SCHOOL’S OUT FOR a couple of months you so the parents ship you off to hone in your sporting talents in one of a dozen local camps.
Learning new skills
Who remembers those Samba Soccer camps which hit Ireland during the Celtic Tiger. Tapping into the fact that everyone loves Brazilian football, they brought over South American coaches to “Joga bonito”.
The best things about going to summer camps as a child
SCHOOL’S OUT FOR a couple of months you so the parents ship you off to hone in your sporting talents in one of a dozen local camps.
Learning new skills
Who remembers those Samba Soccer camps which hit Ireland during the Celtic Tiger. Tapping into the fact that everyone loves Brazilian football, they brought over South American coaches to “Joga bonito”.
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Making friends
It didn’t always work out that way though.
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Getting to meet your heroes
The highlight of my childhood? Getting handed a bottle of country spring lemonade by Dublin legend Paul Curran.
And learning from the best
The fine weather
Nothing like it.
Getting free stuff
Kits, balls, water bottles, bags… the lot.
Winning medals
Because that’s what it was all about at the end of the day… right?
Mascherano gets sent off for kicking the dude who drives the stretcher
The curious case of Joe Lapira and his solitary Ireland cap
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