Junior Club Honours:
1989/90
- Munster Junior Cup Clare Area
1990/91 - Premier Shield & Runners-up in Cheers Cup Final
1992/93 - Munster Junior Cup Clare Area Final
1996/97 - FAI Junior Cup Clare Area & Division 1 Shield
1997/98 - Division 1 Shield
Youths:
Turnpike
Rovers have had a youths team since 1981. The first managers were Francie
Roche & Martin Guerin. In their first 2 seasons they were not very
successful at this level. However in the 1983/84 season John Pyne took
charge as manager and in his first season in charge captured the youths
league, shield & FAI youths Clare area. The team had a great run in the
FAI competition outside of Clare. They beat Oldbridge (Clonmel) 2 - 1
after a replay. They beat TEK (Dublin) 1 - 0 in Dublin. They were
eventually beaten at the 1/4 final stage 4 - 1 by Athlone in St Mel's Park
who were the eventual winners that year.
Youths Club Honours:
1984/85 - Youth league & Newmarket Tournament
1985/86 - Clare area FAI Youths Cup beaten 2-1 by Oldbridge
(Clonmel) in the latter stages of the FAI Youths competition.
1986/87 - T his was a great year for Turnpike Youths. Their first
final was the Shield final against their neighbours Hermitage. At the
interval "The Tage" led 3-0 and things looked bleak for "The Pike" A hat
trick in the second half for Brian Pyne brought the game to extra time and
Brian completed his tally to four in the second period of extra time to 4
to give Turnpike victory. Their next final was the Munster Clare area
final but they were beaten 5-3 on penalties by Kilrush. Next came the
Clare area final where they beat Newmarket Celtic 6-1. They also won the
Youths league loosing only I game in the process and that was to Lifford.
Five members of the team were selected for the Clare Oscar Traynor youth's
panel. Brian Pyne scored twice in Clare's 4-3 defeat of Tipperary.
1987/88 - Youths Cup & League. FAI Clare area final, Munster Youths
Cup Clare area final.
1990/91 - Youths Cup
1991/92 - Youths league & Munster youth's Clare area.
1992/93 - Won Munster Youth's Clare area, lost Munster youth's
final against Oldbridge (Clonmel) & lost youth's cup to Lifford.
Schoolboys Honours:
1985 - U12
league
1986 - U14 league
1991 - U16 league
1996 - U11 Cup
1998 - Beaten in U11 Cup final by Cloughleigh Celtic
"More facts about the
Pike"
In the 1984/85 season
Turnpike Rovers had the distinction of having two of their players named
"players" of the year for Clare Soccer. They were Colm Fitzgerald & Derek
McGann who was named "youth's player of the year". Over the years
Turnpike Rovers had always a representative on the Clare Oscar Traynor
team. In that season Brain Pyne was a starter in all Clare games.
Turnpike Rovers would like to acknowledge the kind
sponsorship of:-
Altered Images Hair Studio; The Diamond Bar; Tony's Fashion's;
Jim O'Dowd's Foodstore; Michael Guerin's Foodstore;
John Casey & Co Solicitors; Clare Fruit & Veg Market Turnpike Road;
The Queen's Hotel; Mid West Tiles & Fireplaces; & Almer's Rest
