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my awesome sporting weekend in belfast
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Hey guys, sorry it’s been a while since my last post. Hope you all are doing well and everyone is making their way or have made their way through mid-terms alright. Keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers. Anyways, on to my weekend…
On Thursday this weekend, I was invited to attend a Northern Ireland under 21 football (soccer) match against Lichtenstein’s under 21 club. It was alot of fun to see all my friends get dressed up in their jersey’s to go out and support their boys. The crowd left a little to be desired just because it was an under 21 match, although had it been the official national team, my friends assured me, the stands would have been sold out and we wouldn’t have been able to get tickets. It was fun nonetheless and despite such a small size the crowd still got into their chants and made alot of noise in support of Northern Ireland. Just in case you were wondering, Northern Ireland beat Lichtenstein 4-0… it was a murder picture.
The day after my friend Aaron “Riddler” Riddle invited me out to go see an Ulster rugby match. For those of you who don’t know, Ulster is another name for Northern Ireland and the Ulster club is in a division with a bunch of other teams from around the UK. Apparently they are about middle of the pack. The night we went they were playing against a Scottish team. We arrived about 10 minutes after kick off to find Ulster already up 22-6. Rugby scores usually are about the same scores number wise as American Football, just to give you an idea of the excitement that had already unfolded 10 minutes into the game. The game itself was awesome, I had never been to a rugby match or seen one or knew how the game was played but my friends filled me in. The crowd was great, it was alot bigger this time and everyone was singing “Stand up for the Ulstermen” (the teams theme song) and doing chants and the whole bit. Flags were waving and everyone was wearing jerseys, including myself as my friend let me borrow one for the match. The game ended 61-17 with Ulster coming out on top. It was a very exciting and high-scoring game to watch and all the kids stormed the field at the end because it was the last match of the season.
And then Saturday came around….