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Well done to all of the students who participated in the Blackrock invitational Athletics event yesterday. Below are  some of the fantastic results achieved by the our pupils. 

Intermediate
Sam Vines 1st Inter Shot Putt
                    2nd Discus

Shane Gevero  1st 100m
Ben Clarke       3rd 100m
Tom Chadwick 3rd High Jump

Relay Team 4*100m 1st


Junior
Keelin Reilly 1st Long Jump 
​                       3rd High Jump

Jason Jiang 4th Shot Putt
Will Lambert 4th High Jump

Relay Team 4*100m 3rd

Minor 
Igor Gonzales   1st Long Jump 
Cal Traynor        1st 100m 
                             1st 200m

Liam Guckian     1st Shot Putt
                              1st Discus
                              1st  Javelin

Minor Relay 4*100m 1st 

On Tuesday 9th of April, CBC 5th year students Luke Holmes and Jack Palmer won the Leinster Schools Senior Debating Championships. The final debate was held in Trinity College Dublin in the Graduates Memorial Building. Jack and Luke were opposing the motion "that the Republican Party should not re-nominate Donald Trump for 2020 Presidential Election". They were joined in the final by another CBC team, 4th years Donncha Murphy and Dara Grady. They defeated speakers from a number of different schools including Loreto College St. Stephen's Green, Belvedere College, Terenure College and Coláiste Íosagáin. 

The Leinster Championship is a year long competition with speakers receiving their motions a week before each debate. There were over 150 teams entered at the start in September and our students debated a variety of topics including the nuclear age, gender quotas in politics, the international arms trade and human rights.  

This is second time lucky for Luke and Jack as they were both finalists last year and follows on from their recent win of National Senior Mace Debating Championships. 

On Saturday, CBC 3rd year student Conor Coveney won the National Junior Mace Debating Championships.  Over 500 students have competed in the competition this year from all around the country. The finals day was held in Coláiste na hInse in Bettystown, Co. Meath and feature 100 of the best speakers from 1st to 3rd year from around Ireland. In order to qualify for the day, students had to finish in the top 30 speakers in Leinster at the recent Leinster Finals Day, which was held in CBC in March and won by our own James O'Donoghue. 

CBC was represented by Conor, James as well as fellow 3rd years Leon Reilly and Charlie Garland O'Connor. The boys took part in four preliminary debates on varied topics which included human rights, trade, prison and sexism in music. In a mace competition, they only receive their motion and side 20 minutes before the debates begin. After these rounds, the top eight speakers based on the points they had earned over the day went on to compete in the final. Conor, James and Leon all qualified for the final, which was chaired by the European Parliament's Vice President Mairead McGuiness MEP. They debated whether Ireland should rescind our invitation to President Trump to visit. The debate also featured speakers from Belvedere College, Loreto College Beaufort, Colaiste na hInse, Sutton Park and Loreto Crumlin.  After a hard fought debate, Conor was named the winner by the judges.
We're incredibly proud of Conor for his achievement as well as the other three who performed so well and represented us with great distinction. CBC has finished runner-up in this competition in the last two years and adds to the senior team of Jack Palmer and Luke Holmes who won the National Senior Mace two weeks ago. This means CBC has made a clean sweep of the national mace competitions. 

There will be a non-uniform day on Wednesday April 10th in aid of the Peter McVerry Trust. 

Minimum donation is €2. 

There are some brilliant photos of our Transition Years' amazing Musical in our gallery here.  

Thanks to Michael Chester @ChesterPics for the photos. 

Séamus Ó Seamróga singing CBCs Anthem song Tar Abhaile with Mr Rooney’s first year music class for Seachtain na Gaeilge

There are articles below on the Irish Independent website Leinster Website and photos from Sportsfile