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NEWS FROM AN EXCITING SPORTING YEAR IN TRINITY

1st Annual Ranji Trophy Cricket Match

The fi rst cricket match for the Ranji Trophy took place in Trinity’s cricket grounds in July between an Irish and Indian XI. The Indian XI beat the Irish side with 163 runs for 10 wickets in a match that was supported by the Indian Ambassador to Ireland, His Excellency P.S. Raghavan. The Ranji Trophy is named after Prince Ranjitsinhji, Maharajah of Nawanager, cricketing superstar and former resident of Ballynahinch Castle in Connemara.

(Photo captioned: (l-r) The Indian Ambassador to Ireland, P.S. Raghavan; Captain, India XI, Neil Bhandari; Professor David Dickson B.A., Ph.D. (1969); Anne Chambers; Captain, Ireland XI, Alan Ruddock B.A. (1984))


Orienteering Maps Presented to the Map Library

A unique archive of over 1,000 Irish orienteering maps was donated to the Glucksman Map Library by the Irish Orienteering Association (IOA) in March 2009. Trinity Librarian and College Archivist, Robin Adams M.A. (j.o.) (2002), accepted the maps from IOA Chairman and Mapping Offi cer, Marcus Geoghegan B.A.I. (1984), on behalf of the Library during a reception held in Trinity.

Orienteers from clubs all over Ireland collected maps for the project which marks the IOA’s 40th anniversary of orienteering in Ireland. A collection encompassing 40 years of maps is on display in the College Map Library The Map Library is open to the public for visits on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and Wednesday mornings.

www.tcd.ie/library/map-library/


Sport, Sweat and Science

What does it take to be the best? Sport, Sweat and Science, a two-day event at the Science Gallery got under the skin of Ireland’s elite athletes in a ‘living exhibition’ to measure athletic performance in April.

Trinity’s Human Performance Laboratory allowed members of the public to test their own athletic ability against the results of Irish sporting fi gures including Dublin GAA player, Bryan Cullen (pictured) and 400m relay runner, Fiona O’Friel. Director of the Trinity’s Human Performance Laboratory Bernard Donne M.Sc., M.A. (j.o.) (1989), and Dr Nicholas Mahony M.B., M.Sc. (1987), lecturer in sports medicine at the Department of Anatomy, measured the endurance, strength and skill of the athletes and members of the public using the latest scientifi c processes and equipment.


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