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PResident's RePORt 2009/2010 - University College Cork

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Winning ladies’ Intervarsity volleyball team<br />

Foreword<br />

UCC at a Glance<br />

Academic Developments<br />

Teaching and Learning<br />

Research<br />

<strong>College</strong> Reports:<br />

Arts, Celtic<br />

Studies and Social<br />

Sciences<br />

Business and Law<br />

Medicine and Health<br />

Science, Engineering and<br />

Food Science<br />

Events<br />

Student Experience<br />

Sports and Recreation<br />

Buildings and Estates<br />

<strong>Cork</strong> <strong>University</strong> Press<br />

Finance<br />

Governing Body<br />

IRIS Appendix<br />

71<br />

UCC’s new sailing fleet<br />

Rowing<br />

• Justin Ryan was crowned single sculls intervarsity champion.<br />

He also won a silver medal at the World U23 Rowing<br />

Championships – lightweight double sculls.<br />

Rugby<br />

• All-Ireland U21 club champions.<br />

• Munster U21 cup winners (the seventh victory in a row).<br />

• U21 Waterpark tournament winners.<br />

• U21 Conroy Cup finalists – U21 intervarsity.<br />

• Retained the All-Ireland senior division 1B status (third in<br />

table).<br />

• Munster Senior Cup finalists.<br />

• Bryan Cagney and David O’Callaghan were part of the Irish<br />

U20 squad.<br />

• Sean Scanlon and John Ryan were members of the Ireland<br />

Club International team.<br />

• Andrew Burke, David O’Callaghan, Sean Scanlon, Jonathan<br />

Holland and Ivan Dineen were members of the Munster<br />

panel.<br />

• UCC second Juniors won the Tramway Cup – Munster Junior<br />

2 Cup – three in a row for UCC.<br />

• UCC Junior 3 were Munster Junior 3 cup finalists.<br />

Sailing<br />

• UCC were crowned ‘Coupe de l’Université de Nantes, FF Sport<br />

‘U’ – Voile ‘Match Racing’ champions.<br />

Soccer<br />

UCC Rowing Club getting ready for action at the intervarsities<br />

• UCC juniors were Crowley Cup finalists in the junior<br />

intervarsities.<br />

• UCC second juniors won the Corinthians Cup in the Munster<br />

junior cup competition.<br />

Squash<br />

• UCC men’s ‘A’ team were runners up in the intervarsities.<br />

• UCC men’s ‘B’ team won the ‘B’ intervarsities.<br />

• UCC men’s ‘C’ team were runners up in the ‘C’ intervarsities.<br />

• UCC men’s ‘D’ team won the ‘D’ intervarsities.<br />

• UCC ladies’ ‘B’ team were runners up in the ‘B’ intervarsities.<br />

Tae Kwon Do (TWD)/Kickboxing<br />

• Connie Vaughan was third at the ITF World TWD<br />

Championships held in Korea. She also won two medals at<br />

the Korean Open.<br />

• Christian Spagnol won a bronze medal at the Korean Open.<br />

Ultimate Frisbee<br />

• Won every intervarsity ladies’ and men’s competitions, both<br />

indoors and outdoors, in <strong>2009</strong>/<strong>2010</strong>.<br />

• Received six awards from the Irish Flying Discs Association<br />

at their annual awards – the first time a third-level institution<br />

has been honoured at these awards.<br />

• Several club members represented Ireland at U21, U23 and<br />

senior level in International competitions.<br />

Volleyball<br />

• UCC ladies’ team retained their intervarsity title.<br />

<strong>2009</strong>/<strong>2010</strong> UCC Sports Star Award Winners<br />

Niamh Dwyer – basketball<br />

Orla Cotter – camogie<br />

Michael Shields – Gaelic football<br />

Ian O’Rourke – golf<br />

Audrey O’Flynn – ladies’ hockey<br />

Julia O’Halloran – ladies’ hockey<br />

Sally McCarthy – modern pentathlon<br />

Justin Ryan – rowing<br />

David O’Callaghan – rugby<br />

Michael McSweeney – soccer

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