Archery
Welcome to the Archery Club. This year, we have not only become the strongest University club in the country in terms of performance, but have developed excellent coaching and support structures to introduce newcomers to the sport through the club.
This year we will be running beginner courses starting in October after clubs day, (but feel free to sign up any time) in the Sports Hall (a.k.a.Kingfisher)).Places are limited for the first course, sign up form will be sent out in an email. You will learn the parts of the bow, how to set it up and how to shoot safely. We teach Olympic Recurve to beginners in the club and we are extremely proud to have produced archers that have gone on to represent Ireland on the international stage.
For more information contact us at archery@clubs.universityofgalway.ie! :)
History
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Past Captains: 2022-2023 Aaron Burke
2021-2022 Simon Duff
2020-2021 Simon Duff
2019-2020 Ciara Douglas
2018-2019 Josh Coughlan
2017-2018 Josh Coughlan
2016-2017 Ruairi O'Loughlin
2015-2016 Eric Moore
2014-2015 Christopher Ryan
2013-2014 Patrick Molloy
2012-2013 Carl Byrne
2011-2012 Oliver Grant
2010-2011 Aisling O'Reilly
2009-2010 Daniel Gallagher
2008-2009 Iain O' Connor
2007-2008 Joe Gill
2006-2007 Karen Kelly
2004-2006 Niamh Bhreathnach
1999-2004 Regina O'Sullivan
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Past Vice-Captains: 2022-2023
2021-2022 Josh Coughlan
2020-2021 Conor Johnston
2019-2020 Simon Duff
2018-2019 Adam Fahey
2017-2018 Chris Riddell
2016-2017 Josh Coughlan
2015-2016 Conor O Beoláin
2014-2015 Mark Walsh
2013-2014 Kieran Cullinane
2012-2013 Aisling Finn
2011-2012 Carl Byrne
2010- 2011 Victor Conroy
2008- 2009 Joe Heskin
2007- 2008 Laura Crean
2006- 2007 Niamh Bhreathnach
2005- 2006 Richie Keane
2004- 2005 Bernard McGlinchy
1999- 2004 Macdara Glynn
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Achievements
2015-2016 Season
British Barebow Indoor Championships:
Junior Male Barebow, 4th Place (1st Place for Ireland) - Conor O'Beolain
Intervarsities:
DkIT IV:
Intermediate Recurve, 3rd Place - James Burke
Advanced Female Barebow, 1st Place - Raizel Burstein-Frame
Female Compound, 1st Place - Niamh Kenny
Male Compound, 2nd Place - Christopher Ryan
Compound Team, 2nd Place - Niamh Kenny, Christopher Ryan
UL IV:
Advanced Female Barebow, 1st Place - Nada Khaled-Abdo
Advanced Female Barebow, 3rd Place - Emily Flanagan
Advanced Male Barebow, 1st Place - Conor Ó Beoláin
Female Compound, 2nd Place - Niamh Kenny
Male Compound, 2nd Place - Christopher Ryan
Barebow Team, 2nd Place - Conor Ó Beoláin, Nada Khaled-Abdo, Emily Flanagan
Compound Team, 1st Place - Christopher Ryan, Niamh Kenny, Joao Vitor
Mixed Team, 1st Place - Conor Ó Beoláin, Kieran Cullinane, Christopher Ryan
Greenhills Indoor Anniversary Shoot:
Senior Male Barebow, 1st Place - Conor Ó Beoláin
Junior Male Recurve, 2nd Place - James Burke
World Field Championships Test Event:
Beginner Male Recurve, 1st Place - Eric Moore
Junior Male Barebow, 1st Place - Conor Ó Beoláin
2014-2015 Season
Intervarsities:
DCU IV
Female Beginner Recurve, 3rd Place - Cara Brennan
Male Inter. Recurve 1st place - Eric Moore
Male Beginner Barebow 2nd Place - Conor O Beolain
Female Beginner Barebow 1st place - Raziel Burstein- Frame
Female Beginner Barebow 3rd place - Stella Fronious
Female Compound 3rd Place - Niamh Kenny
Male Compound 1st place (joint) - Carl Byrne & Chris Ryan
Barebow Team 2nd Place - Conor, Raziel, Stella
Compound Team 1st place - Carl, Chris, Niamh
Mixed Team 2nd place - Eric, Carl, Conor
NUIG IV
Female Beginner Recurve, 1st place - Julia Obara
Female Advanced Barebow, 2nd Place - Raziel Burstein- Frame
Female Compound, 2nd place - Niamh Kenny
Male Compound, 1st place - Carl Byrne
Male Compound, 3rd place - Chris Ryan
Mixed Team, 3rd place - Conor, Carl, Julia
Compound Team, 1st place - Carl, Chris, Niamh
GMIT IV
Male Advanced Barebow, 3rd Place - Conor O Beoláin
Female Advanced Barebow, 2nd Place - Emily Flanagan
Female Advanced Barebow, 3rd Place - Raizel Burstein-Frame
Male Intermediate Recurve, 3rd Place - Eric Moore
Male Compound, 1st Place - Carl Byrne
Male Compound, 2nd Place - Chris Ryan
Female Compound, 3rd Place - Niamh Kenny
Barebow Team, 3rd Place - Conor, Daniel, Tara
Compound Team, 2nd Place - Carl, Chris, Niamh
Mixed Team, 2nd Place - Carl, Eric, Conor
UL IV
Male Beginner Barebow, 1st Place - Daniel Kelly
Female Advanced Barebow, 1st Place - Emily Flanagan
Beginner Female Recurve, 2nd Place - Julia Obara
Male Intermediate Recurve, 3rd Place - Mark Walsh
Male Compound, 1st Place - Carl Byrne
Male Compound, 2nd Place - Chris Ryan
Female Compound, 2nd Place - Niamh Kenny
Barebow Team, 1st Place - Conor, Emily, Daniel
Compound Team, 1st Place - Carl, Chris, Niamh
Mixed Team, 2nd Place - Daniel, Carl, Mark
DkIT IV
Female Advanced Barebow, 1st Place - Emily Flanagan
Female Advanced Barebow, 3rd Place - Raizel Burstein-Frame
Beginner Male Recurve, 2nd Place - Josh Coughlan
Male Intermediate Recurve, 1st Place - Mark Walsh
Male Compound, 1st Place - Carl Byrne
Female Compound, 2nd Place - Niamh Kenny
Barebow Team, 3rd Place - Conor, Emily, Daniel
Compound Team, 3rd Place - Chris, Carl, Niamh
Mixed Team, 2nd Place - Emily, Carl, Mark
Overall Intervarsity Finish
1st Place Male Compound - Carl Byrne
2nd Place Male Compound - Chris Ryan
2nd Place Female Compound - Niamh Kenny
3rd Place Beginner Male Recurve - Josh Coughlan
1st Place Compound Team - Carl, Chris, Niamh
3rd Place Barebow Team - Conor, Daniel, Emily
Irish Student Nationals:
Female Barebow, 1st place - Raizel Burstein-Frame
Female Barebow 2nd place - Emily Flanagan
Female Compound 2nd place - Niamh Kenny
Male Barebow 2nd place - Conor O Beoláin
Male Barebow 3rd place - Patrick Molloy
Male Compound 1st place - Carl Byrne
Male Compound 2nd place - Chris Ryan
Irish Indoor Open:
2nd Place Compound Team - Carl Byrne, Chris Ryan, Phil Evans
Wicklow Open:
Junior Male Barebow, 1st Place - Conor O Beoláin
Irish Open Field Championships:
Junior Male Barebow, 2nd Place - Conor O Beoláin
Irish Outdoor Nationals:
Senior Male Barebow, 1st Place - Conor O Beoláin
Ulster Open Field Championships:
Junior Male Barebow, 2nd Place - Conor O Beoláin
1st European Games, Baku; World University Games; European Grand Prix - Recurve archer Darren Wallace competes.
World Archery Outdoor Championships: Darren Wallace finishes 17th in the world, narrowly missing out on a qualification spot for the Rio 2016 Olympics.
2013-14 Season
National & Varsity League 2013
- Intervarsity Mixed Team 5th
- Intervarsity Barebow Team 1st
- Intervarsity Advanced Recurve Individual (Darran Wallace) 1st
- Intervarsity Compound Team 1st
- Intervarsity Barebow Male (Tom McGrath) 1st
- Intervarsity Compound Individual (Carl Byrne) 1st
2012-13 Season
National & Varsity Leagues 2013:
•Intervarsity League Recurve Team Champions 2012-13
•Intervarsity League Mixed Team Champions 2012-13
•Intervarsity League Compound Male Champion 2012-13 (Carl Byrne)
•Intervarsity League Barebow Male Champion 2012-13 (Patrick Molloy)
•Intervarsity League Compound Team 2nd place 2012-13
•Intervarsity League Barebow Team 2nd place 2012-13
NUIG IV:
• 1st Place Recurve Team (Setting a new national IV League record)
(Darren Wallace, Oliver Grant, Aidan Farren, Aisling Finn)
• 1st Place Mixed Team (Setting a new national IV League record)
(Darren Wallace, Carl Byrne, Patrick Molloy)
• 1st Place Barebow Team (Setting a new national IV League record)
(Patrick Molloy, Dara MacEoin, Emily Flanagan)
• 1st Place Male Advanced Recurve (Darren Wallace)
• 1st Place Female Advanced Recurve (Aisling Finn)
• 1st Place Male Advanced Compound (Carl Byrne)
• 1st Place Male Advanced Barebow (Patrick Molloy)
• 2nd Place Intermediate Recurve (Brid Galvin)
• 2nd Place Female Beginner Barebow (Emily Flanagan)
• 2nd Place Male Beginner Recurve (Conor Lydon)
DCU IV
• 1st Place Recurve Team (Setting a new national record) (Darren Wallace,
Aisling Finn, Xingliang Fan, Aidan Farren)
• 1st Place Mixed Team (Also setting a new national record) ( Darren
Wallace, Patrick Molloy, Carl Byrne)
• 1st Place Male Advanced Recurve - Darren Wallace
• 1st Place Female Advanced Recurve - Aisling Finn
• 2nd Place Female Intermediate Recurve - Laura Adams
• 3rd Place Male Advanced Compound - Carl Byrne
DkIT IV
• 1st Place Mixed Team (Beating our own national record) - (Carl
Byrne, Xingliang Fan, PatrickMolloy)
• 3rd Place Barebow Team - (Patrick Molloy, Lara Kish, Dara MacEoin)
• 1st Place Male Advanced Compound - Carl Byrne
• 1st Place Advanced Male Recurve - Patrick Molloy
• 2nd Place Beginner Female Recurve - Lara Kish
• Both Patrick Molloy & Carl Byrne broke into the top 10 highest personal best scores in
the leagues history in both Male Barebow & Male Compound respectively.
Irish Indoor Nationals 2013:
• Darren Wallace Irish National Indoor Male Recurve Champion
• Aisling Finn Irish National Indoor Female Recurve 2nd Place
• Darren Wallace National Student Indoor Male Recurve Champion
• Patrick Molloy National Student Indoor Male Barebow Champion
• Emily Flanagan National Student Indoor Female Barebow Champion
• Carl Byrne National Student Indoor Male Compound 2nd Place
• Patrick Molloy Irish National Indoor Male Barebow Champion
• Emily Flanagan Irish National Indoor Female Junior Champion
• Dara MacEoin Irish National Indoor Male Junior Champion
• NUI Galway Mixed Team: 1st Place
• NUI Galway Barebow Team: 2nd Place
• NUI Galway Recurve Team: 3rd Place
• Hosted Ireland's first International Student Indoor Archery Competition - The Irish &UK University Archery Cup (IUUAC):
• IUUAC 1st Place Male Recurve - Darren Wallace
• IUUAC 1st Place Male Barebow - Patrick Molloy
• IUUAC 2nd Place Female Recurve - Aisling Finn
• IUUAC 2nd Place Male Compound - Carl Byrne
• IUUAC Team Recurve 2nd & 3rd Place
• IUUAC Team Compound 2nd Place
2011-12 Season
- Intervarsity League Champions 2011-2012 Season
- Intervarsity Male Recurve Champion 2011-12 (Darren Wallace)
- National Student Championships: 1st place Male Recurve (Darren Wallace), 2nd Place Male Compound (Christopher Kelly), 2nd Place Team
- National Open Championships: Senior Male Recurve Champion (Darren Wallace), Junior Male Compound Champion (Christopher Kelly), Junior Female Recurve Champion (Lydia Shirley)
- NUIG IV, NUIM IV, GMIT IV Team Gold Medals.
- UL IV, Team Silver
- NUIG Barebow championships, 15th January: 3rd senior male recurve (Carl Byrne), Wash (Aisling)-3rd senior female recurve, she also won the plate
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Woodbrook competition, 22nd January: 1st Junior Female Recurve (Lydia Shirley), 2nd Senior Male Recurve (Carl Byrne), 3rd Senior Male Compound (Christopher Kelly)
2012/2013 Season:
NUIG IV
- Recurve Team, 1st Place - Darren, Chris, BrÃd, Carl
- Male Compound, 2nd Place - Chris
- Female Recurve, 2nd Place - BrÃd
Barebow Nationals
- Senior male recurve, 3rd Place - Carl Byrne
- 3rd senior female recurve - Aisling Finn (Wash), she also won the plate
Woodbrook Competition
- 1st Junior female recurve, Lydia Shirley
- 2nd senior male recurve, Carl Byrne
- 3rd compound, Chris Kelly
Student Nationals
- 2nd Place Team - Christopher, Fan, Darren, Paddy, Carl
- Male Recurve Champion - Darren Wallace
- Male Compound, 2nd Place - Christopher Kelly
It has been another successful weekend for NUIG archery club last weekend (3rd and 4th March). In the Student Nationals and Nationals in Cork.
Indoor National Championships
- Senior Male Recurve, Champion - Darren Wallace
- Junior Male Compound, Champion - Christopher Kelly
- Junior Female Recurve, Champion - Lydia Shirley
2007
1. Universities compound champion 2007
2. Universities barebow champion 2007
3. NUIG SU 'Club of the year' 2006
4. NUIG SU 'Club Promotion of the Year' 2006
European Field Championships 2007
Niamh Breathnach finishes 11th in Senior Female Barebow
Macadara Glynn finishes 35th in Senior Male Compound
Meetings
Mondays 5-8pm: Advanced Archers
Mondays 7-8pm: Beginners
Tuesdays: 11-1pm: Intermediate Archers
Wednesdays 4-6pm: Intermediate Archers
Thursdays 11-1pm: Intermediate Archers
5-8pm: Advanced Archers (Dangan)
Saturdays 12-3pm: Advanced Archers (Dangan)
In hall 3 of the Kingfisher. (Also known as the sports hall)
Contact Us
Email: Archery@clubs.universityofgalway.ie
Instagram: @ugarcheryclub
