Girls' Sport Round Up

The most recent netball results have been great, with the minors beating Blackwater IC 25:0 and the juniors 16:12. In the junior section of the NI Integrated Colleges' Netball competition,Ulidia IC defeated Shimna 17:15. In Cross Country, the minor girls team were victorious in the NI Integrated Schools' Cross Country Championships, making a clean sweep of the top places: Clarissa Murphy won convincingly, Shannon McKibben was second and Fiadhnait Brady third and Lauren Sloan came in sixth. Other members of the winning team were Georgia Reid, Emman Addis, Claire Murphy, Hannah Croman, Niamh Rea and Chloe Parke. In the Intermediate section, Joanne Mills defended her title successfully for the fifth year's. Hannah and Rebecca Stevens were seventh and eighth in the race and the team won the Intermediate trophy. The junior team were fifth overall with Rebecca Horrox placed ninth a year young for this age group,and Julia Martin was placed twelfth. Other team members were Erin White, Iana Rodgers, Autumn Jennings, Darlee Booth and Sarah Dorman. It's great to see Shimna so well represented across the age groups.

Boys' Soccer RoundUp

In the Under 15 South Down League, Shimna has recorded two wins out of two, beating dromore 3-1 and league favourites Banbridge High 2-0. In the Under 13 league we have not fared so well, losing our first two games, despite putting up a courageous show. The Under 12 team in the very capable hands of former Athletico Madrid player Don Miguel has won one game and lost one in their first two games in the North Down League.

Year 8s Launch their Rugby Career

Year 8s will be practising on Thursdays from now on, taking advantage of the opportunity to benefit from Charlie Knox as coach, a great opportunity.

Joanne Goes to Liverpool

Joanne Mills has been selected to represent Northern Ireland at the UK Cross challenge event in Liverpool, a well deserved honour.

Soria - the full story

As part of the college's continuing links with the Antonio Machado School in Soria, Spain and the IAAF Pursuit Cross Country race, our Head of PE, Rory Friel, made the journey over to Soria at the end of November. Whilst there he met up with the students, staff and principal of the college, further strengthening our links. He also taught two classes of Physical Education to the senior students, which they thoroughly enjoyed.

At the cross country race, Rory was presented with a specially inscribed plaque in recognition of Shimna's links to and participation in the cross country race in Soria. He was then interviewed live on Spanish TV on the main channel which was broadcasting the senior men's race across Spain. So, millions of Spanish people got to know about Shimna Integrated College and its international link with Spain.