Harding Cup 2009

[HarpoJoyce]

Harding Cup starts this week. The main competition of the year for Fresher students starts this week in Limerick.

It is a knock-out format and UCD play in the first game versus NUI galway on Thursday 05 th February. The winners play UCC in the quarter-finals
http://www.thirdlevelfootball.ie/press/item/122/iufu-harding-cup-details/

"02 February 2009
Games to be held in University of Limerick from Thursday 5th Feb to Sunday 8th February

IUFU Harding Cup 2008
Round One- Thursday 5th Feb 2008
A) University College Dublin vs NUI Galway (14.30)

Quarter Finals Friday 6th Feb 2009
B) Trinity College Dublin vs Queens University Belfast (14.30)
C) Mary Immaculate College vs Ulster University Jordanstown (11.00)
D) University of Limerick vs Dublin City University (11.00)
E) University College Cork vs Winner UCD or NUI Galway (14.30)

Harding Cup Semi Finals Saturday 7th Feb 2009
Winner B v Winner C (14.30)
Winner D v Winner E (14.30)

Harding Plate Semi Final Saturday 7th Feb 2009
Loser B v Loser E (11.00)

Round Robin Semi Finals Saturday 7th February 2009
Loser A v Loser C (11.00)
Loser A v Loser D (13.00)
Loser C v Loser D (15.00)

Finals Sunday 8th Feb 2009
Harding Plate Final (11.00)
Harding Cup Final (14.30)"

[HarpoJoyce]

UCD 0: 1 NUI Galway

Match report
http://www.thirdlevelfootball.ie/iufu/results/match-report/655/university-college-dublin-vs-nui-galway/

UCD had many of the LoI U20 team that qualifed for the quarter-finals.


This result put UCD into the Plate competition. We beat Mary Immaculate College with a John Dineen peno but drew with DCU. This gave DCU the opportunity to beat MIC 3-0 and qualify for the Plate Final.

http://www.thirdlevelfootball.ie/iufu/news/item/144/harding-cup-latest/