Leanne Ryan, a second year student at Nenagh College and a native of Templederry was recently awarded a Bronze medal following her participation in the World Raquetball championships in The Dominican Republic. Leanne trained almost seven days a week in the months leading up to the championships. As part of the national squad her training schedule took her to all four corners of Ireland for training in stamina, fitness and court play. Leanne continued to play with Templederry throughout this time and committed to school and club camóige teams. After a long Journey to the Dominican Republic via Paris Leanne had a few days to acclimatise to the very different weather conditions with the searing heat and different court and ball conditions. Together with her playing partner, Mary Ellen Phelan, Leanne faced the challenge of playing Canada, Ecuador, Mexico, USA and the Dominican Republic over five days. When all the points accrued from these encounters were totalled the girls finished in a very creditable 3rd place in the world, a magnificent achievement given the climatic conditions which were not such an obstacle for their opponents.The staff and students of Nenagh College acknowledged Leanne’s wonderful achievement at a specially convened school assembly upon her return.
A new Parent Council has been formed in Nenagh College following a very well attended and successful Annual General Meeting.
Ms. Rose Tully, a founder member of NPCpp (National Parent Council, Post primary) and former North Tipperary VEC member was the key note speaker. She shared her experience of Parent Council membership with the attendance has continued her work with the committee in an advisory capacity developing a new constitution for the organisation. Rose is pictured with the Principal,Mr. Kennedy and Deputy Principal, Ms. Ann Melly.
On Tuesday 8th December the annual school Talent Show was held in Nenagh College. All years in the school were represented on stage again this year and the standard of performance was very high. We would like to thank the judges on the night – Erica Flanagan, James McGrath and Natasha Sinclair. They were faced with the challenging task of awarding first second and third places. Eventually, they decided on Sarah Hickey, First Place, for I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables, Shannon Cawley, Second Place, Dancing in the Sky and Chantelle Hickey, Third Place, The Climb. Thanks to all staff and students who worked so hard to put this together. We would also like to thank Jim McLoughney who again this year suited our MC so smartly.
Last week Ms. Carey’s T.Y class had a bake sale at the Christmas concert on December 8th. We raised over 120 euro and put half of this into the T.Y. fund and used the rest to buy food for the St. Vincent de Paul appeal. On December 14th Ms. Carey gave the class four euro each to buy food. We went to Tesco at 2 o’clock and bought various types of food including cereal, sweets, biscuits, selection boxes, soups and many more. We then returned to school put the food we bought into St Vincent de Paul box in our canteen and had our picture taken.
Written by Katie Whelan & Catherine Kitson
The Christmas Shoebox Appeal is an important event for all students and staff here at Nenagh College. We would like to thank everybody who contributed to the Appeal and a special thank you to our TY Students for coordinated the collection
