Santry

On Thursday the 21st of May, students from 3rd - 6th class competed in the Cumann na mBunscol primary school athletics competition in Morton Stadium, Santry. The first events were the field events such as high jump, shot put and long jump.

George and Samantha competed in the high jump, George clearing a height of 1.15m coming in 4th place and Samantha clearing 1.10m, also coming in 4th place.

For the U14 shot put Reilly got 5th place and Sophie, despite only being 10 years old brought home our first medal, placing in 3rd.

Lia and Oscar competed in long jump. Lia came in first place with a jump of 3.22m. Oscar came in 4th place.

In between the field events Cadel and Sarah Jane ran in the U14 sprints. Cadel unfortunately got 3rd place, almost qualifying for the next race. Sarah Jane sadly didn’t qualify either :(

In the U12 the sprinters were Lily and Dennis from 5th class. Lily sadly didn’t qualify and neither did Dennis.

Ray and Hanna competed in the 600m race. Ray finished 4th after a lot of work in the second half of his race and Hanna improving from last year, receiving a 2nd place.

We had a great win from the U12 girls relay. Marla started off the first leg doing a great job at chasing down the other competitors, delivering to Alexandrina in second place when she received the baton. Alexandrina then stretched the lead to 15 meters before passing over to Matilda R who maintained the lead on the other competitors, then passed on to Lily who heroically brought the baton over the line, coming in first place!

The U12 boys started off with Ryan who did a great handover to Dara who kept the pace up, he then passed over to Bobby and then to Dennis who carried the baton home, taking 2nd place.

The U14 girls race started off with Sarah Jane who passed to Behati. Behati raced on ahead and gave the baton to Cuinn. Cuinn made up a lot of ground passing to Sadie. Unfortunately the girls didn't qualify to the next round coming in 3rd.

Conor started off as the first leg in the U14 relay race catching up to his competitors before passing on to Luke, who kept the pace up. After receiving the baton, Cuan put in a great effort to get from 4th place to 2nd. He passed over to Cadel who then raced on ahead, heroically crossing the line and making it home in 1st place!

Overall, it was our most successful day in Santry. We took home 6 medals and two trophies. Mr Tierney and the teachers were delighted with our performance, the result of lots of hard work and months of training in Donore Harriers. We had a great day!

By Hanna, Lia and Cadel

Boys 5-A-Side Tournament

Match Reports

By Reilly and Conor

On Monday April 13th the boys from 5th and 6th participated in a 5 aside tournament in Stella Maris’ Dublin Port stadium.The team left the school at 8:50am, and arrived at the pitch at 9:30. Our first match was at 10:30am so the boys had time to warm up. Our first match was against North Dublin Muslim NS. The score of the game was 6-0 to St. Patrick's National School. The goals were scored by Reilly (3), George (2) and Darragh. The defence, including Cúan Downey in goal, kept a clean sheet.

Our next game was against Presentation Primary Warrenmount. We won 5-0. The goals were scored by Reilly Saul (4) and Andrei Bercu. A strong defence including Andrei and Conor kept another clean sheet. The next match was against St Joseph's NS, where we won 2-0 with both goals scored by George. Hard work closing down in the midfield by Seamus and Cadel helped give us another clean sheet.

Our last match was against St Joseph’s co-ed. This match would decide who would go to play Francis Street school in the semi final. The boys sadly lost to a very strong team 5-1. The consolation goal was scored by George. Even though we didn’t win, the boys played very, very well and represented the school brilliantly. They had fun, and a big thank you to our coach/teacher Mr McEntee, and Reilly’s mam for the lift.

5 A Side DOUBLE History

Max - Adrian - Zimo - Oisin - Matthew - Deon - Tom - Stefan

Tess - Hannah - Mabel - Yazmin - Emily Doyle - Indie - Fatima - Emily Bennett

"We can always say that under the shadow of the home of Irish soccer, The Aviva Stadium, St Patrick's Chapelizod took the lead in the Dublin 5 A Side final against the reigning champions!!"

It was two huge days of celebration for our 5 a side teams who travelled out to Irishtown Stadium beside the Aviva on Tuesday March 12th and Wednesday March 13th. The school has competed in the FAI Tournament annually for a long time and our success has usually been in our competitiveness against the bigger schools and giving it our all. This year, we broke all our school records in one day!

Our boys group on Pitch 1 saw us up against some of the strongest teams in the competition

Mary Queen of Angels (our Ballyfermot neighbours!!)
St Kevin's Boys NS, Sallynoggin
St Malachy's Boys NS, Finglas
Broombridge Ed Together
St Joseph's Fairview

Our girls group was reshuffled before kick-off meaning we faced teams from different groups originally including Mary Queen of Angels in Ballyfermot!

Incredibly, the boys won ALL FIVE of their group games and made it to the knockouts! The drama continued as they won the semi-final on penalties before reaching the decider for the first time ever!!!

Sadly, the reigning champions Christ The King NS Cabra (who beat us in 11-a-side the previous week!) took the title after a fine comeback - we had taken the lead with a sensational goal from Stefan (his 9th of the day)

All 16 of the pupils played their parts. Max in goals with some amazing saves, Oisin, Adrian, Zimo at the back, Deon and Matthew in the middle and Tom and Stefan up top. Although we didn't win the final, it really did not matter. It was a day to remember for our small school against the big guns of Dublin soccer! For the girls, Tess was our top scorer on the day, Yazmin will always have the memory of scoring from her own half with the first touch of the tournament, Emily and Indie operated the back line well, Mabel was our playmaker, Fatima worked hard in goals and outfield, Hannah was also both outfield and in goals at times, while Emily B is officially our youngest ever player in 5 a side (being in 3rd class!)

The girls were a SINGLE GOAL away from the semi-finals which was incredible and but for an unfortunate moment in one game it could have been even more amazing than it already was!

The teamwork, dedication and encouragment shown by all was immense! We could not be prouder of the boys and girls!

A huge thanks also to Michal, Enda, and Séamus who gave lifts out and back through the traffic (and provided some food and drink also!!)

League Campaign

Our FAI Schools league campaign saw the school set out with the main aim of giving game time to as many pupils as possible. During the 4 league games (along with the 5 a side) we will have a record 64 PUPILS who have donned the maroon and blue for the school. This is incredible. We also want to express our gratitude and say a huge thank you to Cathy and all in St Seton's SS in Ballyfermot who give us the use of their pitch and facilities and to the TY Students who help out on game days too! We can't say thank you enough!

Photos

A huge thank you to Zimos mum who took these amazing photos of the game the last day in St Seton's SS.

Europa League Tour Blitz

Following our impressive attitude at the last 5 a side tournament, the Dublin City Council invited us along to a special one-off tournament back in the same venue. This time, with the added incentive of being able to see the prestigous Europa League trophy!! The EL Final takes place in the Aviva in a few weeks and we were thrilled that we were invited to this by DCC / FAI / UEFA.

We played 6 games. Won 4. Drew 2. No goals conceded. Met Darren Frehill (Virgin Media Soccer Presenter), Lord Mayor and former pupil Dáithi De Róiste, World Freestyler Conor Reynolds, and a new friend called the UEFA Europa League trophy!