REMEMBER, YOU MUST WEAR SHIN GUARDS TO TRAINING AND ON SATURDAYS.

LIVERPOOL, CHELSEA AND STOKE AT HOME MANAGED TO ENSURE OPENING DAY CARNAGE IN THE LAST PERSON STANDING COMPETITION. AMAZINGLY 156 OF 217 ENTRANTS WERE DUMPED OUT ON THE FIRST WEEKEND.

THIS WEEK'S FIXTURES SEES THE UNDER 11s BACK IN NIBFA ACTION. THEY HOST MAGHERAFELT AT BLACK'S ROAD AT 11.00. ALSO IN ACTION AT THAT TIME AT BLACK'S ROAD ARE UNDER 16 STAR. THE EARLY KICK OFFS INVOLVE THE 12s AND 13s. THE 16s AND 17s ARE AT BOUCHER, THE 18S AT STRANGFORD, 19s TRAVEL TO PAISLEY PARK, THE 14s ARE AT FULLERTON, 15s AT ORMEAU AND 13 STAR AT HYDEBANK. IN THE AFTERNOON, THE SENIORS KICK OFF AT 2PM AT THE YMCA AND THE RESERVES AT MALLUSK.
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE.
 
GOLDEN BOOT
WITH THE 14s AND 13 STAR NOT PLAYING, UNDER 16 TOM MAGUIRE USED THE OCCASION TO FIRE TWO INTO THE NET AT BOUCHER TO PUT HIMSELF IN THIRD PLACE, AHEAD OF HIS NAMESAKE. BEN LEONARD ALSO USED HIS UNDER 19 MATCH TO CLOSE THE GAP ON MARK ROBINSON IN FIFTH PLACE. GOALS FROM AQUINAS LEGENDS DAN RAINEY OF THE 16s AND THE CLUB CAPTAIN PADDY TURLEY SAW THEM ENTER THE TABLE THIS WEEK ON NINE APIECE. DESPITE THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITY, ITS STILL JOHN BLANEY'S TO LOSE.

GOLDEN GLOVE
WITH THE 14s NOT IN ACTION, A CLEAN SHEET AGAINST DUNMURRY ALLOWED THE UNDER 16s KEVIN McGOVERN TO CLOSE THE GAP AND PILE THE PRESSURE ON THE 14s JACK JOHNSTON WHO STILL HAS HIS NOSE NARROWLY IN FRONT IN WHAT LOOKS TO BE BECOMING A RACE THAT WILL GO TO THE WIRE! IN THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE, 13 STAR'S CALLUM COPELAND STILL LEADS UNDER 12'S CONOR McGEOWN BY THE TINIEST OF MARGINS. IRONICALLY, STAND IN KEEPER, CONOR SLEVIN, RECORDED THE UNDER 11s FIRST CLEAN SHEET OF THE SEASON TO ENTER THE TABLE AT LONG LAST.

COACHES

THE CLUB IS LOOKING TO RECRUIT MORE COACHES AND PARENTS WILLING TO COACH. IF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT NOEL McKEE ON 07740 786 648, BOBBY McCAMBRIDGE ON 07809 678 359, THE WEBSITE OR ANY AQUINAS MANAGER. WE NEED PARENTS TO GET INVOLVED PARTICULARLY AT THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS AND ESPECIALLY AT THE UNDER 10 DEVELOPMENT TEAMS IF WE ARE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO RUN WITH THE CURRENT NUMBER OF TEAMS.