Club Derry Development Squads in Action this Weekend

Club Derry Under 15 Football Development Squad

Training will take place for the Under 15 Football Development Squad on Saturday 6th June at Bellaghy (Drumanee Pitch) at 9.30am sharp. All players are to bring their water bottles and any ticket money they may have. All players listed should attend. If anyone has any problems please contact Sean McGuiness on 07711883665.
Name
Club
Ciaran McCloskey - Claudy
Dan England - Ardmore
Paul Burns - Ballinascreen
Gareth McKinless - Ballinderry
Ryan Bell - Ballinderry
Jerome Downey - Ballymaguigan
Tiernan McCloskey - Banagher
Declan Brown - Bellaghy
Dominic McFaul - Bellaghy
Karl O'Neill - Bellaghy
Kieran McPeake - Bellaghy
Peter Cassidy - Bellaghy
Ryan Moore - Craigbane
Emmett McBride - Doire Colmcille
Conor O'Reilly - Drum
Daryl Mullan - Drumsurn
Conor Murphy - Dungiven
Shane Feeney - Foreglen
Ciaran McFaul - Glen
Conor Carville - Glen
Conor Gallagher - Glen
Ryan McDonald - Glen
Ryan Duggan - Glen
Neil McNicholl - Glenullin
Enda Mullan - Glenullin
Niall Gorman - Kilrea
Odhran Rafferty - Kilrea
Dessie loughrey - Limavady
Ciaran Moore - Magherafelt
Fintan Kerr - Magherafelt
Matthew Higgins - Magherafelt
Osisin Moran - Magherafelt
Shane Heavron - Magherafelt
Jack McConomy - Slaughtmanus
Jarlaith Canning - Slaughtmanus
Gerard Bradley - Slaughtneil
Padraig Cassidy - Slaughtneil
Conor McAtamney - Swatragh
James Kearney - Swatragh
Martin McKeague - Swatragh

Club Derry Under 16 Hurling Development Squad
Training will take part for the Under 16 Hurling Development Squad on Saturday 6th June at Slaughtneil at 9.45am sharp. All players are to bring their water bottles and any ticket money they may have. If anyone has any problems please contact Michael Glover on 07751838264

Club Derry Under 16 Football Development Squad
Training for the Under 16 Football Development Squad will take place in Limavady Recreation centre at 11.00am sharp. All players listed must attend.
Name
Club
Eoghan Dooher - Ardmore
Christopher Henry - Ballymaguigan
Shane Farren - Banagher
Niall O'Kane - Claudy
Ruairi Moore - Craigbane
Adrian Trainor - Desertmartin
Martin Breen - Desertmartin
Cathair Friel - Drumsurn
Martin McCloskey - Dungiven
Brian Og McGilligan - Dungiven
Sean McNicholl - Dungiven
Kieran McIntrye - Glack
Michael Warnock - Glen
Emmett Bradley - Glen
Odhran Glass - Glen
Gavin Tallon - Glen
Jack Kielt - Kilrea
Dermot Morrow - Kilrea
Dermot McWilliams - Kilrea
Joe Morgan - Kilrea
Caolin McGinley - Loup
Thomas McVey - Loup
Anthony O'Neill - Loup
Fergal Duffin - Magherafelt
Antone M c Elhone - Magherafelt
Niall Higgins - Magherafelt
Nathan Rocks - Newbridge
Peter McGrogan - Newbridge
Ciaron McLarnon - Newbridge
Paddy McGuigan - Newbridge
Damian Barr - Slaughtmanus
Pearse McGrath - Slaughtneil
Brian Scallon - Steelstown

All players will do a fitness test, they will be given a strength and conditioning course and a Derry Senior player will come down to chat to all players. If any players have any problems please contact Martin Boyle on 07734679678

Club Derry Under 15 Football Development Squad

The Under 15 footballers enjoyed their first run out in a Derry jersey on Saturday 16th May at Cloghan, Monaghan. At Under 15 level each County takes two panels with them. Derry travelled with 39 players from across 20 clubs. Both teams were grouped with Tyrone, Antrim, Armagh and Monaghan.

In the first game against Tyrone both teams beat their Tyrone counterparts by a couple of points in what were closely contested games. Antrim and Armagh didn't prove as stiff of opposition for the Oakleaf lads both teams coming out on top. Against Monaghan in the final game, the farney lads started well and were ably asisted by some home town referee however both strong Derry teams weared down their opposition to finish the day on a high.

Well done to all the players and coaches involved in what was a very enjoyable and well run day.

Football Development Squads in Action

Today each one of the Club Derry Football Development Squads are in action. The Under 16's and 17's will play eachother at Drumsurn at 11.00am.
I'm heading to Monaghan with the Under 15's who take part in their first Ulster Council blitz, the panel is:
Ardmore: Dan England; Claudy: Ciaran McCloskey; Ballinascreen: Paul Burns; Ballinderry: Gareth McKinless, Ryan Bell; Ballymaguigan: Jerome Downey; Banagher: Tiernan McCloskey; Bellaghy: Declan Brown, Dominic McFaul, Karl O’Neill, Kieran McPeake, Peter Cassidy; Craigbane: Ryan Moore; Doire Colmcille: Emmett McBride; Drum: Conor O’Reilly; Drumsurn: Daryl Mullan; Dungiven: Conor Murphy; Foreglen: Shane Feeney; Glen: Ciaran McFaul, Conor Carville, Conor Gallagher, Ryan McDonald, Ryan Duggan; Glenullin: Neil McNicholl, Enda Mullan; Kilrea: Niall Gorman, Odhran Rafferty; Limavady: Dessie Loughrey; Magherafelt: Ciaran Moore, Fintan Kerr, Matthew Higgins, Osisin Moran, Shane Heavron; Slaughtmanus: Jack McConomy, Jarlaith Canning, Kevin King; Slaughtneil: Gerard Bradley, Padraig Cassidy; Swatragh: Conor McAtamney, James Kearney, Martin McKeague

The lads first game is at 11.30 against Tyrone, they will also play Monaghan, Armagh and Antrim. We are very excited about this panel of players so it will be interesting to see how they fair out against the other counties.

Club Derry Football Development Squads - 3rd Trial

The trials for the Under 15 and Under 16 Football development squads will continue this Saturday. We have 62 U16 players and 55 U15 players returning to Owenbeg. The standard this year has been very high and places for the squads are extremely competitive. The names of those asked to attend on Saturday are now on the Derry Website. If a player name doesn't attend on Saturday without excusing themselve's it will be assumed they are not interested in making their squad and will not be asked to return.

Club Derry Football Development Squad - 2nd Trial

The second trial will take place for the Under 15 and Under 16 Football Development Squads on Saturday 14th March in Owenbeg from 10am to 1pm. All the players listed on the Derry Website should attend, if anyone is unable to attend or take part they should contact Chris Collins on 07843232208 or ccollins@derry.gaa.ie as soon as possible. I know some people will be looking to get down to Dublin for the NFL game so we will try and get the trials completed as sharp as possible.

A Busy Weekend

On Friday 6th March Tony Scullion delivered an excellent coaching workshop with the Derry Under 17 squad. It was disappointing only 20 coaches turned out. Thanks very much Tony for what was a very enjoyable evening.

On Saturday morning we had the Club Derry Development squad trials for the Under 15's and Under 16's close to 200 young hopeful's took part in a series of games in Owenbeg. We will trial again this weekend, anyone who couldn't make it to the trials on Saturday have been given the benefit of the doubt. Names will appear on the Derry website bu Wednesday.

While the development squad trials were taking place we also had 2 Under 12 Indoor Hurling blitz's beginning in Limavady and Swatragh. The following teams took part Kevin Lynch's (3), Swatragh (2), Ballinascreen (4), Coleraine (2), Na Magha (2) and Slaughtneil (2).

Club Derry Football Development Squad Trials

190 players are expected in Owenbeg on Saturday morning for the Under 15 and 16 Club Derry Development Squad Trials. It makes for a really nice headache! The names of the players can be found on the Derry Website.

Busy weekend for Football Development Squads

On Friday 6th March the Under 17 Development squad will have their first coaching session in Owenbeg at 7.30pm. Tony Scullion will be delivering the session. It is also a CPD programme, so club coaches have the opportunity to come over and see Tony at work. The session will be on "Games to Develop Football". I'm really looking forward to the session for two reasons; Tony is a class coach and you can be sure to pick up plenty of stuff from his sessions and secondly this will be the first outing for the Under 17 minor recruits. I haven't seen the final panel yet but I was over at one of the earlier trials and there were some excellent players on show.

On Saturday morning we have our first Under 15 and 16 trials. The coaches for 2009 are all raring to go and I am expecting the quality to be exceptional. So far we only have a few clubs who have submitted their players for the trial so please remember to get them to ccollins@derry.gaa.ie before Wednesday. There was a few queries in the guestbook regarding only be able to register three players per club. If some of the teams playing A football feel they have more players good enough then it will be no problem getting them a trial just submit the names, position and DOB.