Will last forever
the cup. Our hosts were also off to Carlow to compete in the Shield.
Back on the bus we went and stopped on the way for lunch the weather was so good it felt like we were on holidays.
However, when we arrived in Carlow it was down to business we faced a team from Kilkenny called Lisdowney it was a tough match but we came out on top.
We had great support in Carlow not only from those who had been travelling with us but a lot of people from our club turned up to cheer us on and it was great to see all the flags and banners on the sideline.
Back to New Ross, tired but happy, we were going to the semi-finals on Sunday.
Our hosts had food ready for us and gifts were exchanged between the clubs to mark the occasion.
Our host club were really wel- coming to us and we headed to the disco to have more fun.
Sunday: Early start as our semi-final was in Ferns at 10.30am. We were sad to say goodbye to our hosts as we had really enjoyed our stay in New Ross. However, a crowd of them came to Ferns to cheer us on.
We were to play a Kilkenny team, the Rower/Inistioge. We got a good start and were in the lead however we were unfortunate to miss a few chances and they got ahead of us in the second half.
We were disappointed not to make it to the final but the team had played their hearts out throughout the competition and we could go home feeling proud of all we had achieved.
We watched the finals of our group and then loaded up on the bus for home tired but happy.
We had a great weekend and made lots of new friends and memories there will be little things that this group shared over the weekend that will remain with us for a long time, our teamwork on the pitch, the importance of getting WIFI codes at lunch stops, the bus having to make a special pit stop outside a church and lots more.
Thanks to our mentors, Brian, Fionnuala, Anetta, Amanda and Linda and to the club for all the support.
Thanks to all who sponsored us and to our parents for all their hard work bringing us to training and matches.
Féile is a wonderful experience and hopefully more Donard-The Glen teams will get to qualify in the future and if they do we will be there on the sideline cheering them on.