Ms. Finnegan has organised a new schedule of after-school sports activities for the Spring term. (Click on thumbnail to open an enlarged version of image.)
Ms. Finnegan has entered the 1st Year students into the nationwide "Get Fit & Beat the Bleep" competition run in partnership between DCU and The John Murray Show on RTÉ Radio 1. The 1st Years do the bleep test, then after a 6-week training program they do the bleep test again to see if they made progress. They could win €1000 equipment and a place on a 3-Day Sports and Activity Camp in DCU.
Professor Niall Moyna is the brainchild behind the competition, who believes that fitness is the key to solving our health and obesity problems. Professor Moyna is fitness mentor to the All-Ireland Football Champions, Dublin. Best of luck 1st Years! (Click on thumbnail to open an enlarged version of image.)
Ms. Finnegan
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During the summer of 2011 the basketball courts were resurfaced. Now you can watch the step-by-step process of the courts being transformed by going to the Fitness Functions website. It took six days to resurface the courts. What a difference! (Click on thumbnail to open an enlarged version of image.)
Ms. Finnegan
Consisting of sprints, javelin throws, wrestling and armour races – the Classical Mini Olympics was an enjoyable (and tiring) event that was enjoyed immensely by all. (Click on thumbnails to open an enlarged version of image.)
As they were based on the Ancient Olympics which started in Greece in 776BC, to honour Zeus (King of the G-ds), we abided by Classical rules (with some adjustments) and only took part in events from the original games. We each gave ourselves Classical names and psyched ourselves up for each event by screaming our names and areas as loudly as possible. Ms Donohoe started each event by shouting “Apte!” (the Greek for “go”), and whoever came first was the winner (as Classical rules only award one winner – second place was deemed to be a disgrace).
On Tuesday 13th December, we all took part in the sprints and the javelin throws. The winners of the 200m sprints were Alice Murphy and Rory O’Neill; and the winners of the 100m sprints were Abi and Paul Ingoldsby. These winners all competed against one another, and the overall winners were Abi and Paul. Liam Hennessey won the javelin throw after beating Seán McGuinness in the final.
On Tuesday 20th December, we all took part in the wrestling matches in the hall. There were three different types – squat wrestling, push-up wrestling and arm tug wrestling. Rory O’Neill and Adina Kilroy won the final of the squat wrestling, Daniel Kelly and Alice Murphy the push-up wrestling and Toms won the boys’ arm tug wrestling final, while Adina Kilroy and Sarah Cunningham were left in a tie.
Finally at lunch time on Wednesday 21st December, we all took part in the prestigious armour races – the most important event of all, where we had to run 200m whilst carrying heavy weights. Abi and Toms were crowned the winners – Abi being the first person to win both the sprints and the armour races, and Toms finishing by running into the fence and injuring himself after tripping over Daniel’s weights.
Overall it was great fun and I would definitely like to take part again.
Rachel Jones (TY)
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Congratulations to the U19 Girls Basketball team who beat High School in a friendly match on Monday, 12th December. It was an "intense" match with Stratford College the victors, 20-13. Katie McCrea (TY) was 'Player of the Match'. (Click on thumbnails to open an enlarged version of image.)
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