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ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
The village will once again hold the annual St Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday, March 17. We are inviting all clubs societies businesses to get involved.
The parade assembles at Gregory’s Garage and makes it way through the village and returning from post office to reviewing stand opposite Druids Well.
For more information call into Anne Duffy at the flower shop. More details later.
NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC
Unfortunately for our under-14s their final second leg had to be postponed due to the heavy rain that had fallen for most of the week.
However, our 12’s did get to play their second leg at home to Greystones B trailing 2-nil from the first leg. That lead could have been wiped out inside the opening five minutes but Paudie Gammell and Patrick Martin failed to take good chances. The game was an even enough contest and they extended their aggregate lead with a goal halfway through the first half. This didn’t put off the Newtown team who if anything got stronger but they just couldn’t convert the chances they created.
Ten minutes into the second half Keira Farrelly scored a neat goal to restore parity on the day. However, within minutes Greystones went back in front with a similar goal to the first. To their credit and with the tie slipping away Newtown never stopped plugging away and that they did right till the final whistle. Congratulations to Greystones on their win but while we wouldn’t be looking to bestow any moral victories on our team, they all rolled up their sleeves in both games and left it all on the pitch.
Two narrow defeats to Greystones may not mean a lot but this team inflicted a 7-1 defeat on our lads and lassies in the short season so the improvement is there. Continued hard work by the team and the results will start turning. On the day among the players who starred for Newtown were Hannah Martin, Jack Coughlan, Grace Murphy and Eoghan Fox. Well done, everyone.
The following are the fixtures for Sat/Sunday, February 24/25: under-eights away to Carnew FC ko to be confirmed; under-nines away to Arklow United Stripes ko to be confirmed; under-10s away to Greystones Red ko to be confirmed; under-11s away to Greystones D ko to be confirmed; under-12s away to Rathnew F.C. ko to be confirmed; under-14s – Fixture to be confirmed (Fixtures and ko times are subject to change)
Well done to our under-nine Red team who have made it to the finals of the WDSL Futsal which will be held in Arklow on Sunday, March 18. Well done, everyone.
All our teams are back in training. All teams will have official games from the weekend of February24/25.2018.Therearealso a couple of slots on all our teams at the moment so if there are any girl’s or boys who would like to join the club please contact our secretary Hughie at 087 6987653 and he will provide you with all the information you will need.
Also in a new venture by the WDSL they have started a Girls Academy for all girl’s playing in the league that will also cater for girls who may not be a member of a club or a team. Training takes place for all age groups under-10, under-12 and under-14 at East Glendalough School from 4.30 p.m. till 6 p.m. every Sunday evening. For further information please contact our secretary Hughie at 087 6987653/ hughienolan@gmail.com.
There was no Last Man Standing competition last weekend as it was FA Cup sixth round weekend. We have 44 players still standing going into week four after we lost three players in week three. Week four Fixtures will be for the period February 24 to February 1 march 2018. Many thanks everyone for your continued support.
The WDSL Fundraiser ‘The Kube’ will take place in the Parkview Hotel on Saturday, April 7. We have two participants namely John Dunleavy and Stephen Nolan, who will both be raising funds for our club through this event. If you can sponsor either John or Stephen for any amount no matter how small please contact any committee member for further information.
For further information on all matters Newtown Juniors FC please contact the secretary at 087 6987653 or by email to hughienolan@gmail.com and you can also follow the club on our Facebook and Twitter pages.