Under 16 Leinster A Final
Tuesday 23^rd March

A very fine St. Mel's side narrowly defeated our U16 footballers. On the day, things did not happen for us, and St. Mel's were worthy winners. Br. Caulfield and Mr. O'Neill are very proud of how our entire squad performed throughout the campaign. We know that we can now compete with the very best and look forward to future success.

Br. Caulfield and Mr. O'Neill deserve great credit for their tremendous commitment. We have had a great run and are very proud to be Dublin Champions and Leinster Runners-up.

National Indoor Champion

Congratulations to Luke Sweetman (3 North) on his recent success in the National Indoor Championship. Luke won the U17 long-jump and came second in the shot-putt. Luke has won the long-jump for the last six years at the U12-U17 - a truly remarkable record.

Cross-Country Leinster Title

Our minor team stormed to victory in the recent Leinster Championships. On the day we had a truly outstanding individual and team performance. Mark McDonald finished 2^nd and Eoin McDonnell was placed 7^th

St. Aidan's last won this minor title in 1993. We have a very committed and disciplined team and a fantastic coach and mentor, Mr. A. O'Neill. Our team members who did St. Aidan's so proud are: Mark McDonald, Eoin McDonnell, Colm Murray, Chris Kelly, Ian Norton, Tony Kavanagh, Gavin Redmond and David Lyons. All of our athletes are looking forward to the track season which starts next month.

Chess Club

The St. Aidan's Chess Club took part in the Schools Chess Tournament and made it to the second round where Team A (Brian Fox, Kenneth Dowler, Mark Higgins and Shane Sexton) lost to a very good team from Naas C.B.S.

Team B (Joshua Tobin, Brian Hartnett, Darren Walsh and Daniel Baker) were knocked out in round 2 by a good team from Drimnagh Castle.

There will be a first year tournament and an open tournament after Easter.

Mr. Doyle

Pool

Dean Cooney (3 North) is looking forward to competing in the World Pool Championship in July. Dean competes at Junior level and has recorded a second place at the recent European Championship. We wish him the best of luck.

First Year Basketball

Congratulations to the first year basketball team who reached the final of the Division C shield. This was a massive achievement considering that this was the first time that the panel had played competitive matches. Unfortunately we were narrowly beaten by Oatlands College in the final by the slight margin of three points.

TEAM PANEL
Manus Shorthall
Daniel Blanchfield
Conor Houlihan
Gavin Kelly
Barry Ryan
Larry Brady
Stephen Jones
Eoin Mulrooney
Eoin McDonnell
Aaron Hayes
Brian Carrol
Ian Norton
Chris Kelly
Coach: Mr. Groarke

First Year Indoor Hurling

St. Aidan's first year team were beaten by the Golden goal rule in the semi-final game. Mr. Seán Moore is full of praise for all of the team and hopes that they will continue to play hurling in the years to come.