Knockanean National School

Marion Keane Basketball Champions 2026

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Posted on May 12, 2026 by knockanean

On Wednesday the 15th of April our girls basketball team played in the Marion Keane Basketball final in Ennis National School. There were thirteen of us on the panel and five players played at a time. Our coaches were Shona and Anne and we prepared a lot before the final. We arrived in Ennis National School at around half nine and warmed up for the game. In the first match we played against Killaloe N.S. and we won this game by a good margin. After this game we had a short break and then we progressed to the final game against Lahinch N.S.

In this game we played well in the first half but they were a strong team and in the final fifty-two seconds we were two baskets down. Saoirse scored one basket but we were still down by one point. Then in the final two seconds Lillie scored a basket to put us ahead by one point. We emerged as winners and we were so relieved! We are now the Marion Keane Basketball Champions for 2026. We are so proud of our team and the great effort that we put in on the day. To celebrate we went to the Banner Plaza for food and then came back to school where we were welcomed with a guard of honour!

By Niamh O’Reilly and Saoirse Barry.

Munster Robotics Champions 2026

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Posted on April 27, 2026 by knockanean

On Saturday the 18^th of April we competed in the Munster Analog Devices Primary School Robotics Competition. This competition took place in the Analog Devices building in Limerick. When we arrived we collected our team poster from our teacher Conor. This poster was all about archaeology and how robots can help archaeologists. We were then shown to our table and on our table was a computer and a box of lego spike. The host then announced that we were going to be making sumo wrestling robots on the day. We were very excited when we heard this! We then had two to three hours to build a base model and armour. After this we tested out our robot on other teams in practise matches. It performed very well during these matches. We then had a short break for lunch and after that we began the group matches.

We had seven matches competing against other schools across Munster. We won seven out of seven of these matches and made it through to the quarter finals. We then progressed to the semi-final and eventually the final. In the final we were against Scoil Mhuire from Broadford in Limerick. Unfortunately we lost this match but we did not give up hope yet! In the end it all came down to the points that we scored on the day and we scored higher than the other team by one point. The judges looked at teamwork, our poster, creativity, communication and the robot itself. We couldn’t believe that we had come out on top on the day and we were over the moon! We are the Munster champions and a few weeks later we were interviewed on Clare FM by Alan Morrissey about our great win. We are so proud of our team and our journey to the Munster final!

By Orla Brooks, Donnacha Mockler and Adam Maguire.