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===Clubs=== University of Galway has more than 40 sports clubs based on campus, ranging from indoor sports (such as [[archery]], [[badminton]], [[fencing]], [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]], [[table tennis]], and [[Squash (sport)|squash]]), to water sports (such as [[rowing (sport)|rowing]], [[kayaking]], [[sailing (sport)|sailing]], [[windsurfing]], and [[scuba diving]]), as well as [[martial arts]] (such as [[judo]], [[karate]], [[aikido]], [[Muay Thai]], [[kendo]], and [[taekwondo]]), plus [[List of equestrian sports|equestrian]], [[triathlon]], athletics, and snow sports.<ref name=nuig_clubs>{{cite web|url=https://clubs.nuigalway.ie/clubs.php|title=NUI Galway Clubs|access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref> The university also competes in the most popular Irish field sports of [[association football]], [[Gaelic football]], [[hurling]], and [[rugby union]], as well as [[cricket]], [[field hockey|hockey]], and [[lacrosse]].<ref name=nuig_clubs/> [[NUI Galway GAA]] compete in the [[Sigerson Cup]] (Gaelic football) and the [[Fitzgibbon Cup]] (hurling). They are the second most prolific winners of the Sigerson Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/nui-galway-see-off-dit-to-advance-to-first-sigerson-cup-final-since-2003-36605366.html|title=NUI Galway see off DIT to advance to first Sigerson Cup final since 2003|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=14 February 2018|access-date=14 February 2018|quote=NUIG, the second most prolific winners of the Sigerson Cup, advanced to their first final since 2003 when they held off a DIT comeback in heavy rain at St Loman's GAA grounds in Mullingar.}}</ref> [[NUI Galway RFC]] compete in the [[Connacht Senior Cup (rugby union)|Connacht Senior Cup]], and are the competition's most successful side with 34 wins. [[University of Galway FC]] compete in the [[Galway & District League]], the CUFL (Colleges and Universities Football League), Collingwood Cup and Harding Cup (Freshers). The campus is home to a wide range of sport facilities. Facilities include Dangan Sportsground, where the university's GAA teams compete, and the Kingfisher, where [[Moycullen Basketball Club]] play their games.
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