News

SCT Prepare for Replay

catherine.smyth@cisterciancollege.com (Catherine Smyth) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:02:10 GMT

Cistercian College Roscrea 16 St Michael’s College 16
After a gallant performance in yesterdays first round of the Leinster Senior Cup, the Senior team prepare to meet St Michaels again on next Wednesday February 8th at the same venue.
This mornings Irish Examiner reflect the feelings of many after the game; Roscrea denied after 17 minutes of injury-time.

Young Scientist Exhibition 2012

catherine.smyth@cisterciancollege.com (Catherine Smyth) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:12:27 GMT

Cistercian College students Angus Baker and Mark Dowley, pictured down on the farm at Mount St Joseph Abbey, came third in the senior group Biological and Ecological category in this year’s Young Scientist Competition. Their project title “An investigation into the treatment of lactating cows using bacteriophages versus antibiotics” involved research which was completed on the Abbey farm. The students also received an award for their project display.

Richard Hughes, Matthew Kavanagh and Richard Tynan undertook an investigation into sleep deprivation; their research was carried out on campus amongst their fellow students and was the subject of much attention from visitors and organisers at the BT Young Scientist competition. For their efforts they were highly commended by the judges in the Social and Behavioural Sciences group intermediate category.

Annual Carol Service

catherine.smyth@cisterciancollege.com (Catherine Smyth) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:09:05 GMT

The Annual Carol Service in the Abbey Church was held on Sunday 18th December 2011. Over 1200 people attended this year’s Carol Service which is now proving to be one of the highlights on the college’s calendar. Parents and friends enjoyed seasonal refreshments which were served afterwards in the college refectory to parents and friends

The Gold Medal Speech

catherine.smyth@cisterciancollege.com (Catherine Smyth) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:47:09 GMT

The Gold Medal speech took place on the 19/12/11 in The Centenary room of the College. It was adjudicated by Cathy O’Halloran from R.T.E. and two teachers from the English Department. The following sixth year students took part in the debate; Barry Nash, Michael Lyons, Shane Kelly, Paul Phelan, Sean Cody and Con Berkery.

Each speech was of a very high standard, which made adjudication very difficult. However, Shane Kelly emerged as the worthy winner speaking in favour of the motion- “We are badly served by the media which seems to have lost all objectivity”.

Victory for JCT in Schools League Final

catherine.smyth@cisterciancollege.com (Catherine Smyth) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:52:07 GMT

CCR 22 Monkstown CBC 12
On Wednesday 18th January the Junior Cup Team defeated Monkstown CBC in the Schools Leinster League Junior Final at Donnybrook. The two teams had met in Templeville Road on December 13th and a drawn game on that occasion led to the replay fixture in Donnybrook. The team captain, Daniel Lavelle, led his team to victory in an action packed and exciting game.

TY’s meet Taoiseach!

catherine.smyth@cisterciancollege.com (Catherine Smyth) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:48:01 GMT

On the 14th of December the TY’s travelled to Dublin to meet Enda Kenny. The visit was widely covered in the media. The students wore white gowns with the red collars traditionally worn at the Christmas Carol service. The main reason for the visit to Government Buildings was the launch of the TY Mini-company Christmas Carols CD. The TY’s sang ‘Joy to the World’ as the Taoiseach came out on the steps and then they were joined by Mr. Kenny in a lovely rendition of ‘Silent Night’. He posed for photographs with the four entrepreneurs. The Mini-Company would like to thank everyone for their great support and “It shows we can all stand by each other!”. Lets hope that the CD sales sky rocket as a result!!
By Peter Ennis TY

Union Gold Medal

catherine.smyth@cisterciancollege.com (Catherine Smyth) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:08:26 GMT

On Thursday 24th November 2011 Mr. Pat Hanratty, President of the PPU, presented the union gold medal for the best results
in the Junior Certificate to Matthew Kavanagh and to Richard Tynan.
Matthew and Richard both 12 A’s in their Junior Certificate.

Fiddler on the Roof 2011

catherine.smyth@cisterciancollege.com (Catherine Smyth) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:37:17 GMT

Congratulations to the cast, crew and production team on their excellent performance of ‘Fiddler on the Roof ‘ which was staged in the College Recreation Hall from Monday 21 November to Thursday 24 November 2011.

Victory for Senior and Junior Rugby Teams

catherine.smyth@cisterciancollege.com (Catherine Smyth) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:41:00 GMT

The Senior and Junior rugby teams both won their league quarter finals on Wed 30th.

The SCT had a hard fought 13-3 win away to CBC Monkstown. Second half tries from Rory Moloney and Cormac Brennan secured the victory in a spirited team performance.

The Juniors won 24-5 at home to Castleknock. Tries from Tim Foley, Alan Tynan (2) and Tim Carroll rounded off a good day for Cistercian College

Senior Hurling Victory

catherine.smyth@cisterciancollege.com (Catherine Smyth) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:30:55 GMT

Well done to the Senior Hurlers on their win over Enniscorty in the Semi Final of the Leinster Senior B hurling championship. CCR won on a scoreline of 4-7 to 1-8. Barry Nash scored 2-0 with Brian Hyland contributing 1-6. An excellent display from the goalie and the 6 backs laid the foundation for a great win. They will now go into the Final as underdogs but the battling qualities that have helped them get this far will upset any team.