4th year archery at Russagh Mill today.
On Wednesday pupils from SCS were among the 160 pupils from West Cork schools who competed in the Bol Chumann School's Road Bowling that took place in Shannonvale, Clonakilty. The four junior boys teams bowled well with the team of Darragh Dempsey, James McNulty and Seán McNulty finishing in third place. The school's senior boys did very well and were unlucky, narrowly missing out on third place. However, the highlight of the day for the school was the senior girl's team of Michelle Crowley, Natalie Dempsey and Tríona Murphy. The girls got off to a slow start but their skill and determination saw them keep the pressure on a strong leading team from Clonakilty. With their final throw the girls overtook the leaders to secure the title for 2017.
Bowlers on the day:
Junior Boys: Donal O'Neill, Jason Hurley, Cathal O'Sullivan, Danny Lucey, Gavin Crowley, Michael Cronin, Donnacha O'Donovan, Darragh Dempsey, James McNulty, Seán McNulty, Míchéal Sheehy, Colm Crowley, Brian Crowley
Senior Girls: Michelle Crowley, Natalie Dempsey, Tríona Murphy
Senior Boys: Jordan Limrick, David O'Connor, Stephen O'Donovan
Many thanks to Mr. Robert Field, Addiction Counsellor with the HSE and Mr. Liam Doocey, Life Coach and Youth Worker who gave fantastic talks to both students and parents on the issues affecting young people in our society today. Many thanks to our Chaplain, Ms. Mary Rose O Brien for organising both speakers.
The TY Fitness Module Group are organizing the school's first Fitness and Skills testing programme in the form of "The Fittest Year Group" competition. 12 Boys and 12 Girls have been nominated from each year group to undertake 12 challenges. Each challenge will be scientifically measured and the results will decide which year group is the fittest. All events will take place in the Sports Hall on Dec 8th where each entire year group will cheer on their representatives.
Congratulations to Maria Carey, Leaving Cert Class of 2017 who recently received a Quercus Scholarship to UCC due to her outstanding musical talent. Maria is form Hollyhill, Churchcross. She is pictured with her proud former Principal, Mr. Anton O Mahony.
The Home Economics Department is running a Christmas Cake Icing Course for any student interested. Please contact any member of the Department for details.
Our TY Mini Companies travelled to the Celtic Ross for a conference hosted by the West Cork Enterprise board. Thanks to Ms. Ella Ryan, Business Department for organising the trip.
50 of our First Year Students competed in Rowing Ireland's "Get Going Get Rowing" School's Competition in Neptune Stadium yesterday. They have been training since September and all performed fantastically on the day. Some of our teams took medal positions. Winning teams included:
Boys - 1st Tom Kavanagh, Gavin Mc Carthy, Richard Bushe, Eoin Murran and Cathal O' Driscoll.
2nd Shane O Connell, Paddy French, Oisin Boyle, Eoghan Cawley and Stephen Delaney
3rd Alan Cotter. Seán mc Nulty, Sam Nallan and Gavin Coakley
Girls 1st Maeve Kingston, Lia Hogan, Áine Mc Carthy ,Michaela Dempsey and Lilly Heaton Jones
3rd - Ciara Dempsey, Maddie O Sullivan, Áine Barry, Florence O Driscoll and Kate Barry
Well done to everyone involved and many thanks to Ms. Emily Delours, Ms. Denise Walsh Rowing Ireland/ Skibb Rowing Club and Ms. Maire Keating, PE teacher/ Skibb Rowing Club.
A thousand thanks to our Career Guidance Department and the thirty or so College Representatives who made last Wednesday's In-house Career Fair a huge success. Some of the Exhibitors included College of Commerce, CIT, UCC, UCD, St.John's College. Thanks to the many students and their parents who supported the event. Click on the picture to move on the gallery.
Congratulations to last year's leaving certificate students, Jane Hurley, Mary Therese Coughlan & Darren Seymour who all received entrance scholarships to UCD due to their exceptional leaving cert results. They are pictured at the awards ceremony in UCD with their proud former Principal, Mr. Anton O'Mahony. Well done to all.
Report by Robbie Minihane (2nd Year)
On Friday the 17th of November, the 2nd year basketball team took on formidable opponents in Kinsale Community School, last year's beaten All Ireland B league finalists. After our own success in the All Ireland C Cup competition, many Skibbereen voices were eager for promotion and our performance in this match would be a trustworthy indicator of how we would cope when promoted.
The first half was a one - sided affair and many of our players wilted under the pressure of our steely determined opponents. Kinsale raced into an 11 to 2 lead in the first quarter with James O'Neill getting our only score. In truth, Kinsale weren't doing anything revolutionary here but they were winning the individual battles across the floor.
Our capacity to score was again ridiculed in the second quarter. The evidence before our eyes looked catastrophic and the score reflected Kinsale's dominance. Skibbereen's play was characterised by missed chances and only one beautifully taken basket was scored by Eividas Andreikius. Not surprisingly, we finished the half 17 to 4 points down.
The slaughter of the first half ignited our players into action in the second half. A dramatic change of tactics and a resurgence of energy in our defence transformed this game into a contest. Two majestic three pointers from Eividas were the highlight of the shots made in the third quarter along with tenacious defence from James, Thomas O'Mahony, Adam O'Donoghue and Jamie O'Driscoll.
The purple crew went into the fourth quarter 24 to 16 down and they seemed programmed to play at a higher volume. Two excellent three pointers from Stevie Redmond brought them right back into the game. But in the end, we paid for our lifeless opening and Kinsale ran out winners by a scoreline of 25 to 31.
Lessons will be learned from this exciting game and we can be proud of the boys coming back from 17 to 2 down to be beaten by a few baskets.
The story of the First Years first competitive basketball outing.
The SCS first years basketball squad took on Kinsale on Friday last. Many of the Skibbereen side were playing competitive basketball for the first time while others have club experience. The hall was buzzing when we arrived with over forty Kinsale first years, clad in all kinds of attire doing lay ups. One thing was certain, Kinsale took their basketball seriously.
The team got off to a slow start and allowed Kinsale to cut through the zone to get some easy baskets. Tom Kavanagh, Colm Harrington and Brian inspired a comeback and at the end of the first quarter, they were 11 to 7 points down.
The second five came out flying but struggled to find the hoop until Daniel Buckley set up Eoghan Cawley for two baskets in quick succession. Despite confining Kinsale to just one basket in this quarter, SCS trailed the home side by a single basket at the break, the score 13 to 11.
An eventful third quarter saw Colm get two beautiful steals but they amounted to nothing as the Skibbereen side squandered these opportunities with poor shot selection and misfired layups. We paid the price for our sloppy shooting and Kinsale stretched their lead to ten points in this quarter, the crucial score a three pointer from Kinsale's talented number 6 with one second left on the clock.
In the fourth quarter Tom showed some true grit and scored a couple of lay ups. Garry Fahy Daniel and Eoghan also found the hoop. In the end Kinsale ran out winners by a scoreline of 27 to 23.
It was a good performance by the team but on the evidence of this match, there is still a lot of work to do on the training ground.
Skibbereen Community School will host a Careers Fair today, Wednesday 22nd November 2017, from 4 - 7pm. See below for more information.
Hard luck to the Junior Ladies Football Team and their coaches, Ms. Ella Ryan and Ms. Kathleen Martin on their narrow defeat to St.Mary's of Mallow today. The final score was 8-12 to 9-5.
Congrats to the U15 Boys Rugby Team who beat Schull and Ross yesterday but narrowly lost to Bantry in the Munster Rugby School's Blitz held in Skibb R.F.C. Thanks to their coaches, Mr.Paul Cross and Ms.Kathleen Martin. Thanks to Mr. Ray Gadston from Munster Rugby for organising.
The First match V Bantry proved to be the biggest challenge. With the last play of the match, Bantry cut through our defence and scored the only try of the match.
Our second match against Schull was a different affair with 5 tries and 3 conversions scored. Robbie Minihane, Tom Kavanagh, Dean O Flynn, Jamie O Driscoll and Captain Donnachadh Maguire were all on the score sheet.
The 3rd and final match against Rosscarbery saw us run in 6 tries whilst only conceding one. Try scorers included Jamie O Driscoll, Robbie Minihane, Luke O Connell, Darragh Coombes, James O Neill and Connie Ronan.
Well done to the whole squad who did a great job. Thanks to Ms. Mags Coombes and Skibb RFC for organising the venue.
Mr. Liam Doocey will be giving a talk in SCS on Tuesday 28th November 2017 at 7.30pm. See below for more information.
Pictured here are the winners of the 1st year Science Quiz held recently as part of Science Week. Many thanks to the Science Department for hosting the Quiz.
Well done to all who took part in 'Stand Up Awareness Week' from 13th-17th November, 2017 in SPHE class. It is one of the largest anti-bullying weeks in schools.
Participating also helps to meet the requirements of the Department of Education’s Anti-Bullying Procedures. It is a great opportunity to discuss what it means to be LGBTI, the challenges and the devastating impact homophobic bullying can have on students.
4th years pictured participating in outdoor pursuits recently.
4th Years engaged in team building challenges during outdoor pursuits at Lough Hyne.
We at Skibbereen Rowing Club are asking for your help. If you could please share the following and encourage students and their parents to vote (as often as possible!), we would be very grateful.
We've made it to the final three of Honda's 'Empowering Local dreams' competition. Please take a minute to follow the link below and vote for us to win.
http://cork-local-dreams.honda.ie/
Míle buíochas,
Máire Keating