On Thursday the 22nd of March 2012, pupils from Primary School took part in the Northern Ireland Primary Schools Small Sided Football Tournament at St Columb’s Park, Londonderry. Thankfully it was a beautiful day and the children involved had a great experience.
The boy’s team were placed into a group with four other teams. They were: Drumrane, Bready Jubilee, Fountain Primary School and Gaelscoil Eadin Mhoir. The boys performed very well in the group stage with a 2-1 win over Drumrane (Goals for Brooklyn and Levi), a 3-1 win over Bready (Two goals for Brooklyn and a goal for Levi) and a 2-2 draw with Gaelscoil Eadin Mhoir (Both goals from Levi). Unfortunately, the team suffered a 3-2 defeat to Fountain (Goals scored by Levi and William F) in a very closely fought contest. By the end of the group fixtures Donemana P.S. had scored enough points to progress to the Semi-Finals.
In the Semi Final match they faced St Columba’s P.S., Newbuildings. Once again the boys tried very hard and got off to a great start with a goal from Steven McDonald. The rest of the match just didn’t go as planned for the team and they ended up losing 3-1. St Columba’s progressed to the final and ended up eventually winning the regional tournament. It was a great competition and the boys thoroughly enjoyed it. Well done!
The girl’s team also had a terrific day at the tournament. They were placed in a group with: St Eugene’s, Drumachose, St Therese’s and Fountain Primary School. The girls began the tournament with quite a promising goalless draw against St Eugene’s however they suffered a heavy 3-0 defeat to St Therese’s in their next game. The girls managed to pick themselves up for game three and once again managed a goalless draw with Drumachose this time. Game four signalled the end of the tournament for the girls as they got beat 3-1 by Fountain Primary and as a result they didn’t score enough points to progress through to the next round. A big well done to Tori Williamson as she was the only girl to grab a goal. Well done to all the girls involved.
