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Sport
Sport and recreation play an important role in the lives of students. Mary Immaculate College caters for a wide variety of sports and has an award-winning, state-of-the-art, multipurpose sports complex, Tailteann.
FACILITIES INCLUDE:
• Weights room
• 2 indoor soccer courts
• IBA approved basketball court
• 3 volleyball courts
• 6 badminton courts
• Table tennis facilities
• 2 teaching gyms/dance studios.
OUTDOORS, MARY IMMACULATE COLLEGE PROVIDES:
• Full-size GAA pitch
• Floodlit Training pitch
• Astro turf tennis court/
5 aside soccer court
• 460 metre astro turf running track.
THE ABC OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET ACTIVE
Aerobics: Aerobics/Boxercise/ Zumba classes take place every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Tailteann. Check with Tailteann Reception for updated schedules.
Badminton Club: The thriving Badminton Club meet every Wednesday and are always on the lookout for new members.
Basketball: Basketball can be played at competitive or recreational level. The College's ladies team competes in the North Munster League and the Colleges’ All-Ireland League. In 2017 they won the division 2 All-Ireland League final.
Camogie: Our camogie team is coached by Colm O’Brien who has coached Limerick camogie teams at different grades, and in University of Limerick, over the last number
of years. The College has won the Purcell Cup six times since its inauguration in 1977 and played in the Ashbourne Cup in 2016, reaching the semi-final. The College has an intermediate camogie team and won the Intermediate Championship in 2015. The Freshers Camogie team won the 2015/2016 All-Ireland blitz.
Coach Education: Mary Immaculate College is committed to giving access to GAA coach education courses to all students in the College. Courses are available at foundation and advanced levels. Details of Gaelic sports, teams, bursaries and the coach education programme
are available from the sports office in Tailteann Sports and Leisure building at T: +353 61 204306.
GAA Bursaries: GAA Bursaries
are offered annually. Munster
GAA provides bursaries to Mary Immaculate College students and the College provides five more. Bursaries are also available from other Provincial Councils. The bursaries are advertised in the College from the end of September.
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