Basketball Update
Well done to all our teams who have played so well in their matches over the past few weeks. There were a number of teams including the u16 boys and u16 girls and u13 boys who played some great matches. The u13 girls made it to their county final last week in Castlerea, and played a nail-biting game, ahead at the start but narrowly beaten. It was a fantastic match to watch and the girls showed their great talent and skill. Well done girls, you did Boyle proud!

Meanwhile, the u11 mixed team also made it to their county final last week, having succeeded with a great win in their semi-finals the week before!
They went on to win last week against Aughrim/Kilmore with a 9-5 victory. They will now go on to the Connaught Finals in July, representing Roscommon. A big congratulations to the whole team and their coaches, Jackie Valentine and Ollie Keville.
As always a thank you to all the parents who travelled and supported the team.

Boyle Community Games Sports Day
The Community Games Sports Day will be held on Saturday 11th April @ 3.00pm in the Abbey College football pitch.

All 1st and 2nd place winners qualify to represent Boyle at the County Finals to be held in June.

Entry fee is €2.


Events

Under 8 60m 80m

Under10 100m 200m 100m hurdles


Under12 100m 600m Ball throw Long Puck(boys)


Under14 100m 100mhurdles 800m Long Puck(girls)


Under 16 1500m

Mothers Race

Fathers Race



Age Limits:

Every competitor must be under the age category in which they compete on July31st this year (e.g. Under 8 on July 31 2015 to be eligible for under 8 competition)
Looking forward to a great turnout for the day and fingers crossed the weather will behave!

Basketball results

Our basketball teams have been busy over the last few weeks. Well done to all the children and their parents who travelled to the matches and put in such great efforts!
The u16 boys played a great match but lost out to Ballaghdareen, the u 16 girls got to their semifinal but we're beaten by Kilbride by just one basket. The u13 boys also got to their semi - final but were beaten by a better team on the day. The u13 girls have made it to the county final, which will be played in Castlerea on Sat 28th March at 11.00 am, against Ballaghdareen. Best of luck girls!
The u11 mixed team have also made it to their county finals on Sat 28th March at 12 pm. They played two fantastic matches to get to the final so best of luck to all!!
Finally, a very big thank you to all the coaches at Boyle Basketball Club who have helped so much over the last few weeks, particularly thanks to Jackie Valentine who as always gives so much time to the community games.

Quiz team

There was a great turn out for the community games Quiz night. The competition was tough but the the following are the winners who will go forward to represent Boyle.

1st- Shane Carr
2nd - Oisin Cregg
3rd - Kate Garaven
4th - Eoin Connelly
5th - Maeve Brogan
6th - Sean Garavan

Mary Doyle has very kindly agreed once again to give up her time to manage the team, as she has so successfully done over the last few years.
Congratulations to all the winners and to all the children who came on the night and made the standard so high.

The team will go forward to represent Boyle in the County Final in Elphin Community Centre on Friday 27th March at 7pm. We wish them the best of luck!

Handwriting competition
The following are the results of the handwriting competition. The standard was fantastic and reflects great on the children and their teachers!

U10 Girls
1st- Alena Gaffney
2nd - Ailish Casey
3rd - Freya Clarke


U12 girls
1st- Megan Murphy
2nd - Eabha Lawlor
3rd - Grainne Rooney


U10 - Boys
1st - Patrick Jacobs
2nd - Jake Fitzhenry
3rd - Conor Kelly


1st and 2nd place winners will represent Boyle parish in the county final in Kilbride Community Centre, Fourmilehouse, Roscommon on Tuesday 28th April at 7pm.

Well done to everyone!

Art competition results
The following are the results of the recent art competition
U8
1st - Grace Murphy


U10- 1st ailish Casey
2nd Alena Gaffney

U12 - 1st Amanda Wynn
2nd kate Murphy
3rd Niamh Brogan and Leah Downes

U14 - 1st Kate Garavan

The 1st and 2nd place winners will represent Boyle parish in the county finals on Saturday 18th April in the Hyde Centre, Roscommon.
U8 and u10 at 10am and u12 and u14 at 2 pm.

Well done to all the children who took part in the competition.

Boyle U10 Community Games Indoor Soccer 2015
After narrowly beaten on 4:2 score line Boyle missed out on the Roscommon U10 Community games indoor soccer title. Boyle progress to quarter finals after 8:0 victory over Moore with both Mark Haligan and Sean Duffy among the scorers on Sunday 1st March. Elphin were the next opponents and after a tense match Boyle won out with a 4:3 score line with Oisin McDermot popping up with the winner in extra time. Boyle went to the semi-final the following Sunday to face Ballintubber\Ballymoe. Nicholas Callan and Daniel Carroll were on the score sheet to keep the game tied at 2:2. A penalty shoot was needed to decide semi-final victors. Keeping goals so well throughout the competition it was keeper Oran Henry who scored the winning penalty in a thriller 20 penalty shootout. The final beckoned with a match against Knockcroghery. Boyle trailed by 4:1 early in the second half. The lads keep themselves in the game with a 4:2 score line with some brilliant defensive play from Conor Kelly. Boyle were unable to the narrow the score line and went down as valiant runners’ up.

Boyle u10 Community Games indoor soccer team and their coaches, Geoff Henry, Tiernan Henry and Frank Kearns

Art Competition

The Art competition is on Saturday 14th March @ 4pm – 5.30pm in Boyle Resource Centre.
Age Category - U8 over 6, U10 over 8 , U12 over 10, U14 over 12, U16 over 14
U8s & U10s his/her own choice of any community games theme.

(b) U12, U14 & U16 taken from a list of 10 (ten) community games activities. these are:

Art Titles 2015 (U12, U14 & U16)
• Cross Country
• Cycling on Grass
• Rounders
• Skittles
• Gymnastics
• Group Modern Dance
• Choir
• Duathlon
• Table Tennis
• Long Jump


Entrants must bring their own art materials.

Entry is €2 per person. Please make sure to bring your birth certificate with you for age verification purposes.

Community Games Table Quiz
This years table quiz event will be held on Friday 13th March @ 7.30pm in the Resource Centre, Boyle.
It will be an individual event with the highest scorers going on to form a team to represent Boyle at the Community Games.
All participants must live in the parish of Boyle and be under 14 (over 10) on the 31st of July 2015
Entry is €2 per person. Please make sure to bring your birth certificate with you on the night for age verification purposes. Boyle has had great success over the last number of years in the quiz so we would encourage any young person who is interested in General Knowledge to come along and try out for the team.

Table Quiz under 14.
This years table quiz event will be held on Friday 13th March @ 7.30pm in the Resource Centre, Boyle.
It will be an individual event with the highest scorers going on to form a team to represent Boyle at the Community Games.
All participants must live in the parish of Boyle and be under 14 (over 10) on the 31st of July 2015
Entry is €2 per person. Please make sure to bring your birth certificate with you on the night for age verification purposes.
Martin Dolan has kindly agreed to be quiz master on the night.
Boyle has had great success over the last number of years in the quiz so we would encourage any young person who is interested in General Knowledge to come along and try out for the team.

Good Luck to all participants!

Handwriting Competition

The community Games handwriting Competition will be held this Saturday 7th March @ 4pm in the Resource Centre Boyle.
It is for U10 (over8) and U12(over10) as of 31st July 2015.
All participants must live in the parish of Boyle.
Entry is €2 per child.
Every entrant must bring their birth certificate with them on the day for age verification purposes.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.