Medal haul for Coláiste Muire at Connacht table tennis championships
Coláiste Muire was represented by three teams at the Connacht Table- Tennis Championships in Breaffy, Castlebar on the 2nd of March.
Five schools in Connacht were represented over four team categories with some schools having two teams in a category.
Coláiste Muire had a very successful day with two teams bringing home medals: The Under 19 Girls team members were Amanda Taylor, Karen Clarke, Grace Hodgins, Siobhan Hodgins, Rachel Lavin and Amy Lavin who came in 2nd place.
The under 15 Boys team were David Taylor, Stephen Cafferky, Karl Andrew, Jason Dwyer, Patrick Mc Donagh and Aaron Brennan who brought home 1st place.
Also, well done to the under 19 Boys who came in 4th place. The team consisted of Jack Foley, Kevin Healy, Ciaran Hannon, Oisin Conlon and Adam Flannery. Well done to everybody who took part. The under 15 boys team will now go on to the All- Ireland Finals to represent Coláiste Muire Ballymote and Connacht in the Tallaght Basketball Arena on the 26th April.
Meanwhile, on Monday 6th March Sky Sports Living For Sport mentor Áine Tighe visited the school.
Áine is a Gaelic football player for Leitrim, captain of her club and captained University of Limerick to back- to- back O’Connor cup wins in 2014 and 2015. She took a group of girls from first and second year who are taking part in the Sky Sports Living For Sport program here in the school by doing after school basketball for a workshop. Áine shared her story with the girls about her background in sport and discussed the “keys to success” in sport.
These are the top six life- skills athletes identified as enabling them to achieve success in sport. The girls then took part in activities designed to reinforce what these skills look like in a practical setting. All the girls who took part thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and getting to meet and learn from someone who has had such a successful career in sport.