North Derry Primary School Indoor Football

On Tuesday 19^th October approximately 220 children took part in a Key Stage 2 Gaelic Football blitz organised by Limavady Games Promotion Officer Richard Ferris. The blitz was split between Roe Valley Leisure Centre where 20 teams took part in a total of 64 games and Dungiven Sports Pavilion which had 8 teams competing in 28 games. The event was a huge success with all the children really enjoying a day of football in a fun environment.
Many thanks to the students from St Mary’s Limavady and St. Patrick’s Dungiven who referred the games very well, namely Declan Louge, Conor Mc Closkey, Oran Fleming, Luke Kelly and Sean Hasson and finally to Limavady Borough Council for the use of their excellent indoor facilities.

Meadowbank Indoor Go Games Football

On Sunday 18th April the Meadowbank Finals Day took place for Under 12 Footballers. This was the 5th Blitz Day, on the Finals Day there were 15 teams who took part. The competition was split between an A section and a B section. Once the group stages were played the results from the semi finals and finals were as follows:

Section A semi finals

Newbridge 4-10 Lissan 0-5

Craigbane 1-8 Magherafelt 5-2

Section B semi finals

Craigbane 2-12 Newbridge 1-3

Coleraine 2-11 Magherafelt 1-2

Section A Final

Magherafelt 1-11 Newbridge 1-6

Section B Final

Craigbane 2-4 Coleraine 3-8

A word of thanks to all the teams who took part throughout the Meadowbank Indoor Blitz's, the the referee's throughout the blitz's and to Magherafelt District Council for coordinating on the day of the blitz's

INTO Indoor Primary School Blitz

On Tuesday 13th April the Derry INTO 7's were held at Meadowbank Sports Arena. St John's Swatragh P.S. won the hurling and Derrychrin P.S. won the girls football. They both will go forward to represent Derry in Ulster. Thanks to Kevin Toner and Peter Donnelly for organising the event and to Diarmuid and Francis Scullion for refereeing.

Indoor Under 12 Go Games Football

On Sunday Meadowbank Indoor Blitz's continued. 20 teams took part from 11 clubs in what was an excellent day's football

Under 8 Go Games Football

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.

Model Primary School Go Games

Over 50 pupils from the Model Primary School took part in there recent Go Games where one p6 class played the other. Both these classes have met in the past and always look forward to showing off their skills infront of each other.

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.

P.6 Indoor Football Blitz @ Meadowbank

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.

P.6 Indoor Football Blitz at Swatragh GAC

Today Diarmuid Scullion was in Swatragh GAC for the last in his series of P6 Indoor football blitzes. 25 matches were played in two hours this morning with St. Patrick's Glen, St. Mary's Glenview, St. Brigid's Tirkane and St. John's Swatragh taking part. The boys had a really enjoyable days football, a special thank you to Swatragh GAC for use of the hall and to Sean Mc Williams for his assistance.

Bellaghy Road to Croker

Tonight Bellaghy Under 10's had their 'Road to Croker' All Ireland Final. The boys have been playing in this competition for the past 6 weeks and have really enjoyed themselves. The improvements in the players performance has been notable with improved first touch, speed of thought and the weak foot strongly evident. Well done to Martin Mc Faul and his team of coaches for organising such a brilliant competition.

Indoor Under 12 Football @ RVLC

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.

Next event will be a coaching morning followed by a outdoor blitz U8/U10 in Limavady GAC date TBC

Primary 6 Football Blitz @ Back Row Hall

Attached are a few photo's from todays P6 Blitz in the Backrow hall Draperstown. 19 matches were played this morning with 41 pupils from St Mary's, St Columb's, St Eoghan's and Knocknagin taking part. All the teachers remarked on how high a standard the games were. Thanks to Diarmuid Scullion for running the event.

Indoor Primary 6 Football Blitz at Lavey GAC

Diarmuid Scullion organised a P6 football blitz today in Lavey. Competing schools were St marys Bellaghy, St Brigids mayogall, John Bosco Ballynease, Anahorish and St Treas Ballymaguigan. 36 matches were played over the course of 2 hours and the pupils had a really enjoyable blitz. Thanks to Tommy Stevenson who helped with the refereeing and to Lavey club for the use of their hall.

Indoor Under 8 Football in Derry City

On Sunday 10 teams took part in an indoor Under 8 Football blitz at the Old Library Trust, Derry. Thanks to Paul Simpson and Simon Gillespie for coordinating the event and to all the teams and their coaches for attending.

Under 10 Indoor Hurling Blitz

On Saturday 20th February Templemore Sports Complex played host to an U10 Hurling Blitz with teams from Donegal, Tyrone and Derry. With 12 5 A side teams and over 70 players participating the day proved to be a real success with many players getting their first competitive taste of hurling this year. The excellent standard of hurling on the day was a real testament to the hard work being put into hurling at underage level in the area and we hope to see all those involved back again soon. Many thanks to all the underage coaches and player for taking part and to Kevin Hinphey and Simon Gillespie for organising and coordinating the event, keep up the excellent work! Some of the teams are pictured below: