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Athletics


         As  usual,  we  had  a  strong  repre-
         sentation at the Sportshall Athlet-
         ics,  representing  County  Antrim.
         At U13 level, Mia Fox Gordon,  Jo-
         hanna  Thompson,  Dani  Dunlop

         and Anna Service were  all select-
         ed  and  performed  strongly.    It
         was  super  to  see  such  a  strong
         representation from one school.

         Jodie  Farquhar,  Aimee  Fleming
         and Katie Smyth were once again
         selected for the U15 team and did

         the  school  proud  with  their
         efforts across a range of running,
                                                         Football                now  in  full  preparation  for  the
         throwing and jumping events.                                            summer competitions .
                                             This  year  Girls’  Football  is  in  full
         Building  on  her  indoor  success,                                     With  the  schools  new  IFA  Silver
                                             swing!  During  Term  1,  the  girls’
         Jodie won the Central qualifier at   teams  competed  in  this  year’s   Quality Mark Award, it has recog-
         NEBSSA in the U15 Shot  Putt, and  Irish Football Associations School   nised and rewarded all the pupils,
         on  finals  day  secured  the  bronze  Futsal  Competition.  The  girls  put   both  girls  and  boys,  who  have

         medal—congratulations Jodie!        on  a  brave  and  exciting  display,   shown  their  dedication  and  com-
                                             given  for  many  it  was  their  first   mitment  to  the  school  football
         A number of Year 8 girls had their
                                             experience of indoor Futsal.        teams,  and  the  school’s  commit-
         first taste of outdoor competition                                      ment  to  the  development  and
                                             Throughout  the  year,  the  girls
         at the Antrim Forum at the begin-                                       promotion of the game at all lev-
                                             have  continued  training  and  are
         ning of May—lots of great experi-                                       els.
         ence was gained, along with some
         strong performances and person-

         al best set on the day.  This all au-
         gurs well for Sports Day!

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