Ulster Colleges

Started by Line Ball, October 13, 2012, 06:59:14 PM

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Will it ever end

Quote from: OakLeaf on February 13, 2022, 05:03:53 PM
Very strong side. McEvoy won't be long until he's at no. 6 for Doire.

Steady on Oakleaf

RedHand88

Quote from: OakLeaf on February 13, 2022, 05:03:53 PM
Very strong side. McEvoy won't be long until he's at no. 6 for Doire.

Do you reckon, Mr McEvoy?

Silver hill

Glad Magherafelt won. Canavan has a job to do but when you recruit a player who attends the school one day per week and the rest of the time he's at the tech, where do it become credible?

Wildweasel74

The tech not play vocational schools fball? Think they played some form of competition yrs ago.

clubman21

Quote from: Silver hill on February 15, 2022, 10:15:56 PM
Glad Magherafelt won. Canavan has a job to do but when you recruit a player who attends the school one day per week and the rest of the time he's at the tech, where do it become credible?
Just isn't true, but do ellaborate please.

Champion The Wonder Horse

Quote from: Silver hill on February 15, 2022, 10:15:56 PM
Glad Magherafelt won. Canavan has a job to do but when you recruit a player who attends the school one day per week and the rest of the time he's at the tech, where do it become credible?

The convent would have students attending A Level engineering at the tech.

Wildweasel74

Put they still at the convent, as the tech offers careers the convent don't,

Champion The Wonder Horse

Quote from: Wildweasel74 on February 16, 2022, 09:01:51 PM
Put they still at the convent, as the tech offers careers the convent don't,

Mid-week drinking should be discouraged.

JoG2

Quote from: Champion The Wonder Horse on February 16, 2022, 09:12:09 PM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on February 16, 2022, 09:01:51 PM
Put they still at the convent, as the tech offers careers the convent don't,

Mid-week drinking should be discouraged.

The odd mid-week suppage is fine! But, as dad of a young lad, I hear what WW74 is saying. Definitely worth thinking about as a degree these days, with all the debt accrued v a good trade is a conversation worth having

Wildweasel74

#1209
I was at the Convent and tech at the same time early 90's one of the first, Not too many A-Levels at the time suited for Architecture whereas the Techs had Tech Drawing. Went a different route at the finish.

bennydorano

Quote from: Fionntamhnach on February 16, 2022, 11:59:57 AM
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on February 16, 2022, 01:10:08 AM
The tech not play vocational schools fball? Think they played some form of competition yrs ago.

Some FE colleges in d'north used to participate in the Markey & Ward Cups in the former Vocational Schools competitions. East Tyrone (now SWC Dungannon) used to be a big powerhouse in the late 80's & early 90's winning five All-Ireland titles during this period, Newry College (Now SRC Newry) also won one or two Markey cups IIRC, last reaching a final in the mid 00's, while Fermanagh College (SWC Enniskillen) won Ulster in 1996 (I think) & reached the All-Ireland final. Omagh College (SWC Omagh) reached the 2001 Markey Cup final, losing out to St. Ciaran's Ballygawley. More recently NRC Magherafelt reached the Ward Cup final (at that point the Vocational Schools U18 "B" competition) in 2014.

ATM however the seems to be a dearth of FE college teams playing schools football in Ulster, probably down to many of the schools that used to be in the VS setup now offering their own post-16 courses whereas in the past many such students that left after their GCSEs would have went on to an FE college if they didn't go to a local Grammar School instead to do A-Levels. For example the Omagh College side mentioned above were backboned by a number of players from St. John's Dromore that won the Arthurs Cup two years previously.
I've a lad at Magee and they played SRC in Div 3 of Uni - Corn na Mac Leinn. Think NRC have had teams in previous years.

Kickham csc

Quote from: Wildweasel74 on February 17, 2022, 09:54:46 AM
I was at the Convent and tech at the same time early 90's one of the first, Not too many A-Levels at the time suited for Architecture whereas the Techs had Tech Drawing. When a different route at the finish.

Should have transferred to St Pats, we had an A level Tech Drwing

Estimator

Huge win for Naas CBS over Jarlaths in the Hogan semi final.
Ulster League Champions 2009

Wildweasel74

Convent made a.mess of the last 3 kick outs.

imtommygunn

Were they beat? Can't find the result.