Shimna News

Congratulations to Year 13 student Kari Foster, who finished in a commendable thirty-third place at the Senior Girls All-Ireland Cross Country Championships, held in Mallusk Belfast on Saturday. This marks another tremendous achievement for Kari, competing once again at a national level.

Earlier today, we welcomed Cerys Davies from Aberystwyth University to speak with our Year 13 students about university life in Wales, the UCAS application process, student finance, accommodation options and what studying at Aberystwyth has to offer. Thank you to Cerys for delivering such an informative and valuable session as our students prepare for their next steps.

Congratulations to our Year 11 King's Trust students, who have qualified for the King's Trust Enterprise Challenge Regional Finals. This year has been extremely competitive, well done to all who participated. Our winning team were: Neidas Bumblys, Amy Crawford, William Crory, Grace Stannett and Ruairi Maguire. The students are now planning a Social Enterprise idea for Phase Two of the Challenge which they will present at The King’s Trust Office in Belfast. Our regional finals

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 Milligan scoring two and Shimna podcast star Luke McCafferty bagging a hat-trick. They were well supported by Ben McNerlin and Andrew Shannon, who also made the scoresheet. Xavier Rooney and Rory Smith also contributed late goals as the opposition tired. The result was all the more impressive, given