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• Elks claim Intervarsity double

  

  University of Ulster Elks completed the Chilean and Mauritius Cup double in Jordanstown this afternoon as both their men’s and women’s teams overcame UCD in the finals. On the men’s side of the draw, UU trounced UCC 8-0 in the semi-final to set up a repeat of last year’s final showdown with UCD. They beat [...]

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• Varsities produced identical semi-finals

  

  The Mauritius and Chilean Cups produced identikit semi-finalists as DCU and UCC squeezed into the men’s intervarsity last four on goal difference while UU’s women put paid to Trinity’s hopes in the women’s competition. As a result, both UCC teams will face UU in the semi-finals today while UCD and DCU face off on the [...]

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• Varsity goal-fest puts UCD in pole position

  

  UCD’s men became the first side to qualify for the semi-finals of the Intervasities and can enjoy a good night tonight as – in light of UL’s late withdrawal – their three wins today completed their group stage with a 100pc record. They fired 26 goals in their three games, beating Queens (10-0), UCC (8-1) [...]

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• Hosts Elks hoping for Varsity double

  

  The annual intervarsities gets underway this morning with 20 teams duking it out for the Mauritius and Chilean Cups with NUI Maynooth making their tournament debut in the men’s competition. In the men’s competition, defending champions University of Ulster – under the moniker of the Ulster Elks – will hope that a combination of home [...]

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• UCD draw first blood in Colours showdown

  

  Women’s Division One:Trinity 0 UCD 1 (Fiona Bradish)Fiona Braddish scored her second goal in five days to give UCD their first win of the season and gain early bragging rights over Trinity ahead of this month’s Intervarsities – this year hosted by UUJ. She netted a 20th minute penalty corner for the only goal of [...]

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• Intervarsities Update

  

  CIT and UU Elks will contest the Mauritius Cup final this afternoon as they beat DCU and UCD respectively. CIT were rampant in their win, cruising to a 5-0 score with goals from Roger Gray, Stephen Parker, Phil O’Driscoll, Ali Smith and Erasmus student Geert Fromme. UCD, meanwhile, were stung by two late UU goals. [...]

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• Double Tops for UCD

  

  UCD men’s and women’s sides topped their respective groups at the Intervarsity Championships in Kilkenny today as the preliminary stage of the competition reached its conclusion. The Belfield outfit will take particular satisfaction from their men’s result, comprehensively outplaying Trinity to knock them out of the competition. Robbie McFarlane’s hat-trick and one from Rob Lloyd [...]

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• UU claim Mauritius Cup

  

  University of Ulster claimed the Mauritius Cup at the Intervarsities championship in Belfast today, beating UCD 1-0. In a game UU dominated, Neil Hamilton got the decisive goal. UCD were thankful to goalkeeper Herbie Bagnall for keeping them in the game and almost managed to nick a draw, gaining a series of penalty corners late [...]

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