UCC 4-14 NUIG 4-6 In the 24 years since the foundation of the ladies football club, UCC has never had it so good. Always a nursery for the best of Cork and Kerry raw talent, the UCC ladies footballers last won the O’Connor Cup in 1990. Three years later Kerry won their last national…
‘The football is back!’ or so we are led to believe by most. Yes, the juggernaut that is the Premiership has returned for another season of ups and downs, twists and turns. Over the summer, while our own League of Ireland has seen the loss of a team, so called ‘barstoolers’ have been lamenting…
Neptune 72 UCC Demons 74 One of the great rivalries of Cork sport was reignited as Neptune played host to UCC Demons on Friday the 12th October. It was a matter of revenge for the home side after their heavy defeat to Demons in last year’s National Cup semi-final. Both sides had contrasting starts…
Basketball Mens SuperLeague Results: Neptune 72 UCC Demons 74 (D Graham 25, C Cuff 23, S Coughlan 10) UL 76 UCC Demons 78 (D Graham 19, N O’Reilly 19, S Coughlan 12) Fixtures: Mon 29th Oct: UCC Demons – DCU Saints @ 3.15pm in The Mardyke Sun 4th Nov: UCC Demons – Killester @ 3.30pm…
UCC 17 Midleton 19 New season, new league, and a lot of new faces for UCC. As is the trend in recent years, the UCC Senior rugby team will have to deal with a high player turnover as a number of last year’s first XV choose to play for their home clubs at an earlier…
College Corinthians 2 UCC 1 As the half time whistle blew John Caulfield paused his walk across Corinthians Park and stood, for a minute, staring at his substitutes as if hoping that one of them would curl a screamer into the top corner, for it was that class of inspiration that an outplayed UCC needed…
This year’s Irish Scuba Diving Intervarsity event was hosted by UCC Sub-Aqua Club in Baltimore, Co. Cork. Over 50 divers attended from UCC, DCU, UCD, NUIG and UL. Any fears of having to abandon the diving due to poor weather conditions were quenched by the time all the clubs had reported to the Baltimore slipway…
The trees are tall, the Quad is old and the ivy continues to inch up its walls, however most of the student body’s knowledge about the long and rich history of UCC is limited to a few gardener’s warnings to superstitious students. The walls of the Mardyke are equally marked by a tapestry of historic…
Appropriately enough, nine days have passed since Kilkenny defeated Galway in the All-Ireland Hurling Final, the crushing defeat of the Tribesmen ensuring that Henry Shefflin picked up his ninth medal. Christy Ring and John Doyle both got to eight in their time. Noel Skehan made nine (three as an unused substitute). Noel Hickey also has…
UCC Sailing Club celebrated their 40th anniversary on Saturday, the 29th of September, combining the Anniversary celebrations with their annual fundraising event. The charity chosen this year was the Joe English Trust. Joe English is a local international sailor who has tragically developed Alzheimer’s dementia at a very young age. The celebration took the…