Scoil Iosa, Ballina, Co.Mayo

Gaelic Training
On Fridays Barry Murphy comes to train us in Gaelic Football
at 11:15. He taught us how to solo a ball, hand pass, punt kick and other skills we need to play football well.He teaches 5th class and 6th class. It is great fun.
Barry is funny he is also a great man to teach football.
It is good to play football because you get to play football matches.
Some of the girls play Gaelic football out side of school.We also do football at Big Break with Mrs Loftus on Mondays Miss Nolan on Wednesdays and with Miss Howley on Fridays.The girls have lots of fun and they love playing football.

By Debbie Aisling and Mairead.

Our Football League
The first match was played on the 11th June 2008. It was Team A captained by Alana vs. Team B captained by Chloe. Team A won. The score was 5 goals to 3 goals. The next game was played on the 12th of June. That match was Team C captained by Shauna vs. Team D captained by Colleen. Team C won that match. The score was 8 goals to 4 goals. Four matches were played by each of the four teams.

The final was played on Monday 24 of June.
It was a very exciting match. In the Final were Team B who was captained Aoife because Chloe wasn’t present and Team C who was captained by Shauna. Team B won by 3.8 to 2.8. It was a very close match. Medals were awarded to the winners and runners up.
The winning team was: Chloe Calvey,Aoife Bonner ,Aoife Gillespe, Orla Carroll, Chelsea Delaney,Rachel Scott,Pamela Scott,Louise Maloney,Jessica Gorman,Maggie Maughan.
The runners up were:Shauna Delaney,Niamh Bonner,Maria CarrollMairéad Hopkins,Caoimhe Staunton,Aleksandra Kowalska Rebecca Cawley,Jenna Walsh,Clodagh Hopkins,Ashling Noone,Eimear Cummons,Rebecca Calpin - Boland,