School Boys/Girls and Junior League Football in South Kilkenny
Unfortunately Waterford U14 Girls were defeated in their national shield final by a late winner for Cork Schoolgirls. Our own Hannah Dobbyn captained the side for the day and pulled off several top drawer saves including a world class save with her left leg late on.
We wish to share a bit of exciting news. Our club coach JP Byrne will be joining the coaching ranks with Waterford FC underage girls teams and all in Mooncoin Celtic wish this wonderful character the very best of luck in his new role. He has played a pivotal role in recent years with our girls teams and also with our current u15 boys team. His recruitment for his new role is well deserved as he has shown in all his roles with club and the Waterford u13 Girls Development squad that he has all the attributes to succeed at a higher level. As a club we are sad to lose a big personality , who was always willing to lend a hand with everything and anything over the years but as a club we are also mighty proud.
We’ll start with our academy, which is kindly Sponsored by Eastgate Engineering, which thankfully was held in perfect sunny conditions on Saturday morning. Our Eastgate Engineering players of the week from last week were Billy,Jamie, Tommy and Kate while this week we had winners in James,Finn,Casey and Darragh. Big thank you as always to Celina and her team of coaches who help run our ever growing Academy.
U12 League
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Waterford Crystal 0
A brace from Shay and one from Shane sealed the three points for this squad who are trying to close the gap on Tramore at the top. Long way to go still but the hard work in training is paying off.
U14 League
Mooncoin Celtic 4
Portlaw 0
After the disappointment of the defeat against villa last time out, the boys turned on the style yesterday with goals from Aaron (2), Ali and Jack making sure of the three points.
U17 Girls FAI Cup
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Park Rangers 1
A brilliant cup tie was held on a clear fine Saturday afternoon with goals from Aoibhe Rees, Aine Connery and Molly Quinn saw the girls through to the next round.
1B League
Mooncoin Celtic 1
Bohs 0
A big physical Bohs team were entertained by our young 1b side with a few new faces making their first start. An early tidy finish from Jamie Grace saw us grab the lead and from there on it was a tight physical game with the referee having his hands full but was well on top of things throughout. We limited Bohs to scraps and saw out the 7 minutes of injury time to get the three points.
Ladies League
Mooncoin Celtic 5*
Ballyduff 0
Newcomers Ballyduff came to Suir Crescent hoping to put it up to our girls but met an inform group with goals from Emily Blackmore, Becky Connaughton, Beth Kelly and Sarah Walsh sealed an emphatic win.
U12 Girls League
Mooncoin Celtic 3
Tramore 1
A perfect weekend was rounded off by our u12 girls who made it 6 home wins out of 6 for the club across the two days. Goals from Maria, Gwen and Sarah saw three points secured.
Ahead of the new season, all in Mooncoin Celtic wish the very best of luck to our two former players Daniel Ponce de Leon and Ethan Owens and all Waterford FC Academy teams. Two talented boys with super attitudes, who both started off in our academy in 2015 & 2016 respectively and worked their socks off every week over the years to elevate themselves to League of Ireland Academy level.
Well done to all four Waterford Schoolgirls Development Squads who were in action over the weekend with our own Molly Walsh involved in the Munster Trophy win with u13s in Limerick, Hannah Dobbyn was part of the victorious u14s at home to Louth in the All Ireland Shield semi final while Sophie Phelan was part of the U16 squad who unfortunately were beaten 2-1. Coaches JP Byrne and Ritchie Lynch are also part of the u13 coaching team.
Thank you to the Kilkenny People and Joe Cashin for their great coverage
Mooncoin Celtic AFC are delighted to announce an exclusive partnership with the award winning Eastgate Engineering who are privately owned by Mooncoin man David Brennan. Eastgate Engineering will be the main academy sponsor for the next three years and the Eastgate Engineering name and logo will be very prominent on signage in Suir Crescent and on the academy kid’s jerseys for all their games in the coming years while also sponsoring our weekly Player of the Week awards.
Eastgate Engineering are to the forefront in the renewable energy industry and are always looking to shape a greener future for generations to come and as a club, we are delighted to be supported by Eastgate Engineering. A massive thank you to all involved in Eastgate Engineering and to David Brennan for coming down to our academy session for the sponsorship launch with the kids. We were very lucky to have one of our founding members Matty Kelly present with one of the original jerseys from 1968 to show the original colours and Matty was delighted to see the original style of black and green stripes returning as our home club strip. A number of the photos shown are of David and others sitting in one of the dugouts which were also kindly sponsored by Eastgate Engineering a couple of years ago.
Finally, a massive well done to our Academy player of the week winners: Oisin, Daniel, Fia and Mikey 🏆⚽️🏆⚽️
https://eastgateengineering.com/
The draw for the January 300 club is live on Facebook tomorrow morning at 11am and good luck everyone 🤞
Congratulations to all four Waterford Schoolgirls Development Squads who all had wins over the weekend with our own Molly Walsh involved with u13s in Limerick, Hannah Dobbyn was part of the victorious u14 away to Inishowen while Sophie Phelan was part of the U16 squad who captured a Munster title against Cork. Coaches JP Byrne and Ritchie Lynch are part of the u13 coaching team. 👏 Massive well done to all involved.
We posted a photo of our young ladies team in their new playing strip during the week, this photo from many years ago was circulated in the last few days showing the green and black striped jerseys. Can you name all these ladies who donned the club colours in the late 1970s?
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