SHILLELAGH UTD LADIES FC

The girls eventually came out on top last Sunday, in what proved to be a very difficult tie away to Camolin Celtic in the third round of the Wexford Cup.

Despite opening the scoring with a Fiona Byrne strike, the team trailed 2-1 at half time.

The girls upped their game in the second half and once Elaine Murphy levelled things up, they pressed on and took control of the game.

Fiona completed her hat trick with two further goals, to ensure the team progressed to the fourth round.

This Sunday we face Wexford Celtic at home in the semi-final of the Boland Carpets Cup. A big effort is required from everyone as we try to get through to the final. Do come along and cheer the girls on!!

Training continues every Tuesday and Friday at 7pm.

Congratulations to Alison Smyth, Cummer, this week's €100 winner in our 210 club draw ; Winning numbers 20 & 31.

WICKLOW ROVERS AFC

Well it wasn't a good weekend for action on the playing front with the weather proving to be the winner.

The first team's match away to Phoenix FC on Friday night did manage to get played and the lads secured all three points with a valuable 2-1 victory.

In a good solid team performance Paul O'neill bagged a brace to bring his tally to eight for the season and ensured they keep the pressure on Tolka Rovers and Bangor Celtic who are above them in the league.

This result means they are now four points behind league leaders Bangor Celtic with four games in hand and three points behind second placed Tolka Rovers with three games in hand.

The only other game to escape the weather in the club was the under 9C's match away to Arklow United and what a game it was, the lads came out the right side in a nine goal thriller winning 54. Christopher Bouchier hit a magnificent hat-trick (his third hat-trick of the season) to bring his tally to nineteen for the season and Sam Brown added a brace in a splendid game of football.

As you can see from above we had one player in the hat-trick club this week and that honour fell to Christopher Bouchier who notched his third hat-trick of the season for the under-9c's in their 5-4 away win against Arklow United, this brings his total to nineteen for the season, well done Christopher.

The club recently won a new set of jerseys in a draw sponsored by The Star newspaper, anyone who was collecting master heads from the paper for the club can hand them in to any committee member, alternatively you can give them to any team manager in the club, the master heads have to be returned by Wednesday (today) the 15th February as there is a deadline to claim the jerseys, a big thanks to everyone for your help.

Wicklow Rovers AFC promote soccer for schoolboys/girls, youths and seniors in the community.

Our club is growing all the time and any assistance with the help of running the club would be very much appreciated.

At present we have a very hard working committee but we are always on the look out for people interested in helping out, the club are always on the look out for people who are interested in getting involved in soccer, whether its coaching and managing or on the executive committee or a sub committee.

Maybe you would just like to help as an assistant manager, help with fundraising or help just around the grounds or in anyway at all, don't hesitate, get involved, anyone interested in helping out the club in anyway can contact any committee member or email club secretary Gerry Doyle at wicklow.rovers5@gmail.com

Our Junior soccer academy is on every Saturday morning [weather permitting] in the Whitegates all weather pitch at 11am, so for fun and games while learning the skills of the game come to the Whitegates from 11 till 12 under the guidance of experienced coach Johnny Dunne. The academy is open to boys and girls from the age of three upwards.

Club gear is available from our club shop, if anyone wishes to purchase club gear you can contact Franny Copeland at 0872230063 or email him at fcopeland8@gmail.com.

The following is a list of the gear and prices: Socks-junior €5, Senior €8; Shorts with crest-junior €10, Senior €12; Tracksuit-junior €45, Senior €57; Polo Shirts-junior €22, Senior €28; Rain jacket-junior €30, Senior €37; Hoodie-junior €20, Senior €26.

All tracksuits, polo shirts, rain jackets and hoodies can be personalized with the players initials free of charge if requested.

Anyone with information for the club notes or the club website can contact me at 0879108706 or e-mail me at jimmy.nolan09@hotmail.com

For all news regarding the club check out the club website at www.wicklowrovers.com.

ARKLOW LAWN TENNIS CLUB

Dublin Winter Leagues 2012 Ladies Class 5 Section C: The ladies team travelled to Brookfield on Sunday for their third match of the campaign.

We came away with a very valuable point from a potential 3, with two of the matches being decided in the third set, well done Irene and Kay on a marathon match, keep up the great work team Arklow.

Men's Class 7 Section E: The men's team hosted Monkstown in our 'home' venue of Charlesland and came away comprehensive winners with a 3/0 victory, winning all matches in straight sets, they now comfortably top their group, well done guys, keep up the great play!

Club Winter Mixed Leagues: The Winter Mixed League is as far as possible a mixed event with the best ladies and the best gents paired off in Division 1.

As there are more men entered there are quite a few all male pairings, therefore we have decided to put the stronger of these all male combinations up into Division 1.

Matches will be played over 5 weeks, twice a week for Division 1 with the final scheduled for Friday 10th March. Matches are the best of 17 games, first point after deuce with the 17th game being a tie-break. Keep an eye on our club website for updated fixtures. www.altc.ie.

Winter League Squad Sessions: The Winter League ladies and men's squads meet up on Friday evenings @ 7.00 p.m. for a coaching/training session with club coach David Sheehan.

These sessions are proving invaluable to our current campaign. No flash photography allowed, no press interviews, we must keep our tricks to ourselves.

CARNEW AFC

We only had one competitive game at the weekend due to weather restrictions. Our under-10's took on St Antony's in the Division 1 shield at home Saturday morning and had a great comeback on last week's game when they drew 3-3. Scorers on the day were Owen Young and Eoin Kavanagh 2. Player of the week went to Tom 'Tucker' Kinsella.

Our under-15's played a practice game against local club Coolboy Sunday morning.

Don't forget to add us on facebook - Carnew AFC. Anyone that has any team photo's can send them to carnewafc@gmail.com and we can load them to facebook.

WICKLOW TOWN AFC

The club would like to congratulate Robert Talaga on Making the under 13 County Squad.

It was a quite week on the football front for the club as most of the gamed were cancelled due to the weather. The over 35's game away to Greystones, the under-10's away to Newtown and the 2nd senior team away to Wicklow to Celtic were all called off due to unplayable pitches.

So the first of the game of the weekend to survive the weather were the u11s, They played their 1st shield match in premier division at home to Arkow town A, they lost 6-0, but in fairness to the lads they battled hard and created chances which if they had put away would have shown a better overall picture of the game,

The Senior Premier team won 5-2 in premier league at home against Arklow Celtic. Team Captain Ricky Quinn with 3 and Warren Gormley with the other 2 goals. The lads are now only a few points behind and putting pressure on table toppers Newtown.

This is the final week to make an Order for the Club gear, the best value club gear in Wicklow The Training Packs Available. A. Club Training Jersey, Socks and Shorts,- Kids €15 Adults €18

B. Club V Neck Training Top, Socks and Shorts, - Kids €20 Adults €24

C. 3/4 Lengths Shorts, Socks, V Neck Training Top or a Hoodie & Rain

Jacket, - Kids €30 Adults €39

Tracksuits. Kids €18 Adults €24, Beanie Hats €6.50

Club Gear Bag €15, Polo Shirts €12 kids and €14.50 add any item to a pack and get a discount i.e. Gear Bag becomes €12.

All gear is available in sizes 6/7 to XXL.. Initials can be added to items at a cost of €1. Please Contact Eoin 087611712 for ordering details.

The club is in the process of organising a number of training courses available to all club members. If you have any interest in coaching, first aid and child officer courses please contact Eoin on 0876611712

For updates on all the teams and club information please check out our Facebook page Wicklow Town AFC and our club website wicklowtownafc.com.

NEWTOWN JUNIORS F.C.

Only one match survived the weather and it was an important one as the 14's maintained their top spot in the league after a 4-1 away win over Enniskerry.

They led 3-nil at half-time thanks to three fine long range efforts from Dillon Carthy, Ryan Taylor and Michael Coghlan.

In the second half Newtown seemed to ease off and though Enniskerry did pull a goal back they did create other good chances.

Keegan Heffernan scored Newtown's forth goal in the dying minutes to secure all three points. Best players on the day were Jamie Wood, Alex Synnott and Sean Carthy.

Goalscorer Ryan Taylor suffered a head injury after an accidental clash of heads and had to stay overnight in Tallaght hospital as a precaution but we're glad to report that he has fully recovered.

Well done to Liam Odlum from the under-12's who has been selected on the County under-12 squad and well done also to under-15's trio Andrew O'brien, Darren Walsh and Vova Ribakov who represented their county in Carlow recently in the inter-league competition.

The following are the fixtures for the week-ending Saturday 18th/sunday 19th February 2012; Under-8's away to Arklow Town ko to be confirmed; Under -0's away to Greystones 'A' ko Saturday to be confirmed; Under-11's at home to Aughrim Rangers ko to be confirmed; Under-12's - Fixture to be confirmed; Under-14's at home to Aughrim Rangers ko Sunday at 10am; Under-15's - Fixture to be confirmed; Under-15 Girls - Fixture to be confirmed.

U-17 Girls at home to WFTA ko Sunday to be confirmed

Three players from the club celebrate their birthdays in the coming week and they are Keegan Heffernan from the under 14's and from the girl's under-17's Jessica Scott and Shelly Murphy. Happy birthday to all three from everyone at Newtown Juniors F.C.

For all other queries/matters relating to the club contact Hughie at 087-6987653 or visit our website www.newtownjuniors.com and you can also find us on Facebook.

NEWTOWN UNITED F.C.

No matches for any of our team's last weekend as the adverse weather conditions won the day. The under 19's received a walkover from Enniskerry in the league cup and therefore they advance to the semi-finals.

The winner in our Member's draw this week was Colm Doyle and he receives €100. Well done Colm. Fixtures etc can be viewed on the new league website www.wdfl.ie

KILCOOLE AC

Enniscorthy 10K, Sunday 12th Feb: Richard Hourihan - 33.44mins -15th Phelim Lynch - 44.53mins -148th Martin O'malley - 45.51 mins - 174th Gillian Lynch - 1:10.25mins - 473rd Kilcoole AC members Ann Mcfadden, Toni O'driscoll, Sandra Pegman and Louise Cullen finished an impressive 9th place in the team catagory in the Masters National Cross Country in Roscommon last Sunday 05th February. Well done girls, a fantastic achievement.