney, " ernan, Magan,John JamesO’Reilly, Bill Jacques, # ird row: Guilliame Dumas, Xavier Trebuchet, Patrick Jacques, Luke Acheson, Lorcan thewClarke, Brazel, WillFourth Hurley, Fi !Row:h Row: SamIan $ uirke, Stephens, Iain McGurgan,Pierre Dave Lally,Breard, Matthew Will Brazel, OllieCa " Hamilton, rey, Darragh Paul Flaherty,Mooney,Fionn McCaCallanan, "Sam Dannyrey, Renaud, Johnston, Pillars(from James DillonSemple, leMark! to right): Harris. SeanRooney, Darling,EoghanMat 12 DUBC NEWS June 2010 The Maiden Voyage

to be part of something. Soon came the sub-zero temperatures of winter training. Our now panel of 20 took to Islandbridge for an intensive three-day training camp. Little could be more memorable than the experience of rowing in such conditions. Layered up and ready to go we pushed o# from the ice-covered slip. An icy fog soon rolled over and into our eight as we paddled up-river; the sight of the War Memorial Park covered in snow providing the perfect background for the outing. In acknowledgement of our improvements thought the camp we enjoyed eats in Mike Ryder’s a"er training one evening; a ‘light supper’ consisting of multiple servings of much

Dave Lally came the tour of the boathouse. our coaches by what can only “One cannot forget the Walking past pictures of rowing be described as a ‘lead’; a long alumni proudly boasting han- string attached to the eight in unforgiving Saturday n attempting to describe the dlebar moustaches, clad in just case we should manage to run training that saw us experience of Novice row- short-shorts and zephyrs, it was away. ing this year in DUBC I feel not hard to see that to be part of Our weekends on the water do the unthinkable - I must revert to the $rst memo- this club was no ordinary a#air. were complemented by Tuesday capsize an 8” ries that spring to my mind of Even at this early stage we were and !ursday land trainings. appreciated casserole and extra Rowing this year. Amidst the all being unconsciously lured Tuesdays saw us hit the roads large helpings of potatoes. Fol- mayhem of the Fresher’s week; into this strange new world, a around college for a 3-mile race lowing this experience of warm the rush to join every society, world of eights, a world of fours, followed by gruelling circuits in hospitality we all proceeded to the ruck to secure all free goody a world where you introduced the Sport’s Centre, !ursdays engage in a snowball $ght of bags going, I remember the row- yourself as a rowers $rst and being a more relaxed jog up to epic proportions outside the ing stand in all its glory. Set up as a student second. !e words Sandymount strand. Over time Ryder household. In a suitably adjacent to the campanile in of intermediate Chris Mulvey it would become habit for us all Tolkienesque fashion this event Front Square ten or so experi- at the post-induction lunch in to check our email inbox almost later became known as ‘!e enced rowers proudly showed Kennedy’s remain crisp in my hourly in anticipation of the o# their symbolic splash tops memory “Guys, you’ll come to next rowing update from our drawing in recruits to the tune love wearing only Lycra” coaches; the encouragement of of “You look like a rower” and Training took o# from there Mike Ryder spurring us on and “Hop on the rowing machine and we were all eager to prove making us feel ever-more proud here and give it a go”. ourselves on the water. Having Having successfully drawn said this I must admit that I was in a plethora of eager rowers-to- reminded recently by one of the be (and college girls excited by Novice girl’s to my amusement the prospect of bossing around of how our training began. On a boat full of sweaty men), there our $rst weekend down in Is- landbridge we were escorted by On our #rst weekend down in Island- bridge we were escorted by our coaches by what can only be described as a ‘lead’ DUBC NEWS June 2010 13

Battle of Ryder’s Gate’. It’s fair to say that lessons have been learnt. One cannot forget the unforgiving Saturday training that saw us do the unthinkable - capsize an 8. A pain- ful experience for all involved, as near-freezing temperatures accompanied the two-kilometre crawl back to the boathouse. !ere was a look of utter shock of the faces of the coaching panel the next day as they asked us with utter amazement “How DID you do it?” A weekend of training up in Blessington followed winter Novice B Crew a"er victory in the ‘Goonan’ Cup: Dillon Rooney, Daragh Callanan, Ian Stephens, training, giving us a real taste Tom Eastaway (cox), Flann Brennan, Matthew Brazel, Sam (uirke, Xavier Trebuchet, Cathal Horan for long pieces out on the water. !e nice change of not having to constantly spin the boat was for the Dan (uinn. Sitting much appreciated. !ere was in anticipation of the race the undeniably a feeling of awe as noises that greeted the crews we took to the lake, the sheer included the screaming encour- vastness of the surrounding agement of the on-looking fans waters making us all re&ect on and the booming voice of the what we had become part of. Racing season began with !e A crew met with the much-anticipated Colours race. !is was to be a real test of success on this outing, nerves for our panel as we took beating Queens, Nep- to the water to face more expe- tune, Commercial, rienced UCD crews. !e Friday Paul Flaherty discovering sherry as Captain looks on saw the B crew have their race and the same colours above the weir. Proving their crew the commentator “coming up to again into the possession of the mettle they took advantage of race commentator interviewing the Ha’Penny bridge UCD are Trinity Novices. an error-ridden UCD side and ‘!e Legend’ Mike Ryder. From CLEARLY in the lead” only en- Dublin head followed stormed through for a magni$- a messy beginning the crew couraging more of the crew. An colours. !e A crew met with cent victory. !e next day saw took control of their race a few impressive heave at the 1500m success on this outing, beating the A crew slip the weir to $ght hundred metres in, the words of mark saw the Dan (uinn fall (ueens, Neptune, Commercial, and the same colours crew, losing out only to an experienced 2nd year Novice UCD crew. !e same race proved somewhat ‘eventful’ for the 2nds crew who when passing under one of the bridges were ‘raided’ by the Viking-like tactics of the Garda men’s eight who to the dismay of the crew managed to over- take them. Unfortunately we su#ered a similar fate to the experienced UCD crew at University Championships and Skibbereen Regatta. While there remains ground to be made up, we look forward to the challenges of the future and remain con$dent in our abilities in the races to come. 14 DUBC NEWS June 2010 Trinity Regatta 2010 (continued !om page 8) the regatta’s role as a social oc- casion without compromising on the competition. Such acts di)culties it has encountered such as shortening the schedule over the years, although some and introducing the luncheon have been worse than oth- hope to provide for the future ers. Twenty-eight years ago, of a regatta which has become the pressing issue concern- an increasing drain on DUBC’s ing my predecessor was that slim resources. the entry numbers had been so overwhelming, that they were forced to cut all Women’s !is year’s regatta itself was events from the schedule. How- a good day of racing and, despite ever, the world of Irish rowing the clouldy weather, the loyal has vastly changed since. Many spectators lined the bank. !e may be familiar with the new novices continued their prom- Grand league regatta system, in ising season with a big victory many ways a huge step forward traditional Trinity Week slot. regatta will acknowledge what over UCD in the VII. !e in- in bringing Irish competition it presents to the spectator; termediate crew regained some into line with that of Europe !is was the rather sombre the lively, social atmosphere of momentum a"er defeats in the and so far uncompromising suc- situation facing the incumbent the marquee, the pleasant sur- University Championships cess, but in focusing the season regatta committee, and many roundings of the War Memorial and Skibereen Regatta, beating around the large 6-lane regat- might have considered resigna- Park and the unseasonably good Neptune, UCD and Glaway RC tas the smaller events have un- tion in the face of such odds, weather which seems to accom- to win the day. Rob Mawn took doubtedly su#ered. Coupled but the committee has taken pany all regattas, not to men- novice sculls, while Paul Dun- to this was Dublin Univer- bold steps to secure the future tion the proximity to the racing. phy took intermediate sculls. sity’s switch to semesterisation, of the Regatta. With this in mind, the commit- moving the Regatta out of its Anyone who has been to the tee has attempted to enhance

Dates for your Diary

19th - 20th June : Marlow International Regatta at Dorney Lake

30th June - 4th July : Henley Royal Regatta

Saturday 3rd July : Barrel of Guinness

6pm Butler’s Field

Lady Elizabeth Boat Club will be hosting the barrel of Guinness this year in Butler’s Field.

Please come along on Saturday evening and enjoy a pint with DUBC supporters and friends.

16th - 17th July : Irish National Championships for IVs and VIIIs at the National Rowing Centre

25th - 26th September : Irish National Champion- ships with the (uads, Doubles, Pairs and Sculls at the Words of wisdom: coach Gerry Canton talks with National Rowing Centre sculler Rob Mawn DUBC NEWS June 2010 15

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Victorious Novice VIII with coaches Mike Ryder and Sean Tunney (above), and celebrations get underway with Matt Brazel and Matt Brophy (le!)

Two novice fours took to the water but unfortunatley were beaten by a sharp Portora J16 crew 16 DUBC NEWS June 2010

!e Henley Diaries

Clockwise from above: #e Provost, Simon G. Williams, Drinda Jones and Professor Mark Dwyer at HRR; Sir Brian Williamson and Bill Lewis with the Pro- vost; Ali Floyd and Eoghan Kerlin; Bren- dan Smyth and Sidney Grey; Chris George and Sean Tunney DUBC NEWS June 2010 17 DUBC Appeal

s has been mentioned Frequently asked ques- ing as a whole. $nancial contributor to DUBC. elsewhere in the news- Anyone wishing to row un- Trinity College directly fund letter there has been a tions relating to the lebc der LEBC must $nance their the maintenance, security and Asubstantial change in the ap- and the appeal rowing themselves. All funds insurance of the boathouse and proach to funding DUBC. received through LEBC are to rowing equipment. In addi- Although the largest $nancial only bene$t Trinity student tion, to this point DUBC has contributor to rowing at Trin- Why establish a subscrip- rowers. received the largest DUCAC grant of any club in College. ity remain the College and DU- tion based membership to CAC, we are now looking for Contributions received through LEBC? far wider support from our past Who is eligible to join the Appeal and LEBC will sup- members and friends to secure A"er reviewing the 1929 LEBC plement funds received by the constitution, it is clear that LEBC? College. Trinity College are ful- a stronger platform for the fu- Anyone can apply to join LEBC was always meant to be ly behind our fundraising initia- ture. American Colleges estab- LEBC. Members are elected by subscription based club with all tives and we have been promised lished similar funding systems the LEBC committee which is proceeds going directly to sup- that College funds will not be generations ago, whilst (ueens headed by His Honour Judge port DUBC. !e revival of this reduced if we manage to raise are already reaping the rewards Donagh McDoangh. Member- of substantially increasing their system will result in a far more substantial income ourselves. inclusive LEBC membership ship requires payment of an funding from alumni in the re- annual subscription as well as cent past. If DUBC do not fol- attracting broader support for What other initiatives are DUBC. being regarded as a suitable can- low suit we will $nd ourselves didate by the Captains of both being undertaken? increasingly uncompetitive at DUBC and LEBC. Honourary An endowment fund is being home and abroad. created to provide long term How much is membership members may also be elected in recognition of their support for fund raising for future DUBC to LEBC? DUBC. generations. !e Club is also Although establishing a sub- Membership to LEBC is €/£ actively looking for a suitable scription based LEBC has more 150 annually. sponsor, any leads / recommen- than trebled the number of con- !e average contribution to dations are welcome. tributors to DUBC, the Appeal DUBC / LEBC is in the region What do I get for being Fund will continue to process of €270 per annum elected into LEBC? Membership of LEBC ensures donations from supporters who Why keep the dubc appeal wish to contribute to the club that you will receive frequent account? through Trinity Foundation What will funds raised be updates from DUBC and LEBC, invitations to dinners Only through contributing or the UK Trust for TCD and used for? therefore (where applicable) se- and gatherings and the annual through Trinity Foundation / If su)cient funds are raised cure tax credit for themselves DUBC Newsletter. Members of UK Trust for TCD can suitable the club intends create a profes- and the Boat Club. !e ‘tax up- LEBC will also receive a mem- donations be tax e)cient. Di- sional coaching structure, based li"’ in donations continues to bership badge annually. rect LEBC membership cannot on the best models from Uni- be hugely bene$cial to the Club be granted as a charitable gi". versities in Ireland, the UK and with over €1,200 of additional !e majority of LEBC members the United States. Funds raised funds being received through have also established a separate through alumni donations will Who decides how funds re- the tax bene$t system in 2009. standing order to the DUBC also support the creation of ceived will be distributed? Appeal. a DUBC High Performance All funds received through Academy which will provide LEBC or DUBC appeal will be scholarships to promising ju- only support DUBC. Expendi- !e 2009 appeal fund raised How do I join? nior athletes in conjunction ture will be sanctioned by the approximately €12,000 from Please $nd form enclosed or with the TCD Sports Schol- DUBC Captain, the Long Term 40 contributors. !anks to the contact Tim Coote (tccoote@ arship scheme. Funds raised Committee and the LEBC com- 2010 LEBC initiate we now hotmail.com) or Ali Floyd through the DUBC Appeal and mittee and will be committed to have a further 103 contributors ([email protected]) for an applica- LEBC membership will also be initiatives outlined in the Club’s supporting the Club. Although tion form. used to purchase essential row- new Strategic Plan. A captain this is a great step forward, we Alternatively, forms can be ob- ing equipment and repair older from each of the 1960s, 1970s, are in contact with more than tained from the Trinity Foun- boats. DUBC’s participation at 1980s, 1990s and 2000s sits on 500 old members and friends dation, House 27, Trinity Col- Henley as well as the newslet- the LEBC committee. so if you have not signed up to lege, Dublin 2. ter is also partially funded by LEBC or the DUBC appeal yet the Appeal. Where appropri- we would encourage you to do ate equipment such as rowing Is trinity college still in- so. Standing orders are of course machines, boat trailers etc will our preferred option as this al- vesting in rowing? Tim Coote & Ali Floyd be shared with DULBC to im- lows us to plan for the future. !e College remains the largest prove and develop Trinity Row- 18 DUBC NEWS June 2010

Names of Contributors to DUBC and LEBC

1930s, 1940s, 1950s Ted O’Morchoe Patrick Treacy John Macken Bridget Collins Robin Tamplin Capt 1949 David Hickey Jim Holden Henry Clarke Capt 1950 Brendan McDonagh Tim Mckean John Pearson Capt 1952 Shane O’Neill John Cockrill 1980s Matt Brennan Tony Wilson Aillil O’Reilly Robbert H. Van Mesdag Nick Dunlop Capt 1981 Patrick Crowley-Mattar George Fisher John Aiken Capt 1982 Julian Coulter James Brownlow Alan !omas Capt 1983 Jason Connery Raymond Rees Mick Doyle Capt 1984 John Kent George Fisher Nick Mahony Capt 1986 Martin Murphy Tom Molyneux Len Dunne Capt 1987 Malcolm Cruickshanks Alan Browne Lewis Purser Capt 1988 John Johnston Ben Hurley Capt 1989 Kim Williams 1960s John Bolton David Leahy Clive Lee Peter Lennon Simon Newman Capt 1961,62 Gerry Macken Tony Gray Capt 1966 Kevin Lynch 2000s Desmond Hill Capt 1969 Philip Browne Mike Ryder Sean Tunney Meridith Lulling Capt 2000 Tim Lennie Mark Heaton Richard Northridge Capt 2004 Brian Persson Gordon Judge Richard Moore Capt 2005 Bill Jacques Geo#rey Wheeler Edward Ro#e-Silvester Capt 2006 Chris Knox Derek Gordon Joe Calnan Capt 2008 Michael Hannon Enda Cahill Ali Floyd Capt 2009 Antony Hart Martin Coulter Peter Croke Capt 2010 Peter Laub Tatiana Hurley John Martin Robert Neville Brendan Flynn Tim Persson Tom Freeman John Bolton Paul Dunphy Ben Oakley Andy Sides Brendan Guildea Anthony Bowen Mark Pattison Colm McCaughley Bill Lewis Mark Hamilton Brian Williamson 1990s Robert Swi" Chris George Henry Tindal Colin Taylor Aiden McMahon Capt 1991 Steve Lowe Roger Coulihan Ciarán Lewis Capt 1992 Oliver Whyte Bill Keatinge Brendan Smyth Capt 1993 Patrick McCalmont Robert Northridge Ross Hassett Capt 1994 Paul Lynn Kevin Shillington Tim Coote Capt 1995 PiersWhite Philip Bradley John Mohan Capt 1996 Robert Mawn RL Bennett Mark Pollock Capt 1997 Robert Swi" Robert Hanson James Lindsay - Fynn Capt 1998 Jan van Blankenstein Andrew Coleman Capt 1999 Frank Tisdall Shane Herlihy Friends David O’Flynn 1970s James Somerville Anthony Swi" Hugh Byrne Rosalind Brownlow Robert O’Farrell Capt 1972 Patrick Moe Andrew Paterson John Hill Capt 1974 Bridget Collins Tom Fennessey Donagh McDonagh Capt 1975 Daniel Simms Michael Gleeson David Sanfey Capt 1976 Conor Fennessey Cyril J. Smyth George DeCourcy-Wheeler Capt 1977 Micheal O’Connell David Browne Capt 1978 Simon Clements Roger White William Gilbert PeterWolfe Rory Mulcahy DUBC NEWS June 2010 19

Endowment fund

We are announcing the launch of an endowment fund for DUBC. We intend this to be a growing pool of capital accumulat- ing and invested over a number of years. Once large enough, we aim for it to provide permanent $nancial support for the devel- opment of rowing as a sport in Trinity Col- lege Dublin and to sustain the athletes in their training and in competitions at home and overseas. !e endowment fund is for long term capital and we are coordinating these e#orts with those to revitalise Lizzie as an active club and generating funds for immediate boat club use. We will be asking former DUBC members to consider adding a legacy for the club in their wills and or establishing a life insurance with DUBC as bene$ciary. Some have done so already and taken advantage of exemptions from inheritance tax of lega- cies to charities. Others wanting to change amounts or proportions of their estates le" Above: David Lowry, to DUBC are using codicils to their wills. In any case it is always helpful to the club Eoghan Mooney, if members inform us of their intentions in Maeve Crockett, Ju- their wills. lian Shaw and Kevin Monies collected for the DUBC en- Cunningham at dowment fund will buy units in the Col- Christmas Commons lege’s trust fund. !us they will be managed alongside the other monies of TCD given to the college over the years for particular pur- Le!: Mike Hannon poses. Such an arrangement is a huge advan- and Vick Norwood tage to DUBC. In having a smaller amount at ‘Pollock’s Pole’ of DUBC money invested beside College’s London dinner more substantial portfolio we avoid estab- lishment costs and legal fees and the annual running expenses and management fees. Below: small boats !e college’s fund has been running for training at Blessing- many years with a well established board ton Lake of reputable trustees including a number of external ones. It has independent annual audits, tried and proper arrangements for changing of trustees and well honed ad- ministration of money &ows, accounting etc by Trinity Foundation. !e fund runs a conservative investment policy aiming to maintain the real value of the capital and to produce distributable income in the region of 3% a year. DUBC contributors can feel secure that their contributions will be well supervised and properly stewarded. We will send out more information in due course, but in the meantime if you wish to discuss the endowment please contact any of Tim Coote (+44 7748 703 589), James Lindsay-Fynn (+44 7979 365 122) or George de Courcy-Wheeler (+44 7780 675 429). 20 DUBC NEWS June 2010 Out & About Of the recent graduates, other Iron Man veteran is Ed Brendan Guildea surprised us Ro$e Sil%ester who is currently all by announcing his recent serving with the Irish Guards engagement to Becky Knowles and bound for Afghanistan in via facebook and inviting all of the not too distant future. Fel- his ex crewmates to attend the low o)cer Rory Browne is lov- , sculling champion, seen here pursuing bachelor party. Patrick McCa- ing his time in Germany with Peter Wolfe the goal of mastering all water sports, having taken lmont caught the rowing bug in the (ueen’s Royal Hussars. up kite sur$ng last October his one year stint at DUBC and From the 1990s, Andrew continues to train hard at the Coleman continues to coach a content with the modest glory runs the Ontario TCD support Don Rowing Club of Missis- successful DULBC squad, with of DUBC 1969 Sen. VIII, went association with John Cary and sauga, Ontario. He can be seen record numbers this year and on to Captain U L, !ames RC other DUBC oarsmen George pictured below with fellow Mis- international representation. and won four Henley Medals, Lewis and Ray Wiley. sissauga member John Cary, cox Tim Coote found time in his including the Stewards. He John continues to take to of the DUBC Senior VIII 1967. hectic reorganising of LEBC to rowed for the HW 1975 & the water and is pictured below We congradulate Pat on just get married in April, while Cia- 1977 GB Lt.M8+. A biochem- on one of his outings in his scull qualifying for Team Ontario. ran Lewis and Mark Pollock ist, he consults on wood infesta- ‘Gnome of the Li#ey’. are lining up for the aisle in the tion and has continued to host near future. Mark Pollock and the DUBC crew at the London his ‘Team Da"’ are currently Head of the River Race each preparing to take on the round year for a pre race pasta fuelling Ireland yacht race. James Lind- stop. say-Fynn has been working with 2 Willie McCahon has George De Courcy Wheeler to retired from teaching classics promote DUBC’s new Endow- at !e Royal School, Armagh. ment Fund but found time o# He remains CO of the school’s to compete in the Vasaloppet cadet corps and his main inter- 8 Anthony Guinness did est is now the bagpipes. He now not follow his father into bank- travels all over to compete with ing but instead went to Sydney From the 2008 Senior his pipe band. and established a successful Championship VIII few have 3 Robert Neville is a con- $rm of agricultural investors returned to the rigours of train- sultant with a London $rm of and advisors. ing. is a Eoin Macdomhnaill lawyers. He loves Brazil and is Cox Noel Graham worked notable exception, moving to V-Chair of the Brazilian Cham- in the City for a time, coxed at (ueens to do a Masters with his ber of Commerce in GB. the Moscow Olympics in 1980 sights set on Henley 2010 and 4 Robin Boyd served with and then returned to a career in international stardom. Others the Irish Guards but now also $nancial services in Belfast. have set a more leisurely pace. solicits in Winchester. He and Sub. Robert O’Farrell has Eoghan Kerlin continues to $n- his wife Jan maintain family now retired from teaching to ish his Msc in Physiology much connections in Derry and Co. tread the boards in Somerset. to the amazement of the DU 90km X country ski marathon. Donegal. Robert acts, sings, directs and Anatomy Department. Henry DUBC Captain 1984 Alan 5 Tim Deane, an Old Sa- even preaches on the odd Sun- Tindal is trading like mad in !omas could not resist re- lopian, worked in Australia for day and is enjoying his frantic St Stephen’s Green and look- turning to the towpath and is a time but is now in $nancial retirement. ing forward to joining Eoghan looking forward to coaching services on his own account in In other news, DUBC is Kerlin and David Cummins Turlough Hughes in the single Boston. proud to add another record on a cycle from Vancouver to at the World Junior Champion- 6 Des Hill ran a family breaker to its books. Jim Brown- Tiahuana in August. ships in Racice, Czech Republic Sean Os- business in Coleraine for years. low (senior Pot 1953), recently borne follows an international in August. Now retired, he involves him- competed in the British Indoor lifestyle between Dublin and Henley 2010 will see the self in more clubs and societies Rowing championships. In the Russia. Rob Swi& is chasing the reunion of the 1969 VIII that and their committees than is Mens 75-79 Hwt Jim smashed American Dream at Buckley in was victorious in the Univer- sensible. Always was a control the previous British record to Ohio. Gabe Magee is studying sity Grand Challenge Cup at freak. win his category in a time of 7 law stateside. Paul Laird is pur- Trinity Regatta in 1969, beat- 7 John Payne, originally mins 32 secs. suing his PhD in Trinity. David ing Garda BC by a few feet in from Chester, quali$ed as a ge- is studying medicine the semis and going on to beat Cummins ologist, moved to Toronto and Compiled by Alexandrer Floyd in Brighton and preparing for UCD in the $nal. travels the world for a $rm of an Ironman in Germany. An- Bow Dr. Chris George, not consulting engineers. John now DUBC News 2010 - edit and layout by James Semple .