04 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORT IN TRINITY RAISING OUR GAME A Strategy for Sport at Trinity 2015 - 2018 11 1628 Games were prohibited by the College Statutes. Students played bowls outside college on the present site of St. Andrew’s Church, near the Front Gate. 1684 Statutes changed and a bowling green was laid in College. 1722 College Park laid out as a grass area for recreation. 1842 The Board directed that “a proper Cricket Pitch be laid out” in College Park. 1843 University Rowing Club was founded by undergraduates. 1852 Organised Football ‘rugby’ was played for the first time. 1857 Dublin University Football Club Foot Races Committee established to run athletics. 1871 Construction started on the old gym. 1872 DUFCFRC evolved into the University Athletic Club. 1882 University Athletic Union founded which lasted until the First World War. 1919 Dublin University Central Athletic Club founded to revive sport in Trinity after the war. 1931 D.U. Sailing Club founded. 1960 A 34-acre site for playing fields was purchased in Santry. 1961 Pavilion Bar opened. 1981 The Luce Hall (sports centre) was opened. 1993 Introduction of the Guinness Sports Scholarships. 1994 Flood lighting on the three newly resurfaced tennis courts in Botany Bay. 1996 Sport in Trinity – KPMG strategic plan for the next decade. 1998 Synthetic sports pitch opened at Santry sports grounds. 1999 Appointment of the first Director of Sport. 2000 Department of Sport established. 2004 Planning permission granted for new 6,000sqm indoor Sports Centre. 2007 New Indoor Sports Centre Opens. 2011 Sports Centre achieves National White Flag Award. 2012 3 Students and 1 Graduate carry the Olympic Torch through streets of Dublin. 2012 European Award-winning Trinity Olympians Project is launched. 2013 Phase One development of Outdoor Pitches commenced (Santry and College Park). 2014 Opening of International hockey pitch and new rugby pitch. 2015 Creation of a Strategy for Sport.
TCD Strategy Document for Sport
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