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Go Games at Cherryvale
Saturday 28th July 2008
U-10 Carryduff Tournament
Saturday 14th June 2008
The U-10 footballers put on a fantastic performance at this prestigious tournament to retain the B group cup for the third year in a row. The day started off a bit damp as rain clouds moved in during the parade and for the first game however, it didn't last very long and the sun eventually shone through in more ways than one.
In the qualifying group stages their first match was against Errigal Ciaran from Co. Tyrone. This contest proved too tough for the young Bredagh team as Errigal Ciaran looked stronger, more experienced and better disciplined. Bredagh only managed to get 1 point from a well taken free by Lorcan Fahy.
Next game was against St Theresa's, and Bredagh turned on the style in this game showing their true footballing ability. They won this match with a scoreline of 4-3 to 0-0. Scorers for Bredagh were Lorcan Fahy (2-1), Emmett Curran (0-1), Liam Francis (0-1), Conor Lally (1-0), Matthew Hamilton (1-0).
The qualifying group positions, Errigal Ciaran first, Bredagh second and St Theresa's third put Bredagh in Group B of the main tournament.
First up in group B was Watty Grahams from Co. Derry. Again Bredagh showed their ability to play football, winning comfortably 2-3 to 0-0, with scores from Lorcan Fahy (0-2), Ella Durkan (1-0), Conor Lally (1-0) and Emmett Curran (0-1)
Their second game against Aldergrove was a very tense low scoring affair and Bredagh narrowly won with a scoreline of 1-1 to 0-1, thanks to a great goal from Rory Mc Closkey and a point from Emmett Curran.
Last game of the group was against St. Enda's, which Bredagh had to win to win the Group. The first half saw St. Enda's taking the lead with point. Only for great defending, blocking and goalkeeping from Bredagh it could have been more. Bredagh were now up against it in the second half as St Endas were very strong. However, the Bredagh team came out in the second half, fired up after their half time team talk by Ciaran O'Keefe, Paddy Rooney and Eamon McCloskey and they played with great hunger and desire to win. They threw all they had at St. Endas. Lorcan Fahy casually slotted over a free with great skill and this was followed by a great long range point from Conal O'Rawe, giving Bredagh the narrowest of leads. The last 5 minutes were nail biting for the Bredagh fans as the players never gave up and went on to win deservedly.
This was a great day for the Bredagh U-10's and a great day for the club. Well done to all the players, coaches and parents. And well done to Carryduff GAC for running such a well organised tournament and for all the hospitality provided.
Bredagh Team; Conor Lally, Liam Francis, Niall Shannon, Fintan Quinn, Lorcan Fahy, Emmett Curran, Conal Doyle, Ella Durkan, Oran O'Connor, Sam O'Farrell, Matthew Hamilton, Daire Magee, Aaron Rooney, Rory McCloskey, Matthew Stewart, Andy Harney, Conal O'Rawe
Bryansford Tournament
Sunday 1st June 2008
Having split the large panel of players into two teams, Bredagh team “B” played three games in their section of the Bryansford tournament. On a very hot and long afternoon the boys all provided great entertainment and the performances improved as the day went on. First up was a very close encounter with St. Pauls “B”, with Bredagh eventually taking the honours through a great point by Conal O’Rawe. Best for Bredagh in this game were Sam O’Farrell who worked tirelessly in defence ably supported by Tim Cunningham and Cillian O’Hare.
Next up after a long delay was a very tall and strong Clann Eireann “B” team. The Bredagh lads took a while to switch on to the competitive element of the match, failing to mark up in defence and leaving goalkeeper Michael Hooley to make some great saves. In the second half great efforts form Lorcan Short, Michael Napier and Eamon Carville brought he Bredagh team back into contention before the Clann team ran out as worthy winners by a couple of goals with Oisin Hanna almost breaking the crossbar with a rasping drive for Bredagh.
Last up in this action the Bredagh lads faced the home “B” team and played with much more purpose. A couple of points from Oran O’Connor and Andy Harney were followed by a magnificent double penalty save from Sam O’Farrell. Some great play out of defence by Liam O’Keefe and lung bursting runs in midfield by Conal Doyle ensured that Bredagh started to get on top of the opposition. A great goal finish and a follow up point by Aaron Rooney ensured that the Bredagh lads ended the day with a great victory.
Squad: Aaron Rooney, Liam O’Keefe, Andy Harney, Michael Hooley, Lorcan Short, Sam O’Farrell, Tim Cunningham. Conal Doyle, Eamon Carville, Oisin Hanna, Cillian O’Hare, Conal O’Rawe
Teconnaght Go Games Event
Saturday 24th May 2008
The U-10 footballers fielded an ‘A’ and ‘B’ team in the Teconnaght Go Games Event on Saturday morning. The event included three other teams, the hosts Teconnaght, Saul and Laitroim.
The ‘A’ team were involved in three very competitive games which produced very entertaining football for all the travelling Bredagh fans. In the first game against Teconnaght, the Bredagh players displayed great skill in all areas of the pitch, with six of the nine outfield players taking scores. Ella Durkan slotted over 4 brilliant points, one of which was from a sideline ball from a very acute angle. Aaron Rooney and Emmet Curran were very impressive up front scoring 2 points each. The other scores came from Brendan Gallen (1-0), Liam Francis (1-0) and Conal Doyle (0-1). Niall Shannon did a fantastic job as goalkeeper and Matthew Hamilton had an eye-catching performance at right back.
Next match was against Laitroim. Laitroim had the advantage of playing with a strong breeze in the first half. Aaron Rooney netted a great goal in the first half, along with a point from Conal Doyle to keep Bredagh in contention. Bredagh had the advantage of the breeze in the second half and scored 1-6 without reply from Laitroim. The scorers for Bredagh were Brendan Gallen (1-2), Emmet Curran (0-2), Oran O’Connor (0-1) and Ella Durkan (0-1).
The final match for the ‘A’s was against a very strong Saul team. The Bredagh players did remarkably well and showed great courage and heart in this game as they competed for every ball, in what turned out to be a very evenly matched game. Emmet Curran fired home two great goals in the first half to give Bredagh the lead. Saul came back in the second half, but points from Sam O’Farrell, Ella Durkan and Emmet Curran kept it all very close in the end.
Squad: Niall Shannon, Matthew Hamilton, Liam Francis, Brendan Gallen, Oran O’Connor, Conal Doyle, Ella Durkan, Emmet Curran, Aaron Rooney, Eamon Carville, Oisin Hannah, Chris Haughey, Cillian O’Hare, Paul Verdon, Daire Magee, Sam O’Farrell, John McNamee
'B' Team Report
Match 1
Bredagh 1-6 v 1-2 Teconnaught
Bredagh got off to a great start in their first match with Sam O’Farrell leading the way with some fantastic points from play. Bredagh led at half time and would have been further ahead only for the heroics of the Teconnaught keeper. The second half followed along the same lines with Bredagh eventually beating the keeper with a fine finish from Daire Magee.
Match 2
Bredagh 0-6 v 6-7 Leitrim
Bredagh lost out to a string Leitrim team. Best for Bredagh were Mathew Hamilton who knocked over 4 points from play, one from a very acute angle, and Eamon Carville. Leitrim pressed on at all stages of the game with one or two of their players displaying fantastic skills of the game. Fair play to the Bredagh lads who tried hard to the final whistle.
Match 3
Bredagh 5–4 v Saul 5-5
In a very tight encounter Bredagh lost very narrowly to a Saul team which had one or two very talented players. Bredagh, who played against a strong breeze in the first half, took sometime to settle losing by 4 goals and 3 points at half time Bredagh, led by Conal Doyle who scored three goals in the second half, came right back to bring just one point between the teams.. Best for Bredagh in a great team effort in the second half were Conal Doyle, Aaron Rooney who tucked away two goals, Paul Verdon and Oisin Hanna. It is worth noting that Bredagh played the entire game with one less player than Saul to ensure that everyone got a game.
See pictures below
P5 St. Galls Tournament
5th May 2008
Bredagh P5’s participated in the annual tournament at St Galls pitches in summer conditions on bank holiday Monday. The seventeen strong Bredagh team were grouped with St Pauls, Davitts and Gort Na Mona for the league phase following a colourful opening parade of some 20 teams.
1st Game
First up were Gort Na Mona as Bredagh fielded a strong contingent of P5’s drawn from the U-10 squad. The Bredagh lads hit the ground running as they notched up a high score in the first half of 3-2. The scores came from Lorcan Fahy 1-1, Brendan Gallen 1-0 and Sean Lyttle 1-1. Considering there was only 10 minutes in each half, this was a remarkable achievement against such a good team.
The second half was a much tighter affair with only one point scored from the boot of a Gort Na Mona forward. However, Bredagh showed great enthusiasm and hunger as they battled to contain attempts by Gort Na Mona to get back into the game. There were fine performances all over the field, particularly from Brendan Gallen, Fintan Quinn, Sean Lyttle and Andy Harney.
Final score; Bredagh 3-2 Gort Na Mona 0-1
2nd Game
Next up was the well fancied St Pauls who traditionally do well in this tournament. This game was much tighter as each team worked hard to create openings. The first half ended with no scores, as Bredagh backs Matthew Hamilton, Liam Francis, Sam O’Farrell and goalkeeper Oran O’Connor did a great job in breaking down many St Pauls attacks.
The second half also was a tight affair with only one point coming from the St Pauls lads. Bredagh were unlucky not to score through some great football from Aaron Rooney, Eamon Carville and Liam O’Keefe.
Final score; Bredagh 0-0 St Pauls 0-1
3rd Game
The final group game was against a strong Davitts team. However, Bredagh continued with their great form, outplaying Davitts in the first half. Oran O’Connor was in scoring mood as he put away 1-1 to give the Bredagh lads a comfortable lead going into the second half. The second half also saw the Bredagh lads taking control as Rian Woods, Pearse Woods, Niall Shannon, Tim Cunningham and Jake Carlin played great football. A bredagh win was never in doubt as Jake Carlin scored a great goal to put the game beyond reach halfway through the second half.
Final Score; Bredagh 2-1 Davitts 0-0
Bredagh finished second in their group behind St Pauls, giving them a quarter-final match against hosts St. Galls.
Quarter-final
The Bredagh lads were not to be intimidated against host club St. Galls, as they started out full of determination and enthusiasm. The lads battled hard for every ball and got themselves in to a commanding position as they took control. First up to score was Brendan Gallen with a superbly taken point from play. Bredagh continued to dominate as they won a free close to the St. Galls goal-line. The free was confidently taken by Lorcan Fahy as he made no mistake knocking it accurately over the bar. St. Galls were glad to hear the half-time whistle to get a break from the relentless pressure and were lucky to be only 2 points behind. St. Galls came out with more hunger in the second half and scored a point quickly from the restart. The Bredagh lads were not about to line down as a well worked ball through to the forward line was knocked over the bar by Lorcan Fahy. The game ebbed and flowed with great competitive football and, following another point from St. Galls, the point of the day was scored by Lorcan Fahy from a sideline ball at a very acute angle. St. Galls threw everything at Bredagh in the last few minutes and managed to knock over 2 more points, leaving the final score at 0-4 each. However, as everyone wondered what was going to happen next, a loud cheer went up from the St. Galls camp as the referee announced they were winners for getting a 45, whilst he claimed Bredagh got none.
This decision was very difficult for all the Bredagh players as they played their hearts out throughout this game and in the earlier group stages. The players were disappointed but they acted with dignity, accepting the referee’s judgement. The overall performance by the Bredagh team was outstanding and they should all be very proud of their performances throughout the tournament. Based on the footballing talent on display today, Bredagh are going to have no problem fielding excellent football teams in the future.
Well done to all the players, coaches and parents who provided support throughout the day
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Bredagh v Carryduff
Sunday 4th May 2008
Bredagh v St Pauls
Sunday 27th April 2008
Bredagh U-10’s played two very enjoyable games on Sunday against our near neighbours St Paul’s of Holywood. Both games were played in a great atmosphere and in wonderfully sunny conditions. In match one Bredagh scored two goals and a fine point in the opening period of the match through Shaun Lyttle, Jake Carlin and Mathew Hamilton while St Pauls scored five points in a very evenly contested game. Only some fine saves by Rory McCluskey kept the St Pauls forwards at bay. The second period was a lower scoring affair with Bredagh scoring two points, one from distance from Liam Francis and the other from Conor Lally, to just one from St Paul’s but again there was great play on both sides with some great fielding and passing. St Pauls did shoot a number of wides from good positions in this period. The last period of play saw St Pauls again fail to convert a number of chances after good passages of play but Bredagh defended very well through Conal Doyle, Emmett Curran and Ella Durkan and came strong towards the end with goals from Shaun Lyttle and Rory McCluskey and a fine point from Conal O’Rawe to complete a very evenly balanced match.
Final score. Bredagh 4 – 5 v 1 – 7 St Pauls
Bredagh Squad; Rory McCluskey, Michael Hooley, Maedbh Downey, Ella Durkan, Liam Francis, Jake Carlin, Emmett Curran, Conal O’Rawe, Conal Doyle, Mathew Hamilton, Oran O’Connor, Shaun Lyttle, Niall Shannon, Conor Lally
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Saturday
U-10 Carryduff Tournament
Saturday 16th June 2007
Bredagh under 10s travelled to the fantastically run Carryduff tournament with 20 players hoping to repeat the success they had in the St Gall’s May Day blitz. This was not to be, they lost the first match of the three team league to, funny enough, St Galls. The coaches put this down to a slow start and a lack of discipline. Our second game was against Clann Eireann who we defeated to progress into the B Cup.
First up were St Pauls, we played some great fast football and won by three points in a keenly fought contest. Next came the Carryduff B team, we scored 3 goals in quick succession and won that one aswell. Last came a strong Teconnaught team who had a very strong a capable player in the middle of the park. Disaster, within 15 seconds we were a goal down, but this was a different team that started the day badly, they never lost heart and showed great heart to fight their way back into it and win a very closely contested match by 2 points.
The celebrations that followed were long and noisy. It is hard to single individuals out for praise, but as we purposely didn’t have a captain the players themselves picked out Ryan Noble-Walker to accept the cup, this speaks volumes of his contribution on the day.
A big thanks to the organisation committee from Carryduff and the parents who supported their kids and assisted with words of encouragement and support from the sidelines.
Bredagh win P5 Tournament
It was a great day out for the Bredagh U-10’s at a windy, sunny, very wet, and then sunny annual P5 tournament at St Gal's.
Bredagh’s group contained Gort na Mona, Eire Og and St Pauls and we won all three games to top their division. This included two clean sheets and some fantastic score taking, with goals from Ryan Noble Walker, Ronan Quinn, Conall Deery, Brendan Stewart, Conor Wilson and Conor Lally, with Lucy Brown unlucky not to score herself. The defence held the key with some fantastic blocking from the tenacious Michael Brown and some fantastic interceptions from Emmet Curran, Conall Doyle and Fionntan Quinn. The midfield was marshalled by the busy Sean Blaney, Conor Leggett and Oisin O’Callaghan. Mark McLaughlin starred in between the sticks and pulled off a string of fine saves, he also played a half up front and scored a great point. One for the high points was a Bredagh defender heading the ball clear.
Next up was the quarter final against the host club St Galls.
This was another fantastic display and we edged a close match by 3-0 to 1-2.
Next was a hard working Lamh Dearg team and this was a thriller, Bredagh were coasting this one and were 6 points up with one minute to go, then disaster, two very quick goals and Bredagh were lucky to hold out for a draw in ordinary time. There was no way to split both teams. A further 3 minutes each way was ordered, and Bredagh made no mistakes this time with the boys winning 2-2 to 0-0.
The Final awaited for the boys and a chance to emulate the victory of two years ago. This was a tense affair which was obvious from the way large crowd of Bredagh supporters were pacing up and down the line. We held a 1-1 to 0-0 lead and with less than a minute to go St Johns scored a goal, and but for some stupendous blocking and last ditch defending we could have thrown this away, then the final whistle blew and the festivities started.
The mentors were delighted for the children who played their hearts for their Club and it was a very proud occasion for managers Boyd Devlin and Peadar Doyle, and for the their supporters who braved on occasions what was horrendous weather conditions. No one player deserved more praise than the other, this was a great team performance.
Well done to our U-10’s.
Dromara Go Games
Go Games, Saturday August 5th - the boys played six and won six at Dromara against the host club, Carryduff and Drumaness. Coaches Boyd Devlin and Oliver Dornan took a great total of 26 players and both the management and supporters noted the slick hand-passing, running off the ball and superb blocking, most notably by Sean McGourty, who made three blocks in-a-row against the same player, along with numerous other blocks.
Challenge at St Paul's
Sunday, July 23rd
Go Games at Carryduff
Blitz, Saturday July 1st - Bredagh had two teams at sunny Carryduff. They played a total of six games against Carryduff, Drumaness and St Johns, winning five of their games. The game with St John's was notable as there were two sets of brothers on the field for Bredagh - Conor and Liam Francis and Declan and Brendan Stewart. Both of the younger brothers scored, with the younger Stewart outscoring his elder brother. A great days football was enjoyed by all. The next Go Games will be on August 5th. The boys are on a break from training until Sunday July 16th.
Bredagh v Aldergrove
Challenge game, Sunday June 18th - the boys played a lively, enjoyable and evenly contested match against Aldergrove in Cherryvale. With 30 players available, there were three 20-minute periods and the entire team was substituted for the start of the second period, and again midway through the final period. Bredagh played some excellent two-touch football and some fast flowing moves ending with great scores. The Final Result - a draw of course!
Carryduff Tournament
Saturday June 10th - the Bredagh boys were absolutely magnificent at this competition. They played superb football all the way through their five games and deservedly won a share of the Group B Shield. With a bit of luck, Bredagh could easily have won Group A but their mentors were delighted with the overall performance, which they rated to be as good as any by a Bredagh U-10 team in recent years (and that's saying something!). In the first game, Bredagh were better than the fancied South Armagh outfit Silverbridge and were very unlucky to lose to a late score, 0-2 to 0-1. Jarlath Burns' boys nearly won Group A later on. Bredagh beat St Teresa's in the second game by 1-7 to 0-1 and went into Group B where they dominated St Patrick's Lisburn. The boys led by 0-3 to 0-1 but were caught by another late and fortunte goal. They couldn't believe their luck but still responded brilliantly to beat St Galls by 2-3 to 1-2 and then Rossa (Magherafelt) by 0-2 to 0-1 in a really tight encounter. It was a must-win game for Bredagh and they just about got there with a deflected point from Tom Doherty. This victory meant that we were joint winners with Rossa.
Star Players - Conor Francis was simply brilliant at midfield alongside the excellent Conor Costello. Thomas Gallen had his best games ever in a Bredagh shirt, while tenacious half-backs Sean Blaney and Conor Kelly were the springboard for numerous attacks. Declan Stewart scored 1-1 but his industry deserved much more. Everyone of the 19 players deserves great credit for representing the club so well.
Cherryvale Challenge - Bredagh had so many players that 13 of them stayed behind to play a friendly against extra players from St Patrick's Lisburn. Bredagh won by four scores to one and the mentors noted how much all of the players have improved since the start of the year. All the hard work from the coaches and players is paying dividends. Keep it up lads!
East Down Blitz
Bredagh played in the first East Down Go Games Tournament on Saturday 3rd June in Teconnaught.
We had two teams who played two games each, beating Teconnaught A and B, and St Paul’s A and B.
The next Go Games Tournament will be on July 1st.
Training Pictures
List of Players
Donal Smyth, Vittorio Angelone, Padraic Woods, Mark McLaughlin, Declan Stewart, Brendan Stewart, Peter McManus, Dominic McConville, Tiarnan Curran, Sean Blaney, Conor Francis, Thomas Gallen, Conor Wilson, Alex McConaghy, Conor Costello, Michael Browne, Conor Dornan, Ryan Goldsmith, Mark Patterson, Patrick McCarney, Conor Guerin, Ryan Noble-Walker, Christy O'Kane, Odhran Devlin, Lawrence Whiffen, Damien Hanrahan, Kaelan Power, Niall Smyth, Tom Doherty, Eoin McCluskey, Brennain O’Callaghan, Oisin O’Callaghan, Tiarnan O’Callaghan, Peter Woods, Conor Kelly, Sean McGourty, Christy Carlin, Daniel Devlin, Eoin Acton, Cillian McMinn, Luke Reihill, Paul Mellon, Cormac Meehan, Christopher Madden-McKee, Donal McLaughlin, Matthew Leggett, Ruairi Doyle, Ronan Quinn, Patrick Murtagh, David Burns, Stephen Young, Rory Collins, Christopher Ferry - 53
Bredagh 3-4 St Brigids 3-8
Sunday, May 1st - there were great displays from Vitto Angelone in goals, Tom Callen in defence and Dominic McConville and Conor Francis outfield.
Fixtures & Results
Challenge Games
Saturday, March 25 - Clann Eireann v Bredagh
Sunday, April 30 - Bredagh v St Brides
Sunday, April 30 - St Galls P5 Tournament
Go Games
Saturday, June 3 at 1.00pm in Teconnaught - 2 teams will play 9-a-side versus Teconnaught, St Paul’s and Darragh Cross
Saturday, July 1 - to be confirmed
Tournaments
Saturday, June 10 - Carryduff
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Go Games at Cherryvale
U-10 Carryduff Tournament
Bryansford Tournament
Teconnaght Go Games Event
P5 St. Galls Tournament
Bredagh v Carryduff
Bredagh v St Pauls
U-10 Carryduff Tournament
Bredagh win P5 Tournament
Dromara Go Games
Challenge at St Paul's
Go Games at Carryduff
Bredagh v Aldergrove
Carryduff Tournament
East Down Blitz
Training Pictures
List of Players
Bredagh 3-4 St Brigids 3-8
Fixtures & Results
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