School Boys/Girls and Junior League Football in South Kilkenny
Congratulations to Ciara O’Keeffe who has been selected on the Waterford girls U15 squad for upcoming games and training.
Ciara has been playing the last 4/5 years with our boys teams and has really stood out with our girls u14 team which started this season. Great credit to this young girl who shows willingness to learn and progress at every opportunity.
A proud day for her parents Michael and Sheila aswell.
The heavens opened just before kick off in Connors park and rained down goals for a highly entertaining 90 mins of football.
The playing surface was of the highest quality and both teams used the greasy surface to great effect .We started the game superbly and pressed the home side back in their own half for the first 10 mins and created a few good chances.
We took the lead on 15 mins when Dan Cleary picked up the ball outside the box and jinked his way through a few tackles before firing a super shot past the Villa keeper.
The pace of the game moved onto a different level after this and the home side gained the upper hand with relentless pressure and scored three before the half hour mark.
In fairness to the lads they kicked back into gear and finished the half the better side and Daniel Fewer Ward went close to getting a couple of goals back in the closing minutes of the half.
The home side made a couple of substitutions at half time and settled into the opening stages of the half better with some great passages of attacking football.
A lapse in concentration left Villa in for a soft 4th goal and a dubious 5 th followed soon after .
Tiring bodies forced a few substitutions and we got back into the game with fresh legs and quick counter attacking football.
Daniel was unlucky again when he hit the post and the rebound fell to Lee Tracey who dodged one defender only to be taken down by the next.
He dusted himself off to rifle the penalty to the roof of the net to make it 5-2…
At this stage the game was flowing at a frantic pace and Villa got in for a few chances only to find Darragh in stubborn form with a few quality saves. We got to within 2 goals of our hosts when Jack Ryan raced onto a loose ball in midfield and split the defence with a great pass for Lee to run onto and take it past the keeper and chip the retreating defenders for a top quality goal.
Unfortunately with our continuous attacking we left ourselves exposed at the back and Villa tapped in two more in the final minutes for a 7-3 victory.
A highly competitive and entertaining game that the lads gave everything they had and I’m sure they will have gained vital experience to help them progress in the league.
Our U11s hosted Bohs today in nice conditions in Ashgrove and two cracking haves took place between the clubs. Goals a plenty with a special mention to Josh McLoughlin who turned one game on its head. Well done to coaches and all kids in this one.
Saturday
U11 home to Bohs, kick off 10.30
A large squad continues to train and play their mini world cup to keep a real competitive edge to their game. This is starting to reflect in the league games so they should be well capable of matching Bohs.
U15 away to Bohs, kick off 2.30
This squad share top spot in what I’d going to be a tight league with any one of four teams capable of winning it. They’ll get nothing easy in the RSC against a decent Bohs side.
Youths away to Villa, kick off 7pm
A Munster youth cup game against A league side Villa will be a good test for this squad who are gradually improving as a squad in every game.
Sunday:
U10 girls away to Railway/Cappoquin, kick off 12.30
This young group of girls are improving every week in training and will put everything in to this game as they aim for their first win.
U14 girls away to Railway/Cappoquin, kick off 12.30
After the disappointing defeat to Tramore, you’d think these girls would be downbeat. Not this bunch, who rolled up the sleeves the last two weeks and trained hard. Fingers crossed they’ll get their rewards on Sunday.
Support for all teams is most welcome as always.
We have won to date €376 and the attached photos are of the lines we have in tonight’s lotto millions draw. Feel free to check them for yourself. Thank you as always for your continued support!
1st Prize
€700 Vinny Power
2nd Prize
€200 Fergal Talbot
3rd Prize
€100 Tracy Kelly
Sellers Prize
Richard Long
Big thank you to all members for their continued support. Next month’s draw will be held in the Royal Oak. Apologies to all who tuned in on Facebook to watch the draw, we had a technical hitch regarding the sound on the live feed.
Today was the first game that we all clicked from start to finish ,we went at Abbeyside from the start with huge pressure being put on Abbeyside, after 7 minutes we were 1 up from the boot of Stephen Blackmore. We kept upping the tempo and should have had another 3 before a second from the now part of the ’40 club’ Neville Submitted with a nice finish. 2 nil up at the half time. Second half started with similar pressure from ourselves and got the third from Neville Synnott again, proof that maybe he is getting better with age. Abbeyside had only a couple of half chances but with a solid back 4 and Mod behind in the sticks not much was getting past. 3 points well deserved and a clean sheet.
We went at Piltown from the off and the lads didn’t need much of a team talk as they knew what was at stake and it showed. We pressed and pressed from the kick off only narrowly missing chances in the first 5 minutes. We kept the tempo up and after a slick move Finbar Purcell was on the end of it to put us 1 up with a help from Canice Kinsella and Robbie Doherty. 1 nil at half time and the second started the same and we made a few changes before halftime and after the half and Piltown caught us napping to make it 1 all, ten minutes later it was 2-1 to them but up steps Billy Delahunty on his debut to make it 2 all. A great game was played by all 17 players.
Our u9s which was made up of a mix between our u8 and u9s visited the Williamstown complex to play De la Salle in a series of games.
A crisp cold evening did not hold back either club as plenty of goals were traded in exciting games.
Big thanks to our coaches who gave up their time this evening, they can take great credit for the continued improvements in our academy players. Without their help and encouragement, games like these would not take place.
300 Club Monthly Cash Draw will take place in The Rose Bar tomorrow night at 8:30 p.m.
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