GONZAGA COLLEGE SJ

Our annual soccer tournament for First and Second Years, the Loyola Cup, took place yesterday afternoon. Well done to Bohemians, captained by Stephen McMahon, who won the Cup on penalties. Thanks to Mr Kieran for organising and to everyone who helped on the day.

Well done to our gaelic footballers on a a 3-11 to 3-5 win against St Michael's yesterday. That rounds off a short but successful GAA campaign with six wins from six between senior and junior football. ZaGAAbú!

Representatives of the Green Schools Committee attended a ceremony in DCU today at which we were presented with a sixth green flag for the school. The theme of this flag was Global Citizenship - Litter and Waste, and work included a global awareness survey, a nationalities survey and a waste audit. We carried out litter pick ups on the school grounds and sold water bottles and travel mugs to encourage students to avoid single-use plastics.​ We also continued working on previo

House exams will take place next week (27 - 31 May). See the timetable here.

Congratulations to Arthur Henry, Adam Kerr and Tom Higgins who won the overall small project prize and Emmet O’Boyle and Alex McDonnell who won the overall prize in the Existentialism category in the Irish Young Philosopher Awards at UCD yesterday. Well done to all the boys in 1D who partook also! Read more about the event here. Thanks to Ms O'Brien Quinn for the photos.

Congratulations to our athletes who competed to the highest level over two days at the East Leinster Schools Track and Field Championships held at Morton Stadium, Santry. The following students won medals and will go on to represent the school at the Leinsters: Gold Stephen Mc Mahon-Junior Long Jump Silver Davy Colbert- U-16 200m Cillian Mc Cabe- Junior 80m Hurdles Harry Dempsey- Senior 3000m Walk Senior 4x 100m relay Henry Higgins, Fergus O' hOisin, Hugh Prendergast, Harry C

Well done to all the performers in last night's Brennan Cup final. Many thanks to the organisers, adjudicators and guest performers. See photographs here.

Photographs of sports teams will be taken tomorrow morning (Fri 3 May) in the PE Hall. Remember to bring gear for every sport you play. Schedule in image.