News - April 2008

HEADLINES:

* JUNIOR & LEAVING CERT TIMETABLES 2008
* MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2008
* RUGBY NEWS
* IRISH U16 TENNIS NATIONAL MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS
* IRISH PONY CLUB HUNTER TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
* YOUNG SOCIAL INNOVATORS
* MODEL EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

JUNIOR & LEAVING CERT TIMETABLES (10th March 2008)

Please click below to view the Junior and Leaving Cert Timetables for 2008:

Junior Cert Timetable 2008 - click to open

Leaving Cert Timetable 2008 - click to open

Model United Nations 2008 (4th April 2008)

Many congratulations to the following team members who represented St. Gerard’s School at the St. Andrew’s International Model United Nations General Assembly during the Easter holidays:

Ben Blunnie, Daniel Cooney, Theo Jebb
Fiona Kelly, Sarah Kate Fenelon, David Mulrooney
Karl Brennan.

The team worked very hard and performed excellently. All students were outstanding during the event both as individual members and as team members at the General Assembly.

A special note of congratulations to Daniel Cooney who was awarded an Outstanding Delegate Award and to Dearbhail O’Crowley who was awarded the much sought after position of Deputy Chair of the ‘Political 2’ Committee and who also acted as a Chairperson and Adjudicator during the event. Dearbhail had previously won Outstanding Delegate Awards at two previous Model United Nations.

Many thanks as always to Ms. Jennifer Halford who facilitated this wonderful opportunity for the students.

FOSTER CUP SEMI FINAL (7th April 2008)

St. Gerard’s School 12 - CBC Monkstown 13

Sincere commiserations to the excellent Senior 2nd Rugby Team on an unmerited defeat to CBC Monkstown in the Semi Final of the Foster Cup.

The game was a wonderful exhibition and the St. Gerard’s team showed great spirit from start to end, highlighted by a most courageous 2nd half try by Wesley Wojnar.

Congratulations are due to this Squad for the work they have done throughout the season and for progressing so well in the competition. We are most proud of your efforts and the Squad owe a great debt of gratitude to Mr. Seamus Jennings and Mr. Damian Hall for the amount of work which they did with the Squad.

Also a sincere note of thanks to all of the 6th Years in the Squad who unselfishly gave of their time throughout the season and for them it was their last game.

Well done to all involved.

IRISH UNDER 16 NATIONAL TENNIS MATCH PLAY CHAPIONSHIPS
(7th April 2008)

CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE TO ALAN GLEESON – 2ND YEAR - ON HIS EXCELLENT WIN IN THE IRISH UNDER 16 NATIONAL TENNIS MATCH PLAY CHAMPTIONSHIPS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN CORK AT THE WEEKEND.

WELL DONE ALAN.

The Irish Pony Club Hunter Trial Championships (8th April 2008)

The Bray Pony Club team of David Bourke, Miriam Bourke and Fiona Kelly came 2nd in the Irish Pony Club Championships last weekend.

Teams from all over Ireland competed and they were just pipped at the post by the team from the Ward Union.

This was a huge achievement in a competition where over half the teams were eliminated over a very difficult technical course in very wet conditions.

Well done to all three and all their horses!

YOUNG SOCIAL INNOVATORS (10th April 2008)

The Young Social Innovators group of:

CLAIRE CULLEN
SORCHA BARDY
AMY DEIGNAN

have been selected to showcase their project in the RDA on 7th and 8th May 2008. This is a great achievement as not all project entries are selected. Their project examines hospice facilities in Ireland for children.

The girls held a Golf Tournament on 14th March in Powerscourt Golf Club which was a great success. They raised €14,000 approximately which was donated to the Make

A-Wish Foundation. This was a great success for their Mini Company.

We wish them every success in the future.

Model European Parliament (10th April 2008)

Every good wish to Andrew Hozier-Byrne of 5th Year who will represent the school and Ireland at the Model European Parliament in Stockholm on Friday to Monday April 11th to 14th.

We wish him every success.