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This week, host Jack Lyons caught up with both Joey O’Brien, High Performance Manager with WIT Vikings Sport and John Windle, Manager at UPMC Sports Medicine to speak about the recent developments to the performance programme in WIT Vikings Sport.

To begin the new season of the WIT Vikings Podcast, host Jack Lyons caught up with Sport Changes Life – Victory Sport Scholarship students Conor Fenton and Rachel Thompson. Conor and Rachel spoke about their journey through the collegiate basketball system in the United States as well as their journey to Waterford to compete for WIT Vikings Basketball Club and the local national and super league teams.

As part of the Sport & Societies Awards week, we are taking a look back at some of the fantastic things which have been achieved by WIT Vikings Sport & Societies during its history. Of course, this history would not have been possible without the incredible staff members who have worked tirelessly to facilitate sports and societies activity throughout this time. Here, we have a 3-part podcast where each part will welcome sports and societies staff from the past and present. In Part 3, we welcome current WIT Vikings current Sports and Societies staff members Katie Redmond and Sean Geoghegan.

As part of the Sport & Societies Awards week, we are taking a look back at some of the fantastic things which have been achieved by WIT Vikings Sport & Societies during its history. Of course, this history would not have been possible without the incredible staff members who have worked tirelessly to facilitate sports and societies activity throughout this time. Here, we have a 3-part podcast where each part will welcome sports and societies staff members from the past to relive some of the memories and speak about sport and societies in WIT means to them. Part 2 welcomes Tom Grinsell, Jacqui O'Connor and Conor Phelan.

As part of the Sport & Societies Awards week, we are taking a look back at some of the fantastic things which have been achieved by WIT Vikings Sport & Societies during its history. Of course, this history would not have been possible without the incredible staff members who have worked tirelessly to facilitate sports and societies activity throughout this time. Here, we have a 3-part podcast where each part will welcome sports and societies staff members from the past to relive some of the memories and speak about sport and societies in WIT means to them. Part 1 welcomes Colm Bonnar, Sheila O'Donohoe and Robin Croke.

This week, host Jack Lyons is joined by two of his collegues from the WIT Vikings Sports & Societies office Sean Geoghegan and Katie Redmond to speak about the FISU Healthy Campus Award. Thanks to work put in by WIT Vikings Sport, WIT Novus and Waterford Institute of Technology, we have become the first institute in Ireland to be awarded the FISU Healthy Campus Award. The FISU Healthy Campus Programme is an exciting global project that incorporates health & well-being into all facets of campus life, which in turn enhances the lifestyles of students.