Scottish outfit St. Ninian’s High School claim SAFIB Allen McKinstry Cup

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

 

YEAR

WINNER

2023

St. Ninian’s High School, Giffnock

2022

N/A COVID-19

2021

N/A COVID-19

2020

N/A COVID-19

2019

St. Columb's College, Derry

2018

 Holyrood Secondary School, Glasgow

2017

St. Ninian's High School, Glasgow, Giffnock

2016

St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny  

2015

Calasanctius College, Oranmore, Galway

2014

Ysgol Cyfun Gymraeg, Plasmawr, Cymru

2013

Bannerman High School, Scotland

2012

St. Eunan's College, Letterkenny, Donegal

2011

St Columb's College, Derry

2010

St. Ambrose High School, Scotland

2009

Forest School, Wokingham, England

2008

Dumfries Academy, Scotland

 

 

Republic of Ireland Representatives

 

YEAR

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND REPRESENTATIVES

2023

St. Joseph's Patrician College, Galway & Marist College, Athlone, Westmeath

2022

N/A COVID-19

2021

N/A COVID-19

2020

N/A COVID-19

2019

Patrician High School, Carrickmacross

2018

St. Joseph's Patrician College, Galway

2017

St. Brendan's College, Killarney, Kerry

2016

St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny & Douglas Community School, Cork, Dublin Oak Academy, Bray

2015

Calasanctius College, Oranmore, Galway

2014

St. Brendan's College, Killarney, Kerry

2013

Gorey Community School, Wexford

2012

St. Eunan's College, Letterkenny, Donegal & St. Joseph's Patrician College, Galway

2011

St. Joseph's SS, Rochfortbridge, Westmeath

2010

Limerick CBS, Sexton Street

2009

De La Salle College, Waterford

2008

Coláiste Spioraid Naoimh, Bishoptstown, Cork