Arklow CBS School News For Week Ending 14th October 2022
Open Evening -20th October
After a two year absence, we are delighted to formally announce the return of our annual open evening!All prospective students and their parents/guardians are cordially invited to what is a highlight in the school calendar.Come along and see for yourself the warm welcoming atmosphere, great facilities and talented students that we are so proud of.On the night you will get to experience many fun class activities, take a tour of the school and meet our principal, teachers and staff.
Chalk it down- Thursday 20th October - an evening not to be missed!
Past Pupil Cillian Kavanagh Selected for ESB’s Development Programme
A Huge well done to past pupil Cillian Kavanagh on his amazing achievement! Having graduated from University of Limerick, Cillian has recently commenced ESB’s prestigious Graduate Development programme.Cillian is one of just forty-five graduates to gain a place on this programme. During the programme students will progress their careers in a range of disciplines including engineering, IT, HR, marketing, commercial and finance across the organisation. Best of luck Cillian.
Cillian Kavanagh & CEO Paddy Hayes ESB
Transition Year Cinema Trip to ‘Róise & Frank’
On Monday 3rd October all Transition Year students enjoyed a trip to Omniplex Arklow to see the latest language Irish film; ‘Róise & Frank’. The film tells the heart-warming story of a woman who believes that a stray dog is the reincarnation of her hurling loving husband Frank. A heart-warming story that was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Míle buíochas to Omniplex for putting on the screening for us.
Golf News
It has been a busy week for our school golfers. Last Tuesday golfers Aaron Reddin, Ross Doyle-Roche and Eldon Kernan took part in a Leinster Schools golf competition in Delgany Golf Club. The boys played 18 holes against schools from East Leinster with the top three schools qualifying for a Leinster final later in the year. Following that, this week our golfers has an extremely successful outing in an Arklow inter schools competition at Arklow Golf Cub., with Arklow CBS students taking all three places on the winners podium! Well done to: 1st place- Ross Doyle Roche, 2nd place- Aaron Reddin and 3rd - Eldon Kernan.
Gaelic Football
A winning start to the season for the second year Gaelic football team!
The CBS second year team got their season off to a winning start, with a hard-fought win away to Creagh College. This was a solid enough performance by the lads who won out on a score line of 7-6 to 3-4. Once again the team has been strengthened by the presence of some first year footballers who really excelled today. Odhrán Cullen , Mark Gleeson , Lucas Reid , Seán Lawlor , Conall Devereux and Calum Hobbs were in excellent form.This was a good team performance will all players who travelled seeing playing time. Those who really excelled today were Pauric Healy in defence and Evan Whelan is attack. Those playing today were Ruairi O Neill, Riain Dunning ,Seán Kelly ,Ben Zhou, Kristian Dowling ,Peter Lappin, Kyal Byrne ,Evan Whelan ,Philip Michta ,Comghan Powell ,Aaron Kenna, Pauric Healy, Cillian McDonald ,Odhran Cullen ,Mark Gleeson ,Lucas Reid ,Sean Lawlor, Conall Devereux, Calum Hobbs.
Senior and junior Gaelic training continues every Tuesday after school.
Basketball News
Arklow CBS won two out of three games against Creagh College last week.
In the first game the u19s took on Creagh A and it was very obvious that it was their first game of the season as they found themselves struggling to come to terms with a strong accurate opposition and unable to put scores on the board. As the boys warmed up they began to show what they were capable of running the Creagh team close in the remaining 3 quarters but they were unable to claw back scores from that first quarter. MVP for the first game was Jeddy Osuji with 12 points followed closely by Nazar Sykal with 10. Also contributing to the scores were Ryan Harper and Patrick Dickensian with 2 points each.In the second game the u16s were up. This proved to be the exact opposite of the u19 game with the CBS storming to a commanding lead in the first quarter which their opponents couldn't come close to matching. There were some excellent scores and team play throughout the game with the defensive performance especially encouraging given the lead they had gathered in the first quarter. MVP on the day was Nazar Sykal who was pulling double duty after an impressive performance with the u19s, he got himself 13 points followed closely by his brother Yehor with 10. Also contributing to the about sheet was Hugo Merino with 7, Tom Kavanagh with 4 and Javier Saez with yep from free throws.
The final game saw the u19s out again against the Creagh second team. This time the CBS got the biggest opportunity for players on the squad to put their hand up and show that they deserve some more game time. The boys who got their chances took them well and will have done the game chances of game time for the rest of the year no harm. MVP on this game was a closely contested affair with shots being very tight and spread among the players. Diarmuid O'Connor just edged it with 6 points but was chased all the way by Patrick Dickenson with 5, Jeddy Osuji and Cian Harper got 4 points each and Bobby Desmond was unlucky not to join them with a late lay up just bouncing off the rim leaving him with 2 points for the game.
On Thuesday 13th OctoberArklow CBS walked the short journey up to Glenart College and came away with a 79 to 20 win. It was a strong performance from the CBS with a very tight first quarter with scores hard to come by for both teams. It finished 12- 6 in favour of the CBS with some great drives and scores from Nazar Sykal helping the CBS stay ahead. The second quarter saw the CBS in the driving seat with a burst of scoring from Yehor Sykal giving the boys in blue a commanding lead on the score sheet and Hugo Merino, Sean O’Neill and Conn Keaney putting in a commanding defensive performance to keep the score against us to zero in that quarter. After half time it was up to the CBS to keep the score board ticking over and keep their concentration in defence to ensure a victory to get them one game closer to potentially qualifying from their group. It will take victory in the remaining two games to see the Arklow boys out into the playoffs. Today will build confidence in the team as they move through the group. MVP on the day was Yehor Sykal with 26 points followed by his brother Nazar with 11 and Hugo Merino with 10. Rounding out the scoring with 6 points each were Jeddy Osuji and Milosz Konkel. On 4 points each were Sean O’Neill, Ruzzel Degolado and Conn Keaney and contributing with a free throw was John Lamanga.
Soccer News
The soccer season officially kicked off in school this week with a superb start. Our u19s enjoyd a 5-0 win against Creagh College, Gorey in the first round of the Leinster cup. While or u15s had similar success kicking off their Leinster campaign with a 9-1 victory against CCM. The boys got off to the best start possible with a 9-1 win against CCM on a sunny Autumn day. Building on from a strong first year team last year that were unlucky to loose the league final with the addition of three of this years first years the team really were on fire and a joy to watch. The main talking point of the game was who scored the second goal. Was it a Kyal Byrne corner or did Aaron Kenna get a touch to it? Let’s hope it doesn’t come down to that goal deciding the golden boot later in the year!Goal Scorers today were:Darragh Kinch (3), Kyal Byrne (2), Lucas Reid, Odhrán Cullen, Kristian Dowling, Aaron Kenna. Those playing were: Peter Lappin, Jack Wolohan, Séan Plowman, Mark Gleason, Kristian Dowling, Aaron Kenna, Darragh Kinch, Odhran Cullen, Kyal Byrne, Lucas Reid, Kory Merrigan, Jack Killeen, Comghan Powell, Brendan Kenny, Séan Kelly, Evan Whelan, Dominic Swiergocki. Thanks to TY coaches Paul Moore and Ryan Scanlon for their expertise.
Tennis
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Under 14’s East Coast Tennis League, Arklow Lawn Tennis Club, with a 4-man team that comprised 3 CBS boys - Kory Merrigan, John Clune and Philip Michta - along with Thady O’Sullivan. Well done to coach David Sheehan!
Hurling News
Outstanding performance from our Junior hurlers in the schools first ever Leinster appearence this week!Their first game was against CCM where they played out of their skins and unfortunately conceded a goal in the dying seconds to lose by 1 point. The final score was 3-6 to 1-11.From here they went on to play Gaelcholáiste na Mara and again a strong performance took them over the line this time winning with a score line of 5-4 to 3-2. They have finished 2nd in the group so into the quarter finals and into the history books for Arklow CBS hurling.
World Teacher Day
On Wednesday 5th October teachers all around the world were celebrated to raise awareness of the important role that teachers play in their student’s lives. Here in Arklow CBS we treated our teachers to delicious cakes and sweet treats in the staff room while during tutorial time some students completed personalised thank you notes to distribute to their teachers.
World Karate & Kick-Boxing Competition
We always we knew we had some of the best students in the world but this just proves it! A huge congratulations to Reece Doyle who officially holds the world champion title after winning gold at the World Karate and Kickboxing Competition in Killarney at the weekend. And congratulations to Alex Whyte who also finished top bringing home a silver medal. Super achievement boys, well done!
First Year Student Awards
Last week saw the introduction of our inaugural first year student of the week awards.
This award is given by first year tutors at the end of each week to three students.The award is to acknowledge the kindness, support and respect to their fellow students and staff during their week.Well done to Max Burke, Óran O’ Suillivan and Oliver Conroy. Keep up the great work!
County Final Success
It has been a busy and successful week for our students and their GAA clubs. Firstly, congratulations to all of our students involved with Arklow Rocks Minor C hurling championship county final win against Bray Emmets. Seecondly, well done to all our first and second year students involved with AGB’s u13 county final Gaelic football victory over Blessington. Finally, congratulations to Jack Keogh and the Castletown U15 Footballers who had a great win during the week in the Div 2 Gaelic football final against Cushinstown.
World Mental Health Day
Monday 10th October was a very special school day as we celebrated World Mental Health Day. We began the day in Arklow CBS with the discussion of three things that we are all grateful for during tutorial time. The whole school then embraced the fresh air and embarked on a sunny walk. On return students were treated to donuts and to top it all off - a homework free day! We hope everyone took that opportunity to spendthe evening doing something they enjoy. Thank you to Ms. Rooney for organising.
Arklow CBS Static Cycle in Aid of Pieta House
Following from World Mental Health Day, on Tuesday October 11th, students from Arklow CBS took part in a Static Cycle at Bridgewater Shopping Centre, Arklow to raise money in aid of Pieta House and to raise awareness for suicide prevention. Those involved covered a combined total of 320km! Many thanks to everyone who donated and a little reminder the go fund me link is still live. A special word of thanks also to Bridgewater Shopping Centrehttps://www.instagram.com/bridgewatershoppingcentre/?hl=en and Intersport Eleverys for the loan of two spinning bikes for the day.
https://gofund.me/66939190
Head Boys 2022-23
After a very hard fought political campaign the votes have been counted and the student voice has been heard! Eight very talented candidates were whittled down to three. Over the last six years these students have shown all the attributes to succeed in their roles.Congratulations to our new Head Boy 2022; Niall O’Donovan and two Vice-Head Boys Jamie Tobin and Bobby Desmond.
Polytunnel-Update
Out with the old and in with the new!The potato crop sowed last Spring has yielded us over one hundred and fifty potatoes that students brought home to cook! We have now prepared new soil and sowed new crops for the Winter!
Lunchtime Sing-a-long Sessions
Following from World Mental Health Day and our Static Cycle for suicide on Wednesday we were treated to a musical masterclass at lunchtime by two of Ms. Lee’s finest musicians.Fionn Dalton & Diarmuid O’Connor take a bow, you both really did put on one hell of a show!
Clothing Collection
Well done to the 2A life skills class who organised a successful clothes collection on Thursday.
The boys collected 23 boxes of clothes to help the Light House charity in Dublin, who assist the homeless.The class are extremely grateful to everyone who helped and especially the East Coast Bikers who will help in the logistics of the clothes to Dublin. Every little helps.
Macbeth
‘Fair is foul and foul is fair’ . On Thursday our leaving certificate students enjoyed a fair, not foul day out at they attended Macbeth in the Dlr Mill Theatre Dundrum. Let’s hope this this live performance will have students reciting quotes at their leisure!
School News
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