PHOTOS: Tralee Schools Teams Compete In Kerry ISTA Science Quiz

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CBS The Green students Joel Sunil Varghese, Tomás O’Connor and Paddy Falvey at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

IT was a successful and busy night at the annual Kerry ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus with the event returning after three year absence due to Covid-19.

Regional Science quizzes took place in 13 venues around Ireland on Thursday night, with the Kerry quiz organised by Maria Steinborn and Áine Knightly (ISTA Kerry committee).

Eleven Kerry schools were represented on the night with with 21 teams of three competing for a place in the National Final. Students were all from the current Leaving Certificate year and the quizmaster on the night was Maria Steinborn.

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The Quiz consisted of eight rounds of six questions drawn from Leaving Certificate syllabi in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and general scientific knowledge and current news.

The winning team, Intermediate School Killorglin students Nicholas Bradburn, Ivan Huggard and Jeremiah Landers at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

It was a close contested competition with clear winners Intermediate School Killorglin (Ivan Huggard, Jermiah Landers, Nicholas Bradburn) coming out in first position accepting the Kerry Group perpetual trophy, with a point between St Brendan’s College Killarney (Benjamin Gaughran, Ethan Howe & Brian Titus) in second place and Mercy Mounthawk (Paula Holmes, Coren Hughes, Aideen Lynch) in third position.

Mercy Mounthawk students Paula Holmes, Coren Hughes and Aideen Lynch who came third at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

Other schools present on the night included CBS The Green Tralee, St Brigid’s Presentation Killarney, Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine, Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí, Trá Lí, Presentation Tralee, Meán Scoil an Leith-Triúigh and St Joseph’s Ballybunion.

The top three teams from the Kerry Quiz will go on to represent the county in the National Final which will be held on  December 3, at 2pm in Tercentenary Hall, Trinity Biomedical Science Institute, Dublin.

The competition would not have been possible without the most generous support of Kerry Group who have been long loyal standing sponsors of this annual quiz. Scroll down for photos…

Mercy Mounthawk students Aoife Kerins, Yuki Weng and Choitee Chakraborty at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

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Presentation Tralee students Shauna Moriarty, Wiktoria Depta and Scarlett Bright at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

Mercy Mounthawk students Rhea Lukose, Daniel Oyewante and Fiachra O’Connor at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

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CBS The Green students Jack O’Donoghue, Sanjo Varghese and Cillian Lynch at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

Presentation Tralee students Zoe Ncube, Jing Wen Lin and Ellie O’Hanlon at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

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Presentation Tralee students Alice O’Connell, Miriam Goubran and Cara Grealish at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

St Brigid’s Killarney students Abbie Daly, Molly Jenkinson and Kayla Byrne at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

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St Brigid’s Killarney students Orna Driver, Ally Casey and Ilona Sheehan at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

St Joseph’s Ballybunion students Jack Sheehy, Ally O’Brien and Mai Whelan at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

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St Brendan’s Killarney students Philip Lyons, Conor Gammell and Callum O’Leary at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

St Joseph’s Ballybunion students Cian Sheehy, Kelly Walsh and Ava Moloney at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

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Meán Scoil Nua an Léigh Triúigh Castlegregory students Colm Rohan, Saoirse Harrington and Emma Lynch at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí students Jared Ó Briain, Grainne Ní Sheanacháin and Kiana Breathnach at the ISTA Senior Science Quiz at the MTU South Campus on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

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