world football tennis championship -- lets support the boys in Green

[the Deel Rover]

these boys deserve our support 

A drunken email has resulted in Ireland competing at the Football Tennis World Championships in Turkey next month. There's just one problem - the team has never played the sport before.

Jamie Mulrooney was having a few bevvies with his mates when he stumbled across the Istanbul tournament online.

Taking into account the free accommodation and meals promised by the organisers, Mulrooney sent an entry email to the organisers FIFTA.

He concocted a story that he and his friends were part of Football Tennis Ireland and would be only delighted to compete at the tournament set to run over three days from December 9.

An unexpected invite was returned to the lads by the Turkish organisers some time later.

We couldn't believe it," teammate Steven Conway told the Irish Examiner.

"Most of the teams involved come from central and eastern Europe so they were keen to broaden the entry base. All we had to do was register our new 'organisation' as part of their federation so we could compete."

The Irish team faces competition from a dozen other nations at the championships including Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey and India.

The lads are currently learning the rules of the game and brushing up on their Turkish.

The next Football Tennis World Championships are due to be held in Las Vegas.

[Denn Forever]

That could be the basis for a great film.  Wait, Dodgeball.