Youths Team
Daly Industrial Supplies-Stihl League 1
Regional Park, Saturday 27th March 2010, 2.30 p.m.
Ballincollig 2 – 3 Midleton
Heartbreak for Ballincollig as the promotion chasing Midleton snatched all three points in the last few minutes of injury time.
Ballincollig got off to a bad start conceding a goal from the kick off. However after soaking up intense pressure from a very fast and skilful forward line, Ballincollig got back into the match and were awarded a free kick inside the box following a back pass. Midleton put a wall of 10 players but the free kick was expertly taken by Aaron Cooney to level the scores. Midleton went ahead in the second half and were unlucky not to have gone further ahead. But to the credit of this Ballincollig team they never give up and following some excellent passing moves Brian Daniels swung an excellent corner kick straight into the Midleton net.
Both sides had chances but with time gone it looked like a draw was the likely result. However the referee played an unexplainable additional few minutes during with Midleton scored from a corner kick. A great performance from Ballincollig but an unfortunate result.
The Reel Picture Cinema sponsored Academy is back every Saturday at Scoil Eoin’s pitch from Saturday 13th March 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 allocated time for the different age groups are listed below:
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CHILDREN BORN IN YEAR
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TRAINING TIME
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1999
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11.00 – 12.30
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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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2.00 - 3.00
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2003
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12.45 - 1.45
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2004
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12.45 – 1.45
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(not incl Schoolboys):
Seniors away to St. Mary’s in the league, St. Mary’s Park, Sunday 7th March, 10.45 a.m.
Youths away to Innishvilla, in the league, O’Donoghue Park, Saturday 6th March, 2.30 p.m.
U17s away to Coachford/Killardrish in the league, The Gleve, Sunday 7th March 2.30 p.m.
U16 Schoolgirls away to Passage in the league, Rockenham Park, Saturday 6th March, 12.00 p.m.
U12A Schoolboys Team sponsored by Automania
Umbro CSL Under 12 Division 6
Regional Park
Ballincollig 4 – 2 Waterloo
This well deserved victory puts Ballincollig up to second place behind leaders Ballinhassig with a game in hand.
Ballincollig opened the scoring on twenty minutes when Colm Crowley playing left back passed the ball up the wing to Aaron Roche who in turn crossed a lovely ball to Mark O’Sullivan to finish off a great move and give Ballincollig the lead. Chances were plenty for Ballincollig but only for the inform Waterloo keeper the lead at half time would have been greater.
The second half was at a much faster pace with Ballincollig pressing hard for the second goal. Against the run of play Waterloo scored the equalizer despite the best efforts of goalkeeper Alan Hennessy. Ballincollig raised their game again and two quick goals from Chris Anaba made the points safe for Ballincollig. Peter Kelleher kept putting pressure on the Waterloo defence with great crosses all evening. It was from one of Peter’s crosses that Ballincollig’s fourth goal came.
Peter swung in a great corner for Darragh Kelly to power home a rocket of a header. Ciaran Sheehan came close to adding to Ballincollig’s tally but again the Waterloo keeper denied him. Waterloo scored a second on the final whistle but the points were already gone to Ballincollig.
This was a great team performance with Jack Hoey, Keith Fehily, Chris Anaba and Peter Kelleher putting in huge performances and man of the match goes to Killian Derwin. Congratulations to our club mates on the other Under 12 team with their great victory in the National Cup.
U12 Premier Team sponsored by Walfab Engineering
SFAI U12 Norton Cup Round of 32
Regional Park
Ballincollig 4 – 0 St. Brendan’s Park
A convincing win sees Ballincollig into the last 16 to face Athy Town in Kildare. The game was played in the Regional Park in great weather before a large crowd for which the home team was very grateful.
Ballincollig established a hold on the game early on but it took a while to get the first goal. On the quarter hour mark, a long pass over the top from Kevin Browne in midfield, set Japhet Mata away and he made no mistake with his finish, low to the goalkeeper’s right. Ballincollig launched raids down the flanks with Jamie Manahan & Ruairi Cotter causing problems. Brian O’Callaghan battled well up front again just behind Japhet and used the ball intelligently when needed. He put in a few defence splitting passes and it was from one of these that Ruairi crossed for Japhet to finish again to score for his second of the game. The away side found it difficult to get hold of the ball and Sean Lucey in midfield put himself about well. At half time the ’Collig were still two goals to the good
The second half started well again for Ballincollig, but after 10 minutes, the Tralee side got on top for a spell. Despite this and the pressure they encountered, the defence held firm in front of goalkeeper Aidan O’Donovan. The only time that Aidan was beaten, Evan O’Mahony popped up on the goal line and cleared the ball with his right foot at full stretch. David O’Leary also cleared with a header from an incoming forward and so Ballincollig breathed easy again. Following this, Ballincollig were awarded a free kick of their own at the other end of the pitch. Up stepped Shane O’Mahony and made no mistake from 25 yards to make the score 3-0. This knocked the fight out of Tralee and the last 5 minutes was spent in their half. There were also great performances from Lorcan McVeigh, Alan Walsh, Adam Birch, Matt Whelan & debutant Robbie Burke. It just shows the fitness of this team though when, in injury time, left back David O’Leary went on a run from his own half and played a one two with Brian O’Callaghan in midfield. He continued his run and when the final ball was squared to him by Japhet, he finished past three defenders on the line to make the score 4-0 to Ballincollig.
This is the first time in two years that St. Brendan’s Park have been beaten by more than one goal. A great achievement. Once again, thanks to Ballincollig Rugby Club for the great hospitality shown to both teams after the game.
