Fooball Champions 2023

Cumann na mBunscol Football Champions

On Wednesday the 15th of November, the boys’ football team travelled to Cusack park for the football final against Lissycasey N.S. We left early at 9:10 for the match which started at 10. Classes from 3rd to 6th came to support us on the day. When we arrived we went into the dressing rooms and got changed, and then we made the team. After this we went out onto the pitch and did our warm up. We went back into the dressing rooms for a pep talk from Mr. Curran, Colm and Cillian. We then took the team photo before the match began. Our captains Daire and Conor went to the referee, along with the Lissycasey N.S. team captain. Then the match was finally underway. We scored the first two points and they came back and scored a point. After this they scored a goal and we knew we had to come back from this. We then scored two more points and the score stood at 1.1 to 0.4. At half-time we went into the dressing room for a team talk and ran back out after. We got off to a good start by scoring the first point in the second half. The atmosphere was electric. We scored a few more points and a goal and then they managed to get a few more points and a goal. Towards the end of the match, there was some confusion with the scoreboard but we knew that we were ahead. In the final few minutes, we cleared the ball and scored a free to finish the game. The final score was 1.11 to 2.04. At the final whistle, all of the subs ran onto the pitch to celebrate and we were on top of the world. Daire and Conor went up into the stand to lift the trophy with the rest of the team. There was so much excitement. We took pictures outside the park at the end. On the way back to school, we stopped at the shop to get treats. When we got back to school, all of the classes had come outside to welcome us home and to celebrate. After school that day we went to the Grove for a meal to celebrate with the team. We are so proud of our team and it was a great day for all.

By Daire Cullinan, Tadhg Downes and Oscar Deegan.

Hurling Champions 2022

We won against Ruan-Toonagh on the 16th of June in Cusack Park, having defeated O’Callaghan Mills-Kilkishen in the semi-finals. It was a challenging game but we defeated Ruan-Toonagh by nine points. The end score was 4-13 to 2-9. It was such a fun day and we are especially proud because it has been seven years since Knockanean boys were last hurling champions.

By Micheál Kelly, Harry Leahy, Patrick McInerney & Liam Barry

FAI Spar Soccer 2022

On Mon April 4th classes from 3rd to 6th went to Gurteen for a blitz. Colm made up teams of 5 or 6 mixed between all the classes from 3rd to 6th. There were girl’s teams and boy’s teams. The teams were divided into groups and each team played the other once in the group stages. The four teams that had the most points got through to the semi-final and then the winners played the final. Denis Hynes from the FAI was there for the full day. O’ Keeffes kindly sponsored refreshments such as water, crisps, bananas and biscuits and importantly the teachers got coffee! Overall we had a really great day.

By Andrea Barry and Luisa Hogan