We aim to give our students a love of sport and prepare them for lifelong physical activity. Physical Education is an integral part of our curriculum across all years. Participation in sport helps build friendships, teamwork, and a sense of solidarity. Sport builds resilience: it develops commitment and focus on the end game; skills that add to our students’ formation. These are the life-skills which become transferable in the years ahead. Participation in sport has also been shown to improve academic success.
To encourage a high level of participation in sport and games, the Board of Management employs a full-time Sports Co-ordinator to oversee, organise and manage the coaching and development of a wide range of sports. The primary emphasis is on participation and enjoyment, within the parameters of good sporting practice, and entry to competitions.
Sport plays an important part in students’ lives and several of our girls are currently achieving success at county and international level in basketball, Gaelic football, and hockey. Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings are busy match-times as students travel to away fixtures and we welcome other schools to Loreto College Foxrock for competitive and friendly matches. We field numerous teams in each of our sports disciplines throughout the school year and compete in Leinster leagues and cups. Our Loreto schools network also delivers leagues in parallel to standard inter-school competitions, creating additional avenues for experience.
We offer a wide variety of sports to all students including athletics, badminton, basketball, cross-country, Gaelic football, hockey, tennis, table tennis and orienteering. We also support our students who are members of Loreto golf and sailing teams.
We have a committed team of sports coaches across several disciplines led by a dedicated sports coordinator.
Facilities for sport and fitness in Loreto College Foxrock are excellent with an all-weather hockey pitch and a multi-sports all-weather facility with six tennis courts in summer term. Indoors, students enjoy a large sports hall with basketball court and a fully equipped gymnasium (Senior Cycle).
Work on the main pitch is now complete and we have a new state of the art multi-purpose surface.
Athletics & Cross Country is open to all students in Loreto Foxrock. It involves a mix of track and field events.
Students train to help improve running fitness for short, middle- and long-distance events. Other elements include both jumping and throwing events.
Students have the option to take part in competitions, either Cross Country in Winter or Track & Field events in Spring.
When: Monday after School
Where: Front pitch or UCD Track in summer months
Who: Open to all (whether you wish to compete or not)
Coaches: Ms Hutter & Mr Murphy
Loreto College Foxrock introduced Badminton to its extra-curricular timetable in the last few years and it has grown in popularity with over 50 students competing in leagues at all levels.
In 2022/23 our U16 Team were both Dublin and Leinster Winners. Our U14 Team were Dublin winners and Leinster Finalists. Two more of our U14 Teams won Dublin Medals along with one of U16 Teams.
Thanks to the commitment and hard work of our coach Ray the girls have grown in strength, confidence and skill.
Badminton is held at lunch times socially and after school for competitive teams.
Each year, Loreto Foxrock enters two teams at each age group in the East Region Schools League and the Inter- Loreto Leagues. We have two teams at each level – Senior, Cadette, Junior and 1st Year.
Loreto Foxrock’s Head of Basketball is Mark Ingle, former Irish U-18 Women’s coach. Mark Ingle currently coaches DCU Mercy Women’s team.
Loreto Foxrock has won many basketball honours over the last number of years including Leinster Winners and All Ireland Finalists under Mr Ingle’s tutelage.
Mr Lorcan Murphy is our 1st and 2nd Year Coach. Mr Murphy is a current Irish Basketball International and uses his skills from his international experiences and passes this on to our students.
We have three teams entered into the LGFA Leinster Leagues: the Under-14 (1st and 2nd Year) and Under-16 (3rd and 4th Year) & Under -19 teams compete in the Leinster Competitions and DCU Invitational Tournament every year. Training takes place weekly at lunchtime on the front pitch. Our home matches are played in Silverpark Pitch Leopardstown.
Loreto Foxrock has many current and past pupils playing at county level. Our coach and past pupil Jodi Egan is on the Dublin Ladies Senior Team.
Players of all levels and ability are welcome!
Loreto Foxrock competes annually in the East Leinster Schools Golf Championships held in March and the All-Ireland Schools team event which takes place in May in Wexford. Any student with a golf handicap is encouraged to participate.
Loreto Foxrock has a strong tradition in schoolgirls hockey. Participation is open to all and it’s never too late to come out and join up. Each year we field five teams (16 on a squad) in each of the 1st Year, Minor, Junior and Senior age groups. Teams compete in Leinster and Inter Loreto competitions. We cater for all levels of ability from the Senior Leinster Premier League side to 1st Year beginner teams.
Over the years Loreto Foxrock has had many players representing Leinster and Ireland at all age groups. We currently have 5 past pupils on the Senior Womens Hockey Team.
Teams have two practices a week and these take place at lunch or after school (4.15-6.15pm). Our Senior A team also have an occasional early morning practice. Games take place mainly on either Wednesday afternoons or Saturday mornings.
Since 2017/18, Loreto Foxrock has employed a FIH International High performance Coach, Mr Brendon Carolan. John Pearson is our Senior A Hockey Coach and coaches both Leinster Underage and Womens Club Hockey.
Loreto Foxrock Senior A win the Leinster Senior Cup – 8 March 2018.
On 8 March 2018, the Senior A hockey squad secured victory in the Final of the Leinster Senior Cup – the second time in LCF history and the first time since 1977. Later that month, the squad travelled to Kilkenny for the Kate Russell All-Ireland Schools Final taking second place overall.
Since then we have gone on to win Senior Leinster League, Junior A & Junior B Leinster Cups and many more Leinster Titles.
Each year in the summer term, Loreto Foxrock enters two Senior, three Junior and four Minor teams into the Leinster Schools Tennis Leagues.
In addition to this, we have 1st and 2nd Year tennis coaching groups which cater for all levels. Traditionally a fine-weather sport, and always popular, many students enjoy playing tennis for exercise and for fun.
In addition to our school teams, Loreto College Foxrock has representative teams and/or individual competitors in the following disciplines:
Golf, Horse Riding, Sailing, Swimming, Skiing, Figure Skating.
This is as a result of the commitment of some of our students to these sports outside of our school schedule. We are delighted to recognise and support these students and are very proud that they choose to represent Loreto College Foxrock in their chosen disciplines.
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