Club news 2012-13

PLAYER AWARDS 2012

PLAYERS'PLAYER:
UNDER 11: CALLUM WEBB AND LIAM DONALDSON
UNDER 12: MARK HAMILL AND ADAM CUNNINGHAM
UNDER 13: ETHAN CARLETON AND PAUL O'HANLON
UNDER 14: JACK JOHNSTON
UNDER 15: MIKEY CUMMINGS
UNDER 16: CONOR FLYNN
UNDER 17: DANIEL WINCHESTER
UNDER 18: ANDY CLARKE AND JOHN KEENAN

PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
UNDER 11: DAVID BELL AND SHAY CAMPBELL
UNDER 12: JAMES MELLON AND ADAM ABOUHARB
UNDER 13: LUKE O'SULLIVAN AND TOM MAGUIRE
UNDER 14: RYAN McGUIGAN
UNDER 15: CHRIS KELLY
UNDER 16: CAOLAN LYNCH
UNDER 17: EOIN JOHNSTON
UNDER 18: DEE FITZPATRICK AND JACK HAMILL

GOLDEN GLOVE: CONOR McGEOWN
GOLDEN BOOT: JOHN BLANEY

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.

SUMMER SCHEME

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO TOOK PART IN THE FIRST EVER AQUINAS SUMMER SCHOOL. THE WEEK WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND EVEN THE WEATHER WASN'T AS NASTY AS IT WAS FORECAST. THANKS TO ALL THE COACHES WHO TOOK PART, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO WERE THERE ALL WEEK, MATT, HUGH, CONALL, LEE AND DAVID. A PARTICULAR THANKS MUST GO TO SEAN MONTGOMERY WHO WAS THERE ALL WEEK AND, OF COURSE, NEIL DONALDSON WHO ORGANISED AND MARSHALLED THE WHOLE THING BRILLIANTLY.

CLUB DAY AWARD WINNERS 2010/2011

  PLAYERS PLAYER PLAYER OF THE YEAR

UNDER 10 SBYL: EOIN BROWN PAUL BRADLEY
UNDER 10 BDC: TOM SUTHERLAND JAMES BURNS
UNDER 11 SBYL: JAMES MELLON NIALL AGNEW
UNDER 11 CDC: ANDY McGOWAN PATRICK MAGUIRE
UNDER 12 SBYL: RYAN SHAW STEVEN QUINN
UNDER 12 DC: TOM MAGUIRE CALLUM COPELAND
UNDER 13 SBYL: JAKE MORRISON BROGAN AUSTIN
UNDER 14 SBYL: DERMY McMENAMIN PETER BATTISTI
UNDER 15 AQ: NIALL McCOURT THOMAS CAFOLLA
UNDER 15 RS: KEITH McCOURT NIALL LUNDY
UNDER 16 SBYL: SEAN McGLOIN MATTHEW RAINEY
UNDER 17 AQ: CONOR QUIGG BEN MATTHEWS
UNDER 18 AQ: JAMES McKEE GARRETT CULLEN
UNDER 18 RS: SEAN HITCHEN PADDY FEE

GOLDEN BOOT: PETER BATTISTI
DES BRENNAN TROPHY: NIALL DORMAN

SPEED GUN WINNER AND SCORES:

MINI SOCCER: RONAN AGNEW 34
UNDER 10 PAUL BRADLEY 32
UNDER 11 CORMAC McGETTIGAN 38
UNDER 12 ORAN BOYLE 39
UNDER 14 PETER BATTISTI 55
UNDER 15 KEVIN McGOVERN 51
UNDER 16 MATTHEW McCANN 56
UNDER 17 CONALL  KELLY

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY TOOK PLACE AT THE YMCA ON SATURDAY 14 AUGUST WHEN AQUINAS'S FIRST EVER SENIOR TEAM TOOK TO THE PITCH IN A FRIENDLY AGAINST THE UNDER 18s. THE TEAM'S FIRST GOAL WAS SCORED BY PADDY TURLEY, FROM A WELL KNOWN AQUINAS FAMILY. THE SENIORS LED FOR MOST OF THE MATCH UNTIL BEN LEONARD, FROM ANOTHER WELL KNOWN AQUINAS FAMILY, AND WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD A REASONABLE CLAIM FOR A PENALTY EARLY IN THE FIRST HALF, EQUALISED WITH FIFTEEN MIONUTES TO GO. THE SENIORS POUNDED THE UNDER 18 NET, WITH TOMMY O'NEILL -- DID I MENTION HE CAME FORM A WELL KNOWN AQUINAS FAMILY -- DENIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE GAME FINAISHED HONOURS EVEN, 1 - 1. THE SENIOR TEAM THAT DAY, MANAGED BY PAUL FAY, DAIRMID DONAGHY AND STEPHEN McDONALD IS BELOW.

THE NEW SENIOR TEAM TAKES THE FIELD FOR ITS FIRST LEAGUE MATCH, NEXT WEEK, SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER. LET'S GET THE BLUE'n'BLACK ARMY OUT IN FORCE FOR THIS SIGNIFICANT NEW CHAPTER IN THE CLUB'S HISTORY.

SPONSORSHIP

IT TAKES A FAIR BIT OF MONEY TO KEEP THE CLUB GOING. IF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HELPING US WITH SPONSORSHIP, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH. SPONSORSHIP CAN TAKE MANY FORMS, OF KIT, OF BALLS FOR A TEAM, OF BIBS AND EQUIPMENT, OF OUR IFA ACCREDITED MINI SOCCER SCHOOL AT BLACK'S ROAD, OF OUR UNDER 18 AND SENIOR TEAM TEAM PITCH AT THE YMCA. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS.