MB McGrady DYFL

Downpatrick Youth Football League (DYFL)
Fixtures 19th & 20th November 2011

Under 12 Cup Preliminary

Under 17 Cup Preliminary
Date	Time	Home Team	V	Away Team	Venue
19/11/2011	9:00am	Rossglass County	v	Celtic Bhoys	Dunleath 7
Under 17 League
Date	Time	Home Team	V	Away Team	Venue
19/11/2011	9:30am	Newcastle	v	Ballynagross Shamrocks	Donard Park
19/11/2011	9:30am	Ballynahinch	v	Tollymore	Drumaness
Under 15 Cup Preliminary
Date	Time	Home Team	V	Away Team	Venue
19/11/2011	9:30am	Saintfield	v	Tollymore	Kilmore 1
19/11/2011	11:00am	Drumaness	v	Portaferry	Kilmore 2
19/11/2011	11:00am	Newcastle	v	Ballynagross Shamrocks	Donard
19/11/2011	11:00am	Ballynahiinch	v	Patrician	Drumaness
19/11/2011	10:30am	Ardglass	v	Killyleagh	Dunleath 2
19/11/2011	10:30am	Celtic Bhoys	v	Castlewellan	Dunleath 7
Under 15 Cup Quarter Final
Date	Time	Home Team	V	Away Team	Venue
19/11/2011	9:00am	Rossglass County	v	Kilmore	Dunleath 2
Under 13 Cup Preliminary
Date	Time	Home Team	V	Away Team	Venue
19/11/2011	9:00am	Patrician	v	Castlewellan	Dunleath 4
19/11/2011	10:00am	Ballynagross Shamrocks	v	Newcastle	Dunleath 4
19/11/2011	11:00am	Rossglass County	v	Kilmore	Dunleath 4
Date	Time	Home Team	V	Away Team	Referee
20/11/2011	10:30am	Drumaness	v	Rossglass County	Dunleath 4
20/11/2011	10:30am	Newcastle	v	Tollymore	Dunleath 2
20/11/2011	11:30am	Castlewellan	v	Portaferry	Dunleath 4

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The DYFL Gets Under Way

Posted by Jim Masson On September - 27 - 2011

THE Downpatrick You Football League gets under way at Dunleath Park and in pitches across the district.

If you have any team reports give Jim a call on 07855545873 or email jim@downnews.co.uk

FIXTURES FOR 1-2nd October.

Under 17 League
Date Time Home Team V Away Team Venue
01/10/2011 9:30am Castlewellan v Newcastle Bann Road
01/10/2011 9:00am Rossglass County v Portaferry Dunleath 7
01/10/2011 9:30am Kilmore v Tollymore Kilmore 1
01/10/2011 9:30am Ballynahinch v Ballynagross Shamrocks Drumaness

Under 15 League
Date Time Home Team V Away Team Venue
01/10/2011 9:00am Ballynagross Shamrocks v Killyleagh Dunleath 1
01/10/2011 10:30am Celtic Bhoys v Rossglass County Dunleath 1
01/10/2011 11:00am Drumaness v Portaferry Drumaness
01/10/2011 9:30am Newcastle v Saintfield Donard Park
01/10/2011 11:00am Kilmore v Patrician Kilmore 2
01/10/2011 11:00am Tollymore v Ballynahinch Bear Park
01/10/2011 11:00am Castlewellan v Ardglass Bann Road

Under 13 League
Date Time Home Team V Away Team Venue
01/10/2011 9:00am Newcastle v Tollymore Dunleath 2
01/10/2011 9:00am Ballynagross Shamrocks v Kilmore Dunleath 4
01/10/2011 10:00am Ardglass v Rossglass County Dunleath 2
01/10/2011 10:00am Killough v Patrician Dunleath 4
01/10/2011 11:00am Saintfield v Castlewellan Dunleath 2

Under 12 League
Date Time Home Team V Away Team Referee
02/10/2011 10:30am Kilmore v Ballyvange Dunleath 1
02/10/2011 10:30am Drumaness v Castlewellan Dunleath 2
02/10/2011 10:30am Ballynagross Shamrocks v Rossglass County Dunleath 4
02/10/2011 11:30am Patrician v Newcastle Dunleath 1
02/10/2011 11:30am Tollymore v Killyleagh Dunleath 2

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McDonald’s And The Irish FA Calling All Down District Clubs

Posted by Jim Masson On June - 4 - 2011

THE Irish Football Association and McDonald’s are calling on all junior football clubs who have not signed up to participate in the Small Sided Games Centre in the Downpatrick area to do so.

Any club that joins before 15th June will receive a complimentary pair of tickets to this year’s Community Shield.

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DYFL Finals At Dunleath Park

Posted by Jim Masson On May - 26 - 2011

LAST Saturday the DYFL U-11′s, U-15′s and U-17′s battled it out for the honours, the U-13 match being played on the Thursdsay evening before.

It was a well attended morning despite the cool and blustery conditions, but with soccer on their minds, the rain was a million miles away.

This Saturday sees the Foyle Cup trials continue andthere will be a raining session in Dunleath Park from 10.30am t0 12 noon.

The DYFL presentation night will be in the Downshire Great Hall on Friday 27th May at 7.00pm sharp.

The Champions

U-11 – Kilmore

U-13 Drumnaess

U-15 Newcastle

U-17 Rossglass

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Killyleagh Youth Soccer Presentation Night

Posted by Jim Masson On May - 16 - 2011

THE Killyleagh YC clubhouse was packed last Friday evening as excited young players gathered along with their parents and club mentors for their annual presentation night.

Mark Quigley, U-11 manager opened the proceedings thanking all the sponsors and helpers for their kind support and said he would keep his promise of buying all the young players a McFlurry ice cream at McDonald’s! He said that he was delighted at the performance of the young players this past year.

Guest for the evening was Terry Pateman, IFA Vice-President, who addressed the players. He said, “All the great players I know started off just like you all, playing in youth soccer. There they learned all the football skills from their managers and coaches and enjoyed turning up each week for their games.

“It is important to be enjoying the game and also to listen to to your teachers. They are the experts. They will make you play better and your teams play better. You just have to set yourself little targets and your game will gradually improve. Just look around the room. Here there are losts of people doing courses in soccer to help build up a good Killyleagh team.

“Around £2 million has been set aside for Grassroots soccer this year and we have grants from the Department of Education for the next three years. What we need now is for your parents to be on hand and all your managers and coaches as all of these courses and benefits start to come about. That is the future of the U-11′s in Killyleagh.”

Two letters were also read out to the young players. The first was from David Healy, NI international player, who said, “This may be your first summer playing soccer so just try and improve your game with the help that you get.” And secondly, “Trevor Carson said, “It is good to have a keen interest every week in soccer. I enjoy training and still do. Just train hard, and the results will come. And enjoy your soccer and you will be winners.”

The prize winners were:

Most Improved Player: Jake Drysdale.

Top Goal Scorer and Player of Year: Conor Drysdale.

Managers’ Player of the Year: Curtis Ross.

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U-17 Rossglass Through To Final

Posted by Jim Masson On May - 8 - 2011

Celtic Bhoys 0 Rossglass 0 (Rossglass won 0-2 on pens)

The U-17 Celtic Bhoys faced Rossglass County is the cup semi-final at Dunleath Park on Saturday and it turned out to be a memorable day for young Dale Hutson of Rossgalss who played a stormer for his team. He had an outstanding game while marking the dangerous Celtic forward Jamie Kelly.

As Rossglass plied a number of very effective attacks against Celtic Bhoys, it was Rossglass defenders Robbie Hagen and Eamonn Vaughn who helped keep the ball out of their net with keeper Ryan Vaughn having a superb game on form handling the ball well. Rossglass had been quite resolute throughout.

The teams drew after full time and it was down to penalties. Rossglass keeper Ryan Vaughn saved four shots taken by Celtic Bhoys and it was AJ delaney and Cathal Sloan who slotted the ball into the Celtic net to put them deservedly in the final against Tollymore. Captain Eamon Vaughan missed his shot adding to the drama.

The final is on May 21st and this will be a stiff challenge for the Rossglass team who did well to overcome a strong Celtic outfit. Tollymore are a well disciplined and well trained team and will be no push-overs. But Rossglass have battled well through the season showing they are a team to be reckoned with. This match could be the highlight of the DYFL for the season. Manager Vincent Perry was delighted with his team reaching the final and winning 0-2 on penalties.

Some of the young Rossglass stars will no doubt be looking for places in senior teams and local managers will be eyeing them up on the day.

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DYFL – Temple U-11 Report

Posted by Jim Masson On May - 4 - 2011

TEMPLE Youth’s U-11 side faced the Patrican on Saturday morning at Dunleath in the cup and despite a spirited performance with a much depleted side were knocked out.

The 1st half saw Temple’s young guns adapting to playing in unfamiliar positions but they did so with credit. Rhys Kelly and Victoria Burtney both worked hard in the centre of midfield and were covering a lot of ground pushing forward and helping out their defence. Luke Curry and Joshua Gibson worked tirelessly on the wings and Scott McCaw, Bradley Brechin and Harry Wilson coped very well at the back against a good Patrician attacking frontline. Temple fell behind midway through the half but responded well knuckling down and creating some chances of their own, Rhys Kelly going closest to scoring.

The second half saw another reshuffle for Temple with the dependable Harry Wilson’s injury meaning him having to play out the game up front as Temple had no subs available to make any changes. Joshua Gibson dropped into the back line but Patrican capitalised on Temple weakness scoring a couple of quick goals to put the game safe. Shane Gibson popped up with another cracking finish to pull a goal back for Temple when his well hit shot flew in off the inside of the post and Rhys Kelly and Harry Wilson combined well to continue to give the Patrican defence plenty to keep them occupied.

The Patrican always looked dangerous though and scored again late on the snuff out any chance of a Temple comeback. Man of the Match for Temple was Scott McCaw with good performances form Victoria Burtney, Rhys Kelly and Shane Gibson. All the young players deserve a lot of credit for what was a very spirited performance with a much weakened side.