CLUB CALL
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.
BRAY BOWLS
WE are now in the second half of the season and things are getting serious in all leagues.
Brian Dodd and his Monday warriors in Division 4 went to Greenhills last week night and took home 2 points to maintain their top two place.
On Wednesday the ladies had a great 7 points to nil win over Kenilworth and they are well positioned in the top half of the table to put pressure on the teams above them.
Our Division 6 team made the long trek to Westmanstown in the evening traffic and were very unlucky on both rinks.
Damien’s lads have a game in hand on the leaders so keep it going gang.
Thursday saw all three Vets teams in action away from home. Vets 1 and Vets 3 were in Dun Laoghaire with contrasting fortunes as Vets 3 were victorious and Vets 1 were out of luck.
Vets 2 were away in Westmanstown and took 1 point back to Bray.
Saturday saw Division 1 make the long journey to Trim to play Meath and in a very exciting tussle the Royals took the spoils by 4.5 to 2.5. Bryon Dancer making his Division 1 bow this season had an impressive debut.
Division 2 were at home to neighbours Shankill and got a vital 5 points .
This week sees Division 4 idle and on Wednesday Division 6 are at home to Shankill and the ladies are away in Dun Laoghaire. Thursday sees Vets 1 idle.
Vets 2 and 3 are at home to Greenhills and Greystones respectively.
Both Divisions 1 and 2 have no game this coming Saturday.and the ladies are away in Blackrock.
Finally thanks to all those who helped out last week when a group of bowlers from Florida visited.
The recent lotto winners were Brendan Duffy, Colm Heaslip and Dave McMahon.
Both Brendan and Colm were winning for the second time. Where is the justice in that!!!!!!
NEWTOWN JUNIORS
LAST week we posted all the results from the finals of the Mini World Cup and this week we post all the players and the countries they represented in the competition.
In the 5/7 year age group the teams were as follows:
Ireland: Oliver Roche, AJ Doyle, Finn Heffernan, Cian Foley & Jake O’Brien-Fitzsimons.
Iceland: Leon White-Ekikhamenor, Colin Healy, Lucy Heffernan, Kayla Hamilton, Calem O’Brien-Kenny & Jack Gavin.
USA: John Paul Dunleavy, Alana Synnott, Kian Lofts, Elijah Donnelly-Kelly, Mia Hamilton & Tommie Ryan.
Belgium: Donnacha Eager-O’Brien, Nathan Donohoe, Scott Murray & Aoibhe Perks.
The players and their countries in the Under 8/9 year old age group were as follows;
Holland: Mikey Synnott, Sebastian Anton, John Turley, David McCormack, Lee Smillie & Mikey Synnott-Daly.
Brazil: William Valentine, Luke Turley, Darren Fisher, Ryan McDonald, Nathan McMahon & Emma Murray.
France: Dylan Dunleavy, Max Roche, Scott McKenna, Lucas Dowdall & John Vincent Kelly.
Argentina: Aidan Heffernan, Albie Chance, Lauren Coffey, Aaron Nolan, Alex Ryan & Leon O’Connor.
England: Pat Carey, Cathal O’Toole, Eva Carey, Leighton Byrne & David Mackey.
Germany: Frank Lang, Ryan Collins, Kacey Kelly, Oisin Duffy, Daniel Eager & Nichita Neaga.
The players and the countries in the Under 10/11 year old age group were as follows;
Wales: Padraig Gammell, Ryan McMahon, Cillian Coffey, Rose Kelly Tynan, Evan Fahey & Hannah Martin.
Sweden: Jack Coughlan, Keelan Dodd, Jack Daly, Cormac Chance, Naoise Lowe, Hollie Breen-Jackson & Patrick Martin.
Scotland: Ben Synnott, Iggy Szpilka, Jake Robertson, Lynda Lucy Elliott & Lucy Duffy.
Italy: Aaron Cawley, Grace Murphy, PJ Duffy, Matthew Doyle, Aaron Hackett & Tyra Doyle.
The players and their countries for the under 13/15 year old group were as follows;
Holland: Shane Synnott, Marcel Kocajda, Fionn O’Reilly, Sean Douglas, Ciaran Mangan & Andrew Waters.
Portugal: Ryan Clarke, Charlie Sullivan, Bobby Dowling, Shane Dunleavy, Ben Moran & Josh Odlum.
Colombia: Darragh Heffernan, Martin Kelly, Alex Byrne, Steven Coughlan & Ryan Smillie.
Spain: Luke Breen, Bogdan Rusu, Ryan McGuirk, Stephen Doran & Josh Kennedy.
Well done to all the boys and girls who played and played the games in a very sporting manner. Finally well done to everyone for all their assistance throughout the competition and here’s to the MWC 2018 next season.
At the recent AGM of the WDSL it was decided courtesy of a vote to move the WDSL season to a calendar season.
This means a year ahead of a directive from the FAI that the WDSL will have a “short season” followed by a “long season”.
The “short season” will start beginning of September 2017 and finish the end of November 2017. The new season or long season will commence end of February/ beginning of March 2018 and will finish in November 2018.
There will be breaks during the course of the season to facilitate state exams etc. We will post further details as we get them.Also in another initiative and also due to the amount of girls playing throughout the WDSL the league are looking at setting a girl’s league at U12 and U14 and if this venture proves successful the league will look to extend it to all age groups.
The proposal is to run the girls football every two weeks and all players can double up on their mixed team within their club. Again as we get more information we will post it here.
We have three players celebrating a birthday this coming week and they are Albie Chance from the Under 8’s and Jack Coughlan and Martin Reinhardt from the Under 11’s.
Happy birthday lads from everyone at Newtown Juniors F.C.
For further information on all matters “Newtown Juniors F.C.” please contact the Secretary at 0876987653 or by email to hughienolan@gmail.com & you can also follow the club on our Facebook & Twitter pages.
BRAY WANDERERS
LOTTO draw: There was no jackpot winner on 9/7/17. Numbers drawn were 16/22/24/28. €30 lucky dip winners were Pam Kinlan c/o V. Walsh, PJ McHugh c/o Bray Lakers, Mary Ellen Keating c/o John Keating, Richard and George c/o Bray Lakers, Shaun Temple c/o Bray Lakers.
Next week’s jackpot is €10,175. 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 at home to Cork City on Sunday 16th July. Kick off at the Carlisle Grounds is 4.00pm.
Match Tickets: Supporters can now purchase Bray Wanderers match tickets in advance online at http://braywanderersfc.ie/tickets-info/.
Simply print off your match ticket at home and avoid queues on match night.
Tickets can also be purchased online by using any mobile / tablet devices and can be presented directly at the turnstiles on your mobile / tablet device with no printing of tickets required.
Ticket prices for the 2017 season are Adults €15, Students / OAPS €10, Children u12 €5. Students should note that proof of student ID will be requested upon entry at the stiles.
Underage teams: Bray Wanderers under 19s were defeated 4-0 away to Cobh Ramblers on Sunday.
Their next game is away to Shamrock Rovers on Monday 17th July at the Tallaght Stadium. Kick off is 7.30pm.
The Bray Wanderers/St. Josephs Boys Academy under 17s were defeated 2-1 away to Waterford FC on Saturday.
Their next game is against UCD on Sunday 16th July at the Academy Grounds in Carrickmines. Kick off is 2.00pm.
Player of the month: Hugh Douglas was voted the player of the month for June. Hugh will be presented with his award at Sundays home game against Cork City.