Leinster Primary School Futsal Finals
The Leinster Primary Schools Futsal competition will reach a conclusion on Tuesday, 10th February when the Finals will be staged in the impressive National Basketball Arena in Tallaght.
The event will run from 10.30am until 3pm as thirty two schools compete for the ultimate prize of Leinster Champions.
This is the first year of the Leinster programme after a success pilot of South Leinster last season and it is hoped that the programme will be rolled out nationwide in 2010.
The competition caters for boys and girls in third and fourth class which delivers a quality fast paced action packed game focusing on skill, speed and technique.
Futsal is an indoor version of association football. It is played between two teams of five players, one of whom is the goalkeeper, and up to seven substitutes per team. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, the game is played on a hard court surface delimited by lines; walls or boards are not used.
Futsal is also played with a smaller ball with less bounce than a regulation football. The rules create an emphasis on improvisation, creativity and technique as well as ball control and passing in small spaces.
The thirty two winners, 16 girls and 16 boys have received futsal resources and coaching sessions from their local FAI Regional Development Officer in preparation for the finals.
The boys grouping will consist of Bishop Foley NS (Carlow), Pope John Paul NS (Malahide), Scoil Mhuire (Tallaght), Our Lady of Wayside (Bluebell), Maynooth BNS (Kildare), Slieverue NS (Kilkenny), Our Lady’s Meadow (Laois), Ballinalee Ns (Longford), St Malachy’s NS (Dundalk), O’Growney’s NS (Athboy), Edenderry BNS (Offaly), St. Coleman’s NS A & B (Mullingar), St. Joseph’s NS (Gorey) and Aravon NS (Enniskerry).
The girls will consist of Rathvilly NS (Carlow), Rush NS (Dublin), Inchicore NS (Inchicore), Our Lady of Wayside (Bluebell), Scoil Mohbi (Glasnevin), SN Chiaran Naofa (Kilkenny), Our Lady’s Meadow (Durrow), Ballinalee NS (Longford), St Joseph’s NS (Dundalk), St Mary’s NS (Trim), Mucklagh NS (Offaly), St. Coleman’s NS (Mullingar), Castlepollard NS (Mullingar), Craanford NS (Wexford) and Newtownmountkennedy NS (Wicklow).
For further information on the Leinster Primary School Futsal Finals please contact Mark Scanlon on 086 795 4353.
Boys Fixtures:
Results to Date:
10:00 Dublin City Nth Ballinalee
10:40 St. Josephs Our Ladys Meadow
11:20 Dublin City Nth St. Josephs
12:00 Our Ladys Meadow Ballinalee
12:40 Dublin City Nth Ballinalee
13:20 St. Josephs Our Ladys Meadow
Results to Date:
10:10 Pope John Paul Maynooth
10:50 St. Colemans Edenderry
11:30 Pope John Paul St. Colemans
12:10 Maynooth Edenderry
12:50 Pope John Paul Edenderry
13:30 St. Colemans Maynooth
Results to Date:
10:20 Scoil Mhuire St. Malachys
11:00 Slieverue Bishop Foley
11:40 St. Malachys Slieverue
12:20 Slieverue Bishop Foley
13:00 Scoil Mhuire Bishop Foley
13:40 Slieverue St. Malachys
Results to Date:
10:30 Our Lady of Wayside St. Colemans
11:10 Eniskerry O'Growney
11:50 Our Lady of Wayside Eniskerry
12:30 O'Growney St. Colemans
13:10 Our Lady of Wayside St. Colemans
13:50 Eniskerry O'Growney
Girls Fixtures:
Results to Date:
10:00 Scoil Bhrid Rush
10:40 Ballinalee St. Josephs
11:20 Scoil Bhrid Ballinalee
12:00 Rush St. Josephs
12:40 Scoil Bhrid St. Josephs
13:20 Ballinalee Rush
Results to Date:
10:10 Newtownmountkennedy Our Ladys of Wayside
10:50 Castlepollard Rathvilly
11:30 Newtownmountkennedy Castlepollard
12:10 Our Ladys of Wayside Rathvilly
12:50 Newtownmountkennedy Rathvilly
13:30 Castlepollard Our Ladys of Wayside
Results to Date:
10:20 Our Ladys Meadow Scoil Mohbi
11:00 S.N. Chiarain Naofa Craanford
11:40 Our Ladys Meadow S.N. Chiarain Naofa
12:20 Scoil Mohbi Craanford
13:00 Our Ladys Meadow Craanford
13:40 S.N. Chiarain Naofa Scoil Mohbi
Results to Date:
10:30 Inchicore Mucklagh
11:10 St. Colemans St. Marys
11:50 Inchicore St. Colemans
12:30 Mucklagh St. Marys
13:10 Inchicore St. Marys
13:50 St. Colemans Mucklagh
