Ulster Colleges

[bennydorano]

All those areas bar Cullaville are as handy to St Pauls as to Cross & if within the same 'boundary' you're free to choose, just like a Newry nuck could choose between Abbey, Colmans or St Marys if they all adopted the all-ability ethos. There's a list of criteria on the DE website if you're interested.

It would certainly be interesting if a young fella passed over the Abbey or the College in favour of St. Mary's.

I'd say that encapsulates  the reasons that Comrade Boots & the boys hope to level the playing field & that kids are sent to their closest school (amongst equally resourced all-ability schools, where Grammars no longer exist). It'll never happen.

I think he was being sarcastic Benny as St. Mary's is an all girls school. The male equivalent in Newry would be St. Joseph's.

My bad. St Josephs & St Marys days as separate entities are probably numbered too.

[ranch]

My bad. St Josephs & St Marys days as separate entities are probably numbered too.

Ideally they would be the one school, but I can't see any change in the near future as there's not really any real need for it.
St. Joe's caters for around 400 11-16 year old pupils whilst I'd guess St. Mary's has similar if not higher numbers and also offers A levels. If both were to amalgamate then a new site would be needed for a start as both are at opposite ends of Newry.

[ranch]

My bad. St Josephs & St Marys days as separate entities are probably numbered too.

Ideally they would be the one school, but I can't see any change in the near future as there's not really any real need for it.
St. Joe's caters for around 400 11-16 year old pupils whilst I'd guess St. Mary's has similar if not higher numbers and also offers A levels. If both were to amalgamate then a new site would be needed for a start as both are at opposite ends of Newry.

Split site Years 8-10 in one and Years 11-14 in another?

As I've said already, there's no real need for it. Both schools are achieving well as they are and have a steady stream of pupils each year so numbers aren't an issue.

[theticklemister]

A new competition the Eamon Coleman cup will take place at late April consisting of the Markey and McRory winners, tis organised by UUJ

[theticklemister]

St. Michael's well beat by St. Attracta's in the B semi final. 3-10 to 0-7.

Imagine getting beat by a team called St.Attracta's?

[ranch]

A new competition the Eamon Coleman cup will take place at late April consisting of the Markey and McRory winners, tis organised by UUJ

Good idea, allows the vocational winners a chance to prove how good they are given the lack of media attention it receives in comparison to college football.

St. Mark's Warrenpoint are in the u16 All Ireland final next week too. They've a great record at that level, think they've won 4 or 5 All Ireland's in the past.

[ranch]

Schools Results Today
AI PP Senior C Football Final - St Augustines Dungarvan 2-8 Scoil Mhuire Strokestown 0-10

AI Col Senior A Football Semi-Finals - St.Patrick's Classical School Navan 2-07 Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 0-11;
St.Pat's Maghera 3-08 v St.Gerald's Castlebar 1-07

AI PP Senior B Football Semi-Finals - St.Attracta's Tubbercurry 3-10 St.Michael's Lurgan 0-07;
Our Lady's Templemore 1-11 Naas CBS 0-7

AI Voc Sch A Football Semi-Finals - Cnoc Mhuire Granard 1-07 Clonakilty Community College 0-9;
Holy Trinity Cookstown 2-12 Davitt College Castlebar 1-06

[Any craic]

Video - see a cracking goal by Conor Glass in today's Masita All Ireland Colleges Semi for St Patrick's Maghera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Auy7kBRlg&feature=youtu.be

[T Fearon]

If Clonakilty had won their Voc semi,would the Final with Cookstown have been the Black Pudding v Sausages Final?

[Any craic]

A fry-up Final?

[theticklemister]

Sounds like a 'meaty' final if it happened

[Jinxy]

Video - see a cracking goal by Conor Glass in today's Masita All Ireland Colleges Semi for St Patrick's Maghera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Auy7kBRlg&feature=youtu.be

All the mammies in the crowd going bananas. 

[Any craic]

See another brilliant Maghera goal here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViKbiw0-g1o&feature=youtu.be

[orangeman]

See another brilliant Maghera goal here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViKbiw0-g1o&feature=youtu.be

Some goal.

[theticklemister]

See another brilliant Maghera goal here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViKbiw0-g1o&feature=youtu.be

Some goal.

Class.