Information on Girl’s football
Warm greetings at Christmas and a proseperous and happy New Year to all of our players, managers, coaches and volunteers and parents
We would like to thank you all for the hard work and effort throughout the year without which there would be no SKB.
The Club office will close today December 21st and will re-open on Wednesday January 4th.
This little beauty pictured – the 1st prize in our Christmas raffle – was won by Mick Buckley and was sold by Aidan Fitzpatrick manager of our under 14 A1 team in our draw which took place this afternoon in the Clubhouse.
The rest of the prize winners are as follows;
2nd. ANETA GOGLIC C/O SATURDAY 12 PREMIER
3rd. CONOR McCARTHY C/O SUNDAY 14 PREMIER
4th. MARIE McENEFF C/O CIARAN HEFFERNAN
5th. EAMON O’SULLIVAN C/O SKB 9 RED
6th. DOMINIC GLIUUCSFIC C/O SATURDAY 10A1
7th. GERARD HANNON C/O SKB UNDER 10’s
8th. FIONA LEEN C/O LSCA
9th. YVONNE HARRIS C/O SATURDAY 12 PREMIER
10th. CIAN LITTLE C/O SUNDAY 16 B1
11th. JORGI O’CONNOR C/O SUNDAY 12 PREMIER
12th. RUTH GILLIGAN C/O SKB UNDER 10’s
13th. K G N C/O SHARON MITCHELL
14th. MICHELLE MASTERSON C/O SUNDAY 18 MAJOR
15th. RYAN McMAHON C/O SUNDAY 9 NAVY
16th. S J M C/O SHARON MITCHELL
17th. DEREK ROCHE C/O SATURDAY 15 PREMIER
18th. SIMON KENNEDY C/O SUNDAY 10.3
19th. BARBARA CLARKE C/O SUNDAY 13 PREMIER
20th. CIARAN BURKE C/O SUNDAY 17 PREMIER.
Congratulations to all of our winners and many thanks to all who supported our raffle.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR TO ALL!!
Due to current low temperatures and pitch conditions ALL games (including friendlies) in St. Aidan’s are cancelled today (10th) and tomorrow Sunday 11th
With the club raffle taking place this afternoon the clubhouse will be open from 11am this morning to facilitate tickets and monies to be dropped into the club office.
The final round of fixtures for the under 8 to under 11 age groups will take place on the weekend of December 3rd and 4th.
Fixtures will resume on the 4th and 5th of February.
The final round of fixtures for the under 12 to under 18 age groups will take place on the weekend of December 10th and 11th.
There will be however a certain amount of official DDSL fixtures during the Christmas closedown at under 17 and 18 level
Fixtures will resume on the 28th and 29th of January.
Many congratulation to Evan Ferguson who tonight became the eleventh ex- SKB player to gain full international honours when he came on as a late substitute in Irelands 2-1 defeat to Norway at the Aviva Stadium thus becoming the youngest player to gain a full international cap for Ireland.
A proud night for Evan and his family and for the club as four SKB players were on the pitch in the Ireland side at the end of the game – Dara O’Shea Robbie Brady Jeff Hendrick and Evan.
Everyone at SKB would like to wish Jamie Mullins the best of luck as he begins the next chapter of his footbal career at premier league club Brighton & Hove Albion on January 1st.
He joins his ex SKB team mate Evan Ferguson at the Seagulls with both having followed a similar pathway all the way from the SKB mini-leagues (little saints coaching academy) as five year olds through the age groups gaining league and cup honours as well as inter-league and international recognition along the way before making the move to national league football through our academy link with Bohemians where he became the youngest ever goalscorer in FAI Cup history with his strike against Longford Town last season.
Many of his team mates at his age group with SKB are now playing across channel – Ferguson, Sean Grehan (Crystal Palace) David Okagbue (Stoke City on Loan to Oldham Athletic) Cian Kelly (Derby County) while John Ryan recently left UCD to sample Italian football with Sassuolo, which proves what a talented group Karl Lambe, Rob Doran and Willy Burke among others helped develop.
Congratulations to Taylor McCarthy, Luca Callicoe, Fiachra Coffey and Sean Moore who were part of the Republic of Ireland’s winning squad at the Victory Shield tournament earlier this week in Waterford.
The Republic of Ireland U16 team contained four SKB players in their starting eleven when for the second game running in the Victory Shield Tournament in Waterford they came through to win on penalties – 3-1 against Northern Ireland and now head into the final game of the Tournament against Scotland on Friday at 2pm in the RSC having also beaten Wales 5-4 on penalties in their first game last Sunday.
Republic of Ireland: Gill, Coffey, O’Donnell (C), McCarthy, Callicoe, O’Donnell( Matthew Moore, 41), Sean Moore, Gorman (McAndrews, 41), Fitzgerald (Orazi, 60), Adebayo (Murray, 41), Marshall (Melia, 60)
We were delighted and proud to receive the FAI Club Mark award.
This could not be achieved without the dedication of all those who have worked tirelessly over the years to make the Club what it is today.
Thanks to all of the managers, coaches and other volunteers past and present who give of their time to provide football opportunities for hundreds of players weekly.
Thanks to Niall Keoghan from the FAI for dropping in and presenting the award to Sharon Mitchell who was responsible for collating and submitting all of the data necessary to gain this award.
https://www.fai.ie/…/st-kevins-boys-secure-fai-club
Congratulations to Bohemian’s U19’s who won the FAI Enda Mc Guill Cup last night with a 1-0 win over St Patricks Athletic at Dalymount Park with a goal from Jamie Mullins.
We were delighted to see that the starting eleven contained eight players who came through the SKB system from an early age – Gavin O’Brien, Derin Adawale, Cian Byrne, James Mc Manus, Alex O’Brien, Nikson Okosun, Jamie Mullins and Aaron Doran. While Billy Gilmore and Danny Mc Grath were on the bench.
Two of our players Danny McGrath and Nickson Okosun have been included in the Republic of Ireland Under-17 squad for the first round of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifiers in Norway.
A 20-man squad for games against Armenia (October 20), Belarus (October 23) and Norway (October 26) has been announced as Ireland looks to reach the European Championship finals in Hungary next summer.
Republic of Ireland Men’s Under-17 Squad
Goalkeepers: Joe Collins (Bray Wanderers), Jason Healy (Waterford)
Defenders: Stanley Ashbee (Hull City), Daniel Babb (UCD), Jake Grante (Crystal Palace), Sean Mackey (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Cory O’Sullivan (Shamrock Rovers)
Midfielders: Romeo Akachukwu (Waterford), Rhys Bartley (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Anthony Dodd (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Luke Kehir (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Danny McGrath (Bohemians), John O’Sullivan (Shamrock Rovers), Freddie Turley (Shamrock Rovers)
Forwards: Mason Melia (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Taylor Mooney (St. Patrick’s Athletic), Nickson Okosun (Bohemians), Ike Orazi (Shamrock Rovers), Naj Razi (Shamrock Rovers), Shaun Wade (Chelsea)
UEFA European Under-17 Championship Round One fixtures (all kick-offs are Irish time)
Thursday, October 20 | Republic of Ireland MU17 v Armenia MU17, Sarpsborg Stadium, Norway, KO 5pm
Sunday, October 23 | Republic of Ireland MU17 v Belarus MU17, Fredrikstad, Norway, KO 1pm
Wednesday, October 26 | Norway MU17 v Republic of Ireland MU17, Sarpsborg Stadium, Norway, KO 4pm
