Sports 2018/19 promises to be another year full of sporting highlights. Yes, there may be medals and trophies ahead. For sure there will be triumphs and tears. But undoubtedly success will be measured by the smiles on the children's faces; by the muck on the children's limbs; and by that spine-tingling moment when a child gets to wear that school jersey for the first time...now that's success.. So to our Cumann na mBunscol GAA teams; our basketball teams; our 5-a-side and Futsal soccer teams; our Olympic Handball teams; our Athletics teams; our Rounders teams we say....'A Trophy carries dust. Memories last forever..'

Bohermeen NS Girls reach Meath County Finals in FAI 5-side Soccer! History was made as the girls of Bohermeen NS qualified for the County Finals of the prestigous FAI 5-a-side competition. There was terrific drama on qualifier day as the girls held their nerve to edge out Wilkinstown on penalties to reach the final day when they were down to the last four in the county! The girls played games against Skryne, St. Annes Navan and Kilcloon. The games were extremely tight and hard-fought as Skryne NS were crowned 2019 champions on the day. We could not be prouder of our two teams who entered the competition. The following are the girls who were in action over the two days: Ally Kavanagh, Aimee Maher, Ellie Boylan, Ella-Mai Crisham Lacey, Lauren Duffy, Kate Skelton, Erin Gilsenan, Cara Brennan, Emma Smyth, Hayley Allen, Shannon Boylan, Aine Smyth, Alex London, Amy Keogan, Kacy Boyle, Sadhb Casserly, Sophie English, Rachel Kearney & Chloe Keane. Boys reach GAA Mini-7s Finals at Dunganny!

Meath Schools Cross-Country at Navan Racecourse Our school cross-country team ran in their second major cross-country event of the year - the Meath School Cross-Country at Navan racecourse. A record 51 children represented the school on March 22nd! With approaching 100 children going to the line in each race, safely negotiating the course in one piece was an outstanding achievement in itself! However our athletes went the 'extra mile' with some incredible individual performances on the day. Of course, athletics is quite rightly all about 'team' and each and every child ran their hearts out. Our 3rd class girls team were lead home by Emily O'Brien (2nd place) to take 2nd team overall while the 3rd class boys team claimed bronze as they were led home by Conn Brennan (1st). There were also top 10 finishes for Eoin Davis (2nd Class - 4th place); Tomás Proudfoot (3rd class - 8th place); Cillian Yore (5th class - 8th place); Cillian Owens (6th class - 8th place). Most importantly, every single one of our athletes finished their races in very trying conditions meaning that we were in contention in every single race. Our full team was : Eoin Davis, Patrick Monaghan, Shay Kavanagh, Harry O'Brien, Cian English, Mika Smith, Luca Cleary, Leana Coyne, Rose Yore, Emily Keogan, Niamh Fitzsimons, Ciara Clarke, Kim Allen, Neesha Lynskey, Conn Brennan, Tomás Proudfoot, Patrick Smyth, Dylan O'Meara, Patrick Travers, Aaron Reilly, Molly O'Brien, Emily O'Brien, Mia Travers, Eleanor Fallon, Orla Whelan, Chloe English, Aaron McKenna, Michael Davis, Martin Keane, Harrison O'Brien, Erica Brady, Rubi-Mae Rennicks, Eva Keogan, Cara Monaghan, Cillian Yore, Charlie O'Brien, Colin Duffy, Dean O'Meara, Sean Keogan, Emma Smyth, Chloe Keane, Rachel Kearney, Aimee Maher, Cillian Owens, Donal Rispin, Jack Flynn, Jamie Tormay, Lauren Duffy, Amy Keogan, Leah Rafferty, Sadhbh Casserly and Kate Skelton. A huge thank you to all the organisers from the various Athletics clubs around the country who gave up their time- the level of organising that goes into this event is immense...thank you all!

GAA Mini Sevens

Congratulations to the Boys Mini-7s team who played in the Meath Finals on Wednesday the 20th of March in Dunganny. The boys battled in the regional stages held at Sean Newman Park earlier this month to top the group and qualify. They were down to the last 12 schools and performed superbly on the day. A big shout out to the girls who narrowly missed out on qualifying in their regional qualifier. Olympic Handball - Day 2 at Gormanston College Our boys & girls Olympic Handball teams travelled to Gormanston College to play in round two of the Meath Olympic Handball League. Olympic Handball is a brilliant, fast-moving sport and the boys and girls once again put in huge performances against schools from around the county including Yellow Furze, Skryne, St. Pauls Ratoath, Wilkinstown, Carnaross and Robinstown. A big thank you to our 6th class children who once again led from the front in what was their last time representing the school at Olympic Handball.

Christmas GAA!! There is no stopping these hardy GAA souls with training continuing even Christmas week! No warm-weather training camps needed for these boys!! Happy (GAA) Christmas!! A huge welcome to Diarmuid Fallon who is a terrific addition to our school panel! Cross-Country at Bellewstown Racecourse Our school cross-country team recently made the annual pilgrimage to Bellewstown racecourse for the Cumann na mBunscol school's athletics. It was a day to remember as our 30-strong boys and girls teams battled the famous course and elements. With approaching 200 children going to the line in each race, safely negotiating the course in one piece was an outstanding achievement in itself! However our athletes went the 'extra mile' with some incredible individual performances on the day. Of course, athletics is quite rightly all about 'team' and each and every child ran their hearts out. Our girls U-11 team took gold! Charlie O'Brien was accidentally spiked on the line and was unable to run. His team fought bravely for him as they took bronze! No doubt Charlie will be up and running (literally!) again soon. For the record, our school team on the day was: Cilian Owens, Cillian Yore, Colin Duffy, Dean O'Meara, Kate Skelton, Amy Keogan, Sadhbh Casserly, Lauren Duffy,Leah Rafferty, Emma Smyth, Chloe Keane, Charlie O'Brien, Aaron McKenna, Michael Davis, Tomás Proudfoot, Patrick Smyth, Patrick Travers, Rhys Callan, Conn Brennan, Sophie English, Cara Brennan, Erica Brady, Rubi-Mae Rennicks, Emily O'Brien, Molly O'Brien, Mia Travers & Rachel Kearney. A huge thank you to chief organiser Niamh Ronan from Curragha N.S. - the level of organising that goes into this event is immense...thank you Niamh!

Olympic Handball A big shout out to our boys & girls Olympic Handball teams who travelled to Gormanston College on the first day after Halloween midtem (it's a hard life!!) to play in round one of the Meath Olympic Handball Blitz. Olympic Handball is a brilliant, fast-moving sport and the boys and girls put in huge performanaces against schools from around the county including Yellow Furze, Skryne, St. Pauls Ratoath, Wilkinstown and Carnaross. Looking forward to Round 2 in January already!! Our boys Captain Tadgh Murray picked up a hand injury during the games and we wish him the speediest of recoveries. FUTSAL 2018 Congratulaions to the boys and girls from 4th class who tok part in the annual 5-a-side FAI Futsal Blitz in Gormanston. The children showed some terrific skills. Maith sibh!!