PResident's RePORt 2009/2010 - University College Cork

UCC Canoe Club in action
Foreword
UCC at a Glance
Academic Developments
Teaching and Learning
Research
College Reports:
Arts, Celtic
Studies and Social
Sciences
Business and Law
Medicine and Health
Science, Engineering and
Food Science
Events
Student Experience
Sports and Recreation
Buildings and Estates
Cork University Press
Finance
Governing Body
IRIS Appendix
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UCC Rugby Club - All Ireland U21 Club winners 2010. Team photo
with Dr Michael Murphy, President, UCC and Con O Brien, Vice
President for the Student Experience
Sporting Success
UCC clubs continued to excel on the sporting field in
2009/2010. Current students and graduates wore the skull and
bones with great pride and represented their alma mater with
honour.
Athletics
• Ailís McSweeney, a UCC graduate, broke the Irish 100m
record that had been in place for over 30 years. She went on
to represent Ireland at the European Athletics Championships
in Barcelona. While in Barcelona, she was part of the Irish 4 x
100m relay team who broke the current Irish record.
• Brian Murphy, a UCC graduate, was part of the Irish 4 x
400m relay team at the European championships.
• David Quilligan came second in the long jump at
intervarsities.
• Tim Healy came second and Niall Prendiville came third in
the 3,000m walk at intervarsities.
• UCC Athletics Club was third overall at the Intervarsity Cross
Country Championships.
Badminton
• UCC Badminton Club won several Cork and Munster Club
League and Championship titles in 2009/2010.
• Liam McNamara and Philip Collins were Munster senior 2
doubles winners.
• Clara Pender was the number one female badminton player
in Munster.
Basketball
• The fresher and senior ladies teams were intervarsity winners
• Niamh Dwyer was awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP)
award.
• UCC senior ladies and second ladies teams were both
colleges league winners.
• Students, Niamh Dwyer, Claire Rockall, Áine McKenna,
Valerie O’Driscoll, Emily O’Callaghan and graduates Marie
Breen and Donna Buckley represented UCC on the Team
Montenotte ladies basketball team who won the Super
League title for the third year in a row.
Boxing
• Irish University Championships winners were: Tom McGrath
(senior 81kg), Andrew Burns (novice 71kg) and Alan Dowling
(junior 51kg).
Camogie
• Ashbourne Cup finalists
• Camogie All-Stars for 2009:
• Cork – Cathriona Foley and Rachael Moloney
(both graduates)
• Kilkenny – Elaine Aylward and Anne Dalton
(both graduates)
• The freshers’ team were varsity finalists.
Chess
• Alex Lopez was Irish senior champion.
Dance
• Siobhan Ryan, a member of the Cork City Ballet Company,
performed in The Nutcracker in the Cork Opera House.
Equestrian
• Brian Morrison was selected to represent Ireland in the
Young Rider Three-Day Eventing Competition at the
European Championships in Prague (July 2010).
Gaelic Football
• Michael Shields captained Cork senior Gaelic footballers to
division one national league success and led the Cork team
out in the All-Ireland senior football final (September 2010).
UCC students Eoin Cotter, Ken O’Halloran and Sean Kiely
were also part of the winning Cork team
• UCC graduates on the Cork squad included Anthony Lynch,
Alan Quirke, Fintan Gould, John Hayes, Kevin McMahon,
Paddy Kelly and Pearse O’Neill
• Michael Shields was awarded an All-Star in 2010