LAST 16 SFAI CUP & TROPHY OPPONENTS
Following last 32 wins for four of our teams the draw for the last 16 of the SFAI Cup and Trophy competitions have been made with all four remaining teams drawn at home;
Under 12 SFAI Trophy v Kill Celtic (Kildare)
Under 13 SFAI Trophy v Mullingar Athletic (Westmeath)
Under 15 SFAI Cup v Evergreen FC (Kilkenny)
Under 16 SFAI Trophy v Bay Rovers (Cork)
Games provisionally fixed for March 1st / 2nd
Our u15 Premier team had an early start as they headed to Killarney for the round of 32 game against Mastergeeha FC.
After stopping off for food in Abbeyfeale,they arrived in Killarney. Words of wisdom from the management team, warm up done, the game started.
Saints were quick out of the blocks and early goals from Mason Adede and Cole Dillon had them 2-0. They could have added to the early goals, but the Mastergeeha goalkeeper made some great saves.
The saints dominated the first half and prevented any real goal attempts from the home team.
In the second half the saints continued to play as they did in the first half. A few chances went begging before goal number 3 arrived from Dan Holton. The home team scored with their first real shot on the saints goal, but any chance of a revival were soon wiped out with goals from Zach Holmes, Alex O’Reilly and two from Martin Gomez the saints ended up winning comfortably.
That made the long trip home a bit more enjoyable. They now await the last 16 draw on Thursday. (Thanks to Ger Losty for this report)
St Kevin’s teams were also involved in National cup and Trophy competitions along with DDSL cups at under 11, 12, 13, 14 & 16 over the weekend.
Leixlip United were too strong for our 11.2 Sunday in the DDSL Paul Fitzgerald Cup in Ward Cross.
The under 12 Sunday 1 moved on in the DDSL Herald Cup with a 1-0 win away in Portmarnock as did our under 12.5 who also defeated Portmarnock 4-2 in the DDSL Jean Kennedy Cup.
Our under 13 Premier side were made to work hard for their win over premier rivals Mount Merrion after a 1-1 draw after extra time they prevailed in the shoot out 5-4.
Our under 14 Premier team led 1-0 up to the final minutes of their SFAI under 14 cup game away to Malahide United but eventually lost 2-1 in extra time.
Extra time was also needed in the National Trophy game at Shanowen Road where our 14 Sunday 1 came from 2 down with ten minutes to go to draw level but the visitors Moneygall FC from Offaly prevailed in extra time to win 4-2.
Bonagee United made the long trip from Letterkenny to play in the National Trophy against our under 16 Premier team which turned out to be a very one sided affair – the home side winning 6-0.
