A fierce contest today in sunny Piltown with little between the teams .
Our u16s took to the pitch against Piltown for an afternoon kick off .

Both teams were very disciplined at the back and for us today Sophie Scahill commanded the back four , she took control from the first kick and was consistent throughout , along with Eimear Quinn , Molly Murphy and Saoirse Corcoran .

On the 34th minute , a well taken corner from Eimear was met by Niamh Reddy who made sure the ball finished in the net , scoring her first Mooncoin Goal.

Emily Blackmore , Molly Long and Ella Brennan played some lovely through balls to Eimhin O Donohue, whose work rate today was phenomenal. And Kate McGrath worked tirelessly in the middle to keep the ball on the move .

But hats off today to keeper Sadhbh Kirwan , who in the last ten mins , when Piltown were pressing hard to find the equaliser, kept her cool and pulled off some great saves ,

Mooncoin came away with the three points in a very evenly matched and enjoyable game.

We welcomed Ballinroad to suir crescent this afternoon and both teams paid their respects before the game observing a minute’s silence for the late Kate Quinn who was laid to rest this morning.

Both teams were evenly matched and ballinroad were first to score. We had a few missed chances and ballinroad got a 2nd just before half time. Jay dunphy got one back for us minutes into the 2nd half with cathal morahan scoring another belter to make it 2-2. Conor phelan was unlucky not to score near the end.

The back line were superb again today. Final score was 2-4 to Ballinroad.

TJ was captain away to Ballyduff in a game between 8th and 9th. Some great saves from Tyler and later on from Jake were the highlights in what was a game of few chances for Mooncoin. Tl

The final score was flattering to the hosts as Mooncoin were more open at the back in the second half while pushing for a goal.

A very impressive De la Salle team showed no mercy for our understrength A side and showed why they are going to take some stopping in this league.

Aaron Dowley continued his goal scoring form with another goal.

Mooncoin Celtic U10 Girls entertained Southend this morning in Suir Crescent and are showing clear signs of improvement as this young group battled away for the duration of the game.

Disappointing result for the u14 white team who travelled to Dungarvan hoping to come away with something.

We started strong matching their intensity. An unfortunate goal conceded just before half time, meant we were on the back foot for the second half.

As we tried to claw the goal back some gaps appeared that Dungarvan took advantage of, slotting two more goals home.

We welcomed title contenders Dungarvan to Suir Crescent today and a tough challenge it turned out to be.

Our girls battled hard but the Dungarvan side came out on top with some good quality goals.

A great effort from this battling Mooncoin side but unfortunately wasn’t enough on the day.

U17 Girls Munster Shield Quarter Final Report.

A good day at the office for the girls today , who from the first kick of the Game imposed themselves on Travelling Carrigaline .

The Homeside opened the scoring on the 10th minute mark when Sommer Grant won a ball in the middle of the pitch and made a Pass to Emily Blackmore who took a touch to set herself up outside the box before shooting to the net .

Carrigaline reacted well and for the following 15 mins both teams battled to take control of the game .

Our back four of Kate McGrath , Eimear Quinn , Sophie Scahill and Niamh Reddy worked very well together today and some great team work saw them keep the visiting attack under control.

On 25 minutes , some clever passing between Ellie Corcoran to Molly Long on the wing allowed Molly to take the ball forward , Molly have the pass to Emily down the wing who worked the ball towards goal to score her second of the day .

Sarah Walsh put in mammoth shift today and was unlucky not to get herself on the score sheet . She pressed forward at every opportunity and contested every ball.

Mooncoin ended the half 3-0 to the good with Emily scoring her third 5 minutes before the break .

Ella Brennan made an immediate impact when she took to the field in the second half and came close to scoring with her first touch of the ball, Luiseach O Donohue worked hard on the wing , and it paid dividends on the on the 70th minute mark when she eagerly contested a ball that was put out and resulted in a corner .

Sommer Grant stood over it and saw her effort finish in the top right corner of the net.

Carrigaline got their first score of the day on 75th minute mark .

Final score on the Day was 5-1 , with both teams putting in a great effort.

Many players were asked to undertake unfamiliar positions due to absentees and injuries today. We were unlucky not to go ahead in the first half when Emmet ran on to a long ball his chip of the on rushing keeper going narrowly wide.

Throughout the first half the team defended and we ended the half at 0-0. 15 minutes into the second half Kilmacthomas took the lead to a well placed finish.

We recovered well and pushed till the end creating a number of chances.

Todays performance showed the hard work on the training ground is paying off and the results will follow.

A huge thank you to U13 Bradley and U14 Molly who filled in for us today. Both have earned their place in the team going forward. Bradley pulled off a number of saves including a point blank save at 1-0 to keep us in the game.

Molly worked tirelessly all day and was a stand out performer at left back.

The squad put in a great game against Ballinroad this morning. The lads were dominant throughout.

Shay Moore got a shot denied by a great goal line clearance. Teddy Dunphy and Pete Dunphy also had chances but it wasn’t to be.

Ballinroad got a goal late on in the first half to put them 1-0 up. This only pushed on the team as they showed great fighting spirit in the second half as Shay Moore hit a free kick off of the crossbar with Teddy Dunphy getting denied from the rebound once again from great Ballinroad defending.

The lads lost 1-0 in the end but plenty positives to come from the team as they put in a great effort. Special mention goes to Luke Hennebry who gets Man of the Match today with a great performance in left back