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Athletics

Back Row (L-R): Jodie Chapman, Harrison Jameson, Amy Smyth, David Nzewi, Grace Komolafe
Middle Row (L-R): Samantha Snell, Charley Flint, Tobi Sonaike, Gemma Dugdale, Inesa Dubaviciute, Kate Agaba, Nicole Ezeudo,
Mr Plunkett, Joshua Ajayi
Front Row (L-R): Nathan Clarke, Sarah Cherry, Andrew McNally, Hannah McHugh, Isaac Wilson

ATHLETICS

Track & Field versatile they are by winning medals in both track and field
Last May, fifty one athletes from our school along with Mr events. Jodie Chapman medalled in shot-putt and javelin
Plunkett and Ms Argue headed to the Peacelink Centre while Joshua Cherry also had success in the strength
in Clones for the annual Cavan Schools track & field events. Overall 25 pupils brought back medals leaving us as
championship. Hopes were high for success on the day the 3rd placed school in the rankings after Virginia College
and results exceeded our wildest imaginations. Everybody and Loreto College. Space prohibits me from naming all the
competed to the best of their abilities with many pupils winners but the majority can be seen in the group photo. At
excelling on the day. Andrew McNally, our own version of the time of going to press we are in full scale preparations
“Usain Bolt” took gold in the U17 100m and 200m events. for this year’s competition, where we hope to improve on
This was a remarkable achievement as Andrew is still U17 last year.
next year. Hannah McHugh and Amy Smyth showed how Mr Plunkett

BADMINTON

DIVISION 1 U-16 BOYS TEAM 4-2 scoreline. The game ended our chances of reaching the
knock-out stages of the tournament but they played some
This year our U-16 boys team of Adam Dunne, Mark Stewart, great badminton and represented the school well.
Nathan Clarke and Kelvin McNally were entered into the In January a bus load of the badminton players headed
Division 1 Ulster league after their success last year. We to Virginia for the annual Cavan schools badminton
started off our campaign in Cavan complex against Friends competition. It was a very successful day for the Royal.
School from Lisburn. The game finished 3-3 but two of the Nathan Clarke and Kelvin McNally won the boys section
games went down to the wire with the Royal losing by just 1 and Katie Dunne and Rebecca Cherry were victorious in
point in each. Our next outing was to Belfast to play R.B.A.I the girls section with Charley Flint and Hannah Fegan the
who had some ulster and Ireland representatives on show. runners up.
The Royal lost 6-0 but we did our best against very tough Kelvin McNally
opposition. Our final game took place in Lisburn where we
faced off against Wallace High School. It was a very close
match but the Royal just ended-up on the wrong side of a

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