4th years pictured participating in outdoor pursuits recently.
4th Years engaged in team building challenges during outdoor pursuits at Lough Hyne.
We at Skibbereen Rowing Club are asking for your help. If you could please share the following and encourage students and their parents to vote (as often as possible!), we would be very grateful.
We've made it to the final three of Honda's 'Empowering Local dreams' competition. Please take a minute to follow the link below and vote for us to win.
http://cork-local-dreams.honda.ie/
Míle buíochas,
Máire Keating
Photos of TY students at Castlefreke Woods today.
Cork Film Festival: Mardi, le 14 novembre, les élèves d'études linguistiques and culturelles sont allés à Cork pour regarder le film français 'Ma vie de Courgette'. C'est un film animé qui raconte l'histoire d'un garçon (qui s'appelle Courgette) qui doit aller vivre dans un orphelinat après quelques événements tragiques dans la vie. Là, il rencontre d'autres jeunes qui l'aident et le soutiennent. C'est un film de grande importance culturelle française. Après, les élèves ont eu une heure pour manger et pour faire un peu de shopping. Tout le monde s'est bien amusés.
The school community wishes the best of luck to those 5th year students who have made a film for this year’s Euroscola competition. They are in with a chance to win a trip to Strasbourg.
Well done to Muirios Waugh who directed the film and to Niamh Lynch who was the assistant director. A huge amount of work went into this to research “why young people vote in the European elections”.
Well done to the following students who feature in the clip: Jemma Barrett, Eimear Collins, Daniel McCarthy, John McCarthy, Kate O’Connell and Katie Cronin.
This clip can be accessed on this youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBCp7xlZ3MQ
More Christmas Shoe Box photos. Well done to all.
Well done to all the First Years who got involved in the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal. The First Year Group along with their Religion Teachers donated more than 40 boxes to the local Team Hope Organisation. Team HOPE is an Irish, Christian Development Aid Charity working with children mainly across Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union and Africa.
Congrats to our First Year Girls Rowing Team that came 6th in Rowing Ireland's "Get going Get rowing" All-Ireland School's competition which was held in Dublin today. Many thanks to Ms. Emily Delours and Ms.Denise Walsh from Skibb Rowing Club for organising! Well done to all involved!
Skibbereen Community School will host a Careers Fair on Wednesday 22nd November 2017, from 4 - 7pm. See below for more information.
Pictured below are some of our TY students participating in outdoor pursuits today.
Cork Institute of Technology Open Day will take place on Friday 17th November, 2017 on the Bishopstown Campus from 10am - 3pm.
This is the ideal time for prospective students, and their parents, to sample the wide range of courses and facilities on offer. CIT offers seventy nine CAO course options for entry 2018 and CIT is an exciting place to be for Third Level students.
For more information, click on the following link:
The 2017/2018 Indoor Soccer House Cup for First Year starts next Thursday, November 20th at lunchtime. This is a mixed 5 a side team tournament with 4 boys and 2 Girls to each team panel. Teams must register in Mr.O Donnabhain's office before Friday, November 14th.
Congrats to the U14 Boys Football Panel and their coaches, Mr. Mark Cahalane and Mr. James McCarthy on their win over Clonakilty Community College today. It was a cracking game with end to end action. The final score was SCS 7-7 to CCC 4-9. Well done to all involved.
Are these yours?? The following items have been left behind after PE/ 4th Year Activities since September. These items will be donated to charity unless claimed by next week.
Pictured below are 'Happy Halloween Signs' produced by 1D Graphic Design Art Class.
Thanks to Eoin Hourihane, 6th Year and his team of cake sellers who raised over €1100 in conjunction with the Leap Vintage and Threshing Tractor Run. Pictured is the presentation of the cheque by Eoin, Mr. John O Callaghan and Mr. Andy Whelton to Ms. Anne Kelly of the Air Ambulance Service. Also pictured is Mr. Anton O Mahony, Principal.
Rain or Shine it doesn’t matter! Thanks to Mr. Lynch and Ms. Sheane for the pics!
Pictures of the 6th year ecology field trip to Killarney last Wednesday.
Rochestown College 2 - 0 Skibbereen Community School
Report by Sean Spenser
When you take into account the fact that last year both Skibbereen and Rochestown got to the Munster Cup semi-finals and the Cork Cup final, the draw for the first round of the 2017/18 Munster Cup seemed very odd! Nonetheless, it surely would be a great game of football. The weather was not going to help either team, playing so soon after storm Ophelia, but no one could expect much different. It was pouring rain, with a strong wind, still both teams would make sure to give their all!
The game started off with Rochestown dominating possession, but much like last years Cork Cup final, just unable to find that final vital pass. Rochestown were however picking up quite a lot of corners. Most of them were comfortably cleared by Skibbereen, but if you let a team have too many, eventually it will pay and 30 minutes into the first half Rochestown put in a corner. It wasn't quite cleared far enough and Rochestown's number 8 picked it up on the edge of the box, he shot and it beat everyone and on the line hit off Thomas O'Mahony and went in off the bar. Unfortunate to concede so close to half time, but Rochestown were on top.
Going to half time, both sides could be relatively happy. Rochestown had got their all important goal, but Skibbereen had given their hearts, pressing and getting in the way. Still, when you work that hard, you're not going to be able to keep it up for too long. If Rochestown got a second goal before Skibbereen, it looked like the game would be over, but if Skibbereen scored first Rochestown would be very rattled! 13 minutes into the second half Skibbereen played a short goal kick. It was never fully under control and it fell to the Rochestown number 13. He played in the number 9 who fired past Micheal Sheehy into the roof of the net. A goal out of nothing, but that's the risk you take trying to pass out from the back.
The rest of the second half was like a reverse of the first half. Skibbereen attacking and attacking, going for it, but unable to find the crucial pass. The biggest difference was that Rochestown looked extremely deadly on the counter attack and Micheal Sheehy had to save multiple one on ones and goal scoring opportunities. Unfortunately Skibbereen's pressure amounted to nothing in the end as Rochestown were extremely well organised and fast breaking when they needed to be.
Just like that, Skibbereen's hopes of winning the U15 2017/18 Munster Cup were over before they had begun. They came up against a better side and the quality showed. They didn't give up at all and the game was epitomised by the fact that all three of Skibbereen's central midfielders limped off the pitch!
Man of the Match: Thomás O'Mahony - Thomás had a fantastic game. He didn't stand out at all to onlookers which always means you're doing your job well! He didn't put a foot wrong all day and worked very hard. The pace of both wingers that played down his side didn't seem to phase him at all and he remained composed, calm and cool headed. On top of that he stood off at the right times. He didn't venture forward, but that was exactly what Skibbereen wanted out of him. A performance that any full back would be extremely proud of!
Starting XI: Míchéal Sheehy, Thomás O'Mahony, Matthew Mulcahy, Robbie Minihane, John Leahy, James O'Neill, Eoin Murran, James McCarthy, Jack O'Brien, Cormac McCarthy, Isaac Harte.
Substitutes: Mícheál Collins (Cormac McCarthy), Jason Nott (Mícheál Collins), Adam O'Donoghue (Jack O' Brien), Shane Casey (Isaac Harte), Feilim O'Donovan (Eoin Murran), Donnachadh Maguire (James McCarthy).
