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Sport at DalriadaUse the images to select your sport
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Aerobics and DanceAerobics. Not usually what you’d call a competitive sport. Well think again. When you get a group of sixteen girls, with approximately 2 months to make up a routine and learn it till they meet their own very high standards, then things start to heat up. If you would like to know more about aerobics talk to Mrs Scott.
AthleticsAthletics takes place in the summer season and we currently have a large number of atheletes who participate in local, Ulster and Irish competitions.
CricketCricket takes place in the summer season and we currently have four teams who participate in local competitions.
Cross CountryCross country club meets during the autum and spring terms.
FishingDuring this school year Dalriada won the Ulster Course Fishing Federation Annual School Competition.
GolfGolf continues to flourish in the school with many talented older players and much potential in our younger players. Teams compete in the Winter League, the Ulster School Boys Championship and the NEEBSA Golf Championship. This year we look forward to further developing the talent of our younger players in the school.
HockeyThere is a long tradition of hockey being played in Dalriada and
the club has enjoyed some success in the Ulster Cup competitions
which they enter every year. The 1st XI have battled through to
the final of the Senior Cup on 4 occasions and emerged as winners
in 1993. The school have also had other successes in the McDowell
Cup and the Junior Cup as well as being winners of the Derry and
Antrim Leagues at the various age levels.
NetballSix teams participate in the Ballymoney and District Netball Tournament and the Coleraine and District Netball League.
RugbyRugby is the main boys’ sport in the school and is played at all levels. To find out more about the individual teams and their achievements visit the PE Department website.
SoccerDalriada enters teams for competitive soccer leagues at every age
group – from year 8 to year 14.
TennisBoth boys and girls represent the school competitively and with considerable success. For further information on their success, visit the PE Department’s web-site.
VolleyBallDalriada Volleyball does the triple at the under 16 Northern Ireland schools cup! What a result for the Under 16 teams of Dalriada School. Their Under 16 Boys and Girls ‘A’ teams brought the cups home to Ballymoney for the first time in 3 years. The tournament consisted of 23 teams from throughout the province and this is the first time that the girls have won and the boys have not won since 2003.
The Under 16 Girls A team, which consists of a few Northern Ireland Youth International players, got off to a shaky start in the tournament but from then on they simply got better to defeat every opposing team. Their semi-final match was against the Schools League winners Lismore Comprehensive School from Craigavon and the final was against Portadown College who defeated us in the final last year. Our girls won the final convincingly in straight sets with excellent defensive work from Mary-Joy McCauley and Linda Hilditch. Catherine Toye, as ever, played an excellent game and the setting of Jillian Montgomery and Sasha Lee-Henry allowed consistency in attack. Team captain, Susan Lyons was a constant source of encouragement to the girls and her spiking and serving ability was unmatched on the day. It was no surprise that the coaches were unanimous in electing Northern Irelnad Youth International Catherine Toye as the girls player of the tournament. The team consisted of:
The Under 16 Boys team easily defeated other teams in the early rounds including their win against league winners Craigavon. This gave them the confidence to face Larne Grammar in the final and the first set belonged to Dalriada from the start with Stewart Robinson serving with great power and accuracy which won a lot of points for the team and it is no surprise that he was named boys player of the tournament. The second set was a much closer affair with Dalriada only winning 25 points to 23 after coming from behind at 19 points! Captain, Geoff Scott played an excellent setters role in order to set the attack in motion for Andrew Wallace and Richard Gilmore. Johny Paul defended excellently the whole tournament and Andrew McKay, who had to fill the shoes of the absent Adam Watt, clearly got better as the day went on. The team consisted of:
In an unexpected but welcome twist our Year 11 boys development team were undoubtly the surprise package of the tournament. In the first round of the cup they produced the shock of the whole tournament by defeating the mighty Campbell College from Belfast but were then defeated by Hollywood Rudolph Steiner. However this meant that they could still enter the Plate competition and they managed to squeeze past many teams in the Plate in order to reach the final which they narrowly won. This spells a great future for our under 16 boys team next year. The team consisted of:
Statement from I. Walker (Teacher i/c of Volleyball): The results round off a very successful season for both our junior and senior players, some of whom are now playing in the Northern Ireland Senior league for Ballymoney Volleyball Club. Our senior teams performed well in league and cup in the face of an ever increasing quality coming from other schools who are clearly developing the sport at and startling pace. Some of our younger girls coming through are simply amazing and many will follow in the footsteps of Catherine Toye, Emma Leighton and Sasha Lee-Henry by featuring in the national team squads. Many of our Under 16 schools cup winning team have been scouted to play for the Northern Ireland team in the future – possibly at the world youth games this summer. It is a testament to the schools commitment to the sport of volleyball and I would like to thank Anne Williamson, Stephen McCaw, Jonathan McClenaghan and our new coach, Lynda-Jane McCaw. Final Senior (Under 18) standings: Final Standings in the NI youth League: U18 Boys 5 th U18A Girls 2 nd U18B Girls 4 th
NI Volleyball Schools Cup: Under 18 Schools Cup 15 th March 2006 (21 teams entered): U18A Boys Defeated in Round 2 By eventual Winners Methody – Progressed to Plate Final and Beat Campbell College. U18B Boys Defeated in Round 1 of Cup and Round 1 of the Plate. U18A Girls Progressed to Semi Finals and were defeated by eventual winners Armagh College. U18B Girls Did not qualify from the Group stages. Under 16 Schools Cup 22 nd March 2006 (27 Teams entered – their largest competition ever): U16A Boys Won the U16 Schools Cup defeating Larne Grammar in the final. U16B Boys Defeated in the first round of both the cup and plate. U16C Boys (Yr11) Defeated in the second round of the cup and progressed on to win the Plate final. U16A Girls Won the U16 Schools Cup defeating Portadown College in the final. U16B Girls Defeated in the Semi final of the cup. U16C Girls (Yr11) Defeated in the first round of the cup and the first round of the plate.
Coaching Developments Congratulations to all teachers and pupils who completed their Level 1 Volleyball Coaching Certification…………. In an effort to promote the coaching of volleyball throughout the school 22 pupils and 3 teachers from Dalriada have recently completed their Level 1 Coaching certification in Volleyball. The award will enhance the coaching by teachers in the school and we congratulate Mr Davidson (PE), Miss McCaw (ICT) and Mrs Kelly (Prep) for completing the award. We are encouraging our own pupils from the senior school to get involved in coaching so that they can help to coach the younger pupils coming through in volleyball. Mr Walker said that this is a good opportunity because many of our senior pupils have been helping in the coaching of volleyball in the Prep last year.
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The
2005 team had another fine performance at the Causeway Open Dance
championships at the University of Ulster. Of particular note was
the senior aerobics team whose performance was the highlight of
the aerobics section. The girls won the 15 – 18 age aerobics
section retaining their title from last year with an outstanding
routine choreographed by pupil Emily McWilliams. 
