Ashbourne Cup: CIT 3-15 to 0-12 On a cold and dreary night at CIT Sports Complex, UCC braved the weather to enjoy an impressive 12 point win over their crosstown rivals. In the 60 minutes UCC never looked like settling back, but from the opening minute pressed and attacked the UCC defence. Across the…
Roger Federer finally won his 18th and record breaking Grand Slam title on Sunday night in the jam-packed Rod Laver arena against his great rival Rafael Nadal, winning an epic five setter 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in three hours and 37 minutes in an electric atmosphere on Rod Laver Arena, rallying from a break…
Clonakilty Food Co., home of Clonakilty Sausages and the famous Clonakilty Black Pudding, and Cork City FC have announced the launch of their schools programme: ‘Clonakilty Take Pride in your Jersey’. Centred around supporting young Cork City FC fans and families in the community, ‘Clonakilty Take Pride in your Jersey’ is inviting primary schools across…
The Football Association of Ireland, Cork County Council and FORAS together launched the project to develop a Munster Centre of Excellence for football in Cork. At an event in Cork County Hall, details of the project were announced for the football facility, which will support the provision of training, participation and playing facilities for players…
Three months after the untimely death of Munster rugby’s beloved coach and captain, the effect of the loss of Anthony Foley seems to have revived the club’s competitive edge. Exceptional displays of skill and force, have driven Munster towards a European cup and domestic league challenge. Following an abysmal few years, which saw Munster underachieving…
It has been an impressive winter for UCC Boxing, who travelled to and won big in Dublin at the 2016 Novice Intervarsities in UCD. Despite stiff competition from the other colleges, UCC ran away the big winners of the event. UCC opened the weekend with some impressive wins in the super heavy category. Josh Barnes…
Cork footballing legend Billy Morgan was honoured last month at the UCC Alumni Achievement Awards for his 50 years of service to UCC GAA at a special awards night at UCC. The award recognises the former Cork manager’s commitment to UCC GAA as a player-turned-manager in his development of young players and his drive in…
UCC dug deep to see off stiff opposition from Cork in the annual challenge game at the Mardyke last week. It was UCC who laid down an early season marker, outplaying the Rebel County with a scoreline of 0-22 to 1-13. While both teams were left stiff & a bit rusty from the Christmas break,…
The battle of Soldier Field will live long in the memory of Irish and world rugby fans alike. Fifteen warriors summoned a performance like no other, one that will likely never be matched. A good win over Canada for the fringe players was followed up by succumbing to an aggressive All Black team last weekend….
A conventional definition from our neighbors across the pond describes sport as “an activity involving physical exertion in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.” On paper, it seems quite a facile concept, however, reality often casts a stark contrast on what seems to be too good to be true….