WICKLOW ROVERS

THE senior ladies travelled to take on Donnycarney in a top of the table clash but unfortunately for the girls they suffered a 2-1 defeat.

In a close tough encounter with no quarter given by either side the girls gave it their all but on the night luck wasn’t on their side.

Rachel ‘The Goal Machine’ Bolger nabbed the Rovers goal in a good all round team performance.

The club’s AGM has been fixed for Thursday night the 20th of July, it will take place in the clubhouse in Whitegates and will start at 7.30pm sharp.

Also please arrive early as the AGM will be starting at the scheduled time, thank you.

Open training sessions for some of our junior teams for the 2017/18 season have been confirmed, they are as follows: Under 8’s [Born 2010/11/12] were on Tuesday the 4th of July, a second open training session is planned for under 8’s and the date will be posted on the club’s media pages as soon as its confirmed; Under 9’s [Born 2009] are on Tuesday 11th July; Under 10’s [Born 2008] were on Thursday the 6th of July so these are complete; Under 11’s [Born 2007] are on Thursday 13th of July; Under 13’s [Born 2005] are on Wednesday 12th of July; Under 15’s [Born 2003] were on Thursday the 6th of July so these are complete; Under 16’s [Born 2002] are on Tuesday 25th of July and the Under 17’s [Born 2001] are on Thursday 27th of July. The 8’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s will be held at Whitegates from 7pm to 8pm while the 13’s, 15’s, 16’s and 17’s will be held in the Rocky Road from 7pm to 8pm.

All players whether present or new players must arrive at 6.30pm to register.

More dates for other age groups will follow and be published here, on the club website at www.wicklowrovers.com and on the club facebook page.

Any player away on holidays should inform the managers of the particular age groups or any committee member.

At present our main pitch at Whitegates is going through its annual maintenance work of reseeding, sanding and goalmouth repair work.

We would appreciate it if club members would remain off the pitch while this work is been carried out, also if you see people on it while the work is in progress as club members would you ask them to leave the pitch.

Any activities on the pitch can hinder the progress of the works being carried out.

As you will appreciate the time, money and work spent on the pitch is to the benefit of all our club members to provide the best playing surface possible, please stay off the pitch and thank you.

The second week of our annual soccer camp is in progress and if week 1 was anything to go by the kids will have a very enjoyable time.

The feedback from the kids and their parents was excellent with everyone enjoying the experience. We definitely saw some potential Messi’s, Ronaldo’s, Aguero’s and even one or two potential DeGea’s displaying their skills.

A big thanks goes to all the coaches and the administrators who organised the camp.

Thanks to Anthony Earls who helped around the ground all week.

Last but not least a big thanks to all the kids and parents for supporting the club’s camp, a massive thanks to you all.

Wicklow Rovers AFC promote soccer for schoolboys/girls, youths and seniors men and ladies in the community, our club is growing all the time and any assistance with the help of running the club would be very much appreciated.

At present we have a very hard working committee but we are always on the look out for people interested in helping out, the club are always on the look out for people who are interested in getting involved in soccer, whether its coaching and managing or on the executive committee or a sub committee, maybe you would just like to help as an assistant manager, help with fundraising or help just around the grounds or in anyway at all, don’t hesitate, get involved, anyone interested in helping out the club in anyway can contact any committee member.

So if you’re interested in doing some work around the club please contact any of the following committee members, John Frazer, Paul Delaney, Johnny Dunne, Franny Copeland, Jimmy Nolan, Jason Harris and Mandy O’Neill, contact numbers can be found on the club website or alternatively you can private message our club facebook page.

Anyone with information for the club notes or the club website can contact me at 0879108706 or e-mail me at jimmy.nolan09@hotmail.com.

For all news regarding the club, check out the club website at www. wicklowrovers.com or the club facebook page.