Yesterday afternoon Year 8 participated in a numeracy afternoon. This consisted of them completing a series of puzzles and a quiz. Pupils were able to use their knowledge and mathematical understanding to solve/decode puzzles whilst working as part of a team. They had a great afternoon developing their problem-solving skills. Well done to all involved!Read more
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A beautiful day to take on a different challenge by travelling to Friends School Lisburn where the ERGS Senior Girls squad took on some of the Belfast based schools. The girls started against the hosts Friends and while it took them a few minutes to get into their stride it was a triple of triesRead more
A super day for our Year 8 (U12) squad as they travelled to Fivemiletown to play in a small local blitz against Fivemiletown College and Omagh Academy. The boys remained unbeaten throughout winning three and drawing two with some super rugby played by all 36 boys that took to the field, regardless of team!! ERGSRead more
Basketball has been going from strength to strength in ERGS in recent months with the U16 Squad playing a friendly match against St Michael’s College earlier in the term and the U14 Squad training weekly under the expert guidance of Mr Dom Corrigan.Read more
Congratulations to Ben McCaldin (9c) and his team on their RYA success at the weekend; Northern Ireland won the Celtic cup. Ben was 5th out of 18 in his fleet and 3rd Northern Irish boat out of the 6 selected. Read more
8 Enniskillen Royal Grammar School swimmers proudly represented their school at the USSA Ulster Schools Championships held at the Ards Blair Mayne Leisure Centre in Newtownards on Saturday 1st February. This gala was aimed at swimmers in Key Stages 3 & 4 and our school was very well represented among the competitors. Charles Armstrong (12)Read more
Warmest congratulations to Luchia McCusker in Year 12 who won the Northern Ireland final of the Soroptimist Public Speaking competition in Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon. Having won the regional heat back in November, Luchia along with ten other finalists from across Northern Ireland progressed to this weekend’s final where she won the Soroptimist Youth Award PerpetualRead more
ERBC had 23 crews participating in the Newry Head of the River on Saturday which took place in very blustery and challenging conditions. The rowers won 6 categories over the 2 races. Evan Donaghy, Ryan Topping, Luke Bailey, Andrew Cuthbertson, Christian Timoney, Lorcan Sreenivasan, William Bogle, Harry Coalter and cox Abbey Wilson were the fastestRead more
It was fantastic to welcome Erne Anglers into school last Friday to deliver an introductory coarse fishing session to year 8 during Games. We look forward to welcoming them back into school in the near future with a view to re- establishing a school fishing club.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!