COMORTAS CHONRADH NA GAEILGE.

Well done to Karl Brennan of 2nd Year on gaining 2nd place in the above Art Competition. This is a national competition and Karl will receive a Certificate and a cheque as a prize.

SUMMER CONCERT.

What a fabulous evening! Many congratulations to all of the students who participated so wonderfully in the Summer Concert last night. You have set a very high standard for up-coming students to aspire to in the future.

The depth of talent here in the school was most evident last night through the variety of performances from the School Choir, the Flute/Violin solos, the talented Acapella Group, the Solo Ballet, the invigorating Traditional Group, the variety of vocal duets and solos as well as the multi-talented bands.

Everyone performed owe a debt of gratitude to Ms. Diane Owens for her musical expertise for bringing such a varied programme together. Many thanks also to Ms. Paula Claffey for her enthusiasm in organising the event. To Mr. Cyrille Laurens and Ms. Jackie Olohan – many thanks, we are most fortunate to have such talented musicians on our staff. Many thanks to Ms. O’Connell and the In House Committee for making the evening the success that it was.

The Summer Concert is here to stay. It will only get better from year to year. Well done.

Bray Lions Debating Competition.

Well done to the team of Dearbhail O’Crowley, Brian Fitzpatrick (Captain), David Bourke and Lyndsay McGinn who defeated St. Killian’s Community School in the semi final of the Bray Lions Debating Competition.

On next Wednesday 17th May, they will debate in the final against Loreto Convent Bray, at 7.30 p.m. (venue to be confirmed). I encourage as many students as possible to support the team in the final.

Many thanks to Ms. Claffey for her on-going hard work and support of the debaters.

BOTHAR - €1,053 raised.

Well done to the students of 2nd Year on their organisation of Jersey Day in the school recently. Due to their hard work, they have raised €1,053.00 (with more money to come in) for Bothar which will have a beneficial effect on people less fortunate immediately.

Well done to all of the students and to Mr. Seamus Jennings for organising the event.

Maths Olympiad

Congratulations to Jamie Judd of 5th Year who has been selected on the student team representing Ireland at the

This is a fabulous achievement and one of which the school is very proud. Jamie has been training for this event for the last year and his inclusion in the Team is fully merited.

This is a prestigious honour for both Jamie, his family and for the school and we wish him every success in Slovenia in July.

Well done to Mr. Stanley for facilitating this event.

GOLF

Well done to the Golf Team of Mark Tyrrell, David Quinn, David MacMahon and Karl Kelly who came 1st in the St. Gerard’s School Charity Golf Tournament on Thursday last May 11th.

They put in an exceptional score to take first place and it augurs well for golf in the school in the future.

FAMILY TENNIS.

Well done to Mr. Drummy, Mr. Jolly and Mr. McCarthy on their excellent organisation of the Senior Family Tennis Tournament last Tuesday evening.

Congratulations to Peter and David Horn on winning the final against Max and Madison Duffy.

Hard luck to the beaten semi finalists of Richard and Ronan Henry and David and Miriam Bourke.

Thanks also to the In House Committee for organising once again a wonderful BBQ which added greatly to the atmosphere of the evening.

ATHLETICS.

Many congratulations to the following students on reaching Leinster Athletics Finals in Santry today.

1. Adam Carroll Junior Long Jump.
2. Jody Crosbie Junior Javelin.
3. Ian Byrne. Minor Long Jump.

Well done to all three and I hope that this encourages more students to participate in Athletics.

BRAY LIONS DEBATING FINAL.

Hard luck to our Senior Debating Team – Dearbhail O’Crowley, Brian Fitzpatrick, Lyndsay McGinn and David Bourke who were most unfortunate to lose the final. They all gave an excellent performance and were a credit to the school.

Many thanks to Paula Claffey once again for her enthusiasm and encouragement of the debaters in their preparations.

Valedictory Ceremony.

On Wednesday evening we celebrated the Valedictory Ceremony of the 6th Year class of 2006.

The moving ceremony led by celebrant by Monsignor Richard Mohan celebrated the themes of wisdom, love and community. It was an evening of reflection, an evening of thanks and an evening of prayer. It was an ending and a beginning for 6th Year students and the ceremony of light gave the significance of this.

Monsignor Mohan in his ceremony focussed on the theme of the challenge of Christian living. He asked us to be true to ourselves and not to wear a mask that hides the real inner person.

A sincere gratitude to all who put so much work into the success of the evening, both during the Mass and at the Valedictory Dinner afterwards.

Tony Ward Athletics Invitational Meeting.

Well done to everyone who participated in the above meeting on Wednesday last – May 24th. We were delighted to welcome our neighbouring schools of Rathdown, Alexandra College, Holy Child and St. Joseph of Cluny to the school.

The competition was run over twelve events and many congratulations to Alexandra College for narrowly beating Rathdown, to take the First Prize.

A special word of thanks to Marion Walsh, Avril Herriott, Sarah Scott and all of the other Sports Staff for organising this event and for Mr. Tony Ward for presenting the prizes.

SCHOOL CHOIR

Congratulations to our Senior School Choir who came joint 1st in the Association of Irish Musical Societies Choral Festival in New Ross the weekend of May 20th.

We Senior came Joint 1st out of 18 choirs with De La Salle Waterford, scoring 92 out of 100.

The Rose Bowl will be presented to the school later this week.

The Choir performed “Can you feel the Love” from the Lion King and “Black is the Colour “ – a traditional piece.

Great credit, as always is due to Diane Owens.

PEIL GHAELACH
An Chéad Bhliain 7/12
An dara Bliain 5/6

Well done to the 1st Year Gaelic side in defeating the 2nd Years in an entertaining game on Thursday May 25th. It was a positive step towards seeing Gaelic being played in the school.

Many thanks to Ms. Máire Nic Cana and Mr. Pat Maguire for organising the event.