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THE determined youngsters in the under 10s Mountshannon Celtic Soc- cer Team are back on track, having got themselves a mentor.
The club were delighted with the team, but were concerned that the mentor of another team was looking after the youngsters as well as his
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“We had a great bunch of lads playing at under 10 last season. Ow- ing to the dedication of Gary Dear, we managed to enter them in a few blitzes last season, but this was not entirely satisfactory as Gary has his own team to look after,’ a spokes- man for the club said.
But with the new season just start-
ed, the club sent out an appeal for help in the Scariff Newsletter and got a good response.
Now they are concentrating on the club’s ethos of player development above results, and are kicking off with a new season.
The under 11s and under 13s train on Tuesday while the under 15s take to the field on Wednesday, all ses-
sions at 6pm at the Scariff show- grounds.
The club is “delighted to have won the Fair Play Award for the behav- iour of our players and for the first time now we have four teams in the schoolboy soccer league,’ the spokesman said.
Last season, the club got to the fi- nals of the under 13s and under 14s
cup and came in as runners-up in the under 14 league.
They also now have several players with county teams.
Anyone who would like to know more or who thinks they might fan- cy a shot at ‘the beautiful game’ is welcome to come along and speak to mentors at the club training ses- sions.