Recently 3 schools in Derry city took part in a Go Games competition hosted by Doire Colmcille at Brooke Park, the schools were St Annes, Model P.S and St Eugenes. There were over 90 pupils in total. The boys competed against each other and the girls against girls. The day turned out to be very successful and all the children throughly enjoyed their day out.
Many thanks to Shauna McCallion for running the event and to PJ Loughran and Ronan McDaid for all their assistance.
On Tuesday 30th March Diarmuid Scullion organised a Primary 7 hurling blitz in the Backrow hall in Draperstown. Competing schools were St Eoghans, St Marys, St Columbas and Altayeskey. All pupils had a really enjoyable morning which was organised in partnership with Ballinascreen GAC
On Sunday 21st March, 100 Under 8's took part in a Go Games Football Blitz at the Old Library Trust in Derry. 8 Clubs were represented in the morning of football. Thanks to everyone for taking part and to Paul Simpson, Derry GPO for coordinating the games.
On Friday 25 people took part in a Child Protection Awareness course, Saturday was an extremely busy day with 105 young players trialing for the Club Derry Under 15 Panel, 40 players trialing for the Under 16 Panel, 20 new referee's being put through their introduction course and 17 new coaches undertaking the Foundation Coaching Award.
On Saturday morning and Monday evening the Club Derry Under 15 and Under 16 Football trials for 2010's panels got under way. 140 players trialed on Saturday for the Under 15 panel and 79 players were in Owenbeg on Monday evening to trial for the Under 16 panel.
Kilrea under 12's played a challenge game against Bellaghy on Sunday morning. The kids got 50 minutes of football, in a very sporting atmosphere.
On Saturday 13th March 15 Under 8 clubs took part in Go Games football blitz's in 7 different venues across South Derry. Thanks to all the teams for taking part and the clubs for hosting the games.
Diarmuid Scullion was in Newbridge on Friday evening to take their Under 8's for a coaching session. The boys and coaches really enjoyed the session and appreciated the new games / ideas which Diarmuid was able to introduce to them.
Today Derry Vocational Schools had their annual Cross Country Competition at Derry's Centre of Excellence, Owenbeg. 220 pupils took part from 7 schools (St. Colm's Draperstown, St. Joseph's Coleraine, Garvagh High School, St. Paul's Kilrea, St. Mary's Clady, St. Patrick's and St. Brigid's Claudy and St. Mary's Limavady). There were races for Yr8 Boys and Girls to Year 12 Boys and Girls. Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to all those who came in 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective competitions. Credit must go to Miss Moore for organising a very successful day and to all the teachers for their help and support.
The skills on show that day were a credit to the pupils and both teams left the hall with a smile on their face after thinking they beat the other class. There was great fun had by all the pupils and the teachers commented on the improvement that they have made over the term.
A huge number of the pupils are members of the local Doire Colmcille team so they used this opportunity to use their skill and knowledge and pass this on to fellow class mates. The pupils were very well behaved and enthusiastic throughout the whole event. Well done to Derry GPO Shauna McCallion!
On Wednesday 3rd March, pupils from Holy Family PS, Magherafelt and New Row PS, Castledawson took part in a P6 indoor football blitz. There was a boys section and a girls section with 10 matches played in each and over 80 pupils taking part. All had a really enjoyable day. Thank you to Mr Peter Donnelly for arranging the venue, Brian Smith for assisting with the refereeing and to all the teachers who helped in the smooth running of the blitz.
On Sunday at Roe Valley Recreation Centre Limavady a Club Go Games U12 indoor Gaelic Football Blitz took place coordinated by Richard Ferris, GPO for the area.
This event proved to be very popular with the clubs from the borough that participated clubs being; Drum, Drumsurn, Limavady, Foreglen, Faughanvale and Magilligan. 15 teams enjoyed the day’s football immensely,with 56 games taking place across the three halls. Obviously a day such as this doesn't happen without the help of the the coaches and a special thanks to Ollie Mullan for opening up RVLC and helping with the smooth running. Thanks to Eoghan Kelly, Michael Mc Gonigle, Cahair Friel who refereed the games. Finally a big thank you to all the players who took part. Some of the skill levels on show was exceptional.
