Indiana University Hurling Club
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Indiana University Hurling Club is a club sports hurling
team at Indiana University
. The club is now in its fourth year in existence.
and not just the university. The original Bloomington Club competed in the Indianapolis Hurling Club's summer league. With a rising fresh student base, the club quickly moved to a student and club sport at IU. In 2010 the IUHC officially revived its club status.
Weekend, 2011, the IU competed in Chicago, Illinois at the Chicago Gaelic Park in the first ever North American Gaelic Athletic Association Collegiate Championship. The IUHC won its first match by a point, and then beat long time Indiana hurling rivals, Purdue University
to secure its spot in the championship final. The IUHC played UC Berkeley in the final match, beating them by four points. This made the IUHC the first ever National Collegiate GAA champions in history, with captain Christopher R. Cox receiving the trophy for his team.
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
team at Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
. The club is now in its fourth year in existence.
History
Founded in 2007, the IUHC found moderate success, and was originally associated with the entire town of Bloomington, IndianaBloomington, Indiana
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 80,405 at the 2010 census....
and not just the university. The original Bloomington Club competed in the Indianapolis Hurling Club's summer league. With a rising fresh student base, the club quickly moved to a student and club sport at IU. In 2010 the IUHC officially revived its club status.
National championships
On Memorial DayMemorial Day
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Weekend, 2011, the IU competed in Chicago, Illinois at the Chicago Gaelic Park in the first ever North American Gaelic Athletic Association Collegiate Championship. The IUHC won its first match by a point, and then beat long time Indiana hurling rivals, Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
to secure its spot in the championship final. The IUHC played UC Berkeley in the final match, beating them by four points. This made the IUHC the first ever National Collegiate GAA champions in history, with captain Christopher R. Cox receiving the trophy for his team.