Sporting Achievements

On Friday 23rd March Hollyparks hockey team took part in the annual Leinster Junior Primary blitz in St Gerards in Bray. There were sixteen schools in total taking part. The team played six matches before being crowned champions. The matches and the results are as follows:

Hollypark vs Rathfarnham

0 – 0

Cluny B vs Hollypark

0 – 3

Kill O’ The Grange vs Hollypark

0 – 3

QF: Cluny A vs Hollypark

0 – 2

SF: Rathfarnaham vs Hollypark

0 – 2

Final: Hollypark vs Whitechurch

3 – 0

Team:

 Issy O’Neill (Capt)

Christina Hamill

Annika Whelan

Siofra O’Brien

Alannah Bartley

Eve Reidy

Aimee Lanigan

Rosie McCarthy

Louisa Naughton

Lauren Tracey

Thank you to Ms.Quinlan for coaching us on the day and all the parents for their support.

By Issy O’Neill and Christina Hamill

6th Class

Hollypark A hockey team played St Killians school in the

Leinster Primary Hockey League semi final on the 6/3/12.

It was a very close match and a winner was not to be found in

normal time. After that the referee decided to play two halfs of 7 minutes.

Halfway through the first 7 minutes Rosie Mc Carthy scored the

first goal and it gave everyone alot of confidence. In the next

few minutes Issy O’Neill doubled our advantage. We held our

lead until the final whistle of over time blew. We have now

reached the finals which will be held in U.C.D on Tuesday

27th of March at 1pm.

All supporters welcome!

By Alannah Bartley and Rosie Mc Carthy

Ms Candons 6th class

The division four hockey team played very well this year and
really enjoyed their matches. The team was as follows:

Anna Mac Nulty

Avril Horgan

Eadaoin Herlihey

Karla Minihan

Catlin Sherin

Alannah McCarthy

Tai Daly

Anna Daly

Beth Fuller

Lara O’Donohue

Niamh McHugh

Caoimhe Cullen

We played against St.Laurences, Sutton
Park, Kill of the Grange, Kildare Place School and Delgany. We won two matches
and lost three. But we enjoyed ourselves and improved a lot over the season. We’d
like to thank our coach Cara Taffe who really helped us and improved our
skills.

By Avril Horgan

Ms.Candon’s 6th Class

The Hollypark basketball team played in a primary school blitz in National Basketball Arena, Tallaght. Ms.Candon and Ed Randolph were our coaches.The team were as follows:

Saoirse O’Keeffe

Eve Reidy

Karla Minihan

Tai Daly

Sara Rooney

Anna McNulty

Christina Hamill

Issy O’Neill

Adele Kelly

Siofra O’Brien

Ciadhla Mulloy

Annika Whelan

Eadaoin Herlihy.

We played against teams from St Oliver Plunketts,St Bridgets Glasnevin,Kells in Meath and other schools. Hollypark’s basketball team was unbeaten throughout the blitz.

In the final we played against St Bridgets , and we won 29-4. The captains were Eve and Karla. We would like to thank Ms Candon , Ed and the parents for coming along and supporting us.We really enjoyed the day .We would love to do it again.

By Sara Rooney and Saoirse O’Keeffe

Hollypark
Hockey Achievements

Division
2

5^th and 6^th class Hollypark students
took part in this year’s Leinster Hockey League.

The
players who took part are the following-

Annika
Whelan : (Goalie)

Rosie
McCarthy : (Back)

Eve
Reidy: (Back)

Aimee
Lanigan : (Back)

Siofra
O’Brien :  (Mid field)

Issy
O’Neill : (Mid Field) (Captain)

Christina
Hamill : (Forward)

Lauren
Tracey : (Forward)

Emma
Kiernan : (Forward)

Alannah
Bartley : (All positions)

Louisa
Naughton : (All positions)

Our  first match was a great win against St.Fintans
school in Sutton.

St.Fintans,
Sutton  1 – Hollypark 3

The next match
was also a good win against The Harold, Glasthule in Bluepool Monkstown

The
Harold, Glasthule 2 – Hollypark 6

Our first
home game was in Loreto Foxrock against Rathfarnham, P.N.S.

Hollypark
3 – Rathfarnham 0

Our next
match was supposed to be against Our Lady Of The Wayside but they were unable
to play us, so we got a walkover at a score of Hollypark 3 – Our Lady of the
wayside 0!!

On Friday
24^th we played Wesley College in our last league game. The team put
in a stunning performance and beat Wesley College 5 – 3. Hollypark remain
unbeaten in the league.

We now
play St. Killians School in the league semi-final on Tuesday 6^th of
March at 2.45pm in Loreto Foxrock. The team would appreciate support on the
day.

The
hockey final is on 27^th  of
March in U.C.D

This year
we have had a successful hockey year and we hope to get into the finals! We
couldn’t do any of this without a great coach Ms Candon! and thanks to our
great captain Issy O’Neill!

Group A

Group B

Semi finals (to
be played by 3rd March 2012)

SF1 Whitechurch NS v Wesley College

SF2 Hollypark v St Killians                                             By Christina Hamill and Rosie Mc Carthy

We all had great fun and raised lots of money for the school by participating in Active Fun for All day on Thursday 9th June 2011.

Warm-ups in the school hall.

Here are some photos of Ms. Walsh’s Senior Infants enjoying the different activities.

Obstacle course!

We had a percussion workshop too!

Drumming to the beat…..

On Monday the 30th of May six girls from Hollypark had the honour of representing the school at a golf event.  I took part in the skills challenge along with another 6th class girl. The other four girls played a game of golf against other schools. During the skills challenge, we had 4 professional club golfers teaching us. Hollypark’s golf team did really well. They came 2nd. We received a certificate and some treats at the end of the day. It was a brilliant experience!

 

By Laura Geary

Ms.Candon’s 6th Class

On the 1st of June the Santry relay team went to Santry to represent our school Hollypark. We went on a coach to get to the event.We were quite hyper on the way but as soon as we saw the stadium our hearts started to beat faster. As soon as we got off the bus we warmed up. Next, we joined the opening parade of all the schools competing. We held our school banners proudly. We chanted loudly until we had to go back to our teachers. The event started with individual sprint races. I was running in the u12′s relay and my event started when all the individual races were finished. First my relay team had to qualify from our heat. I was running the first leg and I was sick with nerves as I didn’t want to drop the baton. The heat wen t without a hitch and we won with ease! The final was a half hour later and I was even more nervous. The whistle blew and I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. The baton changeover was smooth and I watched as my team finished in 2nd place! I was so proud but sad as it was the last time I would compete for Hollypark. Lot’s of photos were taken and we were presented with our medals.

 

By Ellen O’Connor

Ms. Candon’s 6th Class

In Hollypark, every year we have a day called Active Fun day. It’s a day where all the pupils in the school are given a colour like pink, blue, yellow etc. Then all chidren are put into teams by the teacher. All the childern in the school really enjoy this day and think its alot of fun. We play Gealic, basketball, unihoc, ultimate frisbee, and we also do alot of relay sports and do lots of obatacle courses. Everyone from Junior Infants up to 6th class love this day and when 6th leave I am sure we will all miss the day. Normally we ask for sponsorship to help fund raise for the school. This year was a great success. The weather was dry and everyone got a lollipop!

 

By Orlaith O’Brien

Ms.Candon’s 6th Class

On Wednesday the 31st of May Hollypark began their trip to Santry to take part in various field  events. It was a great achievment to be able to run against 31 different schools. It was a sunny day so it would be easier to run. As we got off the bus all the girls were chanting  HOLLYPARK!!!!. There were loads of schools there. We went on to the running track for the grand parade to start the day off. We screamed as loud as we could chanting all the Hollypark songs we could think of, as we made our way round the running track. There were lots of  pictures being taken. We made our way off the track and up to our teacher.  As we prepared to warm up we were all so excited for the first events which were shotput,U12′s highjump and U12′s long jump. Julia Buckley was taking part in shotput, Tai Daly took part in highjump and Emma Kiernan was jumping in the long jump. As they all made there way to their events we were all screaming. They all did well in their events. Julia came 3rd throwing the shot 7.38m. Tai Daly came 1st in high jump jumping 1.15m and Emma Kiernan came 2nd in the long jump. Next it was my turn to run in 500m. There were 30 apx girls representing their schools in this race. I made my way on to the track to the starting line. The whistle blew and the race started in a frenzy. I had to work hard to position myself in the top 5. As we turned the last bend I kicked to sprint for a medal…it was exhausting but I managed to finish in 3rd place. It was a great experience and I was proud to represent my school.

 

By Laura Kane

Ms.Candon’s 6th Class