Trinity College Dublin

Ned Mitchell - Club Captain & Men's Captain
Senior Sophister: MSISS / mitcheew@tcd.ie

Trained in France, Ned has been a key member of the club for a number of years now. He has fenced for Ireland at national level. His abilities on the piste have seen him play a key role in the club's recent success.


Irish Team Representation:
Quad Match, 2010 (Men's Foil)

Liz Fitzgerald - Ladies Captain
Senior Sophister: English and Spanish / fitzgee2@tcd.ie

Liz joined the club two years ago and immediately took to the sport. The strength of her early development was underlined by her second place finish in the Irish Student Championships in March 2010 - when she had only been fencing around 6 months. There was better to come, however, and the following week Liz became National Women's Sabre Champion!

Gabriel Beecham - Secretary
Intercalated MSc: Bioengineering / beechamg@tcd.ie

Gabriel joined the club in 2007, having first fenced in 2002. His experience and skills in project management make him a natural choice for the role of secretary. A "gentle giant" on the piste, Gabriel is an enthusiastic epeeiste and has competed at various levels nationally.

Jack McHugh - Treasurer
Senior Sophister: Theoretical Physics / jamchugh@tcd.ie

Having started as a complete beginner in 2008, Jack has established himself as one of the top sabreurs in Ireland. His dedication to the sport saw him selected for the Irish team for both the 2010 Quad match and the 2010 Senior 5 Nations team. Jack is a key member of DUFC's men's sabre team and crucial to our drive toward success in that event in the Intervarsity Championship. This season he hopes to compete more on the European Satellite circuit.


Irish Team Representation:
Quad Match, 2011 (Men's Sabre)
Quad Match, 2010 (Men's Sabre)
5 Nations, 2010
Student 5 Nations, 2010

Conor Traynor - Webmaster
Senior Freshman: Engineering / traynoct@tcd.ie

Conor joined the club last year and he quickly took to the sport. Having started with foil he hopes to improve his skills as a foilist. This coming season he hopes to compete in as many competitions as possible.

Geraldine Davies - Entertainment Officer
Senior Sophister: Spanish & French / daviesga@tcd.ie

Geraldine, joined the club in her second year of college and has since enjoyed success as a member of the the 2010 and 2011 winning Intervarsity teams. She came second in the 2011 Schull Novice Cup. As entertainment officer she hopes to keep you all enthralled this year.

Eoghan Byrne - Public Relations Officer
Senior Sophister: BESS / byrnee11@tcd.ie

Kilian Hanlon - Armourer
Junior Sophister: Natural Sciences / hanlonki@tcd.ie

Killian joined DUFC in 2009 as a way of staying fit. He soon realised that fencing was an unreasonable amount of fun and so was spurred into actively pursuing foil. Now in his third year, he has taken up the mantle of Armourer as both a way of becoming more involved in the club and as a learning experience. What he lacks in skill he makes up for by being as frustrating as possible grâce à his left handed-ness, and by never saying never, well, usually.

Tal Coyle - OCM
Junior Sophister: BESS / nbcoyle@tcd.ie

As well as fencing epee, Tal is an exciting talent as a pentathlete. Her dedication to her sport(s) is unquestionable and she brings an excellent athletic and positive spirit to the Trinity squad.


Irish Representation:
Senior World Cups, 2010 (Pentathlon) - Mexico (19th), Medway (40th), Berlin
14th in Junior European Championships (Pentathlon)

Li Dong - OCM
Junior Sophister: Psychology / dongl@tcd.ie

Li's passion for fencing has been witnessed by his commitment to training after his first taste of the sport two years ago. Li is primarily a foilist but also fences Sabre and Epee. Li has taken part in several competitions including his debut as a member of 2011 intervarsity winning team. He hopes to contine his love of fencing and would like expand his skills in Sabre and Epee in the year ahead.

Molly Garvey - Beginners Officer
Senior Freshman: French & Drama Studies / garveymo@tcd.ie

As Beginners Officer it is up to Molly to ensure that all first-time fencers are cared for and made to feel welcome in the club. Having been fencing for over a year, Molly works as a link between the new beginners and the committee and current members. It is Molly's job to organise our trip to Cork for the Schull Novice Cup, a beginners foil competition held in November. Still able to compete herself this year, she placed 8th out of 26th and was happy and proud to see her Beginners do so well. She is looking forward to an exciting year of fencing and is free for enquiries at anytime.

Rory Greenan - Club President
Postgraduate / greenar@tcd.ie

An architect by profession, and graduate of Trinity College, Rory is principally an epeeist on the piste. He helped the club as Public Relations Officer during the 2007/08 season, and greatly impressed club members with his hard work, generosity, and pleasant character. Dublin University Fencing Club is fortunate to have such a President. Rory was an integral part of our 2008 and 2010 Intervarsity winning squads.

Joseph Richardson - Alumni Officer
Alumni / joseph.richardson@tcd.ie

An alumnus of Trinity with a degree in History and Latin, Joe works as an administrator in the Faculty of Health. He has been fencing for one year having been persuaded to take up the sport by a former Captain of DUFC. He hopes to improve his skills in epee this year.