DEJA VU LAST
ROUND END OF
THE SEASON
CLASH LOOMS
AGAIN!!
The third round of the AIPF Premiership took place in The Watershed Killkenny.on Sunday 21st of
February. By the end of it a repeat of last years finale was set up only this time Midlands United
have the goal difference cushion going into the final round. The Kilkenny round opened with a
scoreless stalemate between Belfast Trailblazers and M and F Utd. Midlands had a comfortable
victory to start their day off against the Trailblazers in the second match of the day. DCU then
followed with a 4-0 win over M and F, leaving the Kingdom Rebels to arrive for an encounter with
the big two. First up was Midlands who had the match wrapped up in the first half. Rebels had
warmed up a bit more to the pace of the game by the second match and at times frustrated DCU and
were proving difficult to break down. In the end DCU came away with a 5-0 win. Going into the
final round in April Midlands find themselves with a five goal advantage as they seek to claim back the
Premiership title with DCU needing to put in a stronger performance than they did in Kilkenny if
they want to hold onto the Premiership silverware. The battle at the other end of the table will also
be intriguing with the three teams eagar to take that third place and the likes of the Kingdom Rebels
trying to go one better than the previous two draws against M and F Utd and Belfast Trailblazers.
Both Midlands United and DCU Storm as they both continue to prepare for the European Champions
Cup in Denmark next October will want to be going there as the current AIPF Champions so mark
Sunday April 10th in your diary folks, the ountdown starts here.
MIDLANDS UNITED
DCU STORM
M and F UNITED
BELFAST TRAILBLAZERS
KINGDOM REBELS
P
6
6
6
6
6
W
5
5
0
0
0
D
1
1
3
3
2
L
0
0
3
3
4
F
34
28
2
1
2
A GD
1 +33
0 +28
14 -12
13 -12
34 -32
PTS
16
16
3
3
2
THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!!
It was fantastic to see a new team appear on the scene with great enthusiam from players parents and
carers, Heroes Power Soccer team arrived for there first ever appearance at the AIPF Championship
on February 20th in the Shoreline Leisure centre in Greystones. Having been developing over the past
five months the team had been having weekly training sessions in a small hall in Cork in preparation
for their Championship debut. While their first two matches couldn't have been a tougher arrival to
competitive Powerchair Football, against Lightening and Belfast Trailblazers they still showed signs of
quick learning and good things to come from such a young squad and who knows maybe some stars
of the future will emerge over time. The battle between the two northern teams ended in a 2-1 victory
for Lightening Powerchair Football Club and already sets up the second match between the two in
April as another one to look forward to .
LIGHTENING PFC
BELFAST TRAILBLAZERS
HEROES POWER SOCCER
ST JOEYS
P
3
3
2
2
W
3
2
0
0
D
0
0
0
0
L
F A GD
0 21 1 +20
1 13 2 +11
2
0 14 -14
2
0 17 -17
PTS
9
6
0
0
POST CHRISTMAS
IRELAND CAMP
RESUMES
Ireland camp resumed after the Christmas break
in Shoreline Leisure Greystones on the 6th and
7th of February. There were a couple of
absentees over the two days but this didn't stop
Adam and Kat putting the group through their
paces with the usual skills and drills forming part
of the Saturday sessions and more work on
three on twos and two on ones. The recent General Election led to the planned March date scheduled
to be in UL Limerick to be postponed so plenty of time for the players to practice their individual
skills in March and come back to the Ireland Camp in April eager to impress the coaches.
GREYHOUND
RACE NIGHT
FUNDRAISER IS A
TREMENDOUS
SUCCESS
Shelbourne Park was the place to be on Saturday
February 27th where the AIPF Greyhound Race
Night took centre stage. Armed with a plethora of
great prizes including signed Conor McGregor
T-shirts, dinner and hotel overnight vouchers the
Greyhound Race public had little chance in getting
past the line of raffle sellers as they came in for a
night of betting and to be fair most people were only
too happy to buy a ticket and support the occasion.
The AIPF membership had been selling tickets for
the last couple of months. Some companies had also kindly sponsored advertisements in the
Race Card on the night and nine races had people as sponsored dog nominators. The
Greyhound fundraiser could well become an annual event in the AIPF in the future.
PLAYER PROFILE : JOSH DILLON - M and F UNITED
Favourite Football Team: Manchester United
Favourite Movies: Fast and Furious
Favourite Actor: Vin Diesel
Favourite Book: Sir Alex Ferguson Autobiography
Favourite Foods: Noodles
Favourite Drinks: Lucozade Orange
Favourite Band/Musician: Tupac
Favourite TV Programs: A League Of Their Own
Most Hated TV Program: Downtown Abbey
Favourite Comedian: Jack Whitehall
What is your biggest phobia: Snakes
Place you would most like to visit: New York
Sports Person you most admire: Nani
If you could attend any sports event in the world
what would it be? Super Bowl
If you owned a racehorse what would you call it?
Rock and Roll
If you could invite five people to dinner dead or alive
who would they be: Tupac, James Cordon, Vin Diesel,
Ice Cube and AP McCoy
If you could be someone else for the day who would
you be : Lionel Messi
What lifts your spirits when you are down?
A game of FIFA
What character trait do you want to be known for?
Funny
When you close your eyes what do you see?
All different Shapes
What makes you smile? Watching Football
What makes you angry ? Missing Power Soccer
What is the most desirable trait another person
can possess? Being able to speak different languages
What could society do without ? Politics
What is your most prized possession?
My Power Soccer Chair
What is your most favourite place on earth? Florida
What are three things that people don’t know about you?
I used to be a Liverpool fan
I played GAA
I used to live in Meath
If you could be given the answer to ANY one question
you could ask what would it be ?
Why do footballers dive
Which player do you most admire from another
Powerchair Football team ?
Emmet Daly
Which Powerchair Football team do you look forward
to playing?
Midlands United
TECHNICAL GROUP MAKING PROGRESS
Back in July 2014 when Limerick hosted the European Nations Cup at the Congress meeting a
commitment was made to deliver a technical specification under which new and existing
equipment would have to conform to in order to make the sport of powerchair football safer and
fairer from grassroots level to elite international level. The work on this has been slower than
anticipated but it is now making progress and results and expected very soon.
A lot of work has already been carried out with various chair manufacturers in the UK and overseas
and discussion meetings have been held to plot the way forward. The aim would be to provide a
list of approved powerchairs and give chair manufacturers an approved technical specification
for building powerchair football specific chairs. Where needed recommended approved
modifications to existing chairs would be communicated to make them safer and more user
friendly for players. A university in the UK has also been working on a new method of speed
testing to check certain other aspects of the chair speed that the current rolling road cannot do.
SOUTH EAST
UNITED
CONTINUES
TO GROW
With up to twelve players having
already come and tried Powerchair
Football in the South East it
remains one of the main
development aims to get the club
up and running on their own in the
near future.
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