FRIDAY 30TH JANUARY IS ENGDAY 2009

All About EngDay

Engineering Day is an annual charity event. This year, it's in aid of the Friends of St. Lukes' Hospital and Aidlink. We hope to beat last year's funds of €12,000 raised for both charities.

We need your help to meet this ambitious goal! There's more activities planned than ever, each with a fundraising element, but all loads of fun. Get involved anyway you can: volunteer for street collections, enter the infamous Stretcher Race, or simply throw some coins into the buckets at the Student Bar.

Don't forget to pick up the fantastic EngDay pack. For a minimum donation of €8; you get the EngDay tshirt, and EngSoc frisbee, an EngSoc water pistol, Ladbrokes playing cards, Eddie Rockets vouchers, sweets and drinks.

Stretcher Race Competitors

Above: 'Team Crayola' — EngDay Stretcher Race Competitors in 2006. Other teams have recently included the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team, Tetris, Mad Scientists and Gorillas, The Flintstones (including stone age car as stretcher) and The Spartans—last year's winners.

What's On

To enter any of the events below, email engday@ucdengsoc.ie.

  • 28th January: 7pm — Table Quiz
    Teams of up to five compete for great prizes in a test of general knowledge. Takes place in the Forum Bar. Price is €5 per person.
  • 29th January: 11am — All Day Busking
    Join musical members of EngSoc, and their guitars, keyboards and drums, for 12 hours of busking on Grafton Street. Taking part is free.
  • 30th January: 7.30am — Street Collections
    Get a free EngDay t-shirt and collect money in the city centre, Dundrum Town Centre, and around UCD for the morning.
  • 30th January: 10.30am — Stretcher Race
    Teams of 6 compete in a pub crawl around the city centre, with a drink at each stop. Fancy dress is essential, and one team member must be carried in the strecher at all times. €20 per person entry fee.
  • 30th January: 12am — 6-a-side Football Tournament
    Taking place on the astroturf pitches by the Student Centre. €5 per person to enter.
  • 30th January: Afternoon — Festivities
    A host of events all based around the Student Bar happening all day: Dodgeball, Leprechaun Hunt, Egg Drop, Bar Fun, Waxing, Shaving, Pie the Commitee.
  • 30th January: Evening — Session On
    The party continues into the night with a live band (Local Access Only) and a live DJ (Gary Ward).
  • 31st January: 11am — Sponsored Hangover Swim
    Raise money, drag yourself out of bed and jump into the freezing water at the Forty Foot.