We were delighted to welcome Teresa Mannion from RTE news to the school yesterday. As St Patrick’s Day approaches Teresa met with some students that have recently joined the school to see how they have settled both into school life in St Nathy’s College and life in Ireland. It will be featured on the news2day at 4.20 on RTÉ2 and the Six One News this evening.
A huge congratulations to our senior Boys cross country team who competed in the schools all Ireland finals this past weekend on the grounds of SETU ,Waterford.
The course was extremely tough. The boys ran an unforgiving, 6km race. 4,1.5km laps of a gruesome muddy field with a very steep incline followed by a slow steady ascent, before dropping downhill to slightly flatter part with what seemed liked never ending turns!
The lads held their own in a field of outstanding experienced cross country runners . (Including Jonas Stafford a European silver medalist, fresh back from competing in Turin on the U20 Irish team!)
It was fantastic to have the green and white singlets of St Nathy's in the mix .
This was the first ever cross country season for our athletes , and what a fantastic season it was to reach and compete in the all Ireland’s!! Each of our team members - Jack Dodd, Kieran Taheny , Evan Powell, Maitiu Lavin and Martin Grady ran exceptionally well, they left nothing absolutely nothing behind ! The whole school community is so proud and impressed with your display of resilience and inspiring efforts.
Congratulations to our Junior Boys Team who were victorious yesterday and took home the Colleran Cup. Full time score
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Best of luck to the junior team who play Ballyhaunis in the final of the Colleran Cup today. The final is in the COE in Bekan. The team is coached by Mr. Guilfoyle and Mr. Curran.
Read More The under 14 girls football team defeated Abbey CC, Boyle on a scoreline of 7-17 to 2-3. It was the team's third win in this year's Connacht Championship, and it leaves them with a chance of reaching the knockout stages of the competition
On Friday last 1st, 2nd and Transition Year students participated in our schools SciFest competition. There were some fascinating projects on display with a lot of hard work and effort put in by all students the past few weeks to get their projects finished to such a high standard. 👩🏻🔬🧑🔬🧫🧬🧪 🥇 1st Year student Meabh Lavin scooped the overall prize on the day as well as the Eirgrid sustainability award for her project on a “Passive House” which showcased the importance of sustainability in the future of building in Ireland. 🥈Transition Year students Molly Frain and Sarah Creaton won overall runner up as well as 1st place in the Transition Year category with their project "Tingly or Cringy? Does ASMR work". In the First Year category Lucia McDonnell, Saerlaith Dillon and Zoe McDonagh placed 1st with their project on "Pink Tax - hear the facts" while Idrissa Serry placed 2nd with his project on "The water holding capacities of various soil types". In the Second Year category the prizes were awarded as follows: 🥇1st Place - The Best Tan Remover by Serena Hanley, Ryan McGarry and Sinéad Morris🥈2nd Place - Now you see me, now you don't by Aoife Cattigan and Lauren Duffy. 🥉3rd Place - When random isn't so random by Anniemai Giblin, Mollie Jordan and Aisling Maloney. 2nd Place in the Transition Year category went to Rebecca McDonagh with her project "Out of this world" while 3rd Place went to Marty Murray, Conor Taheny and Gordon Casey where they 3D printed a water purifier. Congratulations and very well done to all students who participated in the SciFest competition it was a huge success and we look forward to next years competition!! A special word of thanks to our judges on the day Dr. Billy Fleming (SciFest), Mr. Alex McDonnell, Mr. Declan Dunne, Mr. Tom Colleran, Dr. Oonagh Redmond and Ms. Annie Regan. We really appreciate you all taking the time out to attend and judge our SciFest competition. And last but not least a huge thank you to our science teachers Ms. J Brennan, Mr. O Brady, Mr. J Guilfoyle, Mr J. Dolan, Ms. C Mooney, Ms. A Scally and Ms. J Conlon. Without their hard work and dedication this day would not have been possible.
Read MoreCongratulations to our first year soccer team who continue their phenomenal winning run as they defeated Clarin College 4-2 prior to midterm and St. Joseph’s of Foxford today 4-1 at home in Ballaghaderreen. Mila Clancy scored a hat-trick today alongside a wonderfully placed shot from Siofra Haran which nestled perfectly into the bottom left corner. The girls are now through as table toppers from their group and now face a Connacht Quarterfinal before Easter. Mr. Creaton and Mr. Nealon are extremely proud of their amazing progress this year! Thanks again to Johnny Grennan Roofing and The Crossbar Gurteen for sponsorship.https://www.stnathys.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Video-1.mov
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Congratulations to two first year students who recently competed in the Connaught Indoor Club Athletics competition in Athlone.
Mila Clancy won an All Star - Athletes Ireland Juvenile Award
Mila took gold in the 60m sprint, silver in the hurdles and gold in the long jump and Lucia took bronze in the long jump.
Mila’s achievement in the schools combined events competition last October where she was placed 2nd in schools All Ireland’s was part of her recognition for the All Star award.
We are very proud of their achievements.
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St Nathy’s had a fantastic outing at the recent Connaught cross country competition held in Loughrea on February 22nd. It was a credit to our school and athletes to have representatives in every category. Minor girls -Lucia McDonell ran an intelligent well paced race, coming in 22nd place out of a field of 72. Minor Boys-Darragh Molloy held his own in the top group of this race finishing in 21st place out of a field of 75. Our junior girls showed great determination grit and resilience, in their 2500m course and as a team placed 9th with a very strong individual performance from Mila Clancy finishing 21st out of 72. In the Junior boys category we had Daniel Anderson and James Puncheon. This was an extremely competitive race with 91 athletes and the boys ran very well, displaying individual performances to be very proud of. Micaela Roddy ran an extremely strong race, finishing 16th in a field of 52. Micaela was just one place short of qualifying for all Ireland’s. The Intermediate boys race was fast and intense, our boys team did very well placing 5th, with an outstanding run from Gordon Casey placing 16th out of 78, missing out on an all Ireland qualification by one place . Last up was our senior boys- at this stage of the day the course was mucky and very slippy, this was made worse when heavy rain showers came pouring down on them mid course! The boys ran a gruesome 5000m and gave every ounce of energy they had to the race. The boys were placed second overall as a team and have now qualified for the all Ireland finals which will take place in Waterford on Saturday March 11th . We wish them the very best of luck, a great achievement to be very proud of!
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