Onecom on the ball at launch of Business League

The five-a-side football tournament will kick off on Tuesday, August a29t Playball, Stormont. Twenty four teams will compete for silverware and a training session with the Northern Ireland national team coaches.

The new league follows a pilot tournament which was won by Belfast-based financial technology firm, FinTrU, in June.

“We are delighted to partner with the Irish FA to start our football league,” said Paul Lawther, head of Onecom in Northern Ireland.

“It is well known that Northern Ireland has world class talent both on the pitch and in the boardroom. The Onecom Business League will bring these two worlds together and create a new element of competition between some of our top businesses.”

Oonagh O’Reilly, sales and marketing director at the Irish FA added:

“The Association is pleased to welcome Onecom as a sponsor of our Business League. The Irish FA’s mission is to promote, foster and develop football for all and this new Onecom Business League fits with our commitment to growing participation at all levels. For employees this is a fun and competitive sporting activity, for employers it is an opportunity to invest in their staff’s health and wellbeing.

“We look forward to the start of the Onecom Business League and to bringing companies across Northern Ireland together through football.”