A brilliant day out.

By the girls in 5th and 6th class.

On Wednesday, the 12th of October 5th and 6th class girls went to play a football blitz in Doon. We played the blitz to qualify  for the football finals.  It was a great day and we really enjoyed ourselves.

First, we arrived in Doon G.A.A. pitch and we did our warm ups. We got into groups and kicked the ball to each other to practice our kicking and catching skills.

Our first match was against Nicker N.S. The game was very tough and competitive. Harriet was the first goalie and she saved an amazing shot. We were so proud of her. Lucy and Katie scored goals and points. At half time, Tineteriffe was winning by a goal. After half time, Bríd and Kayleigh were both playing in defense and they played a brilliant game kicking the balls out of danger. The end result was 2-2 to 0-1 to Tineteriffe. 

Next, we played against Oola. Oola were very strong. Kate was in goals for this match and she blocked a really good goal at the beginning of the game. We showed great resilience but, unfortunately Oola won the match.

We didn’t lose faith and our next match was against Bilboa. Jessica G and Jessica K were forwards. They worked together really well clearing the path for Lucy to score another few goals. Harriet  was in goals for the entire game working tirelessly to prevent goals.

Our final match was against Caherconlish and we needed a win here to secure our place in the finals. We did the Haka in Irish to hype ourselves up and to frighten our opponents with our amazing moves.  Emma was in goals and she blocked two goals!  We won the game and we were thrilled, we shook hands with the other team and we rejoiced.

Our blitz in Doon was great fun, we really enjoyed ourselves and Mrs Meskell was amazing on the day. We sang songs the whole way back on the bus. We are excited to play against Oola in the finals.