For many involved in so-called minority sports in smaller nations, this is the one timeevery four years that they get the chance to assert their sporting identity and independence in front of a world television audience.
The TIMSS is produced every four years while the PIRLS is published every five years, but this is the first time Northern Ireland has taken part in the test results study.
"What's different thistime round is that instead of having one new extension every few years we will have hundreds coming out in one year, " said domain investor and blogger Michael Berkens.
As I explained to a handful of other investors over a beer at the end of the day, in seven years of running this event, there is one clear variable that predicts the winner everytime.