CLUB CALL
KWWIBA BOWLS
Dismal Display Sees Kill CBC Drop Into Danger Zone: This Round 13 Division 1 bowling league match was a game of high significance to both Ardclough and Kill Community Bowling Club for completely different reasons.
Ardclough needed the points to continue to hang onto second position while Kill CBC were badly in need of the points to stop further slippage into the danger zone.
All the odds favoured the Ardclough side having the advantage of the home venue in the fine and spacious facilities of the Ardclough GAA club. The home side have been in general, pretty much consistent throughout this league campaign, taking points in all their games to date with the exception of two away games where they failed to accrue any points.
The fortunes of Kill CBC are in stark contrast compared to their opponents at present, as they have never reached the heights of former years. Having lost a couple of top players in recent times certainly hasn’t helped their cause. Nevertheless they still have quality players at their disposal and one would expect them to be doing much better.
On both mats in this contest they were well and truly beaten by Ardclough, and they never at any stage troubled a rampant Ardclough team try as they might.
At this stage of the league the home side will be happy with the five points, but with only five games remaining it is very unlikely if Ardclough or the chasing pack will overtake Kildare Town who are the clear leaders and are not likely to make any mistakes on the run in.
This dismal display by Kill CBC sees them fourth from the bottom of the table and any more poor results will send them tumbling into the danger zone of relegation, and with some very tough assignments to come they will need to improve considerably to avoid that scenario.
Mat 1 - Ardclough: Geraldine Maguire, Tony Maguire, Brien Cullen and Dom Maguire.
Kill CBC: Alan Farrell, Declan O’ Connell, Phyllis Burke and Donal Burke.
Mat 2 - Ardclough: Leo Tiernan, Noel Cassidy, Loreto Farrell and Ben Maguire.
Kill CBC: Martin Whelan, Eddie Burke, Zelda Walsh and Josie Garvey.
Recent League Results (home team first) - Div. 1: Hollywood 5, Rathmore 0; Caragh 5, Allen 0; Allen 4, Kill CBC 1; Ardclough 2, Hollywood 3; Rathmore 0, Kildare 5;
Div. 2: Prosperous 2, Balyna 3; Coill Dubh 5, Prosperous 0.
Div. 3: Kilcullen 4, Hollywood 1; Naas 0, Straffan 5.
Div. 4: Donard Glen 2.5, Clane/ Staplestown 2.5; Balyna 5, Ardclough 0.
Div. 5: Kildare 2, Abbey Bowls 3.
WICKLOW ROVERS
The senior men saw their recent good run in the league come to an end on Saturday evening when they lost 4-3 away to Yellowstone Celtic.
The lads went in front on sixteen minutes when Ciaran McGettigan netted. The home side hit back to go 2-1 up but Maurice Dunne levelled five minutes before the break with his tenth of the season. Disaster struck six minutes into the second half when the home team were awarded a penalty, which put them 3-2 in front. With eleven minutes left Yellowstone went 4-2 up to seemingly seal the game but to the lads credit they battled on and with six minutes left on the clock Ciaran McGettigan gave the lads a lifeline with his second of the game and his fifteenth of the campaign to pull it back to 4-3.
Unfortunately for the lads they just couldn’t get the equaliser despite creating numerous chances.
The result is a setback but they are still very much in the title and promotion mix.
Junior action last week started early with the 12B’s playing under lights on Thursday night when they entertained Avonmore A, the Rathdrum side ran out 2-0 winners but the lads could have snatched something from the game.
On Saturday the 12A’s continued their good run since joining the DDSL ranks. Saturday saw them defeat Wayside Celtic in the first round of the Hillary cup winning comprehensively 10-0. Lorcan Sinnott led the way with a splendid haul of four goals to make it five for the campaign. Brian McCaul nabbed his firsts of the DDSL season when he notched a brace, Charlie Czwalina also nabbed a brace to bring his tally to three. Tom Donoghue and Lee Brown scored their firsts of the campaign to round off the scoring in what was a good all round team performance.
The 12C’s went down 8-2 away to Greystones United A in the first leg of their cup quarter-final, the lads were always up against it but never gave up. Ben Doyle and Cian Doyle were on the scoreboard for Rovers.
Our 13A’s recorded an excellent 8-0 away win away to Peamount United in the first round of the Gerry Murphy cup.
Oscar Malcolmson fired home an astonishing five goals in clinical fashion, Darragh Heffernan, Jack Noble and Steven Gormley all added singles in the lads first game in weeks.
The 13B’s drew 2-2 away to Greystones, having not played since November the lads showed their rustiness when they fell 2-0 behind early on, they showed great character to battle back to earn a share of the spoils with goals from Peter Dunne and Eoin Cleary.
The 14B’s travelled to Coolboy but didn’t have any luck as they were defeated 4-1 with Alexander Gallet getting their lone goal.
Our 15A’s maintained their one hundred percent start in the DDSL with a narrow 3-2 win over Phoenix FC in an entertaining encounter. Ross Quinn, Ryan Kavanagh and Dylan Cummins all hit the back of the net to make it four wins from four games for Jerry Lewins men.
An understrength 15B’s lost 3-0 away to Arklow Celtic in the second leg of their interim final to lose 5-3 on aggregate. The lads gave it their all on the day but just couldn’t breach a strong Arklow rearguard.
On Sunday the 14A’s went down to a disappointing 7-3 defeat at home to Arklow Celtic in the first leg of their cup quarter-final. Jordan Younger, Harry Broxson and Tomas Kennedy netted for Rovers on the day. A big thanks to under 13 players Adam Byrne, Tom Faral- ley and Charlie Phelan who helped the lads out on the day. Another team who were understrength at the weekend were the under 16’s who were short of seven regulars as they went down to a 5-0 defeat away to Coolboy Rangers.
The club are running an Easter Camp from Tuesday, 3rd April to Friday, 6th April at Whitegates. The camp will run from 10am to 2pm daily and is open to kids from 3 years old to 13 years old.
Every participant will receive a ball at the start of the camp and a medal on the final day. The cost of the camp is €50 with a discount for more than one child from the same family.
Further details can be viewed on our club website and facebook page. Also further details can be obtained by contacting Johnny Dunne at 087-7802098 or Robbie Dover at 087-1768264 or any committee member.
Registration forms can be downloaded from our club website at www.wicklowrovers.com or you can register by private messaging us on our facebook page.
NEWTOWN JUNIORS
All our teams were in action last weekend apart from the Under 14’s, whose game was off due to school trips. Of the teams that played the Under 8’s hosted Rathnew Green in a keenly-contested series of games where among the players who starred for Newtown were Gerry Hoban and Colin Healy.
The Under 9’s were edged out narrowly in a high scoring game by Enniskerry as among their goalscorers were Leon O’Connor, JV Kelly, Leighton Byrne and Lucas Dowdall.
The 10’s travelled to take on Glencormac United and ran out winners against a gallant home side.
Among the goals were William Valentine, Max Roche, Daniel Eager and Ryan Collins while starring were Mikey Synnott and Nikita Neaga.
The 11’s enjoyed their trip to take on Arklow Town Red where Jake Robertson, William Valentine, Aidan Heffernan and Cathal O’Toole found the net. PJ Duffy and Cillian Coffey had excellent games.
The 12’s are happy campers this week after an excellent 4-0 away win against Ashford Rovers in the first leg quarter-final tie.
Patrick Martin with two and one each from Aaron Cawley abd Paudie Gammell did the damage while Iggy Szpilka, Hannah Martin and Max Synnott had excellent games.
Obviously some of the players had a win bonus inserted in their contracts according to the amount of them that were in Burger King after the game.
The team wishes the best of luck to Keira Farrelly who picked up a knock during the game.
The following are the fixtures for Sat.24th/ Sun.25th March 2018;
U8’s - Wicklow Cancer Support Tournament 10am-12pm on Good Friday.
U10’s - Wicklow Cancer Support Tournament 12-2pm on Good Friday.
U11’s - Wicklow Cancer Support Tournament 12-2pm on Good Friday.
U14’s - Wicklow Cancer Support Tournament 4pm onwards on Good Friday.
(Fixtures and kickoff times are subject to change).
There will be no WDSL fixtures for the Easter weekend but we will be entering teams in the annual Soccer Blitz in aid of Wicklow Cancer Support. The Blitz is run by Tony Doran and his many supporters along with the Wicklow Town and Wicklow Rovers clubs.
Each team that plays in the blitz makes a donation to this worthy cause and everybody has a great day of football. Coaches will be sending out messages to all players so if you wish or intend playing please reply. Thank you. We would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter.
We have a three players from the club celebrating birthdays in the coming week and they are Bobby Spillane from the Under 8’s and the Under 10’s duo Max Roche and Ryan Collins. Happy birthday to all three from everyone in Newtown Juniors F.C.
All our teams are back in training now for the past couple of weeks.
There are also a couple of slots on all our teams at the moment so if there are any girls or boys who would like to join the club please contact our Secretary Hughie at 0876987653 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 girls 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 U10, U12 and U14 from 4.30pm until 6pm every Sunday evening. For further information please contact our Secretary Hughie at 0876987653/ hughienolan@gmail.com.
We had 30 players still standing going into Week 6 but that number dropped by one to 29 players thanks to Huddersfield Town. Week 7 fixtures will be for next weekend of Saturday, 31st March/Sunday, 1st April 2018. Many thanks everyone for your continued support. You can follow the progress of the competition on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
The WDSL Fundraiser “The Kube” will take place in the Parkview Hotel on Saturday, 7th April 2018.
We have two participants namely John Dunleavy and Stephen Nolan who will both be raising funds for our club through this event. The two lads were in the Parkview with all the other contestants last Thursday at the launch of the event. If you can sponsor either John or Stephen for any amount no matter how small please contact any committee member for further information.
On a sadder note we have a number of bereavements we would like to acknowledge. Our club would like to extend their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Dessie Murphy late of Kilpedder and formerly of Booterstown Co. Dublin, Mary Synnott from Monaline Newtownmountkennedy, and Anthony (Anto) Smyth of Delgany who all sadly passed away last week. May they all rest in peace.
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.
AVONMORE FC
Avonmore U-16 v. Arklow United U-16: Our U16’s finally had their first game of the new season today at home to Arklow United in the Cup. With both teams short a number of players we both managed to just about get 11 out.
Arklow started the game the strongest and were unlucky not to have scored inside the first 10 minutes. After great work by Kelan Busher the ball broke to Cody Reid who lobbed the keeper from 15 yards to put us one up after 11 minutes.
We were getting on top at this stage and in 16 minutes we were awarded a penalty after Kelan had been fouled he stepped up and scored. Arklow were unfortunately down to 8 men before we scored our third goal this came from Luke Kearney after a scramble in the box from our corner kick. We went in leading 3-0 at half time.
In the 47th minute Andrew Brancato scored from the edge of the box to make it 4-0 and that’s the way it finished. Fair play to Arklow United who fought all the way with limited numbers and were very unlucky not to have scored a few goals only for our keeper Conor Nolan making some excellent saves. Well done to all. We hope to see all at training Thursday night
Avonmore U-12A v. Wicklow Rovers U-12: A great win for our U-12A team against Wicklow Rovers in the first round of the cup. Conditions were poor with driving rain, but this didn’t deter our lads.
We knew Rovers would come at us strong, after losing twice to us and they didn’t disappoint. With some great football from both sides, we were first to put one away, when Leighton Doran shimmied past his player and scored. Continuing the pressure, Kian Fluskey found room and also stuck one away.
The second half was more of the same, but for the brave goalkeeping of the Rovers keeper we could have been a few more goals up. The work rate of the team was immense, Paddy Harper, Oscar Dowling and Mark O’Reilly deserving a mention. A brilliant performance tonight lads in very poor conditions, well done.
BRAY WANDERERS
Lotto draw - There was no jackpot winner on 25/3/18. Numbers drawn were 3, 11, 22 and 23. €30 lucky dip winners were John Keating c/o John Keating, Marie c/o V. Walsh, Eileen Horan c/o Bray Lakers, Jim McDevitt c/o V. Walsh, Gerry Fitzpatrick c/o V. Walsh. Next jackpot is €8800. Lotto tickets are on sale in the club shop at all home games and you can also play the Bray Wanders Lotto on line through our website.
Fixtures - Bray Wanderers are at home to Cork City on Friday, 30th March. Kick off at the Carlisle Grounds is 7.45pm.
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 2018 season are Adults €15, Students / OAPS €10, Children u14 €5. Students should note that proof of student ID will be requested upon entry at the stiles.
Underage teams - The SJ.B Academy under 19s were defeated 3-1 away to Limerick FC last Sunday. Aran Horgan was the goal scorer. The SJ.B under 17s were defeated 1-0 at home by Waterford FC last Saturday. The under 15s were defeated 4-0 away to Shamrock Rovers on Saturday evening. There are no underage fixtures on Easter week-end.
Merchandise - 2018 season jerseys are now in stock. They are available in Adult sizes small, medium, large, Xlarge and XXlarge. Price is €45.00. A new range of items are now available from the club shop and our on line shop. Black training tops (€30), black rain jackets (€40) and crew tops (€40) are available in Adults sizes Small, Medium, Large and XLarge. Merchandise can also be purchased from our on line store on the club web site.
Table Quiz - The Seagulls Members Club will hold a fundraising table quiz in aid of St. Catherine’s School on Thursday, 29th March, in the Hibernia Inn at 8.00pm. Tables of 4 are €40. To book a table please call 0879968969.
All the latest club news is on our website www.braywanderersfc.ie