School Boys/Girls and Junior League Football in South Kilkenny
U11Blue squad away to Ferrybank, kick off 10.30. This talented young group who continue to improve weekly will hope to build on recent weeks games where they are showing flashes of what they are capable of.
U13 home to Ballyduff, kick off 12.30. After Mondays defeat in Bolton, this squad remain confident regardless of the results. A more or less new team will get the 3 points to kick-start their season very soon. Hopefully Saturday is the day.
Academy continues tomorrow evening in Carrigeen Astro turf with an earlier start due to the schools fundraiser. The younger group start at 5.30 and the older group starts at 6.30. Again, we are asking for helpers to maximise the attention that all the kids require.
Drop down at 5.30 if interested. We also wish the organising committee of the schools fundraiser the very best of luck tomorrow night. Please share this post.
Dear Parents,
Following the restart of our academy and the massive numbers that have registered, the club have decided to split the Friday academy sessions into two separate hours. The younger group which is kids born in 2011,2012,2013 will do 6-7pm every Friday and the older group of kids born in 2008,2009,2010 will do 7-8pm. The reason behind this is mainly due to health and safety reasons, but also to maximize the attention afforded to each child in developing them.
Due to the large numbers we are also overstretched on the coaching headcount. Ideally we want 1 coach for every 8 kids, so we are asking all parents ( MALE AND FEMALE) if they can spare an hour every Friday to help out. We will provide the training required to anyone who feels they may not be of any help. We are running coaching courses in October and November in conjunction with the FAI to educate people aswell. So,please get in touch with Kevin Dobbyn 087 6167700 or Miguel Ponce De Leon on 086 8590881 to discuss how you can help. If we can not get extra bodies to help out it may come down to cutting back on the age groups. The last thing we want to be doing is turning kids away from having fun and learning the skills of soccer.
Finally, due to health and safety reasons again, we are asking that any parent or other kids not helping out to please remain outside the boundary fence during the sessions. We are delighted that parents hang around to watch their kids but with the large numbers it is very unsafe to do so inside the playing area.
Any parent who wishes to discuss anything regarding the academy, please get in touch. Your opinion will be heard and appreciated.
Kind regards,
Kevin Dobbyn
Chairman
The lasers are out today in Suir Crescent making sure the ground is nice and level in preparation for our 2 grass pitches. Hats off to Declan Walsh and sons for extraordinary work done in the last couple of weeks.
Ploughing and removal of larger stones completed thanks to Declan Walsh and grandson Jack.
Our prayers have been answered the lads are back on site and ploughing ahead.
We are now selling FAI national draw tickets for €10 each. These can be purchased from any of the following: Brendan Conway, Richard Long, Karl Conway, Michelle O Hanlon, Jeremy Rothwell, Kevin Walsh. All of these can be contacted through Facebook or contact Kevin Dobbyn 0876167700 . A huge amount of prizes on offer from cars to trips to champions league matches and many more.
The golf classic on Friday September 22nd is filling up fast so we urge anyone interested in getting a team together to contact the names on the ad, team of 3 for €75 which includes your dinner afterwards. Also, any businesses out there who wish to sponsor a tee box or a green please get in touch.
Little update for everyone on the Suir Crescent development. Due to the weather the last 2 weeks, work has stopped as the ground is unsuitable to prepare for the drainage work but there is still a huge amount of work done to date. Fingers crossed the weather will be good to us in the coming days and the work will recommence.
A very interesting game takes place tomorrow evening in Ashgrove when the Dixie derby at u13 level takes place at 6.15. In the green corner is Mick Dixie Conway managing Mooncoin Celtic u13s against a Piltown side in claret and Blue led by Thomas Dixie Conway. Plenty of slagging and jockeying has gone on in the few weeks since the fixtures were released but all of this will be put to one side when the game kicks off. The late Tom Dixie Conway will be smiling to himself upstairs watching this one where 2 sons will try outwit each other and 2 grandsons will be trying to get one over on the other. A must see game for anyone.
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