Wednesday training starts the week

Just a reminder that training will start this Wednesday at 6.45 in the usual place.

As everyone agreed in our survey last year we're going to try to structure training a bit better this year with more specific drills to start with and then the usual game after.
We'll try to do a few short drills in the first half hour and then play our usual game until it gets too dark (which will be early enough for the first few weeks!!)

I would ask everyone to be at training at 6.45 so we can be ready to start at 7 sharp. We need to organise the drills differently depending on how many people we have so its important to have everyone together for the start. We are also going to limit the amount of time on the drills for the first few weeks so that we can play a proper game.

See you all Wednesday and don't forget to bring along new people if you can.

Temporary Trophy!

Here's a picture of the prize we won last weekend!!
I'll post a picture of the actual trophy when we get it

UL Intervarsity Review - Galway win Bowl Trophy

This tournament took place last Weekend 28/29 March at the University of Limerick.

This year 6 teams took part:

Limerick Ori-ginals:
UL 55's
UL DT's
UCD 1
UCD 2
Galway Tribes

We arrived up Saturday morning and straight into play. We put in a good performance in teh first game losing 12-20 against the eventual winners, the Orig-inals.

The gale force winds didn't help us in the next 2 games where we played UCD1, losing 0-20 and UL'55's losing 3-25.

The final 2 games on Saturday were very close and we probably should have won both, a bad inning in each game cost us, losing 10-14 against UL DT's and 18-19 to UCD2 (A game in which we led 16-5).

So we went 0-5 for Saturday but did not play too badly and we had a certain amount of confidence going into day 2.

We went out to bar close to hotel and watched the IRL v BUL match and had a good night afterwards.

The 5th and 6th place teams were to contest the Bowl final on Sunday. This was to be a best of 3 game series against UCD2.

After a late night and having to rely on public transport, the opposition didn't make it in time for the first game so we got a walkover. But thankfully they made it for the second. We controlled this game pretty much all through and eventually ran out winners 19-8 with some very good defence and big hits, including a grand slam from Simon, therefore winning the bowl.

Some of us waited for final and presentations following. The final was won the the Ori-ginals over the 55's, this was an exiting game which was won in the first extra inning.

Due to some confusion, the Bowl trophy was locked in a cabinet somewhere (I believe its a nice crystal trophy) so we had to accept a cereal bowl in its place. We will get the proper trophy in due course.

Thanks to everyone who played (See squad in last post).