March is here and Students’ Union election flyers are everywhere; that all can only mean one thing… Cheltenham is upon us! The buzz around campus is heating up as we ponder who will take home the big prizes. Here two members of UCC Horse Racing Society take a closer look at the feature races in…
Almost a year to the day following the launch of the history of sport in UCC, further light has been shed on the Leeside college’s famed GAA clubs in Dónal McAnallen’s extensive history of the Sigerson and Fitzgibbon competitions entitled “The Cups that Cheered” (The Collins Press). Yet as the title would suggest this tome…
The UCC Squash Club travelled up to Dublin last weekend to participate in the annual squash Inter-varsities, this year hosted by DCU. A total of eight Universities competed in the tournament, with UCC being the most represented university at the event, boasting a full panel of men’s teams and two ladies’ teams. All of the…
When Michael Carrick made his debut for Manchester United against Charlton in 2006, I remember thinking to myself, “Wow……is this it?” To me, United were after forking out £18.6 million for a guy who simply trotted around the field and passed the ball backwards every time he got it. He looked nervous and uncomfortable at this new…
UCC 0 Ards 2 UCC’s Irish Senior Cup campaign ended is disappointment on Saturday the 16th as they went down 2-0 to Northern-side Ards in the Mardyke. College started off the stronger of the two sides creating chances early on in the first half. Ards took first blood after 15 minutes with former Irish International…
DIT 3-8 UCC 0-7 DIT won their first ever Sigerson Cup title on Saturday as they hammered UCC in the Athlone IT GAA grounds. They did it the hard way too as they strangled the reigning champions DCU in the semi-final before killing off the UCC challenge with a pair of first half goals which…
Despite being only two and a half years old, UCC Archery Club celebrates its third hosting of the National Student Indoor Championships (NSIC) on Saturday in Nemo Rangers GAA club. The NSIC is a competition separate from the Intervarsity League which has become Ireland’s biggest student archery event, drawing over 100 archers from around the…
When UCC stepped onto the field yesterday in UUJ for their first round Collingwood Cup clash with NUIG, they undoubtedly did so with a sense of readiness which stems from the Player Development Programme which all of the team will have been exposed to since their arrivals in the college. Indeed in speaking to the…
UCC 1-13 CIT 1-11 UCC overcame local rivals CIT in the Mardyke last Tuesday to secure their place in the last four of the Irish Daily Mail Fitzgibbon Cup as they attempt to retain the title they won in fine style last year. They will now advance to the finals weekend of the competition on…
As they did in last year’s thrilling final in the same venue, UCC produced a thunderous finish to storm past a CIT side which had established a seemingly decisive lead after fifty minutes of the hour. Last year it could certainly be argued that CIT played the better on the day only to be out-fought…