The 1st XI as they set off for Dublin to play in the All Ireland Championships. They play: Wednesday 23 October 2019 v Kings Hospital School (Dublin) starting 1:30 pm at their school Thursday 24 October 2019 v Kilkenny College starting 11:15 am at High School, Dublin v Ashton School (Cork) starting 3:15 pm at High School, Dublin Friday 25 October 2019 – depends on previous results Best of luck to the boys!

The 1st XI hockey squad had a very enjoyable tour in Edinburgh from the 17-20 October. As well as taking in many of the historic and well known sights they played 2 very competitive matches against Inverleith and Grange hockey clubs, coming out with a win and a draw.

In the third match in the group Sullivan travelled to Lisburn to face Wallace High School. These two schools have faced each other in finals in the last few seasons, so a tight match was anticipated. The game was dominated by the defence of both teams, Wallace made goalkeeper Fraser Todd make a couple of excellent saves one after the other. With both teams pushing Wallace broke down the right and a hard cross was met at the back post with Wallace taking the lead. Halftime Sullivan 0 v Wallace High School 1 The second half saw Sullivan push and win some penalty corners but these could not be converted. Wallace didn’t have too many shots in the second half. The game ended one nil. Final Score – Sullivan 0 v Wallace High 1 The next matches will be played after half term against Royal & Prior (Raphoe) and Banbridge Academy

Sullivan Fencing: 2019 Irish Intermediate Fencing Championships Five Sullivan fencers travelled to University College Dublin on Sunday 6 October 2019 to compete in the Irish Intermediate Championships, the first event for them in the Irish 2019/20 fencing season. In the women’s foil event Izzy Evans fought her way through to the quarter finals, winning a tough last 16 fight 15:14 on her way to finish 8th, just outside the medals. Angharad King and Rachel McKillen finished 15th and 16th. In the men’s foil Alexander Penny and Keir Murray finished 17th and 25th. All fenced well against older competitors and gained valuable experience of senior fencing. The next event for SUFC fencers will be the North West Open senior competition in the Ulster University Coleraine Campus on 19 October 2019. David White SUFC Coach

Sullivan 1st XI have found out their opposition for the All Ireland Championships to be held in Dublin from Wednesday 23 October to Friday 25 October 2019. They play: Wednesday 23 October 2019 v Kings Hospital School (Dublin) starting 1:30 pm at their school Thursday 24 October 2019 v Kilkenny College starting 11:15 am at High School, Dublin v Ashton School (Cork) starting 3:15 pm at High School, Dublin Friday 25 October 2019 – depends on previous results

Sullivan played their first two matches of the McCullough Cup over the last two Saturdays. Sullivan v Cookstown High In a slow starting game, Sullivan took the lead with Patrick Rose scoring a reverse stick shot into the roof of the net. This was then followed up by Daniel Girvin scoring a second. Half-time Sullivan 2 (Rose & Girvin) v Cookstown 0 Cookstown pushed on in the second half and Sullivan just couldn’t ‘get going’, Cookstown scored a goal, still Sullivan found it hard to get a grip on the game. With the last play of the game Cookstown were awarded a Penalty Corner, but this was defended well. Final Score Sullivan 2 (Rose & Girvin) v Cookstown 1 Sullivan v Campbell College This game started much better than last weeks game. Sullivan played well with Campbell happy to let Sullivan have the ball in their own half and Campbell defended from the halfway line. This made it difficult for Sullivan to break into the Campbell area to even take a shot. Sullivan took a halftime lead through goals from Djay Erskine and Harry Yarr. Halftime Sullivan 2 (Erskine & Yarr) v Campbell College 0 The second half start with Campbell pushing high against the Sullivan defence. This initially made it difficult for Sullivan, but once they settled into Campbell’s new approach Sullivan used the open space to score a handful of second half goals – with goals from Daniel Girvin, Jack Crossan, Tom McClintock (2) and Jonny Crookshanks Final Score Sullivan 7 (Erskine, Yarr, Girvin, Crossan, McClintock (2) & Crookshanks) Campbell College 0 Sullivan next face Wallace High School in the McCullough Cup

Sullivan 1st XI start their McCullough Cup campaign this Saturday, 28 September 2019 with a 9.30am start against Cookstown High at the school pitch. All support is welcomed. The other teams in the group are Campbell College, Wallace High, Royal & Prior of Raphoe and Banbridge Academy

After the recent Interior Series held in Belfast, Patrick Rose and Michael Trimble (U18) along with Connor Matthews and Sam Anderson (U16) have progressed forward for Ireland Hockey Training Squads. Congratulations

Rory Carson was selected to represent Irish Schools Athletics Association U17 in 200m & 4×100 at Swansea in the InterPro Schools athletics.

Congratulations to former Sullivan pupils (and brothers), Callum Robson and Michael Robson who recently represented the Irish Men’s Hockey team twice against France in June.

Congratulations to Max Shannon (Year 10) on his selection for the NCU U15 cricket team.