< Previous© June 2017 The Meath Coaster40Gormanston CollegeOur school year is coming to a close and Franciscan College Gormanston has had a year to be proud of. Events have included an Anti-bullying Week, a Wellness Week, Sci-ence week and Maths Week to name a few of our special events. We have supported many fund raising activities and invited many guest speakers to our school. Below is a picture of the TY Stu-dents taking part in the final part of their Gaisce Bronze Award with a trek and an overnight stay in Newgrange. They have also just recently returned from Barcelona which included a visit to the Nou Camp Stadium.We are very proud of our Clann Sysytem here in Gormanston too. Every stu-dent becomes a member of either Clann Eanna, Clan Froinsias, Clann Antoine or Clann Padraig when they join our school community and throughout the year students are allocated points for good behav-iour, academic achievement, ef-fort in class and commitment to extra-curricular activities. The Clann who wins the most points by the end of the school year goes off on a school tour. This year Clann Eanna with 2162 points have gone to Puddenhill to take part in Laser Tag and Karting.Our week ends with our Annual Prize Giving Ceremony for 1st, 2nd and 5th years where academic achievement, along with hard work and commitment is celebrat-ed. Prizes are also awarded to those stu-dents who have excelled at sport. On their final day in the school our 6th years will attend their graduation ceremony and the announcements of next year’s prefects and Head Girl and Boy will be made. We wish all our 6th years best of luck for the future whatever path they choose to take and hope they will come back to visit us to share their experiences. § © June 2017 The Meath Coaster41Underlying Causes of Panic Anxiety Fear and Phobia’s To continue on from the last 2 months ar-ticles here. These are SOME of the causes of Panic Anxiety Fear and Phobic reac-tions. Everyone has their own root cause, and Psychotherapy will help you find yours, eliminate that root reason allowing you to be FREE. Genetic Predisposition Some are born likely to develop panic at-tacks under the right circumstances, and some people couldn’t have a panic attack if you paid them. We’re all born with a variety of innate tendencies. If you have panic attacks, this is one of yours. It can also be a learned behaviour that as a child you saw in someone else. Both can be treated successfully. Anxious trends during childhood A second reason is that as children, you may have grown up in an atmosphere which failed to teach you that the world was “your oyster”, a safe place where you can be happy. Maybe an early death in the family, se-vere illness, or some serious problem like alcoholism divorce or abuse Maybe the parents were themselves anxious and over protective, perhaps in response to their own anxiety disorder. Perhaps you learned to spend too much time and effort taking care of others, try-ing too hard to please others, and feeling responsible for the happiness of others. A Response to the challenge of emerg-ing adulthood The third reason is you often experienced high stress and stressful changes in the year or so prior to the onset of the panic at-tacks. These might have been bad events, such as feeling trapped in a bad job or rela-tionship, or experienc-ing the loss of family and/or friends. Or you may have had a lot of changes which weren’t bad in themselves - finishing school, changing jobs, getting married, moving, buying/selling a home, having babies, etc. - but which had a cumulative stressful effect to the point that you found it hard to cope with them all. What These Factors have in Common What causes panic attacks to invade a per-son’s life? None of them were under your own control. These are all developmental events in life which happen to some peo-ple. The factors which cause panic attacks are not something you could have con-trolled. There is therefore no reason to feel guilty, ashamed, or apologetic about having pan-ic attacks. They are not the result of living badly; or of making bad choices; or of be-ing “stupid”, or cowardly. Your Problem, not your Fault If you have Panic Disorder, then panic attacks are your problem...but don’t be confused into thinking that panic is your fault. Your psychotherapy session will help you get the control you need in just a few hours here. Email today for your Consultation bernicemckenna@hotmail.com. I will help you then. §© June 2017 The Meath Coaster42Cilles Athletic ClubWell it’s been a truly magnificent May! Cilles AC has been out and about this month, the black and tangerine is making its mark in the running circuits. So much running, so many fantastic per-formances , so let’s tell you all about it...NSP Expert Lab Solutions are the an-chor sponsor for the B-5. NSP is a small Irish owned company based just outside Navan, Co. Meath. They specialise in the sale, service and repair of laboratory equipment to a broad customer base in-cluding secondary schools, colleges, uni-versities and leading pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies. Check WWW.NSP.IE for full details of services, prod-ucts and special offers. The ongoing sup-port of NSP has made this a great race and this year is going to be even better.Traffic restrictionsThere will be traffic restrictions on the route and around the village for the dura-tion of the race. The race map and a copy of the traffic plan is on the website.Race RegistrationOnline registration is now open, there will be t-shirts for the first 300 registered and don’t forget the fab finishers medal. We have special group discount, and this year a ‘bring a buddy’ rate. There will be regis-tration on the day, check the webpage for full details - WWW.CILESAC.IE and our Facebook for updates.Best of luck to everyone taking part in the B5, enjoy your training and have a great time on the day!Boyne 10kCilles AC did themselves proud at the Boyne 10k, 29 athletes represented the club. A deceptively warm day made it a challenging run. Thoroughly enjoyed by all though, even the hills couldn’t wipe the smiles off the faces of all involved. A special mention for Tyler Sweetman who medal’ed in the childrens races, your club and coaches are very proud of you.Launch of the NSP B5 Race Cilles AC Bettystown are delighted to an-nounce that the NSP B5 race is back for its 3rd year. Tuesday July 18th, 8pm is the date and time to have your runners laced up for what will be a great evening of run-ning. This year we are offering a fab t-shirt to the first 300 registered. Every race finisher will receive a coveted medal and you’ll be able to bathe in the warmth of the Cilles AC hospitality at the post race spread. A big thank you to the Laytown and Bettystown Golf Club who are host-ing our after race refreshments this year.The course is flat and fast, a perfect run to set your PB and with a prize fund in excess of €2000, it’s sure to attract ath-letes across all categories. The course has been measured and certified, so if anyone feels like breaking a world record, go for it! There’ll be plenty of athletes challeng-ing for the prize fund, however the race is being setup to cater for athletes of all abilities and we’d love to see all runners and walkers giving it a go. Did I mention, there’s a finishers medal too?© June 2017 The Meath Coaster43Our ladies terrific trio of Mairead Murphy, Deirdre McNulty and Ciara Lenihan were the second ladies team home. A brilliant personal achievement for the ladies and for us as a young club, super running and well done to you all.The celebrations didn’t stop with the post race cup of tea. Cilles AC is celebrating it’s third birthday and we partied in fine style in Moran’s of Mornington. Somehow everyone who ran the 10k summoned up the energy to dance into the small hours, could have been something to do with DJ skills of one Niall Bennett.May in summaryEarly May saw James Smith put in a strong performance at the North Leinster schools Championships to win gold in the 800m. Super running James, well done. Drogheda and District graded series took place in the Lourdes stadium on a glori-ously sunny evening, some great per-formances by Cilles AC athletes, well done to everyone who took part. A fan-tastic bunch of Cilles AC juveniles were in action at the Meath championships in Navan, Holly Brennan came 1st in the 1500m, Cormac and Kevin Ffrench came 1st in the long jump, I haven’t room to list everyones achievements but know you’re a terrific set of young people and you do yourselves, family and club proud.Cilles took to the roads of Bohermeen for the Meath roads relays on 9th. Our la-dies A & B teams took home silver and bronze in their grades - well done El-lenor, Meg, Ciara, Deirdre, Lauren, Sio-fra, Holly and Mairead. Tim Donnelly celebrated his birthday by running the Navan AC 6k road race on the 12th, sup-ported by a great bunch of Cilles AC run-ners, amazing times were run on a very warm evening. James Smith finished 3rd in the Leinster 800m schools. Holly Brennan finished 2nd to claim the Silver medal in the 1500m, Aaron Smith ran a good time in the 1500m and is showing improvements in every race. A well deserved result from a group of hard working committed indi-viduals representing their School. 7 teams from the under 9s to senior men took part in the Meath sprint relays in Claremount stadium, Navan. Great to see the CIlles AC colours out in such numbers.First club individual senior medal Ciaran Smith made Cilles AC club history by claiming bronze in the Meath champi-onship 3000m. Ciaran ran a fast opening half of the race and was in contention until the last 1200m, an injection of pace from Fergus (the eventual winner) with 3 laps to go saw a gap appear between the top two and Ciaran. Ciaran dug deep and held a fast pace until the end to claim the Sen-ior bronze medal. A super month for the club and its ath-letes. All the events listed above can be read about in more detail on our Facebook page - ‘Cilles Athletic Club’, give us a like and keep up to date with what’s hap-pening. Have a great June everybody. §¶Boyne 10k 2nd ladies team 2017© June 2017 The Meath Coaster44Laytown & Bettystown GolfAlex Maguire wins U-17 Leinster Boys ChampionshipLaytown & Bettystown Golf Club junior player, Alex Maguire from Mornington was recently crowned Leinster U-17 champion when he won the coveted trophy at the Leinster Boys Ama-teur Open Championship held at Head-ford Golf Club, County Meath. This was quite an achievement for the 16 year old as the field was made up of the very best junior golfers from all over Ireland. Alex qualified for the final round of the tournament with fine rounds of 71 and 75 and finished with a brilliant score of 70 to end on even par for the his three rounds. Everyone at Laytown & Bettystown wishes Alex well in his upcoming sum-mer tournaments and hopefully there will be many more successes in the future.The club is also very proud of young Laytown girl, Tegan Gordon, you made it to the quarter final stage of the Munster Girls Amateur Open held in Cork over the Easter school holidays. Best of luck Tegan in all of your competitions over the sum-mer months. §Laytown and Bettystown Bridge ClubLaytown and Bettystown Bridge Club held their AGM on April 27th.The following are officers for the year commencing Sept. 2017.Carol Fitzpatrick (President); Ml. McCa-rthy; A.Traynor; V. O’Brien; A. O’Brien.P. Walsh; P. Rooney; C. Dunne. (Secretary).Bridge takes place every Mon. And Thurs. Nights. We have a few vacancies for new members. E.M.H.A. Driving ServiceEast Meath Hospice Association (E.M.H.A.) provides a voluntary driver service to bring people to Dublin and Drogheda hospitals for chemotherapy and radio-therapy treatments. Ph: 087 210 0036. © June 2017 The Meath Coaster45town Horse Trials. Fantastic results! At the Kilronan Derby Day Sarah Cas-sidy won the intermediate dressage with her horse Badger, Marie Delaney Moore and her horse Suzi were 2nd in the primary dressage with Caroline Prone in 6th. Alison Keegan was 2nd in the 60cm derby with her new horse Tony, and Paul Murray was 4th in the 70cm class. Gary Monahan and his horse Olaf took 2nd place in the AI derby too. Ruth Callan and her horse Shyboy took 1st place in the cob showing, and then went on to become the shows reserve champion!New members Debbie Kirby and Anna Tryka competed in their first AIRC show too, and they performed brilliantly! Wel-come to the club girls! For further information, please “like” our page on FB or contact Lindsey §The Spring Show at Cheval Showgrounds saw Sarah Cassidy and her horse Badger win the intermediate dressage class with Ruth Callan taking 4th place. Ruth then went on to win the cob showing, pushing Sarah into 2nd place. Fantastic results for these two competitors. Olivia Nolan was 3rd in the AP dressage, and the Castlehill SJ team also placed 3rd! Well done everyone! The NER RDS showjumping qualifier was also held recently at Kernans EC, and our team was made up of Capt. Gary Mo-nahan, Mairead Dolan, Aaron McGrane and Marie Farrell. Unfortunately they didn’t qualify, but Marie Farrell and her ex-racehorse Doc jumped two blistering clear rounds. The team did themselves, and the club proud.Congratulations to club member Dayna Curtis and her horse Cuig who recently placed 3rd in the Eventing Irl EI100 Ama-teur classes at both Rosanna and Punches-Castle Hill Riding Club The members of Castlehill RC have had an extremely busy month competing. The results have been absolutely fantastic, so huge congratulations to everyone that saddled up. Earlier in the month the club hosted a showing information evening at Bridgemount in Donabate (huge thanks to our hosts Olivia Nolan and Francis Hand). Showing judge Vivienne O’Connor talked us through the best ways to turnout horses for competition, and ways to pick up extra marks in Working Hunter. Our members really en-joyed the evening, and the BBQ afterward! Ruth Callan and ShyboySJ team @ Cheval Spring ShowShowing info night @ Bridgemount© June 2017 The Meath Coaster46On the PitchAll of our teams are back making big impressions in their leagues for this season! Our under 8’s were delighted to be one of the teams to perform a guard of honour for the Drogheda V Derry home game on Friday 26th of May . There was great excitement on the big night among our young players, parents and coaches !! At half time our boys got to have a kick around in the well known home of the Drogs. Hopefully with the talent and passion our boys have it’s only a taste of things to come . The Drogheda players couldn’t have been friendlier and were an inspiration to all budding young players . Thanks to all for the oppor-tunity, particularly the Man-agers, Michael Holland and all in Drogheda United FC. (Photo above)Big big Thank You to New-grange Lodge in Donore, owned by local lady, Leon O’Reilly from Laytown for sponsoring our U8 Green Squad! The kids love the new gear and haven’t lost a match since they started wearing them!!! (Photo below)FAI Summer Soccer SchoolWe are delighted to host again this year, the FAI Summer Soc-cer School for 2 weeks. Dates of the camps held in Ministown are 17th to 21st July, and 14th to 18th August. Our camps hold the award for being the first camp in the country to sell out for the past 3 years! So don’t be disappointed, and don’t delay. Bookings opened 28th March. Book your place now!AcademyAcademy is back up and running every Saturday afternoon from 2pm-3pm. Shin-guards and water are a must! All wel-come!Players Wanted - A Goalkeeper is need-ed for our U17’s team, so if you were born 2000 or after, please contact Aidan on 086-8134411 asap. § © June 2017 The Meath Coaster47Neil Dunne, Star of the Sea, who now lives and works in Spain, posted a time of 10.89 seconds for the 100 m while running for Oviedo University which puts him 3rd on the outdoor list for 2017.Edel Carberry doing her 1st ever Dublin Graded Meet ran 11mins 2secs for the 3000m in Morton Stadium. Rob Tully ran a 1.51 800m recently and is now tar-geting a sub 1.50 to try and make to the NCAA regionals next weekend in Arkan-sas. While nearer home Andrew Coscoran raced in the Milers Club meet in Grey-stones trying for a sub 14mins 12secs 5000, the A time for the European u23 T&F Championships. He ran 14.08 and heads to Flanders on May 27th in pursuit of the qualification for the u23 European 1500m which is 3.42.50 for the A stand-ard and 3.46.50 for the B standard.Well done to Brian Collins, Stephen Red-mond and John O’Byrne, at the Belfast marathon on May 1st. Meanwhile SOS AC Ladies team of Rosemary Hutcheson and Fiona Kenna won the second team prize at the Navan 6k. Congratulations to all our young athletes who took part in the U12-U18 Meath T&F championships in Navan. Then on May 17th we had a veritable army of young Star of the Sea athletes at the relays in Navan. Despite a downpour, spirits were not dampened and each and every one of them ran their best for their team and club. Ice-cream cones for everyone afterwards worked well to shake off the soaking they got! We will have juvenile track races on May 30th before our fifth annual 5k, a great chance for young runners to race sprints and maybe to see if they like athletics! Brian Collins has qualified for the prestig-ious THEChampionship 2017 triathalon on 3rd June in Samorin, Slovakia. He will be joining a pro field that is turning out to be the who’s who of the triathlon world, including Alistair Brownlee. That same weekend, Rob Tully who al-ready has a B standard for the u23 Euro-pean 800 m, goes to Belgium for the Leon Buyle Flanders Cup in pursuit of another sub 1.48.50. Good luck to them both!Our big race day is May 30th. We have Healing Hands ready to rub down tired legs, we have Amphibian King Pop up shop for some bargains and free advice, and we will have an array of buns, cakes, sandwiches, and endless mugs of tea and coffee for all at St Patricks Clubhouse af-ter the race. We will have a random num-ber raffle on the night with some great spot prizes. As every year, a portion of race profits will be donated to Balbriggan Cancer Support Group. See you there!Pictured below, our U 13 girls relay team who ran a super race in Navan on May 17th. §© June 2017 The Meath Coaster48DONACARNEY CELTIC F.C. DIVAS DO THE DOUBLEOur U14 Divas continued to make Club history this past month as they topped o their perfect rst season by adding a Cup win to their already impressive League win. The Divas took on League runners up Ardee Celtic F.C. in what proved to be a fantastic game on a sunny day in United Park. Donacarney enjoyed a healthy percentage of the possession in the opening stages of the game, but Ardee’s well organised defence proved hard to breakdown. It was a long range shot from Brianna Martin that nally broke the deadlock on the 30min mark. Donacarney didn’t have everything all their own way with Ardee putting them under pressure for spells during the game. Howev-er with the Divas maintaining a really high work rate throughout the match and with every player showing a real determination to win the ball it wasn’t long before they secured their second goal on the stroke of half-time. Ailbhe Horan steering one into the back of net from the back post to nish o a superbly weighted cross from Eimear Brennan. Brianna Martin would go on to secure 4 goals in total on the day resulting in a 5-0 nal scoreline, enough to earn herself the Player of the Match award. A fantastic performance from every player on the day. Well done to the girls and their coaches on a fantastic rst season. Megan Murray | Phoenix Quinn | Aine Clarke | Spohie Beenham | Brianna Martin | Abbie Sherlock | Ella Malone| Eva-Jean Quinn | Ella McCabeLeah Sanders | Robyn Chidgey | Eimear Brennan | Ailbhe Horan | © June 2017 The Meath Coaster49AWARD NIGHTLEAGUE RUNNERS UPThe Award Night for our 11-A-Side DCSL teams also took place this month in The Glenside Hotel. With each team presenting their Player of the Year and Players Player of Year awards on the night. Pictured above are our U13 Black Player of the Year Alan Fagan and runners up Jake Mahon and Shane Kelly. Coach John Hough pictured below picked up the Club Person of the Year award for his continuous hard work and e orts throughout the year.Congratulations to our U13 Black and U12 Leopards teams pictured below. Both teams nished up their seasons as League runners up for the 2016/17 season.Well done to everyone involved on a fantas-tic season, and best of luck to the players and coaches for next season. Week 1: 10th - 14th July Week 2: 24th - 28th JulyLimited places remaining!www.summersoccerschools.ie BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!FAI Summer Soccer SchoolsNext >