School Societies
School Societies
BOARD GAMES CLUB The Board Games Club, in the library, continued to run very successfully, on the first Friday of each month, during lunch. The games played ranged from classic to modern. Students used their critical thinking skills to master the games whilst simultaneously enjoying an element of fun and competition. E.M.
BRIDGE CLUB
Bridge is a card game that challenges the mind, but also that allows friendships to develop in school and across Ireland with other pupils. New members are welcome and should speak to Mr. Graham in M10 about joining, or anyone wearing a red or blue blazer for Bridge. The highlight of the year continues to be the trip to Galway to compete in the Irish Schools’ Teams competition. The club meets at lunchtimes
during the weeks and special beginner sessions are run near the start of each year. This year the school finished 3rd (Lucy O’Kane, Conor Gallagher, Minseog Kim, and Xander Todd) and 4th (Joshua Boyd, Josh Mills, EJ Atienza and JP Miller) in the Irish Schools’ Championships ‘Gold Final’ in Galway. The three other teams finished 2nd (Nathan Fung, Robbie Morrow, Ewan Todd and Ryan Ferguson), 5th (Helen Marshall, Sasha Trombino, Tiffany Chow and Alice Hew) and 6th (Hannah Toal, Alex Scott, Gabriel Brown and David Eyjolfsson) in the ‘Silver Final’. This was a great performance although the first team were disappointed not to win after being in first place at the halfway mark.
In the Irish Schools’ Pairs, which for the first year also took place in Galway over the same weekend, Joshua Boyd and Josh Mills won the
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