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NEXT WEEKEND JANUARY 21ST DEMOCRATS WILL PLAY HOST TO BELFAST SIDE STAR OF THE SEA WHILE CORRIB LADIES ARE AT HOME TO CASTLEDERMOT. BOTH GAMES PREVIEWED LAST WEEK. BECAUSE OF THE ICS CUP THERE WERE NO GAMES LAST WEEKEND. THE MATCHES WHICH WERE SCREENED 'LIVE' BY R T E WERE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY WITH MANY EXCITING CLASHES. ROADSPEED WON THE MEN'S FINAL 91-89 OVERCOMING FAVOURITES DAWN MILK WHILE THE OTHER UNDER DOGS NAOMH MHUIRE WON THE B A S K E T B A L L

LADIESFINAL79-78 AGAINST BLARNEY. MEN'S DIVISION TWO LEAGUE TABLE NOW READS: TEAM TENNENTS...L0....18 POINTS. TRALEE...L0....16. ANNADALE...L0....16. MARIAN...10....12. DEMOCRATS...10....12. MARATHON...10....12. WILDCATS...L0....8. STAR OF THE SEA...L0....6. AND CORRIB...L0....2.

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R E F E R E E S AFTER WORK AND OTHER COM MITMENTS WERE TAKEN INTO CON SIDERATION, THE FOLLOWING ARE THE REFEREES AND LINESMEN APPOINTED TO OFFICIATE AT THE HEINEKEN COL LINGWOOD TOURNAMENT. GERRY MURPHY, GAY FLAHERTY, NOEL KINNEEN, EAMON LYNCH, JOHN DOYLE, NICKY HARDIMAN, MARTIN HYNES, IVOR GLEESON, FRANK BARRETT, STEPHEN MANNION, GERRY FAHY, BRENDAN ARRIGAN, PAUL MCGRATH, MARIA LAWTON, PAUL DEERING, PAUL CHEEVERS AND PAT HANSBERRY. PAUL CHEEVERS HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO REFEREE THE FINAL. UCG will be wearing a new set of gear for the Tournament which has been sponsored by NORTHERN TELECOM. The Referees involved will also be wearing a new set of sponsored gear. UCG'S GAMES AND KICK OFF TIMES ARE AS FOLLOWS: GROUP TWO; UCG V UCC MONDAY 23RD JANUARY. DANGAN AT 2.15PM. REF. MARTIN HYNES. LINESMEN: EAMON LYNCH AND IVOR GLEESON. TUESDAY 24TH JAN. UCG V RCSI DANGAN AT 2.15PM. REF. GAY FLAHERTY. LINESMEN: MARTIN HYNES AND PAUL DEERING. IF UCG PROGRESS TO THE SEMI-FINAL THIS WILL BE PLAYED ON THURSDAY 26TH AT 11.30AM IN DANGAN WITH REFEREE BEING GERRY MURPHY AND LINESMEN EAMON LYNCH AND JOHN DOYLE. THE COLLINGWOODFINAL WILL BE STAGED ON FRIDAY 27TH AT 2PM. PITCHES UCG HOPE TO STAGE A L OF THE L H E I N E K E N COLLINGWOOD IN THE DANGAN PITCHES. RUGBY AND GAELIC PITCHES HAVE BEEN CON VERTED AS WELL FOR THE WEEK AND IF THE COMPETITION IS HIT BY BAD WEATHER A NUMBER OF PITCHES AROUND THE CITY ARE ON STANDBY. UCG ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE KIND OFFERS BY THE CLUBS FOR USE OF FAHY'SFIELD,BANK'S PITCH, TERRYLAND PARK AND ANNAGHDOWN IF REQUIRED. QUIET DON UCC MANAGER DOM COLL WITH HIS RESERVED AND QUIET STYLE OF MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN THE COL LEGE'S MOST SUCCESSFUL MANAGER IN RECENT YEARS. COLL WHO SUC CEEDED TOM LALLY AS MANAGER TWO SEASON AGO HAS WON THE COL LINGWOOD PLATE COMPETITION (THIRD PLACE), THE HARDING FIRST YEAR CUP AND THE CONNACHT SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP IN THAT PERIOD. "EXAMS HAVE DISRUPTED OUR TRAIN ING AND SO HAVE THE COUPLE OF IN JURIES BUT APART FROM THAT WE'RE OKAY. WELL CERTAINLY BE TRYING OUR VERY BEST NEXT WEEK DESPITE THE SETBACKS." HE ADDS OPTIMISTICALLY. COLL A SCHOOL TEACHER AT ATHENRY PRESENTATION COLLEGE CAME TO UCC IN 1979. GRADUATED AND BECAME SENIOR AND FIRST YEAR TEAM MANAGER TWO YEARS AGO. HE ALSO MANAGES THE COLLEGE'S SE COND TEAM AS WELL AS THE L-ADIES SOCCER TEAM.

UCG SOCCER CLUB WL HAVE TWO IL DOCTORS ON STANDBY FOR THE TOUR NAMENT AND GALWAY RED CROSS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE ALL WEEK. UCG Ladies Soccer club will be operating a Cafe at Dangan for the week. ENTERTAINMENT WISE FOR BOTH LOSERS AND WINNERS THERE IS A WEEK OF PLANNED ACTIVITIES. CJ'S NITE CLUB IN SALTHI 1 WILL HOST COL1 LINGWOOD DISCOS ALL WEEK AND SELECTED PUBS AROUND THE CITY WILL HOLD SPECIAL RECEPTIONS, QUIZES AND GENERAL GIMMICKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TOURNAMENT. FORMER LEAGUE OF IRELAND VETEREN AL FINUCANE IS MANAGER OF THE NIHE LIMERICK SIDE. INTERESTINGLY HIS SON NARK WILL BE PLAYING FOR U C C NEXT WEEK. WONDER IF THERE'LL BE A FATHER V SON CLASH! Looking for "Divine" inspira tion next week will be Queen's. There manager happens to Reverend Noel Williamson! At present he is recovering after an operation and mag not make the competition. Keeping things Clerical, the Most Reverend Tony Farquhar one of the two Auxiurry Bishops of Down and Conor travels to most Collingwood competitions and is expected to make an ap pearance in Galway at some stage next week. More than like ly he'll be cheering on Queens and Coleraine. He is also a patron of the 1RFU.

ALL TEAMS AND REFEREES WILL BE TREATED TO A DINNER IN UCC'S COL LEGE LYDONHOUSE RESTAURANT ON FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER THE COMPETI TION. MUSIC AFTER THE DINNER WILL BE BY THE HUNGRY JUDGES. Behind the scenes activists for the Tournament are Des Nolan, Art Friel. Benng Fog, Mike Clarke, Tony Joyce. THERE WILL BE PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT AWARDS, MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS AND THERE WILL BE SPECIAL TROPHIES FOR A L REFEREES L INVOLVED IN THE TOURNAMENT.

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BRIEF HISTORY OF T H E COLLINGWOOD THE COLLINGWOOD UNIVERSITY CUP COMPETITION WHICH IS SPON SORED THIS YEAR BY HEINEKEN IS THE OLDEST UNIVERSITY SOCCER TOURNAMENT IN THE COUNTRY. UCC WAS ONE OF FOUR UNIVERSITIES TO COMPETE IN THE FIRST COLL INGWOOD CUP IN 1914. SINCE THEN UCG HAVE WON IT JUST FOUR TIMES THE LAST BEING IN BELFAST IN 1971. UCG LAST HOSTED THIS TOURNAMENT IN 1984 AND BEFORE THAT IN 1977. CURRENT PRESIDENT OF UCG SOC CER CLUB, DR. LIAM SPILLANE HAS SEEN THE CLUB HOST BOTH PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS.

UCD ARE WINNERS FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND ARE AGAIN VERY MUCH FAVOURITES THIS YEAR WITH POSSIBLY THOMOND SECOND FAVOURITES. UCD WILL BE ABLE TO CALL ON SEVEN OF THEIR LEAGUE OF IRELAND SIDE FOR THE COMPETITION.

Our picture shows (left to right) Gay Flaherty representing Galway Branch of the Irish Soccer Referees Society; Paw Deering, referee; and Mr. Joe Carroll ofZhivago Records whc kindly sponsored new track suits for the referees officiating in the Collingwood Cup competition next week.

Tough Opener but U . C . G . C a n d o It
"It's hard to say how we'll do. We have a good panel and interest and enthusiasm is certainly there and the win over UCD recently in the Budweiser League Semi final showed the team they can realistical ly beat the best if they make the effort." says UCG Soccer Club President, Dr. Liam Spillane as he contemplates his club's chances in next week's Heineken Collingwood University Cup tournament.
DESPITE THE OPTIMISM HOWEVER THE CLUB'S PREPARATIONS FOR THE COMPETITION HAVE BEEN BADLY HIT BY EXAMS AND SOME MINOR INJURY PROBLEMS. EXAMS AT THE COLLEGE THIS MONTH MEANT THE CLUB HAVE HAD DIFFICUL TY IN GETTING THEIR FULL PANEL OUT TRAINING. "MOST TIMES WE'VE HAD ONLY TEN AT OUR TRAINING SESSIONS AND THEN NOT EVEN THE SAME TEN A L THE L TIME. INDEED SIX OF THE TEAM WHO BEAT UCD RECENTLY COULDN'T TRAIN AT OUR SESSIONS AND HAVE HAD TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN." SAYS SPILLANE GALWAY, WINNING IT HERE IN 1977 AND WHILE WE HAVEN'T PLAYED UCC THIS YEAR, I'VE SEEN THEM PLAY AND THEY LOOK A GOOD SIDE." HE SAYS. UCG LAST QUALIFIED FOR THE SEMI FINALS IN 1982 WHERE THEY WERE BEATEN BY QUEENS. THEY WENT OUT TWICE SINCE THEN ON GOAL DIF FERENCE AND THEY'VE WON THE PLATE (THIRD PLACE) TWICE IN 1986 AND 1988.

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A PROGRAMME FOR THE TOURNA MENT WILL BE ON SALE IN HOLLAND'S NEWSAGENTS, CAFE AT DANGAN, UNISTORES, NEWCASTLE. JOHNNY WARDS, UNIVERSITY ROAD AND U C G S U SHOP. AN INFORMATION DESK (TEL.091 -24028 WILL BE LOCATEDAT DANGAN DURING THE WEEK TO ANSWER ALL QUERIES. PREDICTING IS A DIFFICULT BUSINESS BUT THE SEMI-FINAL LINE-UP SHOULD READ: UCD. THOMOND. UCG AND UUJ.

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Picture shows (left to right) Joe O'Flaherty of Castle Print; Gay Flaherty, referee; Paul Deering, referee; and Cathal Devlin of Castle Print who kindly sponsored the Galway referees' new strip for the Collingwood Cup competition.

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THE RECENT RECORD OF COLLEGE IN COLLINGWOOD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF AND DESPITE THE PROBLEMS IT COULD BE UCG'S YEAR TO CAUSE AN UPSET EVEN THOUGH U C D AND THOMOND ARE FAVOURITES TO MEET IN THE FINAL. HOWEVER HE POINTS OUT THAT IN IT'S NOT BEYOND U C C TO REACH THE 1984 WHEN UCC LAST HOSTED THE SEMI-FINALS AND WITH ONE STEP COMPETITION THEY HAD SIMILAR PRO FROM THE FINAL UCG ARE AS CAPABLE BLEMS BUT MANAGED TO OVERCOME AS ANY TEAM TO SURPRISE. THEY'VE THEM AND DO WELL. A TOUGH OPENER HOT IF THEY CAN UCC'S MAIN INJURY WORRY IS CAP OVERCOME UCC. U C C COULD BE TAIN, DAVID KENT WHO HAS A CELEBRATING COME FRIDAY EVENING. SWOLLEN ANKLE BUT IT IS HOPED THIS "WE'RE HOPING FOR GOOD SUPPORT WILL CLEAR UP IN TIME TO ALLOW THE ESPECIALLY AS ALL THE MATCHES WILL MEDICAL STUDENT LEAD HIS TEAM OUT BE IN DANGAN WHICH WASN'T THE IN THEIR OPENING MATCH ON MON CASE WHEN IT WAS HELD HERE IN DAY AGAINST UCC AT 2.15PM 1984. ALSO THE 2.15PM KICK OSS UCC WITH THREE COLLINGWOOD VIC SHOULD HELP", SAYS SPILLANE AD TORIES WILL BE UCC'S TOUGHEST OP DING, "OUR MAIN WORRY FROM AN PONENTS IN THEIR THREE TEAM ORGANISATIONAL POINT OF VIEW IS THE GROUP, WITH THE WINNERS LIKELY TO WEATHER, BUT HOPEFULLY WE WONT GO ON AND QUALIFY LOR THE SEMIHAVE TO CHANGE ANY MATCHES FROM FINALS. IT'S A FACT WHICH I ' DSFA. 'IHSRSI I N T E R V I E W AMD COIX"CORK HAVE A VERY ROOD IT INCWOOD PREVIEW RY ALT I

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SATURDAY UNDER 13 LEAGUE MERVUE UNITED V ORANMORE MERVUE AT 12 NOON. REF. T BARRETT. O B L C V RENMORE AT BOYS CLUL PITCH AT 12 NOON. REF. D MCDONNELL. CRESCENT UNITED V CORRIL RANGERS, MERVUE 2 AT 12 NOON SUNDAY CASTLECONNOR LNDCR-13 CTQ SEMI-FINAL. BAFLTNA TOWN NEWCASTLE UNITED. BALLINA A 2PM: CORRIB SHAMROCKS UNDER-K LEAGUE CRESCENT UNITED V MERVO. UNITED. MERVUE AT 230PM. RET P. DEERING. SAHHIB DEVON V RENMORE, ST ENDA'S AT 2.30PM. REF. S MANNION. RICHARD QUIRAI UNDER 17 LEAGUE CORRIB JUNIORS V MERVUE UNITED JMAGHDNWN AT 12 NOON. REF. G FAHY. I I S S PEPSI C O L A UNDER 18 LEAGUE CORRIB SHAMROCKS V CRESCEN UNITED. HEADFORD ROAD A 11 30AM. REF. F. BARRETT.