Sport
CIT boasts state-of-the-art sporting facilities. The college has several full-size pitches, some of which are floodlit, catering to numerous popular field sports, including Gaelic games, soccer and Gaelic games. The college's primary hurling and Gaelic football pitch, located on campus, offers its own stadium. CIT's athletics track is now one of the finest in the country, and also enjoys its own purpose-built stadium. In addition to its 9 playing pitches, two stadiums and international standard athletics track, CIT also boasts on campus all-weather astroturf pitches, tennis courts and a sports hall. CIT offers students free membership to its small, but fully equipped, gym and weights room. LeisureWorld, one of Cork's premier fitness and health facilities, is adjacent the campus, and offers special membership rates to CIT students and staff.
CIT’s excellently prepared sports grounds play host to numerous competitions throughout the year, including schools matches in gaelic football, hurling, soccer and rugby. In the past, CIT has hosted the Avonmore Milk Munster Youth’s Cup Rugby semi-finals, Simcox, Coirn Uí Mhuirí and various other prestigious competitions. The college's facilities also cater to the training needs of various local and inter-county teams, including the Cork Ladies Football teams from underage to senior level, Cork Senior and Minor Camogies and the Cork Minor and Under-21 Hurlers. CIT is also the home ground for the Cork Admirals Flag Football games.
In 2009 CIT won the Sigerson Cup, the premier Gaelic football competition in Ireland for the first time, beating Dublin Institute of Technology by 5 points in the final. CIT enjoys a local rivalry with University College Cork.
Other sports offered by the college include martial arts such as aikido, judo, karate, kickboxing and taekwondo. In addition to Gaelic games, soccer and rugby, CIT has teams involved in field sports such as flag football and hockey. Canoeing, rowing, sailing, sub aqua, surfing, and swimming make up the college's range of water sports, while many students also participate and compete in indoor sports such as aerobics, badminton, basketball, boxing, gymnastics, trampoling, pool, racquetball, table tennis and volleyball. Various other sports played at CIT include athletics, cycling, equestrian, golf, motorsport, mountaineering, rock-climbing, mountain biking, orienteering and tennis.
To underline its commitment to sport, CIT annually awards sports bursaries to a wide range of sports for both senior and first-year students. It is expected that those awarded the bursaries will have high levels of achievement in their chosen sport and a full involvement and participation in this sport in the Institute.
CIT's Sports Office oversees the college's sporting participation and facilities. The Office facilitates students and their clubs and is responsible for the management and upkeep of all sports facilities in the Institute. The current Sports Officer is Miriam Deasy. CIT also has a dedicated GAA Development Officer, a position that is currently held by Keith Ricken.
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The End”
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