Congratulations to new Under 16 Premier player Jamie Hamilton who was the winner of 3 Vantage Club tickets to next Wednesday’s Republic of Ireland International friendly v Oman in the Aviva Stadium.

Congratulations to SKB 1st team player Paddy Brophy who made his debut with the Irish International Amateur team who started their campaign with a 1-1 draw with Northern Ireland in the AUL complex last night.

Gerry Smith’s side will face two warm-up matches against their Northern Ireland counterparts as they prepare for the UEFA Regions Cup in October.

Dean Carpenter scored for the home team with William Armstrong on the mark for the visitors.

Overall a draw was a fair reflection on the game. The sides meet again next Wednesday in Belfast with a kick off of 7pm .

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Daniel O’Leary, John Meleady, Reece McEnteer, Ross Carrig, Paddy Brophy, Daniel Loughran, James Carr, Conor Reddick, Ian Stapleton, Tommy Dunne, Ken Murphy. Subs: Paul McMillan, Dean Carpenter, Thomas Fahy, Paul Breen, Adrian Walsh, Michael Fox, Mark Mooney.

Our 14 Premier team scored a 3-2 win over Colchester United last night at the College of Surgeons with goals from Adam Gregg, Jack Kelly and Ryan Cassidy in what proved to be a good work-out for them as this was their first game together in pre season due to players being away on holidays and trial. Tonight at the same venue our 15 Premier play Colchester United at 6-30pm with the final game of the 3 part series tomorrow afternoon at Scribblestown (Phoenix F C) when an SKB selection will play Colchester

St Kevins Boys – 5

Trinity Donaghmede – 1

Our 1st team started the season with an emphatic 5-1 away win over Trinity Donaghmede at Father Collins Park last Friday night.

The home side went one up through Michael Mooney on 25 minutes but were then pegged back through young debutante Ciaran Nolan scoring his first senior goal  before Trinity Donaghmede were reduced to ten men.

Martin Doyle’s side then cranked up the pressure as Nolan added his second of the game to put the visitors ahead before Graham Raynor made it 3-1, Stephen Cantwell added the fourth before Trinity were reduced to nine men. Bobby O’Reilly scored the fifth and sealed an impressive first victory of the season for St Kevins Boys.

Tuesday’s away fixture against Sandyhill/Shangan has been put back to Friday night – 6-45pm Coultry Park.

Our Senior Saturday side also got off to a good start at the weekend where they were a little unfortunate to concede a late own goal thus denying them full points in a 3-3 draw against Sheriff YC, Stephen Doyne and a double from Keith Rooney were the SKB scorers.

Colchester United Under 17’s rounded off their short visit to SKB with a 4-2 win against an SKB 15/16’s selection having suffered defeats earlier in the week to SKB 16 Premier 5-1 and SKB 17 Premier.

Our 16 Premier are in action again on Saturday afternoon in Scribblestown at 5pm when they meet Mexican side Chivas Guadalajara who are in Dublin preparing for the Milk Cup in Coleraine next month. The only other time that we played Chivas was in the N I Junior Milk Cup Final in 2007 in Ballymena – the Mexicans winning 1-0 against a top class Kevin’s side that included Jeff Hendrick, Eoin Wearen and Robert Brady.

Below is a list of some other pre season friendly games:

27/07/2014   AUL 1   1     v  0  Verona F C  Clonsilla 12 noon

27/07/2014  12 Major   2  v  0   Rivermount Boys (Finglas Celtic Tournament Cup Final) 12.30pm

Over 800 players have so far attended this years SKB trials which conclude this evening.

Unfortunately we are not in a position to offer football to all of those who attended as our resources in terms of manpower are currently stretched to the limit.

The number of people who came forward to volunteer following appeals at the trials was disappointing but we are extremely grateful to those who have answered the call.

We are always on the look-out for managers and coaches to help us – for further information please e-mail; admin@skbfc.com

A final decision on the number of SKB teams which will participate in League football next season will be made in the coming days.