Congratulations to David McCormack, Rhys Behan, Tiernan Shortall, Richard Carton, Sam Conyard, Kale Conyard, coach Trevor Conyard and the whole under 13 County squad on their excellent victory over Limerick last Saturday to claim the elite Galway Cup. Congratulations to everyone involved on your superb achievement. Doing yourselves, club and county proud. Well done to all, a great experience to look back on. Also, Congratulations to Alessio Coppola (captain), Harry Waite, Freddie Kavanagh, Kevin Yan, Nadal Kingne and all their under 12 County team mates who made it all the way to the under 12 Galway Cup final on Saturday but unfortunately the team lost on the dreaded penalty shootout against Finn Harps. Heads up lads, it was an excellent achievement to go the whole way to the final, you done everyone proud and hopefully next year you'll go one better. Well done everyone. Finally, well done to Jack Healy, Josh McCann and Oisin Conlon who represented the club on the under 15 county team at the Galway cup. They came up against some tough opposition but done a great credit to themselves and the club, well done lads.

Just a reminder to everyone our main pitch at Whitegates will be closed to all activities from August 1st and will be closed for 4 to 6 weeks. This is to facilitate repair work to the pitch as it requires urgent attention, the work has now commenced, and we are installing a hybrid surfaces in the goalmouth areas as well. Ongoing work will not affect the use of the Astro pitch, sorry for any inconvenience.

The venue for our Saturday morning junior academy will change as a result of the maintenance work been carried out on the main pitch at Whitegates. The club’s weekly junior football academy will continue every Saturday morning [weather permitting] under the watchful eye of senior club coaches Johnny Dunne and Jimmy Nolan but for the month of August it will take place just up the road from Whitegates at East Glendalough Secondary School. The academy is open to all kids from the age of 3 years to 8 years. The academy starts at 11 o’clock and finishes at 12. There is no need for registration so you can come along to any week that suits. Come along and learn the skills of football while having fun and enjoyment, it’s a great way of meeting new friends as you learn the skills as you get prepared for the introduction to participate in organised league football in the coming years. It is a very good way for the kids to meet new friends and interact with others, all the kids are put in their relevant age groups and its open to boys and girls. Everyone is welcome to attend. The club would like to thank East Glendalough School for helping us out while our pitch is undergoing maintenance work, your help in these circumstances is very much appreciated, thank you.

Just to let everyone know our online shop is now reopened for orders, all orders for club gear should be sent to Corinna as normal, thank you.

Everyone at Wicklow Rovers AFC would like to extend their sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Gediminas (Gedas) Globys, Wicklow Town and formerly of Lithuania who sadly passed away recently. Gediminas son Benediktas plays for the Everyone at Wicklow Rovers AFC would like to extend their sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Gediminas (Gedas) Globys, Wicklow Town and formerly of Lithuania who sadly passed away recently. Gediminas son Benediktas plays for the club’s under 9 team and have been good supporters of the club since they moved to the area. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Reda, daughter Kotryna, son Benediktas, his mother Reda, brother Mindaugas, his parents in law Kristina and Leonas, extended family and friends. May he rest in peace. under 9 team and have been good supporters of the club since they moved to the area. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Reda, daughter Kotryna, son Benediktas, his mother Reda, brother Mindaugas, his parents in law Kristina and Leonas, extended family and friends. May he rest in peace.

Anyone with anything for our club notes, Facebook page or our club website can contact me by email at jimmy.nolan09@hotmail.com or by text to 087-9108706. For all news regarding the club, check out our club website at www.wicklowroversafc.com or the club Facebook page.