‘Sport News’ Archives
DCS athletes are FIFTH in the WORLD
Seven young athletes representing Douglas Community School produced a spectacular performance at the World Schools Cross-Country Championships in Slovakia to finish in fifth place. It was a superb result for the team and coach Steven Macklin and Head of Delegation Mark Dineen. The team had to endure a 14-hour ferry journey to France followed [...]
U16 Soccer County Cup
Following on from their first round 7-0 victory over Ballincollig Community School, and their second round 7-0 victory over Millstreet Community School, the under-16 County Cup team continued their impressive campaign with a well-deserved 3 – 2 win away to Coláiste Mhuire, Cobh. Although Cobh settled quicker into the game, DCS started to [...]
Douglas Athletes Prepare in Portugal
Douglas Community School athletes and coach Steven Macklin travelled to Portugal over Easter for a warm weather training camp to prepare for the up coming track season and the World Schools Cross-Country championships. A group of 16 in total spent nine very enjoyable days in Monte Gordo in superb weather. The athletes trained very well and all [...]
Mixed Success for DCS Athletes at CIT
Douglas Community School athletes had an up and down day at the All-Ireland Schools Cross-Country Championships held at Cork Institute of Technology. The team won the silver medals in the u17 race and were joint third in the u20 race, losing out on the bronze medals on countback. The course was flat and firm with ideal weather conditions. [...]
DCS Athletes best in Munster!
Douglas Community School athletes continued their outstanding Cross-Country season with some great individual and team performances at the Munster Schools Cross-Country Championships at Cork IT recently. The course proved to be a big hit with the athletes with plenty of fast running. First into action were the minor boys over 2000m where the DCS [...]
