Downpatrick FC Youth Players wait patiently on their Awards Night to start

Downpatrick FC held their first ever Youth Section Presentation night, click on the link below to find out who won what award…

Mini Soccer Players with their medals

• We held our first ever Youth Section Awards on Friday night past in Murphy’s Bar, this gave the club the opportunity to thank all players who made our first year in youth football a huge success. Presenting over 100 medals to our Mini Soccer Section and Under 11’s team, Youth Development Officer Paul Moore thanked those players for their enthusiasm and dedication they displayed during the year both at matches and at training. The proceedings then moved on to the individual awards for our under 13’s, 14’s and 16’s.

The individual awards for these age groups were:

Under 13’s

Under 13’s Joint Most Improved Players: Colin Jones and Malachy McGrady

Under 13’s Player’s Player of the Year: Tom Savage

Under 13’s Joint Players of the Year: Conail Gardiner and Jack Fitzsimons

From L – R Christian LeBloas (Eclipse Cinemas, Downpatrick), Colin Jones, Conail Gardiner, Tom Savage, Eimear McKay (Eclipse Cinemas, Downpatrick), Jack Fitzsimons, Malachy McGrady and Balazs Gazdog (McDonalds, Downpatrick).

Under 14’s

Under 14’s Top Goalscorer: Eoin Rooney

Under 14’s Player’s Player of the Year: Tom Smyth

Under 14’s Player of the Year: Eoin Rooney

From L – R Christian LeBloas (Eclipse Cinemas, Downpatrick), Tom Smyth, Balazs Gazdog (McDonalds, Downpatrick), Eoin Rooney and Eimear McKay (Eclipse Cinemas, Downpatrick).

Under 16’s

Under 16’s Top Goalscorer: Nathan McShane

Under 16’s Player’s Player of the Year:Fintan Canavan

Under 16’s Player of the Year: John Hill

From L – R Christian LeBloas (Eclipse Cinemas, Downpatrick), Fintan Canavan, Eimear McKay (Eclipse Cinemas, Downpatrick), John Hill and Balazs Gazdog (McDonalds, Downpatrick).

• Downpatrick ladies were in action last Wednesday night when they welcomed Portadown Integrated Ladies to DunleathPark. The ladies results have been quite mixed recently and managers Mark Leahy and Mark Holland were looking for an improvement. They got off to the perfect start when Kyla Trainor opened the scoring in the opening five minutes, Portadown got back on level terms when they equalised mid way through the first half. The sides were level going in at half time, but straight after the restart Trainor put Downpatrick in front for her second of the game. Downpatrick held on to this lead until the final ten minutes when Portadown scored again and appeared to break the Downpatrick ladies hearts. Kyla Trainor on the other hand had different ideas, with only seconds remaining the striker scored her and Downpatrick’s third of the game to spark huge celebrations among the large crowd who were down to watch. Next up for the ladies is an away fixture in the League Cup against Linfield Swifts, this match is at Rathmore School, kick off is 7.30pm.
• Downpatrick are hosting their annual golf day this year on Friday 26^th June at St Patricks Golf Club, Downpatrick. This year’s golf day will be in partnership with KnockevinSpecialSchool, there will be prizes on offer for non-members and members including longest drives and closest to the pins. We will also have the chance to win a car with a hole-in-one at one of the par three’s. Tee times are available and anyone who is interested in playing can contact Mark Murphy 07738637702.