Day 1 – Under 16 Women’s Development Squad trip to Barcelona.
Leaving Dublin Airport as the Irish Under 16’s, we were finally getting our big break! After all our hard work, we are finally going to be put to the test!
There was a little bit of trouble before boarding the flight, but the lovely Ryan Air lady was nice enough to check each and every bag to see if it fit in (even though they were all the same).
Upon arriving in Barcelona Airport, we got on the bus and arrived to Hotel Papi. It was a very nice hotel. They left us food, which we were grateful for, as the restaurant had closed, and it was getting late.
After all this, we held a team meeting to discuss the rest of the trip and had an early night.
Day 2 – Game Day!
Today, we woke up early and went down for breakfast all in our new bright orange shorts (and some even had legs to match!!) courtesy of Azzurri Sport.
We had a team meeting, where we were reminded of the house rules, which we will have to TRY our best to keep!! We weren’t playing until 8 in the evening, so we had some time by the pool and checked out the gym for the competition.
Back at the hotel, we had dinner of spaghetti, chips, fruit and lots of watermelon.
After dinner, we got our gear and met the bus again to return to the Pavilion Santa Suzanna for our first match.
When we arrived, Emma took us for a warm up, and the other team eventually followed suit. We discussed our tactics, game plan, and goals that we had previously set.
We then shook the other team’s hands and gave them a wrist band as a token. Then the game kicked off with 10 minutes in each quarter. Everyone was happy with our team performance, beating Basket Comminges Salies Du Salat 39-34.
After our game, we did our warm down, went back to the hotel and ate dinner as a team. We would like to thank our supporters for all their cheering and encouragement.
Overall, today was a great day, especially with our first win.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Ireland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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