Boys' Football Team; October 2023

On the 6th of October our school played in a 9 a side football blitz in Caherelly and it was fun.

At about 10:45 Mrs Sheehan brought the boys from 4th, 5th and 6th into the Halla to give us our jerseys, tell us where we were playing and who we were going with. In goals was Liam, the back line was Oisin, Conor and Danny. In midfield was Eoghan and Bill and the forward line was Sean, Gearoid and me. Everyone else was on the bench. I went in Liam's car with Oisin,Danny,Sean,Gearoid and Liam. 

Darragh 6th

When we got there we went into the dressing rooms for some lunch.When we were going out we saw Nicer pulling in.We put our stuff in the car and went out to practise.We were ready for our first match against Bilbao.When the match started Daragh got the first goal after two minutes .Then a couple of  minutes later I  got a goal thanks  to Eoghan  for passing the ball.It was half time and we were eight points up.It was the second half and we were really tired but we knew we had to keep going. In the end we won that match by a few goals and points.

Bill 5th

 When we got our jerseys, we went into a car to drive to Caherelly. We were watching Oola and Bilboa and Oola won that. Then it was finally our turn to play. We were playing Bilbao. We were doing well in the first half. I wasn't too sure what the score was in halftime, but I knew we  were winning by a few points.

Last week the boys in the school went to a football blitz.The first match was Tineteriffe against Bilboa.When the ref threw in the ball, Bill got the ball and scored a goal.It was  half time and we were up by a couple of goals.Second half we were a bit tired so they got a point or two.Then I went to get the ball but the ball bounced over my head.Then they got another point.After they got a point or two the full time whistle blew.We were all happy and we shook hands.

Conor 5th

Next,we went to the pitch we were playing in and two teams were already there and those teams were Bilboa and Oola.Their match was the first match and in the pitch beside us Nicker played Caherelly.Oola were in control most of the match but Bilboa put in a good effort.After the match we had a team talk and then I went out for the toss,I won the toss and we played with the wind for the first half and heading into halftime we were up by 2-3 to no score.In the second half we were against the wind and the got 2 or 3 points 

Liam 6th

The match started. We got possession and scored a point and then some goals. We scored a few more and the first half was over. We got a drink of water and rested for a minute. Once we were ready to play the second half we went on to the pitch confidently. They scored some points but we still won.

Micheál 5th

We had to watch another match.After that we got the team and passed the ball around again.We were playing Bilboa and they beat us every other year so we really wanted to beat them.Then we went onto the pitch and the referee threw in the ball and Bill got it. Then we passed it up to the forwards and back to Bill and he scored a goal . It was a really good score and we were up 1:00

Seán 6th

The semi final was against Caherelly we had to go straight into that match after the other one. It was a very close match we could have lost by a lot more but we had a very solid back line.

James 5th!

It was very annoying because we had no break between our matches so it was very hard going on all of us. Finally it was half time and I think  we were up by a point.Then half time was over  and we kept on giving away very soft frees and they kept on putting them over. We had a few chances to win the match but they had a huge full back and the lads could not get past him. Finally the blew the full time whistle and the game was over and  everyone was very annoyed.

Oisín 6th!

All of the 4th, 5th and 6th class boys were getting ready to play against Caherelly in the semi final in Caherelly. I had high hopes that we would win.Then the match started . Then they scored and I started losing hope that we would win. We kept on giving away frees to Caherelly luckily they didn't score much of them. Then we scored. But they countered us with another point.then they scored again. That was the end of the first half.

Maurice 5th

The second half had just started and we won the throw-in.We then pressed hard and it paid off because we scored it was now a draw. Just as the keeper kicked it out and Caherelly won the kick out. But we tackled him cleanly and pressed with the ball. We scored another point. We then were up by one point. A few minutes later we were nearing fulltime and Caherelly scored three more points. We got worried but tried to stay calm. But the full time whistle blew and the final score was 0-3 to 0-5

Joe 5th

Soon we had equalised from a point from Gearoid. Caherellys midfield player was extremely fast and Bill and I had trouble keeping up with him. He was the centre of every Caherelly attack. Liam was brilliant in goals and made it hard to score goals for Caherelly. When the whistle blew for half time the score was 3 points for Caherelly and two points for Tineteriffe. The ball was thrown in for the second half and immediately Caherelly went on attack. We couldn't keep up with them. They scored a great point straight away. A few minutes later they scored a goal. We had a few chances but we didn’t get a score. I hit the post at one stage. 

The game finished, Caherelly 1:5, Tineteriffe 2 points.  

Eoghan 5th