Captain Dan Rees led our under 16 team with distinction in the under 16 Pembroke tournament as we came away with a win two draws and a loss. The team did themselves and the school proud to finish runner up in the tournament.
Game 1 V St. Andrews
For the first 10 minutes of the 25 minute game it was even and St. Andrews scored to go 1-0 up. Chomick Chakraborty was busy and made some excellent saves. In midfield Dan, Robbie and David Noone were excellent up against a big St. Andres midfield. Up front Cillian Bourke, Max Murphy and Sasha Kuechenmeister did everything they could to score. On came Tim Kelly Lester and Nickola who gave their all. We also changed keepers when Alex Henry came on. At the back Finn, Oscar, Patrick and Pierse were excellent and held St. Andrews out till late in the game when they scored to win 2-0.
Final Score St. Andrews 2 St. Kilian’s 0
Game 2 V Wesley
This was a cracking game end to end and we nearly stole the game at the death when we won a short corner with 30 seconds remaining only to be denied by the Wesley keeper who saved. It ended 0-0 a great result by the lads. Our team played excellent and our back four Finn, Oscar, Nickola and Pierse were excellent. Cillian Burke was unlucky not to score. Dan, Robbie and Patrick gave Wesley a lot to thing about in midfield.
Final Score St. Kilian’s 0 Wesley 0
Game 3 v High School
This was a cracking game, end to end and both sides chasing the win. High School scored after 15 minutes to go 1-0 up. Back came St. Kilian’s and Dan Rees scored after 20 minutes to level the game at 1-1 with a stunning strike on the reverse. Robbie made some great runs and we were unlucky not to score as David Noone’s pace was causing problems. We lost Pierse and Dan through injury, yet still got the deserved draw. Max went to centre back and was excellent.
Final score St. Kilian’s 1 High School 1
Game 4 V Sanford Park
As Sanford Park were reduced to 7 we lent them 2 players Sasha Kuechenmeister and Tim Kelly Lester who volunteered to play for Sanford. From the start we were all over Sanford and David Noone scored a cracker when he made a run across the circle and smashed home to us 1-0 up after 3 minutes. We went 2-0 up after 4 minutes when Dan Rees scored and 3-0 up after 10 minutes when Cillian Burke scored. We withdrew Dan and Finn and David Noone to allow Sanford get a consolation goal and the game ended 3-1.
Final Score St. Kilian’s 3 Sanford Park 1
This was a great result to finish second behind St. Andrews. We can now look forward to the league in a positive frame of mind. Sincere thanks to Dan Rees who gave up his club game to Captain the juniors in the tournament. He led the team with distinction. The squad played with great spirit and deserved to finish runner up. So thanks to Chomick, Alex, Finn, Oscar, Patrick, Pierse, Nickola, Robbie, Dan, David, Tim, Sasha, Cillian and Max.
Tom Parsons Hockey Coach
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