Avondale C.C.
Wednesday March 03 2010
ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS Congratulations to Philip Dunne and Killian Kenny who were awarded Academic Scholarships at the Institute of Technology, Carlow. The students who were members of last year's Leaving Certificate class were awarded scholarships in the Bachelor of Engineering in the Mechanical Engineering Degree Course. Both students were presented with their awards at a ceremony held in the college last Thursday. We wish both students every success in the future. CROSS COUNTY SUCCESS Well done to Amy Murphy and Katie Conroy who represented our school at a recent Cross Country Competition. Congratulations to Amy who is now through to the All Ireland Cross Country School Championships. Both girls ran a great race, finishing strongly. Amy was one of fifteen athletes to quality out of a total of one hundred and twenty in the Junior Category. We wish Amy all the best in the All Ireland Finals which will take place at Cork Institute of Technology on Saturday, March 13. BASKETBALL Our Second Year Boy's Basketball team had a great win over Arklow Community in a closely contested match. The final score was 19-16. Best wishes to the team who play Bridgetown Vocational School in the next round of the competition. SENIOR FOOTBALL Our Senior Football team will play Scoil Chonglais, Baltinglass in the next round of the league this week. Best wishes to all. CHESS TEAM Last week our Chess Team travelled to Arklow Community College for the first round of the VEC South Wicklow Chess Tournament. The team is now looking forward to the next stage of the competition which will take place in Abbey Community College.
