SPORTS NEWS

Haley is officially allowed to play for the Castlebar Celtic in Ireland!!  She is currently in Wexford for a tournament semi-final for her team.  They are playing for the FAI Senior Women's Umbro Cup.  The team stayed the night before in a hotel.  It takes many hours to get there, as there is no direct way because you have to drive around the Wicklow Mountains.  They won their game 2 to 0 and that puts them in the Championship game for the Cup.  This has been an ongoing tournament, at least since July.  I don't know when the next Cup game will be, but it's wonderful to have Haley cleared to play!

Next week they have a regular conference game in Wexford, and we are planning to head down there for the weekend.  Hiking the Wicklow Mountains is another activity we want to do.  Maybe in October.

Haley is also playing Gaelic Football for her school.  They had their picture posted in the Longford Leader!  She is, of course, new to the game so there is a learning curve, but she reports that it is fast-paced and a lot of fun to play!

The senior men's hurling final tie-breaker match was held yesterday in Dublin.  Cork v Clare.  County Clare won!  I found myself rooting for Clare, I can't say why, as I have no connection with either team.  Maybe it was because Steve found himself rooting for Cork, as some of his co-workers are from County Cork.  Anyway, it was fun and we enjoyed the game.  It was a close match and lots of goals so it was very exciting.

Steve is currently grilling a Sunday night leg of lamb, Haley is on her way home victorious, the Hawkeyes kept Floyd, Connor made a safe venture to Ingleside and all is right with my world today!