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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Congratulations to our <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Anime Manga Society</span></b> who secured the Best New Society for a
Large College at the Board of Irish College Societies Annual Awards in the
Hodson Bay Hotel in Athlone on Wednesday 14<sup>th</sup> April <a
href="http://www.bics.ie/">www.bics.ie</a> . Our commiserations to our Music
Society and Games Society who failed to secure an award but it is nonetheless a
major boost to our societies on campus as this is the third year in a row that
UL Societies have scooped National recognition for their efforts, compared to
just 2 awards in the previous 9 years. Unlike sports on campus that in large
part have governing bodies dictating the calendar year, societies face the year
generally with a blank canvas and it’s down to the creativity of the members to
generate an interesting calendar of events to stimulate interest and
memberships. The goal of the Anime Manga society at its inception last year was
to introduce people to Japanese media and culture, to date this has involved
screening of Japanese Anime movies and TV series in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Kemmy</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
workshops teaching Japanese art styles and drawings, Japanese language and attending
Anime conventions around the country amongst other fun filled weekly events. It’s
great to see UL students come to the fore on the National stage and well done
to our 24 strong delegations on their representative efforts on Wednesday<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>More Clubs & Societies news in
brief since the Easter break<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Debating Union</span></font></b><span
lang=EN-IE> reaches two finals in three weeks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Debating Union has made history recently when
second year debater David Hartery reached the final of two Irish competitions.
This is the first time a UL debater has been in a final in almost a decade.
David, who has been speaking for just over a year, became a finalist at the DCU
Intervarsity on March 27<sup>th</sup> and the NUI Maynooth Intervarsity on
April 10<sup>th</sup>, making him the most successful UL debater since Deb U
won the WIT Intervarsity in 1999. This success has been heralded as a great
step forward for the Debating Union, which has been striving for competitive
success for several years. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-IE style='font-size:12.0pt'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-IE> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Limerick</st1:PlaceName> Debating <st1:place
w:st="on">Union</st1:place><br>
Email: <a href="mailto:uldebu@gmail.com"
title="blocked::mailto:uldebu@gmail.com">uldebu@gmail.com</a><br>
Website: <a href="http://www.skynet.ie/~debates"
title="blocked::http://www.skynet.ie/~debates">www.skynet.ie/~debates</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>This year saw <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>UL Windsurfing
Club (ULWC)</span></b> win their third Intervarsity in a row. The event was
hosted by UL at their base in Castlegregory 2 weeks ago. The entire club
membership and the community assisted with the final delivery and running of the
event. The results were as follows-for the beginners UL won the bronze in the
women’s and men’s by Elaine Crosse (Business studies) and Brian Stewart
(Mechanical Engineering). In the intermediate UL won the gold and silver, by
Robert Stewart (Environmental Science) and Ronan Farrell (Architecture)
respectively. Kevin O’Connor (PE teaching and Geography) won the gold in the
advanced race by a clear margin. Nearly €2000 was raised by the club for the
Irish Cancer Society and the RNLI over the weekend in question thanks to the
generous donations from the other colleges and the local community. The club
ably assisted once again by the locals spent all day Monday performing a beach
clean-up on <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Brandon</st1:place></st1:City>
bay, despite the wind and rain spirits were up and a great experience had by
all throughout the entire weekend. The Intervarsity was made possible with help
from our sponsors, River Deep mountain high, Spar Castlegregory, Jamie Knoxx,
Snap Printing, Wind wise, IWA and last but not least a big thank you to our
main sponsors Ulster Bank.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>At the recent annual Clubs &
Societies Ball hosted in the Strand Hotel – the Winners of the Annual Best
Club/Society of the Year Awards AY 0910 as voted by their peer’s were as
follows;<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best Club of the Year – Outdoor Pursuits Club (OPC)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best Club Event of the Year - OPC Glendalough Trip<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best New OR Improved Club - Ladies <st1:place w:st="on">Rugby</st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best Club Individual of the Year - Keith O Neill- OPC<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best Society of the Year- Music Society <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best Society Event of the Year – Games Society-
Assassin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best New OR Improved Society - DJ Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best Society Individual of the Year - Liam Mc Cormack
– Music Soc<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>The following awards for excellence
are presented to those who consistently contributed to the development of clubs
and societies throughout their time in UL over a number of years</span></font></i><span
lang=EN-IE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Jason Hackett Award sponsored by the
UL Sports Dept - </span></font></b><span lang=EN-IE>Mr. Cillian Burke -
Mechanical Engineering PhD Postgraduate course in the Stokes Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Mike Sadleir Award sponsored by the
UL Arts Office - </span></font></b><span lang=EN-IE>Ms. Niamh O’Donovan -
Masters in Law and European Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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