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Senior Hurling v Kinsale Community School
Created : 29 Sep 2022, 4:48 PM
Archived : 29 Nov 2022, 12:00 AM
Pres. Tennis Player Represents Ireland
Created : 28 Sep 2022, 2:52 PM
Archived : 28 Nov 2022, 12:00 AM
Sport
Congratulations to Johnny Fitzgerald from class 2D who represented Ireland last weekend in the Four Nations Tennis competition held in Scotland. The Ireland Team finished in 2nd place. Well done Johnny! Johnny and his twin brother, Tommy, will both be representing Munster in the upcoming Interpros and we wish them the very best of luck in this. Johnny can be seen on the right of the photo from last weekends international competition.
Senior Footballers Win!
Created : 21 Sep 2022, 3:05 PM
Archived : 22 Nov 2022, 12:00 AM
Sport
PBC Senior Gaelic Footballers are off to a winning start after beating Ballincollig Community School in the Cork Colleges Senior Football competition after extra time, finishing on a score line of 3:15 to 3:11 in UCC's Mardyke pitch. Pres. will play the winners of Kanturk V Dunmanway in the next round. Well done to all involved!
SciFest winners
Created : 20 Sep 2022, 2:21 PM
Archived : 20 Nov 2022, 12:00 AM
Congratulations to 5th Yr. students Dylan Swihart, Jamie Cronin and Cian Hannigan who won the Institute of Physics award for SciFest at Munster Technology University in June with their Science project. The group investigated if different wavelengths affect photosynthesis on certain plants. Thanks to Ms. Lynch and Mr. Donnelly for all their help and hard work in guiding our young Scientists to success. Photo shows Left to Right: Dylan Swihart, Ms. Lynch, Jamie Cronin, Cian Hannigan and Mr. Donnelly.
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.