The usual Christmas artwork of December has been joined by a sea of green ahead of the All Ireland hurling final next Sunday.
Tag: GAA
South Winners of the Past
The school jerseys remain in their bag for the time being but here are a couple of pictures of two South title winning teams from years past.
1987 South Roinn B Winners
2003 South Roinn B Winners
Coaching with James Ryan
Limerick Gaelic Games Administrator James Ryan made a welcome return to the school on Friday last to provide coaching for each class group.
James will be with us on Fridays right into December and he is making great use of our new astro-turf facility to deliver the sessions.
Infants
1st & 2nd
Hospital/Herbertstown GAA Continue With Support to School
This week, Kevin O’Connor and Shane Markham from Hospital/Herbertstown Bord na n-Óg presented hurleys, footballs and sliotars to the school. Thank you to the club for their continued support of the school.
Herbertstown NS Pupil Designs Her own School Jersey
Congratulations on your amazing prize winning design!
All Ireland title for Herbertstown N.S.
It was a proud night for HNS on Friday 6th March in Thurles with the school winning 1st prize for ‘Promotion Of Gaelic Games and Culture’ and 3rd place in ‘Small School of the Year’ in the Cumann na mBunscol awards ceremony sponsored by Cornmarket. Trophies were presented on the night with a total cash prize of €1000 also awarded to the school. Well done the the boys and girls for their participation and input into the winning entries, parents for always supporting games in the school and the staff for their hard work and commitment.
The ‘Promotion of Gaelic Games & Culture’ Award was based on videos produced by schools and the HNS video can be viewed here:
Herbertstown NS shortlisted for national Cornmarket Cumann na mBunscol Awards
Herbertstown NS has made the final shortlist in two categories for the upcoming Cornmarket Cumann na mBunscol Awards.
Herbertstown NS is shortlisted in Category 4, Promotion of Gaelic Games and Culture and category 6, Small School of the Year.
The entry in category 4 was in the form of a video and the category 6 entry was in book format.
Well done to all the pupils and staff in the school for all their hard work on the projects and their continuing support of Gaelic Games. The winners will be announced at a banquet in Thurles on Friday March 6th.
Some pages from the book can be viewed below.
The video entry can be viewed here:
Indoor Hurling
Our boys team travelled to Martinstown today to participate in the South Indoor Hurling blitz.
The boys lost to a strong Hospital NS side in the opening game but followed this with a draw against Bruree NS and wins against Ballylanders NS and Athlacca NS. Well done boys.
Attention now turns to the camogie which takes place next Tuesday.
Herbertstown NS pupils take part in South Handball Blitz
6 Herbertstown N.S. players competed in the South Limerick Schools Handball blitz in John the Baptist C.S. on Monday.
Over 40 players in total were present at the event and there were some excellent games played on the ‘One Wall’ courts in Hospital.
We had 2 pupils taking part for the first time, 1 playing in his second blitz for the school and 3 players playing in their third blitz.
2 Herbertstown N.S. pupils met in the U13 B decider and provided a top class game for those who were watching on. Another one of our boys finished runner up in the U11 A competiton.
Well done to all our pupils who once again represented our school with distinction.
