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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.
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