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Chess Club Darts Club

Back row left to right:
Joshua Omotola, Rachel Hague,
Conor O’Brien, Sultan Adeleke,
Stephen Faulkner
Front row left to right:
Cian Walker, George Marshall,
Nathan Ellis

Girls Senior Hockey
Back Row L- R : Tiwani Akinlabi, Liam Smith, Alex Filmer, danny McKeon, Thomas Prior, David Nzewi & Sultan Adeleke.
Middle Row L - R: Conor Flint, Mr. Robertson, Israel Adeyemi, Daman McDowell, Rachael Hague, Straun Macleod, Robert Matthews, Daniel
McDowell & Nathan Ellis. Front Row L – R: Craig Stratford, Mark Noble, Morgan Quigley, George Marshall & Joshua Omotola.

CHESS

The Chess club of the Royal School Cavan has had a very successful year again
in 2012/13. It meets every Tuesday at Lunchtime in Mr Robertson’s room where
the members play each other in friendly and competitive matches. There are
over 25 paid up members who meet each week from 5th year down to 1st
year, and this includes players of all levels. The more experienced players often
encourage and coach the novices to improve their game.
In the rst term the club had their annual chess competition which produced
a very high standard of play. In the nal the eventual winner was David Nzewi,
who beat Liam Smith in a close a air.

On the 19th of February there was a chess tournament in The Green Isle Hotel
which Liam Smith, Craig Stratford, Mark Noble and George Marshall went to
with Mr Patterson to represent the
school.
Back Row L-R: Catherine Graham, Dawn Smyth, Aisling Kells, Alison Hewitt, Hope Jameson, Lorraine Trenier, Melissa Heaslip
A number of schools took part in the Middle Row L-R: Rosie O’Regan, Emily McKeon, Amy Whitley, Louise Howard, Tolayo Akinlabi, Méabh O’Regan, Emily Arnold Mr Lindsay
competition. After playing ve games Front Row L-R: Helen McDermott, Vicky Waller, Roseline Awoyale, Amy Eccleston, Leah Heaslip
each and after adding up all our scores THE SENIOR GIRLS HOCKEY TEAM
we came 5th out of 17 teams. This was the rst time we used clocks with our
game and we found this a challenge. However next year we will do better The Senior Hockey team includes Transition Year, 5th year, For the last term of the year we run a house league where
with this. The winning team was Sligo Grammar, with three teams in 1st, 2nd and 6th year girls who enjoy playing hockey! the Senior and Junior Hockey teams are split up and formed
into teams and the winning team wins a prize.
and 3rd although they have been playing for several years. The Senior Hockey team is coached by Mr.Lindsay. We
start hockey practice in September and continue hockey We played three matches against Mercy Navan, Drogheda
All of the members enjoyed their year of chess and look forward to Tuesday afternoon play again next year. Thank practice right up until the end of May before we leave Grammer, and Wilsons. In general, it wasn’t the most
you to Mr Robertson who facilitates the club and to our senior members who supervise, Meabh O’Regan, Tolayo school for the summer holidays. successful year for Senior Hockey, but we enjoyed hockey
Akinlabi and Morgan Quigley. practice, going to di erent schools and playing matches.
Hockey practice starts at 4.30PM and lasts for one hour.
By George Marshall & Craig Stratford. We start with a warm up by doing three laps of the hockey Hopefully, we’ll have better luck next year!
pitch. We then do some drills, followed by a friendly match! By Emily McKeon.

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