Pres Girl Wins All-Ireland Dance Championship
Congratulations to our 1st Year student, Leah Delahunty, who claimed the top prize and finished in first place in the All-Ireland Lyrical Dance Championship in Bundoran last weekend. What an amazing achievement! Well done, Leah, we are so proud of you.
Munster U17 Soccer
Congratulations to our U17 soccer players who qualified for the Munster A semi-final after a tough and hard-fought battle with Coláiste Mhuire from Ennis. Our girls edged this close encounter by the narrow margin of 2 – 1 with goals from Aoife Shelly and Chloe Shorley. Well done to all of the squad and to their coaches, Mr Barry Ryan and Mr Cian Treacy.
Pres Thurles Past Pupil Shortlisted for All-Ireland Creative Writing Competition
Huge congratulations to our past pupil, Aida Izydorczyk, on being shortlisted for the final of the JP McManus 2022 All-Ireland Scholarships Alumni Association Creative Writing Competition. Entrants could submit up to three stories based on any theme or subject matter. The overall winner will be announced on March 1st. Aida graduated from our school in 2015 and she is currently studying Medicine in Trinity College, Dublin. We are very proud of you, Aida, and we wish you the very best of luck.
Ceiliúradh CEIST
On the feast day of St Brigid here in Presentation Secondary School, we celebrated Ceiliúradh Ceist by holding a beautiful service, where our students celebrated being part of the CEIST community. Our school celebrated through poetry and dance. Our assembly hall was full of displays of ‘Optimism Shields’ from each tutor class. There were Ceiliúradh Ceist signs in all of the native languages of the students in our school displayed on our noticeboards. The Ceiliúradh Ceist mile was completed by some of our year groups. Thank you to all of the students who participated and to our Religion and Music departments for organising such an enjoyable service to celebrate this occasion.
Senior & Junior Hockey Success
Congratulations to our Senior C Hockey team who defeated Villiers from Limerick after a brilliant performance by a score line of 2 – 0 on our own Astro-turf pitch. This was the first round of the Cup. The girls now march on to the next round. Well done also to our Junior team players who were also victorious in their match by the same score line. Thanks to the girls’ coaches Ms Marie Flanagan and Ms Kora Kerrane for their support and hard work.
Equestrian
A fantastic day out was had by all of our Pres equestrian teams in the Tipperary Equestrian Centre last weekend. Our open team comprised of Izzy O’Hora, Hannah Molloy, Katie Healy and Amber Thompson, and they were placed 4th (1 metre). Our novice team included Evelyn Fahey, Emma O’Meara, Tara Moquet and Molly Healy. Well done also to Roisin Burns and Isabel Conroy who had great rounds in the individual novice event.
Tipperary Cup Basketball
The Tipperary Cup in Basketball sponsored by local club, Tipperary Knights, was held in our Sports Complex last week. Teams from all over the county travelled to participate. These included St Anne’s and St Ailbe’s from Tipperary Town, Pres Ballingarry, Pres Clonmel, Coláiste Mhuire and our own Pres Thurles girls. A big ‘Thank You’ to all involved in the organising and running of this event, most especially to Martin Hehir. Thanks to TYs Emer Mockler, Aimee Ryan Fogarty and Olga Maher who were our table officials.
1st Year Camogie Blitz
Well done to our 1st Years who competed in the Tipperary Camogie Blitz, which was held in Dr Morris park last week. The girls won two of their four games. Thanks to their mentor, Ms Cáit Devane.