Sport
School Sports Day
Our annual Sports Day was held on Tuesday 10th June in glorious weather! Thanks to all the parents and families who were able to attend. Everyone enjoyed the day. A special word of thanks to Cobh GAA for the use of the Top Field for the day.
Here are the results:
1995 & Older—100m 1) Anthony McCarthy, 2) Moses Edogbo, 3) Craig Victory. 1996-100m 1) Cathal O’Hanlon, 2) Shane Cullimore, 3) Dylan O’Brien. 1997-100m 1) Jordan Tarrant Lowry, 2) Diarmuid Farrell & Ben Rasmussen, 3) Alex Rowe. 1998-60m 1) Simon Doyle, 2) David Ogbebor, 3) Ciarán Aherne. 1999-60m 1) George Keating, 2) Jack McCarthy, 3) Edward Lane. 2000-60m 1) Olan Mackey, 2) Olan Farrell, 3) Trevor Sawyer. 2001-60m 1) Karolis Draugsas, 2) Diarmuid Kearney, 3) Jack Savage & Brian Danaj. Piggy Back Race 1) Anthony McCarthy/Anthony Madden, 2) Luke Stavrianos/Evin McKiernan, 3) Daniel Roche/Sam Hayward. Obstacle Race 1) Seán McLoughlin, 2) Adam Burke, 3) James Stoat. Sack Race 1) Jordan Tarrant Lowry, 2) Cian Thomas, 3) Joshua Meredith. 3-Legged Race 1) Simon Doyle/Niall Abbott, 2) David Obgebor/Barry Chandler, 3) Niall Spriggs/Christopher Lowry. Tyre Race 1) Edward Lane, 2) John McCarthy, 3) Liam Butler. Bean Bag Race 1)Cameron Chapatte, 2) Olan Farrell, 3) Jamie Gilmartin. Egg & Spoon Race 1) Brian Danaj, 2) Cian Lynch, 3) Shane Kelsall. Disatnce Race Rang 5 & 6 1) Dylan Sheridan, 2) Darragh Kelleher, 3) Andrew Rowe. Distance Race Rang 3 & 4 1) Simon Doyle, 2) Ben Hade, 3) Ciarán Aherne. Distance Race Rang 1 & 2 1) John Gardiner, 2) Olan Farrell, 3) George Keating. Relay Race Rang 5 1) Jordan Tarrant Lowry, Ben Rasmussen, Diarmuid Farrell & Stephen Lynch. Relay Race Rang 3 1) Simon Doyle, Neil Harte, David Coffey & Jack Courtney. Musical Chairs 1) Keith O’Flynn, 2) Daniel Roche, 3) Sean McLoughlin. Tug O’War Rang 5 Rang Mr. McSweeney Tug O’War Rang 6 Rang Mr. Kenneally Javelin Rang 2 1) Darren McKevitt 16.5m, 2) Jamie Hamilton 15m, 3) Anthony Cunningham & Gilbert Haberlin 14.5m. High Jump Rang 4 1) Owen Heffernan 98cm, 2) Liam O’Keeffe 97cm, 3) Ben Hade 95cm. Shot Putt Rang 6 1) Dylan Fitzgerald 32m, 2) Kamil Artemiuk & Adam Burke 27.5m 3) Patrick Fingleton 26.5m.
Iománaí na Bliana Shane Cullimore
Peileadóir na Bliana Dylan Sheridan
Luthchleasaí na Bliana Anthony McCarthy
Sraith Peile 2008
69 pupils took part in this year’s football league, which was run by Mr. Farrell. The games were held after school and we would like to thank Coláiste Muire for the use of the field. This year’s captains were Keith O’Flynn, William Ireland, Dylan Sheridan, James Stoat & Tom Philips. The final was between Tom’s and Dylan’s teams with the title going to Tom’s team! Well done to all who took part. A special word of thanks again this year to Br. Atanasius for all the help he gave during the league and indeed for Sciath na Scol training and the school soccer team as well.
Tennis News
Four pupils from the school have reached the final of the Munster Schools’ Tennis competition. They are, Ben Rasmussen, Gary Stack (capt.), David Gardiner & Kyle Hurley. This is a great achievement for the school, as schools from all over Munster compete for this title. Well done to the lads and best of luck in the final tomorrow, 6th June.
School Soccer Team
The school took part in the FAI East Cork Primary School Tournament held in Midleton on the 28th May. The competition was run on a group basis and we won our group beating Upper Glanmire and Riverstown while drawing with Midleton. In the quarter-final we beat Castlemartyr with a ‘golden goal’ scored by Keith O’Flynn. Keith did the same in the semi-final with a hard fought 1-0 win over Midleton. The final saw us play Riverstown. We had beaten this team 2-0 in the group stages but we were beaten in the final despite the best efforts of Cathal O’Hanlon, Graham O’Connor and James Stoat. The full panel for this 6 a side tournament was: James Stoat, Dylan Fitzgerald, Luke Wallace, Patrick O’Flynn, Cathal O’Hanlon, Seán Moynihan, Graham O’Connor, Keith O’Flynn, Dean Keating & Dylan Russell. They were coached by Mr. Kenneally. All the players received a medal for finishing second in the tournament. Well done boys.
Sciath na Scol Football Final 2007/08
The school qualified for its fifth football final in this inter schools’ competition having previously won it in 2002. The game was played in Pairc Ui Rinn on Tuesday November 6th after having played a magnificent play off game against Gaeilscoil Carrigaline. The team played with great heart in the final and kept trying right up to the end but unfortunately were beaten by a very strong team from St. Joseph’s the Mardyke. It was a great achievement to reach the final and well done to all on the panel. Many thanks to their trainers Mr. Farrell, Mr. O’Loingsigh & Brother Atanasius. Thanks also to families and friends who travelled on the day of the final.
The panel was:
Cathal O’Hanlon, Glenn O’Sullivan, Patrick Fingleton, Adam Devlin, Graham O’Connor, Daniel Roche, Keith O’Flynn, Evin McKiernan, Seán McLoughlin, Dylan Sheridan, Seán Moynihan, James Stoat, Darragh Kelleher, Aaron Spriggs, Jordan Tarrant/Lowry, Killian O’Driscoll, William Ireland, Luke Wallace, Emmet Ahern, Dylan O’Brien, Tom Philips, Shane Cullimore, Jamie Britton, Luke Stavrianos, Gary Stack, Conor Drake, Patrick Bransfield, Ben Rasmussen, Andrew Rowe, Moses Edogbo, Seán Flynn, Kyle O’Loughlin, Seán O’Connell, Saul Gilmore & Kyle Murphy O’Flynn.Hurling Blitz
Our third class team performed extremely well in the recent indoor hurling blitz in Carrigtwohill. They won all their preliminary matches and their semi-final but were narrowly defeated in the final by a strong Riverstown side.
Well done to: Christian Field, Niall Spriggs, David Coffey, Neil Harte, Edward Lane, Dylan Higgins, Niall Abbott, Ciarán Leahy, Simon Doyle & Kieran Stack.