Another year of PBC tennis comes to a close with the final competition, the Munster Finals, on the 17th May in Rushbrooke Tennis Courts.

PBC was represented by two teams, as the U19 Cup and U14 Shield teams were knocked out earlier in the season.

We started the day with the U16 Cup team of Johnny Fitzgerald, Tommy Fitzgerald, James O’Regan, Colman Shanley and Conor Keigher. They defeated Christians 3-2 in a series of very tight games, adding this trophy to their U14 Cup from last year. The final two matches needed a Championship Tie-Break set to separate the teams, but thankfully we came out on top in the end! This is a particularly impressive win, given that the whole team will be eligible to compete U16 again next year!

The next team up was U14 Cup team of David Nolan, Jack O’Mahony, Matt Connolly and Oscar Manning. Unfortunately, it didn’t go our way and we lost 3-0.

Well done to all athletes, and a big thank you to parents for all their support and help with transport throughout the season.

The South Munster Schools’ Championships took place over the last two weekends in the Mardyke Arena, UCC. PBC athletes came out in force with almost 20 athletes competing in a wide range of events.

Saturday 6th of May was our first day on track with Pres taking home two medals. First year student Callum Harrington started us off with a silver in the Minor Boys long jump. Callum leapt out to 4.47m, just 4cm behind the gold medal winner. He adds this accolade to his medal haul from Cross Country earlier in the year!

Next up was Conor Twomey in the Intermediate 3000m. In a very competitive race Conor came away a well-deserved bronze medal, defeating a few Senior athletes too!

The following weekend, we did it all again! Conor medalled again, this time a silver in the 1500m. Another close race, where Conor ran a well-judged pace, with a thrilling kick to finish.

PBC cleaned up in the field events! We took home both the Gold and Silver in the Intermediate triple jump, courtesy of Matthew Wilkins and Oscar Naughton. Matthew retained his Intermediate title with 12.71m, also beating the Senior athletes! He adds this victory to his Pole Vault silver from earlier in the week, yet another challenging field event to add to his roster.

Oscar claimed silver in the Triple Jump - his first triple jump competition! He also won his Javelin competition quite decisively during the week.

Massive thank you to all parents and guardians for all their continued support!

Big things to come this season, with the Munster Championships coming up this Saturday! Best of luck to all qualifiers!

Congratulations to Our Film Studies students in 4th and 5th year on been selected and taking part for Ireland's Young Filmmaker of the Year 2023.  

Their films 'Breaking Brad', and 'Vindicta' were selected and screened at our MUNSTER 1 REGIONAL FINAL which took place on WEDNESDAY 15th MARCH 2023 at the BELLTABLE ARTS CENTRE, LIMERICK.  

It truly is awards season for our talented film makers in PBC. We would like to commend all our film crews involved in the First cut Film Festival for their outstanding work and creativity. Their films were screened on Thursday March 9th as part of our Schools & Youth Groups programme. These screenings took place in The Mall Arts Centre in Youghal, Co.Cork.   

The school was also selected for two categories best schools and youth group and thrú Amháin!/One Change! which is First Cut’s first filmmaking through Irish programme. 

This is an additional celebration of the popularity of Irish language filmmaking, a diverse programme of shorts in Irish from the First Cut! - A big thank you to Mr. Jones for facilitating this fantastic opportunity.  

We are very proud to share these films with you all. Please enjoy with the links below!!  

Mr. Casey 

Film Studies 

Breaking Brad

DEAN ARIS E

Vindicta

Our Sixth Year Student, Isaac Lee, was one of 92 students participating in the Irish Collegiate Programming Competition last weekend. The Competition was held in UCC this year. In a Competition, open to students at both second and third level, Isaac came first in the section dedicated to second level students but finished 2nd overall!!!!! This was a huge achievement. Just two weeks ago, Isaac also finished first in the All Ireland Programming Olympiad and will attend team selection tests, from where a group of 4 will be selected to represent Ireland in Hungary!! Watch this space!!!

Photo below of Isaac with his very proud Grandparents!

Congratulations to our exceptional Rugby Squads on winning the Junior-Senior Cup Double for the first time since 2007! Their hard work and dedication to the sport have paid off, and this achievement is a testament to the long hours of training and effort that all their coaches as well as themselves have put in at Wilton. You have truly shown that with determination, perseverance, and a team spirit, anything is possible. This is an incredible accomplishment, and you should be proud of yourselves. We are!!

photos courtesy of Kevin Murphy and Colbert O'Sullivan.

An Fhoireann Díospóireachta a bhuaigh An Chraobh Reigiúnach ar an Luan 6ú Márta i gCathair Luimní . Obair na gCapall déanta agaibh a bhuachaillí, Pres abú ! 

Pres had an excellent performance in the Regional Applied Maths Team Quiz on Thursday 9th March. 

This quiz is based on the Leaving Cert. Higher Level Applied Maths course and was organised by the Irish Applied Maths Teachers’ Association.  Each team consists of 3 students and must include at least one student who is not in 6th year.

Our 4 PBC teams finished in first, second, third and joint 4th place. An outstanding result!!!  

In 1st place was the team comprising of Eamonn Barry, Sean Herlihy and Adam Ryan.

In second place was David Flynn, Alec Ryan and Dylan Costelloe.

The team of  Alex O’Donoghue, Isaac Lee and Sam O’Connell came third.

The team consisting of Daniel Hegarty, William Hetherington and Reuben Lee came joint 4th.

Well done to all our boys!

The top 2 teams will compete in the National Final in Athlone on Saturday 25th March.

The very best of luck to both teams and a huge thanks to their teacher Ms. Janet Cotter for all her work in helping our boys prepare.