A Service of Choral Evensong was held in St Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen on Sunday 4th November to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the Opening of the Royal School in Fermanagh. The service was conducted by the Dean of Clogher, the Very Rev Kenneth Hall and the preacher was the Rt Rev David Chillingworth, the former Primus ofRead more
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While most teenagers spent Halloween trick-or-treating and apple bobbing, five local swimmers attended and week-long swimming camp in Tenerife. Ellie & Lewis McCartney and Kealan McShea (representing Enniskillen Royal Grammar School), qualified for the warm weather 50m training opportunity in April at the Ulster Schools Swimming Association Meet in April. The three students joined 22Read more
Senior Badminton returns 4-5pm FORUM Thursdays Starts this week. For y11 -14 all welcome. Contact Mr sress for more further detailsRead more
Well, what a wild, wet and windy day to be out and about at the Meadows on Saturday 3rd November. Thankfully our Novice team were jumping around 11am and the rain had been blown away by then. Still on the Windy side, but that didn’t deter our riders or their charges! First to go was HannahRead more
112 rowers from ERBC (J13-J18) went to Castleconnell Head of the River near Limerick last Saturday for the first race of the season. They raced in 22 eights as well as fours with many of the young rowers competing in their first ever race having just started rowing at the beginning of September. This eventRead more
Friday 2nd November – a wet, cold and dreary day for this years Omagh High School Show. Our entries this year composed Tiana-Grace Abbott entering as an Individual on 2 separate horses. Clover Valley Dream and Bracken Dancer. Unfortunately for one Primary school, only one rider turned up, so..in the true spirit of sportsmanship, 3Read more
A fantastic finish to a great first half term at ERGS for our Year 8 and 9 pupils who came to this evening’s Creepy Crescent Disco. A huge thank you and well done to our senior rugby girls and boys for all their efforts, planning and choreography. The junior pupils had a fantastic time!!!Read more
Spend your summer holiday developing your research and quantitative skills on a short project that will enhance your university application and career prospects. Click on the link below to find out more. Check out the eligibility requirements by visiting www.nuffieldfoundation.org/student-applicants. Not all students are eligible to apply so be sure to know the facts beforeRead more
Great afternoons netball at the Forum today. ERGS vs FMT in their first matches on the NI Netball League. The Minor team had an excellent 23-3 win. They played some super Netball ensuring themselves a comfortable victory. The Inter team also played well, but just couldn’t find the net today. The score of 13-4 wasRead more
A great Non Uniform Day organised by our ABP Challenge group has raised in the region of £1500 today for the worthy cause of Air Ambulance Ni. We look forward to updating you with a final total after the Halloween. http://www.airambulanceni.org/ n Break. Read more
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National Schools Regatta Day 3
The rowers have arrived back home after finishing off a very successful weekend at Nat Schools for ERBC
The 2 First Eights were in action yesterday, with the girls coming 5th in the A Final and the Boys 6th in the B Final. Well done to both crews on their performances, we are so very proud of you all.
Thanks to our coaches and parents who travelled to Dorney to support the rowers over the weekend, it is very much appreciated.
Summary of the weekend’s great results
Girls Junior 14 Octo - National Schools Regatta Champions 🏆
Girls Champs Eight - A Final
Girls Champs Four - A Final
Boys Champs Eights - B Final
Boys Champs Four - B Final
Boys Junior 16 Eight - B Final
Congratulations to all 6 crews.
Henley is just around the corner, if you can make a donation, big or small to support our 2 crews at Henley they would really appreciate it. Thanks to everyone who has already donated
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Ruth Fannin
Year I left ERGS: 2019
A” Level subjects studied: Technology and Design, Mathematics and Business Studies (Spanish at AS Level)
Pathway after school: Started university in September 2019 whilst working part-time in my family business as Assistant Shop Manager
University attended: Queen’s University Belfast
Course studied: Business Management with Placement (4 years)
I started at Queen’s University Belfast in September 2019 and enjoyed a few months of a “normal” university experience before COVID-19 brought a sudden shift to online learning in March 2020.
During my time at university, I was awarded Top Business Management Student (2019/2020) and Top Student for History and Philosophy. I also completed the Degree Plus Award for Future Ready Skills in Management before graduating in 2023 with a First Class Honours degree.
After graduating, I was approached on LinkedIn about an opportunity that led to me joining the Oil Market Journal (OMJ) as Business Development Manager in Enniskillen in September 2023.
Although I have always lived at home in County Tyrone, I am very grateful for the opportunities I have had to travel with work, including visits to Dubai, Spain, Italy, Poland and Germany, as well as across the UK and Ireland.
Outside of work, I help out in my family business and volunteer both as a Girlguiding leader and as a youth club leader within my church. Through Girlguiding, I have also enjoyed incredible experiences, including spending a week as part of the crew on a Tall Ships yacht and, more recently, completing the Queen’s Guide Award — the highest award available within Girlguiding UK.
I am very grateful to both the Collegiate and Enniskillen Royal Grammar School for providing me with such a strong foundation and for encouraging the values of hard work, resilience and determination from an early age.
Daniel Gilmore
Year I left: 2020
Subjects: Geography, Biology and English Literature
As part of the first full GCSE cohort of the school, I left ERGS on a random day in March 2020. Our formal was cancelled and we all expected to be back after a couple of weeks — but we all know what happened next.
I knew the COVID-19 pandemic was going to ruin the typical “freshers” experience, so I deferred my place at Newcastle University to work in my local SPAR for a year. I was sad seeing all my friends leave, but I built up money and work experience that helped open doors for me in the future.
I’d recommend Newcastle to any student. I made some amazing memories and left with a First Class BSc in Environmental Science with Placement, along with an award for the best dissertation in my year.
My placement year was spent as an Assistant Geo-Environmental Consultant at Tetra Tech in Belfast. I worked on some really big projects, including the GeoEnergyNI demonstrator project - the first large-scale geothermal investigation of Northern Ireland.
I am currently studying a Master’s Degree in Forestry for Green Sustainable Development at Linnaeus University in Sweden. There are no tuition fees in Sweden for EU citizens or those with an Irish passport, so I think this is a pathway that should be promoted more often. I really love it over here and everything is taught in English, so don’t worry if your Swedish isn’t up to scratch!
Thank you to Mr Beddard for shouting at me to fix my deforestation homework. It turns out I’m quite good at talking about trees after all!