The Owl 2020

The Owl 2020
School Games
Sixth Form (Seniors)
Aoife Corry and Olivia Snoddy.
Minor: Anouk Bosket 51, Faith Hillis 64 out
of 123 runners.
Juniors: Tara Dalzell 26, Madeline Morwood
57 out of 110 runners.
Inters: Maia Erwin 53 out of 85 runners.
Senior: Bryanna Catney 26, Olivia Snoddy 42
out of 65 runners.
FOOTBALL CLUB
In the 2019/20 season, the football team
competed in the League, Belfast Cup and
Northern Ireland Cup.
Although the global pandemic cut the season
short, the team still managed to play nine
fixtures in total.
Our League campaign started with a 4-2 loss to
Bangor Grammar. This was the first
competitive game for the team and it showed,
with defensive errors and uncertainty
regarding positional play costing the team
dearly. However, the second fixture against
R.B.A.I. saw a much improved performance.
Ben Skillen scored the only goal of the game
to secure the team’s first three points, although
credit must also go to Nathan Kerr who pulled
off some world-class saves. Losses to Regent
House and Campbell College sandwiched a 3-
0 victory over Methodist College.
However, only individual runners qualified for
the Ulster finals which requires a top 15 finish:
QUALIFIERS
Minis: IInes Scott, finished 54 out of 124
runners.
These six girls deserve to be congratulated as
they all put in gutsy performances at the Ulster
finals which are held every year at Mallusk and
are always of a very high standard.
N. N.
In the Belfast Cup, the new format saw the
Academy drawn against Bangor Grammar and
Regent House in the group stage. In each game
the Academy scored first but then struggled to
contain talented opposition, going down 4-1
away to Regent and 3-1 at home to Bangor.
The team travelled to Fivemiletown in the
Northern Ireland Cup 1st round. Again they
scored first, when Oliver McGrath ran onto a
long ball and calmly rounded the keeper. In
the second period the opposition put the
Academy defence under sustained pressure
and scored with 10 minutes to go. And just as
it looked like going to extra-time,
Fivemiletown scored a second, when their
centre forward cut in from the right and slotted
past goalkeeper Nathan Kerr. This was a
disappointing finish to the game, especially
after such a disciplined defensive performance.
In the Plate competition the boys convincingly
beat Slemish College 8-0, with Oliver
McGrath and Ben Skillen both scoring hattricks.
However, the team were unable to
progress further, going down 5-1 to
Ballynahinch High.
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