The Annual Report of the Board of Governors 2015-2016
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- Cross Country competitions hosted by St. Mary’s
- Dance Competitions
- FOOTBALL ALL-STARS
- Ladies’ Gaelic Football
- Get Set to Make a Change Award
- Guest Speakers
- GOLF A Golf team from the school competed in the NEBSSA championships.
Cross Country RunningA large number of students participated in the NEBSSA Cross Country Championships in November. They had a number of notable triumphs including Year 8 Girls’ Team Event, first place, Year 8 Boys’ Team Event, second place, Year 10 Boys’ event, fourth place and Cathaoir Purvis had a comfortable win the Senior Boys’ Race. In the District Championships In January, Conor Falls won the Mini- Boys Section, and Cathaoir finished in impressive 8th place out of 110 boys in the Intermediate Boys’ Section. Cross Country competitions hosted by St. Mary’sSt. Mary’s hosted a cross country event for the local secondary schools and a large number of students attended these events. CÚCHULAINN CUP GAELIC St. Mary’s were involved in an exciting community initiative, led by Ulster GAA, which saw them join with other local secondary schools, St. Mary’s College, Clady, St. Pius X College and Rainey Endowed to form a Magherafelt Town football/hurling team to participate in the Ulster Cúchulainn Cup competition. Ulster GAA coaching staff presented a 90-minute ‘Taster Session’ and approximately forty Year 10/11 boys were accommodated for Hurling and Gaelic football coaching. After the trials, 5 - 7 students were chosen to represent our school to make-up a 21-player panel for the Cúchulainn Cup Blitz. The criteria for selection was that it was open only to those boys who did not currently play Gaelic Games or who have not played since U12 level. The Magherafelt Town team were convincing winners and were rewarded with a trip to London in July to play against their British counterparts. The Cúchulainns travelled to London from the 7th – 10th July where they toured the City of London, spent a day in Thorpe Park in addition to competing in the games with distinction. Dance CompetitionsYear 9 and Year 10 girls enjoyed dance competitions within their Year Groups. This was organised in line with their dance scheme of work. Each group created and choreographed their dance to a song of their choice. Gaelic FootballYear 8 – Semi finalists Oisin McGrath cup and O’Farrell cup – Group stages. D’alton Cup – Quarter finalists Nannery Cup – Ulster Champions Corn na nOg – Group Stages Brock Cup – Group Stages Rannafast Cup – Ulster Quarter Finalists MacRory Cup – Beaten in a play-off against St. Patrick’s, Cavan. FOOTBALL ALL-STARSOur MacRory Cup captain was awarded an Ulster Colleges’ All Star Award. Conor McGrogan was presented with his award at a banquet in the Europa Hotel, Belfast. Four of the MacRory Cup team went on to represent Derry in the Ulster Minor Championship and four others represented Antrim. A number of our senior players attended a one day GAA Academy Player Development Masterclass for Ireland’s best schools’ players at QUB in November. The Academy aimed to develop the players’ knowledge base in a wide range of areas including nutrition, strength and conditioning and lifestyle management through a series of workshops and coaching sessions. Ladies’ Gaelic FootballYear 8 Team – Played in a blitz in MUSA and Ulster Colleges Blitz. U14 – Group stages. U16 – Ulster Finalists. U20 – group stages Ladies’ Gaelic Football ALL STARSIn January, the annual Ulster Ladies' GAA School All Star Awards were held in Kelly’s Inn. Two of our Year 12 girls received an All Star: Caiomhe Meeke and Orlaith Prenter. This is a great achievement for the girls. They then represented Ulster in an Inter Provincial tournament in Kinnegad, Westmeath in January. FUTURE ALL STARS AWARDS QUB After distinguished performances against very high calibre opposition, St. Mary’s pupils James Crawford and Adam Connolly were chosen for the Danske Bank Queen’s University Future Stars team at numbers 6 and 12 respectively. The pupils and their parents were invited to the awards dinner at Queen's University. Get Set to Make a Change AwardAs a valued and committed member of the Get Set to Make a Change community across the UK, St. Mary’s and our Legacy Leaders were offered the opportunity to become members of the Get Set for Community Action project. ‘This programme is for 14 to 19 year olds to empower them to develop new skills and strengthen relationships within their community. Mr J McElholm and two Year 13 Action Leads were invited to a training day in Birmingham. They also organised a local training day for the Magherafelt partner schools which was led by Get Set mentors from England. The team organised 3 local community festivals as a result of this project. Guest SpeakersWe welcomed a guest speaker from the Dairy Council NI to St. Mary’s in September. Stephanie Ingram BSc DIS MSc; a Sports and Exercise Nutritionist spoke to our GCSE and our AS/A2 level students about the role that proper nutrition can play in enhancing performance. Noel McGrath, a Tipperary hurler, and inspirational speaker visited the school in May. Noel has won an All-Ireland winners' medal and three Munster winners' medals and was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. McGrath has a number of personal achievements including back-to-back All-Star awards during his first two seasons of championship hurling and in 2009 he won the All-Star Young Hurler of the Year award. On 17 April 2015, McGrath underwent surgery to help treat testicular cancer. He addressed Year 9 and Year 10 boys on his sporting achievements and his battle with testicular cancer. GOLFA Golf team from the school competed in the NEBSSA championships. HANDBALL Seventy Year 8/9 students participated in this extra-curricular activity which was organised by our two UUJ outreach students, John McIvor and Mark McLaughlin. Directory: downloads downloads -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations downloads -> Dynatest 3031 lwd light Weight Deflectometer downloads -> Forth coming competitive exams downloads -> Brush High School Morning Announcements Friday, September 05, 2014 all school downloads -> Year 9 The Arts — Music downloads -> Years 7 and 8 standard elaborations — Australian Curriculum: Music draft downloads -> Chris Young sets 2016 “I’m Comin’ Over” Tour headlining dates downloads -> Slavery and Abolition: the Plymouth Connection Introduction downloads -> Summer Assignment Download 1.68 Mb. Share with your friends:
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