The Reel Picture Cinema sponsored Academy is back every Saturday at Scoil Eoin’s pitch from Saturday 4th September 2010. The Academy is open to boys and girls aged between 5 years of age and 10 years of age. Please make sure that your child has their football boots and shinguards and a drink. With the growing number of children joining Ballincollig Academy every year, we would benefit with extra coaches at the training sessions. The Academy is run under the F.A.I Kickstart 1 + 2 which teaches the children the basics of soccer through fun drills and small sided games.
The first few weeks are always hectic so make sure to come down about ten minutes early to ensure there are no delays. The allocated time for the different age groups are listed below:
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Year Born
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Time
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2000
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11.00 – 12.30
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2001
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2.00 – 3.00
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2002
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11.00 – 12.00
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2003
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2.00 – 3.00
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2004
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12.45 – 1.45
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2005
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12.45 – 1.45
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We finally have our own pitches. Games will be played on them at the start of the season and forever more. What do you think we should call them?
From the Dirty Tackle Blog
You beat half the opposition’s team and slotted the ball past the keeper. Now what do you do? Well if you’re stuck for ideas for the coming season you can get inspiration from what Stjarnan from Iceland have been doing recently:
Have you caught a fish?
Why not do a Rambo impression on your team mates?
An impromptu ballroom dance lesson. Former UCC Dance Club Captain Steven Day to offer lessons apparently…
I give up. Marching band?
Training for the Senior and Junior Men’s teams has started again. New players are more than welcome and will find the teams training on Tuesdays and Thursdays down in the Regional Park. Michael McNulty, Senior Team Manager, can be contacted on 087-2340848 while Michael Gallahue, Junior Team Manager, can be contacted on 087-9839203
A big thank you to the Reel Picture for their continued sponsorship of the Academy. Their support enables us to provide a safe and secure but most of all fun place for all the young children of Ballincollig to learn the basics of the game.
Academy
U7s CSL Non Competitive League
Ballincollig v Corinthians
The Ballincollig Under 7s played their last game of the season on Saturday June 5th down in the Regional Park. The first period was and even enough contest with Ballincollig defending well. Mark Oldham volunteered to be the keeper for the match and he was outstanding throughout. He had to make some great saves including an early double save from the Corinthians attackers. Paraic O’Keeffe was handed the central midfield role and whilst performing his defensive duties he also had time for the odd sortie forward, including a shot or two on goal, only to be denied by the keeper. Luke and Brook were doing well in midfield while Sean and Jordan were rock solid in defence. Jamie Slavin worked tirelessly up front on a very warm evening. Unfortunately late on a mishit defensive header fell kindly to a Corinthians striker who let Mark with no chance of saving it.
For the second period a new defensive duo of Alex Hill and Ryan Crowley were introduced with Justin and Gabriel moving into midfield. Ballincollig had to defend for most of this period too, with Justin and Gabriel dropping back to help out their defenders. Brook and Jamie combined well for a couple of rare attacks, but again Ballincollig were unlucky to accidentally set up a Corinthians attacker for an easy shot without him having to break his stride. Alex and Ryan regrouped and defended very well for the rest of this period. Mark in goal was again outstanding playing as a sweeper at times clearing his lines and we lost count of the number of saves that he made in this period.
For the last period Alex continued his defensive partnership, despite taking a nasty knock just before the interval, with Ryan and Sean and Jordan returning in midfield and Luke was given his chance up front. Corinthians started with a flurry of activity, thanks to a “super sub”, and banged in three goals in just as many minutes before Ballincollig had even had a chance to settle. Despite this Ballincollig didn’t give up with Luke having an early shot on goal. With only about eight minutes to go the come back began with Luke and Justin combining nicely in attack resulting in Justin scoring a hat-trick and narrowly missing another. Jordan imposed himself in midfield and Alex and Mark dominated the defence, with Mark making yet more great saves.
Again it was a great end to a game and one that was filled with excitement. Man of the Match was a close contest with Justin this week picking up the hat-trick, Alex was outstanding in defence in the last two periods, but the coaches agreed that for his great saves throughout the game, and especially for keeping us in the game in the middle period, Mark Oldham was this weeks Man of the Match.
All the lads have improved greatly over the course of the season and have provided us with some great entertainment. The Under 7s coaches would like to thank all the players and their parents for their time, effort and support this season and we hope to see you all back in September after a much deserved summer break.
The Annual General Meeting of Ballincollig AFC will take place on Thursday the 10th of June in the Oriel House Hotel at 8.00 p.m. There will be reports from the officers as well as election of new officers to the Committee. It’s a chance for you to have your say on how your club is run.
The Fureys
The Fureys play in the Oriel House Hotel on Saturday the 12th of June in association with Ballincollig Soccer Club. Tickets cost 25 EUR and the doors open at 9.00 p.m. If you want to order tickets you can contact the Oriel House on 021-4208400 or any Committee member. Playing all their hits over the course of the night you can be sure you’ll enjoy it and there will be a signed jersey from cross-channel team available as a raffle prize
Academy
U7s CSL Non Competitive League
Wilton v Ballincollig
Last Saturday, May 22nd, the opposition for the Ballincollig Under 7s was Wilton. The first period saw Ballincollig start well enough, although it was difficult for both sides due to the intense heat. Jamie Slavin returned in goal while Cillian Kierse and Darragh Moriarty continued their new defensive partnership. Alex Hill, Luke O’Sullivan and Scott Kelly were in midfield and Mark Oldham, captain for the match, was given his opportunity up front. Ballincollig had the best of things early on with Scott controlling the play nicely from midfield. Some nice passing between Alex, Mark and Luke saw Alex force a corner when the Wilton keeper made a great save, and then later he hit the post and also had a shot go wide. Wilton stepped up a gear and had Ballincollig defending, with Scott dropping back to help out in the left back position. Jamie made a couple of good saves and Darragh and Cillian were closing down well. Then unfortunately Wilton scored a couple within a minute as Ballincollig failed to clear their lines, leaving Jamie with no chance of saving them. Jamie did make a great save soon after, from an overhead kick. Ballincollig finished the stronger with Alex setting up Luke and Mark for a shot on goal just before the interval.
The second period saw Ballincollig get an early corner, which Alex took, and he curled it beautifully into the net. Unfortunately though it didn’t count as it went in without anyone else touching it and scoring direct from a corner isn’t allowed at this level, hard luck Alex. Bryan Smith was introduced up from with Robbie Walsh and Gabriel Czubak coming into midfield, but they spent most of their time defending as Ballincollig spent more time defending that attacking. Darragh continued to have an excellent game at the back and Jamie making some brave saves, to the point of throwing himself on the ball at the feet of an attacker. Bryan had the only real Ballincollig chances in this period, after having been put through by Luke and then by Robbie, but the keeper saved. Wilton finally made the pressure tell though, with only a few minutes to go, first they scored an amazing first time left footed volley from a corner, poor Jamie never had a chance. Then a bit of confusion in the Ballincollig defence saw a back pass result in an own goal.
For the last period Cillian and Mark were brought back into midfield and Scott came into defence alongside Gabriel. Bryan scored almost straight from the kick off to get Ballincollig off to a great start only to then see Wilton catch them out straight away as they scored their fifth. Ballincollig never gave up though and dominated from here on in. Scott started to control the play nicely from defence/midfield, intercepting the ball and setting up the attackers time and time again. Bryan had a number of chances but each time was unlucky to be on his weaker foot. Mark and Robbie played well and Cillian racked up a quick hat-trick giving Ballincollig a great chance of an amazing comeback, but with Wilton on the rack we ran out of time.
What a great end to the game and what entertainment. Man of the Match was a close contest with Cillian picking up a hat-trick, Darragh outstanding in defence in the first two periods and Jamie did well in goal, but for his tireless efforts in the first period and for controlling the final period so well Scott gets the nod in a close contest. Good recovery lads.
