School Boys/Girls and Junior League Football in South Kilkenny
The League of Ireland Academy programme was launched today and officially kicks off on Saturday, with local man Daniel Ponce de Leon taking part given he recently signed from Mooncoin Celtic to the Waterford FC U14 academy.
We will be watching out for Daniel in the next few weeks and months, as he gets to play Bohemians of Dublin, Wexford FC, Shamrock Rovers, Cork and many other national teams across the county.
We wish him and his team the very best of luck in the new 2023 LOI Academy season.
Big well done to all our players and coaches who were on Gaynor Cup duty against North Tipperary at U12 and U14 level last weekend. Hannah Dobbyn was on duty with the u12s up in Birdhill while Molly Murphy,
Áine Connery and Stephanie Phelan were on U14 duty in the Villa along with club coaches Dee Travers, Richard Long and Derek Tebay.
Sunday was Gaynor Cup day for our girls and we had a big involvement across the 3 squads.
U12 saw Hannah Dobbyn involved, U14 saw Áine Connery, Molly Murphy and Stephanie Phelan with coaches Dee Travers and Richard Long and at U16 Emily Blackmore, Aoibhe Rees and Ella Brennan flew the flag.
Mixed bag of results but plenty experience gained by all 7 players and our coaching duo.
Well done to Waterford Schoolgirls U12 Development squad who put in a fantastic performance in Mayfield this evening against Cork Schoolgirls.
Our own U12 number one Hannah Dobbyn played the second half and done extremely well in normal time before saving a penalty in the shootout that Waterford won 3-1.
Big well done to all 7 of our girls involved with Waterford Schoolgirls over the weekend in Gaynor Cup fixtures.
The U16s with our own Emily Blackmore, Aoibhe Rees and Ella Brennan involved unfortunately were beaten 2 nil.
Molly Murphy, Stephanie Phelan, and Áine Connery were part of the U14 squad who won 1 nil, also involved with this group are coaches Richard Long and Dee Travers.
Tomorrow sees Hannah Dobbyn heading to Cork with the U12 development squad for their first outing. Well done to all involved.
The new Schoolboys season is about to start and we already have a bit of good news we would like to share with all members and supporters which occurred recently.
One of our own schoolboy players has recently requested to sign for Waterford FC and last Sunday, Daniel Ponce de Leon starred in a mini tournament for them against Rangers of Northern Ireland, Bohemians Fc and Klub Kildare, delivering excellent performances.
All in Mooncoin Celtic are absolutely delighted for Daniel on making the step up to the higher level of underage football at League of Ireland level. His attitude, hard work and superb application to everything he does on and off the pitch has paid off and Daniel has a very very bright future ahead of him in the game.
Well done to all within the club who have helped Daniel along the way from academy level right up to his recent opportunity with Waterford FC.
We will be following Daniel very closely with Waterford Fc in the U14 season of 2023. Congratulations Daniel and the very best of luck young man.
Excellent comeback up in Cahir, with Longford 3-1 up at one stage but the final score was Longford 3 Waterford 5 and Waterford win the SFAI Shield for 2022.
Congrats to all players and coaches involved.
Fantastic to see Mooncoin Celtic players Sommer, Ella and Emily get their hands on the Shield too.
Its a day of good vibes and good wishes and a delight to see so many Mooncoin players involved at a National level and in this case it’s the U16 Inter League Squad who are in a National Final on Sunday v Longford in Cahir.
Best of luck to all involved
Delighted to be able to wish the very best of luck to all in the Waterford Schoolgirls development squad as they take on Mayo in the Gaynor Plate final on Saturday.
And of course special mention to the Mooncoin players Emily, Ella and Aoibhe and the Mooncoin coaches involved Victor, Dick and Derek.
Of note the match can be watched live on the SFAI Facebook page.
The 2022 Gaynor Cup at U14 level will be run over June 7th – 11th in the University of Limerick and all here at MCFC would like to wish the whole Waterford U14 Development squad the best of luck.
With special mention for Mooncoin girls, Emily, Elle and Aoibhe and the Mooncoin coaches involved Victor, Dick and Derek.
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