Senior Camogie News

Hazelwood College Munster Senior Camogie team who defeated Scariff Community School, Clare, on a scoreline of 5-6 to 4-4. Hazelwood’s victory in this quarter final has secured them a position in the Munster Senior Camogie Semi-Final. Pictured are back row (left to right): Ms Julie Corkery, Shauna Cunningham, Orlaith Hennessey, Catlin O’Connor, Sarah McDermott, Ashing Enright. Abby McDermott, Megan Nolan Sarah sheehan Íde Collins, Emma Enright. Anna Walmsley, Katie Carroll, Sinead O’Donnell, Valarie Shanahan and Coach Danny Corkery. Front row (left to right) Holly Hennessy Íde Cunningham, Ashing Cunningham, Chloe O’Brien, Aoife McMahon, Niamh O’Brien, Laura Stack and Aoife Murray. Missing from picture Mary Kate Fehin, Ave Mullane.
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7’s Hurling News

First Year victorious Hurlers from the 7’s Hurling Hazelwood College Competition, which was held in association with the GAA and Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board. Pictured are (back row, left to right) Robert McCarthy, Ciaran O’Sullivan, Jamie Reidy and Stephen Long. Front row (left to right) Kevin Normoyle, Ryan Reidy and Ian Foley.

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Picture 2: First Year hurlers who participated in the 7’s Competition recently held in Hazelwood College. Pictured are (back row, left to right) Ciaren Lenihan, Thomas Curran, Kenny Lynch and Edward Brennan. Front row (left to right) Eoghan O’Gorman, Jack Condon and Thomas Sheehan.

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Picture 3: First Year hurlers who participated in the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board sponsored 7’s Hurling Competition. Pictured are (back row, left to right) Iain Kelly, Mark Kelly, Jack Shanahan and Shane O’Riordan. Front row (left to right) Darragh Reidy, Adam Cotter, Cian Nash and Darren Fehan.

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Picture 4: Hazelwood College first year students who participated in the Limerick and Clare sponsored GAA 7’s Hurling Competition recently. Pictured are (back row, left to right) Pat Curtin, Fionn McCarthy, Mark Buckley and David O’Riordan. Front row (left to right) Conor Heenan, Eamon O’Kelly, Seamus O’Donnell and Stephen O’Flynn.

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U-19 Soccer News

Hazelwood College’s U19 soccer team which drew 2-2 with Desmond College in the Munster Schools’ U19 Soccer League. Pictured are back row (left to right) Mr Dan Sheahan, William Quaid, Nigel O’Callaghan, James Molyneaux, Sean Kelly, Donal Molyneaux, Andy Quaid, Cameron O’Flynn, Darragh Lane, Timmy Larkin, Dylan Daly and Jack Roche. Front row (left to right) Darragh Lynch Linehan, Adam Sheahan, Connor McCarthy, Sean Madigan, Eoin Enright and Jack Pearse.

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Senior Munster Camogie

Hazelwood College: 4-13
Our Lady’s Secondary School, Templemore: 0-1

Only one thing comes to mind to describe the recent performance of the Hazelwood College Senior Camogie team in the Munster Camogie Championship League. Magnificent.

On a bleak Tuesday morning the ladies of Hazelwood College set out for Tipperary in their upcoming match against Templemore. Upon arriving at the destination, they were greeted with a biting wind and a blanket of grey clouds looming in the sky overhead. The ladies however, endured the cold with a steely determination and did not let it distract them from what they were their to do, which was win.

Victory was predicted to be in the hands of Hazelwood College within the first five minutes of the match when Aoife Murray scored the first of what would be many goals for the team. This goal was the catalyst that Hazelwood College needed in order to give them the courage to work harder and push the boundaries, if possible, even more. The results were satisfactory as within the next fifteen minutes of the game, Ide Cunningham scored not one, but four points for the team and secured them the upper hand in the match.

And so the first half came and went. The girls of Hazelwood college were tired and both the team and spectators alike wondered if they would perform just as well in the second half of the game or would Templemore make a comeback. Our wondering was laid to rest as Hazelwood College played just as well, if not better, with Chloe O Brian scoring the team a goal that was followed by Sarah MacDermott who finished with burying a goal in the bottom left corner of Templemores’ net. The whistle blew and Hazelwood had won 4-13 to 0-1

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Hazelwood College’s Senior Munster Championship Camogie team are pictured after their comprehensive win over Our Lady’s Secondary School. Templemore. Back row (left to right) Abby McDermott, Sarah McDermott, Sarah Sheehan, Shauna Cunningham, Aisling Enright, Brid Flanagan, Íde Cunningham, Megan Nolan, Aisling Cunningham, Ava Mullane and Mary Kate Fehin. Front row (left to right): Sinead O’Donnell, Anna Walmsley, Katie O’Carroll, Niamh O’Brien, Aoife McMahon, Chloe O’Brien, Aoife Murray and Caitlín O’Connor

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G.A.A. News

Hazelwood College student Jamie O’Connor is pictured being congratulated by his Hazelwood College coach Mr Danny Sheahan (left) and Hazelwood College Head of Sport, Mr Conor Murphy (right) after he was part of the County Cork U14 team that recently won the U14 All-Ireland Hurling Final. Jamie is pictured with his All-Ireland medal.

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Hazelwood College student Colin O’Brien is pictured being congratulated by his Hazelwood College Mr Matt Finn after he was part of the Cork U16 team that recently won the U16 All-Ireland Final.

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Videos:How the medal was won & Medal Ceremony

In case you missed all the action in the Discuss Final here are some of the highlights from Noelle’s great day in Rio.

Noelle was drawn to throw second in the opening round and set a strong marker for the rest of the field setting a new Paralympic record of 31.71m. But her main challenger to the title Mi Na had her own marker to set, breaking the world record with her opening throw.

The atmosphere in the stadium built over the four following rounds as the largest crowd to date in the Paralympics cheered on Brazilian Shirlene Coelho who was in second place between Noelle and Mi Na. The final round of throws was a nail biting affair as Noelle was under pressure to stay ahead of the Canadian Renne Danielle Foessel who was throwing very consistently and had beaten/run very close to Noelle in every round bar the crucial opening round. If she beat Noelle’s record throw of 31.71m then Noelle would have to throw better again to keep her hands on the Bronze. Here is the video from that crucial final set of throws.

Noelle’s level of maturity on the field was only surpassed by her maturity in the media centre afterwards. Not many 16 year olds would perform as well as Noelle did in front of the worlds media.

Unfortunately the live TV coverage ended before the medal ceremony took place. Fortunately though the Paralympics Committee have an excellent Youtube Channel. Here is the medal ceremony that we all missed:

Congratulations Noelle

Hugh congratulations to Noelle Lenihan on her excellent bronze medal performance in tonight’s Paralympic Discus Final.

Her best attempt was her opening throw which reached a mark of 31.71 metres, enough for third place. That in itself was a Paralympic record at that point of the competition. Noelle then saw China’s Mi Na break the world record that the Noelle had set in June 2016 in Lausanne. Na won with a record throw of 37.60 metres, which like Noelle’s best throw, was also her first of the night. Silver went to Shirlene Coelho of Brazil.

Our best wishes and congratulations to Noelle and all her family on their success.

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“Throw me to the wolves and I’ll return leading the pack.”

…More to follow…

Going for Gold – Rio 2016

Hazelwood College student Noelle Lenihan will tonight grace the world stage at the Opening Ceremony of the IPC Paralympics in Rio, Brazil. At 17 years old, Hazelwood College’s Noelle Lenihan is one of Ireland’s youngest athletes and has been named by the International Paralymic Committee as ‘One to Watch’. Noelle won silver at the 2015 World Championships and gold in this year’s European Championships. Having already twice broken the world record in the F38 Discuss, Noelle is first in the world rankings and one of our best medal prospects.

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Everyone at Hazelwood College wishes her the best in this years Paralympics and (no pressure!) we can’t wait to see her win the medal on the 17th of September in the Dicuss (F38)


Here is Noelle’s Profile from the International Paralymics website:

LENIHAN Noelle
Sport Athletics
NPC Ireland   
Gender Women
Age 16
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up para-athletics in Charleville, Ireland.
Why this sport?
Her father trained as an athletics coach so that he could train her.
Club / Team
North Cork Athletics Club: Ireland
Name of coach
Dave Sweeney [national]; Jim Lenihan [father]
Senior International Debut
Year
2015
Competing for
Ireland
Tournament
Grand Prix
Location
Berlin, GER
General Interest
Sporting philosophy / motto
“Throw me to the wolves and I’ll return leading the pack.” (Instagram profile, 09 Sep 2015)
Awards and honours
She received the Achievement Award at the 2015 Munster Star Awards in Ireland. (corkathletics.org, 2016)

She was named the Sportswoman of the Month for October 2015 by Cork City Sports in Ireland. (irishtimes.com, 12 Nov 2015)

Famous relatives
Her sisters Megan and Eimear have both competed in athletics at national level. (hazelc.ie, 20 May 2014)
Ambitions
To win a medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (the42.ie, 26 Mar 2016)
Competition Highlights (historical)
World Championships
Rank Year Event Result
2 2015 Discus Throw F38 31.64
European Championships
Rank Year Event Result
1 2016 Discus Throw F38 32.14

Watch the Paralympics Live on RTE, Channel 4, Setanta Go and through the official live channels on Youtube …here…

New World Record for Noelle

Hazelwood College student and member of the Ireland National Paralympics team Noelle Lenihan, set a new world record on her way to winning gold at this years IPC European Championships taking place currently in Grosseto, Italy.

Here is Noelle setting a new world record with her throw in the championships.

Women’s discus throw F38 | Victory Ceremony | 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships Grosseto

Here’s how NewsTalk 103-106FM reported on her success:

Cork’s Noelle Lenihan has added to Ireland’s medal collection at the IPC Athletics European Championships on Sunday evening, when she secured a gold medal and set a new World Record in the F38 Discus final.

Noelle set the new World Record on her very first attempt, when she threw a whopping 32.14m – a throw that put her straight to the top of the table and eventually won her the gold medal.

Speaking about the fantastic performance, National Throws Coach Dave Sweeney said: “She did great, and we’re really happy. She was very controlled, and to be honest, she has been throwing further than that the last few days in training so she’s a little bit disappointed that she didn’t throw further today! There was a tricky wind, which blew a lot of the discs down so it was a fantastic for her to throw so well in those conditions.

“This is a really big step in her career – to break a World Record and win a European Championships in one go and to then be a little bit unhappy with the performance is the sign of a good mindset and a sign of more exciting things to come in Rio!

“She will come away from today having learned a lot, she had very good competition there so she was pushed to the very end and we’re delighted for her.”

This was Ireland’s second medal of the Championships, following on from Deirdre Mongan’s bronze medal on Day One on Saturday in the F53/54 Shot Put final.

Lidl All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Winners

We are delighted to hear that Hazelwood College has won the Lidl All-Ireland Post Primary Schools store competition in the Charleville Lidl store.

As part of the prize the school Ladies Football Team will shortly receive the following:

  • A full set of team Jerseys + substitutes (25)
  • 10 training footballs
  • Stirrup Pump
  • Chin Piece Water Bottles + Holders X24 Bottles
  • Full Sized Kit Bag
  • Training Cones Sets
  • Training Bibs X2 sets (Different Colours)

Thank you to all of the families and friends of Hazelwood College who took the time to vote for us in the Charleville Lidl Store.

A prize-giving will take place during the month of May where the school will be presented with the kit and equipment.


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