With over 1,000 students, all who had qualified through the provinces, from 370 schools all over Ireland , the 4 Skibbereen Community School students performed brilliantly at Tullamore last Saturday,and remarkably all returned home with a medal.
Diana Coakley got the day off to a fantastic start throwing brilliantly to secure the gold in the Junior Discus .Adam O Donovan, was in superb form also and his throws in both the javelin and shot earned him 2 silver medals in the Junior Category.Katie Kingston followed on with some fantastic throws in the Discus to claim the bronze in the Intermediate girls' Discus. To round off a memorable day,Caoimhe Flannery ,after an early fall battled bravely to finish 3rd in ths Intermediate 1500m Steeplechase.
Katie and Caoimhe will now represent Munter in the Tailteann Games,(an interprovincial competition for the first 3 finishers in each Intermediate event in the Provinces),in Tullamore on Friday June 24th. Both girls will be underage again next year.
