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U16 SOCCER

Our U16 team were unlucky to lose the Ulster quarter final (2), John Clarke and David Nzewi among the goal scorers.
to St. Patricks College on a 5-4 score line. This match had David followed that up with a brilliant hat trick against St.
everything from sloppy defending to superb goals. Earlier Patricks with Andrew McNally grabbing the 4th goal. All in
wins over St. Macarten College and Castleblaney and all it was a very busy season for the players and their coach
a 3=1 defeat to Breiffne College helped us to reach the Mr.Plunkett.
quarter final. The best performance was a 4-1 win over
the fancied St. Macartens team win with Evan O’Connor

U14 Boys Soccer - Full Panel

Back Row (L-R): Cian Flint, Aaron Heaslip, Joshua Ajayi, Femi Oyakhire Agge, Michaael McKeon-Boyle, Jenson Sweeney, Joseph Alabi, Jamie
Eccleston, Olutosin Orola Middle Row (L-R): Tobi Sonaike, Adam Mee, Alan Speares, Ben Reilly, Craig Ebbitt, Michael-James Metcalfe, Mark
Williamson, Jack Gilmore, Dale Robertson, Stuart Smyth Front Row (L-R): Christopher Elliot, Matthew Gilmore, Matthew Stewart, Kelvin
McNally, Adam Dunne
U14 BOYS SOCCER

The U14 football team had another very successful and RSC Team: Michael McKeon Boyle, Christopher Elliott, Jamie
enjoyable year in the Royal School Cavan in 2015/16. The Eccleston, Adam Dunne, Craig Ebbitt, Mark Stewart, Michael
squad had a number of players still under age from last year James Metcalfe, Tobi Sonaike, Aaron Heaslip, Stuart Smyth,
and was bolstered by a very keen group of 1 years this year. Joshua Ajayi.
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In the pleasant weather in September and October we had Subs: Sam Malone, Ewan Garland, Ben Reilly, Cian Flint, Alan
very good numbers at training, usually between 20 - 25. This Speares, Matthew Gilmore, Adam Mee, Alhamain Adeleke.
was held on the school football pitch but with the shortening
evenings we had to switch to the floodlit all weather surface 2 Match: Royal School 2-2 Virginia
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after Halloween. Our 1 league game saw us pitted against the same team that
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Training was taken by Mr. Robertson, but he was helped put us out at the semi-final stage last year. We quickly went
greatly by Mr Jean Francois Pinel, the new french teaching a goal down but then hit the front with two great goals from
assistant. young striker Joshua Ajayi. The first where he was slipped
through by Kelvin McNally and finished low to the corner and
1st Match: Royal School 1-3 Monaghan Collegiate the second he turned and volley a shot from 18 yards over
Our first match was a friendly against Monaghan Collegiate. the keepers head into the roof of the net. The second half
We travelled to play them on a very stick pitch in Monaghan was a rear-guard action as a near gale-force wind forced the
and overall we felt we did not perform to our abilities. The Royal back. Keeper Michael McKeon Boyle saved the team
team were new to each other and were out muscled by a big on a couple of occasions but overall the defence held strong
Monaghan team on the day. The Royal went 1 goal down but with Mark Stewart and Adam Dunne excellent. Unfortunately
Stuart Smyth swept home the equaliser to make it 1 each at 2 minutes from time Virginia hit an equaliser and we had to
half time. In the 2 hald they went 2:1 up and then late in the settle for a draw.
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game with the Royal pushing for an equaliser they pounced
to score a third on the break.
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