Hard luck to our girls who were defeated in the semi-final of the Celtic Image Shield in Rathkeale.
The girls gave a very spirited performance but met a strong Lisnagry panel who were the better team on the day. The girls can hold their heads up high, being easily the smallest school at that stage of the competition and for their fantastic record of the county semi-final for a fourth year in a row.
Congratulations to our girls who retained the South Premier football title today following a win over Bruree NS.
The final took place in Martinstown and pupils from second class to sixth class joined a good number of parents to support the girls.
The first half saw end-to-end action for the initial stages with a vital save by Neala in the opening seconds denying Bruree a dream start. Then a sustained spell of pressure, with scores from Sadhbh, Lucy, Carley, Lily and Lucie started to give Herbertstown a lead. With almost the last kick of the first half however, Bruree got a goal to give a half time score of Herbertstown 3.02 Bruree 2.02.
Playing with the wind in the second half, Herbertstown started to pull away, with scores from Carley, Lucie and Sadhbh propelling the team to victory.
Afterwards, referee Ger Murnane presented the cup to our captain.
This is the fourth Premier title in a row for the school which is a tremendous achievement.
A fantastic achievement. They will play Bruree NS in the final next week.
Our Junior & Senior Infants and 1st & 2nd Class are up and running in the Gaelic Time pilot programme and it has been a lot of fun so far.
Thank you to Limerick GAA Coaching and Games for this super opportunity.
The boys defeated Galbally NS in the first round to set up a winner-takes-all clash with the reigning champions, Athlacca NS.
Herbertstown and Athlacca played out a great contest with Athlacca shading it on a scoreline of 2.04 to 1.04.
Well done to the boys and their coach Mr Franklin. They still have the INTO Mini 7s county final to look forward to in November.
Herbertstown NS has been very lucky to secure a place on the Gaelic Time pilot programme which is being run by Limerick Coaching and Games.
Gaelic Time offers schools and teachers access to free resources, training and equipment, which support the teaching of enjoyable, safe and inclusive GAA activities to primary school children. It was developed by the GAA in conjunction with DCU and is being rolled out in 14 counties.
Herbertstown NS is one of only two schools in Limerick who are part of the pilot.
Congratulations to our boys’ football team who defeated Knockainey NS today in Herbertstown to claim the South INTO Mini 7s title. The boys led from start to finish with a very impressive display of score taking. This is a first 7s title in either football or hurling for a boys’ team in the school.
Our girls made a tremendous effort to retain the Mini 7s title they won last year. There were three girls teams taking part. In the first game, Herbertstown had a narrow loss to Ballylanders NS. The second game saw Ballylanders NS and Knockainey NS play out a draw. In the final game, Herbertstown defeated Knockainey NS. The results meant that Ballylanders were the overall winners with Herbertstown NS finishing as runners up.
Well done to all who played today.
