News - June 2008

HEADLINES:

* ENGLISH LITERARY WINNERS
* RUGBY NEWS
* BEST SPEAKER - MODEL EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
* TRINITY SCHOLARS
* SPORTS DAY NEWS
* HOCKEY NEWS

English Literary Winners (14th May 2008)

Karen O’Reilly,
Provincial winner in the Junior Category of the An Post Education Award 2008.

Storm Desmond,
2nd overall in the National Road Safety Senior Fiction Section Award (prize giving in Limerick).

Junior Section of Road Safety Award Winners:

Mark McGann – 3rd Year – Fiction Prize
Niall O’Connor – 3rd Year – Poetry Prize

Road Safety Awards 2008

Sorcha Cunningham – 3rd in the Senior Poetry Section.
Ronan McCarthy - 1st in the Senior Poetry Section.

Well done and congratulations to all the students who participated.

Senior Rugby Cup Team 2008-2009 Personnel (14th May 2008)

The following appointments have been made:

Captain: Jordan Egan
Vice Captain: Philip O’Donnell
Secretary: Darragh Duggan.

The school wishes Jordan, Philip and Darragh every success in the 2008-2009 season.

“Best Speaker” National Model European Parliament (14th May 2008)

Congratulations to Ben Blunnie of Transiton Year who won the “Best Speaker for a Resolution” at the General Assembly of the National Model European Parliament on Monday 12th May.

TRINITY SCHOLARS (15th May 2008)

Many congratulations to the following past pupils on being made Trinity Scholars

IAN SINNOTT CLASS OF 2005
EMMA FENELON CLASS OF 2005

These awards reflect very positively on the academic excellence of the school.

SENIOR SCHOOL SPORTS DAY RESULTS (26th May 2008)

1st Year:
1st Place: O’Horan 106 points
2nd Place: Rideout 99 points
3rd Place: Collingwood. 84 points
Congratulations to O’Horan House Captains: Claire Foley 8 Alex Radic.

2nd Year:
1st Place: Collingwood 101 points
2nd Place: O’Horan 95 points
3rd Place: Ridout 80points.
Congratulations to Collinwood Captains: Aoife Kenna & Keith Carroll

3rd Year:
1st Place: Rideout 108 points
2nd Place: O’Horan 91
3rd Place: Collingwood 88
Congratulations to Rideout Captains: Katie Nelson & Jett Desmond

4th Year:
1st Place: O’Horan 108 points
2nd Year: Rideout 96 points
3rd Place: Collingwood 77 points
Congratulations to O’Horan Captains: Aimee Kingston & Adam O’Flynn

5th Year:
1st Place: O’Horan 106 points
2nd Place: Rideout 85 points
3rd Place: Collingwood 77 points
Congratulations to O’Horan Captains: Jill Roy & Sam O’Brien

6th Year:
1st Place: O’Horan 88 points
2nd Place: Collingwood 76 points
3rd Place: Rideout 73 points
Congratulations to O’Horan Captains: Sinead Duffy & David Bourke

FINAL OVERALL POSITIONS:
1st Place: O’Horan House 594 points
2nd Place: Rideout 540 points
3rd Place: Collingwood 503 points.
Congratulations to O’Horan House.

Many congratulations to all of the students who participated with great spirit and enthusiasm in all of the events during Sports Day. It was most heartening to see the great crowds participating in Tennis and Soccer at 12 noon.

I congratulate all of the student body on the way in which they fully supported the introduction of the House System for the Athletics Programme on Sports Day – it brought a great atmosphere and competition to the afternoon.

A special word of thanks to all of the staff who put so much work into the preparation and organisation of the day for you. An immeasurable amount of thanks is due to Ms. Sarah Scott, Mr. Victor Drummy, Ms. Ciara Broe, Ms. Eimear O’Regan and Mr. Ken Jolly of the Sports Department for all of the work they put into organising the Sports Day over the last four to five weeks.

Well done to all and definitely this is an event that will stay on the Calendar.

Senior Hockey Cup Team 2008 – 2009 Personnel. (28th May 2008)

The following appointments have been made:

Captain: Storm Desmond
Vice Captain: Elaine Proctor

The school wishes Storm and Elaine every success in their posts for 2008-2009.