Talbot Senior National School

This week 31 boys and girls from the school participated in the FAI Primary school 5 asides in the SDFL Headquarters.

Our girls entered 2 teams. The first team was Auguste, Nicole Macken, Robyn Power – 2 goals, Lauren Mc Bride, Camila Khan, Andrea Thorpe, Elle Rose O’ Reilly and Ciara Delmar.

Our other team made it all the way to the final winning 4-2, 6-1 and 5-1 to win their group. Unfortunately in the final after a very exciting 1-1 draw with an excellent St Peters Apostle Girls team, we lost on penalties. The team was Aaliyah Yusuf in goal who saved 4 penalties in the final, Rachel Tache – 1 goal, Kayla Gaffney – 1 goal, Adelle Boylan -4 goals, Bolu Hammed – 3 goals, Renee Byrne – 1 goal and top scorer in the tournament Millie Davey Kelly who got 6 goals.

Scoil Talbot also entered 2 boys teams to play in the tournament.  Our first team were narrowly defeated 3-1 and 2-0 before an exciting 3-3 draw. The team was Cullen Lambert, Toheeb Kasali, Luke O’Reilly – 2 goals, Jude Lambert – 1 goal, Oskar Michonski, Afolarin Yusuff, Edmond Quinn – 1 goal and Ryan Farrell.

Our other team finished 2^nd in their group just missing out on the semi-finals. The boys had 2 great results-winning 4-1 and 3-2 but unfortunately losing to the winners of our group 4-3 after the boys had battled back from 3-0 down to 3-3. The team was Darragh Davey Kelly, Soheib Ameur, Callum Forte – 4 goals, Ryan Lee, Dylan Daly, Craig Tuohy – 1 goal, Jamie Brannigan and Andrew Keogh top scorer with 5 goals.

Well done to all 31 children involved this week and remember to keep training, practicing and keep active.