Castleknock u12s gain narrow victory over WFTA in top of the table clash

It was a beautiful sunny day when we lined out for our last leage match of the season against WFTA. Both teams were very keen to win after draws in our last two encounters.

Both sides attacked strongly and Leah Byrne played a great debut performance. Eventually our efforts were rewarded when Catherine Leahy put Castleknock into the lead with a scorcing shot from the edge of the penalty box in the dying minutes of the first half.

WFTA threw everything into attack, but Lucy Hanlon made sure our defence was well organised. Player of the match was Fiona Fitzgerald who had a brilliant performance in goals. She kept a clean sheet and the final score was 1-0.

All the team can be very proud of a great first season in NDSL girls section. It has been a pleasure working with such a great team and I hope you all have a nice summer break before coming back for an even better second season.

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Training time moved forward to 6:15pm

We decided to move forward the time for training tomorrow (Wednesday) due to the fact that we suspect some of you might want to watch the UEFA Champions League final. We should be finished at 7:30pm so you will be able to be home in time for the 7:45pm kick-off.

I hope we will have a good turn out of the under 12 especially because we have our last league match on Thursday evening. It is a home gave against WFTA with a 7pm kick-off (meet up at 6:30 pm).

Help needed fitting out new clubhouse

Many of you probably noticed the fact that the new clubhouse at Porterstown is now almost complete. Unfortunately the government withdrew the grant that had been promised from the Lottery funding due to the economic crisis.

Since the club no longer has enough money to pay the building contractor for all the work agreed, the club has been forced to agree that a number of tasks required to complete the clubhouse will not now be done by the contractor. The tasks involve things like installing electrical fixtures, plumbing of the showers in the dressing rooms, installing seating etc..

It would be a shame not to be able to use the clubhouse when it is so near to being complete. Unfortunately all possible sources of funding have been tapped already, so the club is hoping that some parents who have trades will volunteer to step into the breech. The trades required are electricians, plumbers, carpenters and tile fitters.

If anyone is able to help, they should contact Tony Jordan, 5 Castleknock Meadows, ph 8217879 or 087 6535354.

Publicity in Gazette

Check out this week's Castleknock Gazette page 53 has a report on our cup final and a picture.

Match against WFTA postponed

The under 12 match against WFTA which was scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to the WFTA coaches being on a course for the weekend. The match is probably going to be a 7pm kick-off on Thursday 28th of May, but we will be in touch before then to confirm.

Schedule for the week

Carly from the NDSL asked me to remind you that the final trial for the Gaynor cup team will take place this evening (Tuesday) at 6:30pm in the Oscar Traynor centre in Coolock.

We will have our own training tomorrow (Wednesday) from 7-8:30pm on Laurel Lodge green.

The under 12 team will have their final league match on Saturday with a home match against WFTA. Kick-off is at 11am, so the team should meet up in Porterstown at 10:30am. The under 14 team have no match at the weekend.

I believe that this weeks edition of the Castleknock Gazette will feature a report on our cup final match against WFTA, so maybe you might look out for that.

Trainning cancelled today(Saturday)

It rained through the night last night and so the ground is very wet in Porterstown, therefore we decided to cancel our training session this morning.

I hope we will see a good turn out for training on Wednesday since the Gaynor Cup squad training has been moved to Tuesday night. The under 12 team will probably have our last match in the league against WFTA next Saturday so we need to ensure we are well prepared to meet our old rivals avain.

No training tonight (wedneday)

There will be no training tonite and no matches on Saturday.

We'll have training on Saturday instead in Porterstown from 11 to 12.30. Hope to see you there.

Under 14 girls keep 100% record

U14 girls make it 7 out of 7 in league with an impressive, strong 5-2 win away to St Josephs East Wall.

Louise O'Connor opened the scoring in the 11th min. Further goals from Joy Guinane (18), Megan Naughton (24) and Hannah Hanlon (29) made it 4-0 before the home side pulled one back in injury time to make it 1-4 at half time.

With the strong wind at their backs in the 2nd half it was no surprise that Joeys made it 2-4 in the 43r min but Megan's 2nd in the 53rd sealed the win. With great performances from all players it was hard to name girl of the match but the honour was well earned by goalie Nicole McAuley.

Castleknock narrowly beatten in epic final battle

It was a beautiful sunny day when Castleknock and WFTA lined out for the under 12 girls NDSL cup final. It was clear that this was going to be a tight battle, becuase the teams had drawn in the qualifying rounds. However, neither side played a defensive game with both teams attacking constantly.

Both sides had plenty of shots on target in the first half.

Niamh O'Donovan and Catherine Leahy kept the WFTA defence busy, but WFTA were the only team to score with a well taken shot from the edge of the penalty box in the 10th minute.

The second half was only a few minutes old when Emma Boyle levelled the score 1-1. Both teams battled hard to break the deadlock. AnneMarie Troy and Lucy Hanlon played a great game in defence, but Hayley Dixon still had a worrying number of chances to show off her goalkeeping skills. Nevertheless, the game ended without any further scores.

Since, this was the cup final, we went to extra time. Toward the end of the first half of extra time, a cross into the box took a lucky deflection off the back of a WFTA player into the Castleknock net. Castleknock threw their entire team into attack but were unable to pull back level.

WFTA were worthy champions, but Castleknock can be rightly proud of coming runners-up in their first season in Ladies soccer. Well done everyone!!!

Training time moved forward to 6pm

We have moved the time of training this weekend to 6pm to 7:30pm so that Peter can be home in time to see Chelsea play Barcelona in the champions league semi-final.

I hope we have a good turn out for training this week because the under 12s need to prepare for the cup final match on Saturday. This match will take place at the Oscar Traynor centre in Coolock, kick-off is at 2pm, but due to the fact that this is a final we have been asked to be there by 1pm at the latest. Players should wear full match gear and bring both boots and runners.

Players who are unsure how to get there should meet up beside the all-weather pitch at 12:30 and we can travel in convoy. Anyone who wants to go directly there can do so, but please let me know so that we won't be hanging around waiting for you.

U14 girls continue their winning run in the league

U14 girls only had 9 players for their visit to Willows but played superbly to take the points with a 7-1 win. Girl of the match Aisling Hoey scored 4. Megan Naughton, Katie Byrne and Joy Guinane completed the scoring in an excellent team performance. Credit also to the Willows team for playing their part in a very sporting game. Their 'never say die' attitude earned them the record of being the first team to score a league goal against us.

Weekend fixtures off due to Porterstown being declared unplayable

I have just found out that the county council have declared the Poerterstown pitches unplayable and hence our match against WFTA tomorrow will have to be canceled.

Updates to our fixtures

The under 14 team have no match this weekend because the scheduled fixture against Willow FC has already been played. This is probably just as well because I think many players will be involved in the GAA Féile.

The kick-off time for our under 12 match against WFTA has been postponed to 1:15pm to facilitate the referee. Since we will play WFTA in the cup final on Saturday 9th of May, this match will be vital preparation. I hope we have a full team turn out.