School Boys/Girls and Junior League Football in South Kilkenny
Ladies League Result
Benfica 6
Mooncoin Celtic 0
The curtain came down on the season at the RSC back pitches this evening and Benfica showed why they are in contention for a possible double with a ruthless performance against our young side. The girls on duty this evening battled throughout the game. Tough season for our young squad against top opposition with plenty of positives to take for all players. Big thank you as always to supporters for cheering on the girls.
From the off our young ladies side set their stall out to frustrate Benfica for as long as possible and try catch them on the break. Our young back 4 were superb throughout the first half and really limited Benfica to long range shots. A lapse on 15 minutes was the only downside when a run from deep by the Benfica winger resulted in the opener. The whole midfield and Caoimhe Power up top done huge work throughout the first half and deserved more for their efforts. 1 nil at half time. A similar plan for the second half was set out but an early goal from a corner put a bit of daylight between the teams. A late third goal by Benfica saw them progress but a huge sense of pride in the disciplined performance by our young starting side with an average age of just 19. Best of luck to Benfica in the Cup final. Big thank you to all the supporters today throughout the game.
Suir Cresent is ready for tomorrow afternoon’s Ladies Cup Semi final against Benfica with kick off at 3pm. Both pitches in Suir Crescent are in splendid condition and are a source of great pride and a huge amount of thanks must go to chief groundsman Noel Dobbyn, whose meticulous standards keep our fabulous ground looking and playing so well. Our ladies would love support tomorrow so pop down and lend your support, we’ll even have a bit of new spectator fencing to lean on to save your back.
Our u16 girls visited Park Rangers for The Shona Heffernan Momorial Tournament and what a great day it was. The weather held off and a great tournament was had by all. We bowed out in the shield semi final.
Thank you very much to all at Park Rangers for their fantastic hospitality.
A rip roaring start in Suir Crescent this evening with Adam Cunningham opening the scoring from a neat free kick routine on 10 minutes. Chances to beat the band came throughout the first half for us and Ryan Carroll tucked away our second on 25 minutes. A poor defensive error resulted in a goal being pulled back for Seaview. Try as we might we couldn’t add to our tally before half time. Second half saw a similar trend, chances a plenty but no finish to extend our lead and we got punished on 80 minutes with Seaview tucking away the equaliser. We still had more chances before the end but again poor finishing and good goalkeeping kept us out. Disappointing result but we’ll take the positives of all the chances created throughout the 90 minutes.
An early goal in each half saw Park Rangers secure the three points. After conceding early in the game, our girls settled and plenty chances came our way but the crossbar, goalkeeper and a number of near misses prevented us equalising.
A second goal from a corner knocked the wind out of our sails but back we came and again created plenty of opportunities but no end product.
Benfica await in the cup semi-final on Sunday at home in Suir Crescent at 3pm before our final league fixture next Wednesday away to Benfica.
Our young ladies side entertained Villa in sunny conditions and an even first half saw chances for both sides with both goalkeepers equal to anything thrown at them, nil all at half time.
The second half saw an early goal for Villa and a second was added after a scramble from a corner. Try as we might we couldn’t breach the Villa back line.
Villa killed the game off with a breakaway goal and deservedly took the three points. A few new positions tried out for a few of the girls and we’ll take the positives in to next week away to Park Rangers.
A very disappointing result with the game done after 25 minutes with Tramore 3 up. A little shake up saw an improved work rate and Becky Connaughton put away a free kick on 40 minutes.
Second half saw an improvement but Tramore notched their 4th goal on 50 minutes. A few half chances came our way but no end product. Caoimhe Power and Grace O Toole were the pick of the bunch tonight.
A very talented young group who know they should be getting better results, it will come in time.
We hosted Munster Junior Cup finalists on Wednesday evening and we’re left with a mountain to climb early on when two very obvious offside calls were ignored.
Dungarvan showed their class throughout the first half and scored two very good goals. Second saw our girls playing for pride and they created many chances throughout with the post and crossbar preventing a couple of goals before Becky Connaughton hung up a good free kick.
A couple of late goals were put away by Dungarvan before time was called.
The very best of luck to Dungarvan United in this Sunday’s Munster Junior Cup Final against Wilton United of Cork.
We’d also like to wish Breska Rovers the best of luck in the Munster Shield Final on Sunday, Breska Rovers beat us in a close encounter in the last 16 in a very close game in Suir Crescent.
A tough evening at the office for this young group who held tight for 30 minutes but succumbed to a number of tidy finishes from Benfica before the break.
Second half saw a bit of an improvement for us but sloppy defending and good finishing saw the game out with a landslide victory for the league leaders.
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