tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78428879966508060832024-03-13T14:10:49.818+00:00Castleknock Celtic Girls Soccer TeamsNews from the Castleknock Celtic under-12 Girls Soccer TeamBrian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-12158508027663919362010-06-13T19:47:00.001+01:002010-06-13T19:47:45.350+01:00End of Season party<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Everyone had great fun at our end of season party, even if some people ended up wetter than they expected. Here are a few pictures from the trophy presentation ceremony.<br/><embed height='192' width='288' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' flashvars='host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fbodonovan%2Falbumid%2F5480908359072017265%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US' src='http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'> </embed></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-49837267335458757302010-06-01T22:44:00.000+01:002010-06-02T12:02:11.636+01:00Narrow defeat in tightly fought cup final<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>This years cup final we a repeat of last years where we faced WFTA. The venue was St Joseph's in Salynoggin and we the girls were delighted to see their dressing room and pitch allocation displayed on the closed circuit television system in the club house.<br/><br/>WFTA started the match strongly and had several header which would have put them in the lead if it was not for some great saves from <b>Dani</b>. WFTA finally opened the scoring in the 14th minute, but <span style='font-weight: bold;'>Ellie</span> equalised 2 minutes later (16th). It stayed that way til half time.<br/><br/>The second half was only 2 minutes young when WFTA took the lead again. Castleknock fought bravely and <span style='font-weight: bold;'>Ciara</span> brought the sides level again in the 43rd minute. There was a penalty awarded 3 minutes later with only 4 minutes left to play when a WFTA player handled the ball. Our <i>player-of-the-match</i> <b>Emma</b> hit a perfect shot into the <br />bottom right hand corner, but the WFTA keeper managed to get a hand to <br />the ball and tap it wide. This seemed to give WFTA the encouragement <br />they needed and with us pressing forward for the winner WFTA broke away and scored with less than a minute left on the clock.<br/><br/>I know that some of the the girls were disappointed to lose, but they can be very proud of an excellent first season in the DWSL.We can celebrate on Wednesday evening when we will have our end of season party. I know that the voting for the player of the season is almost as close as the scoreing in the final.<br/><embed width='288' height='192' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' flashvars='host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fbodonovan%2Falbumid%2F5476684120833525489%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCKLS7s-9wtvMmAE%26hl%3Den_US' src='http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'> </embed></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-64217587180532014462010-05-28T17:07:00.001+01:002010-05-28T17:07:16.914+01:00End of season party scheduled for next Wednesday 2nd of June<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Because of the under 12 girls being in the final this weekend we have decided to postpone the end of season party to Wednesday next (2nd/June). This will be at the normal training time. Hopefully we will have a lovely trophy to add to the celebrations.<br/><br/>We need to get the <i>player of the year</i> votes and the €10 contributions in advance of the party. Hopefully everyone can bring them along to the cup final tomorrow.<br/></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-42313949136161877792010-05-28T08:04:00.001+01:002010-05-28T16:35:43.481+01:00Arrangements for the cup final<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>As <a href='http://www.castleknockceltic.com/news/MatchRprts/2009_10/12Girls/100526MtMerrionSemi.html'>reported on the club web site</a> we qualified for the cup final again this year by beating Mount Merrion 2-0. Like last year our opponents will be WFTA. Kick off is at 11am on Saturday (not Sunday as originally announced). The final will be held in <a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=53.273994,-6.143735&sll=53.375658,-6.377535&sspn=0.010266,0.018239&ie=UTF8&z=16'>Pearse Park in Salynoggin</a>, this is quite a distance away so we will meet up at 9:45 beside the all-weather pitches.<br/><br/>I am quietly confident that we can win the title this year. Hopefully we will have a full turn out of players and supporters.<br/><br/></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-75922176987038976232010-05-21T12:00:00.000+01:002010-05-21T12:00:00.203+01:00Playing Mount Merrion in the Semi-Final of the cup<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I just found out that we will be playing Mount Merrion in the semi-final of the cup. It will be a home match for us with kick-off at 6:45pm on Wednesday 26th of May. This will be a very tough match since Mount Merrion had a 100% record in the league (they were the only team to beat us). I hope we can have a great turn out for this match since we will need to have a full strength team for this vital match.<br/></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-69743590232545115372010-05-20T12:00:00.000+01:002010-05-20T12:45:46.008+01:00Castleknock edge past Dundalk in tightly fought cup quarter final.<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>We knew from our experience in the league that Dundalk FC would be tough opponents for our cup quarter final match. Dundalk started very strongly and managed to get into an early lead with a goal after 10 minutes. Castleknock fought back strongly and our <i>player-of-the-match</i> <b>Aoibheann Lynch</b> levelled the scores after 15 minutes. Unfortunately Dundalk hit back again with another goal shortly before half-time to leave the score at 2-1 going into the half-time.<img style='max-width: 800px; float: right; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;' src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_DqfDpfi9kKY/S_US71iX0rI/AAAAAAAAJBg/n6z5bT-oawM/%5BUNSET%5D.jpg?imgmax=800'/><br/><br/>Both sides had several chances in the second half, but when 22 minutes had passed without any more scores it looked like the match was going to end with a 2-1 victory for Dundalk. Then <b>Leah Byrne</b> brought the game back to life when she tapped home a cross from <b>Aoibheann</b> to level the scores at 2-2. The last few minutes of the match were very exciting with both sides attacking very strongly. Everyone was assuming that the match would go into extra time when <b>Ciara Brady</b> managed to connect with a corner and tap the ball into the Dundalk net.<br/><br/>It must have been a very sad bunch of players on the bus back to Dundalk, but at least they can be proud of the way they played in this very exciting match.<br/></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-58254793558631910642010-05-13T16:07:00.001+01:002010-05-13T16:31:12.595+01:00Decisive victory in match against Lucan United.<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>There was a lot at stake as we lined out against Lucan United since this match was counting as both a league and a cup match at the same time. Lucan turned up without a full team and so we agreed to play 7-a-side. Castleknock started very strongly when <b>Ciara Brady </b>scored a hat-trick within the first 10 minutes. <b>Laura</b> and <b>Emma</b> got the scoresheet shortly afterwards and then <b>Aoibheann</b> added 2 more goals to make the score 7-0 at half time.<br/><br/>Lucan were not disheartened by being behind and came out much stronger for the second half. In the first half <b>Ellie</b> had a very quiet time in goals, but <b>Hayley</b> who replaced her for teh second half was much busier and had to make some very dramatic saves. Nevertheless our forwards were also very busy attacking. <b>Ellie</b> made up for her quiet first half by scoring two goals before coming off with an injured hand. <b>Laura</b> stretched the lead to 10-0 and Lucan scored an own-goal before <b>Lucy Hanlon</b> closed off the scoring at 12-0.<br/><br/>This now completes our league fixtures. I don't know where we came yet because many of the other teams have not yet completed all their games. However, with such great results we are certain to be near the top. Our next cup match will be against Dundalk FC who beat Ratoath last night in their first round match.<br/></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-66085059073166073292010-05-10T10:58:00.001+01:002010-05-10T10:58:28.955+01:00Final League match and start of cup campaign<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>On Wednesday evening we will play host to Lucan United. This match will kick off at the slightly earlier time than usual of 6:15pm which means that we will need to meet up at Porterstown at 6pm to get ready. This will be the last match of our league campaign (where it looks likely that we will be in second place) and the match will also count as the first round of our cup campaign.<br/></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-12739250058288461912010-05-06T10:03:00.001+01:002010-05-06T10:03:25.214+01:00Decisive 5-1 victory over WFTA<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img width='159' height='176' src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_DqfDpfi9kKY/S-KEEaZgVAI/AAAAAAAAI_c/oECw7meS7Nk/%5BUNSET%5D.jpg?imgmax=800' style='max-width: 800px; float: right; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;'/>It was a lovely summer evening when our old rivals WFTA came to Porterstown for a DWSL league match. Initially the match started off very level, with both Castleknock and WFTA having several scoring chances. However, after 24 minutes <b>Ciara</b> dribbled most of the length of the pitch before launching a rocket of a shot. The WFTA keeper saved the initial shot, but she wasn't able to hold onto the ball and <b>Laura</b> was on hand to slot the ball into the back of the net to give Castleknock a narrow lead. Shortly afterwards <b>Laura</b> had another narrow miss, but the score stayed at 1-0 at half time.<br/><br/>Castleknock came out much more strongly for the second half. Our goalie <b>Dani</b> kicked a long ball to <b>Aoibheann</b> who dribbled the ball into the box and unleashed a great shot. The WFTA keeper was not able to hold onto the ball and once again <b>Laura</b> was on hand to stretch out lead to 2-0. About 2 minutes later <b>Laura</b> scored again to earn her a hat trick and the title of <i>player-of-the-match</i>. <br/><br/>WFTA did their best to get back into the game, but <b>Dani</b> was in top form in the Castleknock goal and they only managed to score a single goal to bring the socre back to 3-1. Towards the end of the match, <b>Leah</b> and <b>Ciara</b> got a goal each to stretch the lead to 5-1 to put the result beyond doubt.<br/></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-43739217974998554782010-05-05T11:50:00.001+01:002010-05-05T11:50:05.120+01:00DWSL Cup Draw announced<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I have just received notification of the draw for the DWSL under 12 shield. In the first round we are drawn against Lucan United at home. Kick-off is at 6:45pm on Wednesday next 12th of May. Click <a href='https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B8BdZKg-yLLeZjIyYWVhMGEtZTIzOS00YmI3LWFkMTAtOGY1MzM3OGFmYTNm&hl=en_GB'>here</a> to see the full draw.<br/></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-71752135849700228042010-04-29T18:51:00.000+01:002010-04-29T21:32:42.586+01:00Castleknock under 12 girls are runners-up in the Enniskerry "Belles in the Meadow" Blitz<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>It was a beautiful sunny day when we travelled to Enniskerry for the <i>Belles in the Meadow blitz </i>competition. Due to the early start the girls were still rubbing the sleep out of their eyes as we lined out against Valeview in our first match. However, <b>Emma</b> proved that she was fully awake when she opened the scoring after only 2 minutes. After 6 minutes <b>Aoibheann</b> stretched the lead to 2-0 and then <b>Emma</b> scored again to give us a 3-0 lead at half time. Immediately after the restart <b>Aoibheann</b> socred again to make it 4-0. As the match was ending <b>Laura</b> polished off a great result with a goal that took the score to 5-0.<br/><br/>Our second match was against Firhouse Carmel. <b>Ciara</b> gave us the lead after 7 minutes and then <b>Aoibheann</b> made it 2-0 a minute later. In the second half Aoibheann put her name on the score-sheet again and stretched the lead to 3-0.<br/><br/>Our final match in the group stages was against St Catherines who proved to be the strongest opposition. <b>Emma</b> gave us an early lead, but St Catherines replied straight away to level the score to 1-1. A few minutes later <b>Ciara</b> hit a great shot which rebounded off the keeper and then <b>Ellie</b> put it in the back of the net. Both <b>Ellie</b> and <b>Aoibheann</b> has several near misses but the score was still 2-1 at half time. St Catherines attacked strongly in the second half, but <b>Lucy</b> and <b>Catherine</b> were very strong in defence. Our goalkeeper <b>Dani</b> was also very busy , but luckily for us she was in top form. It was very tight in second half until <b>Aoibheann</b> dribbled the length of the pitch and scoeed a gaol to put the score at 3-1 and seal the top of the table position for us.<br/><br/>In the semi-final we were drawn against the host team Enniskerry. Castleknock dominated the possession in the first half, but the ball didn't seem to want to go into the net and hence the score was still 0-0 at half time. When the second hald started Castleknock seemed to hit their stride. <b>Ellie</b> put us into the lead straight from the kick-off and <b>Ciara</b> followed up with another goal to make the score 2-0. Aoibheann was in flying form and scored a hat-trick to give us a 5 goal lead. <b>Catherine</b> was keen to get in on the act and added a final goal to make the score 6-0.<br/><br/>We had only a few minutes break before we had to come out to face Mount Merrion in the Final. Our tired legs began to show and after 4 minutes Mount Merrion went into the lead. Castleknock attacked strongly for the rest of the match and <b>Emma</b> hit the post several times, but the Mount Merrion defence held firm and the match ended with a 1-0 victory to Mount Merrion.<br/><br/>Overall I think it was a great day out and everyone enjoyed the sunshine and the disco music that was playing all day long. We can be very proud of this result and I think we will definitely be back again when this competition is held next year.<br/><br/><embed width='288' height='192' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' flashvars='host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fbodonovan%2Falbumid%2F5463999393040130833%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US' src='http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'> </embed> <br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=e2df6646-14dd-8c96-bc61-dfeb92bd5a42' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-48489725129301060162010-04-26T22:32:00.000+01:002010-04-26T22:40:35.235+01:00Gaynor Cup Trials<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><span style=''>The following notice was placed on the NDSL web site about the start of trials for the Gaynor cup. It seems that training has already commenced, but I am sure Carlie will allow late entry if anyone is interested:<br/></span><blockquote><span style=''>Trials for the girls North Dublin Gaynor Cup will commence on Sunday 18<sup>th </sup>April on the All Weather pitch at the Oscar Traynor Centre Coolock. U/14 Girls (1996-1997) will start at 3.30pm.<strong style=''>Girls born in 1998 or</strong> <strong style=''>1999 are not eligible to participate.</strong> U/16 Girls (1994-1995) will commence at 5.30pm. All attending must have a full Soccer kit including boots and shinguards. All clubs who wish to send players forward for the trials are requested to submit players and managers details no later than Wednesday 14<sup>th</sup> April to carliefitz@eircom.net</span><br/></blockquote><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=6104d095-3d9b-8f93-a012-e5d65e30456a' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-53502612246008327172010-04-23T18:55:00.001+01:002010-04-26T13:02:37.603+01:00Narrow defeat in top of the table clash<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>It was a top of the table clash when we travelled to Stillorgan for our match against Mount Merrion FC. Prior to the game we were at the top of the table and Mount Merrion were in second place. The pitch was very small so it was clear that this was going to be a tight match in more ways than one.<br/><br/>After 9 minutes Aoibheann scored a great goal to give Castleknock an early lead. However, Mount Merrion scored two lucky goals on 10 and 13 minutes to give them a 2-1 lead which they managed to hold until half-time<br/><br/>The second half had barely started when a Mount Merrion cross was diverted into the goals to stretch their lead to 3-1. But, Castleknock were not willing to concede defeat. After 9 minutes Emma hit a rocket of a shot into the Mount Merrion goal. The goalie was not able to hold onto the ball and Aoibheann was on hand to slot the ball into the net and to pull the score back to 3-2. For the rest of the match Castleknock attacked strongly, but despite our best efforts the ball would not go into the net and the match ended with a Mount Merrion victory.<br/><embed width='288' height='192' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf' flashvars='host=picasaweb.google.com&captions=1&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fbodonovan%2Falbumid%2F5463063341514419169%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'> </embed> <br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=221a934f-41f3-8e2b-984a-b14c70ed7d4a' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-6448112800114950042010-04-21T17:05:00.001+01:002010-04-21T17:05:56.005+01:00Weekend Blitz in Enniskerry<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>We will be taking part in the "Belles in the Meadow" soccer tournament. This is an all female soccer blitz which is held in the <a href='http://www.bogmeadow.com/pitches.htm'>Bog Meadow pitch</a> in Enniskerry and is normally great fun. There are tournaments for several age groups. Castleknock will be entering teams into the under 12 competition on Saturday (24th of April) and the under 14 competition on Sunday (25th of April).<br/><br/>We need to register our team in Enniskerry at 9:15am. Since this is a long trip we will meet up beside the all weather pitches at 8:45am. If you are going to be travelling directly to Enniskerry please let us know so that we don't waste valuable time in the morning waiting for players who are not going to come. Players should wear their full paying gear including shin guards, but should also bring a track suit to change into for the gaps between matches.<br/><br/>The Blitz and the prize giving ceremony will be over by 6pm. It is a long day, so girls should bring a packed lunch and/or bring money to purchase refreshments from the stalls which will be set up at the Blitz.<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=aa25dddd-041a-8416-8880-e049232760c5' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-6093348131059020782010-04-20T15:59:00.001+01:002010-04-20T15:59:42.765+01:00Mount Merrion Match postponed from Wednesday to Thursday<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>The match against Mount Merrion which was originally scheduled for Wednesday evening has been postponed to Thursday evening because many of our players were involved in the confirmation ceremony of light on Wednesday. The kick-off will be at the same time (7:30pm) in St. Raphaels secondary school on Stillorgan Heath, just off the Upper Kilmacud Road. We will meet at 6:30pmbeside the all weather pitch.<br/><br/>The under 15 girls will be training at 7pm on Wednesday evening in Porterstown. If any of the under 12 players who are not involved in the confirmation event they are more than welcome to come along and join the training.<br/><br/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=a0219db4-1350-8cdc-95bb-2278f8217b24' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-41634840733435906792010-04-19T16:15:00.001+01:002010-04-19T16:15:45.115+01:00Lots of activity<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>We have an under 12 away match against Mount Merrion on Wednesday (21st of April). Kick-off is at 7:30pm in the St Raphael's school on Stillorgan Heath. This is quite a long drive so we will need to meet up beside the all weather pitches at 6:30pm. Many of our players will be involved in the confirmation "Ceremony of Light" so we will need a full turn out of all other players.<br/><br/>At the weekend we will be taking part in the "Belles of the Meadow" blitz tournament in Enniskerry. Apparently this is a great fun tournament, hopefully the good weather will last until then. The under 12s will be playing on Saturday and the under 14s will play on Sunday. The tournament will go on all day and we will send you more information later in the week.. In order to help prepare for this we are arranging an additional training session on Tuesday night between 7pm and 8:30pm in <b>Porterstown</b>.<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=b47c52b9-647a-88ce-b2b1-190253021076' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-34352388568735467042010-04-07T14:36:00.001+01:002010-04-07T14:36:52.968+01:00Training on All Weather pitch tonight<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Last week we announced that we were going to switch to training on grass this week. However, the recent rain has caused the Laurel Lodge Green to become waterlogged and too muddy for training. As a result we will train on the All-weather pitches tonight (but at the earlier time of 7-8pm). <br/><br/>I know that many of you will still be on Easter holidays, but hopefully we can get a decent turnout.<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=d837b89c-207c-8461-a2a3-bb935ea2d8ab' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-69099026080194989532010-03-28T08:26:00.001+01:002010-03-28T08:26:05.123+01:00Lucan match off<p>Lucan called to say that they are unable to field a team because some of their players are on a club trip to watch Manchester v Bolton.</p> <p>It is a pity that we have matches called off two weekends in a row with good weather. :-(</p> Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-74366042914083572422010-03-25T10:52:00.000+00:002010-03-25T13:21:57.676+00:00Away match against Lucan United on Sunday next<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Our next match is an away match against Lucan United next Sunday (28th of March). The match will take place at their pitch at <a href='http://www.lucanunitedfc.com/location.html'>Airlie Heights, Dodsboro, Lucan</a>. Kick-off is at 1pm and we will meet up at 12:15pm besdie the all weather pitches to give us a chance to get there in good time. Since we are now top of the league table all the other teams will be keen to beat us so we will need to ensure we hang on to the top position.<br/><br/>Our training next Wednesday (31st of March) will be our last one on the All-Weather pitch On the following Wednesday (7th of April) we will switch to training on grass because the longer evenings mean we will no longer need to use the All-weather pitch. Our training will be held at the earlier time 7-8pm to make the most of the available light.<br/></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-66359685065212633712010-03-20T13:13:00.002+00:002010-03-20T13:14:46.280+00:00Cabinteely are unable to field a teamThe Cabinteely trainer contacted me to say that they are unable to field a team and so they are giving us a walk over.Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-6974132118135222312010-03-18T12:42:00.001+00:002010-03-18T12:42:22.442+00:00Match v Cabinteely on Sunday<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I hope everyone had a nice day yesterday. For a change the St Patrick's day parade was held in bright sunshine.<br/><br/>This weekend we have a home game against Cabinteeley. Kick-off is at 12:15pm on <u><b>Sunday</b></u> (not Saturday as I accidentally sent notifications about). We should meet up in the club house in Porterstown by 11:45am at the latest.<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=fc627f99-6460-87fc-81f8-318e3e770059' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-22653866567097419172010-03-06T16:29:00.001+00:002010-03-06T16:29:37.672+00:00Narrow 2-1 vistory against Peamount<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I was a lovely spring day as the girls traveled to Newcastle to take on Peamount United. The first half was very tight. Although Castleknock had many chances it was Peamount who went into the half-time break with a slender 1-0 lead. In the second half Castleknock fought back bravely, but the Peamount goalkeeper played a great game. Eventually <b>Emma Boyle</b> and <b>Catherine Leahy</b> scored goals to give Castleknock a 2-1 victory.<br/><br/><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_DqfDpfi9kKY/S5KCrdo9n6I/AAAAAAAAIs0/aM7ueBajJfw/%5BUNSET%5D.jpg?imgmax=800' style='max-width: 800px;'/>This was a great team performance and so it was hard to pick a <i>player-of-the-match</i>. Eventually it was decided that<b> Ellie Widle</b> was most deserving of this honour for her tireless efforts up front.<br/></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-69985783721010403272010-03-04T14:50:00.000+00:002010-03-04T14:53:21.559+00:00Match against Peamount and Spring Sports Prediction competition<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Our under 12 match against Peamount has been scheduled for a 1pm kick-off on Saturday (6th of March). This is an away match and will be held in the Greenogue Ind. Est., Newcastle, Co. Dublin - this is a long drive so we will need to meet up at 12 noon beside the all weather pitch. I know that this time might not suit everyone, but there is limited times when the pitch is available. <br/><br/>The parents may be interested to know that the club is holding a Spring Sports Prediction competition. Click <a href='http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg9dxsr_231fmw9p3gv'>here</a> for an entry form which gives more details of what is involved.</div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-54832867856855177042010-02-26T12:18:00.001+00:002010-02-26T12:20:22.590+00:00WFTA match called offOur match against WFTA this weekend has been called off because the pitch is unplayable.Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842887996650806083.post-35607782992600640032010-02-24T21:44:00.001+00:002010-02-24T21:44:30.103+00:00Away match against WFTA on Saturday morning<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Our next u12 match in DWSL is an away match against our old rivals WFTA in Kildonan Road. Kick-off is scheduled for 11am on <u><b>Saturday</b></u> morning. We should all meet up at 10:15am beside the all weather picth.<br/></div>Brian O'Donovan (BOD)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10652457466416412942noreply@blogger.com0