Sport
First Year Basketball Super Heroes
The first year basketball team from St. Louis made the long journey to Galway on the weekend of the 20th/21st of April to compete in All-Ireland play-offs at Grade B of the inter-schools competition. The team, backboned by the local Donagh Club (Blackwater Wheelers), qualified for All-Ireland play-offs after impressive wins over St. Louis Dundalk, Dunshaughlin Community School, Our Lady's Castleblayney, Virginia College and Scoil Mhuire Longford.
The All-Ireland play-offs had qualifiers from the North West - Loretto Letterkenny and from the West - Jesus and Mary Salerno and St. Louis Monaghan from North East.
The first game for the Monaghan squad was against Salerno, with many of their players winning All-Ireland honours with Moylough in the club under 14 competition. Star player on the Salerno club was in fact a first cousin of one of the St. Louis stars Edel Mulligan and a very tough match ensued. Despite a gallant effort by the Louis girls, the Galway team had the edge and ran out eventual winners. Next up was Loretto, Letterkenny and the Monaghan girls showed their class and emerged comprehensive winners, with double scores separating the teams at the final whistle.
St. Louis returned from the West knowing that they can compete with the best schools in the country at B grade, having finished in the top eight Nationally in the first year competition. Team and coaches look forward to the 2012-2013 academic year when they will again face opposition from some of the top level schools in the region.
Special thanks to team coach ~ Eimilie McKenna Transition Year and her fellow TY mentors Rachel Hannon and Nuala Murray for all their work with both first and second year basketball teams throughout the year. Eimlie got some help along the sideline on Saturday from her own club coach Tommy O Connor (Emyvale), who made the long journey west on Saturday and offered his invaluable expertise and calmness from the bench. Special thanks also to Ms Devlin for her excellent support and guidance and to Ms McNulty (Year Head) for accompanying the girls to Galway. Well done girls!!! We are very proud of you!!!
Regional Basketball Final
Congratulations to our first year basketball team who, on Tuesday 17th April, defeated Scoil Mhuire Longford 33 – 28. Well done to Ella Moran, Ellen Mulligan, Katie Murphy, Meghan McKenna, Verity O’Connor, Lucy McDonnell, Sinead McGuirk, Aoibheann McQuaid, Bethany Fitzpatrick, Lauren Treanor and Edel Kerr. The girls are now through to the All–Ireland Play-Off which will take place on Saturday, 21st April in Galway city. There they must beat Jesus and Mary Salerno, Galway and Loretto, Letterkenny to progress to the next stage. Thank you to Coach Eimile McKenna who has put in a lot of time and effort training the girls, and it has paid off!
Congratulations also to Verity O'Connor who has been picked to be an ULSTER BASKETBALL ALL STAR!!!
On Tuesday, 27th March our first years did the BLEEP TEST again ... and survived!
More Basketball success for our First Years
On Thursday, 23rd February our First Years enjoyed further basketball success with a comprehensive victory in Dunshaughlin. Congratulations to all involved.
Basketball success!!!
On Tuesday, 21st February our first years beat Our Lady's Castleblayney.
Our First Years to Beat the Bleep!
On Friday, 3rd February our first years will be participating in the Get Fit and Beat the Bleep challenge. This is a fitness challenge for first year secondary school students and it is being organised by The John Murray Show on RTE Radio 1 in association with Dublin City University. Good luck to all involved!!! Our girls always Beat the Bleep!!!
Brilliant basketball victory for our first year basketballers
CONGRATULATIONS to our first year basketballers who beat St Louis, Dundalk on Friday, 27th January. (Bethany's match report to follow)
Under Fourteen Footballers
Our under Fourteen Footballers were narrowly defeated by St Mary's Lurgan on Tuesday, 17th January at the Monaghan Harp's Complex. Many of our First Years were on the team. (by Edel and Ella)
Ms Devlin and Rang Doireann have organised Dance Classes and badminton lessons for first years on Thursdays and Fridays for the next few weeks.
Dance classes for First Years
Dance classes for First Years with Lynn Jackson are on Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch-time.
Sport for First Years
First Year students have Basketball training every Monday and soccer on Thursdays and Fridays.
Rang Doireann First Year Soccer League
The action has started in the first year lunch-time soccer league. Rang Doireann (5th year) have taken on the task of organising a round robin indoor soccer league for all first years. The first two matches 'tipped off' at lunch-time Thursday 1st September (Ireland beat England 5-4 and France and Germany drew 2 all). With a total of eight teams altogether in the league, each team will be guaranteed seven matches before the top two teams play off in the final. With four matches every week, it is hoped to get to the final stages before the Halloween mid-term. Follow your teams' progress on the notice board in the school gym. All matches will last seven minutes and are played on Thursdays and Fridays at lunch break.
Well done to Rang Doireann for organising this brilliant tournament.