On August 27th 2024, five Irish golfers led by Barry Fennelly, Manager of the Paddy Harrington Golf Scholarship at Maynooth University, travelled to Kuortane-Seinajoki in Finland to compete at the FISU World University Golf Championships 2024.
The Irish men’s team placed 8th out of 15 teams, with the Irish ladies placing 11th out of 15. Individual results are as follows;
Student |
University |
Result |
Ryan Griffin |
Maynooth University |
T12/43 |
David Kitt |
Maynooth University |
T16/43 |
Simon Walker |
Maynooth University |
31/43 |
Ellen O’Gorman |
Maynooth University |
23/40 |
Kate Dwyer |
Maynooth University |
31/40 |
The FISU World University Triathlon Championships 2024 was a 2-day event that took place on August 30th and 31st in Gdansk, Poland. Four Irish students competed and were coached by Paddy McLaughlin and Matthew Crawford.
Ireland placed 17th in the mixed-relay event of the competition and the individual results from the event are below;
Student |
University |
Result |
Saoirse O’Brien |
University College Dublin |
36/66 |
Maeve Gallagher |
University College Cork |
47/66 |
Sam Smyth |
University of Bath |
50/75 |
Jack Kennedy |
University of Stirling |
65/75 |
Student Sport Ireland would like to congratulate all Irish students on their performances at the FISU championships this summer. We also extend our thanks to those working in Golf Ireland, Triathlon Ireland, the IRFU, Irish Sailing and Irish universities for supporting your student athletes and making their attendance at the championships possible.