Thursday, 23 May 2013, 7:51 pm

  The End of the semester came around far too quickly for the members of Dance UL, but as always Dance UL went out with a bang. On Wednesday the 17th of April, Dance UL hosted a showcase that demonstrated all of the amazing talent that Dance UL is bursting with. The Night was hosted by the lovely Jodi Jane and Paddy Rockett, and it was an immense success. The members of Dance UL danced their absolute hearts out, as they performed routines that had been learnt in class, as well as award winning all-Ireland Intervarsity routines. Not only were there group performances but we also h...

Open Intervarsities was hosted in NUIM this year and saw a total of 16 teams competing. The UL Ninjas managed to send two teams, and both were ready to tackle the group stages on the Saturday. It was an early start for UL1 with their first game against DIT. They got off to a great start scoring the opening points of the games and gradually improved as the game progressed. UL1 kept up the intensity and closed out the game for a final score of 13 – 2 in their favor. UL2 first game of the day followed swiftly seeing them up against a very strong Trinity team. Trinity dominated the game, c...

On a crisp Sunday morning in the regional town of Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, with nary a seat to be had in the handball alley viewing gallery, the packed crowd watched with bated breath before exploding into a cacophony of rapturous applause as University of Limerick student Catriona Casey compounded her status as the best young prospect in women’s handball by claiming back-to-back Open Colligate Singles titles. The first weekend in February offers a true feast for the handball enthusiast, with participants from all levels of play, from novice to senior, and from all third level instituti...

(l-r) John Fallon, UL Games Society President, Gearóid Harrahill, Brocon Games Events Officer, Maximilian Raetz, BroCon Director, Kieran O’Brien,Volunteer and Fundraising Co-Director, Liz Gabbett, UL Clubs and Socs Liaison Officer, Paul Lee, UL Clubs and Socs Development Officer BroCon, an annual convention bringing together lovers of all things gaming and Japanese anime, held in the University of Limerick, was proud to present voluntary organisation Pieta House with a cheque for €2781 this week, raised through events run during the three day convention last July. The organising commit...

So another college basketball season is in full flight and what a start it has been. A vast number of talented Freshers joined our club in September and brought plenty to the squads. Many fresher’s made it onto the varsity squads after intense trials run by coaches Davy Keogh and Neil Campbell. The women’s and men’s varsity team have got off to a fantastic start, both winning their first league games against CIT. The women won on a score of 55 -29 and the men’s game finished 79-62. Both teams traveled to the King Fisher Sports Centre, Galway to play NUIG with the Women having a suc...

UL Eagles prevailed in a hard-fought dogfight against a DCU St. Vincent’s team that was celebrating their club’s 50th anniversary this weekend. The Eagles got off to a good start and carved out a sizeable lead in the first minutes, leading by 12 points to 3. They finished the quarter nine points ahead, leading 19-10. However, in the second quarter, tighter defence by DCU, combined with some poor shooting by the Eagles saw the lead whittled down to just three points at half time, leading 33-30. After half time, DCU resumed a torrid defensive battle and went into the lead for the first t...

“I’ve got to get out of this town.” That realisation had hit me years ago. While from an innocent outsider’s perspective my home town admittedly has that charming village idyll about it, the one that subtly screams close-knit community and friendly townsfolk at you, that was not the case – at least not for me. There were many things about picturing forever being stuck in that place that were anything but appealing. Blindly following the same routines day in and day out, having the same conversations over and over again – no word of a lie, they really do – and ending up in s...

The IUAA road relays once again took place in Maynooth on the college grounds. The UL athletics team were all suited and booted in their new athletics gear with many new-comers combined with the seasoned campaigners! The first race of the day was the ladies relay, which was broken down into a 1mile leg followed by two two mile legs and finishing with a one mile leg. We had two ladies teams take to the start line in a field of 17 teams. The first two up were Imogen Cotter and debutant Avril Hurley, finishing with splits of 6:08 and 6:18 respectively. Next up for the ladies teams were Una Bri...

The UL Taekwondo Club has been hard at it over the last semester. This semester’s weekend away trip took place in Galway. Following on from hosting NUI Galway taekwondo club in UL for an interclub training session the previous year, NUI Galway Taekwondo aptly returned the favour. Four cars of UL Taekwondo’s club members left early on a sunny Saturday morning from UL’s campus and arrived in Galway a short time later. A tough training ensued in the state of the art Kingfisher sports club located on NUI Galway’s campus. Training began with quite intensive cardio followed by static and ...

The Ultimate Frisbee club entered two teams into Ladies Indoor Intervarsity’s (IVs), , in this semesters biggest tournament in the Ladies Division, which was hosted in the UL arena on the 3rd of November. A challenging day faced both teams, with games against some of the best college teams in Ireland. But the girls did us proud with UL 1 placing in 4th, achieving their best finish to date, while UL2 took home Spirit. UL1 began the day against UCC 3, a team primarily full of beginners. The girls started well building an early lead against UCC3, beginning to develop chemistry as a team. Thi...