St Benildus College Active School Flag

Well done to Jack Byrne and Tommy Dillon who played for Dublin u16s v Wexford in O’Toole Park today. 💙🧡🖤💙 Dublin won and the 2 lads scored 5 points between them 👏👌 We are super proud! 🧡🖤

Good luck to the first year Hurlers as they take on Castleknock in their Semi-Final

Well done to the first year rugby team who won the shield at today's South Dublin 7s Blitz Final! This is a great competition, which runs monthly throughout the school year and promotes getting involved and learning rugby skills. Great way to end the rugby season in St Benildus!

Well done to third years Zach Saunders, Conor O'Toole and Shane Fox, and Leinster Metro who won the Bearing Point Shane Horgan Cup after a tight final day. They beat both North Midlands and South East to take the cup. This is after a season of hard work in school, club and metro.

Congrats to Luke Lynch (3rd year) who lined out for Dublin u16 footballers v Monaghan last Saturday. Dublin won 3-11 to 2-11, with Luke scoring a point! Comghairdeas Luke - maith an fear

Well done to @kcpurpleandgold U15s and our students, Charlie Saunders and James Walsh, who won @dubgaaofficial Division 1 Feile. They beat Naomh Mearnóg in the final out in Portmarnock, 1-10 to 1-04. Well done Charlie and James.

Well done to Tadhg Smith who competed in the @golfirelandofficial All Ireland School Boys Golf Final, held in Milltown Golf Club. This is an incredible achievement and we are very proud of Tadhg.

We want to wish our 2nd year Hurlers best of luck as they play Colaiste Abbain in the Leinster B Semi-Final today. This group made St Benildus history last month as they became the first 2nd year team to win the Dublin A final. We are all behind them and their coaches!

Student Voice Week!

Hard luck to the 2nd year Hurlers today, who lost 2-09 to 2-16 vs Colaiste Abbain in the Leinster B Semi-Final. The lads put up an excellent fight - read about it in Tom Casserly's match review on Instagram or the School App

Healthy Eating Week at St Benildus College! A week full of exciting activities, nutritious snacks, and fun competitions! From study skills and fitness talks to rugby matches and The Great Benildus Bake Off

Great table-tennis success for our matches against St Tiernans. Both our under 13 team and our under 15 team won overall. Well done to all those involved.

Well done to our TY Active School Flag committee who took part in a rowing program with @rowingireland and received a coaching certificate after coaching 1st year students. 🚣

Congratulations to 2nd year student Conn Mc Cluskey who recently won the Dublin Indoor Championships U16 high jump with a jump of 1.71m,  he  placed 2nd in the 1,500m and 3rd in the 800m. Everyone here in the College is extremely proud of Conn.

Congratulations to our 2nd year students who came 3rd in the Junior Boys Leinster Cross Country Finals in the Phoenix Park today. They now qualify for the All-Ireland Finals in Ballybrit Galway in early March. Everyone here in the College is delighted with this great achievement

TYs are having a blast in the snow in Italia! They are braving big slopes and having a great time.

Evan Kinsella(3.6) had a very successful week in gymnastics in the USA. He came 1st All-Round in the Rhode Island competition. He won gold on rings, silver on pommel, parallel bars & vault and bronze on floor & high bar. He scored a 73.5 achieving the top score in the competiton

Show racism the red card. This week we unfortunately heard reports of racism from a Wayside youth team match. Wayside Celtic renews it's message there is no room for racism. Anywhere.

🎉🏃‍♀️ What a fantastic day at our Run for Life launch! Everyone came together to celebrate being active and having fun. 🌟 Check out our video showcasing all the excitement as we kick off our journey towards the Active Schools Flag! Let’s keep moving and stay active!💪 #RunForLife

🎉🌟 Exciting times ahead! 🌟🎉 Our dedicated Active School Flag Committee has been hard at work creating this intro video to kick off our whole school event - Run for Life, that takes place tomorrow 🎥✨ Join us as we celebrate our commitment to health, fitness, and fun! #active