Sports

Sport plays an important part in St. Joseph of Cluny school life. Our students are encouraged to represent the school in a number of sports at different levels and have competed successfully at local, provincial and national levels.

There is a comprehensive extracurricular programme with Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Gaelic Football, Hockey, Soccer and Tennis being the main sports represented and teams are entered annually in Leinster League competitions.

All students are encouraged to take part in extracurricular sport with First Years obliged to choose at least one sport from those on offer.

Basketball

Day	Time	Members	Coach
Monday	4pm to 5.30pm	Seniors & Cadettes	Mr Randolph
		3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Yrs	Mr Fazande
Tuesday	4pm to 5.30pm	Minors and Juniors	Mr Randolph
		1st & 2nd Yrs	Mr Fazande
Thursday	4pm to 5.30pm	Seniors & Cadettes	Mr Randolph
		3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Yrs

Badminton

Badminton practice takes place twice a week in the sports hall where the facilities include 4 badminton courts. Teams are entered in Leinster Leagues and have competed very successfully in recent years.

Day	Time	Members	Coach
Wednesday	4pm to 5pm	All	Mrs Kelly
Friday	3pm to 5pm	All	Mrs Kelly

Gaelic Football

Like Soccer, Gaelic Football has proved to be a very popular recent addition to our extra curricular sports programme. A number of our students have represented Dublin at underage level and the sport continues to grow.

Day	Time	Members	Coach
Friday	3pm to 5pm	All	Miss McDermott

Hockey

Hockey practice takes place every day after school for the students. The season begins in August and continues to March. Teams train twice a week and play matches every Saturday morning. We enter the Leinster Leagues and Cups at Senior, Junior, Minor and First Year levels and our most notable successes include Leinster Senior Cup Winners in 1991 and Leinster Junior B Winners in 2005.

Day	Time	Members	Coach
Monday	4pm to 5pm	Minors & 1st Yrs	Ms Murphy
		1st & 2nd Yrs	Ms Seymour
Tuesday	4pm to 5pm	Seniors & Juniors	Ms Seymour
		3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Yrs	Ms Murphy, Ms McGuire
Wednesday	4pm to 5pm	1st Yrs & Juniors	Ms Seymour
	5pm to 6pm	Juniors/Astro	Ms Murphy, Ms Dundon

Soccer

Soccer has proved to be a very popular addition to our extra curricular sports programme in recent years. Students from First to Sixth Year enjoy playing in a local league and the numbers of students participating has increased steadily.

Day	Time	Members	Coach
Thursday	4pm to 5pm	All	Mr Gordon, Mr Twomey

Tennis

Tennis takes place during the summer season with teams entering the Leinster Leagues at Senior, Junior and Minor levels. Practice takes place daily in Cluny Park during the season, with home matches being played in a local tennis club.