Glen Celtic A.F.C National Schools Indoor Soccer Tournament
Sponsored by Glenamaddy Credit Union Ltd

 Ardeevin & Glinsk victorious in Finals of Glen Celtic A.F.C Indoor Soccer Tournament
In an exciting finale to the Glen Celtic A.F.C National School Indoor Soccer Competition the U-10 Team from Ardeevin N.S and the Over-10 Team from Glinsk won their respective finals in highly entertaining matches. The Competition was setup by Glen Celtic A.F.C and was kindly sponsored by Glenamaddy Credit Union Ltd. This involved participation from all the National Schools in the surrounding areas. In total five schools were represented in a competition spanning a total of eight weeks with the culmination being the finals on Tuesday night in the Sports Complex in Williamstown. The National Schools involved were Glenamaddy, Williamstown, Glinsk, Ardeevin and Lisheen putting forward teams in either Under 10 or Over 10 Leagues and sometimes in both.  
After seven weeks of league matches the semi final in the U-10’s saw Glenamaddy 1 playing Lisheen 1 in a decider to see who would reach the Final against Ardeevin. In a close encounter between these teams Lisheen 1 proved victorious with a Ross Connolly goal giving them a 1-0 victory.  For the large crowd that gathered this was just the warm up for a pulsating final which saw both Ardeevin and Lisheen 1 take the upperhand at various stages during the match with Ross and Shay Connolly driving Lisheen forward at all times but equally Peter Thomas Keaveney and Eugene Morgan doing the same for Ardeevin. After 20 minutes of play the teams were deadlocked at 3-3 and even after a further five minutes of extra time there were no further developments. The dreaded penalty shootout was the result and Ardeevin won 4-3 to win the Final.  

Winners of the U-10 Section Ardeevin
Pictured after being presented with the Cup by Teresa O'Reilly - Youth Officer with Glenamaddy Credit Union Ltd


Winners of the Over-10 Section Glinsk
Pictured after being presented with the Cup by Teresa O'Reilly - Youth Officer with Glenamaddy Credit Union Ltd with teacher James Shevlin (far left)

The Over 10’s saw the semi final pairing of Glinsk and Glenamaddy and even though Glinsk were the slight underdogs the formbook was overturned when they convincingly beat Glenamaddy with an excellent performance. Pitted against them in the final were Williamstown 2 who were unbeaten during the League matches and looked likely winners however Glinsk broke the deadlock early on and controlled much of the first half until Tara Tully scored a good goal to level up the scores. In the second half both teams were cautious but Glinsk who always looked dangerous on the break scored a second and despite the best efforts of the Williamstown team held on to win 2-1. Wi
Following the finals all teams were presented with their medals and trophies and the winning teams were presented with their respective cups by Teresa O’Reilly who is a Board member and Youth Officer for Glenamaddy Credit Union Ltd. 

This was a highly enjoyable and successful competition and worked exceptionally well throughout the course of the eight weeks. Every school participated and the involvement of each schools representatives - John Quinn (Glenamaddy N.S), James Coyne (Williamstown N.S), James Shevlin (Glinsk N.S), Breda Keaveney (Ardeevin N.S) and Paddy Conneally (Lisheen N.S) - was a major contributing factor to the success of this tournament.  The help and assistance provided to Glen Celtic by the Community Centres in Glenamaddy, Glinsk and Williamstown were also an instrumental factor and our thanks go to James Shevlin, Mary & Paddy Pettit, Ciaran Conneally and Mary Gannon.

Thank you to Glenamaddy Credit Union Ltd who are the sponsors for Glen Celtic’s Youth teams from U-8’s through to U-12’s and to Teresa O’Reilly (Youth Officer) who presented the awards on the night. There are many similarities between Glenamaddy Credit Union Ltd and Glen Celtic A.F.C and development of a good Youth structure and membership are vital to both.  The support and sponsorship of Glenamaddy Credit Union Ltd has and will help Glen Celtic A.F.C to maintain one of the best Youth Structures within the Roscommon & District League.

Finally thank you to the parents for their co-operation and assistance during the competition especially Breda Keaveney and Paddy Conneally who took on Managerial roles with Ardeevin N.S & Lisheen N.S.