Girl's Football Blitz; May 2022
Girls football tournament
Yesterday the 12th of May the majority of the 6th and 5th class girls set off to a football tournament in Caherelly .We left at around quarter past 11 and we went on a Mike Hynan bus to Caherelly .
We arrived at about quarter to 12 and we left all our gear bags in the changing rooms and put our boots on . Then we went and started our warmup and sorted our team out. All of us were very excited to play. We were playing Caherline first . They were a wonderful team but Tineteriffe came away with the first win. We were all delighted .
We all got a drink and were all set to go again. Our second match was against Caherelly . All the girls played excellently. Then at half time we switched the team up a bit to give some people a chance and give others a break . After half time we carried on playing exceptionally and all our hard work paid off and we beat Caherelly .
After that we found out we were into a final so we were all full of happiness. We had one more match to play but it didn't matter if we won, lost or drew against Ahane because we were automatically into the final and we were playing Ahane in the final . We still all tried our best and gave it everything and we beat Ahane so we all had big smiles on our faces. We shook hands with Ahane and now it just depends on the next day and we will have another great day out in the Gaelic Grounds . We went back into the changing rooms and changed out of our boots into our runners and sat down on the grass and had our lunch until our bus arrived to take us home . The bus finally arrived and took us back to school.
In conclusion we all had a great day and played our best and our work paid off. Hopefully our next day out will be as good .
Aoibhinn; 6th Class
Girls Football Tournament
It was the 12th of May and the majority of us 5th and 6th class girls were on our way to our 9 aside tournament in Caherelly.
We arrived in Caherelly at around twenty to twelve. There were no referees at the pitch so we did some warm up drills to keep us on our toes. Our first match was against Caherline. I was the captain so I had to go out and pick a number. We got the wind and the bigger goals to score in so we were at an advantage. The whistle blew and the ball went up. The game was on.
Aoibhinn leapt into the air and grasped the football with both hands. She booted the ball down the pitch and set up an excellent score. . . but Caherline wasn't going to go down that easily. They fought back and at halftime they were up by one point. If we wanted to win this game, we would have to up our game, so we did. We tackled and ran as hard as we could and scored goal after goal. The full time whistle blew. We had won the game 4-3 to 2-2.
Next up we were against Caherelly. Aoibhinn and I were in midfield. We played our hardest and we had to try our very best so we did. We scored plenty of goals and at half time the score was 4-2 to 0-1 to us. We were in the lead but if we wanted to win this match, (which we did) we needed to keep the score up. We kept pushing, and ran for every single ball we could. At full time, we had won 6-4 to 1-3.
Winning two matches meant that we were into the final. We were up against Ahane in a practice run of the final. We were all very tired after playing two very tough matches that same day. We still managed to be winning at halftime. It was a tough game and a close score. Every player gave their absolute best effort and without every single player, we wouldn’t have won our match. The real final will hopefully be taking place in the Gealic Grounds but we might be unlucky and have to play in some other place like Doon
Essie; 6th Class
