CORK CITY SPORTS

 A group of twenty two children from Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa travelled to Paric Uí Chaoimh to take part in the annual Cork City Sports were over 6,000 children participate for trophies and much coveted medal.  Although the weather did its best to dampen spirits, the effort and enthusiasm of the children outshone any downpore.

The morning started at 9.30 a.m. with the girls races.  Jacqueline Murphy and Ciara O’Driscoll ran great races the under 7’s and were unlucky to finish just outside the trophies. In under 9’s Jessica Cross finished 2^nd winning the first trophy of the day and Fiona O’Sullivan came a very close 4^th.  With a great performance in under 10’s Katie Stevens won her race and progressed to the semi-finals where she finished 4^th.  Jane O’Sullivan also put in great effort in the same race.

Genevieve Collins and Clodie Harrington in under 11’s put in great performance and were unlucky not to win trophies.

A tremendous race was run in under 12’s with Harriet Cross coming in 1^st  and Emma Murphy coming in 2^nd, both winning trophies.  Harriet progressed to the semi-final and came in 1^st and then on to the final where she battled hard to the finish line being narrowly beaten for the county medal.   In under 13’s Emma Hanley and Amanda Murphy ran a tremendous race with Amanda finishing 1^st.  Amanda then progressed onto the semi-final and again onto the final where she brilliantly won the over all County Medal she also represented the school in the long jump where she finished 2^nd with a jump of 3.98 meters.

In the relays the excitement and tension was high, the under 11 girls team were Katie Stevens, Genevieve Collins, Fiona O’Sullivan and Jessica Cross, and they finished 2^nd with trophies for each of them.

Under 13 girls relay team of Emma Hanley, Amanda Murphy, Emma Murphy and Harriet Cross won their race with trophies for all and the Waldron Cup for the school.

The afternoon was for the boys and they got off to a flying start with under 7’s James Murphy coming in 3^rd and winning the first trophy of the afternoon.  In under 8’s Dean Hegarty ran well as did under 10 Richard O’Dwyer and David O’Sullivan-Greene.  In under 11’s Ryan Murphy and Keith Stewart also put in tremendous effort and Christopher O’Driscoll in under 12’s finished 2^nd winning a trophy and Fiach Dillon also ran well.

Under 13’s was the final heat of the day and was very tight with both Stephen Hanafin and Neil Murphy fighting for the finish line with Neil coming in just ahead of Stephen and narrowly securing is place in the semi-final where he finished 4^th.

Then once again onto the relays, the under 11 boys team of Richard O’Dwyer, Ryan Murphy, David O’Sullivan-Greene and Keith Stewart finished a very close 4^th and they all a tremendous relay.

Under 13 relay team of Christopher O’Driscoll, Neil Murphy, Fiach Dillon and Stephen Hanafin were excellent, they finished a very close 2^nd with Stephen having an outstanding last run and they all ran trophies.

Well done to all the children who took part and for the effort they all put into the training before hand, and a big thank you to the organisers of this event.  The school won a total of 22 trophies, I cup and a county medal.