WICKLOW ROVERS
The senior men had two games last week, on Tuesday they went down 2-1 at home to CYM Beechwood. They were two down at half-time, midway through the second half they pulled one back through Sean Tobin but that’s as good as it got.
On Friday, they travelled to take on league leaders Mullingar Athletic in the second round of the Lumney O’Reilly Cup. The lads were 2-0 up on the hour mark through two excellent strikes from Maurice Dunne when the floodlights failed.
This is typical of the luck that’s going the lads way recently, all bad luck. The decision of what happens next is with the league’s executive committee.
The senior ladies recorded an excellent 5-1 away win over Donnycarney, the girls got off to the perfect start when Hannah Cox fired them in front after five minutes.
They were 2-0 up when Niamh O’Brien scored after 15 minutes and shortly afterwards Charmaine Higgins made it 3-0 and the girls were well on their way to the three points.
Further goals from Niamh O’Brien and Rachel ‘The Goal Machine’ Bolger accounted for the girls five goal haul to make it two wins and a draw from their first three games.
On the night Kellie Ryder and Laura O’Brien impressed for Rovers.
The under-17s lost 2-1 away to Palmerstown FC in a tight encounter. In a game that could have went either way Stephen Finlay hit his tenth goal of the season for Rovers bit with a bit of luck they might have got something from the game.
Midweek junior action saw the 12As claim three points in their quest for the treble when they beat Aughrim 2-0 with goals from Steven Gormley and Louis Malcomson to keep them firmly in the title hunt.
The 13As are another team chasing a treble, they had two games during the week.
First they narrowly saw off Carnew winning 1-0 with top scorer Jordan Younger nabbing the crucial goal.
Then they defeated Wolfe Tone 4-0 with Mark Hodgkinson scoring two and Conor Hunter and Jordan Younger nabbing one each to put them in the driving seat in the table.
The 16As recorded a comfortable 6-0 away win over St Anthonys, Nathan Sullivan helped himself to a hat-trick, Sean Leonard claimed a brace with Luke Whyte completing the scoring.
Our 16Bs drew away to Avonmore in an eight-goal thriller. The lads raced into a 4-1 lead with two goals from Ryan Murphy and singles from Tom O’Shea and Nathan Wynne only to be pegged back with the game ending 4-4.
The 16Bs followed this up with a thrilling 5-4 victory over Roundwood, Nathan Wynne, David McNabb, Tom O’Shea, Craig Anderson and Joe Geraghty all hit the back of the net to give the lads the points in this nine goal thriller.
The weekend saw our under-13 girls record a fine 5-1 win over Mount Merrion, it was 1-1 at the break with Abi Farrell firing in a thunderbolt of a goal.
In the second half it was all Rovers with Molly Sweeney producing an excellent solo scoring feat firing home four second half goals to give Rovers a 5-1 win in what was a good all round team performance.
The 11As made the short journey to Finlay Park to take on local rivals Wicklow Town, after a tough game the lads claimed all three points when Charlie Czwalina fired home his 22nd competitive goal of the season.
The 12Bs quest for the league title to add to their recent cup success received another boost when they made it ten wins from as many games when they beat Aughrim 3-0 at Whitegates.
Harry Tobin Kelly, Ben Bowen and Mikey Nolan were the goalscorers as the lads edge closer to the double.
The under-13As made it three wins from three this week with a 6-0 away win over Avonmore to keep their dreams of a treble very much in their own hands.
Willoughby Woods fired home a brace and Brioc Doyle, Tiernan O’Brien, Jordan Younger and Conor Hunter all scored one each.
Our 14Bs and 14Cs clashed at the weekend with the Bs coming out on top winning 8-0, Scott Bushe led the way with a five goal haul, David Lally, Harry Broxsan and Reece Doyle supplied singles.
Everyone at Wicklow Rovers AFC would like to extend their sincere sympathy to the family and friends of Kevin Hosey who sadly passed away recently, Kevin’s son Daragh was a past member of the club. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this sad time. May he rest in peace.
Anyone with information for the club notes or the club website can contact me at 087 9108706 or e-mail me at jimmy.nolan09@ hotmail.com.