The U-16 and U-19 Boys and Girls basketball teams have been playing a lot of matches throughout October, Ms. Finnegan reports.
The score doesn't always reflect the match is a sports cliche, but in a number of recent Stratford College basketball matches this has been the case. The U-19 Boys team narrowly lost in the dying minutes against St. Brendan's, Greystones (52 - 49) when two baskets were scored against them. The U-19 Girls team also lost a close contest against Lucan (17 - 14). All the teams have been playing with a big heart with some great performances from Stratford students. (Click on thumbnail to open an enlarged version of image.)
Recent results
12th October. Versus St. Brendan's, Greystones. U-16's lost. U-19s lost 52 - 49.
U-16s U-19s
Jake Long Marc Comiskey (Player of the Match)
Turlough Eccles Mark MacRedmond
Ethan Brady (Player of the Match) Peter Cleary
Ciaran O'Byrne Alex Lai
Tomas Hennessy William Bluett
Jonathan Sweeney Toms Spruds
Sean Lysaght Jonathan Sweeney
Rory Murphy Bogdan Kuzmanovic
Josh Brady
John Nolan
Sean McGuinness
18th October. Versus O'Connell Schools. U-16s lost 42 - 6. U-19s lost.
U-16s U-19s
Jake Long (Player of the Match) Marc Comiskey (Player of the Match)
Turlough Eccles Mark MacRedmond
Ethan Brady Peter Cleary
Ciaran O'Byrne Alex Lai
Tomas Hennessy William Bluett
Jonathan Sweeney Toms Spruds
Sean Lysaght Jonathan Sweeney
Rory Murphy Josh Brady
John Nolan
Sean McGuinness
25th October. Versus Lucan. U-16's lost 20-8. U-19s lost 17-14.
U-16s U-19s
Kate Dempsey Lucy Murphy
Leanna Morgan Gabi Eppel
Jorden Bukspan Katie McCrea
Abi Grainger Abi Grainger (Player of the Match)
Gabi Eppel Anna Douglas
Katie McCrea (Player of the Match) Rachel Jones
Kara Stein Adina Kilroy
Fiona Maguire Eleanor Rowland-McNamara
Carmel Grey
Ciara Harrison
Sadbh Charles
The 1st years completed a zombie lab today where they used their scientific methods and thinking to identify patient zero from the zombie suspects. Using measuring skills, pH, observation skills and much more they successfully identified the source of the outbreak!
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The TY Horticulture class were out in the Autumn sunshine planting Spring bulbs using the chaos planting method. This is when a multitude of different spring bulbs (Hyacinths, Daffodils, Tulips, Crocuses, Narcissi) are mixed together and randomly planted so that we have a mixture of flowers and patterns emerging in the spring. It mimics nature and so is more enticing to pollinators and native insects that need the food in Spring.
Stratford is celebrating Maths Week 2026 (12th - 18th October) with daily activities around the school, at breaktimes and in Maths classes! The tutor-time daily quiz is proving to be extremely competitive as each form group tries to solve it and then run to find Ms Matthews in order to win the box of chocolates!
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