The Owl 2013
Ballykinler. In the main District Competition in Magilligan (with unusually good weather for Magilligan), Daniel Cummings coached the team of Jake Magill, Eric Macauley, Peter Gilleece and Max Magill. The team came third in Match 5, fourth overall and qualified to go to the Inter-Service Cadet Rifle Meeting at Bisley. Max Magill was replaced on the Bisley team by Luke Frame. Major Mackintosh and Jonathan Cummings shared the coaching. The weather was good, as was the shooting. Jake Magill came second in the Individual 300 yd Competition, first in the Individual 600, second overall in the Cadet Hundred and third in the Bossom Cup for the overall aggregate. Jake Magill, Peter Gilleece and Eric Macauley stayed on at Bisley for the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting, the ‘Imperial Meeting’. All shot well and learned a lot. Jake and Peter were selected to attend the Athelings Pre-Selection Coaching Course at Bisley in September, Peter going for a place on the 2014 Athelings Team to Canada, Jake for 2015. The team is eighteen cadets from the UK and this course selects three from the Army Cadet Force, the Air Training Corps and the Sea Cadet Corps. Peter was successful in getting one of those places. The other 15 places will be filled in December at a selection which includes the Combined Cadet Force Cadets from Public Schools. Jake will return next year for the 2015 selection. H.R.M. 102
BRIDGE The Bridge Club meets at lunchtimes and requires dedication from its members to learn a challenging card game and master the skills of ‘bidding’ an auction and playing tricks. It is a game that challenges the mind, but also that allows friendships to develop in school and across Ireland with other pupils. New members are welcome and should speak about joining to Mr. Graham in M10, or anyone wearing a red blazer for Bridge. The highlight of the year is the trip to Galway to compete in the Irish Schools’ Teams competition. We took seven teams in 2013 including those in Form I and those in Form LVI. The Bridge Club had tremendous success this year in Ulster Schools’ and Irish Schools’ events. Luke Taylor, Ryan Lightowler, Rebecca Rowan and Melissa Antonio were Ulster champions and were also selected for the Northern Ireland U20 Team to play against the other home nations in the Peggy Bayer Competition. Philip Rowan, Chris Turnbull, Angela Cao and Eilis O’Loan were Irish Champions. Other successes are listed below. Ulster Schools’ Pairs (Belfast) 2nd Melissa Antonio and Rebecca Rowan 4th Angela Cao and Philip Rowan 4th Jason Roe and Lucy Kinnear 6th Luke Taylor and Ryan Lightowler.