St Josephs College Borrisoleigh notes
On Tuesday the 29th of September ,St Joseph’s U-15 hurlers headed to Limerick in their first round of the Munster championship. They were playing Ennistymon vocational school
In the first half the Borris defence worked like trojans, as the Ennistymon forwards kept putting points over and by half time Ennistymon were up by six points 1-2 to 1-8.Mr Halpin ,St Josephs coach gave a hearty talk at half time. In the second half the Borris boys got into their stride and started to battle for every ball ,every puck out and every ruck.
Evan Kearns going for the ball
The second half was like as if new life had come into the Borris players. It started off with a magnificent goal from the small but skilled Borris side, Dan Ryan leading the charge from centre back, linking up well with Kevin Maher. Borris were causing fierce trouble in the Ennistymon back line forcing them to foul the attacking Borris boys. Defence was poor from the Ennistymon side in the second half. The Borris defence was excellently managed by James Kelly and featured brilliant saves from Darragh Quigley. The second half was coming to an end with Borris two points down with three minutes to go .
St Joseph’s made one last hearty effort, the attack led by Dan Ryan giving the ball to Oisin Stapleton winning a penalty in the last minute. Kevin Maher slotted the ball in the top right corner of the net securing them the win. The final score 5-4 to 2-11 to Borris.
| Name | Position | ||
| Oisin Stapleton | 1 | ||
| Luke Cooney | 2 | ||
| James Kelly | 3 | ||
| Bryan Murray | 4 | ||
| Jack Fitzgerald | 5 | ||
| Dan Ryan | 6 | ||
| Mark Kinane | 7 | ||
| Cathal Hogan | 8 | ||
| Michael Ryan | 9 | ||
| Sean Dunne | 10 | ||
| Kevin Maher | 11 | ||
| Evan Kerins | 12 | ||
| Pauric Stapleton | 13 | ||
| Stephen Delahunty | 14 | ||
| Aidan Ryan | 15 | ||
| Aaron Ryan | 16 | ||
| Adam Galvin | 17 | ||
| Darragh Quigley | 18 | ||
| Josh Young | 19 | ||
| Fintan Holland | 20 | ||
| Cian Stapleton | 21 | ||
1st Year girls on a basketball blitz in the Presentation Thurles
The transition year students went on an outing last Wednesday. We climbed the Devils
Bit, beginning at Barnane national school. We walked to the summit and back completing a 15km trek. We decided to complete this task as we are
working on our fitness levels with the help of our teacher Ms.Cahill, who also
climbed the Bit and kept the encouragement going.
We had a fantastic day from many different points of view, enjoying the good
weather, and hopefully a start to increasing our fitness..
On Friday September 18th Fr Jim Crowe a priest from the Kiltegan missionary
came to speak to 5th and 6th years. Jim has been in Sao Paulo Brazil since
1969 and is a well known human rights activist in the favelas of Jardim
Angela.. He is originally from Clonlara Co.Clare to where he returns every
summer for a short break.
He spoke about how he lived through a dictatorship of the eighties, how he
experienced a time of lawlessness and regular homicide. He was central to
the formation of a community police system in the 1990s which helped
reduce the death rates. The education system of Brazil was compared to
Irelands’ and everybody was glad they don’t have to rely on four hours at
night in much overcrowded classes! Fr. Jim emphasised how ordinary people
can have extraordinary effects if they work together towards a common goal.
