Dublin University Archery Club (DUAC) this weekend picked up 12 medals at their own event, enjoying great success at the second instalment of the Trinity Archery Open.
DUAC, who welcomed over 80 competitors over the two-day event, produced a strong performance in the familiar surroundings of the Sports Hall.
As well as a sizeable DUAC representation, archers from Maynooth University, University College Cork (UCC), University of Limerick (UL), University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin City University (DCU), Technical University Dublin (TUD) and NUIG were all in attendance.
The competition was split into individual and team events – individual events consisted of a preliminary qualifying round, followed by a head-to-head knockout.
DUAC dominated the individual qualifying rounds, with six Trinity archers securing top-three finishes in their respective grades. Aoife Simm, Diego Coyle-Diez, Felix Spriestersbach, Jerzy Jaśkuć, Cian McQuillan and Jean O’Brien all score in excess of 300 points en route to the knock-out phases.
Trinity’s sharp-shooting in the early rounds continued into the final stages of the open. Trinity collected six medals across various individual events.
Aoife Simm finished in second place in the recurve women after scoring a substantial 486 out of 600 in the qualifying round. Coyle-Diez secured a bronze-medal finish in the recurve men grade. Jerzy Jaśkuć, competing in the barebow beginners men event, won the gold medal.
Trinity enjoyed unprecedented success in the recurve beginners men grade – McQuillan, Spriestersbach and Kilian Veshoff swept the board, collecting the gold, silver and bronze medals respectively in the event. The Trinity Open was Veshoff’s first ever archery event, having only picked up the sport this term.
DUAC also enjoyed considerable success in the team events. The recurve team – consisting of Coyle-Diez, Simm and Oskar Ronan – claimed second place. Sara de Souza, Jaśkuć and O’Brien combined to secure a bronze medal in the Barebow team event.
With an overall haul of 12 medals and a promising crop of new archers on the rise, DUAC will hope for continued success for the year ahead.
