CLUB CALL
BRAY BOWLS
What a great week weather wise. This is the time that bowlers love- sun on our backs and rinks glistening.
Our Division 4 team started the week off taking full points at home to CYM.
The Ladies then took six points home from Leinster in a great display.
The 3 Vets teams were in action on Thursday with mixed results. Vets 1 took all four points on offer at home to Westmanstown where Damien Gallanagh made a fine debut.and Brendan Duffy contributed handsomely.
Vets 2 were away to Greenhills in the foothills of the Dublin mountains.
The scenery must have interfered with the bowls as they came home pointless.
The same fate befell Vets 3 away to Greystones.
Our Div 4 team are away to Westmanstown on Monday night and on Tuesday Div ision1 are away to St. James Gate and Division 2 at home to Crumlin. Wednesday sees the ladies at home to Westmanstown and Division 6 away to Westmanstown.
Thursday sees the 3 Vets teams take centre stage with Vets 1 away to St. James Gate, Vets 2 at home to Clontarf and Vets 3 away to CYM.
Bank Holiday Saturday has Division 1 idle and Division 2 away in the Iveagh Grounds against St. James Gate. So it is all action. Well done to Colm Heaslip on winning the club lotto on Saturday, May 27.
WICKLOW ROVERS
The senior ladies continued their good early season form. On Monday night they had an impressive 5-0 away win over Beechwood Celtic, a side that defeated them 4-1 in the corresponding fixture last season.
A brace a piece from the striking partners Niamh O’Brien and Natasha Fitzgerald and a single from Rachel “The Goal Machine” Bolger accounted for their goals on the night.
On the night Saoirse O’Reilly, Rachel Bolger, Hannah Cox and Laura O’Brien stood out for Rovers.
Midweek junior action saw the under-16Bs defeat the 15As in the Under-15/16 Combined Cup, winning 5-0 on Monday night.
Nathan Wynne scored a superb hat-trick with Ryan Murphy nabbing two.
On Tuesday our treble winning team, the 13As just keep on winning, this time they won 5-0 at home to Aughrim Rangers.
Tom Hodgkinson, Tiernan O’Brien, Callum Gibney and Sean O’Meara all scored one a piece with the fifth coming in the shape of an own goal.
Thursday saw both our under 16 teams in action with both been involved in nine-goal thrillers.
Thankfully both our teams came out the right side of the games with both winning on identical scorelines winning 5-4.
Firstly the 16As defeated Arklow Town in Lamberton to edge closer to the Premier league title. Nathan Sullivan and Sean Leonard both fired home two a piece with Conor Byrne adding the fifth.
The 16Bs beat Greystones Utd 5-4 at Whitegates in another thrill a minute game,
Ryan Murphy notched a brace with Luke Durac McGowan, Craig Anderson and Nathan Wynne all registering singles to finish off their home programme in style.
The past weekend saw our DDSL under-17 side score an impressive 5-1 win away to Celbridge with Stephen Finlay and Adam Cuddihy scoring two goals each with Stuart Cox adding another goal to his tally.
Other matches in the WDSL were our under-13B team who went down 4-0 to a good Roundwood side in Division 3.
Our under-14B team won their division 1 title with a 2-1 win at home to Arklow Celtic with goals from Ben Free and Reece Doyle, our under-14C team lost out in an eleven-goal thriller to Arklow Town by a 7-4 scoreline with their goals coming from Donal O’Donoghue (2) Ben Lawless and Adam Shepherd.
Our under-14s who play in the Under-15 Premier League were awarded a walkover by Coolboy Rangers.
The club’s annual summer camp dates having been released, Week 1 - Monday 3rd July 2017 to Friday 7th July 2017, Week 2 - Monday 10th July 2017 to Friday 14th July 2017. The camp will take place in the Whitegates and will run daily from 10am to 3pm.
The camp is for children from 4 years old to 13 years old, the cost is €65 per child, €120 for 2 children from same family, €170 for 3 children from same family, €200 for four children from same family.
For registration forms or further information please contact Johnny Dunne 087-7802098, Robbie Dover 087-3621049 or any committee member.
Registration forms can also be downloaded from club website at www.wicklowrovers.com *Every participant will receive a ball, jersey and medal.*
All participants should bring a packed lunch, drink, rain jacket, football boots and shin guards.
Everyone at Wicklow Rovers AFC would like to extend their sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Noeleen Shortall who sadly passed away recently, our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this sad time, may she rest in peace.
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, visit the club website at www. wicklowrovers.com or visit the club Facebook page.
NEWTOWN JUNIORS
The last games of the season played out over the past week. Our 9s and 10s played each other in scorching weather on Thursday evening and both sets of players played out a cracking end of season game.
The 13s probably gave their worse 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 15s 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-nil 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 ten 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 Mini-World Cup 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 F.C.
With regards to the presentation day, all our managers (U-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-8s 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 F.C.’ please contact the secretary at 0876987653 or by email to hughienolan@gmail.com and you can also follow the club on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
BRAY WANDERERS
Lotto draw - There was no jackpot winner on May 28. Numbers drawn were 2, 14, 20, and 25. €30 lucky dip winners were J. Keating c/o S. McGuire, Monica Madden c/o V. Walsh, S. Keating c/o J. Keating, Joe Morris c/o D. Crinion, Paul Hennessy c/o D. Crinion.
Next week’s jackpot is €9,725. Lotto tickets can be purchased in the club shop at home games or you can play the Bray Wanderers Lotto on line at our web site www. braywanderersfc.ie.
Lotto tickets are also printed on the rear of match tickets. Simply fill in the ticket and drop it into the club shop at home games.
Fixtures - Bray Wanderers are away to Limerick FC on Friday, June 2. Kick off at the Markets Field is 7.45pm. .
Underage teams - Bray Wanderers under-19s came from behind to defeat Galway United 2-1 last Saturday.
Goalscorers were Shane Heffernan and Connal Flood.
The Bray Wanderers/St. Joseph’s Boys Academy under-17s were defeated 6-3 away to Cork City on Saturday.
Goalscorers were Shane Flynn, Eoin Darcy and Byron O’Gorman. The under-age leagues are now on a month’s break to allow for Student exams.
Supporters bus to Limerick - The next away game is against Limerick FC on Friday, June 2.
The Seagulls club will run a bus to this game. Seats can be booked by text to 0879968969. Bus will depart at 3.00pm from the Carlisle Grounds. Fares for Seagulls Club members are adults €25, student (Age 15-17) €20, schoolchild (under 15) €10. Non-club members €5 extra.
Table Quiz - The Seagulls Members Club will be holding a table quiz on Tuesday, June 13, in the Martello, Bray Seafront.
The quiz is in aid of one of the clubs Charity Partners – St. Catherine’s Special School. Table of four is €40. Quiz starts at 8.00pm.
Mini World Cup - Bray Wanderers are hosting a Mini World Cup for under-10s (boys and girls) – 11-a-side on Saturday, July 1 and Sunday, July 2. Venue is the Carlisle Grounds.
All clubs with a youth structure within the Bray, greater Wicklow and South Dublin area are invited to enter the above Mini World Cup with entry on a first come first served basis.
All participants will be guaranteed: A Bray Wanderers FC season ticket - A Bray Wanderers T-Shirt - fantastic free entertainment line-up (incl. Disco Dome, Bouncy Castles) - very reasonable team entry fee (€10 per panel member; €140 euro per panel of 14) - extremely great value food over the weekend - a great fun family day out on both days– not just football but focused on community inclusive events.
Full details are on our website www.braywanderersfc.ie.
Dublin Metropolitan regatta at Blessington - The local rowing club Three Castles in Blessington won three junior events at the 141st Dublin Metropolitan regatta held on the Blessington lakes last Saturday.
In the morning session conditions were ideal for rowing but in the afternoon wind and heavy rain made racing difficult.
In the Junior 18 double sculls Rory Quinn and Oisin Clune had a commanding win in home waters over Castleconnell and Lee.
In the quad sculls Rory and Oisin partnered Tadhg Mc Knight and David Gilheany to put in a top performance and won easily from Clonmel and St Michaels in Limerick.
Aaron Keogh and Luke Flynn were the fastest double in the under-16 and 17 categories. Aaron came fifth in the under-18 singles which was a great result for the 16 year old.
Luke came second in the under-16 singles beaten by a sculler from Castleconnell.
The boys under-14 quad of Robbie Gilheany,Eoin Mc Loughlin,Robert Collins, Daniel Devaney and cox Dylan Woods had a very exciting final against Blackrock College.
They led coming into the final 200 meters but were pipped on the line by the boys from Blackrock.
The girls under-15 quad of Emily Irwin,Blathlin Clune,Orla Lyons,Abbie Tewkesbury and cox Amy Devaney came fifth in their final.
The under-16 boys quad found conditions difficult in the afternoon and came fifth (Jonathan Grace, Tiarnan Mc Knight, Caolan Higgins, Dara O’Brien and cox Dylan Woods).
In the singles under-14, Robbie Gilheany had a great race and came second to Blackrock College.
Emily Irwin came fourth in her final of the under-15 singles. James Sommerville an John O’Keeffe put in great performances in the finals of the Masters sculls.
The juniors are getting for Carlow regatta next weekend. THREE CASTLES ROWING