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Pres. Swimmers make Munster Squad.
Created : 19 Sep 2022, 10:48 AM
Archived : 19 Nov 2022, 12:00 AM
Sport
Congratulations to our three students who made the Munster Regional Squad Swimming Team. Aidan Mc Grath 4A, Donnacha Leane 2A and David O’Leary 2B are our swimmers whose talents have been recognised by the Munster Swim Team. Pres has the biggest representation on the team which is a huge achievement and something which the college is very proud of. The Munster Regional Squad Swimming Team is an elite squad selected with the view of helping young swimmers achieve National, International and Olympic success. These swimmers put in between 14 and 16 hours of club swimming each week plus gym work, all this on top of to their school work! Regional training takes place in Limerick and is in addition to their club swimming! A huge amount of commitment and dedication is required and our three swimmers should be very proud of their achievements to date. Aidan and Donnacha train with Mick Mc Cormack (former teacher at PBC) at Dolphin and David trains at Sundays Well. Our swimmers can be seen in the photo included: Aidan (Back Row: 5th from Left), Donnacha (Front Row: 1st on the Right), David (Back Row: 3rd from Left).
School Prefects '22-'23
Created : 16 Sep 2022, 3:33 PM
Archived : 16 Nov 2022, 12:00 AM
Congratulations to our newly appointed Prefects for this school year. The twelve young men who have been appointed follow in a long and proud tradition in the college. We wish them every success in their new roles. The Prefects in the photo are Back Row L to R; Ross Daly, Dylan Costelloe, Eamonn Barry, Ronan McAuliffe, James Wixted and Oscar Nangle Front Row L to R: Léon Sahm, Olan Ó Siocháin, Ruben Skuse (Deputy Head boy), Jack Kingston (Head boy), Seán Herlihy and Thomas McCarthy.
TY Outdoor Pursuits
Created : 02 Sep 2022, 3:47 PM
Archived : 14 Nov 2022, 12:00 AM
TY
The TYs began their year with 2 days in Ballyhass, great fun was had by all!
World Powerlifting Success in Pres.
Created : 05 Sep 2022, 12:29 PM
Archived : 05 Nov 2022, 12:00 AM
Huge congratulations to Thomas Mc Carthy in 6th Yr. who was representing Ireland in Powerlifting held in Istanbul, Turkey over the weekend. Thomas broke two Irish records: ‘Squat’, lifting 245 Kg and ‘Deadlift’, lifting 267.5 Kg. He won two silver medals and came fourth overall in the IPF World Powerlifting Championship for 83 Kg Sub Junior 2022. This is a remarkable achievement by Thomas and we wish him every success in the future particularly in the European Championships in Poland in November. Well done Thomas!
Gaisce Awards
Created : 11 Oct 2022, 2:31 PM
Archived : 25 Oct 2022, 1:00 AM
Congratulations to Eoin Harrington, Peter Cullinane and Liam Keville who received the Gaisce Bronze Medal Award for the 2021-22 academic year from Mr. Gleeson. Thank you to Ms. O'Driscoll for her input throughout the year also
First Year Day of Sport
Created : 05 Sep 2022, 8:49 PM
Archived : 03 Oct 2022, 1:00 AM
1st Year
Last week saw our highly successful First Year Day of Sport return again! All 120 first year students participated in a series of games and matches run by our fantastic Peer Mentors. A great way to kick off their time in PBC! Special thank you to the Peer Mentors, SNAs and teachers, who were integral to the success of the event.
Bronze Medal at National Rowing Championships
Created : 18 Jul 2022, 8:34 PM
Archived : 18 Sep 2022, 12:00 AM
Sport
The Rowing Ireland National Championships took place at the National Rowing Centre, Inniscarra this past weekend and our junior 18 squad created some Pres rowing history! The crew of Eoghan Aherne, Ben Mullane, Rex O'Sullivan, Andrew O'Leary, Sam Hernan, Adam Hartley, Darragh Buckley, Leo Porion and cox, Noah Giltinan finished third in the Men's Junior 18 Eight final, the first ever podium finish for the club in this highly competitive event. The crew qualified comfortably from their heat to progress to the final where they faced some stiff competition from boats across the country. Pres came home in the bronze medal position ahead of Methodist College, Belfast and Castleconnell BC, Limerick. St. Joseph's College, Galway and Enniskillen Royal BC, two clubs who have traditionally dominated this event, finished first and second respectively. This is an outstanding result for Pres in a race which showcases the best of Irish rowing talent in the Junior 18 category. What makes it even more impressive is that each member of the boat is underage again next season. Well done to the entire crew, the wider squad and all the coaches for finishing off what has been such a successful season with this fantastic result on the biggest stage. Eoghan Aherne, Andrew O'Leary, Rex O'Sullivan, Ben Mullane and Noah Giltinan also managed to reach the final of the Men's Junior 18 Four where they finished 5th in the country, while the B Four of Darragh Buckley, Adam Hartley, Sam Hernan, Leo Porion and Jack Carroll only narrowly missed out on qualification for the final in the same event. Earlier in the weekend, the Men's Junior 16 Quad of Darrach Fanning, Brian O'Leary, John Neville, Cian Timoney and Jack Carroll had a strong row in their event which bodes well for next season for the young crew. The rowers now take a well earned break until September, apart from Andrew O'Leary and Noah Giltinan who travel to Spain on August 5th to represent Ireland at the Coupe de le Jeunesse as part of the Men's Coxed Four crew. We again wish them the very best of luck.
Noah Giltinan and Andrew O'Leary to Represent Ireland in Rowing
Created : 07 Jul 2022, 4:08 PM
Archived : 07 Sep 2022, 12:00 AM
Sport
Congrats to Noah Giltinan and Andrew O'Leary on their selection to represent Ireland at the Coupe de le Jeunesse in Spain on August 6th and 7th. This is a huge honour for the lads and thoroughly deserved. All at Pres Rowing are very proud!!!
ISAAC LEE HEADING TO INDONESIA TO REPRESENT IRELAND IN THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIAD IN INFORMATICS
Created : 23 Jun 2022, 12:04 PM
Archived : 23 Aug 2022, 12:00 AM
A further update on Isaac! Having won the Bronze Medal in the All Ireland Programming Olympiad, in a competition of 150 participants, Isaac was invited to a training camp where the 30 "survivors" of the original competition were going to be further whittled down! (The All Ireland Programming Olympiad is open to all second level students in Ireland who are under 20 on the 1st of July) As part of this Training Camp, Isaac had two 5 hour tests - finishing 1st in one and 2nd in the other!! As a result of this success, Isaac and three others will be heading off to Indonesia from 7th to the 15th of August representing Ireland!! We are extremely proud of Isaac and wish him well in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in Indonesia!!
Dara represents Ireland in Under-17 Basketball!!!
Created : 13 Jun 2022, 1:06 PM
Archived : 13 Aug 2022, 12:00 AM
Huge Congrats to Dara Mc Mahon, 5th Year, who was chosen to play on the under 17 Irish Basketball Team. The team travelled to Dundee in Scotland on the weekend of May 28th/29th. Four games were played over the weekend - two against the Scotland under 17 team and the other two against the Scotland under 18 team. Both games ended unsuccessfully on Saturday - 78-77 against the u17s and 93-68 against the under 18s. However, the Irish players found their form on Sunday, and they beat the under 17s 94-82 and beat the under 18s 79-69!!! Overall a great weekend was had and all in PBC are very proud of Dara's achievements and we wish him well going forward.