Other Sports

A thirst for life on the edge

February 20, 2013

Once upon a time, DCU’s Canoe and Kayaking Club ruled the waters. The college attracted the top “paddlers” (the industry term for those who take to the water in the small plastic vessels) from around Read more…

Rugby

Rugby side fall at the hands of Maynooth

February 20, 2013

After a winter break, a walkover and a postponement, the DCU first team finally got to take their second semester bow last Wednesday. NUI Maynooth were the opponents and while DCU were defeated 35-25, there Read more…

Other Sports

AFL recruitment camp in DCU

February 15, 2013

Drafts were held in DCU on Tuesday last for 24 young men in an attempt to recruit emerging talent to the Australian Football League. All-Ireland medal winner with Kerry and former AFL player Tadgh Kennelly, Read more…

Camogie

Carey adamant title can be retained

February 14, 2013

DCU camogie team will look to continue their journey towards becoming the first ever college to win the Purcell Cup two years-in-a-row when they play Cork IT on Saturday afternoon (throw-in 6pm). The game will Read more…

Football

DCU Fresher side win Harding Cup Plate

February 13, 2013

The DCU Fresher team, led by Soccer Development Officer, Fran Butler, and his assistant Ben Kelly, defeated NUI Maynooth 2-1 in the Harding Cup Plate final at the University of Ulster Coleraine last Sunday. Captain, Read more…

Hurling

Hurlers in last chance saloon

February 11, 2013

Group C of this season’s Fitzgibbon Cup has been relatively predictable, with UCD securing two wins from two matches and safe passage to the quarter-finals of third-level hurling’s chief competition. Group rivals DCU and LIT Read more…

Gaelic Football

Footballers biggest test yet

February 10, 2013

After a Michael Murphy inspired victory in the last round of the Irish Daily Mail Sigerson Cup, DCU now look forward to a quarter-final tie with UCD at St. Clare’s this Thursday. The defending champions Read more…

Other Sports

Achieving success on a shoe-string budget

February 6, 2013

€45,908.60 for one club, €5,532 for another. Both are the dominant forces in their respective fields, yet their funding would certainly suggest otherwise. The Men’s Football Club, Sigerson winners twice in the past three years, Read more…

Camogie

Camogie side book place in semi-final

February 6, 2013

The DCU camogie team sailed through to the semi-final of the Purcell Cup after they overcame a battling Mary I side in horrid conditions on Wednesday afternoon. The match was subject to a late change Read more…

Hurling

Hurlers braced for tough Fitzgibbon tie

February 6, 2013

Since survival in Division 1 of the Higher Education league was clinched before Christmas, there has been a profound sense of positivity surrounding the DCU senior hurling team. Their triumph over St. Pat’s in November, Read more…

Gaelic Football

Men’s Football Club take 13% of CLC budget

December 12, 2012

The GAA Men’s Football Club is the largest recipient of the Club Life Committee grant allocations for 2012-13, pocketing €45,908.60. Figures attained by The College View show that 13% of the CLC budget was allocated Read more…