A soccer day…. An excellent day of activity! Jackie Hughes of Eany Celtic Soccer Club arrived early this morning and started a fun structured session with the Junior and Senior Infants; teaching them the basic drills of soccer. They all participated and were delighted with Jackie’s new equipment which was set up in the yard. After a physical workout they were eager to play a proper game of football. This session followed with the 1st and 2nd classes all practising basic skills followed by a game. A very sincere thank you to Jackie for her time spent with us encouraging physical activity.
Meanwhile, the other classes were extremely active in the yard and luckily on the grass also due to the better weather today. They continued their daily 3/5 minute-lap challenge, hotseat, 3 legged races and circuits while Master O’Donnell’s class enjoyed a very competitive game of basketball.
The dancing continued after break time in each class. Today, the novelty activity was a basketball challenge for 3rd and 4th class; how many baskets they could get in 10 minutes? Unfortunately, a rain shower interrupted this exercise 4 minutes from time with 4th class winning the challenge by 8 baskets.
In the latter part of the afternoon the soccer tournament commenced with 3rd-6th class getting to grips with the first fixture. Mr Byrne from Donegal Town football club organised a competitive six a side tournament with each team playing one game each to the sound of great excitement from the sidelines. The winning teams of each match are now through to the cup on Thursday while the losing teams will play in the shield. There were tense moments as goals were scored, and everyone is now looking forward to the final on Thursday afternoon.
