School Boys/Girls and Junior League Football in South Kilkenny
February
€700 Brian Conway
€300 Rene Comerford
€200 Nuala Ryan
€100 Lee Freyne
€100 Anthony Cuddihy
€100 Trevor Dunphy
March
€700 Michael and Darragh Murphy
€300 Mickey Forde
€200 Stephanie Flannery
€100 Roy Foran
€100 Michael and Sheila O’Keeffe
€100 Mooncoin Celtic Ladies Syndicate 2
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U11D League
Southend 0 Mooncoin Celtic 2
A solid performance from this bunch with goals from Tadhg M and Donncha grabbing the points on offer in wet conditions.
U17 Girls FAI Cup
Mooncoin Celtic 1
Gorey Rangers 2
Wexford opponents arrived on a damp afternoon saw a tough battle played out but it was the Gorey outfit who go through, Ella Brennan got our goal on the day.
3B League
Mooncoin Celtic 1
Tramore 3
A disappointing start for the boys who welcomed a young Tramore outfit to Suir Crescent. They went in 1 down at half time but Tommy Lennon pulled them back in to it early in the second half but a couple of sloppy goals conceded saw Tramore take the points.
Ladies FAI Cup
Benfica 6
Mooncoin Celtic 1
A lightening start by Benfica saw this game done early and the girls couldn’t get back in to the game against the experienced outfit. Emily Blackmore did pull a goal back but disappointing result for the squad.
U11 Girls
Our u11 girls travelled to Carrick for a blitz on Sunday and had great fun in the sun. They are really progressing and improving every week.
Academy
Our Academy 2018 boys who are sponsored by Eastgate Engineering hosted Ballyduff on Sunday morning and some great fun was had by all the boys. Massive thank you as always to Celina and the coaches for organising and overseeing.
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Wednesday
U16A Girls
Piltown 4 Mooncoin Celtic 0
A disappointing result after doing well in the first half with a few chances coming out way but no finished product. Piltown nicked the lead on the stroke of half time and pulled away in the second half despite the efforts of Hannah on goal.
Friday
Our Dixie Dribblers Academy which is kindly Sponsored by Eastgate Engineering and the kids travelled to Carrick United on Friday evening in their new Eastgate Engineering sponsored jerseys to take on the Carrick United academy. Lots of fun was had by all the kids with plenty goals scored, tackles put in and even the odd tooth fell out. Big thank you to Keith Walsh and his crew for hosting us and thanks as always to our own coaches for their time.
Saturday
U12 Boys
Mooncoin Celtic 1
De la Salle 0
A very tense game which was scoreless at half time thanks to a couple of great saves from the visiting keeper. Eventually the deadlock was broken when a long range effort from Shay deceived the keeper and this secured the three points on offer.
U14 Boys
Ballinroad 1
Mooncoin Celtic 3
The lads travelled to west Waterford knowing only a win would do to keep their chances of league glory alive against an unbeaten Ballinroad and the boys duly obliged with their best performance to date with goals from Viktor, Aaron and Ali making sure they stay in the hunt and keep the pressure on Villa and Ballinroad.
Sunday
U16A Girls
Villa 2 Mooncoin Celtic 1
A tight physical battle was played out between two evenly matched teams with Villa taking the lead in to half time but Lexi responded after half time with an equaliser. Plenty chances came and went for both sides but it was Villa who got the winner when a corner was scrambled home. Good performance from the girls who were down a few bodies.
U16B Girls
Park Rangers 5
Mooncoin Celtic 0
After a fantastic effort in the first half and going in at 1-0 down against a team who were top of the B League before the amalgamation, the second half saw the superior Park Rangers pull away.
U12 Girls
Mooncoin Celtic 5
Kilmacow 0
This young group turned on the style in the south Kilkenny derby with goals from Gwen, Maria and a hat trick from Sarah securing the three points.
Ladies Munster Cup
Mooncoin Celtic 0
Ballylanders 2
The girls from the Limerick league secured a passage to round two after a tight game in Suir Crescent. A more experienced side showed how clinical they were with two good goals and closed out the game with a very strong defence.
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Saturday
U11D
Mooncoin Celtic 6
Hibs 3
Our youngest u11 group had a good win with Henry,Billy, Kieran and Jake among the goals for this talented bunch. Great experience gained for them throughout the season.
U11C
Park Rangers 0
Mooncoin Celtic 1
A second half goal from the ever improving Billy saw three points clinched in a damp Faithlegg. Only one league game left for this bunch ahead of the cup.
U11B
Mooncoin Celtic 5
Tramore 0
Donncha, TJ and Tadhg grabbed the goals in a good win for a team who still have a lot of games to play in this league.
U11A
Southend 5
Mooncoin Celtic 1
A disappointing result for a ring rusty side who were short a few regulars. Credit to Southend on the day.
U13B
Ballyduff 0
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Short a lot of regulars on the day but this side put in a great performance with Shay,Eoin and Max getting the goals to keep them top at the half way mark.
U13A
Mooncoin Celtic 0
Southend 5
One of the best u13 sides in the country visited yesterday and although we kept in touch up to half time with the score at 1 nil, Southend turned on the style with 4 second half goals.
U15
Dungarvan 5
Mooncoin Celtic 1
Again a side short many regulars on the day and a big thanks to all u14s that stepped up to help out. Noise got out goal against a decent Dungarvan team.
Sunday
U10 Girls Blitz
Park Rangers hosted the blitz today and our girls were excellent throughout the three games with the twice weekly sessions paying dividends.
U17 Girls Munster Cup
Mooncoin Celtic 4
Midleton 5
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An absolute belter of a cup tie took place in sunny Suir Crescent today with the game ebbing and flowing from start to finish. The Cork outfit came out on top after extra time with a great winner. Goals from Faye Maher 2, Katelyn Moore and Anna Reddy were not enough but the girls can be very proud of their performance today.
A mixed bag of results over the weekend for the 9 teams in action and the three teams that played friendly games too. The highlight of the weekend was our U14 Girls goalkeeper Hannah captaining Waterford Schoolgirls in their National Shield Final, proud day regardless of end result.
Unfortunately Waterford U14 Girls were defeated in their national shield final by a late winner for Cork Schoolgirls. Our own Hannah Dobbyn captained the side for the day and pulled off several top drawer saves including a world class save with her left leg late on.
We wish to share a bit of exciting news. Our club coach JP Byrne will be joining the coaching ranks with Waterford FC underage girls teams and all in Mooncoin Celtic wish this wonderful character the very best of luck in his new role. He has played a pivotal role in recent years with our girls teams and also with our current u15 boys team. His recruitment for his new role is well deserved as he has shown in all his roles with club and the Waterford u13 Girls Development squad that he has all the attributes to succeed at a higher level. As a club we are sad to lose a big personality , who was always willing to lend a hand with everything and anything over the years but as a club we are also mighty proud.
We’ll start with our academy, which is kindly Sponsored by Eastgate Engineering, which thankfully was held in perfect sunny conditions on Saturday morning. Our Eastgate Engineering players of the week from last week were Billy,Jamie, Tommy and Kate while this week we had winners in James,Finn,Casey and Darragh. Big thank you as always to Celina and her team of coaches who help run our ever growing Academy.
U12 League
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Waterford Crystal 0
A brace from Shay and one from Shane sealed the three points for this squad who are trying to close the gap on Tramore at the top. Long way to go still but the hard work in training is paying off.
U14 League
Mooncoin Celtic 4
Portlaw 0
After the disappointment of the defeat against villa last time out, the boys turned on the style yesterday with goals from Aaron (2), Ali and Jack making sure of the three points.
U17 Girls FAI Cup
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Park Rangers 1
A brilliant cup tie was held on a clear fine Saturday afternoon with goals from Aoibhe Rees, Aine Connery and Molly Quinn saw the girls through to the next round.
1B League
Mooncoin Celtic 1
Bohs 0
A big physical Bohs team were entertained by our young 1b side with a few new faces making their first start. An early tidy finish from Jamie Grace saw us grab the lead and from there on it was a tight physical game with the referee having his hands full but was well on top of things throughout. We limited Bohs to scraps and saw out the 7 minutes of injury time to get the three points.
Ladies League
Mooncoin Celtic 5*
Ballyduff 0
Newcomers Ballyduff came to Suir Crescent hoping to put it up to our girls but met an inform group with goals from Emily Blackmore, Becky Connaughton, Beth Kelly and Sarah Walsh sealed an emphatic win.
U12 Girls League
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Tramore 1
A perfect weekend was rounded off by our u12 girls who made it 6 home wins out of 6 for the club across the two days. Goals from Maria, Gwen and Sarah saw three points secured.
Ahead of the new season, all in Mooncoin Celtic wish the very best of luck to our two former players Daniel Ponce de Leon and Ethan Owens and all Waterford FC Academy teams. Two talented boys with super attitudes, who both started off in our academy in 2015 & 2016 respectively and worked their socks off every week over the years to elevate themselves to League of Ireland Academy level.
Well done to all four Waterford Schoolgirls Development Squads who were in action over the weekend with our own Molly Walsh involved in the Munster Trophy win with u13s in Limerick, Hannah Dobbyn was part of the victorious u14s at home to Louth in the All Ireland Shield semi final while Sophie Phelan was part of the U16 squad who unfortunately were beaten 2-1. Coaches JP Byrne and Ritchie Lynch are also part of the u13 coaching team.
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