We are now just three weeks away from the North Leinster Championships the first big competition of the year.  So far in the friendly races everything has gone well.  Our own invitational schools event, sponsored by Permanent T.S.B. (Sutton) went really well with over 200 competitors in the various age groups.  Our last friendly race will take place in D.C.U. on the 27th of January.  We look forward to the North Leinsters where we are hopeful a number of athletes will qualify for the Leinster finals and subsequently qualify for the All Ireland Finals.  Finally congratulations to Michael Clohissey, a member of our All-Ireland winning team in 2004, who ran for Ireland in the recent European Championships which was held in Santry.

Cross Country

Congradulation to Tim Moriarty

Golf in St. Paul’s

DUBLINER Niall Kearney completed a magnificent weekend for Irish golf when he stormed to the English Open strokeplay title for the Brabazon Trophy at Moortown, Leeds yesterday.

His convincing success came just hours after fellow international Shane Lowry stunned the world of professional golf by winning the '3' Irish Open at County Louth.

Kearney, a 20-year-old former Irish Boys champion from Royal Dublin, posted a 54-hole aggregate of 208 to stroll to a five-stroke victory over England's Liam Burns from Sundridge Park with Welsh international Joe Vickery a further stroke back in third spot.




The Senior Golf Team has qualified in two competitions for the next round. They finished first, out of 30 schools in Leinster in the All Ireland Matchplay Competition and won their section in the Leinster Golfworks Matchplay Competition, beating Malahide Community School, St. Fintan’s, Sutton and Portmarnock Community School.

The North Leinster Schools Championships takes place on 31st January 2007.  Congratulations to all those who have participated in the four age categories in the invitational events in Drogheda and here in St. Paul’s. 

The Senior Golf team has qualified for the second round of the Leinster Schools League matchplay.  They play Gormamtown College, on Thursday at Laytown/Bettystown Golf Club.  The team is Neal O’Flynn, Geoff Quinn, Conor Sutton and Liam Hutchinston.

Basketball                                                    
 This has so far been an excellent year for basketball. Increased participation numbers, medal winning u16 team and an excellent panel of 1st years. St. Pauls are now one of the very few schools in the area with basketball teams entered in all divisions.