Sports
A team of girls from second to sixth class recently competed in the Cumann na mBunscol Track and Field competition in Greystones. We competed in sprints, long distances and in the 4x100m relay, which we won! There were two other gold medals and some silver and bronze too. There were over 20 schools competing on the day and the standard was very high. Congratulations to all the girls who took part, as always they were a credit to the school.
It was a proud moment for the girls when they got to go on the podium and be presented with their medals.
Camogie
Our sixth class camogie team had a very successful outing in Greystones recently. They won both their matches, against Glenealy and Blessington. Congratulations and well done girls!
They will also be taking part in further tournaments later in the term. Best of luck in them girls, no doubt you will be great.
Mud and Medals in Avondale
On Tuesday 15 February sixteen girls from 3rd to 6th class went to participate in the Wicklow Athletics Cross Country Relay Competition. We took a Tony Doyle bus to Avondale House in Co. Wicklow. (We travelled first class!) It was a very bumpy ride and it made all of us need the bathroom. BADLY!!!! When we arrived we found out that all the toilets were closed!! We just had to hold it in!
The day started off brilliantly with our 3rd class winning gold in their race. 4th and 5th came in third place and of course the brilliant 6th class came first!!!
Each race was very exciting, particularly the last. Niamh started first and won her leg giving the baton to Hayley, who increased the lead before passing the baton on to Seona, who won her leg too. The gap between first and second was getting VERY big at this point! Shauna then received the baton from Seona, and ran a fantastic race bringing home the gold medal!! She was so far ahead that you couldn’t even see the girl in second place!
It was a wonder we won because we were all bursting to go to the toilet. Perhaps that’s what spurred us on faster!
Then it was time for the presentation of medals but by the time they got to the 6th class winners they had run out of gold medals! We had to make do with bronze medals instead. Just before we left it started to snow and we drove back to Bray - mucky, tired, cold, wet but happy!
By Niamh Sutton and Seona Michel
