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October was a busy month. We started with GOAL jersey day which was held on Friday October 11^th. The children enjoyed wearing their favourite jersey to school. €168 was raised, so thank you to everybody for your support.

We quickly followed on with our annual sponsored walk on Sunday October 13^th. It was a lovely fresh morning for a walk and we appreciate your support as always. Thanks to all who gave sponsorship cards and bought raffle tickets. €1414.45 was raised in total!

Halloween was in full swing on October 24^th. The children had great fun showing off their costumes and their moves on the cat walk! Thanks to the parents for helping with Mrs Egan’s delicious pumpkin soup and with the cake sale. The cake sale raised €328.40. Thanks to everyone who donated cakes and treats and to all who supported on the day!

Football

 

Our under 13 boys football team had their blitz on Monday 7^th October in our local GAA pitch.  In our first game, Moyne NS provided the opposition.  This was a hard fought game with great defending, passing and team work on display throughout.  We saw some great goals from Harry, Alan and Aoibhinn, with Cody adding some lovely points to our tally.  We also had a crucial save from Edward at a time when the score was tight. We ran out eventual winners on a scoreline of 4-2 to 0-4.

Drangan NS were our opposition in our second game.  With Moyne having beaten Drangan  we knew that a win here would put us through to the next round.  Throughout the game, we worked hard and this paid off with some well worked goals from Harry and Amy.  Cody, Tommy B and Amy added some great points to give us the victory.   The final score was     Our Lady’s NS 4-7      Drangan NS 1-0.

The team showed some fantastic skill and teamwork throughout the blitz.

We now play Clonmore NS in the semi final.

 

 Team: Cody Hanlon (Captain), Harry Carroll, Eamonn Quigley, Alan Kelly, Edward Shelly, Tommy Butler, Tommy Kennedy, Jakub Tallon, Patrick Dormus, Amy Burns, Aoibhinn Rice, Kellyann Donovan.

Football

 

On Wednesday 2^nd October our under 13 girls travelled to Monroe for their Cumann na mBunscoil 7 a side blitz.

Our first game was against Ballyneale NS who took an early lead in the first half.  The girls battled hard in the second half and made a great comeback with scores from Amy Burns, Aoibhinn Rice and Maria Croke, running out as eventual winners on a scoreline of 3-7 to 1-2.

The second game was against Lisronagh NS.  Our girls were out of the blocks very quickly in this game, giving us some early scores from Amy, Aoibhinn and Maria.  They continued in this form throughout the game, adding more great scores.  The game finished on a scoreline of 5-8 to 2-1 in favour of our girls.

Having won section one of the blitz, we then faced Cloneen NS in the blitz final.  In this game we started well with Amy putting away a few early goals and went in at half time leading by 1-1.  At the beginning of the second half, Cloneen hit us with a few quick goals which we just could not pull back.  Our girls never gave up and Aoibhinn, Amy and Kellyann added some more well worked scores.  The game finished Cloneen NS 8-4 Our Lady’s NS 5-2. 

Throughout the entire blitz, our girls really did themselves proud, showing some great skill both in defence and in attack aswell as a fantastic workrate and team spirit!

Team: Grace Croke, Iris Corcoran, Aoibhinn Rice (Captain), Amy Burns, Chloe Fennelly, Kellyann Donovan, Ciara Boylan, Rachel Tye, Maria Croke, Scarlett Lyons, Emma Rose McGrath, Holly Dormus.

Best of luck to Ballingarry in the Intermediate Hurling County Final on Saturday 12th October. We are all behind you here at Our Lady's NS. Go n-éirí libh!

 

 

Thanks to the girls who called to the school on Friday September 20^th with the U16 Ladies Football County Championship trophy. It’s always lovely to have past pupils visit. We wish you every success going forward girls!

 

3^rd and 4^th class really enjoyed trying out some of our new P.E. equipment. They had great fun playing badminton and volleyball. The wind proved a little tricky for the shuttlecock on the day, but lots of fun had by all regardless!