Two Sligo schools claimed titles at yesterday’s SPAR FAI Primary School 5s National Finals in Aviva Stadium.
The students from Drimina National School in Tubbercurry won the Girls A Cup title, while Scoil Mhuire gan Smál from Ballymote won the Boys B competition.
Girls and boys from 12 different counties battled it out for national honours on a sun-kissed day.
The 2017 SPAR FAI Primary School 5s Programme was the biggest yet as more than 28,500 children from 1,495 schools took part in county, regional and provincial blitzes nationwide, which is a new record for the programme which has been coordinated by FAI Schools since the mid-1990s.
SPAR FAI Primary School 5s Programme ambassador and former Republic of Ireland International Keith Andrews and Patrick O’Donovan TD, Minister of State for Tourism & Sport, was amongst those present to support the teams and witness some thrilling games across all six sections.
The schools were divided into provincial representatives from small, medium and large schools divisions.
While girls can compete with the boys in the SPAR ‘A’ Cup, SPAR ‘B’ Cup and SPAR ‘C’ Cup sections there is also a separate competition for girls only; SPAR ‘A’ Girls Cup for small schools, SPAR ‘B’ Girls Cup for medium schools and the SPAR ‘C’ Girls Cup for large schools.
The winning schools were: SPAR ‘A’ Cup: Granagh NS, Kilmallock, Limerick; SPAR ‘A’ Girls Cup: Drimina NS, Tubbercurry, Sligo; SPAR ‘B’ Cup: Scoil Mhuire gan Smál, Ballymote, Sligo; SPAR ‘B’ Girls Cup: Carnmore NS, Oranmore, Galway; SPAR ‘C’ Cup: St Ciaran’s NS, Hartstown, Dublin; SPAR ‘C’ Girls Cup: Our Lady of Good Counsel GNS, Johnstown, Dublin.
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RESULTS
SPAR ‘A’ Cup
St Patrick’s NS 3-4 Granagh NS
Scoil Bhríde 4-6 Scoil Chiaráin Naofa
St Patrick’s NS 2-2 Scoil Bhríde
Granagh NS 4-3 Scoil Chiaráin Naofa
St Patrick’s NS 2-3 Scoil Chiaráin Naofa
Granagh NS 0-1 Scoil Bhríde
SPAR ‘B’ Cup
Scoil an Athar Tadhg 2-3 Dooish NS
Scoil Mhuire gan Smál 3-1 St Peter’s NS
Scoil an Athar Tadhg 2-3 Scoil Mhuire gan Smál
Dooish NS 5-4 St Peter’s NS
Scoil an Athar Tadhg 4-2 St Peter’s NS
Dooish NS 1-2 Scoil Mhuire gan Smál
SPAR ‘C’ Cup
St Joseph’s BNS 2-3 Scoil Iognáid
St Ciaran’s NS 5-0 Nenagh CBS
St Joseph’s BNS 0-5 St Ciaran’s NS
Scoil Iognáid 2-3 Nenagh CBS
St Joseph’s BNS 2-8 Nenagh CBS
Scoil Iognáid 4-6 St Ciaran’s NS
SPAR ‘A’ Girls Cup
Drimina NS, Tubbercurry.
Scoil Mhuire 1-3 Drimina NS
Boyerstown NS 3-0 Little Flower NS
Scoil Mhuire 0-2 Boyerstown NS
Drimina NS 1-0 Little Flower NS
Scoil Mhuire 1-3 Little Flower NS
Drimina NS 5-2 Boyerstown NS
SPAR ‘B’ Girls Cup
Carnmore NS 4-1 Kilkenny SP
Ballyea NS 5-2 Gaelscoil Ultain
Carnmore NS 3-1 Ballyea NS
Kilkenny SP 3-0 Gaelscoil Ultain
Carnmore NS 5-1 Gaelscoil Ultain
Kilkenny SP 3-3 Ballyea NS
SPAR ‘C’ Girls Cup
Our Lady of Good Counsel 2-1 Scoil Niocláis
Woodlands NS 0-1 Scoil Rois
Our Lady of Good Counsel 4-0 Woodlands NS
Scoil Niocláis 0-1 Scoil Rois
Our Lady of Good Counsel 2-1 Scoil Rois
Scoil Niocláis 0-6 Woodlands NS.
