Posted on 02 February 2012.
Well done to the Cadets who got through to the All Ireland Regional Group Stages. On the day the girls won the first two matches but unfortunately, they lost by a small margin to a very strong Cork side.
The girls had a great year and all hope to continue in September.
Congratulations to the Senior Girls who also qualified for the All Ireland Regional Group Stages. They travel to Tubbercurry, Sligo for the tournament stage on Saturday 4th February . There will be three matches played, one each against Cork, Monaghan and the hosts Sligo.
Best of luck to all involved.
Will keep you posted.
Posted in Activities, Basketball, Featured, Information for Parents, Sports News, Students' Blog
Posted on 15 January 2012.
Firstly congratulations to both Senior Girls and Cadet Girls on reaching The All Ireland School Playoffs. Both teams have worked extremely hard to reach this stage. This year the Cadets are hosting the tournament round in Mount Temple on the 21st of January.
The first match is at 9.30 A.M in the Mount Temple Gym. This is a rare occasion for the teams and the school, we hope to host this great event for many years to come.
Supporters would be extremely appreciated.
Posted in Activities, Basketball, Events, Information for Parents, Sports News, Students' Blog
Posted on 16 December 2011.
Connacht new kid on the block Mick Kearney is adamant that, despite his side’s losing run, they are going to Kingsholm tomorrow to win.
The 20-year-old lock, who is the latest to move from Leinsterto boost his career by getting game-time at the Sportsground, said that the Westerners know they should have won last weekend against Gloucester.
He said that they remained confident despite a nine-match losing run and were going to Gloucester firmly believing they can get their first win in the Heineken Cup.
“We are going over there to win — like every game, you go in to win,” said the Clontarf clubman.
“Their ground has a reputation of having a very hostile atmosphere.
“I have never played there, but I have heard about it. But that is something that our squad are going to feed off and it will motivate us hugely.”
Kearney, who featured for the Irish U-20s at the Junior World Championship in Italy this summer, said he decided to head west when the offer came in from Eric Elwood, even though he was in the Leinster structure at the time.
He travelled to Galway and met Elwood, his assistant Dan McFarland and academy coach Nigel Carolan, prior to the JWC and liked what he saw.
“I had a bit of thinking to do about the deal, I was with Leinster at sub-academy level and U-19 for the last few years. My heart was there at the time, but I had to ask straight up if there was anything there for me and I though that this offer was better,” said Kearney.
Kearney joined the Connacht academy and has made rapid progress.
He played in a pre-season friendly against Exeter and then broke into the side when he made his senior debut against Ospreys in the RaboDirect Pro12.
He made another appearance off the bench against Treviso and earned his Heineken Cup debut last week when he came on against Gloucester.
“I am loving the challenge, there is so much competition for positions, so every day you have to be on your game,” he added.
By John Fallon
Friday December 16 2011
Posted in Rugby, Sports News
Posted on 26 October 2011.
Congratulation to the Girls Senior Basketball Team on getting to the next round of the All Ireland Cup.
At 9.20 am the team along with Coach Praha and Ms. Ryan set off for Wexford. We arrived at Presentation Wexford at 12 pm. After a quick change the team began to warm up. At approximately 12.30 pm the first quarter of the match began. The match was close for the whole match there was only a point or two between the teams. At half time the score was Presentation Wexford 21 Mount Temple 19. The third quarter begun , both teams fighting to get to the next round of the cup. Deep into the fourth quarter, in Mount Temples favor there was still only a few points between the teams, Julia gets a leg injury. The final buzzer sounded with the score being Mount Temple 38 and Presentation Wexford 33.
After having some MiWadi and sandwiches that had been prepared for us, it was back onto the bus for a long trip home, with a quick stop off in McDonalds. We arrived home at 5.30 pm.
Top scorers were Julia Bauer with 8 points, Rachel O’Kelly and Riona Norton with 6 points.
Great game played by all!
Next Round is against Pobail Soil Inbhear Sceine from Kenmare, Co.Kerry.
Time and date not yet decided.
Posted in Basketball, Sports News
Posted on 02 April 2011.
This year, like last year, the Senior girls won the North side League. This time it was not as easy. They took on Santa Sabina in the final having beaten them and all the other teams in the league through out the year.
Santa Sabina scored the first goal leaving Mount Temple 1-0 down at half time. It was a tight match but Mount Temple’s Hayley Manning scored the equaliser from a short corner and that made it 1-1 at full time. The match then went to extra time golden goal and after only a few minutes Nicola Taylor scored and they won. It was nerve wrecking match but it was said by a very good hockey coach that ‘this team going down as the best Mount Temple girls team ever’.
They couldn’t have done it without the brilliant supporters and coach Rob, thanks.
Posted in Girls' Hockey, Students' Blog
Posted on 31 March 2011.
Congratulations to the Senior B girls hockey team on beating Holy Faith Clontarf 4-2 in the final of the Northside League. Girls came back from a one nil down to become champions. Goals were scored by Elizabeth Grainger x 2, Katie Lynch x 1 and Aisling Burke x 1. All girls had a fantastic game. The girls relaxed attitude and help from coach Rob Abbott this year helped them have an extremely successful year, a year for many of the team was their last! Best of luck again next year girls!
Posted in Girls' Hockey, Sports News, Students' Blog
Posted on 30 March 2011.
Two of our school boys’ hockey teams finished the season today with victories in their league finals. Both the 1st year boys and the junior boys’ teams came up against St. Columbas College in their respective finals.
The 1st year team played their match at the neutral venue of Wesley College. The team, led by captain John Mullins, started the match attacking aggressively but a number of early chances went a begging. The breakthrough came midway through the first half when Christian Bauer hit a shot which eluded the Columbas keeper and bounced into the goal. Columbas came back into the game and gained a goal of their own to make it 1 all in the lead up to half time. The forward line rotated just before half time and with their first touches of the game Adam O’Brien and Sean Lillefosse combined for an excellent goal. Mount Temple had most of the possession in the 2nd half and got the third goal courtesy of Darragh O’Flaherty, his first goal for the school. All the squad played their part in the final but left back Sean Jacob had an exceptional game picking up the man of the match.
The Junior team played at the same time in St. Andrews. Another Mullins, John’s older brother Kevin led the team to victory. It was a nervy start with Columbas peppering the Mount Temple goal, Claude and his defence defending for their lives. Temple weathered the storm and found the breakthrough goal from a corner routine, put away by Kevin Mullins. This kicked the team into turbo drive and they went on to score another five goals in a 15 minute spell, goals coming from Matthew Dawkins, Sean Cassidy, Matthew Owen, Robert Duggan, and Andrew Jameison-Murphy . The second half was a tighter affair with the score at the final whistle 8 3 to Mount Temple, Andrew Lambe and Andrew Jameison-Murphy adding the goals.
The final boy’s hockey fixture of the season is this Friday, when the 2nd Year boy’s team take on St. Killians at 2 o’clock in The High School, Rathgar in their league final. They will be hoping to make it a hat trick of league titles, in what is already Mount Temple Boys Hockey most successful year for the last couple of decades. Pictures of today’s finals to follow.
Posted in Boys' Hockey, Information for Parents, Sports News
Posted on 24 March 2011.
The 1st and 2nd Year teams competed in the Bull Tournanment yesterday (Wed 23rd March) in Clontarf Rugby Club.
Both games were played side by side in Castle Avenue in glorious sunshine. As usual, both teams were fired up as they competed with our local rivals St.Paul’s.
The 1st years, boasting a squad of 27 players, showed great skill and heart in their game, with all players demonstrating that they have improved a great deal over the course of the season, both individually and as a team.
Unfortunately St.Paul’s had a stand out centre who proved too much to handle for Mount Temple, and his strong running proved to be the differnence between the side, with St.Paul’s winning the game 34-24 . Although the 1st years didn’t bring home the Bull, they are a great squad, and hopefully will be able to challange for serious silverware in their coming years in the school.
The 2nd years did mange to bring home the Bull, in a game that went to and fro, the Mount Temple players coped well with the larger St.Paul’s pack, with several players putting in punishing tackles. Our greater skill level proved too much for St.Paul’s, and Mount Temple kept the Bull on the Malahide Rd, with a 31-22 victory.
All 4 teams in the school will now play against our sister school, Newpark in the Comprehensive Schools Cup.
Squad photos will take place on Tues, the 29th of March. All players are required to bring in full kit (Jersey, White Shorts, Mount Temple Socks, Boots) for the photos.
Also, if you haven’t already, please do check out the Mount Temple Rugby Archive on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=138511396159515 . Some photos from 1975 were recently uploaded and are quite interesting.
Sam O’Byrne
Posted in Featured, Rugby, Sports News
