Mrs Sheila Guerin,
Woodstock Golf & Country Club
presents a cheque to League Registrar Mr
Gerry Woods for sponsorship of this league.
CSSL
U10 & U13 Girls Soccer Blitz 2006/07
The under 10s kicked off the blitz in style, with some great performances
by the five clubs involved – Lifford, who entered two teams, Connolly
Celtic, Mountshannon and Moneypoint.
Each team played each other once, with matches lasting a duration of ten
minutes. Moneypoint proved to be the strongest team in the competition and
went through it unbeaten and with a 100% winning record but the emphasis
was on fun, and that was something Mountshannon’s Amy Barrett enjoyed the
most:
“I really like playing soccer because it’s really good fun. I play with my
friends, we train a lot and it’s really good. The matches went well and we
all just want to play some more games.”
Next up was the under 13s and there were six teams in all in this event –
Connolly Celtic, Bridge United and Lifford all entering two teams. It was
run on a League basis, where the team which collected the most amount of
points won it out and that proved to be Lifford.
Connolly Celtic’s Katie Cahill liked the blitz: “I was very happy to play
in it. I would like if something like this was held again because we get
to play matches and improve.
Bridge United and Lifford are strong opponents and we like testing
ourselves against them. I have friends in these clubs and it’s always nice
to be able to play against them.”
So, congratulations to all teams who participated on the day and to the
players, who did themselves and their clubs proud. There are plans to run
further blitzes for girls, especially at the younger age groups but these
will be held after Christmas at the earliest.
Connolly Celtic U10's
Moneypoint U10's
Mountshannon U10's
CSSL
U15 Girls Soccer Blitz 2005/06
Four U15 girls teams competed in a
soccer blitz held at Lees Rd on Sunday. The four clubs, Newtown, Connolly
Celtic, Bridge Utd and Lifford are affiliated to the Clare Schoolboys and
Schoolgirls Soccer League and will commence a league competition in
January.
Schoolgirls
soccer was last played in Clare in the late eighties and early nineties,
following on from the Community Games success of teams such as Cloughleigh
at County, Munster and National level. U14 and U16 teams from Cloughleigh
Celtic, Lifford, Newmarket Celtic, Kilkishen Celtic and Newtown among
others, competed in league, cup and blitz competitions. These leagues
continued through U17 and youths with two divisions of a Senior league
played during the same period.
Mrs Sheila Guerin,
Woodstock Golf
& Country Club presented a cheque to the League Registrar Mr. Gerry Woods
for sponsorship of this league.
CSSL intends to
extend competitions to other age groups in the coming seasons, where
interest is expressed from clubs. Any club interested in entering a team
in the U15 league competition should contact the CSSL registrar or any
member of the league as soon as possible.
There were some
excellent team displays and individual performances in the six friendly
matches played on astro turf. Newtown had mixed fortunes with their
results, having a win, draw and loss in their three matches. Ciara Hannon
was their star performer while Chloe Neylon and Daniel Purtill were among
their goalscorers. Brendan Wall’s team performed well on Sunday and are
looking forward to the commencement of the league.
Despite losing
their matches, Bridge Utd had some promising performances from Niamh
Corry, Bernadette Crowe, Katie Connor and goalkeeper Leona Murphy. With a
little more match practice, Margaret O’Hallorans side will prove difficult
to beat in the league.
Mike Hehir’s
Connolly Celtic have a panel of 22 players and all were eager to impress.
Shona Enright scored all three of their goals in the blitz as they
defeated Bridge Utd and drew with Lifford and Newtown. Lisa Kennedy, Sarah
Reidy, Orla Keane and Aine Keane also played well.
Damien Walsh’s young Lifford side proved too strong for
Newtown and Bridge Utd and played out a scoreless draw with Connolly
Celtic. Saoirse Lenihan, Naoimi Carroll and Laurie Ryan were among their
goalscorers while Roisin McMahon and Shauna Woods were excellent.
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Photographs Courtesy of Flann T. Howard
CSSL
Selection of photos from
Girls U15 Blitz played @ Lees Road 11/12/2005
