Congratulations to former pupil, Michael Robson (who completed Upper Sixth in June 2013) who has gained his first three full international caps for Ireland in recent matches against Spain. This is a tremendous achievement for an 18 year old and we wish him every success in what we hope is a long international career.

The junior netball team have had an excellent start to the sporting year. They have won the Belfast Area Netball League.  After a tough semi-final against Rathmore they faced  Methodist College in the final and won 17-9.  They now go on to represent the Belfast area in the Northern Ireland Finals. Eve Presho and Laura McCaw have made the RDA Netball squad, with Rachael Gowdy and Emer McEvoy making the reserves list. This is an excellent achievement for the girls.

Girls Hockey team won 3-2 v Coleraine High school in Ballymoney.   Zara Malseed scored 3 two penalty corners and one open play goal.

ullivan staff showed off their culinary skills in the ‘Great Sullivan Staff Bake Off 2013’. Competition was fierce and the judging tough for Mrs Steenson from the Silver Robin and past pupil Stephen Chisholm, winner of the great Irish bake Off 2013.  Third place when to Mrs Gorringe for her ‘Book Lover’s Cake’, second to Mrs Anderson who made a ‘Courgette Cake’ and first place to Mrs Hutchinson for her ‘Chocolate and Raspberry cake’. It was a fantastic opportunity for staff to gather together and share morning tea on a busy exceptional closure day!

It’s National Christmas Jumper Day today! The staff and pupils are getting into festive spirit by wearing their Christmas jumpers and raising money for Save the Children at the same time on Friday 13 December 2013.

The 1st XI girls are through to the quarter finals of the Senior Schools’ cup and will now play Rainey Endowed. The girls defeated Royal and Prior comfortably in the 1st round, then Victoria College, last year’s runners-up, 1-0 in the 2nd round and then Coleraine High School 3-2 in the 3rd round. The 2A XI, 2B XI and 3rd XI are all through to the 3rd rounds of their respective cups.

The U14 have had a great run in the Junior School Cup. They defeated Dungannon 3-0 and then faced a strong Methodist College team. It was a hard fought match with the girls having to come from 1-0 down to win the game 2-1. They now face Belfast High School in the quarter finals.

In the recent NI Schools Trampolining Competition, Sullivan retained the Schools Shield.  The following pupils have qualified for the Zonal Finals in February in Hull – Amy Berry, Suzy Carty, Anna Chambers, Emer Dobson, Sophie Finlay, Erin Fisher, Katie Fisher, Shauna Fulford, Nadia Kyle, Megan Laird, Sophie Todd and Kathleen Smartt.

Election of Parent Governors Voting for the election of parent representatives on the Board of Governors closed at 12 noon on Friday 6 December 2013.Votes were counted in the presence of the Headmaster and the Chairperson of the Education Services Committee of the Board of Governors, Mrs Roberta Price. Congratulations to the following parents on their election to the Board for the next four year term: Mr Mike McNeill and Dr Joanna Turner Thank you to all parents who took time to vote and to all the candidates for participating in this process. C Byrnes (Dr) Clerk to the Election13 December 2013

Megan Laird, came 1st in the U17 Northern Ireland girls intermediate trampolining championships held in early December 2013. Joanna Gallagher  came 2nd in the U17 novice section of the Northern Ireland Trampolining Championships.

Ulster Secondary Schools Swimming Championships Meet Information Date:               17 & 18 January 2014  Venue:            Ballymena Leisure Centre Warm-up:        to be confirmed Start:               to be confirmed Swimmers are only eligible to enter 2 individual events – Age as of 1/7/13 Juniors 11-14 (Saturday) Events: 100mtr Backstroke/Breaststroke/Butterfly/Freestyle/200mtr IM 200mtr IM Relay/200mtr freestyle Relay Intermediates 15-16 (Saturday) Events: 100mtr Backstroke/Breaststroke/Butterfly/Freestyle/200mtr IM 200mtr IM Relay/200mtr freestyle Relay Seniors 17 & over (Friday night) Events: 100mtr Backstroke/Breaststroke/Butterfly/Freestyle/IM 200mtr IM Relay/200mtr freestyle Relay 400mtr Freestyle (invitational) There are no qualifying times set for these events but the swimmer would need to be of a reasonable swimming standard so us to be able to complete the event in a reasonable time Individual events are heats and finals  IM and relays are HDW

Grammar Schools Swimming Championships Sullivan pupils took part with considerable success in the recent Ulster Grammar Schools Swimming Championships. Congratulations to all who took part.  Finalists/Medal winners were as follows: Intermediate Anna Best 6th Breaststroke   Senior Roger Dawson Bronze Freestyle  “ 4th Breaststroke  James Doggart Bronze Backstroke  Jemma Speers Gold Backstroke  “ Gold Butterfly  Senior Relay Roger Dawson  James Doggart  Peter Speers  Harry Speers Gold Individual Medley  “ Bronze Freestyle