News & Fixtures

 

The Higher Education Authority Championship Draw took place yesterday in UCD, who will this year host the event to celebrate the Centenary Year of the prestigious tournament.

Both the reigning Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup champions will find it difficult to retain their titles after the draws for the blue riband third-level colleges competitions were made here in UCD yesterday.

Sigerson champions DCU face St Mary's, Belfast, for the right to reach the 'big weekend', with the victors meeting the winners of UCC and GMIT.

The competition will revert to the traditional three-day event across the weekend of March 3/4/5 to celebrate the centenary of the tournament, with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final to be played in UCD.

The hosts -- who include Dublin's Michael Fitzsimons and Cian O'Sullivan, as well as Laois dual player John O'Loughlin and Westmeath starlet John Heslin -- face the winners of NUI Galway and IT Sligo.

Current Fitzgibbon champions NUI Galway have been paired with Cork IT and DIT in Group B, but it's Group A that catches the eye as it includes Waterford IT, UCD and Limerick IT. The semi-finals and finals are fixed for Waterford for the weekend of February 25/26.

 

Full HEA Championship Draws:

ULSTER BANK SIGERSON CUP 2011
All matches at 2.00pm unless otherwise stated - [E.T. if necessary]
15 teams U.C.D. as hosts get bye to Quarter finals. The other 14 teams play in the first round with the league quarter finalists seeded apart

Round 1 – 17.02.11(Open Draw): League Quarter finalists seeded apart:
Seeds (DCU, QUB, DIT, NUI Galway, AIT, CIT, UCC) + Non Seeds (St. Marys, UUJ, UL, Carlow IT, IT Sligo, NUIM, GMIT)

(A) Neutral Venue, UUJ v Cork IT
(B) Grangegorman, DIT v UL
(C) Mardyke, UCC v GMIT
(D) Carlow, Carlow IT v Athlone IT
(E) Sligo, IT Sligo v NUI Galway
(F) DCU, DCU v St Marys, Belfast
(G) Maynooth, NUIM v QUB

Quarter-Finals in Belfield - 03.03.11(Open Draw): (UCD + 7 Round 1 winners)

(H) NUIG/ITSligo v UCD

(J) DCU/St Marys v UCC/GMIT

(K) NUI M/QUB v DIT/UL

(L) AIT/Carlow IT v CIT/UUJ

04.03.11 - Semi-Finals in Belfield
H             v             J             
K             v             L

5.03.11 – Final in Belfield

ULSTER BANK TRENCH CUP 2011
All matches at 2.00pm unless otherwise stated - [E.T. if necessary]
Round 1 - 02.02.11 (Open Draw):
6 teams (MICL, Limerick IT, Law School, NCI, UUC, GMIT Letterfrack)

A, Coleraine, UUC v NCI

B, Letterfrack, GMIT Letterfrack v MICL

C, The Law School Bye

D, Limerick IT Bye

Round 2 - 09.02.11 (Open Draw):
12 teams (winner of round 1 matches +2 byes + IT Tralee, TCD, IT Tallaght, WIT, Letterkenny IT, Dundalk IT, BMC, St. Pats. (Drumcondra)

E, Waterford , Waterford IT v The Law School

F, Drumcondra, St Pats TC v Limerick IT

G, Tallaght, IT Tallaght v TCD

H, Belfast , BMC v GMIT Letterfrack/MICL

J, UUC/NCI v Letterkenny IT

K, Tralee, IT Tralee v Dundalk IT

Quarter-Finals (Open Draw): - 17.02.11
(6 winners of Round 2)

L, St Pats TC/Limerick IT v UUC/NCI/Letterkenny IT

M, IT Tralee/Dundalk IT v IT Tallaght/NCI

N, Waterford IT/The Law School v BMC/ GMIT Letterfrack/MICL

Semi-Finals – 04.03.11 (Fri) in Belfield

British Winners   v    K
L            v             M

Final – 05.03.11 (Sat) in Belfield

ULSTER BANK CORN NA MAC LÉINN 2011
All matches at 2.00pm unless otherwise stated - [E.T. if necessary]
Round 1: 01.02.11 (Open Draw)
6 teams (Froebel, Cadets, Tipp Inst, St Pats(Thurles), Marino, GMIT Castlebar)

A, Thurles, St Pats, Thurles v Froebel College

B, Castlebar, GMIT Castlebar v Cadet College

C, Coláiste Mhuire Marino Bye

D, Tipperary Institute Bye

Quarter-Finals: 15.02.11 (Open Draw)
8 teams winners of Round 1 +(RCSI, IT Blanchardstown, Mater Dei, UUM)
E, GMITCastlebar/Cadets v IT Blanchardstown

F, BÁC Coláiste Mhuire Marino v RCSI

G, St Pats/Froebel v Tipperary Institute

H, Magee UU Magee v Mater Dei

Semi-Finals: 04.03.11 in Belfield
E             v             F
G             v             H

Final: 05.03.11 (Sat) in Belfield

ULSTER BANK FURTHER EDUCATION CHAMPIONSHIP 2011
All matches at 2.00pm unless otherwise stated - [E.T. if necessary]

4 teams (Colaiste Íde, Carlow IE, Cork Colleges FE, Coláiste Dhúlaigh,

First Round: 01.02.11 (Open Draw)

A, Carlow, Carlow IE v Coláiste Íde

B, Cork CFE Bye

C, Coláiste Dhúlaigh Bye

Quarter-Finals: 08.02.11 First Round Winners + ( North West Regional College , Southern Regional College, Drogheda CFE, Cavan Institute, Inchicore CFE,)

D, Drogheda, Drogheda CFE v Carlow IE/Coláiste Íde

E, Cork , Cork CFE v NWRC

F Inchicore, Inchicore CFE v SRC

G, Cavan, Cavan Institute v Coláiste Dhúlaigh

Semi-Finals: By 16.02.11

D             v             E
F              v             G

Final: 05.03.11 (Fri) in Belfield