Prepare to be amazed everyone.

Skibbereen Community School has our first ever world record holder. Super star Sean Daly has smashed the old time of 35 minutes in the blindfold basketball bouncing competition and the new record stands at 2 hours and 6 minutes.

Back in February, Sean's brush with record breaking fame hit the headlines, when he achieved 480 bounces in a minute which gave him second place in the world. Sean went one better on this occasion, setting a formidable time for anyone who wants to challenge him.


I am fully aware of the challenges this particular test presented for our students, as many will not have access to two basketballs that bounce well. However, we can always revisit the competition when we return to our beautiful sports complex.

New heroes are emerging all the time and I am delighted to see Julia Cotter take second place on this occasion with a time of 3 minutes and 51 seconds. Julia's performances in all the challenges have shown a steady improvement but this is her best achievement to date.

Caoimhe Flannery's epic charge continues with another top 3 finish and a time of 3 minutes 2 seconds. Marie O'Sullivan takes fourth place with a time of one minute 30. A string of participants were knotted together just under the one minute mark. Fifth to tenth positions were as follows: Tara O'Regan, Matthew Benn, Daniel Nzunu, Megan Fitzgerald and Kate O'Donovan.

Daniel's V Challenge:

Our two overall leaders shared the top positions in the V challenge. A stunning performance from the irrepressible Katie Kingston saw her wrap this competition up with a phenomenal time of 12 minutes 25 seconds. Take a bow Katie. This was an amazing achievement.

Near rival Caoimhe Flannery claimed second place in a time of 4 minutes 29 seconds.

Abigail Fowler continued her recent impressive form and made it a 1, 2 and 3 for the girls from class IA with 3 minutes and 10 seconds.

Yet another first year 1E's Abby Kelleher picked up fourth with 3 minutes exactly. One thing is clear, the first year girls have talent coded into their DNA. All rounder Daniel Nzunu's 2 minutes 48 gave him fifth place.

Class mates Julia Cotter and Cathal McCarthy shared 6th place with 2 minutes 38 seconds. Just 2 seconds separated Matthew Benn from Ferdia Dennis McAleavey with Matthew edging ahead on this occasion. Ninth and tenth place went to Emer McAleavey 1.45 and Megan Fitzgerald 1.25.

Challenge 14.

This is a 2 minute test.

Firstly, mark a distance 20 feet from a wall.

Then kick a football against the wall and count your catches. You must alternate your kicks from right foot to left foot after each catch.


Challenge 15

As the weather is forecast to improve, I am setting you a challenge to go out and identify as many birds as you can.

Send your list on to me.

Some of the teachers are joining in on this test and they have every intention of putting it up to the students in this particular challenge.

Good luck everyone.

The deadline for both challenges is Friday at 3 o’clock.