Bank Holiday Monday saw a talented young u/12 Mitchell's team begin their season with a trip over the border
to take on a strong and skillfull Park Rathneska side.
Played in ideal conditions on a beautiful pitch the young Mitchell's were quick into their stride with a lovely move which resulted in a goal by Eddie Roycroft, this was followed up with a point by Russel Perse.
However the  home side then began to get on top and at half time they had moved ahead. Castlemitchell responded with a great move which saw Jack Howard getting a goal and midfielder Oisin Boylan added to the socre with a Goal and a point. This sprung the home side into action and they went on a bit of a scoring spree that was only stopped by stout defending by James Byrne, Dylan Roycroft and Jack Nolan in Goal. However with their backs to the wall, the young mitchell's added three further goals through Cillian Roycroft and Oisin Boylan to run out winners on a score line of 6-3 t0 5-3 . In a fine team performance the young Mitchell's lined out as follows: Jack Nolan, James Byrne, Harrison Okee, Adam O'Sullivan, Dylan Roycroft, Leanne Kelly Deveraux, Oisin Boylan, Fallou Sangre, Fuad Adisa, Ricki Nolan, Shane Fitzpatrick, Eddie Roycroft, Cillian Roycroft, Russell Perse, Ja-rell Kelly Deveraux, Jordan Hickey, Jack Howard and Stepehen Flynn.
The Club would like to thank Park Rathneska for hosting the match and also to thank them for observing the minutes silence to remember Ms Betty Kelly and Mr James Archbold whose grandchildren and great grandchild
took part in the match. The entire club send their condolences to both families at this time. 

Last Sunday Castlemitchell u/14’s suffered their first defeat of the season when they were beaten by a talented and strong Ardclough team. On a day when the younger players played their heart outs, the final score reflected the Ardclough dominance.

Best for Castlemitcehll on the day were Robert Lovett, Jamie Kirwin, Oisin Boylan, Dylan Roycroft, Conor Curtis, Jack Nolan and Oisin Doyle. The u/14 team on the day was Corey brennan, Robert Lovett, Jamie Kirwin, Oisin Boylan, Alex Buttiage, Darragh Moore,Dylan Roycroft Aaron Buckley, Oisin Doyle (Captain), Conor Curtis, Tyler Perse, Bobby Joe Brennan,James Mulhall ,Dylan Brennan, Jack Nolan

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Welcome
This is the first of our Newsletters for 2012, we would like to welcome you to your Club, we hope together we will have a great 2012.
Registration / Insurance Due
Registration/Insurance is now due for 2012. It is very important that all children are registered as this covers them for playing games/training and for all insurances.

Registration for 2012 can be paid at any training session and the following are the rates for 2012. Student €15, Family €40 including all children.  You can also become a member of friends of Castlemitchell which will also give you full membership.
We need to insure that everybody is registered, you can pay the amount due at once or over a number of weeks, we hope to have everybody insured by the end of March.

Training is Back
Training is back for all our teams as we get ready for a fun and competitive 2012.
Training times are as follows
U/6 – Each Saturday morning from 10.50 am to 12 noon
U/8 & U/9 – Each Saturday morning from 10.50 am to 12 noon
U/1O – Each Tuesday and Thursday night from 6.30 to 7.30pm
U/11 & U/12 Tuesday nights from 6.30 to 7.30pm
U/14 Thursday nights from 7pm to 8.15pm
U/16 Each Tuesday and Thursday night from 7pm to 8.15pm

Your coach will text you confirmation of above and of any match times

U/14 Feile team
One of first teams into action this year will be our u/14 Feile team, this is for those all those born in the years 1998, 1999 and 2000. We are always looking for new players, not playing with any other club. This is an important year for this team, if you know of anybody that might want to play, please contact Mick Brazil, Manager on 087 1238757

Well done Brady
We are delighted to announce that Brady Meade will be the Kildare Senior team Mascot in their home league match against Derry on Sunday 11th March. Brady was drawn out of all our U/10 players to be put forward and then came out of all the football clubs in Kildare to be the mascot. We hope Brady and his family have a great day.

Child Welfare Officer
Our underage Secretary, James Mulhall is also our Children’s Welfare Officer, it is important that if you want to raise any issue in the club that you feel needs to be addressed, then please contact any committee member or James on 085 1173824
Club Shop
We are arranging for our Club shop to stock different sizes and different pieces of gear, we would appreciate your ideas of what you would like to see in the shop, contact underage chairperson Mark Fanning with any ideas on 085 2052699

Building for the Future
We are pleased to note that everything is almost ready to begin the building of our indoor training hall. At a recent club committee meeting we were informed that work should be beginning in the next couple of weeks with a completion date of just three months. This facility will be open to all and will improve your child’s experience at your club.

Looking for Lady members
Our Ladies committee are building for the future of our Ladies team by setting up a number of underage ladies teams, starting at U/8 and all the way up to U/18. If you know of any girls interested then please contact any committee member.

Carragh 6-5 Castlemitchell 4-11
Last Sunday a young and enthuastic U/14 team travelled to Carragh to take part in their second Feile match. This was great game of football with both sides playing their part. Castlemitchell showed the way for long periods of the match leading with the aid of the breeze by four points at half time. The second half saw Caragh launch a number of attacks that were repelled in the main by a great defence. However with last kick of the match the ball rebounded from the crossbar to a very surprised Caragh Forward who took his opportunity to level the match with the referee calling time before the kick out could be taken. The large Castlemitchell crowd were very proud of the performance of so many on the day and the way they played their football with some great passages throughout, their next match is away again to Ardclough. The u/14 team on the day was Corey brennan, Robert Lovett, Jamie Kirwin, Oisin Boylan, Alex Buttiage, Darragh Moore,Dylan Roycroft Aaron Buckley, Oisin Doyle (Captain), Conor Curtis, Tyler Perse, Bobby Joe Brennan,James Mulhall ,Dylan Brennan, Jack Nolan The team would like to send best wishes to Eoin Wall who is out injured at the moment.

Sunday morning last saw Castlemitchell u/14 team record a great victory over a young and skilfull Nurney team. This was a fine team performance by the young Mitchells with some great goals and point taking. They now continue their Feile journey with a further 4 games. The u/14 team on the day was Corey brennan, Robert Lovett, Jamie Kirwin, Oisin Boylan, Alex Buttiage, Darragh Moore, Aaron Buckley, Oisin Doyle (Captain), Conor Curtis, Eoin Wall, Bobby Joe Brennan,Dylan Brennan, Dylan Roycroft, Josh McGuckian, The team would like to send best wishes to Aaron Nolan who is out injured at the moment.

A historic day in Castlemitchell last Saturday as the home club hosted an u/16 team for the first time in almost 20 years. Playing a very talented Grange side Castlemitchell found their feet during the game, serving up some good passages of football against their more experienced rivals. In the end Grange were deserving winners with some great moves but all the local credit must go to the mentors of the young mitchell’s team who had 19 players togged out with some others missing.

There is great potential in this team and we look forward to their continued development within our club, best for Castlemitchell on the day were Andrew McConville, Calvin Cullen, Dominic Kelly, Dale Leonard ,Aaron Leonard, Sean Clare and Killian Ward.

The Bonus Ball fundraiser for the Young ‘Mitchell’s recommences on Saturday 10th March. For just €2 choose the bonus ball in the LOTTO draw on Saturday night and win €50. Contact any committee member to join.