Directions to MDL Navan  From Dublin ** Please allow time for roadworks outside grounds** 1.After you pass sign approaching Navan you pass first set of High Traffic Lights. You cross bridge over River Boyne >>>>>>> Watch out for our FAI sign on left side. Be ready to take first left just before Pub/Restaurant (The OLD BRIDGE INN) 2.Up hill for 200 m take first right turn>>>>>Drive on country road for about 2 KM to bring you onto the main road.>>>TAKE LEFT AT JUNCTION 3.MDL Grounds are about 500 m on left. From Trim Take Road for Navan>>>>>Continue on this road for 5/6 miles  >>>MDL grounds are on right side.Watch out for sign outside grounds.

Céad Míle Fáilte Romhaibh go léir!! Welcome to Navan and congratulations to all of you  involved with the 23 teams here today. More than  6000 players in Leinster alone have taken part in this year's FAI Schools five-a-side! A tremendous achievement to have reached the 2005 Leinster Finals for all concerned. Many thanks to for supporting our decision to postpone the finals as a mark of respect to all affected by last week's tragedy.Three of the deceased, Sinéad Ledwidge, Deirdre Scanlon and Aimee Mc Cabe, attended Liz Halpenny's Yellow Furze NS, three times winners of the Section A girls Leinster final ('98,'99 & '01 ) & All-Ireland Runners-Up ( '98 & '01). Sinéad is pictured after winning Leinster final here in Navan in 2001.We will have a minute's silence before our first games. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anam. We would  like to welcome our special guests today, Ireland's u-17 and u-19 manager, Sean McCaffrey along with some of the u-17 Ireland  team, just back from an away win in France! Also our Regional Development Officers (RDO's) from the FAI, whose work have proved invaluable to so many primary schools nationwide. We are lucky to have so many dedicated coaches from the FAI in Leinster. RDO's Paul Smyth, Tom Mohan, Ger Dunne, Pádraig Nicholson and Paul Sheridan have worked very hard with teachers, players and county organisers across Leinster, resulting in a huge increase in participating schools. I would like to thank my predecessor Tom Bolger (now Chairman of FAI Schools) for his invaluable assistance , Liam Callan (Louth), FAI Schools Administrator Ray Scott and  Brendan Flynn (Sports Direct). Also Alison Norman of our sponsors Ribena Toothkind and Lucy Noble of  Edelman PR  for supporting our competition since the year 2000 -very much appreciated. Jackie Hennessy and Ger Keville for the fantastic coverage in The STAR each Tuesday . Dave Murphy (Meath Referees Branch) for referees and Michael Smith of "The Northern Standard" (Monaghan) for publishing this programme. The teachers in all the participating schools have ensured that thousands of pupils have enjoyed the experience of playing soccer for their primary school. An interesting fact is that almost all of the current Irish senior players were never given that opportunity! Gerry Gorman and staff at the MDL grounds  have worked hard to  provide a fabulous setting for this year's Leinster and All-Ireland Finals. It is a welcome relief for any organiser, to have six All-Weather pitches on standby, as required 3 years ago! Today's five section winners will progress to All-Ireland Finals on Tues.14th June, here at the MDL (12.00 - 4.30 ). They  will  receive a set of jerseys to be worn on that day . I would finally like to thank my brother Patrick for assisting with graphics and my own class (Rang a Sé in Gaelscoil na Ríthe  Dunshaughlin) for working so hard on our website (www.faischoolsmeath.com   for schools in Meath and Leinster), this programme and for assisting me with the organising today. Tom Mohan and Paul Smyth ( FAI) have very kindly donated 10 fantastic FAI Packs for a great competition. Packs contain full FAI playing gear, keyrings, pens, videos, DVDs etc. Just simply fill in your name and school on the form inside this programme ! Draw will be made today. Beir Bua Paul Holland Meath & Leinster Co-ordinator

Section A Girls * 10 minutes a side. Assistance on the day from Paul  Smyth (FAI )    PITCH 1 Dublin St. Laurence O' Toole's SGNS North Leinster Culmullen (Meath) Mid Leinster The Heath, Portlaoise (Laois) South Leinster Poulfour (Wexford) Fixtures 11.30 St. Laurence O' Toole's Culmullen 12.00 The Heath Poulfour 12.35 St. Laurence O' Toole's The Heath 1.05 Culmullen Poulfur 1.40 St. Laurence O' Toole's Poulfur 2.10 The Heath Culmullen   Final Table Team P W D L F A GD Pts St. Laurence O' Toole's 3 Culmullen 3 The Heath 3 Poulfur 3   LEINSTER CHAMPIONS 2005  _________________     Cullmullen (Meath)

Section A Boys * 10 minutes a side. Assistance on the day from Ger Dunne (FAI ) PITCH 2   Dublin St.Mary's Saggart North Leinster Wilkinstown (Meath) Mid Leinster Durrow (Laois) South Leinster Boolavogue(Wexford) Fixtures 11.30 St.Mary's Saggart Wilkinstown 12.00 Durrow Boolavogue 12.35 St.Mary's Saggart Durrow 1.05 Wilkinstown Boolavogue 1.40 St.Mary's Saggart Boolavogue 2.10 Wilkinstown Durrow Final Table Team P W D L F A GD Pts St.Mary's Saggart 3 Wilkinstown 3 Durrow 3 Boolavogue 3 LEINSTER CHAMPIONS 2005  _______________ Durrow (Laois)

Section B Boys * 9 minutes a side. Assistance on the day from  Louth Co-ordinators Liam Callan (Albion Rovers F.C) and Tom Mohan (FAI)  PITCH 3   Dublin North St. Laurence O' Toole's CBS  Dublin South Queen of Angels NS Wedgewood North Leinster Rathbeggan (Meath) Mid Leinster St.Patrick's B.N.S Portarlington (Laois) South Leinster Poulfur (Wexford) Fixtures 11.30 St. Laurence O' Toole's Queen of Angels Rathbeggan St.Patrick's Poulfur St. Laurence O' Toole's Queen of Angels St.Patrick's Rathbeggan St. Laurence O' Toole's Queen of Angels Poulfur Poulfur Rathbeggan St. Laurence O' Toole's St.Patrick's Rathbeggan Queen of Angels St.Patrick's Poulfur Final Table Team P W D L F A G.D Pts St.Laurence O' Toole's CBS 4 Queen Of Angels NS 4 Rathbeggan 4 St.Patricks B.N.S Portarlington 4 Poulfur 4   LEINSTER CHAMPIONS 2005  _______________ Rathbeggan (Meath) with Tom Mohan

Section B Girls * 9 minutes a side PITCH 4 Dublin North St. Oliver Plunkett NS, Malahide Dublin South St.Anne's Shankill North Leinster Duleek G.N.S (Meath) Mid Leinster Scoil Bhríde Portlaoise (Laois) South Leinster Kennedy Park (Wexford) Fixtures  11.30 St. Oliver Plunkett's St.Anne's Duleek Kennedy Park Scoil Bhríde St. Oliver Plunkett's St.Anne's Kennedy Park Duleek St. Oliver Plunkett's St.Anne's Scoil Bhríde Scoil Bhríde Duleek St. Oliver Plunkett's Kennedy Park Duleek St.Anne's Kennedy Park Scoil Bhríde    Final Table Team P W D L F A G.D Pts St.Oliver Plunkett NS  4 St.Anne's 4 Duleek G.N.S 4 Scoil Bhríde Portlaoise 4 Kennedy Park 4                                        LEINSTER CHAMPIONS 2005  _____________ St Anne's (Dublin)

Section C Boys * 9 mins-a-side  Assistance on the day from Pádraig Nicholson (FAI)    PITCH 5 Dublin North St. John Bosco,Navan Rd (Dublin). Dublin South St.Lorcan's Palmerstown( Dublin ) North Leinster St.Colman's Mullingar (Westmeath) Mid Leinster St.Paul's Portlaoise (Laois) South Leinster Kennedy Park (Wexford) Fixtures 11.30 St.Colman's St.Paul's Kennedy Park St.Lorcan's St.John Bosco's St.Colman's St.Paul's St.Lorcan's Kennedy Park St.Colman's St.Paul's St.John Bosco's St.John Bosco's Kennedy Park St.Colman's St.Lorcan's Kennedy Park St.Paul's St.Lorcan's St.John Bosco's Final Table Team P W D L F A G.D Pts St.John Bosco's 4 St.Lorcan's 4 St.Colman's 4 St.Paul's 4 Kennedy Park 4     LEINSTER CHAMPIONS 2005  _______________   St Paul's (Laois)

Knockmay (Laois) The Heath Duleek (Meath) St.Colman's (Westmeath) St.Laurence O'Toole's (Dublin) Wilkinstown (Meath)

SCHOOL PROFILES St.Colman's (Mullingar): Their last appearance in Leinster finals was in 2000. The Mullingar lads defeated local rivals CBS in their county final before ousting a highly fancied St.Malachy's Dundalk in Nth Leinster Finals. Managers are Kevin Smyth ( Mullingar Athletic's longest serving player ) and Willie Geraghty. Conor Gilsenan  demonstrated his silken skills in Croke Park at half time of Westmeath v Kildare on Sunday last. St.Paul's (Portlaoise): Captain Aidan Dadoo moved to Ireland from South Africa last year. Top Scorer with 11 goals is Martin Staunton who  is a cousin of ex-Ireland, Liverpool & Aston Villa defender Steve Staunton. Antonio Nikolov comes  from Sofia in Bulgaria and brings an exciting dimension to the team that is unbeaten this year so far. Eoin Farrell is the keeper and the team is managed by Kieran Brosnan. St.Anne's (Dublin): Aidan Bracken's charges will play in 11-a-side Dublin schools final in Tolka Park on 8th June. Some of the team play for Dublin's u-14 GAA team . School has entered  5-a-side for first time ever this year ! The Shankill girls beat Tom Bolger's school Quarryvale in Dublin South final. Tom was recently appointed  Chairman of FAI Schools. Duleek: Duleek have Father David Brennan on the management team along with teacher Ann McDonnell . Fr David is a fully qualified FAI coach and obtained his first badge from none other than Sean McCaffrey, our special guest today! School secretary Carol has a daughter playing on the team. Many of the girls were on the Duleek team that won the Drogheda u-12 Cup recently. Rathbeggan: Rathbeggan Boys have won County Finals in Gaelic, Soccer and Hurling this year. Captain is Darragh Timoney a member of the successful u-12 Ratoath Harps F.C team .Manager is Principal  Kieran Rushe. Only their second  year ever competing in soccer compettions. Overcame Paul Holland's Gaelscoil na Rithe 6-4 in Meath Final, which was the biggest section in Ireland this year (39 teams). Beat Melview (Longford) and CBS Dundalk  to advance to today's finals. Wilkinstown:  Runners Up to Leugh (Tipperary) in All-Ireland Finals last year. Andrew Tolan is captain and top scorer for Michael Forry's lads. His cousin Wayne Tolan also plays on the school team.  Most of the lads line out for local Torro F.C.  Beat Dunderry in Meath final but needed a golden goal to oust Culmullen in the semi-final! Located 5 miles outside Navan. Culmullen: Culmullen girls also have won the GAA County final  this year. A hat-trick by Laura Mc Mahon and two goals from Niamh Kelleher proved decisive in their 5-2 win over Ardcath in the Meath final. Defeated Callystown (Louth) and Ballinagore(Westmeath) in North Leinster Finals. Amy McQuillan's dad,Martin plays GAA for Armagh. Manager is Joe Geraghty. Durrow: Our Lady's Meadow Durrow played Raheen, The Paddock, St Abbans Killeen to qualify for the final of the Laois Cup. The final was a close encounter with Durrow winning by the narrowest of the margins. In the mid Leinster blitz they beat The Rock and Scoil Bhríde Milltown to set up a final meeting with Seir Kieran of Offaly by 1-0. Boys  advanced to Leinsters last year also. Ann Purcell is Durrow's teacher, involved in coaching the boys. Poulfur (Wexford) have the longest journey today,coming all the way from Hook Head,more than 3 hours drive. Poulfur  have two teams representing the Wexford region today!  Girls won All-Ireland Final in 2003 with three players  from that team playing  today, Evelyn Power, Patrice Foley and Bríd Doyle . The teams are managed by Feargal Murphy. Boolavogue Boys are managed by Eleanor Whelan who is the secretary of the school! They beat Courtnacedey in the South Leinster final .The team also reached the All-Ireland Final last year .The school's hurling team have also reached the County Final this year. St.John Bosco's (Navan rd)  Past pupils include ex-Aston Villa player and current Bohs manager Gareth Farrelly and Ken O'Doherty ( ex-Crystal Palace). Manger of school team is Gillian Ryan who played for Ireland u-16 girls team ! Captain is Shane Darcy whose mum Mairéad is a teacher in the school St.Lorcan's (Palmerstown): Leinster's only All-Ireland Champions from last year ( St.Lorcan's  first ever soccer title! ). Managed by Ken Keoghan. Past Pupils include Jeff Kenna (Ireland and Derby County) and Glenn Whelan (Sheff.Wed). St.Laurence O'Toole's (Girls).  Past pupils include two players from the current  Ireland Senior Women's International  team, Michelle Kane and Olivia O'Toole, who regularly assist in coaching the school team  from The Sherrif St /North Wall area. Aodán O Riordáin is coach of the team that haven't been beaten in Dublin's 11-a-side since 2002!! St.Laurence O'Toole's (Boys) Principal Mark Condon's main claim to fame is that he grew up in The Royal County! (Batterstown) which is beside his team's opponents today, Rathbeggan!.  All the players on the panel have nicknames e.g  Gerry" Gerrard" Brennan. Manager is "Benitez" Bailey. Craig" Striker" Harris and Carlos Donovan have helped the school enjoy their best ever season with Carlos reputed to have a better front flip than Robbie Keane!! Queen of Angels: Managed by West Cork man, Finbarr O'Driscoll , who once refereed a Senior Ladies GAA  All-Ireland final in Croke Park !  All-Ireland runners up in 1999 . Past pupils include James Keddy (ex-Derry City and Bohs). Before winning the South Dublin  final on 12th May the school's Confirmation celebrations  earlier in the day had to be interrupted ! To their credit, Mark Tobin, Seán Slevin and Kevin Wall had no hesitation in delaying their festivities, promptly exchanging their best attire for the soccer gear and returning to the party straight away afterwards! St.Mary's Saggart : First time ever to take part in five-a-side. Managed by Terry O'Rourke ,Ireland's most famous Linfield & Rangers supporter! Has collection of  27,000 soccer soccer programes!St.Mary's  have a great record this year, being unbeaten in both 5 and 11-a-sides.Saggart include Daniel Purdy, son of Richie Purdy (ex-Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk) and two talented African born players, keeper Hermen Opelele from The Congo and Ajibolah Sule from Nigeria.The school itself has an amazing 60% of its pupils who were born outside of Ireland! St.Patrick's Portarlington  In Laois finals pipped Ballylinan  in the final game after both teams had won four games each. Managed by   Stephen Terry,  the lads topped the group in the Mid-Leinster finals ahead of Durrow (Offaly). Along the way  they beat The Heath 5 -2 , Rathangan (Kildare) 2-1  and Durrow(Laois) 5-2. Kennedy Park. From Wexford town ,the school provides  both a boys and girls team  in the finals today. .Managers are Tony Cleary and Aisling Lannigan. Many of its past pupils are currently playing for the successful u-18 Wexford League team to have reached  this year's National Final. The u-18 squad is managed by well known millionaire and soccer fantatic Mick Wallace . The local club Wexford Albion , whose grounds are nearby, have been great support to the school over the years. Ireland's rugby star Gordon D'arcy also attended  the school. St.Oliver Plunkett's Malahide  became All-Ireland champions in 2002 when they beat Scoil Ide from Limerick in the final. From that team Niamh McEvoy was on the Irish u-15 team  that beat England recently. Managed by Joe Morton,  the Malahide school has won the North Dublin  five-a-side finals on six occasions. The Heath : First time ever to take part in any type of soccer competition .School team managed by Michael Dowling . Located 3 miles outside Portlaoise. Aoife Quane played in goals for Portlaoise in Leinster final of  Community Games last year. Maureen Nerney was the lucky mascot in Croke Park  for The Laois Ladies G.AA team when they won the Senior All-Ireland title! Scoil Bhríde Knockmay near Portlaoise, managed by teacher Deirdre Kenny and Tommy Mulligan. They qualified for Leinsters by beating Ballymany (Kildare) and Mountmellick (Offaly) with  a penalty and a superb free kick proving decisive. Both goals were scored by top scorer Ellen Healy.

WHO IS WHO in FAI Schools? Tom Mohan (RDO for Louth,Meath,Cavan & Monaghan). Won League of Ireland Championship medal with Derry City in 1997, played for Finn Harps for seven years and is currently on the books of Longford Town (though injured at present). Tom's career was greatly influenced by today's special guest,Sean McCaffrey when he played underage football for Oriel Celtic in Monaghan. Paul Smyth (RDO for North Dublin)  Paul played underage for Home Farm before being signed by Ipswich Town. Awarded soccer scholarship by Richmond University ,Virginia,U.S.A. On his return Paul played with York City in England and  Capetown Spurs (South Africa).Has excellent coaching drills on our website. Ger Dunne (RDO for Laois,Offaly and  Kildare) Goalkeeping coach with the women's Senior International team. In the past two weeks Ger has visited Spain and Italy with the senior and u-19 women's teams !!Currently playing for Newbridge Town, he was keeper for the Portlaoise team that knocked out  Home Farm in the FAI Cup in 1991. Pádraig Nicholson (RDO for Longford,Westmeath and South Leitrim). Pádraig played for 12 seasons with Athlone Town including the  famous night they held AC Milan to 0-0 in European Cup.Was delighted with the fantastic response in  the five-a-side in Westmeath this year. Intends to expand to Longford and Athlone next year. Tom Bolger Originally from Waterford Tom had been Leinster Co-ordinator for past 6 years,but this year is Chairman of FAI schools,the first ever Primary Teacher in the position. Tom teaches in Quarryvale NS, Clondalkin and continues to co-ordinate the Dublin Primary Schools soccer, both five and eleven a-side competitions. John Michael Porter Wexford co-ordinator John Michael   is a teacher but in a secondary school! He is also manager of the Irish FAI Schools secondary schools team who have enjoyed great success this year. Originally from Donegal,  John Michael  is teaching in New Ross CBS. Also finding time to study for his Masters this year! Ray Scott Ray is in his fifth year as Administrator of FAI Schools co-ordinating all soccer competitions in Primary and Secondary schools. Another Waterford man, Ray was a secondary teacher in a former life! Ray has spent many years with WLR Radio in Waterford, narrated THE SOCCER SHOW for RTE and frequently reports for 98 FM Sports Paul Holland  Meath co-ordinator for the past six years, in his first year as Leinster co-ordinator. Originally from Drogheda, Paul and his brother Patrick have developed the Meath website www.faischoolsmeath.com  to  cater for  Meath &Leinster schools. Teaching in Gaelscoil na Ríthe, Dunshaughlin,Co.Meath. Liam Callan (Louth Co-ordinator)  is manager of Albion Rovers F.C,  last year's double winning team in the premier Division of the MDL. Has co-ordinated the North Leinster Finals for past three years at impressive grounds in Monasterboice. Gerry Gorman The public face of soccer in County Meath. Gerry has overseen the development of the MDL's fabulous facilities over the years. A founder member of the League in Meath, one of the biggest and most successful leagues in Ireland. Director of REAL SOCCER summer camps along with Liam Callan. Joe Boyle is FAI Development Officer for schools and colleges. Joe played for Finn Harps,Home Farm and even managed a short stint at Limerick City under Sam Alderdyce (now Bolton manager).

PRIZES AWARDED TODAY ! Name _______________________ School _______________________ Tear off and hand to stewards in FAI Schools bibs