Carniny U-15s chalk up Southport success, while U-12s enjoy Paris trip

They then went on to wrap up their season with a comfortable 4-0 win over Ballymoor to see them finish as the highest placed club from the Borough in the National League.

There were no other games played last week with only two club games remaining; the Under 12s against Linfiled and a cup final for the Under 16s who take on higher league opposition in Portadown in the National League Plate Final on Sat 17th at Dungannon Youth 3G.

SOCIAL EVENTS

The next few weeks will be a busy period for the club with a number of events taking place. First up is a club fundraising night on Sat 24th May when they will be hosting a ‘Retro Football’ evening, similar to a Night at the Races but the betting will be based on the outcome of recorded matches. ‘Players’ can be bought from each team’s management staff. This will be in the Adair Arms Hotel.

Next are the clubs Prize giving nights on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th June at the Michelin Athletic Club with the U9s,10s and 11s on Thu 5th with the U12s - 16s on the Friday 6th. Again tickets will be available for individual team management staff shortly.

Finally the senior side prize giving night and dinner will be on Sat 14th June at the Adair Arms.

UNDER-11

Carniny U11’s headed to the Belfast Cup on Saturday morning and put in some superb performances. Despite the side being weakened, Irish League side Linfield could only muster a 1-0 win. They also played Dungoyne, Glenavon, Killyleagh, and Lisburn.

The boys then headed to the Man Utd legends match at Seaview, got some player autographs, and watched part of the Giro D’Italia before heading home.

Carniny: Friel, Johnston, McAuley, Pajaczek, Adger, Pogue, Clark, Telford.

UNDER-12

Carniny under-12s enjoyed their trip to France last week where they enjoyed matches against Paris St Germain feeder club Torcy on the first day.

Later that day, the boys visited the Eiffel Tower and that night were among the 78,000 crowd who attended the French Cup final at the Stade de France.

The next morning, the Carniny squad took on PSG Academy andgave an excellent account of themselves before succumbing to a 5-3 defeat.

Not too downhearted the boys then headed off to Euro Disney to round off an unbelievable day. On the last day the boys had a relaxing day at the hotel before heading home.

UNDER-15

Carniny sent a team to Southport over the May Bank Holiday weekend to take part in the renowned Southport Super Cup.

The tournament was for those boys in year 11 or under so the under 15s squad were supplemented by three boys in year 11 from the under 16s.

Carniny were certainly not the favourites to win the tournament from the outset as teams such as Glendowan from the Premier Division of the National League, Drumsagard from Glasgow and Sutton Coldfield Town from Birmingham were the pre-tournament favourites, while Carniny’s squad consisted of just 12 players.

The tournament was organised on a league basis in the first instance whereby the eight teams in the tournament would play each other once. The top two would then qualify for the final.

Carniny’s results in the league stage were: Carniny Youth 1, Villa Park 0; Carniny Youth 3, West Hagley 0; Carniny Youth 4, Red Star United 0; Carniny Youth 1, Sutton Coldfield Town 0; Carniny Youth 0, Drumsagard 0; Carniny Youth 1, Glendowan 1; Carniny Youth 1, Beith Juniors 0.

With the Ballymena boys shattered, it took all the motivational skills of coaches McGall and McComb to get the boys ready for the final against Glaswegian side Drumsagard but they produced a heroic display with Tyrone Balmer scoring a hat-trick in a 3-0 win.

The boys were presented with their trophy by former England full-back and Manchester CIty manager Stuart Pearce.

Carniny: McClean, McComb, Evans, Macartney, Adams, McGall, Jaworskhi, O’Mullan, Houston, Doherty, Balmer and Henry.

* Back home, goals from Andrew Adams, Thomas Campbell, SImon Evans and Rhys O’Mullan gave the under-15s a 4-0 win over Ballymoor in their final league game to ensure a very crediatble fifth placed finish.