Student Club
President Eamonn Wall
Chairman Ciaran Sheehan Eire
Og Cork
Secretary Conor Cotter Kilmichael Cork
Treasurer Hugh Curran Newcestwon Cork
P.R.O Mark
Griffin St.
Michaels Folimore Kerry
Senior
Captain Brian O Regan Nemo Rangers Cork
Intermediate
Captain Damien Moynihan Glenflesk Kerry
Junior
Captain Conor Walsh Lisgoold Cork
Fresher
1 Captain T.J Brosnan Newmarket Cork
Fresher
2 Captain Paul Kearney Kilmurray Cork
Fresher
3 Captain Anthony O
Sullivan Aghaboulouge Cork
Official Officers
Chairman Eamonn Wall
Secretary Donal McSweeney (Comhairle Ardoideachais)
Keith
Ricken (Cork
County Board)
Board
Delegate Charlie
McCarthy
Management
Senior
Football Michael Dillon
– Liam Hodnett – Noel Barry – Billy O Connor
Intermediate
Football Billy O Connor-Vincent
Manning
Junior
Football Sean O
Donnell – Conor Cotter
Fresher
1 Football Pat Spratt –
Michael O Neill – Donal McSweeney – Denis Lordan – Liam Hodnett
Fresher
2 Football Daniel Nelligan –
Denis Lordan- Donal MacSweeney
Fresher
3 Football Daniel Nelligan –
Denis Lordan
This year we had great participation from our students .We had170
footballers registered with Comhairle Ardoideachais on the 31/10/2011.
The Senior Footballers put in a great effort again
this academic year but fell short in all three competitions. They reached the
league semi-final, McGrath Cup semi-final and lost the first round of the
Sigerson Cup to eventual champions DCU. DCU won out the 2012 Sigerson very
convincingly with huge wins over UUJ, UCC and NUIM, it was the CIT football
team who gave them their hardest game in their 1st round clash where the hosts
held out to win by 3 points, with the sides level entering into the final
quarter. When one considers the numbers of students attending UCC, DCU and such
like, we as an Institute are very proud to be well able to more than hold our
own and be at the business end of all our competitions. We have as many teams
competing as all of the 15,000 plus Universities and a spirit and energy second
to none.
The Intermediate Footballers too have put in a huge
effort and many of these lads would have been very committed to the Sigerson
Training and subsequent Intermediate Championship campaign. It was a great year
for this team as they won out the All-Ireland championship with a great win
over GMIT in UL. They also reached the semi-final of the league been defeated
by DCU. This was a very satisfactory win as most of the panel were involved in
the unfinished championship of the previous season and others had the
disappointment of losing fresher 1 and 2 all Ireland finals in the previous two
years. A great effort was put in by both management and players and success was
well deserved.
The Junior Footballers is provided for lads who want
to play “Social Football”. This year they only played one league game against
LITT which CIT were narrowly defeated. We were also scheduled to play ITT but
they could not play on the night. With the shortage of league games, we entered
this team into the Glenville under 21 tournament and it provided two beneficial
games to the lads.
The Fresher 1 Footballers put in a huge effort again
this year but were defeated in the first round if championship in a tight
encounter with NUIG. They were also defeated in the league quarter final by
Athlone IT. Although the campaign was rather short compared to previous years,
quite a lot of talented footballers were introduced to the CIT family and we
would expect these would play sigerson, intermediate and in the county
championship for the remainder of their time here.
The Fresher 2 Football team competed in the Division 2
League to allow us to enter our third team in the B Section. The fresher 2’s
had quite a respectable year, losing to St. Pats in the league semi-final. They
were also unlucky to lose to UCD in a very exciting match in CIT. The fresher
3’s were quite weak and lost to a strong UCD team in Dublin. However we were
happy to be able to enter three teams so that was a success in itself. We would
hope these players would continue to play intermediate and junior in the years
to come.