A toughened Kilkenny side managed by Frank Begley visited us yesterday for a friendly and it turned out to be a good run out for both sides.

Both sides had chances in the first half with Grace O Toole doing really well on goal for ourselves but it was Kilkenny who took the lead with a long range effort on the stroke of half time. We dug in at the start of the second half and created a few chances before a brilliant passage of play between 6 players saw Ella Brennan finish with a bullet of a shot at the near post.

Some scrappy defending from us and tired legs saw us concede a couple of soft goals and two penalties to see Kilkenny run out winners. Good run out for all 16 girls on duty.

We entered 4 teams in the Clover Tournament in Ferrybank yesterday in what was a truly brilliant day with 32 teams entered and over 300 boys and girls having plenty of fun.

3 of our sides exited at the group stage with one side going all the way to final but unfortunately lost 1-0 to Tramore.

Big thank you to Mick Mullowney and his crew for a super day.

A picture taken from yesterday that epitomises what the Clover Tournament and academy soccer is all about. No coaches or parents, just the kids. Mooncoin Celtic academy players and Tramore AFC players chatting before going to battle in their last group game which ended in a 2-2, a real close game.

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A sunny Sunday morning kickoff in the u16 cup semi final saw Tramore travel to Suir Crescent for a game that was very evenly matched .

On 12 minutes Mooncoin broke the deadlock when Ella Brennan curled a ball from her corner kick that slotted into the back of the net . Tramore equalised two minutes later .

We soon settled into the game again and with some clever through Balls from Emily Blackmore , Aoibhe Rees got her first of the day , followed ten minutes later by her second. The half finished 3-1 .

The second 40 mins was just as action packed as the first , Eimear , Saoirse , Sophie and Molly Murphy did a fantastic job at the back quenching any Tramore attack . Aoibhe Rees completed her hat trick with ten minutes on the clock after a fantastic run in after gathering the ball outside the box .

A cup final awaits the girls after what has been a long season.

The boys were in the semi final of the cup as they had a battle on their hands against league champions St Joseph’s.

It didn’t start as planned as St Joseph’s scored 10 seconds in to make it 1-0. A few minutes later due to lack of communication in our box they made it 2-0.

Shay Moore brought it back to 2-1 with a free kick but St Joseph’s made it 3-1 right before half time. Second half was 50/50 but St Joseph’s got a couple of soft goals.

Despite the score Oscar O Keefe was on fire in the goal and made plenty saves to try and keep them in the game. Despite the result everyone is proud of the boys and they should be proud of themselves in getting to a semi final and not giving up no matter what the score was.

They did their best until the end. This group have shown great improvements from the start of the season until now and we hope to see them all back again next season.

We travelled to league champions Dungarvan United for this cup fixture and a right game was played out. Dungarvan showed why they won the league by knocking in a couple of early goals before our girls settled down and got stuck in with Lexi Walsh pulling a goal back.

Hannah Dobbyn on goal was in top form throughout keeping numerous efforts out. Dungarvan again showed their class by nicking another couple before half time.

Second half saw us assisted by a strong breeze and we used it to good effect with Lexi Walsh pulling another goal back to set us up for a right final quarter but try as they might, we couldn’t get close enough to a very good Dungarvan team and they knocked in 3 goals in the final 10 minutes.

Heartening display by all 10 on duty yesterday, especially with 5 of the girls underage again next season.
Best of luck to Dungarvan United in the semi final.

The lads performed brilliantly yesterday in conditions not seen since the World Cup in Qatar and with a depleted squad really put it up to the home team.

Indeed it was Kilmacthomas who started the brightest pinning us into our own half and scoring a goal which although deemed offside by the linesman was allowed to stand. The lads rallied after the first water break and Donncha struck a superb equaliser.

Second half started with plenty of end to end action which led to Kilmacthomas taking the lead with a well taken goal.

Mooncoin pressed on for an equaliser which never came but not for the want of trying.

Ferrybank proved too hot to handle in red hot conditions on Saturday morning.

Between injuries, holidays and other reasons we were down to the bare bones in this one but the players on duty done themselves proud pushing Ferrybank all the way before they pulled away in the last 10 minutes.

Luke Harrington and U11 star Cian O’Donoghue were our scorers on the day and we give credit to Cian for stepping up and helping the lads out. . Best of luck to Ferrybank in the semi finals.