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A grand total of €670 is being donated to the Irish Cancer Society from the second hand smoking group to go towards cancer research. Thanks to all who bought key rings. The government spending group are donating €320 to Mr. Fennessey for the school. Thanks for all your support during the year and we wish next years transiion years the best of luck in their YSI projects next year.

The Transition Year display day will take place on Wednesday the 30th of May from 6.30-8.00. Light refreshments will be available. All are welcome.

All TY’s will be heading off to Delphi on the 16th of May. Note to all TY’s-
Everyone is to be at the school for 8.00am. Don’t forget all your changes of clothes and most importantly your sleeping bags and pillows.

The YSI showcase was a most memorable experience with several activities including a disco, open mic, loads of games and plays to watch over the two days. There were several competitions to enter and a diary room for you to talk about your project in. The highlight for everyone seems to be the disco (although sore feet on the girls’ part come to mind!). Unfortunately we didn’t get any prizes but at least we have all these wonderful memories from doing the project.

The DVD of our TY production of We love… Musicals is available to buy for €20 in the office.

Our TY production of We Love… Musicals will take place on Thursday April 26th, Friday April 27th and Saturday April 28th. We will be singing and dancing to several songs from a wide variety of Musicals including South Pacific, Guys and Dolls and High School Musical. Special guests include Sarah Cleere, James Maher and Ian Dwyer. Hope you’ll be there to give your support!

On Thursday the 29th of March, all TY’s logged on to the Young Social Innovators website to see if the projects were accepted to showcase. Low and behold, both of our projects were accepted! We will be showcasing our projects on the 9th and 10th of May. Hope to see you there!

On Thursday the 29th of March, we were visited by Lorcan Murray and Sean Rocks from Lyric Fm to learn how to piece together a slot on the radio. We were divided into groups and we were assigned jobs i.e. presenter. We listened to pieces of music to choose which three we would play in our slot. We listened to jingles and selected appropriate times to slot them in. Each group had to come up with their own ideas for what to do e.g. review, interview, news etc. It was great craic especially when things went wrong when they were played back afterwards! It was a great experience and we all learned how a radio show is made and how to use some of the equipment.

PS- Fingers crossed for YSI projects!

On March the 8th, both YSI projects submitted their projects for assessment by the judges. This is so that the project numbers can be scaled down to the best 193 for exhibitioning in the RDS on May 9th and 10th. We will find out the verdict on the 29th of March.

On the 6th of February, we transition years went to Waterford to the Speak out Fora to talk about our YSI projects (Don’t be tight, spend it right and Second hand smoking: Fact or Fiction? you decide!). The idea of this is to help raise awareness to what your project is about. We got loads of media coverage. The Government Spending group were interviewed for the radio and the Second Hand Smoking group drew photographer’s attention with their t-shirts bearing the slogan second hand smoke kills. We all felt that we managed to give the crowd some idea as to what our projects are about in our allocated two minute spots. We got a good indication of what the competition for Dublin would be like and we also learned a thing or two about the other projects. (Shopping followed this eventful day!!!)

Cuan Mhuire
Cuan Mhuire is the main provider of treatment for alcohol and drug addicition for Ireland and North of Ireland. Around 2500 people are treated for addiction in their centers every year. they also provide a 24 hour service , 7 days a week.
You can obtain more information on their website www.cuanmhuire.ie. They visited our school on the 22nd of November and they gave talks to the T.Y.’s, L.C.A.’s, 6th years and 3rd years on the effects of alcohal and substance abuse on their’s and others lives.

U17 SCHEDULE
* Teusday nov 7th at 7pm we had a beep test to see how fit we were in the school sports hall.

*Sunday nov 12th at 3pm we had a training session in Ballingarry.

*Wednesday nov 15th we put out the u17 team in the senior match against Bruff in Drom.

*Sunday 19th training in Ballingarry

*Wednesday 22nd challenge match versus Thurles CBS in Ballingarry. Final score Ballingarry 4:15 to Thurles 4:17

*Monday 4th Dec challenge match versus Heywood CC which we lost by a narrow score line..............

Fethard U16 Rugby
FETHARD -v- ROSCREA We played a strong Roscrea team. But we ran out 14 nill winners with trys coming from Michael power and Damo Barry both converted by Shane Kavanagh. John Maroney, Colm Dunne and Stuart Broderick also had great games.

FETHARD -v- GALBALLY
We played Galbally Sunday morning last in atrocious conditions,with gale force winds and torrential rain. We were up against a strong Galbally side. But in the end we ran out 15 nill winners with trys coming from Colm Dunne, Shane Kavanagh and John Maroney. Tine Kelly and Keelan O Neil both had good games.

TRANING
All new players are welcome. Traning every Tuesday and Friday evening At 8 o clock for 14s,16s and 18s. Traning for 8s,10s and 12s at 7 every friday.

By Shane Kavanagh and Michael Power

St. Patricks dream of becoming an intermediate team must wait at least another year. They were knoked out of the county championship at the semi-final stage by Knockshagowna. The final score was 1-15 to 1-10. St. Pat's were leading half way through the second half when the tables suddenly turned. Star corner forward Sean Horan was given a straight red after an arguement with an opposing player. From then on Knockshagowna took control scoring 1-3. Best for Pats were Eoghan McCormack, Brian McCormack and Noel Brett.

Posted by Stuart Broderick and Damien Barry

Killenaule vs Thurles Sarsfields
Thurles Sarsfields are going for the double after they beat Ballingarry well last Sunday, but Killenaule are backboled by strong players like Matthew O' Donnell, Paddy Codd and Stephen Browne. Killenaule also have strong fire-power up front through Brian Murphy, Michel Doyle and Bubbles O' Dwyer. The match is set for Cashel at 1.00pm next Sunday. The Senior final wiil follow.

Posted by Shane Kavanagh

Ballingarry first took to the field for a challenge match against a strong Boherlan side. Not long into the second half Boherlan were getting a fierce beating and could not take it, so they lunged out at a Ballingarry player. But Ballingarry were taking none of this and fought back with honour. The match was giving to Ballingarry. The stronger and better side. Ballingarrys first championship match was against a poor Killenaule side, Ballingarry won a massive 18 points. Their next match was against St. Pats and once again they were victorious with an outstanding team performance which made them win the match by a well earned 20 points. The next match was against Fethard and they were also beaten by one point but our next match was a different story. We were playing St. Marys, we happened to have an off day and were missing players so we lost by one point but it didn't matter as we were in the South semi final against St. Marys once again but this time we were victorious by 9 points. Our next one was a big one, it was the South final against Moyle Rovers who were gonig for their third in a row, but we stopped them winning by a point. It was a time of celebration in Ballingarry. It came to the county semi-final where we had to face a strong Kildangan side. We put up a good fight, trailing by one point at half time, but in the end Kildangan were victorious beating Ballingarry by one point, Ballingarry were unlucky but took it like men.

Posted by Michael Power

Rockwell Blitz

Ballingarry 2-1 Thurles C.B.S. 4-3
Ballingarry 2-6 Rockwell 3-3
Ballingarry 3-5 Clonmel 2-5
Ballingarry 1-2 St. Albhes 5-5
Ballingarry 1-7 Abby C.B.S. 1-7



1st Year Matches

Ballingarry vs Rockwell
3-6 0-1
Cathal Horan played well. Nicky Kearney played a captains role

Ballingarry vs Borrisokane
0-4 0-15
Ballingarry played very badly on the day

Ballingarry vs Roscrea
2-1 3-10
Ballingarry well convincingly after a bright start. Cathal Horan scoring 2 goals in the first ten minutes of the game.

Sars 5-16 Ballingarry 0-10
Ballingarry's dreams of a county final glory ended in defeat to Thurles Sars in Semple Stadium. Despite a bright start they could not put away a highly rated Thurles side. After the first ten minutes Ballingarry was 0-04 points to 0-03. Thurles pulled away with a goal and another one before half-time which buried Ballingarry's chances of becoming county champions. Thomas Donovan, Daniel Fitzgerald and our very own Tom McGrath played their hearts for their very own village.

St. Patricks overcame Lattin-Cullen in the county final Junior 'A' quarter final on Sunday last. The final score was 3-9 to 1-9. Best for St. Pats were Sean Horan, Davy Cashin and Eoghan McCormack all of which are ex-pupils of Ballingarry. St. Pats now play Knocksagowna in two weeks. They are now one step closer to becoming Intermediate.

Posted by Damien Barry and Stuart Broderick

The first half started with Moyle Rover getting on the score sheet. Ballingarry hit back with a goal and two points in quick succession with the goal coming from Gerard Fitzgerald. At half time Moyle Rovers held a slender lead of 1.5 to Ballingarrys 1.4.

The second half started with Ballingarry registering four points without reply. Moyle Rovers opened their account in the second half after fifteen minutes to play the teams were level, but two frees from Ballingarry gave them the advantage with seconds to play. A Moyle Rovers 65 was batted over the bar when the final whistle blew. Ballingarry played well all over the field and won the vital duals. Final score, Ballingarry 1.11, Moyle Rovers 1.10

Posted by Adrian Cleere and Billy Horan

In TY on the 7th of November 2006, Sr. Teresa is taking us to an organic farm in Ballygriffen, Co. Cork. Each student must pay €12.

Note to all TY: Don't forget your wellies!

On the 13th of November, us 4th years are going to Mountjoy for the day.

On the 9th of November the school is holding a girls soccer match. Each girl payed €2. All money is going to a good cause.

The Build a Bank Challenge re-opened under the new management of Roseanne Phelan, Ella Prendergast, Emer Norton, Brian O' Halloran, Aoife Delany and Liam Fullbrook. It was a great success.

Posted by Marie Doheny

In YSI, the second-hand smoking group are organising a table quiz for the 10th of November. The entry fee for each person to participate in the quiz is €3. This money will be going towards promoting the groupss social issue. The title of the project is "Second hand smoking: fact or fiction. You decide." Also Super Value in Carrick-on-Suir have kindly volunteered to sponsor this group. In the Government Spending group, "Don't be tight, spend it right', Londis have given a very generous donation of €100 to this group. This will be used to fund materials needed within the group.

Posted by Cait Murphy

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