DCS qualified for the final of the Cork Colleges u19 section, following their fine win over Colaiste Phiarsiagh of Glanmire.

DCS recorded a fantastic victory in the Munster Schools Junior Cup, beating Carrigaline C.S. 26 points to 22.

The course is taught by Michael Gleeson of Limerick who brings a dismantled ‘06 Toyota Corolla which is named the MOG Car.

The car is stripped to the bare essentials and is used to show cap and fluid identification and seating position to minimize injury in the event of a crash.

The objective of this course is to show drivers that cars can be frail and that drivers are not invincible, through an interactive and interesting course.

DCS Biology Teacher, Cian O’ Mahony is currently on a one year career break in the West Indies as a Presentation Volunteer funded by the Irish Governement Irish Aid programme. Cian and his partner Lisa arrived there in August. Second-level educational facilities in the West Indian islands have now reached a high level of excellence. However many young people who do not reach the criteria laid down for entry to this level are left with serious problems. Cian is teaching in the Centre for Adolescent Renewal and Education which focuses on the needs of semi-illiterate boys and girls who have a poor self-image and no sense of purpose, usually after leaving school before the age of twelve. Unemployed and marginalized, they are vulnerable to drug abuse, violence and prostitution. The first year of the school’s two year programme is devoted to self-awareness, family education, relationship skills, creativity, attitudes to work, and learning literacy and numeracy skills. The second year is focuses on training the young person in a skill of his or her choice such as carpentry, dressmaking, automechanics or catering.
Speaking from St. Lucia, Cian sends greetings to everyone in DCS. He says that the work is challenging and makes him appreciate all the more what we have in Ireland. In his spare time he does alot of SCUBA diving and hiking in the regions beautiful rainforests but is looking forward to returing to Douglas in September.

The final of the 1^st year Cross-Country League was held recently in the grounds of the school. There were two race an ‘A’ race and a ‘B’ race. The ‘B’ race was won by Sam O’ Connell in a fantastic time of 4.02 with Cillian Crowley 2^nd and Dylan Rogers 3^rd. The ‘A’ race proved to be a very exciting race, with the top 10 from each of the four 1^st year classes racing each other. The winner was Emmett Bracken breaking the course record in the process with a time of 3.17. Mark McCtighe equaled the old course record in 2^nd place with 3.22 and Andrew O’ Keeffe running very well for 3^rd place. Others to run well were Brian Desmond, Brian McCauliffe and Patrick O’ Sullivan. Irish Senior International athletes Robert Heffernan and Colin Griffin presented the medals. Well done to all who competed. A special congratulations also to Douglas CS athlete Brian Murray who received 12 A’s in his Junior Cert results recently.