2022/2023 | UL Award: Club Event of the Year |
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Posted | 25th Sep 2023 |
Author | Ryan O Donnell (Secretary) |
Our AGM is taking place this Tuesday 26th at 7pm in S205 Schuman Building.
The AGM is where we elect our committee for the coming academic year.
With the election of a new committee always comes the stepping down of an old one. While of course they will still be kicking around the place (Can't get rid of them haha), its important to recognize how far we came and the people who made it happen.
Kat, Connor and Maeve were our hard working treasures this year. They slaved away on all the finances throughout the year without you knowing anything about it. And it all paid off, this year we were awarded with one of the best budgets we ever have. All thanks to the hard work and planning of these fine people.
The safety and development of our club is extremely important to allow us to grow our members skill level and ensure we are all safe while doing so. Elyssa updated the clubs safety statement this year after unexpected influences made us all worried about the clubs future. She led the charge making sure the clubs members were covered.
If you have seen our Instagram in the last year you'll see since September 2022 our quality and frequency boosted. This is all thanks to the talented work our Public Relations Officer Charlotte put in. Now we have amazing montages to show off to other clubs, new members and for ourselves to look back on. I don't know how you can make Achill Island look as cool as Morocco, but you definitely captured what a Surf Club trip is.
Did you know the club won intervarsity's last year? No? Well we did. Celtwake the wakeboarding intervarsity for all Irish college was organized by our very own Aaron. We had a very successful turnout and we ended up winning the thing too (shush, not like that). As well as this Aaron spend a lot of his own time driving our members down to Ballyhass himself to take them wakeboarding. And it only broke his car once. A very well done to the most hidden part of UL Surf Club.
A veteran of the club, having had completed 5 tours years in the club as our humble equipment officer, Brian did much more than organizing equipment. From trips, meetings, pool sessions Brian is always around looking to help wherever he can. Brian helped organize many of the funding requests for the equipment you use in the pool session, skate sessions and trips. Water without surfboards is just swimming, and we ain't a swim club.
Many of our older members have already moved on from their positions in previous years and simply hold the title of Advisor to the club. Always there giving a helping hand explaining the quirks of C&S we hadn't a clue about. Very big thank you to Kieran and Frank, our former President and Treasurer who helped the club get where we are today.
There are so many other people to thank. Some more on the committee such as Joe, Nick, Emma, Kelly, Colm, Hannah and Johanna. Who helped organize the Merch, Events, and Trips right up until now. Some of them are still kicking about, so no farewell just yet, your time will come. A big thank you as well to all the International Students who join us each year for all the adventures. You know who you are, you were always apart of the group and still are even though you home now. Keep up the surfing wherever you go, and don't be a stranger, you always have a board here. Finally the most hidden part of the club that help more than you might think. Hiding in pain sight like everyone else, but secretly an Alumni cult, who can't get enough of the cheap student lifestyle..... but with big boy money now. Some say you can sniff them out by counting the number of Patagonia items they're wearing.
Last but definitely not least. Our overthrown outgoing Dictator President, Elias. Elias basically single handedly took us all to Morocco, our first international trip since before the pandemic. And it was a hit. Every single member said it was one of the best trips they have ever been on. (Those who disagreed we traded to the locals for 'good price my friend'). The trip was so successful it was chosen by all Clubs and Societies in UL as the Event of The Year. Our first award as a club in many years, if even. Elias is always around to help, always available for events, and always working away. Even this week getting ready for our Achill Trip, Elias is the one organizing the spots (No small job), making sure we can take as many people as possible. Thank you very much from all the committee for all the work you did throughout the year.
Thank you very much to you guys, all our members who make this all worth it. We had an amazing year. To our incoming committee no pressure, but big shoes to fill.
Posted | 14th Oct 2020 |
Author | Brian Mc Auliffe (Equipment) |
The long wait is finally over! We hope some of ye got a chance to show off yere skills ye learned last year out in the lineup on yere staycations this summer!!
For those who have yet to get back in the ocean since our last trip, I feel your pain! Not to worry we are doing everything we can to set up new trips and other ways of getting our members into the waves as soon as possible. For obvious reasons, this will be difficult and we will have to follow government advice but we are as eager as all of you to get back to everything that makes Surf Club so special from pulling into your first barrel to socialising and having fun with likeminded people outside the water!
Recruiting new members this semester will be tougher than ever so we would highly appreciate it if ye could spread the word about how much fun you've had in the club to ay new first years and/or international students by getting them to attend the Virtual Recruitment Drive on next Wednesday the 21st of October.
Feel free to sign up now on the UL Wolves site and also attend the Virtual Rec-Drive to let us know how you are doing and learn about what we have planned for you this semester!
Posted | 19th Feb 2020 |
Author | Ewan Duerden |
Well its another fun fueled week at the UL Surf Club HQ, this time we have been planning a social weekend trip for a while now. We are headed to Achill Island for a 3 day trip hosted by GMIT! The trip will be from the 6th-8th March and the sign-ups are on our Instagram and Facebook pages.
The surf inter varsities will be held on the Saturday and Sunday and will involve numerous social competitions and of course judging on the different categories of surfing also. 2 nights in Castlebar town with many other clubs will be a sure way to expand our friend groups and find new people to surf with.
Our motto is to have fun and make friends while learning to surf so mixing with other universities and meeting new people and friends is the perfect weekend for everyone involved. We will be utilizing our new fleet of foam boards we got recently and tackling the surf for one of the most anticipated weekend trips of the semester.
Posted | 9th Feb 2020 |
Author | Brian Mc Auliffe |
Last Thursday the 6th of February we had our AGM to introduce new members to the club, show them how it works and how they can make the most of the club to have fun!
We also elected a new committee, some committee members managed to hold their positions but not without a little competition from other members who were eager to help the club run!
A few members on the committee had to give up their positions for various reasons so there were openings for PRO, Merchandise, Events and assistant Trips.
It was great to see at least two members compete for each of the committee positions, this showed that members are interested in keeping to club running and progressing.
It also meant that the club could vote on who they felt would be best for the position, making sure we have a strong, productive committee for the year!
Posted | 9th Feb 2020 |
Author | Brian Mc Auliffe |
A few of our members headed off to Lahinch early last Thursday morning to catch some of storm Ciara's waves before the brute of the storm hit the coast.
They caught some sick waves and are buzzing for the next swell, remember we encourage all members to avail of day trips like this, just find someone who's able to drive and don't be afraid to organise a crew to go using our Facebook group!!
Posted | 2nd Feb 2020 |
Author | Brian Mc Auliffe |
Our pool and balance sessions are returning this Monday the 3rd of February!
Balance session outside the PESS at 9pm and pool session in the pool at the sports arena at 10pm.
Everyone welcome to come back after the long Christmas break to catch up and have fun!
Posted | 31st Jan 2020 |
Author | Brian Mc Auliffe |
Our Equipment Officer, Brian, has been repairing the clubs broken boards so that we can have all our boards available for our members to use.
He is also available to repair club member's boards as well, so if you have a ding that's getting you down and reducing your barrel time be sure to get in contact with us!
Posted | 31st Jan 2020 |
Author | Brian Mc Auliffe |
We are just back from our amazing international trip to the sunny Las Palmas in Gran Canaria.
With such a long Christmas break from college this winter, everyone on the trip was eager to get off the couch at home and surf every day in sunny warm water for a full week. The trip went smoothly without any problems thanks to our president Kevin for organising everyone, this made the trip super chill and fun.
All our beginner and intermediate members got up early every morning to do their lessons with the local surf school, every day they came back more stoked than the day before and happy with how much the surfing ability was improving over the week.
Our advanced members went on a Surfari with an advanced coach to different spots around the island, our advanced members rarely get a chance to benefit from advanced surfing lessons so this was an excellent opportunity for them to improve, especially since we have advanced international trips coming up soon!
Even when the surfing was done for the day, everyone managed to keep the fun going by chilling out in the hostel, exploring the beautiful scenery the island had to offer and indulging themselves in some of the island's culture. We can't wait for our next international trip and hope it will be just as fun!
Posted | 31st Jan 2020 |
Author | Brian Mc Auliffe |
Last semester the club purchased 15 new foam surfboards for all our beginner and intermediate surfers to use and improve their surfing skills.
The old foam surfboards in the club were not fit for riding waves in the ocean and our members were not enjoying their time in the water trying to learn on broken, waterlogged surfboards. Some of the old boards will still be used in our pool sessions but the new foamies will be reserved for the ocean.
This means that all members will be able to surf quality surfboards while on our weekend trips or day trips, we tested the new boards during our Bundoran trip at the end of last semester and everybody was stoked on how much fun they were.
For future trips, the club will be able to run our own lessons using our own boards and wetsuits, meaning we won't have to pay surf schools money for lessons, this will bring down the cost of our trips and spare money for fun activities!!
Posted | 27th Oct 2019 |
Author | Kevin Gillan |
It is confirmed that UL Surf has been named champions of this year's cold vibrations surf Intervarsities between UL, NUIG, and UCC. it was a team event where each round won by a university gave them a point. we narrowly beat NUIG by 1 point which provided for a thrilling event that went down to the wire. We also hosted the event in Lahinch, Co.Clare, which went down as a big success. This is a testament to the hours put into training our members at the pool and balance sessions, as well as the frequent trips to the coast to improve their abilities along with their own dedication and commitment to the sport.
Individual winners from ul :
kevin Gillan - 1st place shortboard
Congratulations to all others who competed on behalf of UL Surf: Brian McAuliffe (shortboard), Peter Carty (shortboard), Stephen Gannon (shortboard), Darragh Heffernan (shortboard), Leah o Donoghue (longboard), Mathew Cunnan (longboard), Kieran Murphy (bodyboard), Cormac white (novice), Bryson Leander (novice), Auffret Corentin (novice), Michael McAndrew (novice), Aidan Fitzpatrick (novice), Jan Vojacek (novice), Marie Sinet (novice), Sarah Marie Staus (novice)
Posted | 23rd Sep 2019 |
Author | Kevin Gillan |
We had a huge turn out at our EGM last Wednesday, so a big thank you to everyone that showed up.
We revealed our new surf logo to our members so if you weren't there please check out the new logo on our social media accounts.
We are also proud to announce the election of 4 new comittee members; jack Collins, Michael Meleady, lean Duane, and Frank McGuire.
We would also like to say thank you to some of our outgoing comittee members who we are very fortunate to of had on our team. Wishing the best of luck to orlaith Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Keogh, and Jed Duane.
That's all for now
Hope to see you all this weekend on our first trip of the semester to Achill.
Posted | 7th Sep 2019 |
Author | Kevin Gillan |
Hi all,
Welcome back everyone and to any new comers welcome to Surf Club,
Firstly thanks to everyone who was on our international trip in somo in August. It will surely go down as one of the best and most successful trips we have ever done and we hope to keep this momentum going into the new semester
Our committee is working hard on organising things, and we have lots in store, this year marks our 10 year anniversary and we want to celebrate it accordingly, by making all our trips and events go the extra length to be ones never to be forgotten. so keep an eye out for all our news updates on social media.
The recruitment drive is coming up on the 11th of September so come to our stand and catch up and ask us questions about what surf club is about.
Our annual AGM will take place on the 18th of September, so if you want to find out more about what we're planning this year or if you want to just for a committee position make sure you attend.
See yous soon whether it be in UL or on the water.
Posted | 27th Mar 2017 |
Author | Orlaith Fitz |
It is confirmed that UL Surf have been named champions of this year's Irish Surfing Intervarsities which they also happened to successfully host in Lahinch, Co.Clare earlier this month. This is testament to the hours put in to training our members and frequent trips to the coast to improve their abilities along with their own dedication and commitment to the sport.
Individual winners:
Mason Kuri - 4th place Men's
Rachel Moore - 3rd place Women's
Paul Deering - 2nd place Longboard
Ronan Beaty - 2nd place Bodyboard
David O'Flynn - 3rd place Bodyboard
Congratulations to all others who competed on behalf of UL Surf: Kalani Moore(Men's), Oisin McKeown(Men's), Sam Moran(Men's), Aoife Broadrick(Women's) and Sami Tabbara(Longboard)
Posted | 20th Feb 2017 |
Author | Orlaith Fitzgerald |
Thanks to great organisation by our Trips Officer, Elaina Duggan, UL Surf Club’s first trip of the semester went off without a hitch. We only needed to travel a short distance to get to one of our favourite spots, Lahinch, for the weekend. The waves might not have been superb but the craic certainly was. Friday night was spent preparing the our new members and Erasmus students for what was to come. Saturday was split between the beach and Kenny’s as some of us forwent surfing in favour of the Ireland vs. Italy match. Those who were determined to stay in the water were admired for their defiance of the freezing temperature, even with booties and hoods! We danced the night away in The ‘Mont, a requirement for any weekend spent in Lahinch. Sunday followed much the same pattern; the lack of swell caused some of our members to go in search of fun elsewhere and they stumbled upon a few of UL's OPC members in the Burren. Overall, it was a weekend well spent. We now look forward to a glorious return to Lahinch in March for our next event, where we will be hosting the Irish Surf Intervarsities and welcoming Surf Clubs from all over the country.
Posted | 3rd Oct 2016 |
Author | Meadhbh |
Our 2nd Trip of the Semester is coming up this weekend! It is promised to be one of the best trips of the year with big numbers and what's looking like a good forecast!
Posted | 19th Apr 2016 |
Author | Meadhbh |
Hey guys!!
Tune into Limericks live 95 fm to hear Paul Deering talking about his epic encounter with one of the most famous surfers in the world, Jamie O Brien last week and about the UL Surf Club! http://www.live95fm.ie/Home#
Posted | 27th Feb 2016 |
Author | Gustavo Hannoun Giudai |
Posted | 10th Feb 2016 |
Author | Paul Deering |
Posted | 8th Feb 2016 |
Author | Sydney Harper |
Posted | 24th Feb 2015 |
Author | Morgan Marshall |
Posted | 18th Feb 2015 |
Author | Trips - Sydney Harper |
Posted | 1st Dec 2014 |
Author | Morgan Marshall |
Posted | 4th Nov 2014 |
Author | Sydney Harper |
Posted | 4th Nov 2014 |
Author | Sydney Harper |
Posted | 5th Oct 2014 |
Author | Trips Officer - Andrew Regan |
Posted | 22nd Sep 2014 |
Author | Trips Officer - Andrew Regan |
Posted | 15th Sep 2014 |
Author | Trips - Paul Deering |
Posted | 15th Sep 2014 |
Author | Trips - Paul Deering |
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