Posts Tagged ‘Sport’
SPORT: The next best thing to having wings…
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
The Queen’s University Belfast Gliding Cub (QUBGC) gives you the opportunity to experience flying at low cost. The membership fee for one year is only £25. It includes instruction and flying in the club’s own K-13 two seat glider. The QUBGC uses aerotow to get the glider airborne. For a £22 launch charge the glider will be towed to 2000 feet by a motored airplane.
By Gown sport reporter
Tags: Gliding, Gown, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, Sport, student, The Gown
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SPORT: Want to improve your pulling power?
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
“Rowing is a sport for dreamers. As long as you put in the work, you can own the dream, when the work stops, the dream disappears” – James Dietz
Indeed, the university rowing is built on the premise of dreams. No other sport at Queen’s allows you to show up at try-outs with no previous experience and become a potential part of an Olympic racing team! The Queen’s team training is intensive. During the cold winter months a Queen’s rower is expected to rise six out of seven mornings to perform cardio-vascular activities; alternatively, if they are not to be found pumping away in the PEC, they are pushing their bodies to unknown boundaries on the water. Other students sometimes find it a personal achievement to rise before eleven and make it to class on time.
BY ORLA MACKLE
Tags: Gown, newspaper, Orla Mackle, qub, Queen's, queen's university, rowing, Sport, student, The Gown
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SPORT: Queen’s Ryan Cup Fixtures (1sts and 2nds) – 2009
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Tags: cup, fixtures, Gown, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, ryan, ryan cup, Sport, student, The Gown
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SPORT: Unlucky Irish fail to hold Italy
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Ireland 2 – Italy 2
Geovanni Trappatoni’s men got off to the best possible start when Liam Lawrence’s squared free kick to Glenn Whelan met a sublime strike to put the hosts ahead. The Republic famously upset the Italians in 1994 by scoring early and holding out for the win. History would not repeat itself, however; just 17 minutes later the visitors were level when Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given fumbled a Mauro Camoranesi header at his near post from an Andrea Pirlo corner. The Italians, for whom a draw was sufficient, quite predictably shut up shop and held on to the ball without really testing Shay Given’s goal. The second half was to begin with Given picking the ball out of his own net again; fortunately for the Irish, however, Iaquinta’s header was ruled offside.
BY BRIAN QUINN
Tags: Football, Ireland, Italy, News, soccer, Sport
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SPORT: QUB’s got talent
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Media and sport go hand in hand in today’s society. Sport has become such a big part of our lives, and this may have a lot to do with much of it being covered in great detail by the media. Television mainly, allows us to follow a clubs success, and create our own judgements on their performance. So the issue of broadcasting Queen’s soccer and GAA matches, with the help of a live stream, to the Students Union has been raised quite recently.
Tags: pec, queen's university, Sport, The Gown
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FEATURE: Ritchies garden gives Caus’ for reflection
Monday, October 5th, 2009
This week saw the announcement from Nelson McCausland regarding the naming of GAA grounds after ‘terrorists’ or ‘paramilitaries’. In this very same week we have the Department of Social Development paying for a ‘Garden of Reflection’ which remembers the UDA, UVF and Red Hand Commandos. The GAA ground Mr McCausland was referring to would be Kevin Lynch in Dungiven which seems to be the main bone of contention. The loyalist garden of remembrance is located in the Kilcooley estate and was part of a government funded project to eradicate loyalist murals and graffiti.
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Tags: GAA, Gown, Queen's, queen's university, Sport, The Gown
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SPORT: Find the sport that’s right for you
Saturday, September 19th, 2009
If you have ever had a look at the sports available to you as a Queen’s student, you will know just how many there are. You can’t possibly try them all- that would be crazy. So how do you decide which one is right for you?
Tags: pec, qub, Queen's, queen's university, Sport, student, The Gown
Posted in Opinion, Sport | 2 Comments »
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