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Awards Day at Hazelwood College

Awards Day at Hazelwood College

Photos from the recent awards day at Hazelwood College

Picture 1 is of Hazelwood College senior students who won awards in recognition of their excellence in the different subject areas. On the far left is the Deputy Principal, Mrs Elizabeth Dolan, while on the far right is the Principal, Mr Brendan Burke.

Picture 2 is of David Finn (centre) with Deputy Principal Elizabeth Dolan (left) and Hazelwood College Principal Brendan Burke (right) being presented with his award after winning the Principal’s Award for 2012.

Picture 3 is (left to right) Leaving Certificate Applied Co-Ordinator Ms Yvonne Devine, Deputy Principal Elizabeth Dolan, Jack Deely (LCA 1), Anita O’Brien (LCA 2) and Principal Brendan Burke at the presentation of awards for the best students in Leaving Certificate Applied.

Picture 4 is of the junior cycle students at Hazelwood College who won awards in recognition of their excellent in the different subject areas. Mr Brendan Burke, the Principal of Hazelwood College is pictured with them.

Picture 5 is of Hazelwood College students from across the student body who won awards based on fulfilling the ethos of the school community.

Picture 6 is (left to right) Deputy Principal Elizabeth Dolan, Michael Keyes, Karen O’Kelly and Principal Brendan Burke. Michael and Karen were presented with awards to mark their fantastic achievement in last year’s Junior Certificate, where both students attained 10 A grades.

Picture 7 is of Hazelwood College’s chess players award winners, pictured with Principal Brendan Burke.

Picture 8 is of the recipient of Hazelwood College’s Sport Star of the Year Award, 2012, Donna Mulcahy (centre) with Mr Tom Halpin (left) and Principal Brendan Burke (right).

Picture 9 is Hazelwood College’s Transition Year Programme Student Award winners who were recognised at a ceremony on Monday 21st of May. Pictured from left to right are Transition Year Co-Ordinator Mr Noel O’Grady, Ciaran Slattery, Sarah O’Flynn, Tom Simcox, Eamonn Shanahan, Ide Hennessey and Principal Brendan Burke.

Picture 10 is of Hazelwood College’s Transition Year Student of the Year Award winner, Tom Simcox (centre) with Transition Year Co-Ordinator Mr Noel O’Grady (left) and Principal Brendan Burke (right).

Picture 11 is of Ms Marie O’Connor who led students of Hazelwood College in a fundraiser on behalf of Scoil Naomh Íosef, Dromcollogher. She is pictured here, with the students involved, presenting the cheque.

Picture 12 is of Hazelwood College’s U14 Ladies Football team who beat Hospital on a score line of 3-15 to 1-10 in the Under 14 Limerick College’s A Final in Ballygran, pictured with Mr Tom Halpin on far left.

Picture 13 is of Hazelwood College’s U14 winning captain Ciara McCarthy,(right) the referee Jason Mullins (centre) and Hospital’s captain Grainne Kennedy (left).

Junior Certificate Woodwork Projects 2012

Junior Certificate Woodwork 2012 Projects

Below is a selection of the projects submitted by this years woodwork classes for the State Examinations.

Students had to pick one of the following design briefs and submit a project they felt answered the brief

Design Briefs – Ordinary Level

1. Design and make a small decorative pull-along toy suitable for a young child. The toy should be safe when in use. It should have a cartoon character theme and be attractive to the child.

2. Design and make an elegant artefact to hold and display containers for tea, coffee and sugar. Your design should be enhanced by the use of solid wood. The artefact should be hand crafted and should complement the style of the existing kitchen.

3. Design and make a wall-mounted artefact that provides an easy method for feeding
small birds during the winter period. Protection from predators should be considered in the design and the artefact should also reflect a nature theme.

Design Briefs – Higher Level

1. Carefully placed lighting can greatly enhance the atmosphere of a living area. Design and make a compact table on which to place a small lamp. The table should be elegant in appearance and should display the functional simplicity of hand crafted joints. You should clearly explain how you minimised your carbon footprint in the design, selection of materials and in the processes used to manufacture the artefact.

2. The Olympic ideal of a healthy mind, body and spirit expressed through participation in sport and exercise, motivates many young people to adopt an active lifestyle.
Design and make an artefact which celebrates the importance of a healthy, activity-based
lifestyle. The design should reflect a theme of health and personal achievement. The finished artefact should be elegant in its setting and be inspirational to behold.

3. Many young people like to study in attractive and organised surroundings. Design and make a portable study organiser for use on a desktop. The artefact should be
designed to hold a maximum of three textbooks. It should also incorporate a facility for
holding drawing equipment and other small study items. Your design should be inspired by
the sustainable ideal of doing more with less. This ideal should be reflected in the size of the artefact and in your choice of materials.

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“13th Title for Hazelwood College”

Co. Limerick V.E.C. Ladies Football


“13th Title for Hazelwood College”

HAZELWOOD COLLEGE 4-10
COLAISTE NE TROCAIRE 4-4

Our senior girls played Colaiste Na Trocaire; Rathkeale in Neville Park last week
and after a hard battle finished six points clear. Hazelwood won the toss and
elected to play with the breeze (at times gale force). Which proved to be a
good decision by Captain Máire Flanagan. At half time we were 14pts to the
good and needed to be because Rathkeale came storming back in the 2nd half-
fighting all the way to the end.

Rathkeale had the ball in the back of the net before Hazelwood had even
settled but within five minutes we had things under control and with Máire
Flanagan playing exceptional football at centre back we slowly added on
the scores. Norma Kiely kicked our first score – a point from a free and was
followed by a wonderful goal from Claire Enright. Points from Donna Mulcahy,
Norma Kiely and Aisling O’ Connor followed and then midway through the
first half Aisling O’ Connor goaled after some great play by Máire Flanagan
and Katie Dillane out the field. Rathkeale hit back with another goal but points
from Katie Dillane, Donna Mulcahy (2), Nicola O’ Connell and Claire Enright
kept Hazelwood comfortably ahead. With 7 minutes to half time Claire Enright
struck again hitting the back of the net – not once – but twice in the space for
three minutes – half time score Hazelwood 4-9 Rathkeale 2-1

Against the breeze in the second half was much tougher for Hazelwood but
some majestic handling from our captain cleared many a danger. Rathkeale
scored two goals in quick succession followed by two points to come within six
points of Hazelwood but two substitutes for Hazelwood – Niamh McCarthy for
Stephanie Kirwan and Katie O’ Sullivan for Nicola O’ Connell slowed the game
down. This suited the Drom girls, Niamh and Katie began to dominate midfield,
holding onto the ball and also making some great runs – one of which set up
Donna Mulcahy’s point five minutes from the end. Rathkeale scored one more
point but could not penetrate the Hazelwood defence further and it ended 4-
10 to 4-4.

Best for Hazelwood: M. Flanagan, A. O’Flynn, L. Curtin, N. Kiely, N. McCarthy,
C. Enright, K. O’Sullivan.

Scorers for Hazelwood: Claire Enright 3-1, Aisling O’Connor 1-1, Donna
Mulcahy 0-4, Norma Kiely 0-2, Katie Dillane 0-1 and Nicola O’Connell 0-1.

Subs used: Niamh McCarthy, Katie O’Sullivan and Ciara McCarthy.

Team: Zoe O’Connell, Chris O’Leary, Loretta Hanley, Sarah Forde, Rachel
Lane, Máire Flanagan (capt), Lorna Curtin, Donna Mulcahy, Aideen O’Flynn,
Stephanie Kirwan, Norma Kiely, Nicola O’Connell, Katie Dillane, Claire Enright
and Aisling O’Connor.

Other subs: Aisling McCarthy, Áine Cunningham, Colleen Leahy, Sondra Boyce,
Marie Danagher.

Leaving Certificate Construction Studies Projects 2012

Leaving Certificate Construction Studies Projects 2012

Below are the projects submitted by this years Leaving Certificate class for the State Examinations 2012.

The Leaving Certificate course is broken into three sections with 50% awarded for the terminal exam, 25% for a practical examination and 25% for the projects shown below

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Tag Rugby News

Tag Rugby News

Picture 1: One of the Hazelwood College’s two tag rugby teams, which participated in a tag rugby competition at Young Munster RFC. The tag rugby competition was organised by Laurel Hill students and were able to make friends from all over County Limerick, thanks to this new sport.

Picture 2: Another of Hazelwood College’s tag rugby teams which participated in the tag rugby competition. The competition is dedicated to the memory to a former first year students, Máire Hourigan, who was tragically killed in an accident in 2009.

North Munster Athletics Finals

Pictures from Hazelwood College’s recent success at the North Munster Finals in athletics.

Picture 1: Hazelwood College’s Athletics Team Coach Mr Kevin Grant (on far left) with team members (left to right) Eric O’Connor, Niall O’Brien and James Kelly. Niall O’Brien enjoyed great success, both in winning a medal in the Shot Putt and qualifying for the Munster Final.

Picture 2: Hazelwood Boys who participated in the recent North Munster Qualifiers included (from left to right) Sean Flanagan, Callum Donoghue, Eric O’Connor, Sean Twohig and Kevin Coleman.

Picture 3: Hazelwood College Girls who recently represented the school with great success at the recent North Munster Qualifiers included (from left to right) Laoise Bennis, Mairead Lordan, Maria Cremin and Alison Healy. Both Laoise Bennis and Mairead Lordan qualified for the coming Munster Final.

Picture 4: Laoise Bennis in action, representing Hazelwood College, in the high jump at the recent North Munster Qualifiers held in UL. Laoise qualified for the coming Munster Final.

Picture 5: Maria Cremin pictured in action at the recent North Munster Qualifier held in U.L., where she represented Hazelwood College, but was unlucky not to qualify for the Munster Final.

Picture 6: Alison Healy, representing Hazelwood College at the recent North Munster Qualifiers, pictured attempting the long jump. Alison narrowly missed out on a place at the Munster Final.

All Ireland Finals IASTA Science Quiz

All Ireland Finals IASTA Science Quiz

6th Year Agricultural Science Students who were competed in the All Ireland Finals of the IASTA Ag Science Quiz on Wednesday in Kilkenny. After a heart fought battle enduring eight tie breakers questions they won the bronze title! The students involved were Seamus Brosnan, Michael Walsh, Máire Flanagan, Paul Sheehy. Presenting the team with their award is Mr Damien Phelan, Chairperson from IASTA (Irish Agricultural Science Teachers Association)

Limerick B Schools Hurling Final

Hazelwood Suffer Last Gasp defeat

Hazelwood College (Dromcollogher) 0-13
Colaiste Iosaef (Kilmallock) 1-11

Kilmallock snatched an injury time victory in the Limerick B schools hurling final in a sunny Ballyagran with a goal 3 minutes into injury time to turn a two point deficit into a one point victory. Hazelwood had the better of the earlier exchanges scoring two quick points through Jamie Butler and David O’Donnell before Kilmallock responded with one of their own. Jerry Lane pointed a first of many frees to leave Hazelwood leading by 3 points to 1 after five minutes. Kilmallock enjoyed a period of dominance for the next 15 minutes scoring three unanswered points to put them leading 4 points to 3, twenty minutes in. the last 10 minutes were tit-for tat. Killmallock bettering Jerry lane’s 3 frees with four points of their own to leave the score at half time – Colaiste Iosaef 0-8, Hazelwood College 0-6. The second half started as the first finished with both sides trading points, Jerry lane with one from play as well as a placed ball matching Colaiste Iosaef’s two scores. It was now however Hazelwood’s time to dominate. Kilmallock managed only one score in the next 25 minutes of play. Hazelwood scored 5, however they were largely restricted to scores from placed balls, Jerry Lane scoring 3 frees and a 65 with Shane Carroll the only score from play, by the Colaiste Iosaef defence.So Hazelwood lead by 2 points 3 minutes into injury time when Kilmallock pounced with the winner leaving no time to get back up the field and score. It was a heart-breaking defeat leaving Hazelwood to think of a season which had been close at both Munster and County level but had resulted in no silverware.

Team and Scorers for Hazelwood College: Conor Egan, Sean Flanagan, Conor Dillon, Darren Boyce, Joseph Casey, Eric O’Connor, Philip O Flynn, Diarmuid Coleman, Jamie Butler(0-1), Jerry Lane 0-10 (0-8fs,0-1 ‘65), Daire Hannigan, , Cian Mulcahy, David O’Donnell 0-1, Shane Carroll 0-2, Diarmuid Buckley


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