The Girls took part in 5 a-side tournament in Cahir Park on Friday February 17th. They played very well throughout the day, improving with every game. Having played Newcastle, Gaelscoil Carrick and Ardfinnan in the group stages they qualified for latter stages of the competition and beat a very good Cahir side in the semi-final.Continue reading “Soccer Champs”
Category Archives: CLASSES
Debating Update
Unfortunately, the debating team narrowly lost out to Clerihan last Tuesday 14th February, and so their journey ends. As a group they worked very hard preparing their arguments and gave it their best effort.
Cake Decorating/Icing
Cake decorating/icing lessons with Siobhan Walsh and Sharon Harte will take place in the school from 2pm – 3pm for six weeks starting on Tuesday 28th February until Tuesday 4th April. Pupils in fourth and fifth class will take part in the lessons. We are very grateful to both Siobhan and Sharon for giving theirContinue reading “Cake Decorating/Icing”
First Penance
First Penance for our second class pupils will take place in St. Mary’s Church, Ballyneale on Monday 13th March at 7pm.
Credit Union Quizmasters
Congratulations to our U11 Quiz Team Jack Bourke, Kate O’Hora, Zack O’Keeffe and Jack Kinsella who came first in the Credit Union Quiz on Friday 27th January in Carrick-on-Suir. The team will now progress to the Regional Final. Congratulations also to our U13 team Keelan Hanrahan, Erin Hanrahan, Luke Broxson and Callum McFadden who alsoContinue reading “Credit Union Quizmasters”
Debating
After their winning start the debating team are busy preparing for the next round of the Concern Primary Debating Inter-Schools Competition.
Credit Union Quiz
The annual primary schools quiz will take place on Friday 27th January in the Carraig Hotel at 7 p.m. We are entering two teams in the competition and we wish them the very best of luck.
Athletics
Congratulations to Jack Bourke who was involved with Carrick Athletics Club last weekend in Nenagh, he was part of the relay team that placed silver in the U12 Boys 4 x 100m relay. They will now compete in the nationals in March. We wish him and his team mates the very best of luck.
Spikeball
Well done to all who took part in the Spikeball Blitz today January in Moyle Rovers. We did really well in all competitions and narrowly missed out reaching the regional finals with the mixed team losing their decider. All three teams showed great technical skill, movement and togetherness considering we’ve only had a few sessions beforeContinue reading “Spikeball”
Irish Minor Swimming Championships
Congratulations to Eibhlís Bartley, a third class pupil, on qualifying to compete in the Irish Minor Schools Championships which takes place on 12 th February 2017 at the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin. Eibhlís will compete in the 50m butterfly event. We are all very proud of her. Best of luck Eibhlís!
Ballyneale National School 