REWARDING EXCELLENCE AT ENNISCORTHY CBS!
THERE was a wonderful atmosphere of anticipation in the air at St Mary’s CBS as staff and students were joined by parents and friends of the school for their 2018 Awards Night. Principal Mr John Ryan welcomed everyone on the night and said that he was delighted to ‘pay tribute to our students who, through hard work, commitment and tenacity have achieved great academic results in the past year.’
He also stated the importance of lessons learned through extra-curricular activities, instilling qualities of ‘ teamwork, motivation, dedication, empathy and selflessness’ which he said were ‘equally as important for a fully rounded education’. Mr Ryan also wished the current crop of 6th years the very best in their exams and said that it was his hope that their time in St Mary’s CBS will have helped them to prepare for the world that awaits.
Special guest speaker on the night was past pupil and Wexford hurling legend Adrian Fenlon who attended the school from 1982 to 1987, playing for the school and winning a Leinster College’s medal at under 14 level in 1986. He was also unfortunate in that he was a member of a very unlucky U16 hurling team who were defeated in an All-Ireland Final in 1987, but that didn’t stop his progress and he went on to achieve legendary All-Ireland success with Wexford in 1996.
Adrian then spoke to the pupils about his exploits on and off the pitch before the awards were handed out. Firstly, Mr Ryan congratulated members of the student’s council and meitheal programme for all their hard work throughout the year. Five transition year students - Conor Boylan; Brian Corcoran; Declan Cullen; Enda Fitzgerald; Aaron Groarke; Luke Harrington - were congratulated on achieving a bronze medal in the Gaisce/President’s Awards, while a total of 12 students were congratulated on their entries to the enterprise competition. Conor Boylan was congratulated for his achievements in science, while Tyler Broaders Murphy received an award for public speaking.
In terms of sports, the big talking point was the U17 soccer team who reached the All-Ireland A Cup final the day of the awards ceremony. Also coming in for paraticular praise were Barthosz Urban who won bronze in the All Ireland Junior
Tae Kwon Do; Elijah Grocock who won two gold medals in Jiu Jitsu; Alex Sludds who won silver at the Wold Kickboxing Finals in Portugal; Adam Maher and Ben Doyle for their achievements in pool; Dylan McVeigh who won a county Senior Football medal and Michael Abidoye not only for his achievements on the athletics track, but for passing on his knowledge and expertise to others in the school.
The Brandon Walsh Memorial Award was presented to goalkeeper Sean Maher from the soccer team who had won man of the match for his performance in bringing the Tom Ticher Trophy to Enniscorthy earlier that day.
Awards were then handed out for individual sports and were as follows. Hurling: Mike Kelly, Football: Nathan O’Connor, Rugby: Conal Kervick, Athlete of the Year: Jay Hogan, Soccer: Éanna Doyle.
From there the awards ceremony moved on to class awards. The First Year winners by class were: Thames - Jack Byrne, David Doyle, Odhran Tyrrell; Loire - Joseph Ennis, Nathan Maher, Luke Hynes; Rhine - Adam Roche, Lee Duffy, Christopher Keogh; Danube - Adam Murphy, Charlie O’Hagan, Raymond Keogh; Volga - Josh Buckley, Michael Roche, Ned Maher.
Second year winners were: Achill - Darragh Keogh, Derek O’Toole, Tobias Redmond; Saltee - Alan O’Neil, Harry Nolan, Billy Walsh; Rathlin - Pablo Jimeno, Roan Cox, Thomas Davis; Blasket - Roan Alyward, Dylan Bolger, Ruairi Leacy; Tory - Cormac Flynn, Chris O’Leary, Nathan McDonald.
Third year winners were: Rafter - Aidan Crowther, Roshan Varghese, Alan White; MacDonagh - Eamon Doyle, Eddie Kelly, Adrian Strymer; O’Hanrahan - Conal Kervick, Edward O’Dowd, Oisin Murphy; Connolly - Jack Davitt, Aaron Nicholson, Daniel T Kelly; Pearse - Ryan Quigley, Darren O’Neill, Aaron Wallace.
Tranistion Year winners were: TY1 - Tyler Broaders Murphy and Hasan Berk; TY2 - Glen Rothwell and Joshua Martin; TY3 - Jack Lowry and Shane Broaders; TY4 Elijah Grocock and Robert Dunne.
Best Junior Cert projects saw awards go to Alan Doyle for metalwork, Aidan Crowther for technology, Adam Roche for woodwork and Jack Cahill for art. Awards for excellence in the Junior Cert were also handed out to Jack Doran, Jack Duggan, Aodan O’Leary, Ben Roche, Evan Murphy, Richard O’Neill, Wojciech Gajewicz and James Clince.
Awards were handed out for each subject in fifth year and the winners were as follows - English: Dominik Morycki, Irish: Colm Parnell, Maths: Scott Anderson, History: Jordan Feeley, Geography: Éanna Doyle, Chemistry: Luke Harrington, Biology: Jacob English, Ag. Science: Cathal Kehoe, Physics: Declan Cullen, Construction Studies: Liam Flood, Design and Communication Graphics: Adam Sheridan, Engineering: Evin Flynn, Technology: Paul Doyle, French: Adam Martin, German: Iain Banville, Accounting: Mike Nolan, LCVP: Moshin Tahir, Business: Pauric Walsh. In 5.1 Year LCA the General Education Ward went to Keane Byrne with the class award going to Conor Doyle.
In sixth year, awards were also given in subjects as follows - English: Aaron Murphy, Irish: Ciaran Rochford, Maths: Robert McGuinness, History: Eoghan Herlihy, Geography: Mike Kelly, Chemistry: Ciaran Maher, Biology: Ciaran Shiel, Ag. Science: Patrick Sutton, Physics: Matthew Rochford, Construction Studies: Enda Minogue, Engineering: Kevin Cosgrave, Technology: Conor Tull, Art: Evan Hanrahan, French: Donal Harrington, German: James Kelly, Accounting: Dean Doyle, LCVP: Ewan O’Grianain, Economics: Conor Mackey. In 6.1 Year LCA the General Education Award went to Robert Scallon and the class award went to Aron McAuliffe.
The best Leaving Cert Project Awards were given to Tomas Cosgrave for engineering, Jack Reck for Construction Studies, Eoghan Herlihy for History and Matthew Rochford for Technology.
The Michael Talbot Award for Geography was given to William Durnan, while Sports Star of the Year went to Michael Delaney who represented the school in hurling, football and soccer. The Edmund Rice Award for a positive attitude and showing kindness went to Dónal Harrington who put a lot of work into this year’s Meitheal programme.
Finally, the big award for Overall Student of the Year was presented to Robert McGuinness who Mr Ryan described as ‘encompassing everything a young man should be - honourable, honest, responsible, kind and a credit to his family’.
Mr Ryan congratulated all the recipients of awards, particularly those who are leaving the school to embark on the next chapter of their lives. He wished them all the best in their exams and for the future, bringing the ceremony to a close and leaving the recipients to celebrate with their families.