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Fourth South Premier Title in a row for Herbertstown Girls

Staff

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 0.02.

Playing with the wind in the second half, Herbertstown started to pull away, with scores from Carley, Lucie and Sadhbh from 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

Staff

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.

World renowned mountaineer Kenton Cool visits Herbertstown NS

Staff

We had the great privilege of welcoming world renowned mountaineer Kenton Cool to Herbertstown today.

Kenton has climbed many of the world’s highest peaks and holds the record for the most climbs of Mount Everest by a non-sherpa – a staggering 19 times.

Kenton took time out of his busy schedule to visit the school and spent over 90 minutes telling the children all about Mount Everest, from how it was formed to the history of the different ascents of its summit.

He also told stories about his own experiences of mountaineering around the world and stressed the message to the children that it was important to give whatever they were involved in their all. The boys and girls had been preparing for weeks ahead of the visit and happily asked questions and offered their own information at any available opportunity.

Kenton was very giving of his time and it was a truly memorable experience. At the conclusion of the visit, a presentation of a Limerick jersey with the number 19 was made to Kenton as a thank you from the school.

Harry Greensmyth Cup

Staff

Well done to our boys who represented the school in the Harry Greensmyth Cup today in Kilmallock.

The boys had four games against Galbally NS, Croom NS, Hospital NS and eventual winners Banogue NS.

It was the first game in the maroon and white for some of the players and hopefully they will have many more games for the school in the years ahead.