Shimna News

Our U18 Boys team qualified for the semi-finals of the South Down Cup, defeating Banbridge Academy 10-3. Having fallen behind in the early stages, the boys roared back, with Shay scoring two and Shimna podcast star Luke bagging a hat-trick. They were well supported by Ben and Andrew, who also made the scoresheet. Xavier and Rory also contributed late goals as the opposition tired. The result was all the more impressive, given we were deprived of our talismanic captain Conal,

Our U14 Boys enjoyed one of their best days earlier this week, topping their group in the Ulster Blitz with wins against Larne, Slemish and Newtonhamilton and a draw with Strangford. This performance was very much the culmination of their hard work over the past three years, learning from previous games and bonding as a team. The boys made Mr Hanna a very proud coach. There were great performances across the park, including Dara at full back, as well as the attacking threat p

Earlier today, our U14 footballers took part in the Integrated Secondary Schools Futsal Cup Tournament, held in the Shankill Leisure Centre. This version of the beautiful game demands high levels of skill and fitness, which both of our boys and girls teams demonstrated across five matches each. Our boys took a little time to adjust to the fast pace of the indoor hall but, once they settled, they delivered some brilliant football. Goals from Jamie, Ryan and Flynn kept spirits

Mr Dagen writes: “Our U14 Gaelic girls started their season yesterday with a friendly against Lecale Trinity Grammar. From the throw-in, the Shimna girls impressed with Ellie winning the ball in midfield, a nice pass to Evie lead Evie in for a goal to give Shimna the best start. For the remainder of the first half, Shimna impressed with Robyn, Teaghan and Evie contributing more scores. The 2nd half saw Lecale come into the game more and they started to play some free flowing

Well done to Aoife and Eve who enjoyed a very successful weekend at the NI Indoor Athletics Championships. Aoife finished second in the U16 1500m race walk and Eve was third in the U16 girls’ long jump. Eve narrowly missed out on a place in the final of the 200m. Both girls now go on to represent Northern Ireland in the National Indoor Championships in Athlone at the end of March.