St. Ailbe's Secondary School, Tipperary, has had an amazing run of success in recent weeks on the playing fields and courts around Munster and further afield, in what has been an incredibly busy time for sport in the school.
Pride of place goes to second year student Neasa Moloney, who was selected for the Irish schools cross country team and duly delivered a silver medal performance at the SIAB International Championships in Wales recently.
This is a fantastic achievement for an emerging, local Tipperary talent. Neasa has been performing at a consistently high level, and this is a reward for a very dedicated athlete.
The St. Ailbe's Junior girls' basketballers also experienced tremendous success recently in winning the south-eastern regional final.
Along with the first and second year team qualifying for the All-Ireland playoffs, Basketball for both girls and boys is going from strength to strength in St. Ailbe's, due to the hard work that is put in on a daily and weekly basis.
In addition to the basketball success, the boys U.15 rugby team has qualified for the semi-finals of the Munster Cleary Cup competition. They are due to play St. John the Baptist school in this clash shortly after the Easter holidays.
The U.14 boys team had the distinction of playing in Thomond Park recently, a memory that will always stay with them. Furthermore, in Ladies football, the St. Ailbe's senior and minor teams have reached their respective Munster finals, to be played in the coming week. Both teams are backboned with a healthy sprinkling of inter county players and are hopeful of further success.
Outside of school, St. Ailbe's students have also been featured a lot on representative teams recently. Mollie Moore, Lily Mai Collins and Megan Noonan were on the U.18 Garryowen rugby team that won the Munster Plate in Tralee recently, while Mia McCormack and Emma O’Shea represented Tipperary with the U.16 footballers. Third year students Billy Magner, Ryan Devitt and Paddy Cavanagh are performing very well with the Tipp U.16 footballers, while first and second year students Pat and Jack O'Dwyer, Joe O'Brien and Shane Leonard have been selected on the West U.14 panel.
Finally, third year student Sarah Ryan, a recent recipient of the prestigious Annerville Award, featured in this year’s St. Patrick’s Day 'Parade of Champions', further recognition for this student's marvellous talent. Well done to all the students and staff of St. Ailbe's on their commitment and dedication.
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