Edition 20 - September 2016 Clubs & Societies NEWS Aontas na Mac Leinn University of Limerick Ollscoile Luimnigh Student Union Raising the Barr at UL Sport Edition 20 Semester 1 AY 2016/2017 RÓISÍN HOWARD, UL ATHLETICS CLUB UL athletcs club have had quite the year, from 4x200m relay of Eanna Madden, Paul Byrne, Kier- pics. Eanna and Thomas competed in the 4x100m gold at the world student games last summer to an Elliot and Thomas also broke the record. It was and 4x400m relays respectvely, Niamh and Jenna two athletes competng at this summers’ Olympics just a taste of what was to come for the outdoors. were in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays respectve- #rio2016. Thomas Barr and Michelle Finn can be We also brought a small team of 12 athletes to the ly, Paul Byrne and Thomas Barr contented in the seen here in the 400m Hurdles and the 3000m US to compete against Harvard in the Beantown 400m Hurdles, Michelle Finn in the Steeplechase Steeplechase respectvely (2 pics on Extreme Challenge, (Top right of cover Back Row L-R: Rói- and Eoin Everard in the 1500m at the Europeans. right). Our next step is resurfacing the track which sín Howard, Alana, Kevin Chesser, PJ Galvin, Shane Jenna Bromell also competed in the 400m at the we hope to see happening in the coming year Howard, Sorcha Murphy, Jenna & Grace Lynch; World Juniors. The most outstanding performance through UL Sport & the Buildings & Estates Dept. Front Row L-R: Eanna, Paul White, Rory Chesser, was that of Thomas Barr, breaking the 48 second The distance athletes will be the frst to compete Kathy O’Keefe, James & Eoin Walsh). We also vis- barrier to break the Irish record for a 2nd tme in the road relays and cross country events over ited the Yale campus while we were there. that week and place an amazing 4th place fnish in the frst semester. The girls took centre stage last The outdoors was held in Dublin last year and UL the Olympic Games!! Well done Thomas from all year, with a 2nd place fnish in the natonal road achieved 2nd place overall, but again with had at UL! The UL campus community really came out relay championships and wins in the Munster many wins and records were broken again. Shane, in droves to support Thomas. I think Jessie Barr’s and natonal cross-country championships. Amy Laura Kavanagh and Simon Ziegler are pictured in dog got the most atenton before the race! It was O’Donoghue (Botom Row 2nd pic from lef) and some of the jump disciplines at these champion- great to see two UL athletes on the big screen, Michelle (1st Picture on lef – top row) were both ships. Some of our throwers are also shown here: Thomas competng and Jessie making her RTE de- part of these teams. This is the frst tme UL have Simon, Alana, Róisín, Seamus McMahon and Kil- but. Here’s to another successful year at UL Sport! won the cross country since 2001. Well done girls! lian Barry. Killian, Simon and Michelle all set UL The indoor season begins the second week back records in their chosen events at these champion- Check out our Facebo ok page at www.facebook. afer Christmas, so make sure you keep up your ships. Athletes were picked from these champion- com/ULAthletcs and our Twiter page at www. training over the Christmas holidays if you want to ships to compete in Scotland for the Irish Universi- twiter.com/UL_Athletcs for more informaton. be in with a shout for a medal. Last year both the tes team, many of whom were UL athletes but due Get in touch over email at [email protected] men and women were 2nd overall in the indoor. to other commitments only Shane and Alana could Looking forward to seeing everyone at the recruit- We had many wins and record breaking perfor- compete. The Irish team won this event. ment drive! mances that day! Jenna Bromell, Michelle, Alana Outside of college athletcs we had a great sum- Frataroli, James Ledingham and Thomas all set mer. We had athletes picked for the European #ulwolves UL records in their chosen events, and the men’s Championships, the World Juniors and the Olym- 2 ULSU CLUBS & SOCS NEWS Welcome Fresher’s To all of you landing in UL for the frst tme – a very big welcome from all of us here in the Ministry for Fun, Friendship, Socs & Jocks! That part of the University experience which is as inextricably linked as much with the CAO Points Race, Grants, dodgy landlords, or telling fbs to the “bank of mum and dad” ….queue the drumroll…welcome to the world of “CLUBS & SOCIETIES” As part of the Students Union we are THE largest social network on campus of real people or as we proudly like to call ourselves the Wolfpack….the whole logic of strength AND support in numbers. With over 70 Clubs & Societes on ofer there really is a lot of choice for you to fll your down tme, whether that is to excel at your sport of choice, or to try and experience something totally new, perhaps you might like dropping out of a plane from several thousand feet? Kayaking through the alpine rivers of France and Slovenia? Surfng of anchor point in Morocco, drinking Tea in Edinburgh in JK Rowling’s old haunt, treading the boards of London’s West End….then we have a lot of optons for you. And if we don’t cover an interest for you, then you should come and talk to me about setng one up! Every year the theme of my message is the same , we know for most people they have lef their closest Paul Lee friends behind and leaving the security of a trusted social circle of friends does indeed play on people’s minds however the memories of leaving certfcate will fade, or your old job, a former college, a former life and as that nervousness or excited apprehension of a new and unknown experience takes hold THEN you really have to ask that frst queston, make that frst phone call, email, FB message and take those frst tentatve CLUBS steps to become involved in Clubs & Societes, at least try it out, nothing ventured nothing gained right?…. American Football 5 jump right into University life. I guarantee that it will fast track your enjoyment of this fantastc campus. Athletcs Cover We would like to extend a warm invitaton to all of you to come to our annual Clubs & Societes Recruitment Archery 5 Drive in the UL Arena, Wednesday the 7th of September from 4pm-7.30pm Basketball 6 Boxing 6 Welcome back to all our members from last year! Capoeira 7 Dance UL 7 It has been a busy summer in your absence and since the monumental decisions last April to approve more Equestrian 7 than €20+ Million worth of Building projects with a student levy, the discussions and meetngs have been GAA 8 going on behind the scenes, between the University and the Students Union. First of all Hugh Kelly the Handball 8 architect with whom many of you had an opportunity to interact with through Clubs & Societes Council Hockey (Men’s) 9 etc., as the person responsible for developing the concept for the New Student Centre was asked to carry Kayak 11 Mountain Bike 12 out another piece of work, post the referendum by the University. Basically he was asked to present the Outdoor Pursuits 10 various optons for the most suitable locaton from the geographical area designated for this project. It has Rugby (Ladies) 10 since been identfed that the most suitable and most advantageous site for a new state of the Art Student Skydiving 12 Centre will be adjoining the current student centre in the area of the current visitor car park adjacent to Surf 13 the new Library extension. There is a whole process of documentaton preparaton that goes to prepare for Tae Kwon Do 14 Trampoline 15 what is referred to as “Frameworks” and the E-tender process. That is where we are at present moment in Windsurfng 16 tme with applicatons from civil & electrical engineers coming in, architects, project managers, contractors etc. When that is completed there will possibly be as many as 60+ diferent applicatons to be examined and fltered at which point there is a criteria based scoring mechanism, follow up checks for additonal paperwork SOCIETIES such as fnancial status amongst other more technical reviews. Once this is completed we then enter into a Architecture 18 shortlist of the best applicants and interviews begin to appoint all the aforementoned. At that point once Anime & Manga 17 contracts are awarded and signed of – the likes of the New Student Centre, New foodlit synthetc pitches, Christan Union 18 new climbing wall, handball alleys all kick of for real. The 25M pool is nearly there and set to open hopefully Comedy 19 in January 2017 and the refurb of the second foor of the Arena will also begin with a dedicated Martal Arts Cumann Gaelach 19 rooms, Dance studio all of which the students of UL are contributng to. Drama 20 Feminist Society 20 Forum 20 I think it’s fair to say to those frst years landing you may well be a part of all of these projects before your 4 Filmmaking 21 years are complete in the University of Limerick. The student centre will be the project that takes the longest Games 22 and with a 3.5 year average tmeline for completon it would be just amazing to experience in your 4th year Internatonal 15 here.