Old Press Releases

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Abbey Press Release 2009/10

20 Jun 2010	Abbey Way – June
14 Jun 2010	Sports Facilities
01 Jun 2010	D’Alton Cup
15 May 2010	Brock Cup
06 May 2010	Technology Award
17 Apr 2010	Spring Concert
12 Apr 2010	Presidents Award
02 Apr 2010	Abbey Debates
29 Mar 2010	Graduate Prizegiving
18 Mar 2010	Br McFarland Trophy
5 Mar 2010	Abbey Art Student Wins Texaco Award
12 Feb 2010	Abbey Sports Association Gala
20 Jan 2010	Abbey Way – January
18 Jan 2010	Abbey’s Historic Day
18 Jan 2010	Super specs scoop science prize
11 Jan 2010	Invitation : Open Night-Jan 28th at 7pm
09 Dec 2009	Irish Oral results
09 Dec 2009	Abbey prepare For BT Young Scientist
09 Dec 2009	Money raised by Year 12 Students
09 Dec 2009	U19 Win Ulster Basketball Title
09 Dec 2009	U16 Basketball Miss Ulster Title
13 Nov 2009	Old And New
11 Nov 2009	Students Present Boxes To Samaritans
11 Nov 2009	Pupils Win Art Competition
11 Nov 2009	Pupil Tops GCSE Art
11 Nov 2009	Abbey Pupil World Champion
07 Nov 2009	Past Pupils Visit Courtenay Hill for last time
27 Oct 2009	Summoned to White House
19 Oct 2009	Achievement Prizgiving
02 Oct 2009	Abbey Congratulate Armagh Minors On Success
19 Oct 2009	Abbey Invites Past Pupils To Visit Their ‘Alma Matter’
24 Sep 2009	Life Saving Defibillator Donated
03 Sep 2009	Fine Tuning
27 Sep 2009	Early Christmas present for Abbey students
27 Sep 2009	GCSE Results Make The Grade
19 Sep 2009	A’ Level Results

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Abbey Press Release 2008/09

22 Jun 2009	Abbey Way – June
19 Jun 2009	Abbey Presents Cheques To Charity
04 Jun 2009	Nannery Cup Winners
04 Jun 2009	2nd Year Basketball
04 Jun 2009	1st Year Basketball
03 Jun 2009	Edmund Rice Fun Day
20 May 2009	Edmund Rice Schools Trust Statement
12 May 2009	Abbey Student lands top prize at RYA Eric Twiname Championships
06 May 2009	Class Of 2009
25 Mar 2009	Zambia Immersion project
11 Feb 2009	Irish Public Speaking Finalists 2009
11 Feb 2009	Irish Senior Quiz
09 Feb 2009	Celebrating the Christian Brothers in Newry
09 Jan 2009	Technology Success in Dublin
07 Jan 2009	Abbey Way – January
17 Dec 2008	Students Visit Wall Street
16 Dec 2008	Graduate Prizegiving
02 Dec 2008	EU Mock Council 2008
07 Nov 2008	Students To Work With Poverty & Deprivation
07 Nov 2008	Irish Junior Quiz
07 Nov 2008	Oral awards for fluent speakers of Irish
07 Nov 2008	The Big Idea
21 Oct 2008	Achievement Prizgiving
10 Oct 2008	Abbey Captain Honoured
06 Oct 2008	Art Pupil Wins Awards In Belfast
06 Oct 2008	Pupil Goes To Oxford University
06 Oct 2008	3 GCSE Pupils are Top in Northern Ireland
06 Oct 2008	Science Pupils Are Congratulated
28 Aug 2008	Canteen Menus
28 Aug 2008	Leavers Destinations
21 Aug 2008	GCSE Results Make The Grade
14 Aug 2008	A’ Level Results

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Abbey Press Release 2007/08

27 Jun 2008	Abbey Way – June
12 Jun 2008	Abbey Presents Cheques To Charities
12 Jun 2008	Abbey Basketball award
12 Jun 2008	Abbey Beat Rivals in Ben Dearg Final
05 Jun 2008	Abbey GLEO-ing after award
09 May 2008	Blessed Edmund Rice Fun Day
02 May 2008	2008 Leaving Ceremony
26 Feb 2008	Ex Student Seamus Mallon Honoured
21 Jan 2008	Irish Oral Awards
08 Jan 2008	UK Medal for Ex Abbey Engineering Student
07 Jan 2008	Abbey Way – January
18 Dec 2007	Ex Abbey Student wins top QUB Biology award
18 Dec 2007	Annual Prizegiving
07 Dec 2007	Rugby avalanche in the Abbey
27 Nov 2007	Abbey Students Word Enters Dictionary
27 Nov 2007	6th Year Retreat
17 Nov 2007	Environmental Calendar 2008
07 Nov 2007	New School Image Released
07 Nov 2007	Cutting Of Sod For New School
26 Oct 2007	Top Electronics Company Present Award
20 Oct 2007	School Trip To Poland
18 Oct 2007	School Prizgiving
01 Oct 2007	Work Begins On New School
23 sept 2007	First Year Student Chess Club
17 sept 2007	Student Wins Top Award In London
26 Aug 2007	Ex-Students Return To Zambia
24 Aug 2007	GCSE Results Make The Grade
21 Aug 2007	Abbey Twinned With Libuyu, Zambia
16 Aug 2007	A’ Level Results
01 Jul 2007	Zambian Inspector Begins Work

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Abbey Press Release 2006/07

09 May 2007	2007 Leaving Ceremony
24 Apr 2007	Environmental Youth Speaking Competition
27 Mar 2007	Bro McFarland Trophy
21 Mar 2007	Zambian Immersion Project
17 Mar 2007	Irish Culture Celebrated
16 Jan 2007	Invitation To Our Open Night
13 Jan 2007	BT Young Scientist Awards
13 Jan 2007	BT Young Scientist Awards
10 Jan 2007	ABBEY BOATS HELP TSUNAMI RELIEF
06 Jan 2007	Abbey Way – January
21 Dec 2006	CCEA Honour Abbey Students
19 Dec 2006	Annual Prizegiving
18 Dec 2006	Abbey Students Help Christmas Appeal
24 Nov 2006	Raising Mental Health Awareness
14 Nov 2006	Peter Hain, Secretary of State Visits Abbey
10 Nov 2006	Keynan Karibou
27 Oct 2006	KAIROS RETREAT
26 Oct 2006	GCSE Prizegiving
20 Oct 2006	Debating – Politics Show
20 Sept 2006	Abbey Performs West Side Story
20 Sept 2006	Achievement Prizgiving
15 Sept 2006	APPSA Annual Dinner
12 Sept 2006	Oxford And Cambridge Students
07 Sept 2006	Abbey Students Visit Stormont
24 Aug 2006	Top Of Class With GCSE Results
22 Aug 2006	GCSE Results Make The Grade
17 Aug 2006	A’ Level Results

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Abbey Press Release 2005/06

27 June 2006	Abbey Way
19 June 2006	Young Sports Person Award
10 May 2006	Class Of 2006
10 May 2006	Music Department Success
01 May 2006	Abbey Hogan Cup Winners 2006 Gallery
01 May 2006	All Ireland Champions : Abbey Days
07 Apr 2006	Abbey Scoop Two Awards At All Stars
01 Apr 2006	Abbey Makes it to Hogan Cup Final
31 Mar 2006	‘This is your life – Kevin O’Neill’
17 Mar 2006	Abbey MacRory Cup Winners 2006 Gallery
17 Mar 2006	Abbey Win MacRory Cup 2006
02 Mar 2006	Jazz Band Entertain Business Awards
25 Feb 2006	MacRory semi Final
20 Feb 2006	Opening Of Edmund Rice Centre
18 Feb 2006	MacRory Cup Quarter Final Replay
11 Feb 2006	MacRory Cup Quarter Final
06 Feb 2006	Abbey Scoop Two Football All Stars
28 Jan 2006	Corn na nÓg Miss Out
26 Jan 2006	Open Night
16 Jan 2006	Invitation To Our Open Night
13 Jan 2006	BT Young Scientist Awards
06 Jan 2006	Abbey Way – January
10 Dec 2005	Annual Prizegiving
08 Dec 2005	St. Vincent De Paul
01 Dec 2005	APPSA Quiz
26 Nov 2005	Abbey Staff Visit Kolkata, India
26 Nov 2005	Animal Zoo Visits First Years
27 Oct 2005	GCSE Prizegiving
14 Oct 2005	Sponsored Walk For India
23 Sep 2005	Achievement Prizegiving
09 Sep 2005	APPSA Presentation To Ex MacRory Players
22 Aug 2005	GCSE Results Make The Grade
18 Aug 2005	A’ Level Results

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Abbey Press Release 2004/05

28 Jun 2005	Abbey Way – June
24 Jun 2005	Bank Of Ireland Present All Star Poster
24 Jun 2005	More Success For Technology Department
24 Jun 2005	Abbey Success In Science Competition
22 Jun 2005	Christopher Wins At National Deaf Awards
13 Jun 2005	Third Year Football Blitz
10 Jun 2005	Second Year Football Blitz
7 Jun 2005	Sports Day
13 May 2005	Class Of 2005
7 May 2005	Killowen Trip
26 Apr 2005	First Steps Towards Change
26 Apr 2005	Winning ‘As Gaelige’
26 Apr 2005	Young Consumers Winners 2005
26 Apr 2005	Tribunnal archive presentation
26 Apr 2005	Abbey Quiz Team Success
22 Apr 2005	Abbey Scoop Two Awards At All Stars
11 Mar 2005	Zambia Immersion Project 2005
10 Mar 2005	London Trip
22 Feb 2005	Sean Plugs Abbey… For National Success
12 Feb 2005	MacRory Cup Quarter Final
09 Feb 2005	Abbey Win 38th All Star Award
27 Jan 2005	Open Night
17 Jan 2005	Success At ESAT
17 Jan 2005	Invitation To Our Open Night
14 Jan 2005	Abbey Way – January
07 Jan 2005	Knights Of Columbanus Present Cheque
07 Jan 2005	Students Prepare For ESAT
10 Dec 2004	Annual Prizegiving
10 Dec 2004	Abbey Win First Ever Hurling Award
10 Dec 2004	Students Help Local St. Vincent de Paul
10 Dec 2004	Choir and Musicians Sing For Christmas
10 Dec 2004	Students excel in Cross-Country events
24 Nov 2004	Abbey Consumers Feast On Another Success
19 Nov 2004	Awards For Irish Fluency
19 Nov 2004	Rocket Competition For Primary Schools
19 Nov 2004	Abbey Golfers Reach New Heights
19 Nov 2004	Abbey Present Cheque To Sands Charity
05 Nov 2004	Annual GCSE Prizegiving
22 Oct 2004	Gala Benefit Greyhound Meeting
18 Oct 2004	Fire Brigade Launch Arson Programme
15 Oct 2004	2004 School Formal
01 Oct 2004	Students To Experience Poverty In Zambia
01 Oct 2004	Students Receive Top CCEA Awards
01 Oct 2004	Achievement Prizegiving
17 Sep 2004	APPSA Presentation To Ex MacRory Players
26 Aug 2004	Increase Of Top Grades At GCSE
19 Aug 2004	Best Ever A’ Level Results By Abbey Students

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Abbey Press Release 2003/04

28 Jun 2004	Abbey Way – June
17 Jun 2004	Success for Technology Pupils in ‘Young Engineers for Britain’ Competition
10 Jun 2004	Abbey Raises over £7500 For Charities
10 Jun 2004	Beausang Shield
10 Jun 2004	Ashbourne Shield Presentation
10 Jun 2004	UK Junior Mathematics Challenge
09 Jun 2004	Abbey Sports Day
21 May 2004	International Success for Abbey Students in the USA
21 May 2004	Abbey Pupils Excel In Chess Championships
28 Apr 2004	Ashbourne Shield awarded to students for second time in three years
28 Apr 2004	Abbey team for R na G Tráth na gCeist
28 Apr 2004	Abbey Senior Maths Challenge
28 Apr 2004	Abbey Success In European Maths Competition
28 Apr 2004	Third Time Lucky For Quiz Team
23 Apr 2004	Senior Debating Final
21 Apr 2004	Spanish Trip To Barcelona
01 Apr 2004	First Year Trip To London
26 Mar 2004	City West Weekend
25 Mar 2004	Spring Break Music
05 Mar 2004	Abbey win NI Consumer Council Competition
24 Feb 2004	Gael Linn Irish Speaking Competition
20 Feb 2004	Past Pupil Sports Presentation
20 Feb 2004	Imeachtaí 2003
09 Feb 2004	Top Electronics Company Speaks To Students
07 Feb 2004	Science Success For Student In London
04 Feb 2004	Champion School Chef
03 Feb 2004	Hard-hitting message on road safety
29 Jan 2004	Open Night
27 Jan 2004	Abbey Student Wins Ulster Colleges Allstar
19 Jan 2004	Invitation To Our Open Night
12 Jan 2004	ESAT 2004 Yet More Success
12 Jan 2004	ESAT 2004 – Winner
12 Jan 2004	ESAT 2004 – Winner
08 Jan 2004	Art Competition
05 Jan 2004	Around The Walls
18 Dec 2003	Students Respond To St Vincent de Paul
12 Dec 2003	Annual Prizegiving 2003
09 Dec 2003	3 Cheers for ‘The Old Abbey Boys’
28 Nov 2003	Young Consumers Competition
12 Nov 2003	GCSE Prizegiving 2003
07 Nov 2003	Awards for the most fluent speakers of Irish
07 Nov 2003	Irish Students Gain Top Honours
31 Oct 2003	APPSA Sponser MacRory Strip
23 Oct 2003	First Year GAA
17 Oct 2003	Maths Students Gains Early Success
17 Oct 2003	Students Add To Cancer Fund
09 Oct 2003	APTA Fun Night
03 Oct 2003	Guys & Dolls Comes To Newry
03 Oct 2003	2003 School Formal
30 Sept 2003	Careers Convention
25 Sept 2003	Tony McEntee Returns To The Abbey
25 Sept 2003	Past Pupil Twins Make All Ireland Draw
25 Sept 2003	Achievement Prizegiving
14 Aug 2003	Abbey Students Receive Top Results

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Abbey Press Release 2002/03

16 Jun 2003	Science Department Win Top Awards
16 Jun 2003	Young Technologists Scoop Major Award
06 Jun 2003	Zambian Immersian Project
06 Jun 2003	Pupils Present Cheques To Charity
06 Jun 2003	Golf Team
06 Jun 2003	Chess Club Checks Out The Opposition
06 Jun 2003	Trócaire 2003
06 Jun 2003	Curadh Chúige Uladh
06 Jun 2003	Brother Beausang Shield
05 Jun 2003	Abbey Sports Day
17 May 2003	Abbey Students Wins Chess Championship
16 May 2003	Edmund Rice Games 2003
20 Apr 2003	Zambia Project
11 Apr 2003	Drama Award For Abbey Grammar
26 Mar 2003	French Trip To Paris
07 Mar 2003	Seachtain na Gaeilge 2003
07 Mar 2003	Northern Ireland Consumer Competition 2003
07 Mar 2003	Abbey Clean Up At Féile an Iúir
06 May 2003	1st Year Trip To London
25 Mar 2003	Senior Debating Final
20 Feb 2003	Tráth na gCeist Ghael-Linn i Sólann an Iúir
20 Feb 2003	Pupils Battle For Semi-Final In Quiz
20 Feb 2003	Abbey to build new £12 million school
19 Feb 2003	Sam Maguire Visits The Abbey
12 Feb 2003	Millennium Forum Concert
12 Feb 2003	All Ireland Basketball Final
29 Jan 2003	Open Night
24 Jan 2003	Minister addresses Abbey politics Department
24 Jan 2003	Pupils Collect Over £2000 For Local Hospice
24 Jan 2003	Abbey Quiz Team Success
24 Jan 2003	UK Junior Maths Challenge
24 Jan 2003	Football Teams Reach Quarter Finals
24 Jan 2003	U-16 Basketball Team
14 Jan 2003	This is your life – Joe Kernan
14 Jan 2003	Abbey Scoops Major Esat Awards
14 Jan 2003	Abbey boffins in science stakes
13 Dec 2002	Abbey welcomes back 2002 Graduates
09 Dec 2002	Primary 7 Pupils enjoy the Abbey Experience
06 Dec 2002	Students Respond to St. Vincent de Paul
06 Dec 2002	Abbey Win Young Consumers Competition
06 Dec 2002	Abbey Presentation to Samaritans
06 Dec 2002	International Chemistry Competition
04 Dec 2002	Zambian Solidarity In The Abbey
27 Nov 2002	GCSE Prizegiving
27 Nov 2002	Abbey Presses Double Book Launch
18 Nov 2002	Imeachtaí 2002
23 Oct 2002	Presidential Visit
18 Oct 2002	Abbey Sports Association Annual Dinner
10 Oct 2002	2002 School Formal
11 Oct 2002	Bullying Awareness Presentation
04 Oct 2002	Drug Awareness Team Visits Abbey
20 Sept 2002	Book Launch – ‘The Flight of the Earls’
20 Sept 2002	Past Pupil Joe Kernan Makes All Ireland Draw
17 Sept 2002	Abbey CBS : The Back-bone Of Armagh
11 Sept 2002	School Mass
11 Sept 2002	Bicentenary celebration the Christian Brothers
25 Aug 2002	Position As Top Boys’ Grammar Retained
20 Jun 2002	Cash boost for Abbey

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Abbey Press Release – 2001/02

10 Jul 2002	Cash boost for Abbey
20 Jun 2002	Edmund Rice Sports Awards
20 Jun 2002	Abbey Sports Day Presentations
11 Jun 2002	Technology Club celebrates 6th Birthday in style
11 Jun 2002	Science Winners
24 May 2002	Edmund Rice Games 2002
05 May 2002	Quiz Winners Buzzing After National Success
05 May 2002	Drama Pupils to tread lyrical boards
05 May 2002	Abbey Students win Music Awards
05 May 2002	1st Year Trip To London
05 May 2002	Abbey All-Star Award
18 April 2002	Down Essay Competition Winner
18 April 2002	UK Junior Maths Challenge
18 April 2002	Charity Fund Raise in Aid of Newry Hospice
18 April 2002	Presentation to Trocaire
13 Mar 2002	Teacher Dodgeball in aid of Trocaire
04 Mar 2002	Basketball – Abbey Slam Dunk Title
30 Jan 2002	Open Night 2002
01 Oct 2001	Cashless School – The Smart Card
07 Feb 2001	Open Night 2001
01 Jun 2000	SUPASCHOOLS CAMPAIGN
01 Jun 2000	Freesoftware For Schools Promotion 99/00
7 Dec 1999	Millennium Walk Raises £10,000 for Charity