BALLINCOLLIG 1995

BALLINCOLLIG YOUTHS




Winners: Murphy Youth Cup, AUL Division Two, Second Division

Cup.



It has been a great year for the Ballincollig youths team and for

their management duo Denis Campion and Mick Finn. After a slow

start to the season, the second division high fliers came up with

a fantastic treble: Murphy Youth Cup, AUL Division Two, Second

Division Cup.



Manager Campion, also the general manager of the club's thriving

underage section, was delighted with the contribution from his

assistant Finn. It is Mick's first year with the club though he

has helped out for several years with the local street leagues.



One of the best decisions they made during the season was moving

Pat Healy from midfield to striker. The speedy youngster bagged

no less than 34 goals and Denis is now looking forward to seeing

Healy and company make their mark in the club's junior and

intermediate teams.



Campion and Finn made many a hard decision during the season but,

according to Denis, the hardest one of all was deciding on the

Player of the Year: "All the team performed excellently all

season but at the end of the day, Mark Buckley pipped the rest

and we gave him the award."



The talented squad included: Mick Lordan (keeper), Jason "Benny"

O'Leary, Ken Daly, Graham O'Connell, Mark Buckley, Denis Cronin,

Adrian Searls (captain), Pat Healy, Dave Johnson, Dessie O'Leary,

David Bradley, Rory Murphy, Evan Dorney, Mark Hilliard, Peter

O'Gorman, Terry Yelverton, John Hickey, and John Walsh. Searls,

Bradley, and Buckley, were all on the AUL youth panel.







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