Upon awakening to a somewhat uncharacteristic blue and clear Irish sky, the boys started their day getting ready for the first competitive games of the trip. The weather has been extraordinarily nice here in Ireland this week. Sunny and low 70's. Just beautiful.
Up first, a slightly modified "traditional" Irish breakfast, no more than six items please, of eggs, ham, sausage, mushrooms, fruit, cereal, and pastry. With a hearty meals behind the boys it was off to the fields for gameday.
The boys played matches around mid-day here against the Dublin Club named Belvedere. Game report posts follow in separate posts.
Following the games, the boys were on their own for lunch with friends and/or family. Then there was several hours of free time where the boys just had fun being boys by playing cards, practicing their singing for the bus ride, sleeping, chatting, going to the park, and on and on.
For the early evening, the boys once again played small-sided matches in the steel-cage fields here on campus, a whole lot of fun.
Dinner time meant alone time for the chaperones as they left the boys playing games and departed for the home and hospitality of Pearse's former coach for a "quiet" evening. A lovely time was had by all -- socializing, dining, drinking, and of course singing.
The boys meanwhile retired to the dorms following their play for a pizza party hosted by our own David Minihan.
That's all for now.
Quote of the Day
“I don’t think I could have a higher opinion of any footballer than I already had of the Irishman, but he rose even further in my estimation at the Stadio Delle Alpi. The minute he was booked and out of the final he seemed to redouble his efforts to get the team there. It was the most emphatic display of selflessness I have seen on a football field. Pounding over every blade of grass, competing if he would rather die of exhaustion than lose, he inspired all around him. I felt it was an honour to be associated with such a player.”
Sir Alex Ferguson (on Roy Keane after the European Cup semi-final in 1999)
English soccer manager
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