It has been a faultless campaign in the Sciath na Scol so far.  With Rusheen N.S. winning 5 games out of 5.  Before we started playing competitively we had a friendly against Ballyvourney and we won that game.  Our first competitive match was against Knockraha.  It was a hard match but we pulled through winning by 5 points.  Next we faced Dripsey,  they weren’t as good as Knockraha but Dripsey still posed a threat.  However, we beat them by 5 goals and 3 points.  Our last group game was against Gael Scol Cobh.  We weren’t expecting a hard match because Cobh hadn’t won a match.  They were still a good team and we only beat them by 7 points.  Our semi-final game was on Thursday against Inch N.S. and we were expecting a hard match.  Happily we won by a single point (2-9 to 3-5) and we now look forward to meeting Ballintotis in the Final.  We all know the team wouldn’t be half as good if we didn’t have our dedicated coaches, Mr. Coakley, Mr. Twomey and Hugh Kelleher.

By:             Adam Kelly

On the 28^th of September, Briege Corkery, Rena Buckley, Mairead Corkery and Marie Ambrose came to our school with three cups they had won with the Cork Ladies Football Team.

When they came around the corner of the school we gave them the biggest welcome they could ever have.  We sang the girls a song and they started smiling. When they walked up the ramp, the teachers gave them a big hello and Mighty Master Coakley introduced them to the whole school.  Briege said some wonderful words and so did Mr. Coakley.  He told a story from the past when Briege was in 2^nd Class and crawled under the keepers legs in a football match and scored a goal.

Moira Twomey, on behalf of the school, presented Briege with a photo frame containing various photos to commemorate the All-Ireland Final.  The girls then signed some t-shirts and took some photos with us.  They also gave us some sweets out of the Brendan Martin, Munster and League Cups.  Briege said homework off for the day.  It was a great day for the school to have someone from the school go up the steps of Croke Park to get the biggest cup in Ladies Football, the Brendan Martin Cup.  Well done Briege from the whole school of RUSHEEN.

By:  Gearoid O’Brien

Rusheen N.S. competed in the West Muskerry Cross Country which was held in the Town Park, Macroom on Wednesday 8^th of October.  Over 40 pupils competed from Rusheen N.S. and all participants completed their races.  Seàn Cummins won a first place medal in the boys Under 7 – 300 metres.  The girls Under 7 race was great, Lily O’Shea came 3^rd place and Grace Kelleher got a medal too.  In the Under 9 race we were very successful.  Tom Buckley was outstanding and made his way to a medal.  The Under 9 girls did brilliantly.  Roisìn O’Riordan got a medal and Rachel Kelleher made her way to the top three and came in third.  Moira Leahy was great and won a medal for her school in the Under 10 race.  Katelyn Kelleher and Gràinne Twomey did well in the girls under eleven.  Katelyn Kelleher was very successful and came in fourth place and Gràinne Twomey finished strongly and came in 8^th place.  Seàn O’Riordan was brilliant and finished the race well and got an 8^th place medal.  Moira Twomey finished the race with a sixth place medal.  Well done to all the pupils who participated in the Cross Country.

By:  Moira Twomey