Newtownmountkennedy
NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC
The last games of the season played out over the past week. Our 9’s and 10’s played each other in scorching weather on Thursday evening and both sets of players played out a cracking end of season game.
The 13’s probably gave their worst display of the season away to Rathnew last Wednesday as they ended up well beaten on the day. On Saturday morning they were due to play Aughrim Rangers but unfortunately they couldn’t field a team.
Our 15’s needed to take all three points at home to Wolfe Tone to keep their hopes of winning the league alive and they duly kept their part of the bargain with a resounding 7-1 victory. They led 3-0 inside the opening 15 minutes thanks to goals from Steven Coughlan, Andrew McMahon and Josh Odlum. They made it four when a Wolfe Tone defender scored an own goal but Wolfe Tone pulled a goal back right on half time to make it 4-1 at the break.
The game was played in incessant rain, but it didn’t deter our lads as Coughlan struck another two goals to complete his hat trick, while 10 minutes from time Ciaran Mangan capped a fine personnel game when he completed the scoring with a neat finish. On the day the whole team played well and got the job done and no more can you ask for.
Saturday, July 1, as the date for our Presentation Day. We plan to have a Mini World Cup back up and running after a number of years without one but to do all this we will need a little bit of help. So if you are interested in football and can spare an hour or two every week leading up to finals day on July 1 to do maybe a bit of refereeing etc it would be greatly appreciated.
Further details for the MiniCup starting dates and events on the day of the Presentation Day will be announced shortly on our Twitter and Facebook pages. We also have all our players out and about with Sponsor Cards (where players can purchase club gear depending on how much money they collect).
This is one of our main fundraisers so it would be great if we got loads of support, which to be fair we usually do. We also would like to thank Emma Kearney | and Shayne Murphy from Snap Dun Laoghaire, who sponsored the printing of our Sponsor Cards for our upcoming fundraiser. Many thanks Emma, Shayne and John from everyone at Newtown Juniors FC.
Regards the Presentation Day all our managers (under-10-U15’s) must get their thinking caps on and mull over who they will be selecting as their Player of the Year and Most Improved Player of the Year. We will have further details in the coming week regards the Presentation Day etc.
The WDSL Presentation Day will take place on Sunday, June 25, in the Grand Hotel in Wicklow town for all players from under-eights up to under-16s. In the coming days we will publish the times that all our teams need to be in attendance.
For further information on all matters ‘ Newtown Juniors FC’ please contact the secretary at 087 6987653 or by email tohughienolan@gmail.com and you can also follow the club on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
SUMMER CONCERT
The Newtownmountkennedy Male Voice Choir are presenting a concert in aid of the Wicklow Hospice Foundation which will take place on Thursday, June 15, at 8 p.m. Parkview Hotel, Newtownmountkennedy featuring the band of An Garda Síochána under the musical directorship of Inspector Pat Kenny. Admission €10. Family ticket €20.