WICKLOW ROVERS
Midweek action in the junior section saw the under-13 girls go down 3-1 away to Dalkey United on Tuesday.
The girls put on a great show in defeat against a team who just recently dropped down from a higher grade. Abi Farrell hit the Rovers goal on the night.
Elsewhere on Tuesday the 12A’s recorded a fine 3-1 win away to previously unbeaten St Anthony’s in the league, two goals from Louis Malcolmson and a single from Ross McCrea earned them three valuable points.
The same night the 11A’s took all three points from Rathnew under-12’s in an excellent 2-1 away win, leading scorer Charlie Czwalina hit the first with Brian McCaul firing home the all important second.
The 14A’s went down narrowly on a 2-1 score line to Coolboy Rangers in the first leg of their under-15 Premier Cup semi-final, Ross Quinn nabbed the crucial goal for Rovers.
On Thursday night the 15A’s were unlucky to go down 4-2 to Ashford Rovers in the combined under-15/16 challenge cup, Paul Marah and Joe O’Shea fired home the goals in a game the lads controlled for large periods.
On the same night the 16B’s produced an excellent result when they beat Aughrim Rangers 4-0, Joe Geraghty, Nathan Wynne, Luke Durac McGowan and Joe O’Shea all hit singles in an impressive victory.
On Saturday the under-11A’s were unlucky to go out of the under-12 Premier Cup at the semi-final stage when they lost 2-1 away to Aughrim losing 3-2 on aggregate. Brian McCaul nabbed their goal in a game where with a bit of luck the result could have been different.
The 12A’s did however progress to the final of the same competition when they saw off local neighbours Wicklow Town winning their second leg 3-0 to win 4-0 on aggregate. Sam Greene fired home a brace and Louis Malcolmson added a single as the lads moved smoothly into the final in what was a good all round team performance.
Our 12B’s were another team who progressed to their respective final when they duly disposed of Greystones United winning 2-0 at the Woodlands to go through 7-0 on aggregate. Ryan McConnell scored his ninth of the season with Ian Kavanagh popping up with his second of the campaign to see the lads comfortably through to the Division 2 final.
On Sunday the under-13A’s pro- gressed to the Premier Cup final and kept their hopes of a domestic treble alive, they defeated Carnew 2-0 at the Whitegates to progress 3-1 on aggregate.
The lads got off to a flyer when they went one up inside three minutes when Sean O’Meara fired home number twelve for the season.
Top scorer Jordan Younger made it eighteen for the campaign when he added the insurance goal to give the lads a safe passage through to the final.
Our 14A’s were unlucky to go out of the under-15 Premier Cup when they drew 1-1 with Coolboy Rangers, losing narrowly 3-2 on aggregate.
The lads gave it their all in Coolboy as they tried to overturn a 2-1 deficit from the first leg. It was a tight encounter between two evenly matched sides. On the day it just wasn’t to be, Eoin Doyle slotted in the Rovers goal to bring his tally for the season to thirteen.
The 15A’s had only nine players for the second leg of their cup semi final against local neighbours Wicklow Town, already facing an uphill task having only nine players didn’t help their cause. The Town ran out easy winners but to the lads credit they battled right to the end. Even in a heavy defeat the lads did manage to score a couple themselves with Paul Marah and Joe O’Shea netting for the lads.
The 16B’s were missing three regulars when they travelled to Rathdrum to take on Avonmore in their Premier Cup semi final first leg, on the day the lads never did themselves justice as they never really got going in the game finding themselves 5-0 down at the break. Avonmore added a further three goals after the break to run out 8-0 winners.
The club are running an Easter Camp from Tuesday 18th April to Friday 21st April. It runs from 10 am to 2 pm daily in the Whitegates. The cost of the camp is €45, a ball will be given to all participants at the start of the camp and a medal will be presented on the final day. There is also a reduced rate for two or more kids from the same family.
Registration forms can be picked up at the Saturday morning academy, from any committee member or alternatively you can download a form on the club website at www.wicklowrovers.com.
Check out club facebook page and club website for more details.