On Tuesday 19th October the under 16 Gaelic team travelled to Cookstown to play in a blitz. The boys performed very well and played three games; winning two and losing one. In the first game they lost narrowly to Sperrin from Magherafelt after Sperrin scored a goal with the last kick of the game. The boys were very disappointed after a very strong second half display. However they regrouped immediately and lined out to play Hazelwood from Belfast, a game which they won comfortably following an excellent display. In the final game, which proved to be extremely close, the boys ran out eventual winners after yet another strong performance.

This was an excellent experience for the boys and had very strong performances from Daniel Fahy, Gavin Kernohan, James McNee, Thomas Meehan, Jake Hamilton and David McWhirter.

Here is a list of all scorers:

David McWhirter – 4 goals and 2 points
Jake Hamilton – 1 goal and 1 point
Reece Devine – 2 goals
Daniel Fahy – 1 point
Matthew Bell – 1 goal
Bryan Gourley – 2 goals
Andrew Burns – 1 point

On Thursday 14th October 2010, 30 hockey girls (Yrs10-12) spent a day at Woodhall Centre, Kilrea. The aim of the day was team building amongst the teams which is a very important aspect to the success of any sports team. The activities included the high ropes course, team building exercises, orienteering, banana boating and kayaking on the river Bann. For many girls this was their best day ever!! The staff at Woodhall Centre was excellent and the programme was run very efficiently and smoothly.

All the Phtographs are now in our Photo Gallery

In annual House Tag Rugby competition, Gall had a clean sweep against all the houses to reclaim the honours. In a close and evenly contested first match Lorcan and Comgall played out a 1-1 draw. The deciding match of the competition resulted in a thrilling match which Gall won 3-0 against Comgall.

The Full Results are:
Gall 2 Ultan 1
Lorcan 1 Comgall 1

Gall 2 Lorcan 1
Comgall 4 Ultan 2

Comgall 0 Gall 3
Lorcan 2 Ultan 5

All the Phtographs are now available in our Photo Gallery

Year 8s at Gannaway Residential Centre

Another successful year at Ganaway saw the Year 8 students taking to zipwires, highropes, canoes and much more We enjoyed a fun-packed two days at the centre in Millisle.After an hour and a bit coach journey, students were whisked away to start their activities.Many found it challenging as they had to overcome their fears of water or height, but everyone tried their best and many succeeded in completing every task!However, one of the highlights had to be the Talent Show which showcased many hidden talents amongst our Year 8 pupils.From lyrical dancing to YMCA, everyone had a fabulous time.

On Tuesday 6th July, three students, along with Mrs Mitchell and Mrs Nicholl, travelled to London to receive the prestigious Go For It Award, Gold status, on the banks of the River Thames. They enjoyed a three course lunch whilst listening to a live band and chatting to some of the 300 other teachers and students who attended. Slemish College is the first school in Northern Ireland to be recognised by Go For It, an award through HTI which celebrates enterprise and risk-taking within the school. The award was presented by Simon Woodroffe, HTI patron and the students had the opportunity to explain a little about Slemish College and what it meant for us to be a Go For It school. Slemish will now hold the status for three years.

Miss Rock and Mrs O’Kane took part in the Moonwalk Marathon (London) on Saturday 15 May, 2010. They walked 26.2 miles throughout the night and raised 2,600 pounds for Breast Cancer.

The Yr 8/9 girls WON the U13 NEBSSA indoor soccer tournament held at Ballee HS on 19th May 2010

They won 6 out of their 7 games played and beat Dunclug in the final 1-0.

All girls played really well with top goal-scorers being Vicky Carleton and Courtney Downey.

Chantelle McFadden has qualified for the Ulster Athletics Meet at the Antrim Forum on 22 may 2010. Her events are the 100m and long jump.

The following girls qualified for the NEBBSA finals which took place on the 18th May 2010:

Chantelle McFadden

Jessica Nash

Courtney Downey

Sian Owens

Laura Devenny

Chantelle Mcfadden came home with medals-1st in the 200m and 2nd in the 100m

They beat Shimna College, Sperrin College and Lagan College and then in the final beat Lagan College 1-0. Chantelle McFadden scored 9 goals and won player of the tournament.

A service development is now underway to provide a new way to access school folders from outside school. The current method (known as Easylink) does not work with Windows Vista or Windows 7 and causes issues with some versions of IE (and other browsers).

The development will be implemented in phases – and the first phase is now active. This provides a new option for College users to access My Documents which will work for different versions of Windows and browsers. Further developments will enable this access for shared folders (i.e. Learning Resources)

staff and students should be aware that the option requires the download of a security package (called Juniper) and also may require the download of ActiveX components.

Please refer to information sheet A029 which can be accessed via the link below.

Accessing C2k Outside Schoool

U13v Lagan College won 2-0 Jenny Black and Courtney Downey both scored and Jenny was player of match

U14 v Lagan College won. 2-2 draw Sally Flakerty and Kirsten Black both scored. Then went to penalty flicks and Slemish won 2-0 Sally and Kirsten both scored. Megan Hamill was player of the match.

U16 v Sperrin College won 1-0 Laura Devenney scored and Laura was player of the match

U18 v Sperrin College won 1-0 Erin Ramsey scored and Hollie Hamilton was player of the match