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UCC face tough test as they return to the top flight of the EY Hockey League
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Do you want to be a UCC FAI Student Activator?
19 Sep 2024If you want to learn more about becoming a UCC FAI Student Activator make sure to read on.
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UCC Celebrates Clubs Day!
17 Sep 2024Read on to find out more about Clubs Day.
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UCC Sport Celebrates International Day of Student Sport
16 Sep 2024Read on to find out more about International Day of Student Sport
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R&A Golf Scholarship at UCC
16 Sep 2024Click hear to find out more about the UCC R&A Golf Scholarship.
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SSI Competition Win €500 worth of Gear
13 Sep 2024Ahead of International Day of University Sport (September 20th) and European Week of Sport (September 23rd-30th), we would like to share with you some information about this year’s Find Your Team campaign:
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UCC wishes the best of luck to Mary Fitzgerald in the Paralympics
27 Aug 2024As the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games begin this week, all at UCC extends our best wishes to Mary Fitzgerald as she competes on the world stage once again.
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UCC Summer of Success Highlights
19 Aug 2024Make sure to check out UCC Summer of Success highlights.
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Apply now for a UCC Sport Scholarship 2024!
15 Aug 2024Applications close on the 18th of August - click here to find out more info: https://www.ucc.ie/en/scholarships/all/alluccsch/uccschsports/
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UCC Rowing Resounding Success at Nationals!
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All Ireland Senior Hurling Final/UCC GAA
15 Jul 2024On Sunday July 21st the greatest day in Irish sport will be played out in Croke Park, Dublin when Cork meet Clare in the 2024 All Ireland Senior Hurling Final.
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UCC Sport Summer of Success
04 Jul 2024This summer, University College Cork (UCC) proudly showcases a diverse range of athletes competing on both national and international stages. Our talented students and alumni are representing UCC across various sporting disciplines, highlighting our commitment to excellence in sports.
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UCC/FAI Recreational Soccer League
22 Apr 2024The UCC DSPA in collaboration with the FAI, selected three Student activators to run recreational Soccer 7-aside leagues in UCC.
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UCC Clubs Award Winners 2024!
08 Apr 2024Check out the photos to see who won at the UCC Clubs Awards 2024
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UCC Club Award Individual Winners
09 Apr 2024UCC Club Awards Bene Merenti: Aimee Sheeran
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UCC/FAI Student Activator Recreational Football League
20 Mar 2024Read more to find about the UCC Soccer Internal 7 a-side League.
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UCC Reach O'Connor and Lynch Cup Finals
08 Mar 2024UCC booked their place in the Final of the O'Connor Cup with a 1.10 to 1.07 win over Ulster University. The Lynch Cup team also came away with a 4.16 to 1.5 victory over DCU in their match.
Please check out this article from the Examiner for more detail on the O'Connor Cup match.
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The Dr Elmer Morrissey Memorial Scholarship
28 Feb 2024Aplications are open for the annual Dr Elmer Morrissey Scholarship.
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UCC Archery Intervarsity Success
16 Feb 2024Last weekend (10th - 11th February), UCC hosted the National Student Indoor Championships (NSIC) 2024 at the Mardyke Arena. We had over 180 archers from across Ireland competing, including 19 of our club members and coaches.
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UCC cruise into Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals!
02 Feb 2024UCC booked their place in the quarter final of the Fitzgibbon Cup with a strong second half display against Maynooth. UCC 4-21 Maynooth University 0-13
Please check out this article from the Echo for more detail on the match.
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UCC Dominant Sigerson Win
18 Jan 2024UCC put on a dominant display in their second round match in the Sigerson Cup last night winning by 33 points.
Please check out this article from the Irish Examiner for more detail on the match.
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Sigerson Cup Returns
09 Jan 2024UCC Senior Gaelic football team are looking forward to defending their title. We want to wish the team good luck in their upcoming games. #showyoursupport
Please check out this article from the Irish Independent featuring the UCC Sigerson team goalkeeper.
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Conor McGlinchey Kickboxing World Champion
24 Nov 2023This week I competed at the W.A.K.O World Kickboxing Championships in Albufeira, Portugal. With over 70 countries and 1670 athletes in attendance. Before the fighting began, I was honoured with the task of taking the Athlete’s “Fair play & Manipulation Oath” on stage at the opening ceremony of the championships, a great privilege.
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UCC Sports announces 23/24 Sports Scholarships
27 Oct 202398 students across 18 sports have been awarded UCC Sports Scholarships for 2023-2024. The announcement was made at the launch of the 23.24 programmes at the UCC Sports Grounds in the Mardyke Pavilion on the 27th of October.
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UCC Sports Update
21 Sep 2023Check out all you need to know about exciting things happening in UCC Sport
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UCC Clubs Magazine 2023-24
10 Aug 2023Check out all you need to know about UCC Clubs for the academic year ahead
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UCC Sport Stars Celebrates another year of incredible success for UCC teams and athletes.
26 Apr 2023- 12 athletes selected for UCC Sport Star awards and Kickboxing Champion Conor McGlinchey – selected as overall Sports Star awards.
- Billy Morgan and Brian Cuthbert celebrated as Coach of the year and UCC Ladies basketball team win team of the year.
- JB McCarthy honoured as Kieran Dowd Recipient for outstanding to Taekwondo and sport in UCC.
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UCC Sport Scholarship Deadline
05 Apr 2023UCC SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE is approaching fast! Don't miss out, make sure you apply before closing deadline of 14th April
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UCC Rugby to host SSI Rugby Finals
10 Mar 2023Student Sport Ireland and the Irish Rugby Football Union are delighted to announce the full schedule for the finals of this years men’s and women’s rugby cup competitions, that will take place on March 15th in University College Cork venues The Mardyke and The Farm. The host club University College Cork are hosting the finals day as part of their 150th year celebrations of the clubs establishment, Student Sport Ireland and the Irish Rugby Football Union would like to thank them for the cooperation in organising this years finals.
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UCC Sports announces 22/23 Sports Scholarships
25 Nov 202282 students across 17 sports have been awarded UCC Sports Scholarships for 2022-2023. The announcement was made at the launch of the 22.23 programmes at the UCC Sports Grounds in the Mardyke Pavilion on the 24th of November.
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UCC Sport staff recognised at UCC Long Service Awards
23 Nov 2022Deputy Head of Sport, Christine O Donovan and Exercise Physiologist, Trevor Woods were recognised for their 35 and 25 year, respectively, service to UCC and in particular to UCC Sport Physical Activity.
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UCC represented at the AFL European Championships
24 Oct 2022UCC AFL had representation at the AFL European Championships earlier this month. For the first time since 2019, the European Championships made a return for 2022. The competition, was hosted from October 5-8 in Zagreb, Croatia, which capped off the AFL's year of international events.
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UCC and Munster Hockey Partner to Develop Next Generation of Irish Hockey Stars
28 Sep 2022- University College Cork will become the primary sponsor of Munster Hockey’s InterProvincial teams.
- Munster Hockey will have access to UCC’s world-class facilities at the Mardyke and the University’s cutting-edge expertise in sports science, high performance, nutrition, and sports psychology.
- UCC and Munster Hockey will collaborate on joint marketing initiatives.
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Michael Bradley to Lead All-Star Coaching Line Up at UCC RFC
14 Sep 2022Michael Bradley has been appointed UCC RFC’s new Head Coach, where he will head up an all-star coaching team that includes former Irish internationals Ken O’Connell and Paul McCarty, and ex-Munster fly-half Scott Deasy.
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Munster GAA Student Bursaries 2022/2023
27 Sep 2022The GAA’s Student Bursary scheme funds are allocated by its Provincial Councils. Some elements of the Bursary scheme are common across the provinces; other elements are left to their discretion.
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Two UCC Powerlifters to Represent Ireland at International Championships
23 Aug 2022Adam Duane, captain of UCC Powerlifting, and Mia Kovacs have been selected to represent Ireland at the Junior World Championships and European Championships respectively.
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University College Cork partners with SportsKey to move the booking of their sports facilities online.
22 Aug 2022University College Cork Sport is using SportsKey’s sports facility management software to help maximise the use of their sports facilities and get more people playing sport in Cork.
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UCC Rowers win Seven Medals at World Rowing Cup
20 Jun 2022Of the six Irish crews that won medals at the World Rowing Cup in Poznan, four contained UCC students or alumni.
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UCC Canoe Club Claim Student Sport Ireland Event of the Year Prize
03 Jun 2022UCC Canoe Club have won Student Sport Ireland’s Event of the Year Award after hosting the organising the 2021-22 Irish Kayaking Intervarsities.
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Two UCC Students Among Top 20 Players From the #EirGridGAA Football U20 All-Ireland Championship
03 Jun 2022UCC's Dylan Geaney and Cillian Burke were included on the list.
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Vacancy: UCC RFC Wishes to Appoint an Experienced Head Coach
30 May 2022UCC wishes to appoint an experienced Head Coach to the Department of Sport and Physical Activity.
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Five UCC Students to the Fore As Irish Universities Beat France
25 May 2022UCC's Rob Hedderman, Louis Bruce, Matthew Bowen, Jack Kelleher and Alessandro Heaney all contributed to the Irish Universities 53-10 win over France.
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Olympic Heroes and Sports Stars Honoured at UCC Sport Star Awards
25 Apr 2022Sponsored by the River Lee Hotel and Bank of Ireland, the UCC Sport Awards acknowledged the achievements of 19 outstanding student-athletes who have excelled with their UCC clubs, external clubs and representative teams in the last twelve months.
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Stellar students: Galaxy of rising sports stars honoured at UCC Sports awards
25 Apr 2022Olympic medallists, Paul O’Donovan and Emily Hegarty were among those honoured Monday as UCC Sports Stars by Professor John O’Halloran, President of the college.
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UCC Awarded Accreditation for Student Athlete Support
03 Mar 2022University College Cork (UCC) is among six Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) around Ireland that have been awarded the Sport Ireland Institute Accreditation for Student Athlete Support (ASAS), which recognises good practice in ‘dual career’ support for student athletes.
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UCC Sports Star 2022 nominations
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Annual Clubs Awards
25 Mar 2022UCC Clubs and Societies Awards took place in the Rochestown Park Hotel on Thursday evening. Club of the Year, Event of the Year and Bene Merenti were just some of the awards being presented on the night.
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UCC Crusaders victorious in Paris
11 Mar 2022UCC Aussie Rules women's team travelled to Paris last week to compete in a tournament (Gallia Cup) which consisted of teams from across the continent.
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Dr Elmer Morrissey Memorial Scholarship
25 Feb 2022Are you an engineering student? Do you have a lust for life and all it entails? Would you like a cheque for €1,500?
If the answer to these questions is yes then read on...it could make a huge difference to your UCC experience.
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Clubs Day
01 Feb 2022Come join us on Wednesday 2nd February 2022
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Olympian and World Champion Puspure appointed UCC Head Rowing Coach
03 Dec 2021University College Cork is delighted to confirm the appointment of two-time World Champion and three-time Olympian Sanita Puspure as UCC Sport’s new head coach for rowing.
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Senior Footballers take on Duhallow
30 Sep 2021On Sunday , 3 October 2021, UCC senior football team take on Duhallow in the Cork County Senior Football Championship. Following on from a victory over Muskerry on Wednesday on a score line of 2.13 to 2.11, college now play for the right to advance to the quarter finals of this year’s championship
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Student Sport Ireland – Launches new strategy
28 Sep 2021Student Sport Ireland (SSI), the representative body for higher education sport in Ireland, has published its new strategic plan that will guide the organisation’s growth and development over the next three years.
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Senior Hurlers and Footballers start their 2021 campaigns
27 Sep 2021UCC senior hurlers as well as their senior football team will finally get their 2021 Cork county senior hurling and football campaigns up and running this week. First up tomorrow, Tuesday 28 Sept 2021 are the hurling team who play Imokilly in Pairc Ui Rinn at 7.30pm. This game is being streamed live by the excellent service provided by The Irish Examiner Sport website. Just log on to the site and click on the link.
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Welcome to UCC Clubs Day 2021
21 Sep 2021Our clubs are promoting their activities in Devere Hall and around the Quad and signing up new members. We look forward to seeing new members and the opportunity for students to #FindYourTeam.
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Walking football for our local community
16 Sep 2021FAI, Cork City Council, UCC & Cork Sports Partnership are delighted to launch a new FREE Walking Football Programme in the Mardyke Sports Grounds this September.
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Big UCC representation at the All-Ireland Camogie final
07 Sep 2021This Sunday, 12 Sept 2021, in Croke Park, Dublin the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Final between Cork and Galway will take place.
It is one of the major occasions in this country for female sport and with an increased spectator capacity and atmosphere , Sunday will see the best of talent take part in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior finals.
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Rowing World Championship Recap
29 Aug 2024Last week 3 UCC students: Adam Murphy, Andrew Sheehan and Rory Buckley, competed in the u23 World Rowing Championships.
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