The below pieces are written by Jun Tong Song and Elias Faustino with thanks to Fionnuala Ruane and Conor Delaney for the photos.
In mid-February, a first year 32-player table tennis league kicked off in Sandymount Park. It started off with Groups A-H, filled with players of all abilities. The top two players in each group would qualify for the Round of 16, and the winners of these matches advanced to the quarterfinals to compete for a place in the semi-finals. Maxim Bustamante and Aryan Mulajker advanced to the finals where Maxim won with a great performance. Elias Faustino and Christian Duffy Naughton played for 3rd place, where Elias won. Anybody who made it to the quarterfinals got a nice medal, 2nd place got a silver medal, and the winner got a trophy. This event concluded on the 31st March.
– Elias Faustino
The first year running club recently completed their Couch to 2km programme with a run along Sandymount Strand. The runners trained every Tuesday after school for six weeks and improved each week, with 23 students completing the run in total. This is a big achievement for the runners and is something to be proud of. Each runner received a medal and a beautiful certificate designed by Marianne Nugent.
Thank you very much to the teachers who have run this club; Conor and Fionnuala. We have all enjoyed it so much!
-Jun Tong Song