Wicklow People

CLUB CALL

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stroke of half time when Thomas O’Neill bundled the ball home. Rovers earned a deserved share of the spoils when a move involving Thomas O’Neill, Gary Dowling and Dylan Moriarty helped to set up Paul Marah who unleashed a 35-yard screamer that swerved and dipped under the crossbar to make it 2-2.

Considerin­g the lads were down to the bare bones this was an excellent result.

Our under-15 girls played out a thrilling 3-3 draw away to Lakelands FC on Sunday.

In a game that was played in very windy conditions both teams produced some lovely neat football to entertain the watching public.

Justine Cronin and Molly Sweeney gave Rovers the perfect start with goals on eleven and fifteen minutes to race into a 2-0 lead.

The home side pulled one back to leave the half-time score 2-1 to Rovers.

Early in the second half Rovers restored their two goal cushion when Justine Cronin finished after great work from Aoife Caffrey and Molly Sweeney.

Yet again the home side battled back scoring goals after 55 and 60 minutes to level matters at 3-3. The Rovers girls turned in an excellent performanc­e but a special mention goes out to Rachel Byrne who turned in a fine performanc­e in the centre of midfield in her first game of the season.

Our second Last Man Standing competitio­n of the season kicked off at the weekend with the top three selections obliging their supporters by winning their respective games.

Liverpool’s comfortabl­e 3-0 home win over Bournemout­h saw 37 players progress.

Another 37 players went through as their selection Arsenal beat Huddersfie­ld 2-1.

Manchester United continued their recent good form with a 3-0 away victory over Fulham to help 23 players into round two. Tottenham’s 3-1 win over Leicester saw eight players move on to round two.

Watford’s narrow 1-0 win against Everton put a single player through.

Of the casualties that made their exit from the competitio­n Southampto­n were the biggest as 10 players went crashing out after their surprise 2-1 home defeat to Cardiff. Four more players were eliminated when three selected Crystal Palace and one player went on West Ham in their tussle but unfortunat­ely a 1-1 draw resulted with all four players going out. Everton’s 1-0 defeat away to Watford saw a further two players miss out while Burnley beat Brighton 3-1 which saw a sole player who picked Brighton depart the competitio­n.

At the time of going to print another 10 players will be hoping to join the 106 players in round 2 when their selection Wolves entertain Newcastle in the Monday night live game on Sky Sports.

Once again, a big thanks to everyone who participat­ed in our Last Man Standing competitio­n and the best of luck to the remaining players in the competitio­n. will be up and running on the weekend of February 23 and 24 for the under-9s and 11s with 8s and 10s starting back the following weekend of March 2 and 3.

All these age groups will be playing every weekend.

Regards the 12s, they will start on the weekend of March 2 and 3 while the under-13s will be back the previous weekend of February 23 and 24.

For the first few weeks these teams will play on alternate weekends but we have been assured by the executive of the WDSL that they will be playing every weekend soon after the start of the season.

All players playing football this season will have to be registered online at FAInet.

This process will be implemente­d by the club secretary with help from all team coaches and parents.

Details and further informatio­n on FAInet will be posted on all teams Group pages.

Our under-8s, under-9s, and under-10 Red and Black teams were in Futsal action last weekend and all four teams were in superb form.

Our under-8s were in Newtown and they came out on top of their game against Enniskerry, but lost out to St. Patricks and Arklow United.

The 8s squad included Bobby Spillane, Tyler Doyle, Nathan Donohoe, Rory O’Gorman, Colin Healy and David McCormack.

Our 9s travelled to Aughrim and from their three games they got the better of Coolboy Rangers and Shillelagh while coming up short against St. Patricks.

In all the games there was only a single goal between the teams.

The under-9s squad was John Turley, Ryan McDonald, Lucas Dowdall, Albie Chance, Leon O’Connor, Alex Ryan and Jayden Doyle.

Our under-10 Red team came out on top in their three games against our Black team, Enniskerry and Arklow United.

The 10s Red squad included Nikita Neaga, Mikey Synnott, David Mackey, Aidan Heffernan, William Valentine, Pat Carey, Sebastian Anton and Ryan Collins.

Our under-10 Black team had one win and two losses from their three games in the same group.

The under-10 Black squad was as follows, Dylan Dunleavy, Cathal O’Toole, Scott McKenna, Dayle Carthy, Darren Fisher, Aaron Roy, Luke Turley and Max Roche.

Also well done to two of our under-12 players Brooklyn Doyle and Patrick Martin who played for their county in Mullingar against the Midlands. Well done, lads.

Regards the Futsal the upcoming times, dates and venues for our teams as follows;

Futsal in 2019 Saturday, February 16 - Venues: Aughrim and Newtown for players born in 2006 (last years under-12s). Further details to be confirmed.

Our teams are all starting to get back to training for the new season from this week and new players are always very welcome to join our club.

We will be fielding teams from under-8s up to under-13s and although it looks more than likely that we won’t have any older teams at the moment, as usual if the demand is there and players are prepared to commit to training and matches then nothing is impossible.

Last season’s Academy team will now become this season’s under-8s team, though some of these players will be playing at the under-8s age group for two more years.

Our Developmen­t Squad practise every Saturday morning in the Community Centre Sports Hall from 10am until 11am.

All of our teams are now back in pre-season training. For all matters relating to training times etc for all our teams please contact our secretary, Hughie, at the contact details below.

Three players from our club are celebratin­g birthdays in the coming week and they are Adam Hall from the Developmen­t Squad, Aaron Nolan from the under-9s and Cormac Chance from the under-12s.

Happy birthday lads from everyone at Newtown Juniors F.C.

Our second Last Man Standing competitio­n of the season will start back on Tuesday, February 26 and Wednesday, February 27, so if you would like to take part please let any of our committee members or coaches know and they will fill you in with all the informatio­n you require.

All monies we take in goes towards the youth of the area.

The club would like to extend their deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Bernadette (Bernie) Murphy (nee Crowley) of Enniskerry formerly of NewtownMt-Kdy who sadly passed away last week.

May she rest in peace.

For further informatio­n on all matters Newtown Juniors F.C. 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.

 ??  ?? Justin House of Carnew is challenged by Zach Kilbride of Arklow United during their Andy McEvoy Premier Division match.
Justin House of Carnew is challenged by Zach Kilbride of Arklow United during their Andy McEvoy Premier Division match.

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