Wanderers FC was founded in 1870 which means it is one of the oldest Rugby clubs in Dublin. They…read morecurrently compete in Division 3 of the AIL, but like most other clubs they have more than one team including an under-20s team. I've seen a few of their matches, and because it's Rugby they're great fun to watch and support is always welcome. Even though at this time of year it's pretty darn cold when you're standing around for close to 2 hours watching the lads in their shorts, so you might want to wear a lot of layers. The club is hard to miss, being right at Merrion Road, and it's also easy to get to by bus or DART. The clubhouse is warm and welcoming and the club organises a few events a year as well. The grounds were also used by the Australian National team for training when they were here for the Autumn Internationals, and the club also opens up their parking lot during the day for people working in the area or visiting the RDS.

One of the best clubs in Ireland to play Olympic handball in! They have a female and a male team +…read morethey are currently building up a youth section. The teammates are great and the club probably boasts as many as 20 different nationalities, so international for sure!

I must confess that for most of my life, man and boy, the joys of hockey eluded me. And they still…read moredo; it kind of seems a bit like an under 11s hurling match: low-scoring, the ball doesn't leave the ground - not particularly entertaining overall. Still, never let it be said that I'm unwilling to give things a chance. So, one day in the foreign country that was 2003 (Jesus that was a long time ago), on a particularly long day-time session in a mate's gaff in exotic Ballsbridge, we sat on a back wall of some unfortunate's house to watch our first hockey match. Pembroke Wanderers are, I imagine (from my limited knowledge of such circles) fairly typical of Dublin's hockey clubs. For one thing, they're on the southside (you wouldn't get away with that lark round my way), and for another they have an appropriately West Brit name: "Pembroke". Now don't suggest that I'm lapsing into generalisations here, but surely any young fella that didn't have notions of West Britishness but who did want to swing a piece of wood around as a sporting pursuit would take up the native (and infinitely more entertaining, to my mind) game of hurling. An iománaíocht abú. I digress. I have no idea who Pembroke were playing that night, what the final score was or what exactly was going on. This probably had a bit to do with our consumption of alcohol, but I imagine it was also to do with the deficiencies of hockey as a spectator sport. Anyway, we soon began to tire of our new-found pursuit, and we dared one of the lads to run across the pitch just before the second half started. He did (shouting, "Raheeeny forevaa!" as he went), and we spent the rest of the second half congratulating him for this feat. He was not pursued or otherwise molested by any of the hockey players, despite the fact that he is small and skinny and they were armed with big sticks, so that rather confirms their status as big jessies. After the match was over, some Kuwaiti lads came on the recently vacated pitch and started playing soccer, so we jumped down off the wall and joined them. They all had very good English, but they were extremely bad at the sport of Association Football. In spite of (or perhaps because of) our inebriated state, we were much better than them. Still and all, it was a pleasant way to round off a great day. So, while I have no interest in the sport of hockey, Pembroke Wanderers will always retain a special place in my heart.

Amateur run organisation, kick off times are biased towards certain teams. Referees don't…read moreunderstand the simplest of rugby rules, are biased, don't call games evenly are rude and are not open to any sort of discussion with players regarding on field decisions. Avoid at all costs.

Summer is almost over, so I'm a bit late with this, but next summer you should think about trying…read moretag rugby. My friend describes it as "kiss-chasing" but that's not exactly it! Basically, it's a game for mixed teams where you play with a rugby ball and rugby rules but no contact. Instead of a tackle, you take someone's "tag" from their shorts. There are seven people on the pitch at a time, and there must be a minimum of three girls. Boy tries are worth one point but girl tries are worth three points (yay!). It's a bit of fun. You get to see your friends regularly every week, run around for a bit of exercise and then stay afterwards for a drink and a barbecue. It's sociable and good for exercise-phobes like me. It's great fun.

This is the first Softball Dirt Diamond in Ireland. It was created by ALSAA sports club and 2Pak…read moreSoftball Club in March of 2012. It is the home for the two 2Pak teams , Batpak and Dublin Bay Packers, however it is open for any one to rent out. It is continually being improved and gets better all the time.

One of the top swim clubs in the country, Trojan are one of those teams with consistently high…read moreresults. They've produced Olympic swimmers such as Chantal Gibney and Gary O'Toole (who still hold many of the club records) and rakes of national and regional champions. And boy do they train hard. I used to swim with them, back in the day...you'd be getting up at 6am to train before school and then train after school that same day. Needless to say, as my chances of reaching the heady heights of the Olympics were, well, zero, I didn't stick it out. I've a better chance of running the 100m sprint and beating Usain Bolt. And I was only like 12 at the time.

I joined Epic MTB and found them to be a race focused MTB club who are proud to be just that…read more They have become one of the largest, most active MTB clubs in Ireland and dominated the 2012 race season across the board. If you want to ride and race with some of the best MTB'ers in Ireland on some of the best trails around and get seriously fit doing it, its the club for you.

From the owner: EPIC supports all off-road cyclingincluding: Cross Country, Enduro, Cyclo Cross & MTB Sportivesread more