Congratulations to our boys and girls who retained their South Limerick Roinn B hurling and camogie titles in Martinstown.
The girls defeated Galbally NS in the final of the camogie.
The boys won two tight games against Athlacca NS and Galbally NS on the way to winning the hurling.
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.
We had super performances throughout the day in lovely sunshine.
Our girls continued their memorable sporting year by representing Limerick in the FAI Primary 5s Munster Finals in Cahir.
After two close games in the group stage, a win and a loss left all three teams level on points. It was decided that a penalty shootout would be used to determine who would go into the semi-finals and unfortunately this was where Herbertstown exited the competition.
The girls were excellent throughout the day and were very unlucky to miss out on progressing. They have been fantastic ambassadors for our school and county Limerick throughout the year.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be for either the South boys or girls in the Mackey Cup or Neville Cup but it is a fantastic achievement to play for the South team and Gearóid, Ellie and Emily should be very proud of themselves.
In their first game, the team played very well and secured a 5-1 win over Patrickswell NS.
In the second game, an early goal for Dromcollogher NS put them in a good position. Herbertstown had a large amount of possession and were finally rewarded with a goal with around 2 minutes to go. At this stage, our girls were perhaps the most likely to go on and win the game but Dromcollogher made a fast break and got the all important goal to give them the win.
In the final game of the group, Patrickswell beat Dromcollogher NS 3-1.
With all teams tied on 1 win each scoring difference was used to decide the top team and fortunately our good win in the first game saw Herbertstown qualifying for the county final. Well done girls.
Well done to the team for their great performances over both days in Corbally.
It was terrific to have the team visit the school, especially as we had three past pupils who were part of the winning team and panel.
Thomas, who finished 4th in the 400m hurdles at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and won a gold medal in the mixed 4×400 relay in Rome last year, visited the school as part of the Dare to Believe programme.
Our 5th and 6th class pupils had been working their way through the programme since before Christmas and have learned a huge amount about the Olympic games and their values.
Thomas met all the children in the school at a brief assembly and then spent the rest of the morning with 5th and 6th class telling them about his journey and answering questions. There was even time for some exercises outside which the pupils thoroughly enjoyed.
Before Thomas left, a presentation was made to him of a piece of art which the children had made over the past month to mark his visit.
Well done to our quiz team who performed fantastically well at the inaugural Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Quiz.
In this new event on the Cumann na mBunscol calendar in Limerick, twenty one teams took part and heading into the final round our team were vying for first place. In the end, they had to settle for the runners-up position having won a playoff.
The boys had done a lot of preparation in the lead up to the event and their hard work was rewarded with their great result.
