A huge thank you to the growing number of students who are taking part in our challenges. While the reassuring din of sport may be put on hold at the moment, behind closed doors, great feats of accomplishment are happening. Students are digging deep and pushing themselves to limits they have never reached before and overcoming struggles along the way.


Katie Kingston set this week's sit up challenge and the standard was off the richter scale. Skipping champion Sean Daly laid down the gauntlet on day one, setting a formidable target of 72. This score seemed destined to keep him right on top of the leaderboard. But yesterday evening at the final hour, a new superstar emerged from class 1A when Abigail Fowler matched his impressive 72.

The girls from class 1A are a force to be reckoned with as the dynamic duo of Katie and Caoimhe have dominated our attention in all our events to date. In the sit ups, an excellent 67 snatched third place for Caoimhe with Katie just two sit ups behind in fourth.

Once again, solid performances from Cathal Kingston and Daniel Nzunu with 57 see them share fifth spot with rowing and P.E. specialist Rowan O'Driscoll, who joined us today.

Hannah Sheehy is never too far from the top and didn't disappoint us this week either. This time last year Hannah was lighting up the basketball court with her sharp shooting in the county quarter final. A year on, she is continuing to show her class with 52 sit ups completed in a minute.

Seventh to 15th places go to Kate O'Donovan 50, card stack champ Cathal McCarthy 49, Dylan Buckley 45, Millie Coakley 43, Diana Coakley 42, Matthew Benn 41, Grace Bohane 36 and Emer Caverley 34.

Megan Fitzgerald and Abby Kelleher shared 16th with 31.

The rest of the top 20 places went to Marie O'Sullivan 30, Michael O'Leary, Tara O'Regan and Julia Cotter .

11th & 12th Challenges

The details of the latest challenges have been sent to you on your team app.

The 11th challenge is to see how long you can bounce two basketballs while blindfolded?

Sean Daly has suggested this challenge and reminds us all that the world record is 35 minutes. I suppose you could use different balls for this challenge. Good luck everyone.


The 12th challenge has been suggested by Daniel Nzunu and will test your core to the limit.

How long can you stay in a V position with your legs upwards? You cannot use your hands to keep your legs up. Have fun doing this one folks.

Please send your results to Ms. O'Mahony by Friday at 12 o’clock please.

You are all welcome to join us.