St.
Mary's College - Extra Curricular Activities
Extra Curricular Timetable 2009-2010
| Gymnasium | Astroturf | Field | |
| MONDAY | |||
| Lunch Time | Volleyball | Hockey | |
| Evening | Volleyball | Camogie | Camogie |
| TUESDAY | |||
| Lunch Time | Badminton | Athletics | |
| Evening | Basketball | Soccer | |
| WEDNESDAY | |||
| Lunch Time | Athletics/Gaelic | ||
| Evening | Badminton | Hockey | Gaelic |
| THURSDAY | |||
| Lunch Time | Hockey | ||
| Evening | Volleyball |
Extra Curricular Teachers 2009-2010
| Athletics | Paul Campbell : Norma Carroll |
| Basketball | Niamh Delaney : Carlene Magee |
| Badminton | Edwina Kelly |
| Camogie | Frank Maguire : Aoife Hennessy |
| Hockey | Anna McMahon: Bernie Briody: Niamh Devenney: Stephen Brogan |
| G.A.A | Francis Wallace: Raymond Dillon |
| Soccer | James Langton |
| Tennis | Edel Langan: Susan Campbell |
| Volleyball | Marion Moloney: Aoife Hennessy |
Congratulations to the Cadette basketball team who reached the regional semi-final on December 9th in the 'A' League grade. St. Mary's lost the semi to Presentation Thurles by 11 points but played with great determination throughout. The cadette team is B.Doolan (captain), G. Burke, E. Brophy, S, Clancy, A. Cummins, S. Foran, S. McCarthy, K. Nolan, S. O'Brien, A. Woods, C. Gratton, E. Fagan and S. Lo.
The senior team, unfortunately, did not progress to the latter stages of the league. Coaches John and Joe Clancy worked hard with these teams and acknowledge the commitment of their players. In January the First and Second Year teams played Presentation Thurles. Well done to the second years who won 25-20. The First years played very well but lost 25-30.
On Friday 29th the Second years played Kilcock but were defeated 27-17. These teams will play Presentation Portlaoise, Mercy Waterford, Rathangan and the Bower Athlone over the next few weeks. Thanks to Joe and John Clancy, the Sports Assistants and to Ms. Mc Gee and Ms. Delaney for all their work. It should prove to be another successful year.
This year's First Year hockey players are gearing up for their first match on October 19th against Loreto College, St. Stephen's Green. The team are showing great enthusiasm and are looking forward to all their upcoming matches. The team consists of Rachel Egan, Sarah Commins, Tara Cagney, Sophie Connors, Hannah Sutton, Orla Rice, Sadhbh Hogan, Aisling Moloney, Emer McCabe, Ruth Rigby, Lisa Mulvey, Louise Murray, Jade McMahon, Laura Fleming and Niamh McArdle.
Minor A
This year St. Mary's have 2 Minor Hockey teams competing in the Leinster School Hockey League. The Minor A team has to play Our Lady's Grove, Mt. Anville, St. Joseph's of Cluny and Alexandra College. To date we have played Our Lady's Grove in UCD. It was an extremely tough and competitive match but with a great team spirit and steely determination we won 2-0. The team consists of Sarah Clancy, Lorna Laide, Laura Kiely,Amy O'Brien, Romy Morrin, Peggy McKeown, Leah Hayden(Captain),Orla Lynch, Jane Fitzsimons, Louise Dillon, Síne Kenny, Cora Dempsey, Emma Casey, and Niamh Hegarty. The next match is on Wed.21st at home to Alexandra College. Best of luck to all for the coming year.
The first match of the season was against Our Lady's Grove in U.C.D.. The opposition played very well but St. Mary's were up to the task and two great goals by Laura Kiely and Laura Laide resulted in victory for St. Mary's with a score of 2-0. Star players for St. Mary's were Leah Hayden, Niamh Hegarty and Romy Morrin.
St. Mary's first home match was against Alexandra College and they put our team under pressure from the start. Late in the first half Alexandra took the lead through a well worked goal. St. Mary's upped their game in the second half but the equalising goal proved elusive. However, late in the game, Laura Kiely broke from defence, travelled up the wing and scored a great equaliser. Star players for St. Mary's were Laura Kiely, Sine Kenny and Laoise Dillon.
The second home match for St. Mary's was against Mount Anvil, a Dublin school with strong hockey traditions. It was to be St. Mary's toughest match to date. Before the home team could settle, Mount Anvil took the lead with a well deserved goal. Despite brilliant play from the St. Mary's team, Mount Anvil scored a second goal to put the match out of the reach of the home side. The 2-0 final score did not reflect the committment and great play of the St. Mary's team. Best on the day for St. Mary's were Peggie McKeon, Jane Fitzsimons and Eileen Woods.
St. Joseph of Cluny team was to be the final team to be played before Christmas. The match was played on a grit pitch, new to the St. Mary's girls. Due to great cordinated play from St. Mary's they led by 2 goals, scored by Jane Fitzsimons and Sarah Clancy, at half time. Despite numerous attempts by the St. Joseph of Cluny team they could not break through the strong defense of St. Mary's. Before the end of the match two further goals by Lorna Laide and Sarah Clancy saw St. Mary's winning by 4-0. Well done to all
MINOR B HOCKEY
In their first match against a very strong Mount Anville side, the Minor B's held the game scoreless in the first half but were really up against it in the second half. Mount Anville managed to squeeze three goals past our Goalie, Sinéad Begley. This was Sinéad's first game and she showed great skill and determination. In the return match St. Mary's put up a great fight but it was not quite enough to match the experience of the Mount Anville team. Their second game was against Teresians, Stillorgan Road. This game ended 2-0 but it was not difficult to see the improvement in the girls' play.
In the New Year, Dominican College, Wicklow, made the journey to Naas. The second half favoured the opposition but the St. Mary's B team have grown in experience and skill and will hopefully keep this up. We wish Niamh Hegarty, Leah Headon and Cora Dempsey a speedy recovery from their injuries. many thanks to Ms. Hennessy for her work with the team.
Minor Hockey team
JUNIOR HOCKEY
The Junior team got off to a great start this year with a 5-0 win over our local rivals, Newbridge College. Unfortunately this has turned out to be our only win to date as we suffered defeats against the biggest names in Leinster Schools' Hockey, namely, Sutton Park, Wesley College, Mount Anville and Muckross Park College. All the girls should be proud as they put in very strong performances. Well done to the team coach, Mr. Brogan. Such commitment and enthusiasm for the game should ensure a strong senior team in the school in the not too distant future. The Junior Hockey panel for 2009-2010 is : Aoife Hyde, Sine Kenny, Louise Madge, Laurie McCarthy, Medbh Dillon, Niamh Collins, Tara Anderson, Ciara Brown, Megan O'Brien, Peggy McKeown, Pauline Mc Keown (Captain), Rachael McGinn, Grace McLoughlin, Jessica Law, Ann Marie Byrne, Leah Hayden, Lorna Laide and Evelyn Goode.
SENIOR HOCKEY
The Senior Hockey team has had a very successful league to date. The season started with a convincing 5-2 win against St. Joseph of Cluny, Killiney. Next up was a tight victory against Notre Dame, Churchtown which was played in Naas. The team drew 1-1 against Newpark Blackrock with great play from Shona Brady, Sadhbh Higgins, Emma Stafford, Niamh O'Sullivan and Pauline McKeown. The girls kept the score at 1-0 to Newpark until the final minute of the game when Fiona Hill scored to level the match. In January the team had a decisive win against Loreto, Balbriggan and are now through to the quarter finals. Their next match will be against eith
er St. Columba's Rathfarnham or John Scottus school. Best of luck to all the team and thanks to Ms. Briody for all her work. The Senior Team of 2009-2010 is Shona Brady, Emma Stafford, Sadhbh Higgins, Niamh O'Sullivan, Caroline Powell, Pauline McKeown, Caroline Hill, Hannah Denver, Helen O'Sullivan, Leah Whyte, Rachel Naughton, Fiona Hill, Niamh Ahern, Emer Kenny, Megan Ryan, Alison Kelly.
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On January 27th, the athketics team, accompanied by Mr. Campbell, went to DCU to take part in the DCU Invitational Cross Country. Teams from schools all over Ireland travelled to compete in the event. In all races there were up to 200 competitors.
The Minor girls' race was run over 1000m. The team ran a great race and was led home by Siobhán McArdle 4th , closely followed by Caoimhe Jameson 7th, Niamh O'Connor 11th and Sarah Fitzsimons 42nd. The combined positions of the girls brought them into 1st place, to win the team event. The second race was the Junior girls 1500m. They ran a great race and were led home by Naoise Gallagher 28th, followed by Jodie McWilliams 42nd, Bríona Hoban 50th and Eileen Woods 55nd. Other girls who ran well on the day were Ciara Cox 29th, Aoife Bennett 16th, and Aoife Sheehy 32nd. Overall the day was a great success.
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St. Mary's Athletes who braved the cold in DCU.
Soccer
Senior Soccer
The Senior Soccer team have not played many games to date due to weather conditions. Those played so far include the Leinster Senior Cup against Rathangan. Having won the Midlands league last year, the senior team played in the Leinster Senior Cup for the first time this year. They were drawn against an excellent Rathcoole team in the first round who boasted of Irish Internationals on their team. Having gone 2-0 down in the first 5 minutes, the girls fought back well. Clíodhna Mc Sweeney, Siobhán Power and Chloe Campbell tried to get the goals back but some poor finishing saw the girls lose out 2-0 in the end. Aoife Hederman had an excellent game in goal and Gráinne Temple put in a player of the match performance to hold Rathcoole to just 2 goals.
The girls only game in the League so far this year was against last year's senior winners and strong favourites, Blessington Community School. The game was played in dreadful conditions but with great committment from both teams. On three occasions the girls came back from a goal down thanks to goals from Siobhán Power, Chloe campbell and Naome Curtis. With the game entering the final 5 minutes, Blessington scored an excellent goal against the run of play and as St. Mary's pushed to equalise, Blessington got another in the last minute. Best on the day were Fiona Trant, Aoife Hederman, Grace Clifford and Ciara Lawlor. Aoife Caulfield was named Player of the Match.
Under 16 Soccer
The only u16 game played to date was a 2-2 draw against Scoil Mhuire Clane. Again the team's performance was built on excellent defence from keeper Aoife Hederman and defenders Ciara Lawlor and Amy Gallagher. Shannon Doheny had an excellent game in midfield and Player of the Match, Grace Clifford scored both goals from midfield.
1st Year Futsal.
The Futsal team this year have just won the Kildare section Of the All-Ireland competition and now go on to represent Kildare in Leinster. The team won 5 of their 6 games, drew one and scored 19 goals along the way. The team is as follows: Eimear Holohan, Jennifer O'Donovan, Ciara Noble, Ciara Brown, Meabh O'Brien, Shauna Weldon, Leah Heffernan, Suellen Rodrigues, Amy Barton and Hayley Nolan. Best of luck to the girls in the next round of the the competition. A big thank you must go to Bríona Hoban and Aoibheann Woods (2nd Year) who have given up lunch times to train and help manage the team.
St Mary's First Year Futsal team
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Volleyball
It has been a mixed season to date for the school Volleyball Club. Both the Senior A squad (captained by Claire Campbell) and the Senior C squad (captained by Sinéad Hogan) reached the All-Ireland semi-finals in late November. The Senior A squad was beaten in the fifth set by Mount St. Michael, Claremorris. The Senior C's were beaten 2-0. Well done to all players.
Congratulations to the Cadette A squad (captained by Katie Nolan) who beat Mount St. Michael to win the All-Ireland final on Feb 4th. With their training programme including Sunday evening sessions, the girls have shown great commitment and resolve.
Well done to all the players in the Cadette C squad who trained hard but failed to qualify out of their group.
The First and Second years are training well. Presently, squads are being selected and competitions will begin in the next couple of weeks. Well done to Aoife Caulfield, Emma Stafford, Julie McCullagh and Heather Clancy who are training with the Junior National Squad.
Badminton
At this stage of the year the U16 and U19 teams have finished their competitions. The U16 team did really well during the year, winning most of their matches but unfortunately missed out on reaching the final. Well done to Sarah Barton, Rachel Kinerk, Sylvia Power, Ann-Marie Kelly, Joanne Mulligan and Fiona Fallon for playing great games throughout the season.
This year St. Mary's had two u19 teams one of which played in Division 3. The team played superbly throughout the season and narrowly missed out on reaching the Dublin and Regional Schools' final by just three points. Well done to Róisín Greaney, Rachael O'Meara, Clíona McLoughlin, Niamh Aherne and Karen Shaw.
The U19 Division 1 team had an excellent season and, having won all their matches during the League, reached the Dublin and Regional Schools' Final where they were narrowly beaten by Mount Sackville. The team continued to the Leinster final and came third, losing to a very strong Wexford side. Well done to the team on reaching the Leinster Final three years in a row - a fantastic achievement. Congratulations to Fiona Trant, Aisling Whyte, Amy O'Hara and Noleen Fleming. Thank you to Ms. Kelly for all her commitment to Badminton in St. Mary's.
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St. Mary's U16 Division 2 and U19 Division 1 Teams