Inaugural Year 8 Netball Tournament at St Paul’s

May 12, 2016

On Wednesday 4 May, St Paul’s held their inaugural Year 8 Netball Tournament.

The tournament was attended by Year 8 girls from Scared Heart Grammar School, Newry, St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel, The Royal School, Armagh, St Malachy’s High School, Castlewellan and St Mary’s High School, Newry.

Principal, Mr Jarlath Burns, welcomed everyone to St Paul’s and congratulated each team on the high level of netball skills on display during the tournament.

St Paul’s finished first place with St Malachy’s High School, Castlewallan finishing runners-up.

Well Done to everyone involved in the event.

See below for team photos.

St Paul’s High School is a thriving, innovative educational community of almost 1500 students of all abilities, from children with learning difficulties in our Learning Support Centre to high calibre academic achievers in our AS, A2 and Applied Post-16 courses. All classrooms are equipped as standard with interactive whiteboards, and students and staff are encouraged to make the fullest use of technology for learning and teaching.

The school, which was established in 1966 with the aim of providing its pupils with a Christian education within the Catholic ethos, is situated on a modern campus in pleasant rural surrounding in the townland of Carrickbracken, County Armagh. St Paul’s High School was designated by the Department of Education as a Specialist College for Science in 2008, and the school was awarded the BECTA ICT Mark in 2009.