ST. COLMCILLE’S COMMUNITY SCHOOL NEWS

SIXTH YEAR GRADUATION
The first 6th year graduation took place in the school on Thursday May 26th. Students and parents gathered in the school for their graduation mass followed by an award ceremony. Mr. McKennedy spoke of “what wonderful leaders this group of students are to the rest of the school”. Dr. Vincent Kenny, chairperson of the Board of Management, congratulated the students and wished them all the best in their future careers. Student of the year was awarded to Kylie Moynagh and Academic student of the year was awarded to Adnan Velic.

EXTRA CURRICULAR
Leinster Schools Track and Field Championship
The Leinster schools track and field championships were held on May 18th in Santry. Congratulations to Rebecca Tyson who won the Junior Girls 80m hurdles and broke the Leinster and National record.
Further congratulations to the following students who also won the Junior Girls 4* 100m Relay: Rebecca Tyson, Shauna Cannon, Lisa Barnwell and Natalie Hyland.
Shauna Cannon also won 2nd in the 200m, Jamie Skelly won 5th in the 500m and Lisa Barnwell won 4th in the 100m. The All Irelands are in Tullamore on the 30th of June. Best of luck to all involved.

GIRLS GAELIC FOOTBALL
Our Under 14 girls have made magnificent progress under the guidance of our Westmeath star Mr. Davitt. The team was performing in a Leinster competition for the first time and had remarkable success.
They were most unfortunate to lose out to De La Salle from Carlow in the semi-final of the competition after a fabulous victory over Bridgetown of Wexford in the quarter final.
Paula McGrath, Natalia Hyland, Shauna Cannon, Sarah Cummins, Siobhan Pennycook, Hannah Meade, Laura Medbury, Michelle O’Connor, Eilis Knight, Emma Greene all excelled throughout the
year.
Mr. Davitt will be playing for Westmeath over the summer in Croke Park but it is unlikely he will have as much success as the school team has had!

CAMOGIE
The girls had great success again this term where we reached the semi-final of Dublin but were unfortunate to lose out to Marysfield on our home pitch.
Claire and Lisa Watson both performed brilliantly and Sharon Glynn and Paula McGrath were players who stood out for their commitment and dedication throughout the year.

HURLING
The Dublin under 14 colleges team competed in the Leinster ‘A’ hurling this year and St. Colmcilles had four representatives on the panel. The team won the Shield which was the very first time for a Dublin team. Ciaran Brennan, Stephen O’Connor, Elvin Moynagh, Oisin Cannon were the players who got selected to play for their county.

SOCCER
The boys under 13 reached the quarter final of their Dublin league and were unlucky to lose out in a very competitive game. Alex Fletcher, Keith Gillis and Eoin Leonard all starred.

TABLE TENNIS
The competitions ran very well this terms with all teams performing admirably. Stephen Vincent, Keith Gillis, Siobhan Pennycook, Laura Medbury, Roisin McHugh and Ciara Errity all excelled.

COMMUNITY SCHOOL SPORTS DAY
The School Sports Day was a fantastic success with nearly 500 boys and girls participating. There was a wide variety of events such as the 100m sprint, three-legged race, tug-of-war, golf, shooting, hurling, table tennis, gaelic football, indoor soccer and basketball. We were blessed with a beautiful day and every single student represented their class and themselves impeccably. The transition year students helped with the organising and students like Leanne Gaughran, Tara Scully, Mark Mahon and Jason Morton could make wonderful teachers some day! Some of the students who received awards were Darragh Kelly Murtagh, Rebecca Hennessy, Laura Nealon, Neil McAlistair, Simon Connolly, Jessica Charters, Gavin White, Ciara Timbs, Rachel Ruddy, Laura Boggan and Steven Boland.