Clare Cross Country Running Final

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On Tuesday the 19th of November, around twenty pupils from the school went to Lees Road to compete in the Clare cross-country running final. We left on a bus at quarter to ten and arrived at Lees Road shortly after that. Shona and Cillian came with us on the day and some parents also came to watch. The first pupils that ran were the under 8s and they ran really well. Then the under 10s ran their race and Lillie came 8th in the girls race and Jacob came 7th in the boys race. They were really tough races and we were running  against about 100 people! 

Finally, the over 10 races began and our pupils ran brilliantly. Michael came 12th and Seán came 11th. Any pupil who placed in a race got a medal and we were all delighted! Some of our teams also won a team medal, the under 10 girls and the over 10 boys won team medals on the day. The weather was quite overcast on the day but luckily it didn’t rain too much. We then made our way back to school after the races and Shona kindly gave us cookies to celebrate our victories! Overall we had a great day out and we are looking forward to next year’s races already!

By Jacob Quinn and Lillie Ryan.

Hurling Champions Visit

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On Monday the 30th of September, Clare hurlers Cian Galvin and Davy Conroy came to the school to celebrate their victory in winning the All Ireland Hurling Championship this summer. They arrived at around 10 o’clock in the morning. We all gathered outside at the back of the school with our chairs. After a few minutes, we saw them coming and we gave them a big cheer when they arrived! Mr. Curran introduced them and they started talking about their victory. People then started asking them questions about their lives as hurlers. Some of the questions were ‘When did you start playing hurling?’ or ‘When did you play your first match?’ One person also asked what hurley they used when they won the final! Cian used a Clancy hurley and Davy used a Torpey hurley.

We spent a few more minutes asking them questions and then Mr. Curran told us about a challenge that Cian used to try to achieve when he was a pupil in Knockanean N.S. The challenge was to try to hit the ball from left to right, against the wall of the school, and to catch it again, and to see how many times he could do this in 30 seconds. When he was younger, his record was 17 times. Cian then tried to beat this challenge on the day and he got 25 so he beat his record! There was also another challenge where they had to hit the middle pole in the school shed. Both Davy and Cian tried this challenge as well on the day and were able to hit it once! After these challenges, we lined up in our class groups and took photos with the Liam McCarthy cup. We also got the chance to hold the very heavy cup! After that, we got signatures from Davy and Cian. Some people got their jerseys signed and some even got their shoes signed! It was great to get to see the hurlers in person and to hear about their busy lives and all the training that they have to do. We enjoyed the day and our favourite part was getting to lift the Liam McCarthy!

By Alex O’Donnell, Finn O’Dwyer and Dara O’Connor.