Allen McKinstry Cup
Schools Association Football International Board (SAFIB) British Isles & Republic of Ireland
Under 14 Boys’ Tournament
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Roundup Match Day Three
ST. NINIAN’S HIGH SCHOOL, GIFFNOCK were crowned SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup Champions for 2023 following a solidary goal courtesy of Luke O’DONNELL in Athlone Town AFC this afternoon.
Unfortunately despite St. Joseph’s Patrician College’s best efforts they couldn’t break down the Scottish defence as O’Donnell’s strike on 24 minutes was enough to see the Scottish Champions win out.
The other fixtures saw Derry stars St. Columb’s win 3-1 against Marist College and South Hunsley School were victories on the same score-line against their Welsh opponents.
A really enjoyable experience for the six teams involved in this season’s tournament.
The stand out moments were the two goals that the Welsh crew Ysgol Greenhill School notched up with Ethan LEWIS converting a rocket on Sunday evening in TUS while Logan HALL’s sensational goal from a corner was the talking point in Athlone Town earlier this morning.
GAME SEVEN
Ysgol Greenhill School Tenby 1-3 South Hunsley School, Melton
Logan Hall (30) Lewis Blanchard (7, 10, 21)
A first half hat-trick courtesy of Lewis BLANCHARD was enough to see the English stars claim the spoils in the final fixture of their three day campaign.
Ysgol Greenhill scholar Logan HALL scored a screamer from a corner kick just before the interval to give his team a fighting chance in the second half but the English lads were able to see out the game for another big win in Athlone Town AFC this morning.
YSGOL GREENHILL TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE | Jesse Craig, George McDonald, Logan Hall, Carter Heywood ©, Ryan Robertson, Ethan Lewis, Dylan Sine, Teddy Griffiths, Oliver Tucker, Rudi Thomas, George Morgan
SUBS ROLL ON / OFF | Evan Christen, , Euan Gottwaltz, Thomas Strong, Tyler James, William Hilling,
MANAGEMENT STAFF | Daniel Evans, Phil Williams
SOUTH HUNSLEY HIGH SCHOOL, MELTON | Ewan Philips, Leo Fulford, Eddie Plunkett, Lewis Ells Fontana, George Whittle, Joshua Henderson, Lewis Blanchard, Tom Buckton, John Wyndham, Ellis Neadley, Henry Edwards
SUBS ROLL ON / OFF | Evan Cawthra, Joseph Johannessen, William Close, Nathan Cunningham
MANAGEMENT STAFF | James Coulbeck, Caroline Henderson
MATCH OFFICIAL | Ray Conlon (Midlands)
GAME EIGHT
Marist College, Athlone 1-3 St. Columb’s College, Derry
Diarmuid O’Higgins (16) Yoann Prigent (21), Zhai Glackin (22), Louis Chambers (56)
Derry crew St. Columb’s College finished out their campaign with another impressive display leaving TUS Athlone on a high as they saw off Marist College, Athlone this morning
The Northern Ireland Champions had the ball in the net after just three minutes but Yoann Prigent’s goal was disallowed for an off-side.
The lively Thomas Egan had to be at full stretch to deny St. Columb’s pupil Emmet Morrison four minutes later.
Egan again came to his teams rescue when he stopped a Zhai Glackin effort with 12 minutes on the clock.
Athlone struck against the run of play mid-way through the half when Captain Conor Casey played a well weighted pass to Diarmuid O’HIGGINS who smashed the top corner for a well worked goal.
St. Columb’s managed to grab the equaliser five minutes later when Call Tabb played a delightful ball into the path of the onrushing Yoann PRIGENT who had a slick finish at the far post.
The Derry goal tally was doubled sixty seconds later when Zhai GLACKIN calmly slotted home from close range leaving it 2-1 at the break.
The visitors converted their third four minutes from time when Louis CHAMBERS curled in an unbelievable strike from outside the box.
The hardworking Diarmuid O’Higgins came close to bringing it to within one but he was denied by the Derry netminder Jake Henry in the latter stages of the contest.
MARIST COLLEGE, ATHLONE | Thomas Egan, Patrick Collins, Sam Byrne, Gary Staunton, Conor Casey ©, Seán Whittaker, Seán Keegan, Diarmuid O’Higgins, Rian Fallon, Leandro Miranda, James Geoghegan,
SUBS ROLL ON / OFF | Jimmy Walshe (GK), Dylan Dennehy, Louie Shine, James Petit, Jack O’Shea
MANAGEMENT STAFF | Martin Grogan, Stephen Walshe
ST. COLUMB’S COLLEGE, DERRY | Jake Henry (GK), Caolan O’Donnell, Cahir O’Hagan, Daniel Curran ©, Luke McCourt, Yoann Prigent, Ethan Deane, Cal Tabb, Oisín O’Donnell, Zhai Glackin, Emmett Morrison
SUBS ROLL ON / OFF | Louis Chambers, Thomas Keys, Jamie Mullan, Shane Gillespie, Oran McParland
MANAGEMENT STAFF | Brian Keys, James Green, Mark Scoltock
MATCH OFFICIAL | Ciaran Bracken (Midlands)
GAME NINE
St. Joseph’s Patrician College, Galway 0-1 St. Ninian’s High School, Giffnock
Luke O’Donnell (24)
The top of the table clash saw Galway side St. Joseph’s Patrician College face off against Scotland’s St. Ninian’s High School in Athlone Town AFC this afternoon.
The Connacht students set up defensively against a technically superior side in a titanic battle.
The breakthrough moment of the first half was Luke O’DONNELL’s goal six minutes from the interval. This was the decisive factor in a highly entertaining finale.
Daniel Sangondele was the target man for the Bish but the youngster failed to capitalise on a few opportunities in the second half.
John Joe Leddy and Captain Rocco Di Giacomo were outstanding for Jordan Lough’s men as they held out for the title win.
St. Ninian’s were crowned Champions back in 2017 and lost out in the final a year later to fellow Glaswegians Holyrood Secondary School.
A second title for the Scottish Champions this afternoon in the Midlands venue. It was well deserved following their performances over the three days.
The only team to make an impact against them was Marist College who drew one apiece in their opening encounter on Sunday evening with Martin Grogan’s students clinching a bonus point when they won the resulting penalty shoot-out.
However the Scottish bounced back in fine style the following morning to record a two-nil victory over Ysgol Greenhill School with Leddy and Sweeney grabbing the vital goals.
ST. NINIAN’S HIGH SCHOOL, GIFFNOCK | Elliot Dunn, Dara Jikiemi, John Joe Leddy, Rocco Di Giacomo ©, Rory Kelly, Connor Sweeney, Matthew McAllister, Anthony McIvaney, Ethan McGillvray, Sam Gallagher, Joe McAndrew,
SUBS ROLL ON / OFF | Daven Milne, Timothy Kelly, Conor Baillie, Shay McCracken, Luke O’Donnell,
MANAGEMENT STAFF | Jordan Lough, Mark Gallagher, Ryan Kerr, Christopher McFadyen
ST. JOSEPH’S PATRICIAN COLLEGE, GALWAY | Aaron Hestor (GK), Miguel Ruiz Tully, Eoin Gacquin, Shane Fahy, Finn Plotner McCarthy ©, Dillon Gazquin, Aaron Hayat, Joe Colleran, Ishan Jhurry, Adam Hayat, Daniel Sangondele
SUBS ROLL ON / OFF | Patrick O’Connell (GK), Dara McGauran, Padraig Heinz Ward, Joey Pyne, Jack Watson, Noah Ward
MANAGEMENT STAFF | Robert Grealish, Barry McDermott, Bojan Pap, Ronan Keville
MATCH OFFICIAL | Willie Stokes (Longford)
RESULTS
SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup
St. Joseph’s Patrician College, Galway 2-1 Ysgol Greenhill Tenby
TUS, Athlone
Sunday, May 21, KO 4pm
SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup
Marist College, Athlone 1-1 St. Ninian’s High School, Giffnock (Marist won 5-3 on pens for bonus pt)
Athlone Town AFC
Sunday, May 21, KO 4pm
SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup
St. Columb’s College, Derry 2-0 South Hunsley School
Athlone Town AFC
Sunday, May 21, KO 6pm
SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup
St. Joseph’s Patrician College, Galway 1-0 St. Columb’s College, Derry
Athlone Town AFC
Monday, May 22, KO 10.30am
SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup
Marist College, Athlone 0-2 South Hunsley School
TUS, Athlone
Monday, May 22, KO 10.30am
SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup
Ysgol Greenhill Tenby 0-2 St. Ninian’s High School, Giffnock
Athlone Town AFC
Monday, May 22, KO 12.30pm
SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup
South Hunsley School 3-1 Ysgol Greenhill Tenby
Athlone Town AFC
Tuesday, May 23, KO 9.30am
SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup
Marist College, Athlone 1-3 St. Columb’s College, Derry
TUS, Athlone
Tuesday, May 23 Ko 10.30am
SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup
St. Joseph’s Patrician College, Galway 0-1 St. Ninian’s High School, Giffnock
Athlone Town AFC
Tuesday, May 23, KO 11.30am
SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup Roll of Honour
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YEAR |
WINNER |
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2023 |
St. Ninian’s High School, Giffnock |
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2022 |
N/A COVID-19 |
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2021 |
N/A COVID-19 |
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2020 |
N/A COVID-19 |
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2019 |
St. Columb's College, Derry |
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2018 |
Holyrood Secondary School, Glasgow |
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2017 |
St. Ninian's High School, Glasgow, Giffnock |
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2016 |
St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny |
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2015 |
Calasanctius College, Oranmore, Galway |
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2014 |
Ysgol Cyfun Gymraeg, Plasmawr, Cymru |
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2013 |
Bannerman High School, Scotland |
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2012 |
St. Eunan's College, Letterkenny, Donegal |
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2011 |
St Columb's College, Derry |
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2010 |
St. Ambrose High School, Scotland |
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2009 |
Forest School, Wokingham, England |
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2008 |
Dumfries Academy, Scotland |
Republic of Ireland Representatives
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YEAR |
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND REPRESENTATIVES |
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2023 |
St. Joseph's Patrician College, Galway & Marist College, Athlone, Westmeath |
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2022 |
N/A COVID-19 |
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2021 |
N/A COVID-19 |
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2020 |
N/A COVID-19 |
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2019 |
Patrician High School, Carrickmacross |
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2018 |
St. Joseph's Patrician College, Galway |
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2017 |
St. Brendan's College, Killarney, Kerry |
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2016 |
St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny & Douglas Community School, Cork, Dublin Oak Academy, Bray |
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2015 |
Calasanctius College, Oranmore, Galway |
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2014 |
St. Brendan's College, Killarney, Kerry |
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2013 |
Gorey Community School, Wexford |
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2012 |
St. Eunan's College, Letterkenny, Donegal & St. Joseph's Patrician College, Galway |
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2011 |
St. Joseph's SS, Rochfortbridge, Westmeath |
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2010 |
Limerick CBS, Sexton Street |
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2009 |
De La Salle College, Waterford |
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2008 |
Coláiste Spioraid Naoimh, Bishoptstown, Cork |
