Our young ladies side look to build on last week’s win when they entertain Park Rangers in Suir Crescent tomorrow evening, kick off is 7pm and the girls would love as much support as possible.
Ladies Match this Week
No Soccer Marthaon this Saturday
Due to the weather forecast for Saturday, we have decided to cancel our Soccer Marathon and end of season awards presentation and will reschedule in due course.
Apologies for any inconvenience and we hope to see you all soon.
300 Club Winners for June 2023 Draw
The 300 Club draw was held today and the winners include:
- 1st Prize €700 John Conway
- €300 Michael Rowe
- €200 John Fielding
- €100 Damien Coleman
- €100 Jimmy/Bernie Holden
- €100 Schoolgirls Coaches
Well done to all our winners and thank you for the continued support.
Ladies League: Villa 0 – 3 Mooncoin Celtic
Our young side collected all three points on offer this evening against a very young Villa side.
A decent start saw us moving the ball well and we got our reward after a quick free kick by Becky Connaughton set Sommer Grant away and she stuck away her finish well.
Caoimhe Power was causing all sorts of problems with her pace and should have had a goal herself. Villa did create a few chances themselves but Becky Derwin was sharp between the sticks and commanded her area well. Second half saw a more settled performance with a number of opportunities stuck away with Caoimhe Power getting a well deserved goal and Ciara Corcoran got rewarded for her effort with a very good finish.
We saw out the remainder of the game but had a couple of scares with our crossbar being rattled late on. On to Park Rangers at home next week and an opportunity to build momentum.
U16 Girls Cup Final: Bohemians 7 – 1 Mooncoin Celtic
An awful start by the girls had them playing catch up throughout. A very dubious penalty awarded to Bohs in the first minute after what seemed like a 50 50 challenge saw it 1 nil quickly.
A good finish by lightning quick Dungarvan girl Costin on the left wing for Bohs saw a second goal very quickly and we feared for our young side.
But they got a hold on things and Emily Blackmore controlled, turned and finished superbly to leave the Bohs keeper swiping at fresh air to make it 2-1.
Sloppy defending from a corner saw the third for Bohs before a 4th coming up to half time saw the game being put out of their reach and the second half was played at a slow pace with Bohs knocking in a few more.
A disappointing day for our young side but we had decent performances from Sadhbh Kirwan on goal and U14 defender Mollie Murphy the pick of our outfield players.
300 Club June Draw
The June monthly draw takes place tomorrow at 11am in Suir Crescen and will be screened Live on Facebook.
Ladies League: Mooncoin Celtic 1 – 7 Tramore
A slick Tramore outfit were clinical this evening and punished 4 defensive errors in the first half with good finishes.
Half time saw some serious soul searching for our young side and they put up a much better display in the second half creating lots of chances throughout but only had the one goal to show for it through Caoimhe Power who worked tirelessly throughout the game.
Tramore finished off some of their chances with well taken finishes. Overall a disappointing display by this young group who know themselves that they are much better than the scoreline suggests and we’ll take the positives from the second half in to next week .
Passing of Teresa Conway
The very sad news reached us this evening of the sad passing of Teresa Conway, mother of our schoolboys secretary Brendan and wife of the late Tom Dixie Conway.
As anyone that knows of the history of our club, will know the work the Conway family have done throughout the decades and the great Tom Dixie Conway was one of the key men that kickstarted our underage section back in the 70s, kept it going through the 80s and restarted it with a bang in 1990 off the back of Italia 90 and it continues to thrive today.
As we all know, behind every great man stands an even greater woman and Teresa was certainly that as she was the lady who kept things moving back in the early days for Tom on matchday where jerseys and gear were presented immaculately as well as feeding a bundle of young lads before they left for away matches on a bus and leaving a dozen or more bicycles in the front yard of Conways on the main street.
Teresa would have been the sounding board for Tom for many years as he either celebrated a win or gave out like hell about the days results.
We are sure the stories that will be told in the coming days will raise a lot of laughter and draw many tears.
Teresa was still supporting the club up until recently entering Last Man Standing competitions and getting her envelope for our fortnightly 50 50 draw and she scooped the prize in the 50 50 draw back in March this year.
Teresa will be laid to rest next to Tom on Wednesday morning and the club will form a guard of honour. Anyone that is available, please be at the hall in Mooncoin for 10.30am.
From everyone in Mooncoin Celtic, our sincerest condolences to Teresa’s children Brendan, Declan, Thomas, Michael and Jacqueline, all extended family, neighbours and friends.
Rest in Peace Teresa Conway.
SOCCER MARATHON CANCELLED
Due to the weather forecast for Sunday, we have decided to cancel our Soccer Marathon and end of season awards presentation and reschedule for Saturday 8th July from 4-7.30pm.
Apologies for any inconvenience and we hope to see you all in a fortnight’s time.
Ladies League: Dungarvan United 3 – 0 Mooncoin Celtic
Our young side took on last seasons champions and should be very disappointed after the 90 minutes.
A very soft first goal conceded on 30 minutes after we had a few openings ourselves knocked us back but back we came and put it up to a very good Dungarvan side. Another defensive lapse saw a second goal on the hour mark and we were chasing the game from here on after being well in it.
A late third after another mistake put a gloss on the scoreline. A more experienced Dungarvan took their chances where we passed up a few of our own.
Good performances from Kate McGrath, Beth Kelly and Emily Blackmore were the highlights.
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