The Irish FA’s Elite Performance Director Jim Magilton commented, “ It will be an amazing experience for our young players. It is vital for their development to broaden their horizons. I spent some time out in Qatar working and we are very grateful for the invite to what is some of the best facilities the players will ever see. We have another group going to Germany as well which will be a fantastic experience. The games programme is an essential part to the Club NI structure. Broadening the players horizons at such an early age, raising their awareness of being a professional both on and off the field. Ultimately these are early steps towards representing Northern Ireland at the u17 European Championships and beyond - with the pinnacle playing for the Senior International team at Windsor Park. ”
The games in Qatar will be against Aspire Academy, which is their equivalent to Club NI – an underage international player development programme, and also NEC Breda from Holland. The boys will be in Qatar from the 3-7th May 2015.
Another group of 2003’s will travel to Berlin Germany to take part in the SC Westend International Cup, an 8 a-side competition from 8-10th May 2015.
Tri Series Invitational
NEC Breda v Club NI – 5th May - 5pm Kick off
Aspire v Club NI – 6th May - 5pm Kick off
SC Westend International Cup Berlin
Teams in the tournament include - Chelsea FC, Hertha BSC, Union Berlin, FC Augsburg, Hamburger SV, 1860 München, Sparta Prague
Squad travelling to Qatar
Oisin Gibson – Maiden City
Conor Friel - Greenisland
Jamal Tavaras - Ballinamallard
Charles Anderson - Glentoran
Cameron Stewart - Linfield
Adam Scott - Dungannon
Sean McAllister - Ballymena
Reece Bryne - Ballinamallard
Conor Bradley – St Patricks Castlederg
Oisin Hargan - Oxford
Oisin Conaty - Linfield
Jack Millar – Don Bosco’s
Lewis Dallas - Coleraine
Joshua Archer - Ridgeway
Jack Patton - Greenisland
Charlie Allen - Greenisland
Squad traveling to Berlin
Conor Byrne – Glenavon
Fionn Barr – Oxford
Oran McLaughlin – Foyle Harps
Lewis Mckinnon – Castle Juniors
Oran O’Kane – Oxford Sunnyside
Caolan McBride – Crumlin Star
Conor Hargan - Oxford
Tom Grimes - Dungannon
Patrick Kerr - Greenisland
Liam Toeman - Oxford Sunnyside
Terry Devlin – Cookstown Youth
Ross McCausland – Ballymena