PELLA Blitz- March 2026
On Monday the 9th of March, 4th class went to Bahana for a Pella blitz against Newtown, Drummond and Ballymurphy. First we played Newtown. In the first half we were up one point, but in the second half Newtown scored a goal leaving the score to 3:1 at the end. Next, we played Drummond and we were up 6:0 at half time. In the second half we got 5 more points leaving the score at 11:0. Lastly we played Ballymurphy and in the first half they scored two points and we scored 1 goal. In the second half we scored 1 and they scored 1 leaving the score at 3:2. In the end it was a great day and best of all we had no homework. It was a good day playing for our school. The ref for the blitz was Mr. Grennan. Ballymurphy won the blitz overall.
Cumann na mBunscol Hurling & Camogie – May 2026
This year, the boys played 3 matches in this year's Cumann na mBunscol. First we played Drummond and we drew 4-2 to 4-2. It was a tight match. Next, we played Newtown which we won 6-1. Finally, we played against Ballymurphy and we lost by one point. We all had a great time.
On the 26th of May, our 4th 5th and 6th class girls headed up to Bahana to play Drummond National School in the girls Cumman na mBunscoil camogie final. The girls battled it out in both halves showing great teamwork. Both halves we were only down by a point or two. We headed out into the second half our heads held high and we continued to play the second half better than the first half and although we lost by one point in the end we are so proud of all our girls coming home with second place medals: Alicea, Pippa, Kayla, Kate, Ella, Lily D, Lilly F, Alice, Jill, Roisin and Eabha.
Primary School Relays March 2026
On the 24th of March our sixth, fifth and some fourth class pupils attended the Primary School Relays in the SETU in Carlow. When we arrived we got registered and we went onto the track to warm up. Our first race was the 5th class team they done us proud and placed in 5th place. Next were the first and second 6th class teams they all did so well and the first team placed in 4th place. And last but not least we had the 6th class girls’ team which also made us proud and placed 4th.
Two of our teams made it through because they placed in the top 4. They were very good in the finals but sadly did get on the podium but we were proud of everyone because they tried really hard. Everyone was a little bit tired but we had a great day.
Indoor Hurling Blitz 2025/2026
On the 1st of December the boys from 4th & 6th Class played Drummond, Newtown, Borris and Ballymurphy. We played Drummond first and we won 6-4. We then played Newtown. We drew 3-3. Thirdly we drew with Borris in a tight match. We then played Ballymurphy and won.
The Cumann na mBunscol indoor hurling final was on 15th of January. We played 4 matches. We won the first one that we played. We then played Ballinabranna and we drew with them. We then played Tullow and lost sadly. We then bet Clonegal. We came second overall. We were a bit disappointed but all in all we were happy. Mouse Kavanagh came in and presented our medals. He also congratulated the girls football team on their win before Christmas. He answered loads of interesting questions about hurling that we had.
Indoor Camogie Blitz 2025
The 6th,5th & 4th class girls played three matches against Drummond, Newtown & Borris. Our first match was against Borris. Everyone played very well. The final score was 1:2. After that we played Newtown, everyone worked super hard and the score was 3:l.
Our last match was against Drummond it was a super game from all our team but the score was 1:2. It was great fun and everybody worked super hard.
Cumann na mBunscol Girls Football blitz 2025
On the 21st October we had our girls football final in Fenagh. We got the first goal and were winning in the first half and then Newtown had a comeback. In the last five minutes we scored two goals and a point to win! We were presented with a shield.
Cumann na mBunscol Boys Football blitz 2025
On the 6th of October 2025, our 5th and 6th class headed up to the pitch in Bahana to play our boys football blitz. Our trainers: Ms.O’Dwyer and Elaine had been training us for the past few Fridays at big lunch. Our players showed great teamwork and compassion during the blitz and had a great result, winning 2 and losing 2. Our panel contained most of the 6th class and all of the 5th class.
Cross Country 2025
On the 1st of October, 5th and 6th class went to a cross country competition. When we arrived at the pitch we started to warm up and do some stretches. The first races were the fourth class races. They had to run eight hundred metres. Then the fifth class races were on and we had to run one thousand metres, it was a lot to run but we still had fun. Next were the sixth class races, they had to run one thousand two hundred metres. We got ice cream on the way home, we had a great day!
