The boys played games against Kilfinane NS and Ballylanders NS and performed very well.
The girls also played Kilfinane NS, as well as Emly NS. The girls have made it through to the South Finals next Tuesday at 10am.
Training continues for the girls football team ahead of the County Mini 7s final on April 3rd in Rathkeale.
The Great Limerick Run and the Children’s Run for Fun is now only 50 days away!
We are encouraging as many children and parents as possible to get involved in the event as we are currently in the process of renewing our Active School Flag.
An added bonus of involvement in the event is that for every pupil that registers for the Children’s Run for Fun, the school will receive €5.
To help get ready for the run, Herbertstown NS has partnered up with Limerick Sports Partnership and for the next 6 weeks one of their coaches, Rachel, will provide some fun training & activities for the infant classes.
If you are getting involved and taking part, please let us know and we will add your name to our wall which is supporting all this year’s participants!
Training is continuing ahead of the INTO Mini Sevens hurling and camogie competitions next week. Hospital/Herbertstown hurler Michael Whelan is providing coaching for rest of the term and it is a great help to the school as it allows our camogie and hurling teams to train side by side.
Our girls mini 7s football team will contest the county final on Wednesday April 3rd in Rathkeale. It will be the second time that the school has played in the county football final, the previous occasion being in 2017. Our girls are back training ahead of what will be a great day for the school.
The school has been awarded second place in the National Cornmarket Cumann na mBunscol Awards in the Promotion of Gaelic Games and Culture category.
Members of the school staff were at the awards ceremony in Sligo on Friday night where the awards were presented. A video created in the school which highlighted the 2018 fourth class project on hurleys for the RDS Primary Science Fair was entered for consideration and the video received great plaudits on the night. The video was on display for the over 200 guests in attendance.
This morning, the current fifth class who completed the project and starred in the video, were pictured with the award and the one they received at the Fair in January 2018.
A big thanks to Limerick GAA GDA James Ryan who coached all classes in the school in hurling prior to the mid-term break. The children had a lot of fun and also got excellent practise with the skills of the game. The school is working towards renewing its Active School Flag and securing GAA 5 Star Centre status and the work James did with the children was a huge help towards these goals. Well done to the boys and girls for the great effort they made with James in sometimes very cold conditions!
Our girls indoor hurling team played 4 games in Martinstown on Tuesday while our boys team played in the finals of their competition on Friday.
The boys were unlucky not to come out on top in two tight games with Anglesborough NS and Knocklong NS.
Next up for the girls will be the eagerly awaited county finals of the INTO Mini Sevens where Herbertstown NS will represent the South division.
Well done to our boys indoor hurling team who qualified for the final stage of the South competition next week. The team played games against Kilfinane NS, Hospital NS and Bruff NS before beating Ballylanders NS in a playoff to qualify.
Herbertstown NS will now play the other group winners, Knocklong NS and Anglesborough NS, in the final round.
Congratulations to Kilkenny who narrowly defeated Galway in the final of the boys winter hurling league today.
As one league ends, another begins. St Brigid’s Day marked the beginning of the girls football league.
Herbertstown NS submitted a video about the fourth class project on hurleys for the 2018 RDS Science Fair for consideration for the national award in the category: Promotion of Gaelic Games and Culture.
The winning schools will be announced at a ceremony in Sligo on Friday March 9th.
You can view the video below:
Here are some pictures of the action in our Winter Hurling League which got up and running today.
