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• Evans and Shaw team up at Loreto

  

  Gareth Evans and Graham Shaw will team up to take care of Loreto for the upcoming season as they bid to retain their Irish Senior Cup and prepare for a second successive European campaign.

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• Bray ladies on lookout for first team coach

  

  Bray ladies are on the look-out for a new coach following Johnny Harte’s decision to step down from the role. The club are looking for someone with good technical and interpersonal skills and someone who can commit fully to coaching a division one side. Candidates would preferably have coaching experience at this level. Anyone with [...]

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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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• Adams secures Bray's top tier status

  

  Women’s Division One/Two playoff Bray 3 (Wendy Adams 2, Cathy Brock) Three Rock Ladies (Brigid Charmant) aet Wendy Adams extra-time double meant Bray stayed in division one as they held off the challenge of Three Rock Ladies – division two’s best placed first team – after a hard-fought battle at Wesley. It was a hastily [...]

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• Hermes end campaign on high note

  

  Women’s Division One: Bray 0 Hermes 5 (Anna O’Flanagan 2, Gillian Pinder, Christine Quinlan, Deirdre Duke) Hermes completed their league campaign with a 5-0 win in Bray to take second place in the women’s division one table ahead of Loreto. Anna O’Flanagan and Christine Quinlan scored corner goals in the first half to start 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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• Railway back into share of lead

  

  Women’s Division One: Bray 0 Railway Union 4 (Emer Dillon 2, Sinead Walsh, Cecelia Joyce) Railway Union scored twice in each half last night to keep their title charge in full working order, condemning Bray to a promotion/relegation play-off. All four goals came from play, Sinead Walsh breaking the deadlock before Cecelia Joyce (pictured) added [...]

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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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