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Hazelwood College Capture Two All Ireland Titles in Two Days!!

Hazelwood College Capture Two All Ireland Titles in Two Days!!

Hazelwood College …………………………………………………………………………………………. 5-15

St Pauls, Kilrea …………………………………………………………………………………………………0-0

It was an extremely busy week in Hazelwood College in the lead up to the two biggest games in the school sports calendar.  Saturday morning the Junior Camogie team had an early start to reach their final destination, Ratoath, Co Meath to attempt to overcome the Ulster Champions, St Pauls, Kilrea Co Derry in the schools first ever camogie All Ireland final. 

The game started at a very high tempo, Aideen O Flynn won the throw-in and gave a perfect pass to Katie Dillane who easily popped it over the bar. This was the start Hazelwood needed to diminish all nerves and anxiety that had built up so they could get on with the game. Well taken points were contributed by each of the forwards.  In the first ten minutes Hazelwood had scored 1-6 and continued to play as if their lives depended on it. The back line of Joanne Murray, Sarah O’ Sullivan, Caroline Watson, Loretta Hanley and Katie O’ Sullivan were simply majestic in defence and did not allow the sliotar even touch our goalkeeper, Amy Ryan’s hands throughout the first half.  Niamh O’ Brien was sensational throughout the entire game both in defence and attack scoring 1-2 throughout the game. As half time approached the scoreline read 3-11 to no score. 

Despite the aches and pains of the first half, Hazelwood started the second half with the same intensity. However St Pauls were prepared for each attack and again began to use their physical strength to try and salvage the game.  But the defensive lines were not going to concede any score easily.  Attack after attack was set up by the Hazelwood forwards and they were unlucky not to score more in the second half. 

Each of the inside forward line, centre forward line and mid field scored throughout the game.  It was the best team performance the Junior Hazelwood College camogie team had displayed all year. The intensity that each girl showed throughout the game would have made it impossible for most teams in the country to beat them! When the final whistle sounded there was unbelievable excitement! As Máire Flanagan lifted the First Ever All Ireland Title the school has received huge emotion was present on all members of the team. It was great to see many supporters greet the team from the bus in Dromcollogher, giving them the recognition they deserve.

The team would like to thank the huge amount of supporters, parents, teachers and friends that travelled to Ratoath on Saturday and to all previous games during the year!  Special thanks to Eddie Prunty who was the fasted first aid person ever seen on any GAA pitch! Gary Hanley, Paudie Walsh, Andrew Lenihan for helping out on the day also.   

Panel: Amy Ryan (Newtown); Katie O Sullivan (Feenagh-Kilmeedy); Caroline Watson (Milford); Loretta Hanley (Feenagh-Kilmeedy); Sarah O Sullivan (Feenagh-Kilmeedy); Niamh O Brien (Milford); Joanne Murray (Killeedy); Aideen O Flynn (Milford); Máire Flanagan Captain (Milford); Kallie Hodgson (Milford); Aisling O Brien (Knockaderry); Niamh Cagney (Ballagran); Sarah Moloney (Newtown) Becky Ryan (Newtown); Katie Dillane (Milford) Grainne Sheehy (Milford); Katie Coughlan (Newtown); Ciara Fitzgibbon (Milford); Breda Larkin (Killeedy); Helen Bradley (Milford); Kara Clifford (Newtown); Gemma Barrett (Killeedy); Aine O Sullivan (Newtown); Norma Kiely (Dromcollogher); Orla Cunnigham (Killeedy); Emer Cunnigham (Killeedy); Katie O Leary

 

Winners Times Three

A success filled weekend for the students of Hazelwood College.

Both the Junior Camogie and Senior Hurlers won their All-Ireland Finals and CJ Fitzpatrick took his 19th All-Ireland Handball Medal this time at under 21 Level.

More details on all games to follow.

Three All Ireland Finals This Weekend for Hazelwood College

A busy weekend ahead for Hazelwood College with students involved in two sporting All Ireland Finals and one Academic All Ireland Final.

The girls are involved in the Junior Camogie All-Ireland final on Saturday 28th March.

Throw in  12.30pm – Rathoath Co. Meath – Versus –  St Pauls Kilrea Coleraine Co. Derry

The boys are involved in Senior Hurling VEC Schools All Ireland final on Sunday 29th March.

Throw in 2pm – Emily Co. Tipperary- Versus –  Duiske Community College, Kilkenny

Two students Darren Kiely Leaving Certificate 2008 and Paddy Sheehy Junior Certificate 2008 have been shortlisted to the final 20 best woodwork projects in the State Exams by the Technology Teachers of Ireland Association.

The final will take place at the Carlton Shearwater Hotel Ballinsaloe on Saturday 28th 2pm

 

Junior Cert project by Paddy Sheehy

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Leaving Certificate project by Darren Kiely

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Hazelwood College Launches New Website

<h2>Hazelwood College Launches New Website</h2>

With the help of Poziteeve Design NewcastleWest, Hazelwood College has redesigned its website www.hazelc.ie

The new colour scheme of the website reflects our location on the Limerick Cork border and uses a colour pallete based and the counties flags of green / white and red / white. It also incoporates the Hazelwood theme from which the school gets its name. The Irish place name for Dromcollogher – DromCollchaille – means the ridge of the hazelwood.

The new site gives easier access to news reports and archive data from the school. The archive data extends back over four years, giving insight into the day to day running of the school. All information can be searched for by category or by date. For example clicking the category sports will give all the sports news added in the past four years.

Enrolment for new students is now easier to find and access than before.

If you want more information on Poziteeve Design please follow www.poziteeve.com

2009 Six Nations Rugby for Hazelwood Teacher

VEC Teachers play a starring role in 2009 Six Nations Rugby Championship

Two Co. Limerick Teachers, Jeannette Feighery, Colaiste Mhuire, Askeaton and Louise Beamish, Hazelwood College Dromcollogher, recently represented their Country in the 2009 Six Nations Rugby Championship. 
Jeannette who has been capped for Ireland 19 times, was the top try scorer for Ireland in the 2006 World Cup. She plays rugby with her club, UL Bohemians RFC and Munster and has three All-Ireland League titles with UL Bohs, one interprovincial with Munster, one Intervarsity and League with UL, and has participated in the Six nations 2007 and European Championships 2008. Louise Beamish, who also plays with her club, UL Bohs and Munster, has been involved in the six nations for the past eight years. She is the proud holder of 38 caps for Ireland and has played in 2 world cups, 2 European Championships and one European Sevens Tournament. 

There is a very strong tradition of rugby in Limerick and Munster and it is no great surprise that such great players emerge from a province and County immersed in sport. We congratulate Jeannette and Louise on their outstanding achievements to date and look forward with the knowledge that they will indeed be leading lights for some time to come in the field of rugby in Limerick, Munster and indeed Internationally.

 

 

J.P. McManus Scholarships Awards

JP McManus Scholarships for Castletroy College and Hazelwood College

 

J.P. McManus Scholarships Awards

 
 
 
 
Students in County Limerick have been awarded third level scholarships as part of a new €30 million scheme sponsored by JP McManus, at an awards ceremony last Saturday in the University Concert Hall.  Declan Mills from Castletroy College and Sarah Curtin from Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher, were among the 118 recipients from all over Ireland.  The scheme will provide financial assistance to many top performing students who completed their Leaving Certificate in 2008 and students were presented with certificates by the Minister for Education & Science, Batt O’Keeffe

Mr.McManus has contributed €30 million to fund the provision of these scholarships each year and it is estimated that over 1,300 students from the 32 counties will benefit from the scheme over its duration.

Scholarships are awarded to the top performing students in each county who attend any recognised non fee-paying post-primary school and is subject to a means test. A minimum of two scholarships are offered in each county.

Mr McManus said that he “would like to congratulate the 2008 winners for their tremendous hard work and achievement”.

CSPE Trip Report

 

On Monday the 27th of February last, a C.S.P.E class from Hazelwood College ventured into Limerick City for an educational experience in the Limerick Circuit Court. The class had an early start to reach the court at around 10 o’clock. It was a great experience at the courts for everyone. We were all able to see how the Law works in our country. We were present for two cases and we personally felt sorry for the criminals in these courts as the judge was quite heavy on the sentences. However the Barristers really impressed us with their persuasive skills. We would urge anyone to just drop in and view a court case, although a ring in advance to the reception in the circuit court would be advisable. We really enjoyed our day and we learned so much. We would like to thank the Circuit Court for having us and Mrs Garrihy our class teacher.
 
 
Celia Cremin and Marcella Moloney – 3rd year C.S.P.E students

Hazelwood “Builds A Bank”

 

Hazelwood “Builds A Bank”
As a part of our transition year programme, students had the opportunity to get involved in The AIB “Build A Bank” Challenge. Interviews were held last October and out of the people interviewed six were chosen for the different positions in bank including Branch manager and Tellers. As a part of the competition we attended the regional final which was held in the Radisson SAS, Galway last Tuesday the 3rd   of March. Competing schools from Galway and Limerick also attended. Unfortunately we did not progress to the National Finals but it was a great day out and a great opportunity to get involved in.
Written by Paudie Walsh – Transition Year

Debating is alive and kicking in Hazelwood College!

Part of the Transition Year 08/09 Updates

Debating is alive and kicking in Hazelwood College!
Confidence in oneself is what most people aspire to gain throughout their lifetime, and in Hazelwood College we witness young students blossom into confident young adults through the medium of public speaking and debating. We are proud of our healthy debating culture which is both admired and respected by both the staff and the student community. Last year brought outstanding success to Hazelwood when our VEC Debating team brought the Jim Mc Carthy Perpetual Trophy home after coveting the success of winning the final of the County Limerick VEC Debating Final. Our “Concern” Debating team also coveted outstanding success when they were a hare’s breath away of securing a quarter final place in the National final!
This year’s Concern Debating team are following the trend of previous years by defeating CBS Charleville with the motion “Genetically Modified Food is essential in the fight against World Hunger”. The next challenge was when Hazelwood met The Patrician Academy, Mallow with the motion “The Bebo Generation Cares Little for the Developing World”.
Once a student catches the “debating bug” they soon learn that it is much more than just meeting a team and refuting facts. All students involved in debating are in fact preparing themselves for 25% of the Leaving Cert English exam. What better way to study essay writing!
Heather Coffey a senior student in Hazelwood shares her experiences of debating:
“Starting out in third year and the last thing you expect happens! You become second speaker in the VEC debating team! I was never one for sports and the fact I could be involved in an extra curricular activity was a great achievement in my opinion! In the beginning I attended a debating meeting as I was interested in it due to the previous years debaters saying their speechs during our classes! The competition was high as loads of students applied and i was surprised to be picked as one of the four!
Little did i know 7months after this achievement we would have won the VEC competition!
This year I was part of the Concern debating team as the captain! We first went against Charville CBS and successfully beat them 3/0 this was a great success, then we went against Patrician Academy 2/0 which was a very difficult debate on the bebo generation cares little for the developing world. In the second term we changed captains and Donal O Callaghan took over. Unfortunately we were narrowly beaten by Colaiste Mhuire Buttervant who were a more experienced team! We then managed to get into the knock out phase where we yet again were beaten by Mercy Mount Hawk who just about succeeded in defeating the motion! This was a very sad and difficult night for the team as we had thought we had the victory in the bag but unfortunately we were wrong! This did not slow us down as we are now sending in our application to the legal debating society in Griffiths College and hopefully we will be heading up to Dublin in the end of March!
Debating is a great experience, it helps you to become more confident and it truely helps you speech! I would recommend it to all Junior and Senior students!

Semi Final Camogie Match Report

Great excitement as Hazelwood College reach their first Camogie All-Ireland Final

Dromcollogher was the venue on Saturday last for the All Ireland Semi-Final clash between Hazelwood College and St. Brendan’s, Birr Co. Offaly.
Despite the wind and rain the girls from Hazelwood hurled as if their lives depended on it! The score-line does not reflect the intensity which existed throughout the sixty minute game. Despite having much of the possession for the first ten minutes Hazelwood were unable to break through Birr’s tough defensive lines.
Sarah Moloney opened the scoring with a well taken point and shortly after caused the white flag to be raised again. Niamh Cagney then found the back of the net with a rasper of a shot which the Birr keeper had no chance of stopping. Niamh continued her scoring spree with two well taken points.
Sarah Moloney had the game of her life finding the net after twenty minutes, also scoring from both placed ball and general play throughout the game.
Becky Ryan added to Birr’s misery sending over a fabulous long distance point. The back line of Joanne Murray, Sarah O’ Sullivan, Caroline Watson, Loretta Hanley and Katie O’ Sullivan were simply majestic in defence and did not allow the sliotar even touch our goalkeeper, Amy Ryan’s hands throughout the first half.
Niamh O’ Brien was sensational throughout the entire game both in defence and attack. She finished the half adding a point to the score-line from a 45. The halftime score-line read 2-7 to 0-0 in favour of Hazelwood College.
Birr emerged a different team from the dressing room, trying everything to break the Hazelwood defence, however the Hazelwood defence did not succumb to the more physical approach adopted by Birr at the start of the second half. Máire Flanagan and Aideen O’ Flynn covered every blade of grass throughout the game. Kallie Hodgson was a constant thorn in the side of Birr’s defence, weaving and wriggling way from each back that attempted to mark her.
Katie Dillane and Aisling O’ Brien delivered fast and furious ball into the goalmouth and both were very unfortunate on several occasions not to find the back of the net.
The introduction of new players worked extremely well and had the desired effect of diminishing Birr’s dream of reaching an All-Ireland final. Within minutes of joining the field of play, Grainne Sheehy had her name on the score board. Niamh Cagney again found the back of the net in the second half, bringing Hazelwood’s final score to 3-9.
The camogie played on Saturday last was of an exceptional high standard. No matter what Birr tried they simply could not cope with the skill and determination of the Hazelwood College team.
Saturday 28th March is the date for the All-Ireland Final versus St. Pauls, Kilroy, Derry. Despite this great wind each of the players knows that no silver wear has been won yet and the commitment and intensity at training in the past few weeks will have to continue in order to capture this All-Ireland title.
Special thanks to Dromcollogher/Broadford GAA for the use of their field.
Well done to all involved

Panel:
Marie Flanagan – Captain (Milford); Joanne Murray – V captain (Kileedy), Aisling O Brien (Knockaderry), Niamh O Brien, Aideen O Flynn, Katie Dillane, Ciara Fitzgibbon, Helen Bradley, Grainne Sheehy, Kallie Hodgson, Caroline Watson (Milford) ; Gemma Barrett, Orla and Emer Cunnigham (Kileedy); Sarah O Sullivan, Loretta Hanley, Katie O Sullivan (Feenagh- Kilmeedy); Niamh Cagney (Ballyagran); Sarah Moloney, Becky Ryan, Kara Clifford, Amy Ryan, Katie Coughlan, Aine O Sullivan (Newtownshandrum); Norma Kiely (Dromcollogher)