Team of college students to represent Ireland in World esports tournament 

The team will travel to Istanbul at the end of November to compete in Red Bull's college-level Valorant league 

Red Bull Campus Clutch Caption Tuesday November 7th: The Red Bull Campus Clutch National Finals took place on Monday at the Red Bull Gaming Hub in SETU Waterford. A team-based VALORANT tournament open only to those in third-level education, the state-of-the-art Red Bull Gaming Hub played host to a fascinating clash of Ireland’s most talented gamers. The winning team of Ciaran McDonnell (UCD), Adam Maxwell (UCD), Conor Duffy (UCD), Joe Geraghty (NCI) and Karolis Ziubrys (University of Galway) got the better of their SETU Waterford opponents on the day, and now head to Istanbul to represent Ireland in the Red Bull Campus Clutch World Finals at the end of the month, with €20,000 on the line.

A team of Irish third-level students will travel to Turkey at the end of the month to compete in the World Finals of Red Bull's college e-gaming league following their win at South East Technological University (SETU) on Tuesday.

The five-person winning team comprising UCD's Ciaran McDonnell, Adam Maxwell, and Conor Duffy, NCI's Joe Geraghty and University of Galway's Karolis Ziubrys came out victorious against their SETU opponents, taking first place in a team-based Valorant tournament at the Waterford's campus Red Bull Gaming Hub.