Tag: sport

GAA Rounders

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GAA Rounders is one of the official GAA sports, along with Gaelic Football, Camogie, Ladies Football, Hurling and Handball. Rounders has been a GAA Sport from the origin of the GAA and was included in the original GAA Charter back in 1884.

 

Today, Michael Sheehan from GAA Rounders visited the school to take 3rd to 6th class through some of the basics of the game. Michael plans to visit the school once again next week to build on the start made today. The children really enjoyed running the bases and practising ball handling and teamwork. Rounders was once a popular sport in the school and in local community games and the hope is that with a better understanding of the rules the school will be in a position to promote the game properly.

 

Here are some photos from this afternoon.

New Sports Equipment!

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Active School status is helped by our Active pupils.

The school have just purchased a wide variety of new sports equipment thanks to the funds generated by our pupils who participated in the UL Sport Kids Run for Fun. The equipment is varied and caters for many sports and physical activities. The new gear will benefit every pupil in the school from youngest to oldest. Thanks again to everyone that participated in April and made this purchase possible.

FAI Primary Schools Futsal

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On Thursday two teams from our third & fourth classes travelled to Cappamore to represent the school in the FAI Primary Futsal tournament. Herbertstown NS joined other schools such as Templeglantine NS, Killinure NS, Cloverfield NS and Dromtasna NS at the indoor event.

 

Both our girls’ and boys’ teams performed fantastically well in what was their first time participating in an event like this. The boys reached the semi-final of their tournament, losing out on penalties. The girls’ team had an impressive run which brought them to the final where they also lost out on penalties.

 

Despite the disappointment the pupils felt they can be very proud of themselves. The next outing for the pupils at this grade will be the indoor hurling after Christmas and another day to look forward to. Well done to Mr. Wixted, Mr. Gubbins and Breda for guiding the teams through the day.

 

Anthony Baggott Cup

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A large crowd turned out to support this year’s Anthony Baggott Cup. Despite the damp conditions, the crowd were treated to a very competitive tournament which featured Herbertstown NS, Hospital NS, Barna NS and the holders Knockainey NS.

The round robin portion of the tournament went as follows:

 

Round 1

Knockainey NS edged a closely fought encounter with Herbertstown NS to emerge as 2 point victors.

In the other game, Hospital NS produced a clinical display to defeat Barna NS.

 

Round 2

Herbertstown picked up their first victory of the day with a win over Barna NS.

Knockainey NS had too much firepower for a gallant Hospital NS team in their game.

 

Round 3

Barna NS produced their best performance in the last round of the group and picked up a 1 point win against Knockainey NS.

In what was effectively a ‘semi-final’, Herbertstown NS had to fight to the very last minute to see off Hospital NS and set up a final meeting with Knockainey.

 

Final

A couple of early Knockainey NS points gave them the advantage but when Herbertstown captain Adam Boyle powered home a goal his side went into the lead. Adam, Seán Murnane and Aaron Hanley were now fighting hard in the middle third and their ability to win possession was setting up attacks further up the field. One such attack was finished to the net following great build up play by Patrick Bermingham and Aisling Farrell. At half time, Herbertstown NS held a 4 point advantage.

 

In the second half Knockainey NS battled hard to try to retain their title, but with Jack O’Sullivan, Ross Winship and Declan Ryan McNamara in fine form, Herbertstown were holding on. Some cool moments under pressure from goalkeeper Ryan Hanley in the closing stages ensured Herbertstown would see out the game and secure what was a memorable victory.

Full time: Herbertstown NS 2.06 Knockainey 2.02

Full Herbertstown squad, with all players featuring during the tournament: Ryan Hanley, Jack O’Sullivan, Ross Winship, Declan Ryan McNamara, Aaron Hanley, Sean Murnane, Aisling Farrell, Adam Boyle, Euan Hickey, Jack Gleeson, Stephen Ryan, Michael Keane, Colm Bermingham, Liam Bermingham, Tadhg O’Connell, Ryan Siebert, Sean Hennessy, Liam Gleeson

 

A number of prizes were given out following the game. The prizes were kindly donated by Hospital/Herbertstown GAA.

 

Rising Star Award

This award went to a Darragh O’Sullivan, who played in the junior & senior infant game at half time in the final.

 

Give Respect, Get Respect Award

David Curtin – Barna NS

 

Most Improved Player Award

Scott Sheehan – Hospital NS

 

Best Young Player

Declan Ryan McNamara- Herbertstown NS

 

Player of the Tournament

Eoin Cleary – Knockainey NS

 

Man of the Match (final)

Adam Boyle – Herbertstown NS

 

Eileen Baggott then presented the  Anthony Baggott Cup to her grandson and Herbertstown NS captain Adam Boyle.

 

All players and supporters enjoyed the vast array of cakes, buns and sandwiches which were provided by the Parents’ Association. Sincere thanks to everyone who made the day a success.

 

UEFA Grass Roots Soccer

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Our pupils return to Herbertstown with silverware for a second time in a week!

 

Two teams travelled to Corbally today to take part in the UEFA Grass Roots soccer 5 a side competition. Our girls team performed admirably, picking up a win,a draw and a loss in their three games.

 

The boys qualified out of a tough group which included Roxborough N.S., St. Nicholas and Christ the King,  Caherdavin. This set up a semi-final meeting with Milford NS and with confidence building among the group they advanced to the final.

 

In the final Herbertstown faced a formidable Bilbao NS side. In a tense affair the scores were tied on a number of occasions including at half time where the game was finely poised at 2-2. With Ross pulling off some vital saves and captain Patrick Bermingham leading by example our team produced a memorable victory with a goal in the dying moments to win 4 -3.

 

Huge congratulations to the team who displayed tremendous team work throughout. Well done to Mike Bermingham who gave up his time to guide the team through the day.

 

Team: Ross, Seán, Adam, Aaron, Patrick, Euan, Ryan

 

 

U.L. Kids Run & Great Limerick Run

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U.L. Sport Kids Run & Great Limerick Run

Well done to everyone who participated in the U.L. Sport Kids Run and the Great Limerick Run. The school was very well represented between pupils, staff and family members taking part. A huge thank you also to our pupils who, thanks to their participation in the kids run, raised €245 for the school!

 

Mackey Cup

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Mackey Cup returns to the South

 

Congratulations to Seán Murnane and Aaron Hanley who played on the South Limerick team which won the Mackey Cup in the Gaelic Grounds recently. The boys played in both the semi-final (where the South defeated the East) and final (where the South edged a close game with the City).

They join a select group of past pupils of the school with Mackey Cup medals. (that group includes Killian O’Shea, Oisín O’Grady, Dermot Breen and Mike Bermingham)

If anyone knows of other past pupils who have won Mackey Cup medals, we would love to give them a mention here.

Anthony Baggott Cup 2015

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The Anthony Baggott Memorial Cup competition took place on Friday June 12th in Herbertstown. The well attended event saw 3 south teams, Herbertstown NS, Knockainey NS and Hospital NS joined by East representatives Barna NS to compete for the cup. There were many close contests before a final pairing of Hospital NS and Knockainey NS was decided.

In the final, a fine Knockainey NS team proved just too strong for Hospital NS who were impressive in their run to the final.