St Joseph’s Secure the North Leinster Juvenile Football Title.

In a blistering final in Dunganny against Scol Dara, Kilcock our Under 14 Gaelic footballers triumphed against all the odds to secure the title. Scol Dara got a perfect start with a goal up in the first few minutes, but a series of points by Ross Nally and Ciaran Downey settled our lads into the game. Ross Nally continued to cause problems for the opposition  with a score of one goal and two points  before he retired from injury. Mid-fielder Paul Matthews scored two more points  giving our team the lead at half time. . In the second half Ciaran Downey stretch St. Joseph’s lead with an opening point, followed by another point. The final score was St. Josephs 1-9 to Scol Dara 2-2.

U 14 Gaelic Footballers Beaten in Leinster Semi Finals

St Joseph's 1-16 Enniscorthy 3-16

The Joeys u14 team made their exit from the Leinster competition at the semi final stage against a well fancied Enniscorthy tem. Our team were playing against a strong wind in the first half and Enniscorthy built up a big half time lead. The Joeys had their moments in the first half and will be regretting not making the best of their few goal chances created. Nathan Seery scored an outstanding goal midway through that first  half
The second half seen the Joeys well on top with Ciaran Downey and Nathan Seery scoring some excellent points. Despite their dominance the our lads failed to get the lead down to lower than 6 points. On three separate occasions the Joeys had goal opportunities but were unlucky to see the chances hit the woodwork. The  final chance to make it a grandstand finish came through a penalty but the excellent Downey saw his penalty superbly saved by the Enniscorthy goalkeeper. Best for the Joes were Nathan Seery, Ciaran Downey,  Jamie Kelly and Ahu O Bakhan

Junior Basketball Success

Our 1st and 2nd year Basketball teams had their first match in the North East League against De La Salle College from Dundalk.  Both games presented a challenge as many of the players in 1st year are beginners in the sport.  However, the scores went our way and both teams triumphed.  Our 1st years won with a score of 25 - 10 while our 2nd years won with a score of 30 - 6.

The Junior Boys’ Rugby Team in Semi-Final of the Leinster Boys Junior Development Cup

The Junior boys’ rugby team won their match on Friday 27th  January beating Moyne CS from Longford 28 - 0.The team is starting to play really well and the hard work at training is paying off. The juniors are now in the semi-final of the Leinster Boys Junior Development Cup which will hopefully be playing after midterm. Tries on the day were from Paraic Cotter, Liam McMahon, Mark Rogers & Paraic Mongey, while Adam Brodigan scored two penalites and converted one of the tries. Man of the Match was Paraic Mongey

Sixth Year is Louth Colleges Allstar
in Gaelic Football

Congratulations to Leo McGrane, Sixth Year who is Louth Colleges Allstar in Gaelic Football. He won the title which is sponsored by DKIT. Other nominations from St. Joseph's were Barry McQuaile and Keith Boylan, also from Sixth Year.

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Our Athletes Visit Amsterdam

Twenty eight of our athletes visited Amsterdam for four days in mid November in which they visited Stella College.
The highlight of the trip was competing in an Athletics tournament in Duffel, a small town in the Flanders Region north of Brussels, and ran in four races and performed very well. Aaron Hanlon finished second overall in the event in the U17 event, with Aonghus meehan, Mark Rogers, Sean Hodgins and Jamie Dyas competing well to allow our squad to finish second out of ten teams. Meanwhile the U15's came in fourth our of twelve teams competing with Paul McArdle, Shaun Bannon, Paul Matthews and Ross Berkery leading the team for St. Joseph's.
The team are now looking forward to the CBS Cross Country event at the end of November, as well as the Johnny McKenna Christmas Run.
Meanwhile on October 21st our School hosted the 25th Inter Schools Athletics tournament. The highlight of the day was the presentation made to Mr. Mooney, former Deputy Principal, and former coach to the squad. Our picture above shows Mr Mooney receiving his presentation.