Following on our great success last year, we have entered 2 school teams in the major competition of the year, The Ireland League of Nations.
The names of these 2 teams are EID All Blacks and EID Leinster. The names have a rugby feel to them because of the famous Kiwi All Blacks, the most respected team in world rugby, and because Leinster have just won the great European rugby competition, The Heineken Cup!! EID All Blacks are currently joint leaders with Slovakia in the league.
They are planning to do a version of the famous HAKA to scare the opposing teams and give themselves a competitive edge!! EID Leinster are mainly a new team and will need time to find their feet, but they are showing promise and will do well as the competition progresses.
A new departure this year is our sponsorship of a new Irish team, EID New Ireland. This is our way of putting something back into the local community and encouraging new Irish talent ( with the help of a few players from other countries ).
Overall, 2009 promises to be an exciting time for our school in a number of football competitions.
Denis O’Donoghue
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