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News and Match Reports ’10 – ‘11 1. Athletics 2. Gaelic Football 3.
Swimming 4. Hurling 5. Soccer 6. Tennis 7. 1.
Athletics News 2010 - 2011 [Sept 16th 2010] Today in the
Clover Field, Ferrybank in front of a large crowd our school athletics team competed
in the Waterford Primary Schools Cross Country races. We had boys competing
in all age groups from 1st class to 6th running a
variety of distances from 200m to 800m. Everyone did their best and at the
end of the day we were awarded the trophy for the Athletics
Team Win Silverware [Apr 12th ‘11] 46 boys from 1st
to 6th class competed in the RSC today in the Ferrybank AC Schools
Track Competition. It was a beautiful day and many parents had turned up to
support all the athletes. There was a mixture of short and longer races for
all the various age groups. We had a number of individual winners and our
relay teams also did very well. At the end of the day we were declared winner
of the “ County
Finals [June 2nd ‘11] Qualifiers from
the recent Ferrybank School Sports competed this evening in Dungarvan in the County Athletics Final for Primary
Schools. Even though we had a small
team travelling we came home with
one individual gold and two relay team medals. Once again thanks to Mr
Doran and Mrs A Brennan who looked after the team this year. 2.
Gaelic Football News 2010 - 2011 U13
Gaelic Football Campaign match by match ’10 – ‘11
Solid
Performance by Senior Footballers [Sept 16th 2010] Earlier today
in Scoil Lorcáin our U13
Gaelic Football Team started their season also with a good win. It was a
perfect day and we started the first half with the aid of a moderate breeze.
It took us a while to get going but mid way through
the half we began to show greater shape to our play. At half time we lead 2 –
3 to no score. The game was probably won and lost in the 10 minutes after the
break as Scoil Lorcáin
increased the pressure but our backs stood up strong. A few late scores
completed the day’s work for us and everyone went home in good form. A good start for our boys but tougher tests lie ahead!
Well done to Tadgh who was very consistent throughout the whole game and to
Alex Casey who made a big impact when he came on as a sub. Final Score: St Declans 4 – 6 Scoil Lorcáin 0 -1 Todays Panel: Tadgh Brennan, Cormac McCann, Conor Giles Doran, Ben Fitzgerald, Conor
Hennessey, Alex Cavallari, Warren Sauvage, Tom Crotty, Chris
Kong, Craig Ayers, David McGlynn, Sean O’Keeffe,
David O’Hare, David Burke, Alex Kennedy, Peter Grogan, Alex Casey, Lee O’
Connor, Aidan Gannon. St Declans Edge Close Encounter [Sept 30th 2010] For the second
time this week the College Field was the venue for an important 2nd
round match, this time for our U13 Footballers. This match against St
Stephens would decide who would top the group in the Waterford Primary
Schools U13 Gaelic Football league, so both sides were anxious to do well.
The rain may have started to fall at the throw in but that didn’t dampen the
standard of this very entertaining game. A few early points settled our
nerves and a great goal by David Burke put us 1-3 to a point ahead at the
break. Following the restart St Stephens poured on the pressure and soon
there was only a goal in it! Cormac popped over an important point to put us
4 ahead again. St Stephens efforts were finally
rewarded with a late goal but fortunately for us we held on to win. Well done
to both Alex Kennedy and Sean O Keefe who both played very well today. Semi finals next week! Final Score: St Declans 1- 4 St
Stephens 1-3 Todays Panel: Tadgh Brennan, Cormac McCann, Conor Giles Doran, Ben Fitzgerald, Conor
Hennessey, Alex Cavallari, Warren Sauvage, Tom Crotty, Chris
Kong, Craig Ayers, David McGlynn, Sean O’Keeffe,
David O’Hare, David Burke, Alex Kennedy, Peter Grogan, Alex Casey, Lee O’
Connor, Aidan Gannon. Cormac Power U13
Footballers Go Down Fighting [Oct 7th 2010] This match concluded what was a miserable
week for football in St Declans because despite our
best efforts, our U13 Footballers too, were beaten at the semi final stage. Today’s match in the Waterford Primary
Schools U13 Gaelic Football League was once again played in the College, this
time against Ballygunner. There is no hiding that
we were under pressure from the start and our backs were put to the pin of
their collar to cope. However, even though we were 4 – 0 down at the break,
everyone was ready to give it their all for the second twenty minutes. We
worked and tried as hard as we could and fought bravely for every ball, and
soon the score was 5 points to 2. All we needed was a goal. Once again we
created the chances and came close on a number of occasions. In fairness the Ballygunner backs held strong and in the dying seconds
they scored the final point of the day. We were very disappointed but we knew
we had given our best. Every single player played his part today and it was
great to see the pride they all showed in wearing the school jersey. Good
luck to Ballygunner in the final. Thanks to Mr
Doran and Mr Fitzgerald for looking after this team this year. Final Score: St Declans 0-2 Ballygunner 0-6 Todays Panel: Tadgh Brennan, Cormac McCann, Conor Giles Doran, Ben Fitzgerald, Conor
Hennessey, Alex Cavallari, Warren Sauvage, Tom Crotty, Chris
Kong, Craig Ayers, David McGlynn, Sean O’Keeffe,
David O’Hare, David Burke, Alex Kennedy, Peter Grogan, Alex Casey, Lee O’
Connor, Aidan Gannon. U10 Gaelic Football Campaign match by match ’10 - ‘11
Encouraging Start for U10 Footballers [Sept 14th 2010] Our U10
Gaelic Football Team kicked off their season with a good win today away to St
Pauls. Thanks to Mr Kirby and Mr Morgan who will be looking after this team
this year. Todays Panel: Joshua Campus, Kevin Hennessey, Colm Maher, Harry Clooney, Jack Troy, David Casey, Lee
O’Connor, Eamonn Brosnan, Barry Mullally,
Liam Fogarty, Niall O’Keefee, Harry White, Patrick
Connolly, Aidan Gannon, Martin Wright, Cormac Power, Tadgh Ryan, Adam
O’Brien, David Thornberry. U10 Footballers reach Semi Finals [Sept 28th 2010] Today in the
College Field our U10 Footballers beat Todays Panel: Joshua Campus, Kevin Hennessey, Colm Maher, Harry Clooney, Jack Troy, David Casey, Lee
O’Connor, Eamonn Brosnan, Barry Mullally,
Liam Fogarty, Niall O’Keefee, Harry White, Patrick
Connolly, Aidan Gannon, Martin Wright, Cormac Power, Tadgh Ryan, Adam
O’Brien, David Thornberry. U10
Footballers Suffer Narrow Defeat [Oct 5th 2010] This afternoon in the College field our U10
footballers were beaten by Scoil Lorcáin,
by a point in a keenly contested Waterford Primary Schools U10 Gaelic
Football League semi final. This marks the end of
the current campaign for this group of lads and we wish Scoil
Lorcáin all the best in the final. Thanks to Mr
Kirby, Mr Morgan and to Mr Fitzgerald for looking after this team this year.
Well done lads, ye were so close! Todays Panel: Joshua Campus, Kevin Hennessey, Colm Maher, Harry Clooney, Jack Troy, David Casey, Lee
O’Connor, Eamonn Brosnan, Barry Mullally,
Liam Fogarty, Niall O’Keefee, Harry White, Patrick
Connolly, Aidan Gannon, Martin Wright, Cormac Power, Tadgh Ryan, Adam O’Brien,David Thornberry. Mini 7’s Gaelic Football campaign match by match ‘10 – ‘11
First
Round Success for 7’s Football Team [Nov 4th ‘10] Our school
7 a side Gaelic Football team competed in the first round blitz of this competition
out in Ballgunner today. We played two matches in
total, firstly against St Saviours NS and then Scoil
Lorcáin. In our first game, two rather fortuitous
early goals put us in a stronger position than we in fact deserved at half
time, however in the second half we played much better team football and won
well at the end. Scoil Lorcáin
too, proved a difficult team to beat, however once again when we got on top
we never looked like losing. Now we move into the next round of this
competition next Thursday. Well done to everyone today and thanks to Mr
Fitzgerald and to Mr Doran for looking after the team today. Todays Panel: David O Hare, Conor
Giles Doran, Christopher Kong, David
Burke, Alex Kennedy, Lee O Connor, Sean O Keeffe,
Peter Grogan, David McGlynn and Aidan Gannon 7’s Team
Show Courage to Win Eastern Title. [Nov 16th ‘10] Our 7-a-side
Gaelic Football Team captured the
As we
were undefeated on the day we were crowned champions. Team captain Chris Kong
accepted the trophy on behalf of a set of players who gave a great
performance and worked extremely hard throughout all three games. We now
await the county final in the New Year. No Joy in Dungarvan [Apr 12th ‘11] Our long
awaited final of the INTO Mini 7’s Gaelic Football Competition was played
today in perfect conditions in Dungarvan against Final Score: St
Declans 3 – 4
Tallow 2 - 9 Panel: David O'Hare, Conor
Giles Doran, Chris Kong, David Burke, Lee O'Connor, Aidan Gannon, Peter
Grogan, Sean O'Keeffe, David McGlynn, Alex Casey,
Alex Kennedy. 3. Swimming News 2010
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Hurling News 2010 – 2011 Indoor Hurling News ’10 – ‘11 Good Start
for Indoor Hurlers [Mar 1st ‘11] This afternoon
our indoor hurlers participated in the first round of the Waterford
Primary Schools Indoor Hurling Competition. We were in a group along with Indoor
Eastern Final [Mar 8th ‘11]Our Indoor
Hurlers competed in the Eastern Final blitz of the Waterford Primary
Schools Indoor Hurling Competition at the Panel; Harry White, Aidan Gannon Capt., Lee O’Connor,
Eamonn Brosnan, Jeff Fanning, Jack Power, Patrick
Connolly, Martin Wright, Niall O’Keeffe, Barry Mullally,
Cormac Power. Indoor [Mar 15th ‘11] Our Indoor
Hurlers played in the Abbeyside took the lead early in the second half but
we eventually clawed our way back into the game. The sides were again level
with three minutes remaining but a very strong finish from the Abbeyside boys saw them run out winners on a scoreline that read Abbeyside
11 goals St. Declan’s 8 goals. Well done and thanks to all the lads for a
great indoor season and to their coaches Mr Fitzgerald and Mr Kirby. Panel: Harry White, Aidan Gannon Capt., Lee O’Connor,
Eamonn Brosnan, Jeff Fanning, Jack Power, Patrick
Connolly, Martin Wright, Niall O’Keeffe, Barry Mullally,
Cormac Power. U 13 Hurling Campaign ’10 – ‘11 U. 13
Hurling League [Apr 5th ‘11] Our U.13 hurlers
had a disappointing opening to the Waterford Primary Schools U13
Hurling League today. Portlaw were visitors
to the College Field and we found it very difficult to cope with the much
stronger and more physical Portlaw side. The game
was very close and low scoring. We trailed by two points at the interval St.
Declan’s 0-2 Portlaw 1-1. We had a lot of the play in the second half, but the Portlaw defence held firm and we ended up loosing the game on a scoreline
that read St. Declan’s 1-2 Portlaw 2-1. We now face St. Stephen’s on Thursday in a “must win”
game. Panel. Alex Kennedy, Jack Troy, Tom Crotty,
Lee O’Connor, Peter Grogan, Conor Giles Doran, Luke
Flynn, Craig Ayres, Aidan Gannon, Cormac McCann, Chris Kong, Alex Casey, Lee Coady, Tadhg Brennan, Cormac
Power, Seán O’Keeffe, David McGlynn,
David Burke, Cian Mooney, Matthew O’Connor. Disappointing Finish to Season [Apr 12th ‘11] Our
U13 hurlers made their exit from this year’s Waterford Primary Schools
U13 Hurling League following a very disappointing performance today. Overall
we were simply just unable to come to terms with a very strong St Stephen’s defence throughout the game. Our players however tried
their best and never gave up. Final Score: St Declans
0-1 St Stephens 2-14 Panel;
Cormac McCann ,Tadhg Brennan, Conor
Giles Doran ,Craig Ayres, Chris Kong, David McGlynn,
Seán O’Keeffe, Tom Crotty,
Peter Grogan, Alex Kennedy, Luke Flynn, Jack Troy, Daniel Casey, Alex Casey,
Lee Coady, Mathew O’Connor, David Burke, Cian Mooney, Lee O’Connor, Cormac Power, Aidan Gannon. U 11 Hurling Campaign ’10 – ‘11
Comfortable Opening Victory [May 10th ‘11] We opened our U11 hurling campaign with a good
victory away to St. Paul’s today in the Waterford Primary Schools U11 Hurling
League. We now face Ballygunner in our next game at
DLS College on Tuesday May 17th. Final Score: St Declans 8-3 St Pauls 0-3 Panel:
Jack Troy, Daniel Casey, Brian Burke, Jason Stewart, Scott Dunphy, Kevin Hennessy, Joshua Campus, Colm Maher, Lee O’Connor, Barry Mullally,
Patrick Connolly, Niall O’Keeffe, Jeff Fanning, Aidan Gannon, Cormac Power,
Eamonn Brosnan, Martin Wright, Dylan Finn, Harry
White, Tadhg Ryan, Jack Power. U11 Hurlers Reach
Semi Final [May17th ‘11] Our
U. 11 hurlers progressed to the semi final of the
Waterford Primary Schools U11 Hurling League following a hard earned victory
over Ballygunner today. The game was played in
excellent conditions at the College Field. The sides were level at the
interval; Ballygunner 2-0 St. Declan’s 1-3. An
improved second half performance saw us add on 1-3 without reply. Our defence played well with Jack Troy, Aidan Gannon, Joshua
Campus and especially Eamonn Brosnan playing very
well throughout. Lee O’Connor and Cormac Power got through a huge amount of
work at midfield. Up front Tadhg Ryan and Kevin
Hennessy took some important scores. The semi final is fixed
for DLS College on Tuesday May 24th. Final
scor: St Declan’s 2-6 Ballygunner
2-0 Panel: Jack Troy, Daniel Casey, Brian Burke, Jason
Stewart, Scott Dunphy, Kevin Hennessy, Joshua
Campus, Colm Maher, Lee O’Connor, Barry Mullally, Patrick Connolly, Niall O’Keeffe, Jeff Fanning,
Aidan Gannon, Cormac Power, Eamonn Brosnan, Martin
Wright, Dylan Finn, Harry White, Tadhg Ryan, Jack
Power. Young Hurlers Reach League Final [May 24th ‘11] Our U11 hurlers qualified for the League Final of the Waterford
Primary Schools U11 Hurling League following a comprehensive victory over Holycross, Tramore today in the
College Field. Final score: St. Decaln's 7-5 Holycross 1-0 Panel:
Jack Troy, Daniel Casey, Brian Burke, Jason Stewart, Scott Dunphy, Kevin Hennessy, Joshua Campus, Colm Maher, Lee O’Connor, Barry Mullally,
Patrick Connolly, Niall O’Keeffe, Jeff Fanning, Aidan Gannon, Cormac Power,
Eamonn Brosnan, Martin Wright, Dylan Finn, Harry
White, Tadhg Ryan, Jack Power. U11 Hurlers are Champions Again [May 31st ‘11] Our U11 hurlers retained the Cumann na mBunscol Portlairge
U11 Hurling League title this afternoon at Walsh Park. The game opened
brightly for Mount Sion as they had a point in the
first minute of the game. St. Declan’s then had a series of chances which we
failed to take. Eventually in the fifteenth minute of the half a “65” struck
by Aidan Gannon ended up in the Mt. Sion net.
However there was a swift reply when two minutes later Mount Sion scored their first goal. A strong finish to the half
saw a point from Lee O’Connor and goals from Colm
Maher and Daniel Casey which left the half time score St. Declan’s 3-1 Mount Sion 1-1. In
the second we faced into the breeze and our half back line of Eamonn Brosnan, Aidan Gannon and Joshua Campus had to withstand
tremendous pressure from the Mt. Sion forwards. A
point from Aidan Gannon in the fifth minute was quickly followed by a second
goal for Mt. Sion. A lot of hard work from
midfielders Lee O’Connor and Cormac Power was rewarded when Kevin Hennessy
struck an excellent ground shot to the net in the tenth minute. Cormac Power
added a point on the fifteenth minute mark. And in the last minute of the
half Kevin Hennessy scored his second goal to complete the scoring. Tom
Fitzgerald Chairman Cumann na
mBunscol presented the trophy to team captain Lee
O’Connor following a great performance from the “Declan’s” boys. Final score: St. Declan’s 5-3 Mt. Sion 2-1. Panel:
Jack Troy, Daniel Casey, Brian Burke, Jason Stewart, Scott Dunphy, Kevin Hennessy, Joshua Campus, Colm Maher, Lee O’Connor, Barry Mullally,
Patrick Connolly, Niall O’Keeffe, Jeff Fanning, Aidan Gannon, Cormac Power,
Eamonn Brosnan, Martin Wright, Dylan Finn, Harry
White, Tadhg Ryan, Jack Power. INTO Hurling Mini 7s ’10 – ‘11 No Success
for 7 a side Hurlers [Mar 22nd ‘11] Our 7-a-side
hurlers played in the first round blitz of the Waterford Primary Schools Mini 7’s
Hurling Competition today at Ballygunner GAA
Grounds. There were three teams present on the day Ballygunner,
Gaelscoil Phortláirge and
St. Declan’s. In the first game we had a good win over Gaelscoil
Phortláirge. Our next game was against Ballygunner. This proved to be a difficult game for us
and Ballygunner ran out easy winners. Ballygunner therefore qualified for the next round. Panel; Alex Kennedy, Conor
Giles Doran, Christopher Kong, Peter Grogan, Luke Flynn, Craig Ayres, Seán O’Keeffe, David McGlynn,
Lee O’Connor, David Burke, Alex Casey. 5. Soccer News 2010 - 2011 Jack Kennedy Cup ’10 – ‘11
EA Sports 5 - a - Side National Soccer
Competition - 2011 First
Round Delight for 5 a side Soccer Team [Nov 23rd ‘10] This morning
in St Pauls Community College, our 5 a side indoor soccer team competed
in the Futsall 4th class indoor soccer
tournament first round blitz. They played very well on the day and have now
progressed on to the next round. Ms Aylward and
June De Courcey looked after this team today. Futsal
Eastern Final [Feb 11th ‘11] This morning
the boys from Ms Aylward’s 4th class
went to the Kingfisher leisure centre to compete in the Eastern Final of the Futsal
indoor 5 aside soccer tournament. This tournament is co-ordinated by the Waterford based
FAI development coaches and is a fantastic opportunity for all of the soccer
playing children in 3rd and 4th classes in schools
throughout Waterford city and county and South Kilkenny to showcase their
skills. The 4th class boys who represented St.
Declan’s N.S. were Lee O’Connor, Niall O’Keeffe, Cameron Power, Patrick
Connolly, Seán Ryan, Liam Coad, Alex Power, Jeff
Fanning, Adam Dalton and Luke Fanning. The squad had qualified for the
eastern final in a league tournament played off before Christmas 2010. There were five teams competing in the Eastern final comprising of St. Declan’s N.S., St. Beacons, Mullinavat, St. Declans got off to a
winning start with a scoreline of 3-0 against St.
Beacon’s Mullinavat and this was a sign of things
to come as the boys went on to cement further victories against Newtown
(2-0), Slieverue (3-0) and Portlaw
(3-0). The St. Declan’s goalkeeper Seán Ryan can be
very proud of keeping a clean sheet throughout all of the games. St. Declan’s N.S. have now
qualified for the county final along with The Futsal
[Feb 18th ‘11] This morning
Miss Aylward’s 4th class boys returned
to the Kingfisher leisure centre to contest the county final of the
Futsal indoor 5 aside soccer tournament. This would be the third and final day of
the competition. It was now down to the last 4 teams competing for the
honours having started with a total of 49 teams at the outset of the
tournament. The St. Declan’s team would be pitted against Following a quick
break St. Declan’s had to proceed with their next game against Tallow. Again
the scoreline of 4-0 in favour of St. Declans reflected another superb team effort and copious
amounts of skill. It should be noted that not alone did the goalkeeper Seán Ryan keep a clean sheet during the final day but
also throughout the whole tournament, which is a testament to him and his
team for the brilliant defence work they displayed as much as their attacking
skill which resulted in some wondrous goals. Afterwards it was noted by one of the tournament
organisers that this team was one of the finest teams that he had ever
witnessed playing soccer together, and that they were destined for great
things if they continued playing together. Given that St. Declan’s had beaten the other two teams
they were declared the Futsal soccer champions for 2010/2011. This is the
third consecutive year that St. Declans has won
this trophy and it is a source of enormous pride for the boys themselves,
their parents who provided wonderful support to them, their mentor Miss Aylward, assistant June and of course St. Declan’s school
itself. The 4th class boys who represented St.
Declan’s N.S. were Lee O’Connor, Niall O’Keeffe, Cameron Power, Adam Dalton,
Adam Power, Patrick Connolly, Seán Ryan, Liam Coad,
Alex Power, Jeff Fanning and Luke Fanning. Well done boys! School 5 - a - side Soccer League Final 6. Tennis News 2010 – 2011 Tennis
Team Record Opening Victory [May 9th
‘11] This morning Tadhg Brennan(Capt), Luke
Mulligan, Sam Keating and Cian Maguire represented
St. Declan’s School in the Munster Schools Tennis Championship. The team
manager is Ms. Bernie Murray. After a bye in the
first round, we played St. Anthony’s of Cork in St.Anne’s
Tennis Club. St.Declan’s
were victorious with a score of 3-1. A great day was had by all. St. Declan’s
will now be playing in the semi-final v. Beaumont N.S, Cork on Friday 19th
May. Many thanks to our coach Bernie and to Ms. O’
Shea our school co-ordinator. Best of luck to Tadhg,
Luke, Sam and Cian. Report written
by Tadhg Brennan Tennis Team Reach the Munster Final [May 20th ‘11] Our school tennis team
travelled to Cork today. We travelled to St. Michael’s Tennis Club to play
Beaumont School, Cork. Tadhg Brennan, Luke Mulligan
played two matches of doubles. They won one (8-7) and lost one (8-4). Cian Maguire and Sam Keating also played two matches of
doubles winning one (8-3) and losing one (8-7). This made the score 2-2,
which meant that it went to superdoubles. Tadhg and Cian played against
two of the Beaumont players. Tadhg and Cian played very well beating Beaumont 8-3. It was a
great day for St.Declan’s. Many thanks to Bernie
Murray, our coach, who travelled with the team to Cork. Her support and
advice was much appreciated. Sincere thanks to Ms.
O’ Shea, our school co-ordinator, who spends a lot of time and effort
organising our fixtures. Tadhg, Luke, Sam and Cian will play in the Munster Final against Holy Cross, Tramore on Friday the 27th of May in Bishopstown, Cork. Best of luck to the team. We hope to
reclaim the cup we won last year! Report written by Tadhg Brennan St Declans are Munster Champions May 27th
‘11] Our
school tennis team travelled today to Bishopstown,
Cork to compete in the Munster Schools Final. Tadhg,
Cian, Sam and Luke were accompanied by Ms. Bernie Murray (coach) and Ms.
O’ Shea (school co-ordinator). We faced a very strong team from Holy Cross, Tramore. After the first two matches, the score was 2-0
to St. Declan’s. Holy Cross won the third match, which made the score 2-1. We
then had to win our last match or we would have to play superdoubles.
Tadhg and Luke’s match went to a tiebreak and they
won it 7-3. The final score was 3-1 to St. Declan’s. We had won the Munster
Schools Championship. We were absolutely delighted! The following Monday the cup was presented to the
team by Mr. Doran. Ms.
Bernie Murray was presented with a bouquet of flowers by Mr.
Doran for all her great work. Congratulations to Tadhg,
Sam, Luke and Cian on becoming Munster Primary
Schools Tennis Champions. Many thanks to Ms. O’
Shea, Mr. Doran and Ms.
Bernie Murray for all their great support. (Report by Tadhg Brennan, 6th Class) 7. |