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• Avoca ladies seek first team coach

  

  Avoca’s ladies first team, who will play in Leinster division four next season, are looking for a new coach for the 2010/11 as they look to bounce straight back to division three. The club are looking for a coach “to help build and develop the first team to achieve the club’s promotion ambitions, develop the [...]

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• O'Malley strike earns Minor Cup; Avoca win Neville Davin crown

  

  Glenanne V claimed the Minor Cup for the fifth time last Sunday at the Maws, with John Roche (pictured joining a list of club legends including Brendan Carr, Austin Stack and Terry Cooney to lift the title they last won back in 1992. They shaded their tie with Fingal IV 1-0, Ryan O’Malley getting the [...]

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• Railway retain division one status

  

  Men’s Division One/Two Promotion-relegation playoff Railway Union 5 (Eoin McArthur 2, Peter English, Mark English, Kenny Carroll) Avoca 1 (Enda Gallanagh) Railway held their nerve to recover from a goal deficit to give their young charges another year to develop in division one level while Avoca will have to see what any potential re-working of [...]

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• Avoca and Railway playoff: News in brief

  

  * The division one/two promotion/relegation playoff between Avoca and Railway Union will now take place in Park Avenue on Saturday at 2pm. The fixture was originally scheduled to be played in ALSAA but the sides came to an agreement to toss for home advantage which was made at Serpentine Avenue last Saturday with the Branch’s [...]

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• Avoca II fight back to oust TRL IV

  

  Women’s Division 9/10 final: TRL IV 1 (Stephanie Bourke) Avoca II 3 ( Cara Kelehan, Rachel Murphy, Paula Anderton) Avoca II completed a league and cup double as they added the Division 9/10 cup title to the league crown they claimed in March as they came from a goal deficit at half-time to get the [...]

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• Weston take Division Two in style

  

  Suttonians 1 (Ian Martin) Weston 5 (Vikram Singh 2, Simon Pearson, Enda Tucker, Phil Barron) Weston completed the division two title in some style as they raced into a 4-0 half-time lead, showing few lingering nerves on a major weekend for the club. Simon Pearson swept in an impressive opening goal for an early lead [...]

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• Weston and Avoca dice with destiny

  

  Following a season of upheaval and a fantastically tight battle for league honours, men’s division two reaches climax on Saturday afternoon as Weston and Avoca remain hopeful of securing a place in division one. Weston have been a club rejuvenated under Alan Browne this season, galvanising some of the elder heads while providing the young [...]

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• Avoca trio on course for triple glory

  

  Avoca II and III claimed division ten and 13, respectively, and with the possibility of their newly formed IV’s gaining promotion from division 14, it made for an exceptional season for the Newpark-based club. The 2s, coached by George Roberts and captained Katherine Lyall, claimed promotion for the second year in-a-row following a closely fought [...]

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• Weston in pole position; Avoca playoff bound

  

  Enda Tucker’s goal put Weston on course for a spot in division one in 2010/11 as his strike was all that was required to get the better of Navan last Saturday at Griffeen Valley Park. They move into a tie for first place with Avoca whose regular season finished with the decision by the Leinster [...]

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• Avoca take on division two lead

  

  Avoca became the third side to hold the top spot in five days in men’s division two as they won twice in midweek, edging ahead of Weston by virtue of goal difference though the Lucan side have a game in hand. The Blackrock side started with a come-from-behind win at Bray on Tuesday as home [...]

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