Primary and Secondary schools nationwide to battle it out in Futsal Finals
Students from primary and secondary schools from around Ireland will meet throughout January and February to compete in the finals of the Futsal schools competition.
The Secondary Schools Futsal competition is in its first year nationally after a successful pilot programme last year in South Leinster. It caters for 1st year students both boys and girls.
Each team have come through their county finals to get to the provincial stage and have received futsal resources and coaching sessions from their local FAI Regional Development Officers.
The competition is very highly regarded with each team eager to take home the accolade of Provincial Futsal Champions and ultimately the All Ireland Futsal Champions crown.
The Primary Schools event is in its pilot stage with only schools in Leinster competing this year. It caters for boys and girls in 3rd and 4th class, an age group which is crucial in the development of young players.
Each county winner has been receiving coaching sessions from their local FAI Regional Development Officer in preparation for the finals.
Secondary:
The Secondary Futsal Ulster Finals was scheduled to take place on Monday, 19th January from 10am – 3pm in the Phoenix Centre, Carrickmacross but this event was postponed due to adverse weather conditions preventing the Donegal school from travelling. The Final will be rescheduled for next week. More information will be available in due course.
The Final should prove an exciting encounter with only Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan battling it out for the prestigious title.
Donegal’s Finn Valley College in Stranorlar will represent the boys and girls sections.
Representing Cavan boys will be St. Mogue’s College, Belburbet while the girls will be represented by Breifne College in Cavan town.
Monaghan Collegiate School will be competing for the Monaghan boys with the girls represented by Inver College, Carrickmacross.
The Munster Finals will take place on Tuesday, 20th January from 10am – 3pm in the University of Limerick. The boys’ competition will see 5 counties represented while the girls section will consist of 4 counties, each school battling it out for the title of Munster Champions.
Kerry, Tipperary and Clare are competing in both girls and boys’ finals with Kerry represented by Killorglin Community College in both the girl and boy sections.
Tipperary is sending High School Clonmel for the boys while Presentation Thurles are competing for the girls.
St. Flannans College in Ennis (girls) and Ennistymon CBS (boys) will wear the Clare colours in the finals.
Waterford will be represented in the boys section by De La Salle and St. Augustine’s College in Dungarvan for the girls.
Presentation Brothers, Cork will represent the boys section in this competition.
The Leinster Finals takes place on Wednesday, 21st January from 10am – 3pm in the National Basketball Arena, Tallaght with 15 schools competing for the Leinster title in the boys section and 13 schools in the girls’ competition.
Longford are represented by Moyne Community College for both the boys and girls competitions while Offaly are also sending the same school to represent the boys and girls, St. Brendan’s Birr. Portlaoise College will represent Laois in both categories also.
Meath are represented by Boyne Community School, Trim in the boys section and Eureka Kells in the girls.
Louth will be hoping that O Fiaich College, Dundalk will go far in the boys’ category while St Oliver’s School in Drogheda will compete in the girls section.
Dublin Oak Academy (boys) and Abbey Community College (girls) will represent Wicklow.
Wexford have four schools in the competition: Wexford CBS and Arklow CBS in the boys’ category and Colaiste an Atha and Colaiste Brid in the girls.
In Kildare, the boy’s qualifiers were won by St. Paul’s Secondary School, Monasterevin while Ard Scoil na Trionede will compete for the girls.
Kilkenny will be represented by Grennan College, Thomastown in the boys section and Loreto, Kilkenny City in the girls.
Further schools competing in the competition include St. Mary’s Academy CBS for Carlow, St. James Street (boys), Mercy Secondary School, Goldenbridge (girls) for Dublin South Inner City and Knocklyon Community College for Dublin South (boys).
Dublin/Fingal County Council will be represented by Castleknock College and Portmarnock Community School in the boys section while Loreto, Balbriggan and Riversdale Community College will participate in the girls section.
The Connacht Finals will take place on Thursday, 5th February from 10am – 3pm in Sligo IT. St. Joseph’s College will represent the boys from Galway while Roscommon’s qualifiers have seen Summerhill College progress. Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo qualifiers have yet to be confirmed.
Those schools who win their provincial titles will travel to the All Ireland Futsal Final which will take place on Wednesday, 11th February from 10am – 3pm at the National Basketball Arena, Dublin. Good luck to all the schools involved.
Primary:
The Leinster Final of the primary competition takes place on Tuesday, 10th February from 10am – 3pm in the National Basketball Arena, Dublin.
Carlow will be represented by Bishop Foley Boys School while St. Patrick’s National School, Rathvilly will represent the girls.
Ballinalee National School will represent Longford in both the boys and girls competitions while O’Growney National School in Athboy will compete for the Meath boys and St. Mary’s National School in Trim will compete in the girls section.
Wexford will be hoping St. Joseph’s Gorey will do well in the boys section and Scoil Naofa Padraig, Craanford in the girls.
Aravon Enniskerry and St. Malachy’s Dundalk will represent Wicklow and Louth respectively in the boys while Newtown Mount Kennedy and St. Joseph’s Dundalk will represent the girls.
Other counties in Leinster will finalise their qualifiers later in the month.
For further information on the futsal finals please contact Ian Carry on 086 043 7686.
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