UCC MedSoc

We were represented by 50 of our finest athletes this weekend at the Medical Intervarsities in UL. (Apologies to anyone who didn’t make the cut – there’s always next year!). After weeks of training under the infamous Coach Roche, we were finally ready. A skilled and talented group, we participated in tag, tennis, golf, a 5k road race and beer pong. We excelled in all areas – winning the golf and tennis. Congrats to Stephan Creedon and Mark Crowley won the golf, Killian Mc Carthy who won the tennis and Cathal O’Connor came second in the tennis, we came 3rd in tag rubgy. True leadership and team work was demonstrated on the rugby pitch. Conditions were tough – with a biting northerly wind sweeping across the pitch. Our players stood up to the elements (and the ref in the semis) and performed heroics. Coach Roche gave great guidance from the sidelines. Unfortunately, he was ruled out due to an injury picked up at training. His colleagues have diagnosed it as swan neck deformity. He is currently waiting to see a rheumatologist. Cheered by our very good looking supporters, the taggers were pipped at the post in  a very heated semi final by UL. There is currently a stewards enquiry underway into the quality of refereeing. The highlight of the afternoon was the kick off between UCC and UCD. The pressure was evidently mounting as we made a solid 22 attempts before Ross Caplice landed a beauty between the posts. We settled for third. All back to the 5star Travelodge then. The rooms were basic but did the job. I was a little disappointed with the lack of room service. Complaints were also made about the lack of milk to make tea, too little toilet paper and the smell of stale smoke. The couch beds also had to be made up – which wasn’t really fair considering the tough day we had had on the field of play. Alas we rose above it and the festivities really got underway. We watched the Irish match as a unit. Hopefully a few of our up and coming stars will make the cut some day. We accompanied RCSI into the Locke bar for a feed. In fairness a fine spread was put on. The quality of the plates was great – good and heavy. The spit roast was fab. There was debate as to whther or not we were being served chicken or pork, but I confirmed it was indeed pork – much to my disappointment. Also pig on  a spit sounds much better than chicken on  a spit. There was a very european feel to the night as we sat outside exchanging notes with the other medical students. We excelled at beer pong. As I said we are a very talented bunch. A few students ran into difficulty with the manager who accused some of our athletes of smuggled banned substances onto his property. The night was young as we basked in the glory of our victories. I’m getting writers block now. Moral of the weekend – Medicene is great!