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Connacht Football Winners

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Mayo Success

Despite being in six All Ireland finals since 1991, Mayo minors had not won an All-Ireland title since their success against Cork in 1985. Both teams, Mayo and Tyrone, Lined out for the throw up at quarter past one and ninty seconds in Tyrone got the first score with a point from Ronan Nugent. Mayo had to wait until the fourth minute for Liam Irwin to get them off the mark with a free. Play continued with three more frees, one from Tyrone’s Lee Brennan and another two from Irwin making the score 0-02 to 0-03 to Mayo. Nugent making it level again with his second point of the day. Twenty minutes in and Mayo have yet to score from play. Tyrone seemed to be settling into the game better after David Mulgrew scored a lovely point putting Tyrone in the lead. Having scored fourteen goals in five games prior to Sunday, it didn’t come to much of a surprise that Mayo put the ball in the net first with a brilliant goal from Tommy Conroy. It was quickly followed by another point from Connor McKenna of Tyrone. Mayo lead by a point at halftime.

Mayo got the second half off to a great start with scores from Conor Loftus, Tommy Conry and two Daire Doherty, extending Mayo’s lead by four. Daire Doherty made the score 2-08 to 0-06 when he scored Mayo’s second goal of the day. Tyrone tried to get back in the game scoring four points in the following four minutes of play. After a point from Conor Loftus and Tyrone’s sub Cathal McShane, Mayo lead by three points with ten minutes to go. The next few minutes were filled with wides from both sides before Conroy kicks a nice point for Mayo, they now lead by four. 57 minutes in Loftus scores his third point of the day for Mayo. Connor McKenna flicked home a late goal to make it an edgy finish but Mayo held on. The final ended in the favour of Mayo, 2-13 to 1-13.

After a 28 year wait the Mayo captain, Stephen Coen and the team the Tom Markham Cup and brought it home to Castlebar on Monday evening where they were greeted by 8,000 supporters in McHale Park. We are very proud of our minor team and look forward to witness further success from them in the future as they join our senior squad.

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Badminton News

Ballaghaderreen have a long established badminton club. The coach at the moment Is Paul Lynch. One of the clubs star players is Adam McAllister. Q: When did you start playing badminton? Adam: I started playing in 2009. Q: How often do you train and who are your coaches? Adam: I usually train four days a week. Paul Lynch and Jonathan Dolan train me. Q: Have you won any major competitions? Adam: I won the Irish National Championships in doubles with Kyle McGhee (Derry). I also came runner up in the singles competition. Q: How did you get onto the Irish Badminton team? Adam: I went to the training sessions and got on well in tournaments. Q: When was the competition in Spain with the Irish team and how did you get on? Adam: It was last February. In the group stages, I bet a lad from Spain and another from Italy. Then I advanced onto the quarter finals where I was beaten by a lad from Portugal. Q: Have you any upcoming competitions? Adam: the Connacht Open this weekend (October 5th). In two week’s time I will play in the Munster Open.

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Golf News

Photo: St. Nathy's Team Captain, Patrick Dolan receiving the provincial Pennant from Jim McGovern (Hon. Secretary, Connacht GUI) assisted by Noel Galvin (President, Ballinrobe)

What a great achievement for our three representatives and their Team Captain on their first golfing torment. Domhnall Forrest, Patrick Callaghan and Ronan Cahill represented our school in the Irish junior golfing schools competition, there was stiff competition from 26 other schools. The Nathy’s Lads took on last year’s National Champions and went on to win by four strokes. We wish them and their Captain Mr. Dolan the best of luck in the All Irelands next April.

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Zumba

On Thursday, October 10th, a number of senior girls took part in the first of 6 Zumba classes organised by Ms. Herron, a teacher in the school.

Zumba is a type of dance, designed to burn calories and to get you fit.

These Zumba classes take place in the P.E. hall in the college and are open to any senior girls in the school who might be interested in getting fit.

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Sailing

On Monday the 11th of October, we headed to the Hudson Bay where we enjoyed a wonderful day of water sports. We set off from school at 9:15am along with Mr. Brett. When we reached the Hudson Bay we met the people in charge of the Bay water sporting club. We also met Leanne and Jacinte who were our instructors of whom both came from Tipperary for the day. We then togged out into our wetsuits and were split into two groups.

The first group went with Leanne and went sailing and the next group went and played a number of teambuilding games. We had great fun and there were very funny moments doing these games. Afterwards we were able to have Lunch. We had a nice cup of warm tea and our lunch and sat down for a little chat. Then we broke up into our groups again. One group did sailing and the other did Kayaking. We were out on the lake for the first half of the day kayaking. It was really relaxing and very enjoyable. For the second half of the day we headed off sailing.

Firstly Leanne and Jacinte went through the theory with us about sailing and the do's and don'ts behind it. Then we headed out onto the lake but unfortunately, there wasn't that much wind. We had to be towed around at times! Unfortunately, it was then time to go home.

We all really enjoyed our day at the Bay water sporting club in the Hudson Bay, Athlone. We would like to thank Mr. Brett for a really enjoyable day!

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Public Speaking Competition

We, the Transition Year students of St. Nathy's College were asked to compete in the Public Speaking Competition run by the Western Region Drugs Task Force. The chosen topic for this topic in our school is 'Alcohol In Ireland - Is There A Problem?' to which our five speakers, Jennifer Kelly, Emma Kilkenny, Lisa McIntyre, Rebecca Finan and Emily Rooney are all answering yes, that there is a very significant alcohol problem in Ireland. Their speeches, which are almost complete are showing promise for the First Round which is going to take place during the first week of November.

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U-14 Girls Match

On the 10th of October, the under 14 St. Nathy’s College girls football team took to the pitch against a strong Strokestown team. St. Nathy’s started strong with Shannon Dowd winning the throw-in. After Shannon Doherty’s effort, keeping Strokestown out, her pass to Megan McCormack was put over the bar. A follow-on point by Megan widened the margin. Eleven minutes in, a penalty was given to Strokestown and a goal ensued from the spot kick but not without Serena McDermott getting her hand on the ball, unfortunately it slipped from her grasp. The half time score was Strokestown 0-1, St Nathy’s 1-6.

The only change to the Nathy’s side was Zoe Kelly who came on for Maeve Cox. After a point from Strokestown, Claire Sampey won the kickout and laid it off to Orla O’Dowd who had a shot on goal which was saved by the Strokestown goalie, Shauna McDermott. Fifteen minutes in after a good performance from both sides, Strokestown’s corner forward was going for goal but Sara Dowling got her hand in to block it and it fell short into the goalie’s hand. Shauna Goulden won the kick out and after carrying it 40 yards up the field, she made a crisp pass into Orla O’Dowd who flicked it into Megan McCormack and she put it in the back of the net which secured Nathy’s lead. The referee, John Niland blew the full time whistle with the score being Strokestown 5 - 04 to St. Nathy’s 6 – 09.

Well done to our team and their management and the very best of luck in future games.

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Junior Girls Gaelic

On the 8th of October St. Nathy’s junior girls’ team played a Gaelic football match against the Coola girls .The game started at 12:30. St Nathy’s got off to a flying start with Brianna Gorman scoring a goal in the first minute of the game. That goal was soon followed by a point scored by Nollaig O’Dowd. The ball was kept mostly in St. Nathy’s possession. The final score of the first half was 4-6 to Nathy’s and 0-2 to Coola. Tara Philips, Shannon Dowd and Megan Mc Comack all contributing to the score.

The girls then had a few minutes at half time to reflect on the first half as on how they could improve, with some encouraging words from their trainers Mr. Foy, Caoimhe Hanley and Laoise Ryan. The girls once again hit the the pitch.

The second half of the match stared at 1:08 St. Nathy’s were not off to a good start this time with Coola scoring a quick point and a goal. However Tara Phillps soon stared off the scoring frenzy for St. Nathy’s point’s the goals stared to become more and more frequent for St. Nathy’s as the match went on. The backs were in full swing constantly getting the ball and kicking it up the field. St. Nathy’s hadn’t scored for a good while but Katie Gallagher soon changed that by scoring a point and the scoring frenzy began once again. It was a fantastic match for St. Nathy’s with a final score of 6-13 for St. Nathy’s and 1-4 for Coola.

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Knock Visit

On the Friday the 8th of October 2013, the transition year class of St.Nathy’s college went to a Youth Gathering in Knock Shrine. Our day began with a trip to the Basilica, where people spoke to us about how God came into their lives. One of the speakers was called Ger; he was a goal keeper for Ireland from when he was 14 to 19. He still plays professional soccer for Galway united. He found God in his life when he was 15 after a day in Knock. He told us that as his friends were going drinking, he felt that it was wrong. He was not happy with himself until he found God. There were two other speakers. St. Anna, one of Mother Teresa’s sisters, told us about her life, she joined Mother Teresa’s sisters at a young age of 15. The final speaker was a man who had been a drug addict and an alcoholic. He got over his addictions through prayer, one prayer he found helpful was the Rosary, introduced to him by a local lady who held prayer meetings. We had an hour for lunch, where we ate and walked around the grounds of knock Shrine. We also walked down the little village of Knock, going into a few shops looking at what you could buy. We met back to the Basilica for Mass. During the Mass the Papal Nuncie was there and many bishops and priests were there too. As a gift, we got a copy of ‘You Cat’, rosary beads and two book marks with prayers on them. Each has been blessed and will be treasured. We all agreed that it had been a worthwhile day as we returned to school at 5 o’clock.