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Paul “The Falcon” Foley captained. He started the day off strong, beating his opponent 30-9 , paving the way for his teammates. Next up was Noble “The Annihilator” George also winning his game 30-9, his experience in previous finals showed as he took on his opponent.

Carl “The Crusher” Pamplona was anxious to hit the court and put Ardscoil in a prime position to take the trophy home.

To seal the deal was Gavin “The Guns” Dooley winning a hard fought game, allowing Ardscoil to claim the title.

Michael “The Rocket” Bannon unfortunately didn’t get to showcase his skills today, yet he played a key part in the teams previous games to put them in this position.

A huge thanks to the team’s mentor Mr McGowne who put a lot of time into the team this year organising fixtures and training. His skills as a coach ( despite being too modest) allowed for Ardscoil Rís to take the title home.

We hope to see as much success in the Leinsters. 

Reported by Eoin Burke

There will be plenty of opportunities to improve over the next few months and years in Ardscoil Rís with our well established Badminton teams.

Under 17s Footballers played on Friday 6th January.

Ardscoil Rís Under 17s football took on St.Aidans on the Gerry O’Brien pitch last Friday. This U17s football match started with St. Aidans opened the scores with a point before Ardscoil Rís put their first score in with a goal from O. Fennelly.

Ardscoil took the lead of the match early on as A. Matthews put two goals in, once Ardscoil established their lead they remained on top for the rest of the game with the first half coming to a close at a score line of 5-10 to 0-7.

Ardscoil Rís remained dominant in the second half with Andrew Matthews bagging his third goal to complete his hat trick.

The game ended with a strong Ardscoil win of 7-16 to 0-14.

1st Year Footballers played on Wednesday 11th January (played in thirds).

St. Aidans started strong with 3 points in quick succession but Ardscoil Rís replied quickly with 2 goals and 2 points. They largely dominated the first third.

First third score Ardscoil 3-3 Aidans 1-4

St. Aidans got the first score of the second third but once again Ardscoil Rís had a quick reply scoring 3 points in a row.

Second third score Ardscoil 5-6 Aidans 1-5

Once again St. Aidans started strongly, scoring 2 points in quick succession. Ardscoil Rís slowly started to gain control, scoring 2 goals and a point in a matter of minutes.

Congratulations to all involved, best player for Ardscoil was G. Spring.

Final score Ard scoil 7-8 Aidans 3-7

The game started slowly, with the wind making scoring difficult for both sides, leaving the score at 4 points to 2 in Ardscoil’s favour after 15 minutes. Benildus were looking strong, and by half time they led 0-6 to 0-5. This was with a crossfield wind at their back however, and once the teams switched around Ardscoil were able to reply with a flurry of points, giving themselves a strong lead.

The opposition were not going to give up despite this, and a goal and a point in quick succession put the teams back level. Our team struck back quickly after this, with C. Stacey scoring a crucial goal to widen the lead again. The team finished the game strongly by scoring several points before C. Cummins capped off the game by finishing a late chance for a goal.

This left the final scoreline as a comfortable six point win.

We wish the best of luck to the team as they move on to play Colaiste Naomh Chormac, Co. Offaly next week.

Reported by Aidan Tancred and Finn Daly