School Boys/Girls and Junior League Football in South Kilkenny
A beautiful sunny fresh day to kick off a new season for the Schoolboys leagues with Mooncoin Celtic fielding u12, u14 and u16 teams today.
Best of luck to all team players and coaches.
Also Coach Victor, Richie and Derek take a u13 Waterford Girls team to their first Gaynor Cup match today too, with 2 Mooncoin Celtic players in the squad, best of luck to all on their cup run.
This is a shout out for players to come join Mooncoin Celtic at u17 and Youths level, if you know of young men born 2004, 2005 or 2006 and want to play at a competitive level then give us a shout as we have some teams that would be delighted to take them in.
Our u16 girls travelled to Ballyduff this morning for an 11am Kick off to kick start our league campaign .
There were Nerves a plenty this morning . But we put our heads down , concentrated and got ourselves into the game .
We had Team Work a plenty today with all players contributing to the flow of the game .
We got our heads out in front early on and seemed to settle , but Ballyduff equalised five minute later putting the game back in the melting pot .
Our girls dug deep today to take all three points and and our first win at u16
Thanks to all the parents for the encouragement and support today .
The 300 Club winners for the August draw were
1st prize €700 Paddy Byrne
2nd prize €200 Eddie Moore
3rd prize €100 David Dobbyn
Sellars prize went to Kevin Dobbyn
Congratulations to all the winners
Waterford Junior League Youths B league
Tramore 1 vs Mooncoin Celtic 7
Great opening start to the league for this seasons youths team away to Tramore on Wednesday evening. Other commitments and an earlier start this year and clashes left us to travel with just 11 players. Including some who never played up a level. That in mind it’s hats off on a super performance to win this game so well.
Some tactical changes and moves for some players seen them having to play in positions they were not used to and you could argue after that you wouldn’t even notice. Starting at the heart of the team where a huge performance from Adam Conway, Liam Quinn,
Jack Drennan at the back and Jonah O’Toole in goal kept Tramore at bay all evening.. the threat came from the wings where Alex Bailey was in a comfort zone and linked up with Adam so well… Lee Freyne on the left gave the Tramore defence a night to forget and sealed the nights performance with a hat trick!
Dominance in the midfield was key and new role for Kieran Fagan who added two goals and playing many thru balls for Sam Hartwell who finished a goal in normal fashion.
Abdullahi Mohammad used his pace and quick feet to support Kieran. Our Last goal was scored by Stephen Foran. Matthew Morahan covered every blade of grass twice and put in a great performance to be involved in the goals and came to our call last minute when we thought we were going to be one short.
Great team effort by a great bunch who will only get stronger as the year goes on.
Due to some operational issues we have to postpone the start of LAST MAN STANDING until October. The prize fund of €1,000 will remain and we hope to get it under way in early October.
Before you know it the new 2021/22 Premiership Season will be starting and here at MCFC Central we’ll be supporting a new Last Man Standing competition, with a €1,000 prize fund. Head to the entry page and add your prediction.
Great to see a fine performance by the Waterford U13 Girls development squad over the weekend.
Under the coaching stewardship of our own Victor Bailey and Richard Long the U13 squad played Tipperary South and came away with a win. Two Mooncoin Celtic players, Aoibhe Rees and Emily Cooney played their part, Aoibhe picking up 2 goals no less.
At the same venue in the WIT Arena, and same time the U15 Girls development squad played Tipperary South, with Emily, Sommer and Mia from Mooncoin Celtic all getting a run out against a strong Tipp South U15 team.
Winners of the 300 Club July draw are:
1st Prize €700 Mervyn O Callaghan
2nd Prize €200 Jimmy Grant
3rd Prize €100 Jodie Murphy
Thanks to everyone for their continued support and well done to all our winners!!
Monday 26th of July 2021 saw the curtain come down on the schoolboys season after what seemed an eternity of lockdowns due to Covid 19. We will give a quick run down on all our teams in what was a hectic 2 month period with games a plenty and little time for anything else. It was great to see all our schoolboy teams, except our u16s, play a fixture or two in our new grounds in Suir Crescent.
U11
Our u11 squad under Mike Molloy and John O’Connor’s watch had the privilege of playing the first fixture in our new ground against Park Rangers.
They also had games over the last number of weeks against Dungarvan, De La Salle, Piltown and Kilmacow . A busy few weeks for this young squad with the majority on the go 5 or 6 days a week with soccer and hurling.
With the new season starting in September, this short season will stand to them going into competitive football at u12 level.
U12A
Coaches Miguel Ponce De Leon, Colm O’Donoghue and Niall Owens will be happy enough after their games as the lads and lady improved with every game and won 3 out of the 5 games played in the u12B league. With the majority of this squad underage again for u12, this experience will be invaluable for the new season.
U12B
Entertainment and goals galore were the order of every game this squad were involved in as Eric Walsh and Wattie Foran over saw 5 games in which it took the lads a couple of games to click together and from there the confidence grew with excellent performances against Carrick and Bohs finishing off the short season.
U13
A goal that wasn’t given against Bohs to deny them 3 points and a single defeat against eventual league winners De La Salle denied this squad honours but Thomas Conway and Mark Quinn will be very happy with the performances of all involved as the lads and hot shot Emily Blackmore were only getting going as the season came to a halt. With players unavailable for a number of the games in the short season plenty to look forward to for next season when there is a full crew available. Good experience gained by all.
U14
A tricky number of weeks for Kevin Kennedy, Pat Walsh and Michael Power as the loss of players for a variety of reasons caused havoc with match days , but the lads got on with the job in hand . The lads on duty seized the opportunity and big improvements were clear to be seen thanks to more game time.
U15
Derek Tebay and JP Byrne had a squad that had 8 games to fit in and again slowly got going and improved with every performance . The change in this squad physically over the last few years has been staggering and they can look forward to U16 football with confidence.
U16
So near but yet so far for Mick Conway and Mickey O’Hanlon as near neighbours Piltown pipped this squad to league honours on the last day of this league.
Disappointing in the end but again this squad have a lot to look forward to as they step up to u17 and adult football.
A big thank you to all our coaches over the last number of weeks and also a well done must go to the parents who have been run ragged every day of the week between different sports.
Unfortunately no trophies from this short season, but progress is evident in our players and all our teams will be back training in a number of weeks refreshed and ready to go again for season 2021/2022.
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