1st Year Basketball
Our 1st Year basketballers in action against Presentation, Thurles…….some future all stars in the making!
East Munster Track & Field
This year’s championship was held in Templemore Athletic Club. The conditions for this meeting were near perfect and this added to what was a very successful day for the Loreto girls. We had 19 athletes taking part in a range of events. In the minor category,Gillian Hughes finished 2nd in the 800m and Jess Caron finished 3rd in the shot. In the junior, Veerle Van der Wal finished 2nd in both the javelin and the long jump. Sophie Boyle also performed very well with a 3rd place finish in the long jump. The girls in the intermediate grade also had a successful day. Emma Moore finished in 2nd in the 100m, Ava Fennessey won the 800m and Niamh Martin finished 3rd in the 1500m. Our relay team of Ava Fennessey, Brid Moynihan, Niamh Martin and Emma Moore also performed brilliantly to finish 2nd. All of the girls represented the school excellently in all events, with many now going on to represent the school in the Munster Championships in CIT at the end of May.
Inter-Loreto Track & Field
On Wednesday the 27th of April, the Inter-Loreto track & field championships took place in Morton stadium in Santry. Loreto had athletes from 1st to 5th year participating in a range of track and field events. The girls performed well in all their events against athletes from Loreto schools across Ireland. Ava Fennessey finished 2nd in both the 400m and Long Jump. Both medals were won against girls from the senior grade, which was a great achievement as she is from 2nd year. Our relay teams also performed well, finishing 6th out of the 19 schools in the junior & senior grade. Other notable performances were recorded by Caoimhe Mulcahy, who came 4thafter a finish line photo in the 300m, and Jess Caron who finished 4th in the shot put. Veerle Van der Wal also finished 4th in the long jump. The girls attention now turns to the East Munster Championships in Templemore next week. A big thank you must go to Loreto Balbriggan who hosted a very well run event on the day.
Thanks also to Mr. Kehir and Ms. Barlow who accompanied the girls on the day
Lidl All Ireland Senior ‘B’ Post Primary School Championship
Path to the final.
In recent years, Loreto Secondary School has developed a strong reputation for Ladies Football. In 2011, Loreto claimed their first Munster and All-Ireland titles. Since then, they have also progressed from Junior C to Junior A, unfortunately losing out in this year Munster A final. Loreto’s First Year and U14s teams compete annually in County and Munster blitz competitions, and have earned many successes over the years. This year’s Senior team, comprised of varying feeder clubs, beat three Cork teams; Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig, Christ the King Douglas, and St. Mary’s Mallow, in the group stages, before progressing to beat Colaiste Na Sceilge in the semi-final. Loreto overcame stiff opposition from Scoil Phobail Slaiabh Luachra, Rathmore in the Munster final, before defeating Connacht champions, Sacred Heart, Westport, in the All-Ireland semi-final to reach the today’s final.
Below are some photo’s from the semi final.
Senior & Minor Hockey
On Thursday, March 2nd, Loreto Clonmel’s minor and senior hockey teams had two victorious wins over Villiers, Co. Limerick. Our minor and senior teams travelled to the Canon Hayes Sports Centre in Tipperary town to play their opposing team. The day kicked off with our minor team stealing the show having won 8 goals to 1. This was a fantastic performance by all involved. Goals came from Veerle Van der Wal, Lauren, Ava Russell and of course Avril Goeghegan who played a stormer having scored 4 of the 8 goals to see Loreto Clonmel as rightful winners. The Senior team also had an excellent win against the Limerick team with a 5-1 win. The girls’ sheer determination and commitment was the result of their success on the day. All players put in a phenomenal effort from start to finish with great support coming from players like Sarah Garrett, Beth Fitzpatrick and Lizzie Ryan. Coming to the end of this year’s minor and senior hockey leagues, our minors have been undefeated to date and our senior team have also won the majority of their games. Well done to all involved. Loreto Clonmel Abú!
First Year Hockey Blitz
On Wednesday, 15th February, two first year hockey teams travelled to Bandon Grammar School in county Cork for a day long blitz. Both teams played a minimum of four games against schools including Coláiste na Toirbhirte Bandon, Christ the King Secondary School, Regina Mundi, Intermediate Killorglin, Ashton School, Colaiste Choilm Ballincollig, and Bandon Grammar School. After some very close matches Loreto Clonmel succeeded in winning the tournament and their win underlines how much they have improved. The girls are very committed to training and this result was just reward for all their hard work.
The following players travelled with Ms Naughton and Ms Hally to Bandon: Jess Caron, Doireann O’Sullivan, Aislinn Callery, Eimear Bates, Abbey Boland, Emma Corbett, Saoirse Keating, Rachel Cooke, Ella Gerard, Áine Millea, Katy Judge, Tara McGrath,Niamh Smith, Triona Ryan, Kayla Grogan Tuohy, Ciara Griffin, Casey Cronin-Hackett, Katie Burke, Ellie Kennedy, Aoife Campion, Katie Sullivan.
Many thanks to Mr. Ryan and Ms. Naughton for all the hard work they have put into coaching the girls,and to TY assistants Amy Fitzpatrick and Lorraine Dunne who have helped to facilitate training since the beginning of the year.
Cross Country
All Ireland U19 Basketball Playoffs
On Jan 12th,the Loreto Senior Basketball Team took part in the All Ireland U 19 Play Offs. To get to this stage the Team had to first qualify from their pool, then they played in the Regional Semi Final beating FCJ Bunclody, a team that had beaten them last season. In the Regional Final they played Bagnelstown in a very tough match, playing against a Team with an Irish International player. They played great but the other Team were just that bit too strong. Having reached this stage they qualified for the All Ireland Play Offs. We hosted the matches and the Teams in our group came from Salerno, Salthill, Co. Galway and Rathmore Grammer Belfast.
In the first match Loreto were up against Salerno and again this Team had an Irish International player, this was a super game, Salerno 53 Loreto 40, in the Second game of the day Salerno beat Rathmore 37 31, so the last game was between Loreto and Rathmore, in this match hard work and determination paid off and Loreto won 56 34.
This was an emotional end to the season for the Leaving Cert Students who were on the Team, their dedication to Basketball over the 6 years was exemplary and I am delighted they won their last match . We wish them the best of luck in the future.
By Ms.Trudy Kennedy
A Special Thankyou!
As 6th years ,we would like to give a special thanks to Ms Kennedy for everything she has done for us over the last 6 years.We will really miss basketball when we move on next year and would like to wish Ms. Kennedy and all future teams the very best of luck going forward!
Kirsty Crotty Ryan & Shania Dowling
Munster Senior B Football
Munster Post Primary Schools Senior B Ladies Football Final – Loreto Clonmel 1-12 Scoil Phobal Rathmore 2-4
Report by Paudie Everard
It was a case of third time lucky for Loreto Clonmel as they overcame Scoil Phobal Rathmore in a brilliant game of Ladies Football in Ballygiblin on Saturday afternoon. Having been beaten in the previous two finals Loreto were in no mood to return home without the cup on this occasion and they can be extremely proud of their great win, especially the great character they showed throughout the game. Indeed the game was in doubt right up to the throw in. Snow and ice had covered part of the pitch and thanks to the great efforts of volunteers from both sets of supporters who helped clear the snow and ice to make the pitch playable so the game could go ahead. The heavy ground was energy sapping for both sides but they are to be commended for the great game they served up.
Loreto got a great start when a rebounded crossbar shot was kicked to the net by Ava Fennessy. Clonmel then dominated proceedings and tacked on two more points from Kirsty Crotty Ryan. Rathmore were getting plenty of possession but the tenacious Loreto backline did not concede any scores. Loreto were creating very good scoring chances but a number of spurned goal chances and wides gave an uncomfortable feeling to the Clonmel support that this could be one of those days. On twenty minutes Rathmore were awarded a penalty which they converted. This was their opening score and they built momentum from this to narrow the gap to two points. Loreto then steadied themselves with further points and went to the break leading by 1-8 to 1-2.
The second half started at the same fast pace where we left off. Again Loreto had some good scoring chances which were fluffed. Rathmore then had a very good ten minute spell but the Loreto backs played very well and denied certain scores. Rathmore scored a very good goal to bring them right back into the game and two points was the margin once again. Loreto dug deep and finished well with further points to secure a famous victory.
Captain Aisling Deely accepted the cup on behalf of her team and thanked the management team of Niamh Barry and Brian White and all who supported and helped along the way. This was a very good game of football with some great passages of play and full commitment by both sides.
Loreto were well served by Claire Moore in goal. The six backs were outstanding and were well marshalled by Maeve Ryan at full back and Player of the Game Kelly Ann Hogan at centre back. They played from the front and consistently denied Rathmore certain scores with great block downs and tenacious tackling. Centerfield pairing of Cora Maher and Brigita Valuaintaite ran themselves to a standstill and relieved many dangerous situations especially in the second half when the need was greatest and the pressure was on from Rathmore as they tried with all their might to break down the Loreto resistance. Up front the forwards made and got the scores to win the game.
They played very well as a unit and while Loreto had plenty of near misses and some wrong options taken at times there was no denying their fierce commitment and hunger for victory. However the scores were well taken and the chances and frees were the result of hard work and great efforts. Loreto were clearly the better team and played really good football. However they could never pull away comfortably from Rathmore and had to fight all the way to hold onto their lead.
Loreto Clonmel School Team – Claire Moore, Aisling Deely (C), Maeve Ryan, Sadbh Hallinan, Ailish Ryan, Kellyann Hogan, Derbhile Fitzgerald, Cora Maher, Brigita Valuntatie, Aine Fitzgerald (0-1), Anna Carey (0-1), Orla Burke, Ava Fennessy (1-3), Kristy Crotty Ryan (0-7,1f), Jenny Everard.
Subs – Niamh Martin, Shania Dowling.
Panel – Ciara Ryan, Orla Winston, Roweena Dowling, Veerle van der Wal, Caoimhe Mulcahy, Anna Morris, Ciara Corbett, Ciara Slattery, Lorraine Dunne, Rosin Breen, Lizzie Ryan
Loreto Munster Ladies post primary Senior B football champions
Loreto leaving cert students celebrate their win in the Munster ladies post primary senior B football final, Kirsty Crotty-Ryan, Deirbhile Fitzgerald, Claire Moore, Aisling Deely, Shania Dowling, Orla Burke and Niamh Barry Manager,
Loreto’s Deirbhile Fitzgerald gathers under pressure from Scoil Phobail’s Rebecca Cremin during the post primary senior B Munster final
First Year Gymnastics
Our First Year gymnasts for 2016/17
