News - March 2007

HEADLINES:
* GOLF NEWS
* HOCKEY NEWS
* RUGBY NEWS
* HOT PRESS LITERARY AWARD
* MODEL EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
* DEBATING NEWS
* WICKLOW STUDENT ENTERPRISE COMPETITON
* TRANSITION YEAR MUSICAL SUCCESS

Junior Girls Hockey Team, Plate Competition (2nd March 07)

Well done to our Junior Hockey team on an excellent 2-0 win over St. Joseph of Cluny. They now meet Our Lady’s, Terenure, on Monday March 5th in the next round. Goals from Sheena Walker and Fiona Kelly fuelled the victory and the team as always ably led by Madison Duffy.

Once again, the score reflected an excellent performance by the entire squad. Well done to Ken Jolly, Sarah Scott for preparing the team so well.

SENIOR HOCKEY DOLLAR ACADEMY TOUR

DOLLAR ACADEMY (Scotland) 5 - ST. GERARD’S SCHOOL 1

The School were delighted to host Dollar Academy Senior Girls Hockey Squad over the last four days.

Dollar Academy were defeated by Loreto Foxrock, successful against Loreto Dalkey and yesterday gave an excellent display to defeat our Senior Girls 5-1.

This marks the end of the season for the Senior Girls Hockey Squad and we thank them for their leadership and the example they have given to all the other teams in the school.

A special word of thanks to the parents who so kindly hosted the Dollar Academy visitors since Sunday.

Under 13 Rugby Tour to England. (6th March 07)

The Under 13 Rugby Squad had a very enjoyable weekend tour to London where they were hosted by the Oratory School and participated well in the Annual Under 13 Seven-a-Side Competition. The weather was atrocious and as a result the Competition was shortened to three games per team. Both teams performed admirably and were unlucky to be narrowly defeated by the eventual winners.

Many thanks to Mr. Ken Jolly for organising the tour and to Mr. Rory O’Connor and Mr. EoinToolan for accompanying and facilitating the experience for the squad.

JCT WIN WELL (12 March 07)

ST. GERARD’S 14 SKERRIES COMMUNITY COLLEGE 7

Well done to the JCT on a well deserved win in the Leinster Schools Junior Plate Competition. It was a very spirited performance in atrocious conditions highlighting once again the potential of the Squad.

We wish them every success in the next round against Clongowes Wood College on Wednesday in Clongowes.

UNDER 14 CENTRAL LEAGUE FINAL (14 March 07)

St. Gerard’s 14 – Gonzaga 10

Sincere congratulations to the Under 14 Rugby Team on their tremendous win in the League Final yesterday. Not alone did they win this year’s League but they also won the Under 13 Central League last year.

This back-to-back success shows the true talent in this group. The way in which they defended their line over the last ten minute period of the game also shows the spirit and depth of character which this team possess.

Many thanks to the Head Coach, Rory O’Connor, for the tremendous work he has done with this group throughout the years and to Jason Kinsella for assisting him. We look forward with great confidence in this group as they move on to the Junior Cup team next year.

Well done to all involved and to the supporters in 2nd Year for the wonderful lift they gave the team during the game.

SENIOR 3RDS LEAGUE

SENIOR 2NDS 26 - ROSCREA 2NDS 6

Well done to the Senior 2nds on reaching the semi final of the Senior 3rds League, in which they will play Blackrock College.

JUNIOR CUP PLATE COMPETTION

ST. GERARD’S 7 - CLONGOWES WOOD COLLEGE 22

Hard luck to the JCT of their defeat to Clongowes Wood College in the quarter final of the Junior Plate Competition.

UNDER 13 SEVEN-A-SIDE TRIANGLE COMPETITON

Congratulations to the Under 13 A side who won the Under 13 Seven-a-Side blitz on Wednesday.

ST. GERARD'S CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT

THURSDAY MAY 10th 2007 - DRUIDS HEATH GOLF CLUB.
FOLLOWED BY DINNER IN THE SCHOOL

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Team of 4: €650.00 (includes Barbeque and Dinner in the School)
Individual entries: €175.50

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If you have any queries please contact:

Grace Delahunt 086 8537054
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Hot Press Literary Award (14 Mar 07)

Many congratulations to Caelainn Hogan of 6th Year who won the Leinster Award (1st place) in the recent Hot Press Literary Competition. Her article is published in this month’s magazine. There were four regional winners from a huge number of entrants. Thank you to Mr. Eamon Carr who facilitated the opportunity for Caelainn.

All students should be encouraged by Caelainn’s success and should not hesitate in any way to enter all competitions in the literary sector in all languages.

As they say, if you are not in, you cannot win.
Well done, Caelainn.

MODEL EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (14 Mar 07)

Congratulations to Etaoin Donovan (5th Year) who was a member of the Irish Delegation to the Model European Parliament in Slovenia last year has been asked to chair a Committee during the National Model European Parliament in Dublin from the 27th to 30th April. This is a true privilege for a student from the school, for Etaoin and her family.

A Transition Team of five are entered for the Model European Parliament over Easter and we wish them every success in the Competition.

Well done, Etaoin, on your continued success.

Debating News

JUNIOR SCHOOLS DEBATING PLATE (14th Mar 2007)

Well done to the team of Daniel Cooney and Theo Jebb (3RD Year) who participated in the Junior Schools Departing Competition final on Tuesday night in UCD. This was a superb debate with very high standards achieved by all schools. Both Daniel and Theo were lauded for the quality of their debating skills.

AIB JUNIOR SCHOOLS DEBATING COMPETITION (14th Mar 2007)

Commiserations to Ben Blunnie of 3rd Year who, unfortunately, didn’t get a place in the Final of the Leinster Junior Schools Debating Competition. Ben is an outstanding debater and I have no doubt that he will have greater successes as he moves through the school. Well done.

Wicklow Student Enterprise Competition 2007 (15 Mar 07)

Well done to Hannah Keating and Chloe Caprani (Transition Year) on winning the “Best Stand/Display Award for their “Get Tagged” Mini Company yesterday.

Congratulations to the “William and Scott” Mini Company consisting of Michael Magee, Jeremny Fullam, Philip O’Donnell, Jonathan Towers, Jordan Egan, Harry Jebb and Sam O’Brien for winning two awards –

1st Place for Quality of Production
1st place for Marketing.

This company will go on to represent the school in the National Finals in May.

Grateful thanks to Mr. Pat Maguire, Mr. Frank O’Donnell and Ms. Jennifer Halford for facilitating the students participation in this event.

TRANSITION YEAR MUSICAL SUCCESS! (19 Mar 07)

OKLAHOMA.

Welcome back to the Transition Year students today who have been away on two weeks Work Experience and a week in Gartan, Co. Donegal.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulation the Transition Year students on their performance of Oklahoma before they departed for Gartan before the mid term break.

The excellent matinees were followed by two superb shows on the Wednesday and Thursday nights. There is great quality and depth in this Year Group and again the musical talent for which this group have become renowned came to the fore with all of the leads excelling as well as the whole supporting cast.

There are many benefits for showcasing a musical such as Oklahoma. The students themselves are aware of the way in which they grew as a group over the weeks of the show.

A special word of thanks to Ms. Jackie Olohan for her amazing production of the show.