Name: Caitlin Looney (captain)
Age: 17
Club/School/College: Colaiste Choilm and Rebel Ultimate.
Home Town: Inniscarra, Cork.
Squad Number: 5
Offence or Defence?: I enjoy both.
When did you start playing ultimate?: November/ December 2010.
Favourite throw: Flick breaks- not that I'm any good at them.
How did you start playing ultimate?: Leanne recommended the coaching!
Favourite ultimate memory?: Our win on universe point against Poland
at EYUC last year
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Forming Bonds with
people that can only be made through sports.
What other sports do you play?: Camogie and Football.
Who's your sporting idol? Rena Buckley.
Name: Caroline Sexton (vice captain)
Age: 18
Club/School/College: Christ King, Cork
Home Town: Cork
Squad Number: 10
Offence or Defence?: Offence
When did you start playing ultimate?: September 2010
Favourite throw: Backhand huck
How did you start playing ultimate?: School Workshop in Transition Year
Favourite ultimate memory?: Beating Poland on universe point at EYUC 2011
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Using our Zone D and generally playing as an enthusiastic team
What other sports do you play?: Used to play soccer and Gaelic football but now just ultimate!
Who's your sporting idol?: I don't really have one.
Name: Aoife Blake
Age: 18
Club/School/College: UCC
Home Town: Milltown, Co. Galway
Squad Number: 28
Offence or Defence?: I'm not entirely sure, but probably defence
When did you start playing ultimate?: October 2011
Favourite throw: Inside-Out Flick I love it!
How did you start playing ultimate?: Went with my neighbour one day and kept going
Favourite ultimate memory?: Winning Ladies' Dev's and playing at Tour 1 in London this year
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Getting to play internationally, learning loads and having the craic!
What other sports do you play?: A bit of football
Who's your sporting idol?: Joe Canning
Name: Ciara Corrigan
Age: 19
Club/School/College: Trinity College Dublin
Home Town: Kilkenny
Squad Number:19
Offence or Defence?: hard to say, usually Defence
When did you start playing ultimate? September 2011
Favourite throw: outside in backhands
How did you start playing ultimate?: Joined during freshers week in College cos the older Sis wouldn't stop going on about it so I had to see what all the fuss was about myself.
Favourite ultimate memory? Playing matches for the first time at the Edinburgh beginner's tournament and actually: managing to score something
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Wearing the Irish kit on home soil, giving all the other countries a 'cead mile failte' and putting all our hard work over the past few months to good use against some the best from around the world :)
What other sports do you play?: Used to play camogie, then hockey now tis just Frisbee
Who's your sporting idol?: Serena Williams
Name: Edel Cormac
Age: 19
Club/School/College: UCC
Home Town: Union Hall, Co.Cork
Squad Number: 65
Offence or Defence?: Defence
When did you start playing ultimate?: October 2011
Favourite throw: Backhand
How did you start playing ultimate?: Signed up on clubs day in college with my friends to give it a go.
Favourite ultimate memory: Playing mixed IVs.
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Getting to play ultimate for a whole week and playing against and watching other competitive teams.
What other sports do you play? None
Who's your sporting idol?: Ronan O'Gara
Name: Estelle Murchan
Age: 19
Club/School/College: DCU
Home Town: Dublin
Squad Number: 73
Offence or Defence?: Offence
When did you start playing ultimate?: October 2011
Favourite throw: Low release backhand
How did you start playing ultimate?: To try something new in college, heard it was good fun
Favourite ultimate memory?: Winning Trinity Tea Party-my first tournament
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC? :Playing other countries and frisbee banter for a week!
What other sports do you play?: Camogie, Athletics
Who's your sporting idol?: Steven Gerrard and Christophe Lemaitre
Name: Jess Daly
Age: 16
Club/School/College: Ballincollig Community School
Home Town: Ovens, Co. Cork
Squad Number: 43
Offence or Defence?: Offence
When did you start playing ultimate?: Started properly in September 2011
Favourite throw: Flick or backhand huck
How did you start playing ultimate?: Tried it for the first time in PE in school, loved it, joined the school team the following September
Favourite ultimate memory?: Winning that crazy intense semi final against Trinity at Ladies Developmentals on universe point.
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Getting the chance to play against other international teams and to have a laugh while playing well at the same time
What other sports do you play?: I used to play Gaelic Football but now it's just Ultimate
Name: Jessica Mac Sweeney
Age: 18
Club/School/College: Christ King Secondary School
Home Town: Rochestown, Cork
Squad Number: 4
Offence or Defence?: Defence
When did you start playing ultimate?: February 2011
Favourite throw: Flick huck... actually any kind of flick really.
How did you start playing ultimate?: I think Kate and Caroline might have nagged me. I can't really remember!
Favourite ultimate memory?: At EYUC last year, when Ireland's first point was scored by the girls' team with a hammer throw. After that the lads' team stopped mocking us (kind of).
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Living in Ballymun. And having another stab at beating the Czech team.
What other sports do you play?: Just Ultimate.
Who's your sporting idol?: Am I allowed to say Caitlin Looney?
Name: Kate O'Regan
Age: 18
Club/School/College: Rebel and used to be Christ King
Home Town: Belgooly, Co.Cork
Squad Number: 3
Offence or Defence?: Offence
When did you start playing ultimate?: September 2010
Favourite throw: Outside in flick huck
How did you start playing ultimate?: I did a workshop in fourth year during PE and started playing with the school the next September.
Favourite ultimate memory?: Beating Poland on universe point at EYUC 2011
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Playing against teams from all over the world, basically dreaming, eating and sleeping Ultimate.
What other sports do you play?: Camogie.
Who is your sporting idol? Leanne O'Neill- who else would fix their dislocated finger by refusing to stop playing Ultimate? She also likes to header the frisbee while on D
Name: Laoise Murphy
Age: 18
Club/School/College: Colaiste Choilm
Home Town: Ballinora, Cork
Squad Number: 9
Offence or Defence?: I like both but defence
When did you start playing ultimate?: October 2011
Favourite throw: flick
How did you start playing ultimate?: Leanne and Caitlin mostly, did it for PE one day then went to school training, been going ever since!
Favourite ultimate memory?: Winning the ladies developed semi final against trinity!
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC? Playing against teams, seeing how we get on against other people our age!
What other sports do you play?: Camogie, sailing, used to play soccer
Who is your sporting idol? Em.. I think I am going to agree with jess and say Caitlin Looney! :D
Name: Leanne O'Neill
Age: 17
Club/School/College: Rebel Ultimate and Colaiste Choilm
Home Town: Blarney, Cork
Squad Number: 7
Offence or Defence?: Offence
When did you start playing ultimate?: October 2010
Favourite throw: Backhand huck
How did you start playing ultimate?: UCC people came to my sports science class in TY and then set up school team.
Favourite ultimate memory?: Throwing a hammer to assist our first score at EYUC 2011
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Getting the experience of playing some really strong teams, and getting to do nothing but play frisbee for a week.
What other sports do you play? Used to play soccer, camogie, football and athletics but none at the moment
Who's your sporting idol?: Steven Gerrard
Name: Lesley Fitzpatrick
Age: 19
Club/School/College: IT Blanchardstown and Jabba the Huck
Home Town: Dublin
Squad Number: 15
Offence or Defence?: Either
When did you start playing ultimate?: September 2011
Favourite throw: Any sort of Flick.
How did you start playing ultimate?: Got roped into joining my college team, went to Cork Open and loved it.
Favourite ultimate memory?: Scoring my first ever point against NUIG and ITB winning our first ever match at Cork Open.
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Playing ultimate for an entire week!
What other sports do you play?: Basketball and a few other bits here and there.
Who's your sporting idol?: Ronan O'Gara. Actually any Irish rugby player.
Name: Mags Carey
Age: 18
Club/School/College: CUPA and Christ King
Home Town: Blarney, Co.Cork
Squad Number: 8
Offence or Defence?: Offence
When did you start playing ultimate?: September 2010
Favourite throw: Outside in backhand huck
How did you start playing ultimate?: I started as promise to one of my
PE teachers and i kept going training cause I loved Mary's happy
frisbee dance!
Favourite ultimate memory?: Attacking Mairead O'Meara after she got
the winning score against Poland on universe point at EYUC 2011
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: To be able to play a
week of intense ultimate and make fwisbee fwiends.
What other sports do you play?: Cross country running
Who's your sporting idol?: Rob Heffernan
Name: Molly O'Toole
Age: 19
Club/School/College: UCD
Home Town: Louisburgh, Co Mayo
Squad Number: 64
Offence or Defence?: Offence
When did you start playing ultimate?: September 2011
Favourite throw: Flick
How did you start playing ultimate?: Thought it sounded fun during Freshers week
Favourite ultimate memory?: Winning Mixed IVs
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Getting to know the team and having a blast :)
What other sports do you play?: GAA
Name: Niamh Carey
Age: 18
Club/School/College: Christ King, CUPA
Home Town: Middle of nowhere (aka downtown blarney)
Squad Number:14
Offence or Defence?: Offence
When did you start playing ultimate? :January 2011
Favourite throw: The McGrath
How did you start playing ultimate?: Making a pinky promise to Leah Driscoll that i'd go to one training session. Hucked ever since.
Favourite ultimate memory?: Playing our first game in eyuc last year in the olympic stadium. Can't beat the pride of wearing an Irish Jersey.
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Playing against and watching other highly competitive teams. Come at me bro!
What other sports do you play?: Cross Country runner
Who's your sporting idol?: Catherina McKiernan
Name: Nicole Lynch
Age: 17
Club/School/College: Gaelcholaiste Choilm
Home Town: Ballinhassig, Co. Cork.
Squad Number: 23
Offence or Defence?: Offence definitely!
When did you start playing ultimate?: Around October 2011
Favourite throw: Outside in flick or it could be inside out..either way they're both good :)
How did you start playing ultimate?: A guy who was in my school was playing in UCC & asked me to go to at least one training to try it out...so i did, and i guess you got the rest...:D
Favourite ultimate memory?: Throwing my first ever hammer at All Irelands to someone who had literally started playing for the first time hours before hand, and him catching it in the endzone in the only match we won that day!
What are you most looking forward to at WJUC?: Being a Ballymun Thug. But really, Frisbee Banter all the way, plus the experience against other world class teams will be lethal! :)
What other sports do you play?: None at the moment but i used to play football, camogie & hockey. :)
Who's your sporting idol?: Brian O' Driscoll ....
Name: Doireann NĂ Mhuineachain
Age: 17
Club/School/College: Gaelcholaiste Choilm
Home Town: Grenagh, Co Cork
Squad Number: 99
Name: Francesca Towers
Age: 19
Club/School/College: DCU
Home Town: Rush, Dublin
Squad Number: 13
Name: Kate Boylan
Age: 17
Club/School/College: Mount Sackville
Home Town: Celbridge, Co Kildare
Squad Number: 95
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