The results of this years leaving cert will be available at 9.30 on August 18th. Students who wish to collect their results should come to Ms Hallinan's prefab.

An all out effort is being made to have phase 1 of the new building ready for the students return in September. The sports hall / gym will not be available until the end of September.

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2nd Year Girls Basketball:

The 2nd year team had an out-standing win in Athenry on Thursday 28February 2002 in a tournament held in Athenry Presentation College beating 1st and 2nd year Gort teams and then Athenry in the final. The final score was 29pts Oranmore - 5 pts Athenry.

Squad: Claire Hanniffy (Captain), Hannah Coen, Elaine Comer, Rachel Clarke, Gillian Gibson, Grainne Kenny, Ruth Burke, Edel Fahy.

Coach: Joe Shields.

Galway Region Cross country Athletics at St Mary's 30th January 

Athletes from Calasanctius college, Oranmore had great success in the Cross Country Competition held in St.Mary's College on the 30^th January.  Twenty students took part in various events. The day started perfectly with an individual win in the Minor girls race by Aoife Bannon who was strongly supported by her team mates Orla Fahy, Niamh Greally, Niamh Burke, Nicola Hayes and Ruth Burke. 

 This race was followed by the Junior Girls race in which Germaine Sheehan took 3^rd place.  The Junior Boys had a good day where brothers Luke and Coleman Hands crossed the finish line in 6^th and 7^th position. All the above athletes will travel to Boyle on Thursday the 7^th February to represent Calasanctius College in the Connacht Finals.

2/2/2001

All Ireland Girls Basketball 'A' Tournament

Calasanctius College Oranmore once again confirmed its standing as one of the leading Basketball Schools in the country when finishing runners-up in the All Ireland Cadette 'A' qualifying tournament in Maree Community Centre last weekend.

The cream of schoolgirl basketball was on show all weekend with eight teams from all round the country battling it out with an All Ireland Final place at stake.

The Oranmore Girls were playing in the 'A' division for the first time having won minor and junior B All Irelands last year. The Joe Shields coached team easily made the step up and their preparation and commitment was evident from an early stage.

On Saturday morning they faced Ballymahon and after a slow start soon got into the game. Donna Doyle, Patricia McCarthy, Jasmin Finn and Elaine Comer all had good baskets to help settle the Oranmore Girls. With the dependable Maeve Conroy rebounding well they eased into a comfortable lead approaching half time. The exchanges remained physical throughout the game, but the Calasanctius Girls had too much class and won pulling up by 49 points to 27.
Scorers:- Donna Doyle (14) Patricia McCarthy (12) Elaine Comer (9) Jasmin Finn (8) Maeve Conroy (3) Janice O'Sullivan (2) Rachael Clarke (1)

Saturday afternoon saw Oranmore face up to Tramore to record their biggest win of the tournament on a score line of 73 points to 24, 31 points from Patricia McCarthy was the highlight of this game with eight more players also getting on the score sheet. Coach Shields was well satisfied on Saturday evening with two wins under his belt going into day two of the tournament.

Scorers: Patricia McCarthy (31) Elaine Comer (14) Jasmin Finn (8) Maeve Conroy (8) Donna Doyle (4) Rachael Clarke (4) Siofra McMahon (2) Therese O'Higgins (1) Janice O'Sullivan (1)

An early start on Sunday morning did not upset the Oranmore team when Colaiste Iosagain from Dublin provided the opposition. This proved to be a very difficult game for the home team conceding height advantage all over the court.

Sheer determination kept the Oranmore girls in the game allied to some astute coaching sending the game into overtime. Some impeccable free throw shooting from Donna Doyle in this period saw them edge out the Dublin girls by the narrowest of margins 44 points to 43
Scorers: Jasmin Finn (14) Donna Doyle (11) Hannah Coen (7) Patricia McCarthy (5) Rachael Clarke (4) Maeve Conroy (3)

Coach Shields now had an undefeated team to challenge an experienced Skibbereen outfit in the semi-final on Sunday afternoon. Some superb shooting from Maeve Conroy, Patricia McCarthy and Elaine Comer was the highlight of this victory. A 17 Pt winning margin was a sign of the confidence with which the team was now playing and set them up nicely for the clash with Presentation Listowel.
Scorers: Patricia McCarthy (17), Elaine Comer (15), Maeve Conroy (10) Donna Doyle (6) Jasmin Finn (5)

The Tournament Final proved to be a fitting finale to a weekend of all that was best in Schools Basketball. Two superbly coached and skillful teams took the court with a final place in Tallaght at stake. A great display of shooting from Rachel Clarke was one of the features of this game. With Maeve Conroy and Elaine Comer dominating the boards the signs of victory were pretty good through the first and second quarter. A worry for coach Shields was having to use Elaine Comer sparingly because of foul trouble . However Oranmore continued to lead and were 10 pts. to the good with 4 minutes on the clock.

The Calasanctius Girls suffered a double blow with Patricia McCarthy retiring injured and Elaine Comer fouling out to hand the initiative to Listowel. A full court press was more than they could handle, turning over the ball repeatedly with Listowel taking full advantage on the scoreboard. A seven point defeat was a cruel blow for a team who showed such courage throughout this tournament. Coach Shiels can feel very proud of their displays and will look to the future with great confidence.
Scorers: Rachel Clarke (11), Donna Doyle (10), elaine Comer (10) Maeve Conroy (8), Jasmin Finn (6), Patricia McCarthy (6).
Squad: J.Finn, D.Doyle, P.McCarthy, E.Comer, R.Clarke, H.Coen, A,O'Driscoll, J.Burke, T.O'Higgins, M.Conroy, J.O'Sullivan, S.McDermott, S.McMahon, S.White.
Coach: J.Shields.