For the first time in many years, we have decided to establish junior boys' and girls' handball teams this year. Ms. Carroll and Ms Casey were busy carrying out trials last June so that the boys and girls could hit the ground running come tournament time in November 2019.
On Tuesday, 19th of November, our boys and girls teams took part in the first round of the Dublin qualifiers in Gormanston, Co. Meath. The girls team played 5 matches, drawing one and narrowly losing the other matches. They started out nervously and took a bit of time to get used to the masssive court but they improved game on game and are now looking forward to the next round in January 2020.
The boys played six matches in total facing many new schools for the first time. They lost their first match narrowly to St. Damien's A. Following a nervy start, they picked up three impressive wins in a row ( against St. Vincent's A, St. Vincent's B and Kildare ETNS) before losing by a single goal to old foes, St. Attracta's. They finished their schedule with another victory against St. Damien's B. They also look forward to the final round of matches in January 2020.
