CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC FOOTBALL CLUB

LADIES PREMIER LEAGUE ROUND 1 AWAY V CASTLEBAR CELTIC APRIL 16TH    2-0

CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC FC LADIES TEAM,FOR THEIR FIRST GAME OF THE 2006-2007 SEASON TRAVELLED TO TAKE ON CASTLEBAR CELTIC.A NUMBER OF NEW PLAYERS SIGNED UP FOR THIS COMING SEASON, AND DESPITE A LACK OF REGULAR TRAINING DUE TO THE ONSET OF EXAMS.ETC, AND THE UNAVAILABILITY OF SUSAN DURKIN,MICHELLE HARAN AND CLAIRE MC INTYRE,CHARLESTOWN SHOWED THAT THERE IS AN EXCELLENT AND COMPETITIVE TEAM IN PROSPECT.ALTHOUGH A 3-0 DEFEAT IS ALWAYS DISHEARTENING, ONE HAS TO TAKE IN TO ACCOUNT CELTIC'S EXPERIENCE AND THE FACT THAT A NUMBER OF THEIR TEAM IS ALSO ON THE MAYO LADIES PANEL. DESPITE CHARLESTOWN'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE AND THUS FITNESS LEVEL, EACH PLAYER GAVE IT THEIR ALL.WITHOUT A DOUBT, WHEN THE EXAMS ARE OVER AND REGULAR TRAINING RESUMES, THESE LADIES WILL BE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. TEAM: LOUISE CALLAGHAN,TERESA OWENS,PATRICIA MC MANUS,LISA KENNY,TERESA JORDAN,SANDRA LAVIN,LISA CORRIGAN,VICKI KILLORAN,SIOBHAN DOHERTY,KLARA PEYTON,CIARA DOOLEY.

UNDER 12 V BALLYHEANE,HOME APRIL 21ST 6.30PM                          0-4 

THE 2006-2007 UNDER 12 TEAM TOOK ON BALLYHEANE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE LEAGUE, THEY PLAY IN DIVISION 1 THIS SEASON AFTER BEING PROMOTED FROM LAST SEASON.ALTHOUGH ALL THE MAJORITY OF THE SQUAD ARE NEW TO THE COMPETITIVENESS OF UNDER 12 FOOTBALL,PLAYERS SUCH AS NIALL MURPHY,DONAL GAVAGHAN,LIAM DUFFY,SEAN MC HALE AND JOSEPH PERRY, ALL HAD A TASTE OF OT LAST SEASON.BALLYHEANE, ALWAYS A STRONG SQUAD,PROVED THE DOMINANT SIDE IN THIS GAME,ALTHOUGH CHARLESTOWN, WITH MORE EXPERIENCE AND GAMES, SHOWED THAT THEY ARE WELL CAPABLE OF PLAYING IN THIS DIVISION AND WILL BETTER WITH SUCH GAMES.PANEL:

UNDER 14 V BALLYGLASS, HOME APRIL 26TH 6.30PM                    1-2

THE UNDER 14'S PROMOTED TO DIVISION 1 THIS SEASON PLAYED HOST TO BALLYGLASS FOR THIS FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON.WITH LAST SEASON'S UNDER 12 PANEL PROGRESSING TO UNDER 14'S AND A NUMBER OF LAST SEASON'S UNDER 14'S STILL ELIGIBLE, THIS RESULTS IN A HUGE SQUAD FULL OF TALENTED PLAYERS.MICHAEL CORRIGAN OPENED THE SCORING FOLLOWING AN EXCELLENT PASS FROM HIS BROTHER JASON.BALLYGLASS, LATER EQUALISED AND SOON AFTER TOOK THE LEAD FOLLOWING A BREAK DOWN IN THE CHARLESTOWN DEFENCE.THE HOME SIDE WERE UNLUCKY NOT TO HAVE EQUALISED OR HAD THE WINNER IN THE LAST MINUTES OF THE GAME, THE CROSSBAR DENYING THEM ON A FEW OCCASIONS. WITH THE DEPTH OF PANEL AND EXPERIENCE OF MORE GAMES, THIS UNDER 14 TEAM WILL DEFINITELY WILL BE A FORCE TO RECKONED WITH. PANEL: CODY O'HANLON,MARTIN OWENS,COLIN KENNY,ALAN DOHERTY (CAPT),SEAN QUINN,CONOR FINN,PAUL WARD,FERGAL CALLAGHAN,DANIEL BURKE,JASON CORRIGAN,MICHAEL CORRIGAN,GARY CASSIDY,MICHAEL SPENCER,KIEFER CRAIG,STEPHEN MC INTYRE,GERARD MC LOUGHLIN, JAMES BURKE,MARTIN DOHERTY,SIMON CRAIG

UNDER 12 GIRLS V BALLYVARRY BB, AWAY MAY 1ST 6.45PM                    6-0

THIS WAS THE FIRST AWAY GAME FOR THE FIRST EVER DEDICATED UNDER 12 GIRLS TEAM, THIS GAME, LIKE THE GAME BEFORE IT AGAINST MANULLA ENDED IN DEFEAT. HOWEVER, FOR THIS TEAM WITH VERY LITTLE EXPERIENCE AND GAMES, TO HAVE SHOWN CHARACTER AND DETERMINATION AS THEY DID IN BALLYVARRY ON BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY EVENING WOULD LEAVE WITH  A POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE. PLAYERS SUCH AS KELLY REGAN, FIONA DOOHAN,CLODAGH MURPHY, EILISH DEARIE, ERIN FAHY,AISLING MURPHY WERE OUTSTANDING ALONSIDE MORE EXPERIENCED PLAYERS AS CHLOE FINN, NICOLE REDMOND AND REBECCA CURRY.EACH AND EVERY PLAYER NEVER GAVE UP EVEN AS BALLYVARRY KEPT THE PRESSURE ON, AND COMBINING  THIS DETERMINATION WITH MORE GAMES AND TRAINING, THIS GIRLS TEAM WILL PROGRESS AT A RAPID RATE.ALTHOUGH THE FIRST GOAL OF THIER SEASON IS STILL AWAITED CHLOE FINN AND NICOLE REDMOND WERE UNLUCKY TO BAG THE FIRST OF 2006, BUT IT IS NOT VERY FAR AWAY. TEAM: EILISH DEARIE,AISLING MURPHY,NICOLE REDMOND,REBECCA CURRY,CHLOE FINN,KELLY REGAN,FIONA DOOHAN,ERIN FAHY,CLODAGH MURPHY.

UNDER 14 BOYS V KILMURRAY, AWAY 6.45PM   MAY 3RD                      3-2

TO SAY THAT CHARLESTOWN WERE UNLUCKY IN THIS TITANIC BATTLE WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. CHARLESTOWN BEGAN THE GAME WITH A PURPOSE AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES JAMES BURKE WAS IN THE 18YARD BOX FACING A LONE KEEPER WHEN HE WAS SWEPT FROM BEHIND, SOMEHOW RATHER THAN A PENALTY KICK IT WAS A FREE KICK THE REFEREE DECIDED. WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MOMENTUM WAS LOST FROM THIS DESISION A MORE PHYSICAL KILMURRAY SIDE BEGAN TO SHOW THEIR CAPABILITY AND WERE AT THE HALF TIME WHISTLE 2-0 UP. CHARLESTOWN UPPED THE MOMENTUM AND TRIED TO USE THEIR PHYSICAL STRENGTH A LITTLE MORE. THEY WERE REWARDED WHEN PAUL WARDE, IN ONLY A LITTLE SPACE KICKED A WONDER SHOT INTO THE BACK OF THE KILMURRAY NET. KILMURRAY SOON AFTER EXTENDED THEIR LEAD AND IN THE CLOSING QUARTER CHARLESTOWN GOT THEIR SECOND, WITH A SPECTACULAR HEADER FROM DARRAGH SHIEL, BUT DESPITE EXTREME CHARLESTOWN PRESSURE IN THE DYING MINUTES, KILMURRAY HELD ON TO TAKE ALL 3 POINTS WITH A FINAL SCORE OF 3-2. TEAM: GARETH O'DONNELL,COLIN KENNY,DANIEL BURKE,MARTIN OWENS,GARY CASSIDY,STEPHEN MC INTYRE,KIEFER CRAIG,SEAN QUINN,JASON CORRIGAN,JAMES BURKE,MICHAEL SPENCER,PAUL WARDE,CONOR FINN,MICHAEL CORRIGAN,FERGAL CALLAGHAN,SIMON CRAIG,CODEY O'HANLON,DARA LEONARD,DARRAGH SHIEL, ALAN DOHERTY,ALAN WOODS

CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC JUNIOR TEAM AWAY V BANGOR ERRIS MAY 7TH             0-5

CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC STEAMROLLED OVER A GUTSY BANGOR SIDE IN THIS TOP OF THE TABLE CLASH IN BALLYBEG.CHARLESTOWN WERE TOTALLY DOMINANT FROM START TO FINISH AND THE DAY BELONGED TO ONE PLAYER IN PARTICULAR MARTIN TAYLOR WHO BAGGED A TOTAL OF 4 GOALS IN THIS EMPHATIC ROMP.THE GAME WAS JUST SECONDS OLD WHEN CHARLESTOWN SET OUT THEIR STALL AND SOME GREAT COMBINATION WORK FROM MICKEY TAYLOR AND JOHN FRAIN DOWN THE LEFT SET UP JONATHAN CAULFIELD WHO HEADED IN THE FIRST GOAL, FROM HERE ON THE WAY SIDE NEVER LET THWEIR FOOT OFF THE GAS AND THE COMBINATION OF SHAUN AND NOEL GAVAGHAN AT THE BACK ENSURED THAT BANGOR HAD VERY FEW CHANCES. GOAL NUMBER 2 BEGAN MARTIN TAYLORS BANGOR DESTRUCTION. A THIRD WAS NETTED FROM A GARY MURPHY CORNER KICK. GOALKEEPER PADDY MC DERMOTT WAS CALLED INTO ACTION WITH A GREAT SAVE FROM A RARE BANGOR ATTACK AND HIS QUICK THINKING SET UP A RAPID COUNTER ATTACK WITH CAULFIELD AND TAYLOR COMBINING SUPERBLY RESULTING IN TAYLORS HAT-TRICK AND THE LAST SCORE OF THE FIRST HALF. THE SCOND HALF SAW BANGOR SHORE UP THEIR DEFENCE A LITTLE BUT WERE STILL CONTINOUSLY BEEN BOMBARDED BY CHARLESTOWN. THE 65TH MINUTE SAW MARTIN TAYLOR SCORE HIS 4TH OF THE GAME, KIERAN ROONEY HAD A PENALTY DESISION RULED AGAINST HIM AS CHARLESTOWN MAINTAINED THEIR DOMINATION AND DETERMINATION TO THE FINAL WHISTLE EARNING THEM A STYLISH 3 POINTS. TEAM: PADDY MC DERMOTT,PADDY MC DONNELL,NOEL GAVAGHAN,SHAUN GAVAGHAN,RONAN DENNING,GARY MURPHY,MARTIN MULVANNEY,JOHN FRAIN,JONATHAN CAULFIELD,MICKEY TAYLOR,MARTIN TAYLOR,KIERAN ROONEY,GERARD DUFFY,DARREN MALONEY,BILLY MURPHY,STEVE KELLY.

UNDER 12 BOYS V BALLINROBE AWAY - ROUND 1 AIB CUP 6.45     MAY 5TH               1-3 AET

BALLINROBE PLAYED HOST TO THE UNDER 12 TEAM FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF THE AIB MAYO CUP. WITH JOSEPH PERRY INJURED AND THE UNAVAILABILITY OF SEAN MC HALE AND ROBERT DOOHAN, A PANEL OF 16 HOWEVER TRAVELLED. BALLINROBE STARTED THE GAME THE STRONGER SIDE AND HAD CHARLESTOWN DEFENDING THEIR HALF FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRST HALF. THE AWAY SIDE SCORED A GOAL MIDWAY THROUGH THE HALF AS CHANCES WERE EXTREMELY SCARCE FOR CHARLESTOWN. SWITCHING PATRICK REGAN AND NIGEL CASSIDY FROM STRIKERS TO DEFENDERS AND THE INTRODUCTION OF CONOR HENRY AT THE START OF THE SECOND HALF BEGAN TO REAP INSTANT RESULTS AS WITHIN MINUTES CONOR HENRY HAD EQUALISED WITH A BRILLIANT AND COMPOSED STRIKE.ANY THREAT FROM BALLINROBE WERE SUPERBLY DEALT WITH BY THE QUARTET OF NIGEL CASSIDY,PATRICK REGAN, DONAL GAVAGHAN AND AIDEN REGAN, NIALL MURPHY WAS THE PLAYMAKER, HE PLAYED IN EVERY POSTITION EXCEPT FOR THE ALERT EDWARD HANLON'S GOAL. THE SECOND HALF, DESPITE SOME PLAYERS TIRED FROM THE EARLIER EXERTS OF THE RIBENA-5-A-SIDE,WERE IN COMMAND AND WERE UNLUCKY NOT TO HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD, TOMMY HARAN AND CONOR MC INTYRE CAME CLOSE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT  HOWEVER AT THE FINAL WHISTLE EXTRA TIME WAS IN STORE.THE FIRST HALF OF EXTRA TIME MAINTAINED A COMPOSED CHARLESTOWN TEAM IN THE FIRST HALF OF EXTRA TIME WAS REPLACED WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY ONE IN THE SECOND. NIALL MURPHY AND LIAM DUFFY WERE BRILLIANT AND DOMINATED THE MIDFIELD AND COMBINED WITH CONOR MC INTYRE AND TOMMY HARAN TO LAUNCH ATTACKS, THEY WERE SOON REWARDED WHEN NIALL MURPHY STROKE A BRILLIANT BALL INTO THE BACK OF THE NET, LIAM DUFFY AND THE FRESH LEGS OF STEPHEN MC NICHOLAS WON EVERYTHING THAT BALLINROBE THREW AT THEM WHILE CONOR MC INTYRE WAS A THORN IN THE BALLINROBE DEFENCE. IT WAS WITH DEALING WITH THE THREAT OF CONOR AND TOMMY HARAN THAT ALLOWED SPACE FOR NIALL MURPHY TO SCORE HIS SECOND WITH TWO MINUTES TO GO, GIVING CHARLESTOWN UNDER 12'S THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON, AND WHAT A WELL EARNED AND DESERVED EXCITING WIN IT WAS.TEAM: EDWARD HANLON,MATTHEW DUFFY,AIDEN REGAN,DONAL GAVAGHAN,NIALL MC GOWAN (CAPT),TOMMY DRUDY,NIALL MURPHY,LIAM DUFFY,GARY MORLEY,NIGEL CASSIDY,PATRICK REGAN,TOMMY HARAN,STEPHEN MC NICHOLAS,CONOR HENRY,EAMONN KELLY,CONOR MC INTYRE.

UNDER 12 V BALLYGLASS HOME MAY 12TH 2006                             2-1

THE UNDER 12'S PLAYED HOST TO BALLYGLASS FOR THIS LEAGUE HOME TIE AGAINST BALLYGLASS, AND WERE SEEKING THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE LEAGUE CAMPAIGN. WITH A LARGE PANEL OF UNDER 12'S, IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN A REGULAR TEAM AS IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE AS MANY PLAYERS AS IS POSSIBLE IN EACH GAME. WITH THE RETURN OF SEAN MC HALE, HE SLIDED COMFORTABLY INTO A CENTRAL DEFENDER ROLE ALONGSIDE DONAL GAVAGHAN. CHARLESTOWN STARTED THE BETTER SIDE BUT AS IN THE PREVIOUS GAME, INEXPERIENCED DEFENDING ENABLED BALLYGLASS TO SCORE THE OPENING GOAL. HOWEVER CHARLESTOWN BEGAN TO SETTLE, NIGEL CASSIDY AND PATRICK REGAN CUT OUT MANY THREATENING RUNS DOWN THE SIDES OF THE PITCH WHILE NIALL MURPHY AND LIAM DUFFY AS ALWAYS WERE A HANDFULL FOR THE BALLYGLASS DEFENDERS. CONOR HENRY WAS UNLUCKY ON A FEW OCCASIONS NOT TO EQUALISE, BUT HE DID, WHEN AFTER EXCELLENT WORK FROM CONNOR HIGGINS AND NIALL MC GOWAN, HE MADE GREAT USE OF THE LITTLE SPACE AND DRILLED THE BALL INTO THE BACK OF THE NET. CHARLESTOWN KEPT UP THE PRESSURE CONSISTENTLY AND NIALL MC GOWAN WAS UNLUCKY NOT TO HAVE GIVEN THE HOME SIDE THE LEAD. ROBERT DOOHAN BROKE DOWN MANY ATTACKS IN THE BALLYGLASS HALF WINNING POSSESSION AND SETTING UP NIALL MC GOWAN AND CONOR HENRY. AS THE INTRODUCTION OF SUBSTITUTES, UPSET THE MOMENTUM SLIGHTLY, CHARLESTOWN REMAINED COMPOSED ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SEVERAL DANGEROUS ATTACKING SPELLS FROM BALLYGLASS, BUT THE EVER ALERT GOALKEEPER EDWARD HANLON HAD ALL AREAS COVERED. NIALL MURPHY PUT CHARLESTOWN AHEAD MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND HALF WITH AN EXCELLENT SCORE, HIS TIRELESS RUNNING AND DETERMINATION THROUGHOUT THE GAME EARNED HIM A DESERVED GOAL. TOMMY HARAN, PATRICK KENNY, CONOR MC INTYRE, GARY MORLEY, TOMMY DRUDY, AIDEN REGAN,EAMONN KELLY ALL PLAYED A HUGE PART IN THIS FIRST LEAGUE WIN. TEAM: EDWARD HANLON,PATRICK REGAN,DONAL GAVAGHAN,SEAN MC HALE,NIGEL CASSIDY, ROBERT DOOHAN,LIAM DUFFY (CAPTAIN),NIALL MURPHY, CONOR HIGGINS,CONOR HENRY,NIALL MC GOWAN,CONOR MC INTYRE,TOMMY HARAN,TOMMY DRUDY, AIDEN REGAN,GARY MORLEY, STEPHEN MC NICHOLAS,MATTHEW DUFFY,EAMONN KELLY,NOEL MULLIGAN,PATRICK KENNY.

CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC LADIES V WESTPORT HOME MAY 14TH 2006 FRIENDLY            1-3

THE SCOELINE DOES CERTAINLY NOT DO THE LADIES JUSTICE IN THIS GAME AGAINST SUPERLEAGUE SIDE WESTPORT. CHARLESTOWN FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE GAME HAD THE MOST POSSESSION AND CONTROL OF THE BALL, BUT IT WAS THE FINAL KICK AT GOAL THAT APPEARED TO BE THE DOWNFALL. CHARLESTOWN BEGAN THE GAME WITH PURPOSE AND WITH A MIDFIELD DUO OF VICKI KILLORAN AND MICHELLE HARAN PLAYING SOME BRILLIANT FOOTBALL, THEY WERE CAUSINNG ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS FOR THE VISITORS. SIOBHAN DOHERTY AND KLARA PEYTON HAD CONTROL ON THE WINGS AND WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN CHARLESTOWN ATTACKS, BUT DESPITE THIS FAST WESTPORT COUNTERATTACKS LED TO THEM BEEN 3-0 AT HALF TIME, TOTALLY AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY. THE SECOND HALF SAW THE LADIES DETERMINATION INCREASE, SANDRA LAVIN AND LISA CORRIGAN WERE THREATENING IN FRONT OF THE WESTPORT GOAL, BUT UNLUCKILY THE BALL JUST WOULD NOT GO IN.THE EXTRAORDINARY KICK-OUTS FROM ALERT GOALKEEPER LOUISE CALLAGHAN ADDED TO SOME WONDERFULL CHARLESTOWN PLAY AND AS VICKI KILLORAN MOVED UP FRONT TO PARTNER SANDRA LAVIN MORE MOMENTUM WAS IN THE HOME SIDES ATTACKS, THIS PAID OFF WHEN VICKI SCORED A BRILLIANT GOAL, CHARLESTOWN HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO LEVEL THE GAME IF NOT TAKE THE LEAD BUT SUPERLEAGUE LADIES FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE STOOD TO A COMPOSED WESTPOER SIDE. SUSAN DURKIN, CLAIRE MC INTYRE,TERESA OWENS AND LISA KENNY WERE BRILLIANT IN DEFENCE AND NEVER LET UP IN THEIR CHALLENGES. THE PERFORMANCE SHOWN BY ALL THE CHARLESTOWN PLAYERS, IN WHAT WAS BY FAR THE BEST TEAM PERFORMANCE TO DATE, SHOWED THAT THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A SERIOUS LEAGUE CONTENDER. TEAM: LOUISE CALLAGHAN,TERESA OWENS,SUSAN DURKIN,CLAIRE MC INTYRE,LISA KENNY,KLARA PEYTON,MICHELLE HARAN(CAPTAIN),VICKI KILLORAN,SIOBHAN DOHERTY,SANDRA LAVIN,LISA CORRIGAN.

UNDER 12 GIRLS V CONN RANGERS AWAY MAY 15TH 2006           0-1

CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC FC UNDER 12 GIRLS TRAVELLED TO CONN RANGERS FOR THEIR THIRD LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON, HAVING LOST THE FIRST TWO. HOWEVER, THE DEDICATION AND COMMITTMENT SHOWN AT TRAINING AND AT GAMES WAS ALWAYS ADDING TO THEIR EXPERIENCE. CHARLESTOWN BEGAN THE FIRST HALF WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND HAD MOST OF THE POSSESSION WITH SOME EXCELLENT PLAY FROM NICOLE REDMOND, REBECCA CURRY AND CHLOE FINN  CAUSING SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR THE HOME SIDE.KELLY REGAN WAS A TOWER OF STRENGTH IN DEFENCE ALONGSIDE EILISH DEARIE AND THEY KEPT ANY CONN RANGERS ATTACK AT BAY. DESPITE HAVING THE MOST OF THE SCORING OPPORTUNITITES,CHARLESTOWN ENDED THE FIRST HALF 0-0. THE SECOND HALF CONTINUED THE SAME, GOALKEEPER ERIN FAHY PULLED OFF SOME GREAT SAVES TO FURTHER FRUSTRATE THE HOME SIDE AND ADD INSPIRATION TO CHARLESTOWN,THIS CAME THROUGH PLAYERS LIKE AISLING MURPHY,FIONA DOOHAN AND CLODAGH MURPHY ALL OF WHOM NEVER GAVE UP IN SEEKING THE BALL. THE CULMINATION OF THE GRIT AND DETERMINATION OF ALL THE PLAYERS RESULTED IN THE ONLY GOAL OF THE GAME, THIS WAS STRUCK WITH VIGOUR BY REBECCA CURRY AMIDST GREAT JUBILATION, AND WELL DESERVED FOR THIS TEAM . ALTHOUGH CONN RANGERS FOUGHT BACK TO GAIN THE EQUALISER, CHARLESTOWN HELD OUT CONVINCINGLY TO TAKE THEIR FIRST THREE POINTS. TEAM: ERIN FAHY,KELLY REGAN (CAPTAIN),FIONA DOOHAN,AISLING MURPHY,CHLOE FINN,NICOLE REDMOND,CLODAGH MURPHY,REBECCA CURRY,EILISH DEARIE.

UNDER 14 GIRLS V CONN RANGERS HOME MAY 16TH                                        4-2

CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC FC UNDER 14 GIRLS PLAYED HOST TO CONN RANGERS AT BELLAGHY PARK ON TUESDAY MAY 16TH, THIS WAS THE GIRLS FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON AS THE PREVIOUS TWO WERE POSTPONED SO WHEN CONN RANGERS EVENTUALLY ARRIVED, THERE WAS A GREAT SENSE OF RELIEF AND EAGERNESS TO PLAY THIS OPENING GAME. CHARLESTOWN FROM THE START WERE THE DOMINANT TEAM AND HAD THE MAJORITY OF THE POSSESSION BUT THE OPENING GOAL PROVED ELUSIVE. REBECCA CORLEY WORKED TIRELESSLY UP FRONT AS DID ELAINE DOHERTY BUT THE SCORE REMAINED TIED AT 0-0 AT HALF TIME. THE SECOND HALF SAW THE CHARLESTOWN MIDFIELD OF SARAH KELLY, ANN-MARIE O ' KEEFE, MARIE TONRA AND CATHRIONA MC LOUGHLIN TAKE CONTROL OF THE CHARLESTOWN PITCH AND WORKED EXTREMELY HARD. THEY WERE REWARDED WITHIN MINUTES WHEN A GREAT BALL WAS THREADED THROUGH TO MARIE TONRA WHO BLASTED THE BALL INTO THE NET LEADING TO A JUBILANT REACTION FROM THE TEAM AND MANAGEMENT. CHARLESTOWN MAINTAINED THE PRESSURE AND AS CONN RANGERS SOUGHT THE EQUALISER THE DEFENCE OF LORRAINE MAYE,DEIRDRA HENRY,MICHELLE MARREN AND AN EXCELLENT CHARLOTTE HANLON PRODUCED SOME BRILLIANT CHALLENGES AS CLAIRE MORRIS IN GOALS WAS OUTSTANDING.REBECCA CORLEY EACH TIME SHE GOT THE BALL TORE APART THE CONN RANGERS DEFENCE AND HER QUICK THINKING AND ACCURATE PASSING ENABLED MARIE TONRA TO GET HER SECOND OF THE GAME.CATHRIONA MC LOUGHLIN AND SARAH KELLY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CHARLESTOWN THIRD GOAL, CATHRIONA BROKE DOWN A CONN RANGERS ATTACK, PASSED IT THROUGH TO SARAH AND SHE DISPATCHED IT THROUGH TO A FOREVER RUNNING MARIE TONRA WHO SCORED HER WELL DESERVED HAT TRICK. A FREE KICK FROM ELAINE DOHERTY FROM JUST INSIDE THE CONN RANGERS HALF WAS MET BY SUBSTITUTE CAROLINE KENNY WHO BLASTED WITH DETERMINATION THE BALL INTO THE BACK OF THE NET INCREASING CHARLESTOWN'S LEAD TO 4-0, BUT THE GAME WAS NO MEANS OVER. CONN RANGERS PULLED TO GOALS BACK IN THE LAST TEN MINUTES AS THE CHARLESTOWN GIRLS BEGAN TO TIRE FROM THE EXERTIONS OF THEIR FIRST GAME, HOWEVER LEIGH-ANN HANLEY WAS UNLUCKY NOT TO HAVE FURTHER EXTENDED THEIR LEAD BUT WAS DENIED BY THE CONN RANGERS GOALKEEPER. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THIS TEAM, AND WITH THEIR DEDICATION ,COMMITTMENT AND TEAM SPIRIT GOING INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE LEAGUE, THEY WILL BE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. TEAM: CLAIRE MORRIS,DEIRDRA HENRY,LORRAINE MAYE,CATHRIONA MC LOUGHLIN,CHARLOTTE HANLON,ELAINE DOHERTY(CAPTAIN),MICHELLE MARREN,ANN-MARIE O'KEEFE,MARIE TONRA,SARAH KELLY,REBECCA CORLEY,LEIGH-ANN HANLEY,CAROLINE KENNY.

UNDER 14 GIRLS V BALLINA TOWN HOME JUNE 13TH    8-3

CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC FC UNDER 14 GIRLS RETURNED TO WINNING WAYS FOLLOWING A COMPREHENSIVE VICTORY OVER BALLINA TOWN IN THE LEAGUE. THIS WIN WAS A GREAT MORALE BOOST FOR A CONSTANTLY IMPROVING SQUAD, PARTICULARLY AFTER THEIR DEFEAT IN THE CUP TO S&F UTD. CHARLESTOWN TOOK THE LEAD EARLY IN THE FIRST HALF THROUGH MARIE TONRA, BALLINA EQUALISED AND THEN TOOK THE LEAD THROUGH A PENALTY KICK. CHARLESTOWN THROUGH SOME EXCELLENT WORK FROM CATHRIONA MC LOUGHLIN,ELAINE DOHERTY AND MARIE TONRA BEGAN TO EXERT MORE PRESSURE ON BALLINA AND WERE SOON REWARDED WITH THE EQUALISER. MICHELLE MARREN AND ANN MARIE O'KEEFE WERE DOMINANT AND BOTH GOT THEIR NAMES ON THE SCORESHEET WITH ANN MARIE TOTALLING 2 GOALS. GOALKEEPER CLAIRE MORRIS WAS OUTSTANDING. SARAH KELLY,DEIRDRA HENRY AND LORRAINE MAYE WORKED TIRELESSLY IN DEFENCE, AS THE EXPERIENCE OF THESE GAMES BEGAN TO SHOW IN THE SKILL AND DETERMINATION SHOWN. REBECCA CORLEY AND LEIGH-ANN HANLEY WERE BOTH UNLUCKY NOT TO HAVE SCORED BUT THEIR WORK RATE AND COMMITTMENT CREATED MANY OF THE SCORING OPPORTUNITIES. CAROLINE KENNY WAS ALSO UNLUCKY NOT TO HAVE SCORED, BUT ALL IN ALL, THIS PERFORMANCE WAS OUTSTANDING AS A TEAM EFFORT AND THEY TRULY DESERVED THEIR VICTORY.TEAM: CLAIRE MORRIS,DEIRDRA HENRY,SARAH KELLY,LORRAINE MAYE,CATHRIONA MC LOUGHLIN (CAPTAIN),ANN-MARIE O'KEEFE,ELAINE DOHERTY,MARIE TONRA,MICHELLE MARREN,REBECCA CORLEY,LEIGH-ANN HANLEY,CAROLINE KENNY.

LADIES V CLAREMORRIS HOME JUNE 19TH    3-4

CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC FC LADIES TEAM DESPITE A NUMBER OF PLAYERS ABSENT, PLAYED BY FAR THE BEST FOOTBALL SINCE THEIR FORMATION LAST SEASON, CONSIDERING A LACK OF REGULAR TRAINING DUE TO EXAMS, ETC. IT WAS AN EXCITING GAME FROM START TO FINISH WITH BOTH SIDES SHOWING GREAT CLASS. CHARLESTOWN TOOK THE LEAD EARLY IN THE FIRST HALF THROUGH AN EXCELLENT STRIKE FROM SIOBHAN DOHERTY. CLAREMORRIS EQUALISED SOON AFTER RESULTING IN A HALF TIME SCORE OF 1-1. THE SECOND HALF CONTINUED AS THE FIRST LEFT OFF, BRILLIANT WORK FROM THE MIDFIELD OF KLARA PEYTON,TERESA JORDAN,SIOBHAN DOHERTY AND SANDRA LAVIN ALWAYS APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE AWAY DEFENCE. SANDRA LAVIN WAS REWARDED FOR HER EFFORTS WHEN SHE SCORED A CRACKER OF A GOAL LEAVING A SCORELINE OF 2-1. TERESA OWENS AS ALWAYS WORKED TIRELESSLY IN DEFENCE AS DID LISA KENNY,EILISH DUFFY AND THE VERY ALERT CLAIRE MC INTYRE. CHARLESTOWN WERE UNLUCKY NOT TO HAVE EXTENDED THEIR LEAD THROUGH VICKI KILLORAN AND SANDRA LAVIN, BUT A DETERMINED CLAREMORRIS SIDE ONCE AGAIN EQUALISED.GOALKEEPER LOUISE CALLAGHAN, KEPT CLAREMORRIS AT BAY AS THEY UPPED THE PACE SIGNIFICANTLY. MARY MURPHY ON HER DEBUT WAS UNLUCKY NOT TO HAVE PUT THE TOWN AHEAD, BUT ONCE AGAIN THE DETERMINATION OF SANDRA LAVIN AND VICKI KILLORAN PAID DIVIDENDS AS THE LATTER SCORED TO MAKE IT 3-2. AS THE CHARLESTOWN PLAYERS BEGAN TO TIRE, GAPS OPENED UP IN THE CENTRE ENABLING CLAREMORRIS ONCE AGAIN TO EQUALISED. THE UNFORTUNATE WITHDRAWL OF SIOBHAN DOHERTY THROUGH INJURY, AND WITH ALL AVAILABLE SUBSTITUTIONS MADE, CLAREMORRIS TOOK THE LEAD. HOWEVER TWO FREE-KICKS IN THE DYING MINUTES OF THE GAME FROM VICKI KILLORAN, SAILED AGONISINGLY OVER THE BAR AND IT REMAINED AT THE FINAL WHISTLE 3-4. BRILLIANT DEBUTS FROM MARTINA AND MARY MURPHY AS WELL AS THE RETURN OF EILISH DUFFY, MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO A CONSTANTLY IMPROVING YOUNG SQUAD. TEAM: LOUISE CALLAGHAN,TERESA OWENS,LISA KENNY,EILISH DUFFY,CLAIRE MC INTYRE,KLARA PEYTON,TERESA JORDAN,SIOBHAN DOHERTY,SANDRA LAVIN,LISA CORRIGAN,VICKI KILLORAN,MARY MURPHY,MARTINA MURPHY.

UNDER 14 V URLUAR UTD 24-6-06 AWAY

CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC FC UNDER 14'S TRAVELLED TO URLUAR FOR THIS EAGERLY AWAITED LOCAL DERBY, AS IT TURNED OUT IT WAS A THRILLING CONTEST FROM START TO FINISH.URLUAR WERE 2-0 IN FRONT AFTER 10 MINUTES AND CONTROLLING THE GAME IN EVERY AREA OF THE PITCH. SECOND HALF SUBSTITUTE DARRAGH SHIEL SCORED THE FIRST CHARLESTOWN GOAL, LEADING TO A REJUVINATED TEAM, PRESSURE WAS NOW TURNED ON TO THE HOME SIDES DEFENCE THROUGH MICHAEL CORRIGAN, PAUL WARDE AND FERGAL CALLAGHAN. SEAN QUINN SCORED A SPECTACULAR CHARLESTOWN SECOND GOAL TO EQUALISE. THE ALWAYS RELIABLE MARTIN OWENS AND GARY CASSIDY IN DEFENCE ALONG WITH DARA LEONARD AND DANIEL BURKE WERE EXTREMELY CAPABLE IN DEALING WITH ANY COUNTER ATTACKS. DARRAGH SHIEL SEALED THE GAME FOR CHARLESTOWN WITH A BRILLIANT THIRD GOAL AS URLUAR IN THE DYING MINUTES THRE EVERYTHING AT THE GARETH O' DONNELL MANNED GOAL, BUT THE AWAY SIDE HELD OUT TO WIN 2-3. TEAM: GARETH O 'DONNELL,GARY CASSIDY,MARTIN OWENS,DANIEL BURKE,SEAN QUINN,CONOR FINN,FERGAL CALLAGHAN,PAUL WARDE,KIEFER CRAIG,MICHAEL CORRIGAN,MICHAEL SPENCER,DARRAGH SHIEL,DARA LEONARD,JAMES BURKE,JASON CORRIGAN.

UNDER 16 V CLAREMORRIS HOME 3-7-06

CHARLESTOWN ATHLETIC FC UNDER 16'S PLAYED THEIR FIRST GAME AT HOME AGAINST CLAREMORRIS ON MONDAY JULY 3RD. CHARLESTOWN, WITHOUT GOALKEEPER DARRAGH REDMOND FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE SEASON THROUGH INJURY AND THE UNAVAILABILITY OF ENDA MC LOUGHLIN, KEVIN MORRISROE AND RICHARD MURPHY APPEARED TO BE A LITTLE UNDERSTRENGTH, BUT FO THIS GAME TEAM SPIRIT AND HARD WORK MADE UP FOR ALL, RESULTING IN A 2-0 WIN FOR CHARLESTOWN. CHRISTOPHER BURKE MADE HIS DEBUT IN GOAL AND DEALT WITH EVERYTHING THROWN AT HIM QUITE CONFIDENTLY. THE DEFENCE WAS MADE UP OF THOMAS HUNT,JAMES PEYTON,PAUL GAVAGHAN AND GAVIN MULLIGAN, ALL OF WHICH WERE OUTSTANDING. SHANE FINN AND MATTHEW TIMLIN WERE IN MIDFIELD FLANKED BY LIAM REGAN AND EAMONN MC NICHOLAS.PATRICK CURRY AND ENDA MARREN WERE THE STRIKEFORCE.DESPITE LOSING THEIR FIRST GAME 2-0 AWAY TO BALLINA, CHARLESTOWN SHOWED GREAT WORK AND EFFORT IN DEFEATING CLAREMORRIS, PARTICULARLY AS MANY OF THE TEAM HAVE NOT PLAYED SOCCER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WERE WELL DESERVED OF THEIR VICTORY. ENDA MARREN WAS THE GOALSCORING HERO AS HE NETTED THE TWO WINNING GOALS. TEAM: CHRISTOPHER BURKE,THOMAS HUNT,JAMES PEYTON,PAUL GAVAGHAN,GAVIN MULLIGAN,EAMONN MC NICHOLAS,SHANE FINN (CAPT),MATTHEW TIMLIN,LIAM REGAN,PATRICK CURRY,ENDA MARREN, NOEL MC LOUGHLIN,SEAN TONRA,JASON CORRIGAN,MICHAEL CORRIGAN.

UNDER 14 BOYS V BALLHEANE HOME JULY 5TH

BELLAGHY PARK PLAYED HOST TO EN ENTHRALLING UNDER 14 GAME ON WEDNESDAY JULY 5TH.CHARLESTOWN NEEDED TO EARN MORE POINTS TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR DIVISION 1 STATUS FOR NEXT SEASON, AND THIS THEY DID, EARNING 1 BUT UNLUCKY NOT TO HAVE EARNED THE FULL 3. DARRAGH SHIEL AND SEAN QUINN WERE FIRST HALF SCORERS RESULTING IN A HALF-TIME SCORELINE OF 2-2. DESPITE HAVING THE MAJORITY OF POSSESSION THROUGHOUT THE GAME IT JUST COULD NOT MATERIALISE ITSELF INTO THE CORRESPONDING GOAL TALLY. TWO FURTHER SECOND HALF GOALS FROM STEPHEN MC INTYRE AND A SPECTACULAR GOAL FROM KIEFER CRAIG LEFT IT AGAIN TIED AT THE FINAL WHISTLE 4-4.TEAM: GARETH O'DONNELL,GERARD MC LOUGHLIN,MARTIN OWENS,COLIN KENNY,GARY CASSIDY,SEAN QUINN,PAUL WARDE,STEPHEN MC INTYRE(CAPT),JASON CORRIGAN,MARTIN DOHERTY,DARRAGH SHIEL,MICHAEL CORRIGAN,DANIEL BURKE,KIEFER CRAIG,CONOR FINN,SIMON CRAIG,DARA LEONARD,JAMES BURKE,ALAN WOODS.

UNDER 14 GIRLS V BALLYHEANE HOME 17TH JULY

THE REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF THE UNDER 14 GIRLS IN THEIR FIRST SEASON HAS BEEN A CREDIT TO ALL THE GIRLS INVOLVED, PARTTICULARLY IN THE WELL SEASONED OPPOSITION  THAT THEY CAME UP AGAINST IN THEIR GROUP. THIS GAME BELONGED TO THE CHARLESTOWN GIRLS FROM START TO FINISH.DESPITE AN INITIAL PERIOD OF DOMINANCE FROM BALLYHEANE THAT WAS QUICKLY SNUFFED OUT BY AN ALWAYS ALERT CLAIRE MORRIS IN GOALS AND AN INSPIRATIONAL DEFENCE OF CHARLOTTE HANLON, DEIRDRA HENRY, CATHRIONA MC LOUGHLIN AND ANN-MARIE O'KEEFE, THIS PERFORMANCE REFLECTED INTO THE MIDFIELD QUARTET OF MICHELLE MARREN,LORRAINE MAYE,ELAINE DOHERTY AND ROISIN PERRY WHERE THEY CAUSED ENDLESSS TROUBLE TO THE AWAY SIDES DEFENCE. THE LETHAL STRIKING PARNERSHIP OF REBECCA CORLEY AND LEIGH-ANN HANLEY WERE ALWAYS BRINGING OUT THE BEST OF THE BALLYHEANE GOALKEEPER. CHARLESTOWN'S FIRST GOAL CAME FROM THE MAGIC BOOTS OF MICHELLE MARREN, WHO SCORED A GOAL EACH SIDE OF THE HALF-TIME WHISTLE, A FEAT ALSO REPLICATED BY LORRAINE MAYE WHO POWERED UNSTOPPABLE SHOTS INTO THE BALLYHEANE NET. REBECCA CORLEY AND LEIGH-ANN HANLEY WERE UNLUCKY NOT TO HAVE EXTENDED THE HOME SIDES LEAD, BUT THEY NEVER RELAXED IN THEIR EFFORTS. GREAT APPLAUSE GOES TO ROISIN PERRY WHO ON HER DEBUT NEVER LET THE OCCASION OF HER FIRST GAME GET IN THE WAY OF A SOLID PERFORMANCE. TEAM: CLAIRE MORRIS,DEIRDRA HENRY,CHARLOTTE HANLON,CATHRIONA MC LOUGHLIN,ANN-MARIE O'KEEFE (CAPT),MICHELLE MARREN,LORRAINE MAYE,ELAINE DOHERTY,ROISIN PERRY,LEIGH-ANN HANLEY,REBECCA CORLEY.

UNDER 16 V CONN RANGERS HOME 17TH JULY

THE UNDER 16'S PLAYED HOST TO CONN-RANGERS FOR THIS LEAGUE TIE AT BELLAGHY PARK.AS EACH GAME EARNS  EXPERIENCE, TO A SIDE NOT HAVING PLAYED SOCCER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THIS GAME ALTHOUGH AT THE WRONG END OF THE SCORELINE HAD SOME POSITIVE ASPECTS TO IT. WITH INJURY RULING OUT MAYO LEAGUE ACADEMY GOALKEEPER DARRAGH REDMOND, A SERIOUS UNSETTLEDNESS EBBED THROUGHOUT THE TEAM. UNNERVED BY THIS CHRIS BURKE STOOD BETWEEN THE POSTS FOR THIS GAME. IN WHAT WAS AN EXCITING AND CONTROVERSIAL FIRST HALF IN WHICH BURKE SAVED A PENALTY AND GAVIN MULLIGAN SCORED ONE. THIS RESULTED IN A HALF-TIME SCORE OF 1-0 TO CHARLESTOWN.HOWEVER THE SECOND HALF SAW CONN-RANGERS SCORE TWO FROM THE PENALTY SPOT, AS, DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS FROM CHARLESTOWN, AND AN EXCELLENT GOAL FROM NOEL MC LOUGHLIN, CONN-RANGERS WERE VICTORIOUS WITH A SCORE OF 2-5.TEAM: CHRISTOPHER BURKE,THOMAS HUNT,JAMES PEYTON,PAUL GAVAGHAN (CAPT),GAVIN MULLIGAN,EAMONN MC NICHOLAS,SHANE FINN,KEVIN MORRISROE,LIAM REGAN,PATRICK CURRY,ENDA MARREN,NOEL MC LOUGHLIN,SEAN TONRA,MATTHEW TIMLIN.

LADIES  AWAY V MANULLA 23RD JULY

THIS OUTING WITH 11 PLAYERS ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO MANULLA SAW A GAME THAT BOTH TEAMS HAD A HALF EACH, WITH A SECOND HALF WORTHY OF A CUP-FINAL. AS EVERY GAME CARLESTOWN ATHLETIC LADIES PLAY, DESPITE DIFFICULTIES IN HAVING COMPLETE PANELS, IT IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE OBVIOUS THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AND SOME OF THE BIGGER NAME LADIES CLUBS IS DECREASING AT A RAPID PACE.MANULLA AND CHARLESTOWN WERE EQUAL IN MOST ASPECTS ON THE FIELD, CHARLESTOWN BEEN THE LEAST PHYSICAL.MANULLA TOOK THE LEAD MID-WAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF THROUGH AN UNLUCKY CHARLESTOWN DEFLECTION AND FURTHER INCREASED THEIR LEAD MINUTES LATER. CHARLESTOWN, KEPT THE HEADS AND WERE CREATING GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FROM EXCELLENT PLAY FROM ROSIE DOHERTY,VICKI KILLORAN AND MARY GAVAGHAN. AN EXPERIENCED MANULLA GOALKEEPER, WAS ALERT TO SOME POWERFULL SHOTS FROM SANDRA LAVIN AND SIOBHAN DOHERTY. AS MANULLA REACTED TO THE CHARLESTOWN PRESSURE, THE GAME BECAME A MORE PHYSICAL AFFAIR AND IN THE SECOND HALF CHARLESTOWN STEPPED UP A GEAR IN EVERY WAY, CHARLESTOWN BECAME MORE PHYSICAL, SUPERB TACKLING, IN PARTICULAR FROM FROM KLARA PEYTON,TOOK THE GAME TO MANULLA, EVERYTHING WAS WON BY THE VISITORS BUT A COMBINATION OF INEXPERIENCE AND SHEER UNLUCKINESS COULD NOT CONVERT THIS PRESSURE INTO GOALS DESPITE THE BRILLIANT PLAY.TERSA OWENS,CLAIRE MC INTYRE, LISA CORRIGAN AND TERESA JORDAN WERE EXTRAORDINARY IN DEFENCE AS WAS GOALKEEPER LOUISE CALLAGHAN.MANULLA WON THE FIRST HALF AND ENEVITABLY THE MATCH BUT THE CHARLESTOWN LADIES WON THE SECOND HALF AND THE GAME.TEAM: LOUISE CALLAGHAN,TERESA OWENS,CLAIRE MC INTYRE,LISA CORRIGAN,TERESA JORDAN,KLARA PEYTON ( CAPT),VICKI KILLORAN,MARY GAVAGHAN,ROSIE DOHERTY,SANDRA LAVIN,.SIOBHAN DOHERTY.

LADIES V SNUGBORO HOME 17TH AUGUST 2006 KO 7.00PM       2-1

VICTORY*********** DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF A FEW KEY PLAYERS, CHARLESTOWN PULLED OFF AN EXCELLENT AND WELL DESERVED VICTORY OVER SNUGBORO AT BELLAGHY PARK.IN THE AWAY GAME  THE SNUGBORO ELEVEN DEFEATED THE CHARLESTOWN SEVEN 5-1, SO THE HOME SIDE WERE GOING TO MAKE A SERIOUS GAME OF THIS TIE WITH A FULL ELEVEN. CHARLESTOWN APPLIED THE PRESSURE FROM THE START AND HAD THE MAJORITY OF THE POSSESSION.