Ladies Provide the Highlights for the Ul Soccer Club
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May 2011 UL’s Greatest Clubs Ever? LADIES PROVIDE THE varsity Final against UL but the UL girls showed great UL Ladies Rugby had another total of 10 players on the 22 who the show on the first day, scoring HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE determination and heart in coming from 2-1 down to win remarkable season retaining their joined the team this year. They 6 tries in two games with her UL SOCCER CLUB. League and Varsity title which got the chance to step up to the trademark display of deadly pace 3-2 to secure a fourth senior they have won almost every year mark due to many familiar faces and vision of the game. Sarah IV in a row. During their run since the competitions began 12 unavailable to play due to injury, Jane Cody, Bronagh O’Donovan In a rather one-sided, of 4 doubles, the girls have years ago. UL’s Varsity record is illness or Co-op. The reigning and Laura O’Mahony also scored successful season for the UL played 57 games and lost just the most impressive winning it 12 champions made hard work of with Ailish Toner kicking the Soccer Club it was the Ladies once. The Ladies also out of its 13 year history. They the game with uncharacteristic conversions and penalties. who provided the silverware competed in the WSCAI were also crowned 7’s champions errors throughout, but their In the final vs UCC the UL and honors in 2010-11. Futsal National Final held in in October. ULLR now hold experience and great defending forwards dominated at scrums UL in January. Inevitably it every trophy available in Division ensured victory. The final score and lineouts which set up the The Men’s team won the was UL and Sligo IT that went 1 Colleges women’s rugby. The was UL 7 UCC 5. Laura O’ pacy backline. UL ran riot in the CUFL West Regional Futsal all the way to the final here key to this clubs success is their Mahony was the try scorer in the first half with tries from Cody, Final but could not secure any ability to recognize what aspects second half with Ailish Toner Claire Keohane and Hutchings. but UL proved much too other titles in a very exciting of their club and team need to be converting. Many of the fresher’s Toner converted one and also strong running out 7-1 improved upon. This was very shone including; Oonagh O’ scored a penalty. UCC failed to season where we had 3 Men’s winners and securing a place evident this year in various Brien, Aoife Bennett and Emma score in the first half but the wind teams competing in League in the EUSA 2nd Annual different aspects of the club. We Wilson. The experience of some was a major factor. UCC piled on and IV events. For the Ladies European Futsal Final taking entered 2 teams into the Autumn old faces including Sarah Jane the pressure in the second half however they were going into place in Tampere, Finland in 7’s competitions both in LIT and Cody, Mary Rose Flanagan, scoring 3 tries but UL held out to the season having won the July. A clean sweep of WSCAI in Cellbridge to give new Laura O’Mahony and Captain win once again with the final WSCAI Premier League and events firmly established this members a taste of the action. We Fiona Reidy showed throughout score of 20-15. What a Senior Intervarsity for 3 years teams place in history as one retained a vast proportion of and this spurred the team on to remarkable end to a fantastic running and were looking to of the greatest University sides fresher’s that joined this year and succeed over their arch rivals. season for UL Ladies Rugby who make history by retaining the ever. Other achievements we put a greater effort into the The Varsities were held in Carlow still have one more 7’s double for a fourth con- included, 11 UL players social side of our club by running IT and was undoubtedly the competition to compete in during secutive year. In a tightly themed nights, table quizzes, highlight of the year for all who week 13 and also an awards night winning the WSCAI Inter- contested league it was Sligo Christmas parties, cinema nights went. UL had a strong first day at which will add even more to the provincial title with Munster, IT and UL that finished at the and much much more. Every the varsities last Thursday beating social element of the club which 6 players being named to the week was a jammed packed week NUIG 35-10 in the first game has brought this team closer top on 27 points each. Under WSCAI Premier League All- of fun and games for all at UL before beating UCC 12-0. together than ever before. the league rules the title was to Star team, Lynsey McKey Ladies Rugby!! The team Ashling Hutchings was the star of be decided by a play-off which being named Premier League bonding and post Christmas 2 took place in Terryland Park top-goal scorer and 3 players, day training camp which was in March and the UL Ladies Julie-Ann Russell, Ruth Fahy held in Dungarvin Co Waterford showed class and style to and Jenny Critchley being was the most beneficial initiative retain their League title with a named in the Irish Senior that was afforded to the team. 4-2 win on the night. At the Squad for a training camp in This proved to be very beneficial WSCAI Senior Intervarsity Spain in March. All In all it and definitely succeeded in competition held in CIT in was a tremendous season for bringing the team together and March, UL battled to the final focusing everyone towards the the Ladies of the UL Soccer without conceding a goal. It league and varsity titles. Club and one that shows the The League final was held on was again Sligo IT that continued development of March 25th in Trinity College, contested the Senior Inter- Ladies Soccer in Ireland. UL has a fresh faced team with a 2 ULSU CLUBS & SOCS NEWS Welcome “Bedrock of all success is a solid system of administrative support” There is no doubt about it but primary reason for involvement approval of the parliament of touch the surface of this this has been an incredible year in Clubs & Societies was to Clubs & Societies, known as administrative machine - is for all involved in Clubs & “make new friends/social the “Clubs & Societies reinforced by genuine student Societies in term of success and outlet.” When asked had they Council”. So whether you are buy-in and participation in this growth. benefited personally from their an inter-county GAA player or system. That is what is really At the start of the year we involvement in Clubs & an amateur dramatics en- empowering the creativity and launched our on-line system for Societies, the largest response thusiast the funding system drive of the University of membership and having rate of 79.1% reported an simply rewards the competence Limericks Clubs and Societies. recently submitted an article for “increased number of friends” and organisational capabilities If further proof was needed the next UL prospectus When asked “In General has of the committee in running the such has the development of 2011/12 under the banner your involvement in Clubs & affairs for its members as per this administrative culture been headline claiming that Clubs & Societies been a positive their aims and ambitions and that we required to hire Liz Societies is the “THE Largest experience” 95.7% answered the C&S stipulated criteria. Gabbett last March 2010, as Social Network on Campus in “Yes”. So when you see the success the administration had become terms of REAL human We are particularly proud of rates this year and people so enormous. Collectively interaction”. At the end of this the reputation we have built for wonder about all the factors Clubs & Societies committee’s academic year we can now Clubs & Societies over the last that contribute to this success, have benefited from this as we quantify this in terms records as decade here in the Students yes it is the athletes, yes it is the have further enhanced our of May 2011. We now know Union because unlike other coaches, yes it is the members service to the students and our that we have over 4619 unique Universities and third level BUT the bedrock of all success one-to-one contact time has memberships and a combined institutions all Clubs & is a solid system of now been doubled. We have multiple memberships across all Societies are treated equally, we administrative support which broken the 60 barrier to the 62 Clubs & Societies of 7070. don’t split Clubs and Societies we have been refining here in number of Clubs & Societies on well and whilst we will see Don’t take my word for it into separate groups, run by the Students Union for the last campus this year for the first many of you over the summer though in our first ever survey separate departments OR allow decade. All the less glamorous time in a considerable number we will see the rest of you in of our Clubs & Societies the primary sports of this island stuff which does not make it to of years and in addition there September. Enjoy the time off. members in March 2011, now to dominate the funding with red carpets ceremonies and are at least half a dozen more that we can clearly identify arbitrary undisclosed funding general speech making, like making plans to roll out new Slainté exactly whom our members are systems to the detriment of all budgets, fundraising, insurance, societies and clubs in we had 826 respondents who others.