A mid afternoon kick off away to Kilmacow on a mild day for our u14s today. Both teams took a while to settle but midway though the half Cathal surged through and his shot beat the keeper and hit the post but Robbie was there to slot away the rebound. Just before half time Kilmacow equalised when the ball wasn’t cleared in the box. Second half remained a tight affair until Cathal scored from Canices corner. Cathal got a second from the penalty spot after being brought down following a strong run down the left. With 5 minutes to go, Conor F got on the scoresheet hitting a sweet volley from a lovely through ball. Match finished with a 4-1 win to Mooncoin. Great effort from the whole squad today and thanks to the lads who travelled back from Carlow today to play.

Our u14 girls made the short trip to play league leaders Piltown. They showed no sign of rust despite going over 10 weeks without a game played. We went in two goals to the good at half time, both scored by Lexi. A further two goals in the second half from Sophie and Siobhan secured all three points and an important win for Mooncoin.

Bragging rights went the way of our boys after this tight Derby match played in breezy sticky conditions. Kilmacow drew first blood but Jamie Croke hit a double to secure another three points for a team that is improving every game.

After a very slow start, the girls went in two nil down at half time. They kicked into gear for second half with Maria Dunphy finishing off a great team goal. We were very unlucky not to come away with at least the draw, if not the win, with the girls piling on the pressure for the last ten minutes.

A disappointing result in this Derby game with Piltown 2 up within 15 minutes and 3 up at half time. Two more in the second half saw honours go piltowns way. Best on the day, Bradley, Charlie and Ella.

Our U10 girls entertained Cappoquin in Suir Crescent yesterday and another very good performance by the girls shows the progress being made in training by this lively bunch.

A trip to the league leaders faced the boys who haven’t been getting the rewards for their recent hard work in training. We took an early lead through a super right footed finish from Lee Freyne and stuck to our game plan through out with a solid back 4 in front of Jake Moore leaving very few openings for the home side. The second half saw us breaking at pace and a second goal on the hour mark saw Jason Halloran with a tidy volley from a nice cross from Lee Freyne was richly deserved. We went close a couple of times after but also had to weather the storm with villa emptying their bench and getting more dangerous as the game wore on. A goal for Villa deep in injury time gave us a nervy finish but the lads held on for the three points.

Our youngest group faced a more physical Dungarvan team but this didn’t put them off as they took the game to them and led at half time through Kieran. Tired legs and inexperience caught the boys in the second half but a much improved performance again.

A tight Derby game with our boys just edging it with Harry scoring the all important goal in this one. It could have been two but a missed penalty by Noel scuppered that. Good first win of the season.