Grab your cowboy hats and boots and get ready for a fantastic night of country music in support of Macmillan Cancer Research on Thursday 20th March 2025. 
What better way to raise funds for this amazing charity than enjoying some live country music right here at Lisneal College. We are very lucky to have the event compered by Downtown Radio’s Jason Hughes, who will welcome to the stage Gerry Guthrie, Banjo Paddy, Niamh Lynn and Sharon Nixon all of whom will be backed by the fantastic Ryan Turner Band. 
Tickets are priced at £12.50 and will be available from Lorna in the school office or from Ivan South (07871667786).
We can’t wait to see you all our Country Music Night!
Open Night January 2025
We had an fun-filled evening last night at our annual Open Night. There were lots of excited Primary 6 and 7 boys and girls and their family members exploring what it’s like to be part of Lisneal College.
We can’t wait to welcome you all in September! For photographs of Open Night, please visit our social media pages:
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Some Open Night snippets!
The Duke of Edinburgh’s (DofE) Awards Ceremony 2024
Lisneal College: The Duke of Edinburgh’s (DofE) Awards Ceremony 
We were delighted and honoured to welcome His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant for the County Borough of Londonderry, Mr. lan Crowe (MBE), and Invictus Games champion and charity ambassador, Mr. Scotty Darroch, as our guests of honour at school, for our Duke of Edinburgh’s Award celebration on Wednesday 4th December.
The event commenced with a welcome from Mr. Warren Taylor, DofE Award Co-ordinator at the school. The students who completed their DofE Bronze, Silver and Gold awards were then invited to deliver a series of presentations based on their experience during the expeditions.
Mr. Crowe (MBE), Mr. Darroch and Principal Mr. Allen then presented over seventy students with their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award certificates and badges. Notably almost all our of the DofE Gold Award pupils, having also completed their Bronze and Silver award. 
To conclude the event, Mr. Michael Allen and the guests of honour, each addressed those present, and congratulated the students on the successful completion of the world’s leading youth achievement award; whilst acknowledging the parental support they had been given, which helped ensure their child’s success.
Mr. Allen also thanked all the staff who volunteer to give so freely of their time, to take students out of school to complete their DofE expeditions and also help assess their voluntary, physical and skill activities. Thank you to Mr. Millar, Miss Mitchell and Miss Smallwoods.
Lisneal College offers students the opportunity to complete the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at Bronze, Silver and Gold level.
Well done everyone, we are so proud of you all! 
Exodus Fundraising
Lisneal Exodus team are holding a fundraising event this Thursday evening.
It is sure to be a brilliant evening with plenty of dancing, good craic and buns!
This event is open to the wider community, so dust off your dancing shoes and we would love to see you there.
A-Level Poetry visit Seamus Heaney HomePlace
“We go to poetry, we go to literature in general, to be forwarded within ourselves.”- Seamus Heaney
Our A level Literature students travelled to the Seamus Heaney HomePlace this week in Bellaghy to take part in a lecture series where they got to experience a tour of the centre, as well as a lecture from a university lecturer followed by a seminar with a PHD student where they further got to explore their own ideas regarding the poets they are studying. A very worthwhile experience enjoyed by all!
#TeamLisneal
Snow White and the Seven…
Over the past two nights, our pupils put on the most magnificent show seen in Lisneal College. ‘Snow White and the Seven’ was an absolute smash hit, full of music, songs, wonderful acting and, of course, belly laughs.
In case anyone missed the show, the seven were;
1. Mickey – the local principal of a secondary school in the Waterside
2. Mickey’s Da – works in the canteen of a local secondary school
3. Bugsy – Top football coach with Maiden City Soccer
4. Craigy – Local shop owner
5. McCready – Local politician
6. Mr C – Owner of local chip shop
7. Claudy – From the country….SIR…
Our pupils were just amazing and we are soooo proud of each and every one of them. A huge thank you goes to Ms. Lake, Mrs. Leonard, the Music Department, Unit 7 Audio, Mr. Martin and Mr. Hanna for all of their hard work and efforts.
Thank you to everyone who came along and supported our pupils on stage.
Our choir and band were incredible and the live music just made the show. You can tell we are excited and proud as punch. Enjoy the photos! #LikeNoOther #TeamLisneal
Duke of Edinburgh Awards
We were delighted and honoured to welcome His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant for the County Borough of Londonderry, Mr Ian Crowe (MBE), and Irish mountaineer, Ms Hannah Shields, as our guests of honour at school, for our Duke of Edinburgh’s Award celebration.
The event commenced with a welcome from Mr Warren Taylor, DofE Award co-ordinator at the school. The students who completed their DofE Bronze and Silver awards were then invited to deliver a series of presentations based on their experience during the expeditions.
Mr Crowe (MBE), Ms Shields and Principal Mr Allen then presented over sixty students with their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award certificates and badges.
To conclude the event, Mr Michael Allen and the guests of honour, each addressed those present, and congratulated the students on the successful completion of the world’s leading youth achievement award; whilst acknowledging the parental support they had been given, which helped ensure their child’s success.
Mr Allen also thanked all the staff who volunteer to give so freely of their time, to take students out of school to complete their DofE expeditions and also help assess their voluntary, physical and skill activities.
Lisneal College offers students the opportunity to complete the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at Bronze, Silver and Gold level.
Well done everyone, we are so proud of you all!
Megan at the MAC
Many congratulations to Megan for her magnificent two night run in 6 The Musical (Teen Edition) at the MAC in Belfast last weekend.
Megan played one of the lead roles and totally smashed it. This is a wonderful achievement and shows just how talented Megan is. For more photos and videos, check out the Just Stage It Academy Facebook page.
I’m sure you will join us in congratulating Megan on her success! #TeamLisneal
Mr Wilson- Cricket Legend
We were delighted to see Mr Wilson recognised for his incredible commitment to schools’ cricket. Mr Wilson was presented with the inaugural Schools’ Cricket Champion 2023 Award at the North West Cricket Union Gala Awards held on Friday evening.
Mr Wilson and his team have taken Lisneal College cricket to the top in NI and given so many young players great opportunities to develop their playing careers.
Many congratulations on a well deserved award. #TeamLisneal
Lisneal progress into last 16 of U16 NI Cup
Under 16 NISFA Round Two
Lisneal 5 v Fivemiletown 0
Goal scorers:
Kyle – 
Jacob –
Sam –
Assists:
Kyle – 
Sam –
MOTM – Sam
Lisneal Under 16’s third game of the season saw them welcome Fivemiletown for the Second round of the NISFA cup. Finally, the boys were rewarded with a clear and crisp morning, perfect for a game of football, which was a stark contrast to the thunderstorms that they battled in the previous rounds of the competition.
Lisneal took advance of the calm conditions and were able to get the ball on the deck and move it efficiently amongst each other to take early control of the game. Every player looked comfortable on the ball and Lisneal dominated and dictated the play from the start of the game. As the half progressed, Lisneal settled more and more into the game, showing strength at the back, through Charlie and Leon, and creativity in the attacking areas with Travis and Sam. Once again, our top man Kyle worked relentlessly against the oppositions central defenders to hold the ball up for his team mates. Despite some decisions not going his way as he collected the ball from midfield, he showed excellent resilience to continue receiving the ball in difficult areas. Kyle managed to draw yet another foul from the Fivemiletown defender and this time, as he went down in the box, Lisneal were awarded a penalty. Up stepped Sam, who calmly waited for the goalkeeper to make his move before rolling the ball down the centre of the goal to put Lisneal 1-0 in the tie.
Lisneal continued to apply the pressure and dominated possession and territory with the majority of play taking place in their opponents half. Dealing comfortably with aerial threats at the back and with midfield working hard to pick up second balls, it was a superb team effort to keep piling the pressure on Fivemiletown. Lewis and Reece, a new partnership on the lefthand side combined for Lisneal’s second goal of the game. The cross from Reece wasn’t dealt with by the opposition defenders and Jacob was on hand to secure Lisneal’s second goal. 2-0 Lisneal on the stroke of half time.
Having been in this position in previous weeks, the Under 16’s knew that one more goal would put the game to bed and be enough to see off their second round opponents.
Lisneal once again started the half the stronger of the two sides. Every player competed and battled well to dominate possession. Lisneal continued to impress with their attractive free flowing football in front of the supporters who came out to watch the game. The constant pressure was soon rewarded again, the hard working Kyle making a fantastic front post run across goal to get on the end of a Sam cross, giving Lisneal the third goal of the game.
Although the boys were 3-0 up and looking comfortable in the game, Lisneal continued to press on for more goals. With opponents tiring, Sam continued to go through the gears and provided some entertaining, direct dribbling through the opposition defenders. His outstanding individual skill resulted in him drawing more and more fouls from the opposition in dangerous attacking areas.
Sam took full advantage of two of these positions to put the Lisneal team out of sight in the game. The first free kick was a powerful low drive into the bottom corner beyond the Fivemiletwon goalkeeper to make it 4-0. But it was the final goal of the game which was the goal of the day. Sam’s second free kick flew into the top corner to give him his Hatrick, the MOTM award, and most importantly the win for the team to put them into the next round of the cup.
Thank you again for all the support from parents, staff and pupils who came out to watch and cheer on the boys. Thanks to Fivemiletown for making the trip up for the fixture.
Congratulation to the Lisneal Under 16’s for yet another fantastic professional performance. In the hat for the next round of the last 16.
