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U10 Girls Football Players of the Week for April
Player of the Week for April 5th was Rebekah McKegney.
Rebekah has been a regular at football over the last number of years. She is always very enthusiastic and full of energy, and puts great effort in at the skills and the matches.
Player of the Week for April 12th was Aoife McCann.
Aoife is a new recruit this year and she is really attentive and great to work with.
Player of the Week for April 19th was Aine Wills.
Aine has lots of potential with her speed and natural competitiveness. She is a regular attendee and is improving all the time.
Player of the Week for April 26th was Kitty Rodgers.
Kitty has only recently started at football but is taking to it like a duck to water. She listens closely to the coaches and learns quickly as a result.
Ladies Refereeing Course
A Ladies refereeing course has been organised for Saturday and Sunday 23 & 24th February.
Each club has been asked to send at least one representative. Details are as follows:
Venue- Castlewellan
Time - 10am to 4pm
If you would like to represent the club please contact Paddy McAlinney (07740679192)
Bredagh 3-12 Tullylish 0-5
Bredagh Ladies recorded a third league victory away to Tullylish on Saturday past. This match was going to be a tough encounter given the results of the league & championship fixtures last year. In the 2006 league Bredagh Intermediates campaign beat Tullylish quite convincingly but Tullylish got their revenge by winning the first round of the championship!
The team was re-shuffled in order for Bredagh to get back to winning ways, which meant intermediate debuts for Una McKay at number 11, scoring 0-2 and Emmer Franey at full forward scoring 2-2.
Claire Byrne started the scoring with a well-taken point the first of 5 to come throughout the evening along with a well-placed goal. During the game Bredagh had 90% possession particularly in the first half on which Bredagh should have been well out of sight. Once again the shooting let the side down with 20 wides over the 60 minutes, more shooting practice will be needed if we are to continue on are winning ways.
The keeper & full back line didn’t have a big lot to do on this occasion, but when called upon they all played well as a unit, Cera & Nicole making outstanding saves on the goal line on a couple of occasions. And with the ever capable Laura and Jamie Willigan in the corners proved to be a real solid defensive line. The half back line worked hard too with again fine performance’s from Suzy & Polly stopping the ball at every opportunity and moving it forward to the safety zone. Centre half back Siobhán also had a steady game but kept picking out 3 great passes to HERSELF a kick pass, a hand pass and even a basket ball bounce…. talk about hogging the ball Siobhán!
Midfield duo Ashleigh & Grainne were outstanding to say the least they were paired with two tall, strong Tullylish ladies they battled for every ball and won the majority.
The forward unit worked well together, half forward Ciara scored 0-2, Una scored 0-2 and as mentioned Claire got 1-5. This line proved to be the start of most good forward play resulting in some fine scores. As Bredagh always do the ball in the forward unit was moved at speed most of the time with great fast hand passing which did result in numerous goal chances created, of which three were converted.
The full forward line of Maeliosa (0:2) & Emmer (2:2) complimented each other finding space, great passes and good scores assisted by the ever capable Cassie Moane. Changes were made in the second half with subs coming on and producing good displays, which will make the manager’s job even harder for our next game against the Duff this Saturday.
Some of the team play on the field was outstanding, first time football that’s what it’s all about! The team played with passion for the BREDAGH badge something that was missing from the last few matches! Lets keep it going girls carryduff at home ladies…do I need to say anymore!
Thanks to Lorraine McCaffery for assisting Paddy on the night.
Team
Nicole O’Connor, Jamie Willigan (replaced by Ciara Gallagher), Cera McArdle, Laura Willigan, Polly Moane, Siobhán McCarney, Suzy Irvine (replaced by Rosie McVeigh), Grainne Hughes, Ashleigh McCluskey, Claire Byrne (replaced by Amy Cunningham), Una McKay (replaced by Niamh Costigan), Ciara Moane, Cassie Moane (replaced by Roisin Dooher), Maeliosa Hardy, Emmer Franey, Grainne O’Connell.
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2005 Youth Review
2005 saw further strides being made in the development of juvenile football for girls in the club. The ‘Bredagh Bunnies’ nursery continues to thrive and produce a conveyor belt of players for competitive teams from U-10 upwards. The U-12s became the first Bredagh girls team to win a trophy when they put in a magnificent performance to beat Bryansford in the Final of the Carryduff Tournament. Later in the year, the same team suffered cruel defeats in both the Castlewellan Tournament and the All County Final, but the fact that they were so close to what would have been an amazing hat-trick of titles is in itself greatly encouraging. Whilst the U-14 girls didn’t win any trophies, they worked hard and by the end of the season were playing some great football and had improved individually and as a team. The same went for the U-16s though a shortage of competitive games was a problem that needs to be addressed. Bredagh were represented on Down’s U-14 Ulster winning team by Nicole O’Connor and Anna McAlinney, while Clare Byrne was in the U-16 squad.
END OF SEASON TRIP
As an end-of-season finale, there was a Day Out to Dublin for 67 girls from the U-12, U-14 and U-16 teams to see the Ladies All Ireland finals. This was a particularly good year to attend with Bredagh players Geraldine Grimley and Fionnuala McAtamney playing for Armagh in the Junior final. As a fund-raiser, there was a second annual match between the Parents and the Coaches with a Guess-the-score competition enabling the girls to collect sponsorship towards the cost of their trip. Thanks to all those who took part and/or helped with the fund-raising, and to the everyone who helped on the day – Paddy McAlinney, Sinead McAlinney, Catherine Guerin, Paul Mulhern, Brendan Downey, Gerry McGuire.
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