3rd & 4th class had a fantastic time taking part in the Olympic Movement Break challenge recently.
Each daily movement break had a different athlete leading it and they were all different, fun and engaging.
Category: Active School
County Mini 7s Finals
Our boys travelled to Rathkeale to represent South Limerick in the County INTO Mini 7s football finals.
They had three games against the winners of the City, East and West divisions.
In the first game, they were defeated by an excellent Roxborough NS team who would eventually win out the competition.
In game two, they were defeated by Broadford NS but played very well, possibly having a greater share of possession but did not register enough scores to trouble the West side.
In the final game, Herbertstown had a good win over St. Nessan’s NS to finish the competition in third place. Well done to the boys and their coach Mr. Franklin.
Larkin Shield
Massive congratulations to our pupils Sadhbh and Jocelyn who were part of the South Limerick team who won the Larkin Shield last evening in the Gaelic Grounds.
The South team defeated the East in a very close final on a score of 2.00 to 4 points.
Four Herbertstown Boys Represent South Limerick
Well done to our four representatives on the South Limerick panel who were narrowly defeated by Limerick City in the semi-final of the Sarsfield Cup.
It’s rare to have such a high representation from one school and this illustrates the ability of our pupils who made the team.
Well done also to Mr Franklin who did a lot of work coaching and preparing the team.
County Football semi-final
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.
Fourth South Premier Title in a row for Herbertstown Girls
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.
Gaelic Time
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.
Boys Finish Runners-up in Roinn B Football
Well done to our boys who were in South Limerick Cumann na mBunscol action yesterday.
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.
Boys Win First South Mini 7s title
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.
Anthony Baggott Cup 2025
Knockainey NS retained the Anthony Baggott Cup on the occasion of the 10th staging of the tournament.
The hosts Herbertstown NS were joined by neighbours Knockainey NS and Hospital NS along with newcomers The Monastery School from Tipperary Town.
In round 1, Hospital NS produced a strong second half performance to pull away from Herbertstown NS. On pitch 2, Knockainey got off to a strong start with a good win over The Monastery.
In round 2, Knockainey continued winning ways by beating the hosts while Hospital got their second win over The Monastery.
Round 3 only saw one game being played as Hospital and Knockainey had qualified for the final. Herbertstown and The Monastery played out a great game of end to end action.
Final
Hospital NS, who have taken part in all 10 of the tournaments to date, were looking for their first win and looked in pole position to do so heading into the final minutes of the game. However, Knockainey NS struck a goal from a free to bring the game to extra time.
Knockainey were awarded a penalty early in extra time and after this was emphatically drilled to the net they did not look back and finished strongly to retain their title.
Congratulations to Knockainey NS and thank you to everyone who supported our tournament.
