News Courtney McMahon School of Irish Dance

	Trainor Feis 4th February 2012 Congratulations to Becky who competed at her first feis. Eilish Gavigan (U6) 2nd Light Jig (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade 2nd Hop Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 2nd Slip Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 8th Premier Championship Erin Macmillan (U7) 1st Slip Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 4th Hop Jig (Primary) Lisa Reed (U7) 4th Reel (Intermediate) 3rd Hop Jig (Intermediate) 11th Premier Championship Lauren Blunden (U10) 1st Light Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 4th Slip Jig (Beginner) 4th Reel (Primary) Rosie Keen (U10) 4th Reel (Intermediate) 4th Slip Jig (Intermediate) 4th Hornpipe (Intermediate) 4th Hop Jig (Intermediate) 5th Heavy Jig (Intermediate) 9th Preliminary Championship Becky Blunden (U11) 2nd Light Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 4th Hornpipe (Beginner) Hayley Prendergast (U13) 2nd Hornpipe (Intermediate) Hennigan O'Loughlin Feis 21/22nd January 2012 Congratulations to Erin, Eilish, Melissa and Katie who all competed at their first feis. Eilish Gavigan (U6) 3rd Light Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade Erin Macmillan (U7) 1st Light Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 2nd Hop Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 5th Reel (Beginner) Lisa Reed (U7) 2nd Honpipe (Intermediate) 3rd Slip Jig (Intermediate) 4th Reel (Intermediate) 4th Light Jig (Intermediate) 4th Hop Jig (Intermediate) Molly Lennox (U8) 4th Slip Jig (Beginner) Rosie Keen (U10) 4th Hornpipe (Intermediate) Aoife Crabtree (U11) 5th Light Jig (Primary) Melissa Hall (U12) 3rd Reel (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 3rd Light Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade Hayley Prendergast (U13) 3rd Light Jig (Intermediate) 3rd Hornpipe (Intermediate) 4th Hop Jig (Intermediate) 4th Slip Jig (Intermediate) 5th Reel (Primary) McInerney Feis 29/30th October 2011 Lisa Reed (U6) 2nd Reel (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade 3rd Light Jig (Primary) 3rd Hop Jig (Primary) 2nd Slip Jig (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade 3rd Heavy Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade Lauren Blunden (U9) 1st Reel (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 1st Hop Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade Hayley Prendergast (U12) 2nd Heavy Jig (Intermediate) 2nd Hornpipe (Intermediate) Folkestone International Festival, 11 June Seamus & Marie Moore Memorial Feis, 4 June Lisa Reed (U6) 2nd Slip Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 3rd Hop Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 5th Light Jig (Beginner) Niamh McGlynn (U8) 4th Reel (Open) 4th Light Jig (Open) 2nd Hop Jig (Open) 4th Heavy Jig (Open) 3rd Hornpipe (Open) 4th Set Dance (Open) 2nd Round 1 (Heavy) of Open Championship 3rd Round 2 (Light) of Open Championship 6th Open Championship Marykate Nealon (U9) 1st Hop Jig (Intermediate) Advances to the Open grade 2nd Hornpipe (Open) 2nd Slip Jig (Open) 2nd Light Jig (Open) 3rd Heavy Jig (Open) 3rd Set Dance (Open) 4th Reel (Open) 6th Open Championship Lily Clancy (U9) 4th Heavy Jig (Beginner) Rosie Keen (U9) 3rd Hornpipe (Intermediate) 4th Reel (Intermediate) 4th Light Jig (Intermediate) 5th Slip Jig (Intermediate) 5th Heavy Jig (Intermediate) Conor Nealon (U7) 1st Heavy Jig (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade 3rd Hop Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 5th Light Jig (Primary) 10th Premier Championship (out of 23 dancers) Francesca Viney (U11) 2nd Slip Jig (Intermediate) 3rd Light Jig (Intermediate) 3rd Hornpipe (Intermediate) 5th Hop Jig (Intermediate) 5th Reel (Intermediate) Katie McGinn (U11) 5th Light Jig (Intermediate) 5th Slip Jig (Intermediate) Hayley Prendergast (U12) 3rd Hornpipe (Intermediate) 3rd Hop Jig (Intermediate) 4th Light Jig (Intermediate) 4th Hornpipe (Intermediate) John Flanagan Memorial Feis, 21/22 May 2011 Niamh McGlynn (U8) 3rd Slip Jig (Open) Marykate Nealon (U9) 3rd Slip Jig (Open) 4th Hornpipe (Open) Ellie Barnes (U11) 2nd Heavy Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 2nd Hornpipe (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade Katie McGinn (U11) 2nd Heavy Jig (Intermediate) 5th Slip Jig (Intermediate) Murchu Duiginn Feis, 7/8 May 2011 Conor Nealon (U7) 3rd Reel (Primary) 9th Premier Championship (out of 16) Niamh McGlynn (U8) 2nd Round 1 of Open Championship 2nd Round 2 of Open Championship 5th overall in Open Championship Lily Clancy (U8) 4th Heavy Jig (Beginner) Marykate Nealon (U9) 1st Reel (Intermediate) Advances to the Open grade 1st Light Jig (Intermediate) Advances to the Open grade 1st Heavy Jig (Intermediate) Advances to the Open grade 3rd Hop Jig (Intermediate) 9th Open Championship (out of 22) Rosie Keen (U9) 3rd Light Jig (Intermediate) Ripley Richards (U9) 2nd Light Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 5th Hop Jig (Beginner) Aoife Crabtree (U10) 2nd Heavy Jig (Intermediate) Lily Adams (U10) 2nd Light Jig (Intermediate) Hayley Prendergast (U12) 4th Hornpipe (Intermediate) Conway Lally Feis, 9/10 April 2011 Marykate Nealon (U9) 12th overall (out of 21) in Open Championship 3rd Round One (Heavy) Maria Conroy (U13) Recalled, 12th overall (out of 30) in Preliminary Championship 11th Round One (Heavy) Hayley Prendergast (U12) 1st Light Jig (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade 2nd Hornpipe (Primary) Emily Dellow (U12) 3rd Light Jig (Primary) 5th Heavy Jig (Primary) Churchill Theatre, Bromley Courtney McMahon dancers perform as guest artists in the Essence of Ireland Production, 9 March 2011 Scanlon Feis, 26 March 2011 Conor Nealon (U7) 3rd Heavy Jig (Primary) 3rd Trophy Heavy Jig (Primary) 4th Slip Jig (Primary) Niamh McGlynn (U8) 2nd Round 2 (Light) of Open Championship 4th Round 1 (Heavy) of Open Championship 8th overall in Open Championship McGahan Lees Feis, 19 March 2011 Marykate Nealon (U9) 5th overall in Preliminary Championship Kinsella Feis 5/6 March 2011 Conor Nealon (U7) 11th overall (out of 17) in Premier Championship 5th Slip Jig (Beginner) Niamh McGlynn (U8) 6th Round 1 of Open Championship (Heavy) 4th Round 2 of Open Championship (Light) 7th overall in Open Championship 1st Heavy Jig (Open) 2nd Light Jig (Open) 2nd Hornpipe (Open) 3rd Slip Jig (Open) Ripley Richards (U9) 4th Reel (Primary) 5th Light Jig (Beginner) Marykate Nealon (U9) 1st Slip Jig (Intermediate) Advances to the Open grade 2nd Heavy Jig (Intermediate) 11th Round 1 of Open Championship (Heavy) 12th Round 2 of Open Championship (Light) 13th overall in Open Championship Rosie Keen (U9) 4th Light Jig (Intermediate) 5th Heavy Jig (Intermediate) 13th Round 1 of Open Championship (Heavy) 10th Round 2 0f Open Championship (Light) 14th overall in Open Championship Maria Conroy (U13) 8th Round 1 of Preliminary Championship (Heavy) 13th Round 2 0f Preliminary Championship (Light) 16th overall (out of 24) in Preliminary Championship Selina Patel (Over 16) 5th Round 1 of Preliminary Championship (Heavy) 9th Round 2 of Preliminary Championship (Light) 7th overall (out of 18) in Preliminary Championship Trainor Feis 12/13 February 2011 Conor Nealon (U7) 1st Heavy Jig (Primary) 15th (out of 26) Premiership Niamh McGlynn (U8) 2nd Round 1 of Open Championship (Heavy) 5th Round 2 of Open Championship (Light) 4th overall in Open Championship 1st Heavy Jig (Open) 3rd Hornpipe (Open) 3rd Hop Jig (Open) 4th Light Jig (Open) 5th Reel (Open) Marykate Nealon (U9) 6th Round 1 (Heavy) of Open Championship 11th overall (out of 17) in Open Championship 3rd Hornpipe (Open) 5th Reel (Intermediate) Rosie Keen (U9) 8th Round 1 of Open Championship (Heavy) 13th overall (out of 17) in Open Championship Megan Kelly (U9) 5th Heavy Jig (Primary) Aoife Crabtree (U10) 1st Heavy Jig (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade 1st Hornpipe (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade Francesca Viney (U11) 2nd Hornpipe (Intermediate) 5th Heavy Jig (Intermediate) 4th Light Jig (Primary) Hayley Prendergast (U12) 1st Heavy Jig (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade 4th Hornpipe (Primary) Emily Dellow (U12) 2nd Hornpipe (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 3rd Heavy Jig (Primary) 3rd Hop Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 5th Light Jig (Beginner) Sophie Paworth (U12) 3rd Hornpipe (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade Maria Conroy (U13) 12th Round 1 of Preliminary Championship (Heavy) 13th overall (out of 24) in Preliminary Championship Miriam Longman (U14) 1st Light Jig (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade 3rd Hop Jig (Primary) Kildare Feis, 12 February 2011 Maria Conroy (U13) 10th Round 1 of Preliminary Championship (Heavy) 6th Round 2 of Preliminary Championship (Light) 13th overall (out of 20) in Preliminary Championship Hennigan O'Loughlin Feis 22/23 January 2011 Conor Nealon (U7) 5th Premier Championship 3rd Heavy Jig (Intermediate) 4th Light Jig (Primary) Marykate Nealon (U9) 1st Reel (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade 2nd Light Jig (Primary) 1st Hop Jig (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade 3rd Slip Jig (Primary) 1st Heavy Jig (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade Aoife Crabtree (U10) 2nd Slip Jig (Beginner) Advances to the Primary grade 4th Hop Jig (Beginner) 5th Heavy Jig (Primary) 5th Hornpipe (Primary) Francesca Viney (U11) 5th Heavy Jig (Intermediate) Hayley Prendergast (U12) 1st Hornpipe (Primary) Advances to the Intermediate grade 5th Heavy Jig (Primary) Sophie Papworth (U12) 2nd Hornpipe (Primary) Less than 5 competitors 4th Heavy Jig (Primary)		Aoife A double first in the Heavies Trainor Feis 2011 Fairfield Halls South London's Premier Arts & Entertainment Centre 28 October 2010 Congratulations to our young performers. Audience, cast and stage crew feedback was highly complimentary.