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Sixth Class arrived back in Cork last night after a hectic weekend in Bath.  They played seven rugby matches over the three days at three different venues.  They also spent some time  sight seeing, culminating with a guided tour of the famous Roman Baths.  The touring team also found time for bowling, quasar and a [...]

Fifth Class were guests of Scoil Cholmchille, Blarney Street on Friday last, to play return cricket and hurling matches.  All the boys enjoyed the event and it is planned to have some more matches before the summer holidays.

A few weeks before Ireland’s famous victory over England in the Cricket World Cup, a cricket match had been planned between CBC Prep School and Scoil Cholmcille CBS, Blarney Street.  The match took place this morning at Lansdowne in glorious sunshine.  The fact that cricket has been very much in the news this week, made [...]

Next Wednesday afternoon will complete the eight weeks of swimming lessons in Mayfield Swimming Pool,  started in November.  Fifty-two pupils participated from Second Class to Sixth Class.  Some First Class and Senior Infants pupils who have brothers in Second to Sixth Class were also allowed to participate.   Four swimming  instructors were on hand each [...]

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Today, the Junior and Senior Infants, First and Second Class had their sports in the morning in the Gym.  Third Class to Sixth Class went to the UCC Sports grounds at the Mardyke at 12 noon to join the Secondary School for the annual Sports Day.  Each class had a number of races including sprints, three-legged, [...]

The Sixth Class Bath touring group returned to CBC last night at 10.00pm after an eventful four day tour.  The following photos show some of the tour activities.  

The Sixth Class rugby tour to Bath went ahead despite the grounding of aircraft and the cancellation of the flight from Cork to Bath.  The Sixth Class parents took the initiative in trying to arrange for the class to go by ferry when the flight was cancelled.  Eventually, tickets were found to be available for [...]

The Sixth Class rugby tour to Bath will take place this weekend.  The class will meet on Friday at 1.00pm at Cork Airport, flying out at 3.15pm. After arrival in Bath and settling in to the tour accommodation, the boys will take a walking tour of the city, followed by dinner and a trip to the [...]

The Easter Rugby Camp, held from Tuesday to Friday this week, was a great success.  Seventy-five pupils in all participated: a total of sixty-eight from CBC and seven of their friends from other schools.  The first day was a bit wet and all the lads went home covered in mud, but the rest of the [...]