September Sport in Knockskeagh 

In Knockskeagh we are proud of being recognised as an Active School and this month is proving to be as active and fun-filled as ever!!! 

Over the last few weeks, Barry O’Mahony of Warrior Martial Arts has visited our school and provides excellent Taekwondo lessons to all classes. Our pupils really love these lessons.

Finny O’Regan of Clonakilty RFC visits our school each Thursday and our pupils practice their skills and movement with smiles on their faces. 

Conan O’Donovan of Clonakilty GAA visits our school every Tuesday and provides Gaelic Football coaching to all pupils of our school. Conan helps to develop skills through fun small group games. 

We are lucky to have such dedicated coaches visit our school each year, there is certainly always fun and fitness provided during these sessions. 

Thank you Barry, Finny and Conan 🙂 

Taekwondo 

Rugby 

GAA

Corn GAA Final and Presentation

On Tuesday 22nd of June, the final of the Corn GAA Football Tournament was played.

The Corn tournament involved teams from 6th class playing against each other over the last month.

The top two teams after the group stage games were Carlow and Waterford.

The Corn Final pitted these two teams against each other. The final turned out to be a fantastic match with the result in the balance right up to the last few minutes.

The crowd in attendance was treated to an excellent game with skill, teamwork, and passion in abundance. 

In the end, it was the Carlow team including the wily management duo of Mr. Horgan and Ms. Collins that won the game.

The Waterford team managed by Mrs Canty and Mr O’Callaghan had to settle for 2nd place. However, the Waterford team can be very proud of their performance.

After the final, the Corn Cup was presented by Mr Horgan to the talented captain of the Carlow team Jerry O’Leary.

Well done to Mr. O’Meara for his organisation of the tournament and all staff who assisted in the running of the tournament over the last month.

Please see the gallery below for some pictures from a great day.

Knockskeagh Olympics Presentation

On Tuesday 22nd of June, we brought our first Knockskeagh Olympic Games to its conclusion by rewarding all participants.

Over the last two weeks, each class participated in lots of different sporting events! Each class was divided into Olympic teams and represented a particular country over the course of the two weeks!

Today we presented the gold, silver, and bronze medals to each class.

There was great excitement as the names of each of the teams were called out by our organiser and MC for the presentations Mr McCarthy.

Well done to all participants in the Olympics. Also, well done to Mr. McCarthy for his organisation of the games and to all staff who ran the particular events in each class.

Check out our gallery below which includes the podium presentation for each class.

Knockskeagh Olympics

On Tuesday 8th of June, we officially opened our Knockskeagh Olympic Games.

Each class wore their country’s colours and walked a lap of our Active Flag Walkway to great cheer and fanfare from the whole school. Even though the weather wasn’t good, it still didn’t dampen the spirits of the whole school. 

During the remainder of this week, each class will participate in lots of different sporting events! Each class is divided into Olympic teams and will represent a particular country! If a team member finishes in the top 5 in any event, they win their team points! At the end of the week, the points will be added up and the team with the most points will be crowned Olympic Champions. They will receive gold medals. Silver and Bronze medals will also be awarded for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place.

Check out our gallery below for a sample of the colour on display during our Opening Ceremony. 

Everyone will participate and have great fun, which is the most important thing!! Let the games begin !!

Active School Flag

We were recently awarded our 4 th Active School Flag. The judging panel were very
impressed with the whole-school approach and were very complimentary of the Active
Flag Committee.

A big thank you to all staff and students for the huge amount of work put into securing this award.

Thanks to 6 th class teacher Mr. Aidan McCarthy for overseeing and submitting the
application.