East Glendalough School

Boys Basketball News

U.16/19 BOYS BASKETBALL REPORT

Our U.19 team had a very strong panel of players this year and there was a lot of competition for starting five positions. The team showed great early promise with convincing wins against St. Killians, St. Andrews, Blackrock College, St. Marys (Terenure) and a walkover against Marian College. As group winners, we went into our quarter final game against Kings Hospital with high hopes. All was going according to plan in the first two quarters of this game and we were 16 points up at half time. This was despite the loss of inspirational team captain Nathan Condell who was fouled off in the second quarter. Vice captain David Van Story and Mark Hardy were proving a real handful for the KH defence. In the third quarter KH upped the tempo of their game and we found it difficult to break down their “pressure” defence. Clive Crammond did his best to rally the troops but KH were slowly cutting down our lead. Our cause was not helped by the loss of two more of our best players, Mark Hardy and Calum Watson, who were harshly fouled off for reaching five personal fouls each. As the game neared its conclusion, we found ourselves 3 points up, with possession of the ball and with just eight seconds left on the clock. Due to some poor decision making, we gave away possession and KH managed to tie the game and bring it to overtime. At this stage, all the momentum was with KH and despite our best efforts, they went on to win the game by just one basket. This was heartbreaking for us; especially as it was a game we could have and should have won. But, as the saying goes:

IF YOU COULDA AND SHOULDA, YOU WOULDA

U.19 PANEL

NATHAN CONDELL (CAPTAIN), DAVID VAN STORY (VICE CAPTAIN), MARK HARDY, CLIVE CRAMMOND, CALUM WATSON, KANE D’ARCY, SCOTT MC GINN, STEPHEN PAUL, EIRIK TONNIES, MATTHEW BINIONS, MAX MATTHEWS, DAN BEHAN, BEN MANGAN

Our U.16 team probably exceeded all expectations this year by also qualifying from their group as winners. We had a very young team (all third years) and most of our opponents were physically bigger and stronger. We therefore had to rely on good technique and game play. Our quarter final match was against Moyle Park College and despite a gallant effort on the day; we weren’t quite good enough. The whole team demonstrated a great attitude in this game and they made MP fight all the way. Indeed, at the end of the third quarter, there was only 6 points separating the teams. Team captain Tom McHugh, Duane Topham and Colin Woodroofe all had terrific games but in the end MP ran out comfortable winners.

U.16 PANEL

TOM MC HUGH (CAPTAIN), DUANE TOPHAM (VICE CAPTAIN), CILLIAN THOMPSON, STEPHEN COLLINS, ANDREW YAGUE, AARON MURPHY, COLIN WOODROOFE, FERGAL MARSHALL, CIARAN MC GETTIGAN

WICKLOW SCHOOLS BADMINTON BLITZ

The first ever Wicklow schools badminton blitz was held recently in Shoreline Leisure Centre, Greystones. The blitz was organised by Badminton Ireland in conjunction with volunteers from some local clubs. The event proved to be a huge success and it is hoped that it can become an annual event, with winning teams progressing to Leinster Championships. Our thanks to Rachel Ormond (Badminton Ireland) and to all the other volunteers for a very enjoyable day.

The blitz consisted of boys and girls doubles competitions at U.14, U.16 and U.19 level. East Glendalough enjoyed a very successful day with our U.16 and U.19 girls and our U.19 boys winning their respective competitions and our U.14 boys and U.16 girls “B” team were beaten finalists. The teams that represented the school were as follows:

U.19 A BOYS U.19 A GIRLS
MATTHEW BINIONS ASHLEIGH CONWAY
NATHAN KERR AIMEE ROBERTS
DRUCE BYRNE SALLY SUTTON
GIDEON MARTIN AISLING ROWE

U.16 A GIRLS U.14 A BOYS
SALLY MCHUGH NATHANEAL MARTIN
KAYLEIGH CRAMMOND GORDON HIND
NIAMH MCGETTIGAN PATRICK OWENS
SHANNON KERR RUAIRI O’CALLAGHAN

U.16 A BOYS U.19 B BOYS
TOM MCHUGH KYLE BRADSHAW
ANDREW YAGUE JOSH RICE
LUKE DUANT SMITH SHANE CONROY
CESAR LA PLACA EIRIK TONNIES

U.19 B GIRLS U.16 B GIRLS
SOPHIE HIND EMILY TEBBITT
LAUREN O’CONNELL CHLOE RANKIN
TONIA JACKSON CLARE SAVAGE
JOSEPHINE DELAHOYDE LORNA CONWAY

U.14 B BOYS U.14 A GIRLS
JACOB MORAN BRASWELL SHANNON KERR
JOSH MOODY KATIE NOLAN
RUAIRI O’CALLAGHAN SARA HUDSON
PATRICK OWENS OLIVIA IRONS

U.14 B GIRLS
TIFFANY BYRNE
SADIE MOLD
SUSIE SUTTON

WICKLOW SCHOOLS TRACK & FIELD
GREYSTONES 13/4/10

East Glendalough was very well represented at the Wicklow Schools Track & Field Championships held recently in Greystones. Great credit is due to Noreen O’ Reilly and the other people involved in organising and running the event, which was held in glorious sunshine. Fifty seven students attended and competed in a range of events including 100m, 800m, 4 x 100m relay, shot putt, high jump, long jump, javelin and tug o’ war. There were several good individual performance and E.G.S. came third overall in the best boys category.

Well done to everyone who took part on the day.

Individual medal winners were:

Luke Duant Smith Gold U.15 High Jump
Nathan Condell Gold U.20 High Jump
Jamie Wheatley Silver U.20 Javelin
Grace O’ Regan Silver U.20 Javelin
Katie Nolan Silver U.14 Shot Putt
Bronze U.15 Javelin
Rachel Thompson Silver U.20 High Jump
Aisling Rowe Bronze U.20 High Jump
Ben Mangan Bronze U.17 800m
Holly Norman Bronze U.15 High Jump
Philip Snell Bronze U.14 Shot Putt

Reuben Kelly, Graeme Phillips, Stephen Marshall and Alex Gray also won silver medals in the U.20 4 x 100m relay.