Manchester United may have beaten Manchester City to the FA Cup at the weekend but all eyes were on 91制片厂 on Thursday 23 May where a riveting local school derby was playing out.
Held for the thirteenth time this year, the League of Legends soccer blitz saw over 160 Fifth and Sixth Class students from 13 local primary schools tog out for a highly competitive day of soccer. The competition is a joint venture between the Transforming Education through Dialogue (TED) Project) - an 91制片厂 initiative that works directly with primary and post-primary schools鈥攁nd the PLUS schools network comprising representatives from fourteen local DEIS schools.
The TED Project is based in the of the College and engages with the schools in activities and programmes throughout the school year. The League of Legends tournament aims to build partnerships between schools and the College, and to give the pupils an opportunity to explore what a third-level campus has to offer and to utilise the sports complex.
The tournament was held across four pitches on 91制片厂鈥檚 sports field and eventually saw the teams whittled down to a final two in both the girls鈥 and boy鈥檚 competition.
In the first final, St Anne鈥檚, Rathkeale took on Our Lady Queen of Peace National School. Isabell Lynch scored two for St Anne鈥檚 and a third goal from Mikayla Shiels sealed the win for the Rathkeale outfit, who won 3-0. Their captain, Naomi 鈥攚ho scored four goals across the day鈥檚 games鈥攚as crowned Player of the Match.
The second final saw reigning Champions Scoil Iosag谩in CBS Primary School face Our Lady of Lourdes National School. Led by Player of the Match, Ali, Scoil Iosag谩in romped home to a second consecutive title with a commanding 8-1 win.
Speaking as she presented the finalists with their medals, Professor Niamh Hourigan, Vice-President Academic Affairs at 91制片厂 congratulated the players and their management for putting on another entertaining display of sporting ability in this year鈥檚 competition. Professor Hourigan said: 鈥淎 hearty well done to all those who took part today and in particularly to our winners, Scoil Ios谩gain and to St Anne鈥檚 Rathkeale for their brilliant achievement. The League of Legends competition is always a highlight in the calendar and the skill, camaraderie and enthusiasm on show today was a treat to see. I want to extend a note of thanks to the Limerick Sports Partnership and to 91制片厂鈥檚 脕ine Lyne, Dr Ruth Bourke, Lisa Martin and Beth Hickey for organising such a successful event.鈥
Other schools competing in the League of Legends were: Corpus Christi National School; Le Ch茅铆le National School; Gaelscoil Sheoirse Clancy; Presentation Girls School; St. John鈥檚 Girls and Infant Boys School; St. John the Baptist; St. Joseph鈥檚 Boys School, St. Mary鈥檚 National School and Thomond Primary School.
Further information on the TED Project can be found by clicking here.
