Good evening everyone. Well, what can I say! Noreen has being doing these notes for years up until last Christmas and she has always been gracious in defeat of her beloved Mayo, so thankfully she’s not doing them now otherwise the font and background would be green & red.! But all joking aside well done to the better team on the day. Dublin has kept the rest of us entertained for the last 7 years with exceptional football. So for all the Mayo & non Dublin supporters enjoy the celebrations (responsibly). Very well deserved.

 

 

The club wish to thank Sports Direct who is our main sponsor for supplying all our underage teams with goodie bags on Saturday. Along with the bags there were gum shields, first touch footballs and the Healthy Club Team came on board and provided everyone including the visiting teams with a healthy treat bag. Well done to everyone who helped out on the day.

 

 

Senior Men travelled to Baltinglass on Sunday morning for their league match. The lads started off really well but a stronger Baltinglass came out in the second half to take the win. Final score Baltinglass 0-12 Blessington 1-05.

Next match is the championship in Aughrim against Bray on Saturday 28th at 6pm.

 

 

Junior A had a busy week with both a home and away match. Tuesday they faced Aughrim in a thrilling match but were just pipped at the post with a win for Aughrim. Final score 1-12 to Blesso 1-11. Then on Friday the lads went up the road to Hollywood and had a very impressive win. Final score Blesso 3-11 Hollywood 1-09.

 

Minors

U17’s have were at home V Bray on Friday 13th with the injury list getting bigger and lads away on holidays the U15s stepped up again to help and didn’t disappoint. It was a shaky start, Bray got 2 early goals to put it 2:05 to 0:05 at the 1st water break, By half time the gap had narrowed to 4 points on 0:09 to 2:07 with Adam Williamson, Killian O’Connell and Jack Byrne keeping the lads in the game with some fine saves and Block-downs. The lads settled in the 2nd half. Max Silk Featherstone’s goal and Sam Goughs free taking brought it all square at 1:12 to 2:09 on the 2nd water break. The last 15 min was end to end, Blessington got a penalty but a good save by the Bray keeper kept Bray in the game. Both teams exchanged points and wides but form somewhere the Blessington lads dug deep to come away with a 1 point win on 1:17 to 2:13.

We wish Aaron a speedy recovery from an ankle injury.

Thanks to Jess for Physio on the day, Jack Byrne, Tony Carroll, Ben Carroll and Aaron Keogh from the U15’s. Great to see Connor Richardson come on after a long injury and make a big impact on the game. Thanks t u15 management for their support in keeping the team going.

Scorers: Sam Gough 0:06, Max Silk Featherstone 1:03, Lukas Sarkauskas 0:02, Connor Richardson 0:02, Finn Jordan 0:01, Ethan McNally 0:01, James Dooley 0:01, Jack Hardy 0:01.

Next up Away V Rathnew on Monday 16th.

 

 

U15 boys

Wednesday night we headed to Bray again in Div 01 and after Defeat to good Annacurra team we hoped for response from lads and we got it indeed we played nice football against a good Bray side. We lost our way a bit in third Quarter and Bray as good teams do ceased opportunity and closed score gap. Luckily lads stepped back up in last Quarter and we came away with a good win.

Friday we headed to Eire og with Second squad for rescheduled game. We started strong and had good lead into second half and as Eire og do they scored Goals and caught us out in the end and we came away with defeat .Lads tried their best but with a lot of injuries throughout u15 Squad and holiday season we doing well to get two teams out but only due to 2008 lads stepping up and helping us out with Div 03 Squad.

Thanks to Alfie/Jack/Jamie and David for travelling with us to Eire og. Also thanks to New Player Jake McGrath and Charlie Reid for doing half each in Goal after losing our keeper for Fixture on Friday due to injury.

Following last week's list of Injuries in notes with have another one and I'm sure he won't like being out for awhile. Aaron Keogh fractured Ankle in Minor Champ Game.

Speedy recovery to Aaron and all our injured lads

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U12’s travelled to An Tochar for their latest league game . We were missing quite a few with Holidays. The match was a mixed bag with An Tochar on top going into second half , The lads kept battling and came out on the right side of the score line at the end to keep their unbeaten run going .

Best performances on the night were Alfie Mc in defence, Ryan Sarg in goals and Fred was brilliant throughout.

An Tochar 2-7  Blesso 4-4

Scores

Luke Deniffe 1-1,Fred Dick 1-1,Will O Connor 0-1,Dylan Callaghan 2-0,Rian Keogh 0-1.

 

Our U11 white team were away to St Pats tonight. One of their best team performances so far this year and came home with a big win. Big thanks to all parents that travelled out.

 

Our U11’s Div3 had a huge home win tonight against a very strong AGB team. The away side started off very strong but even though we were down some players the lads took on the challenge and produced one of the best performances this year. These really are a super team with a brilliant attitude. A huge thanks to Martin O Driscoll who has really looked after the team with New Jersey’s, shorts & socks to go with the tops he already sponsored.

 

 

Our U10 had Kilcock at home today. With holidays we where missing quite a few but a big thanks to Ray and Kevin who helped us out with 7 U9’s playing for us and they certainly stood up to the challenge. We played 2 strong Kilcock teams and came out on top. Big thanks to Aoife & Sadhbh for referring matches.

 

 

 

U8 NKL took place on Saturday with St Edwards and Ardclough travelling down to us. We had 2 teams out and everyone performed in difficult conditions. The lads are improving all the time. Keep training hard and we’ll see great things from these lads over the coming years. Thanks for all the supporters staying out with us in the rainy conditions. Training Monday and go games next weekend.

U9 no game this weekend but training this Monday and NKL next weekend.

 

Ladies Football

Another strong performance tonight for our U16 Blue away v Carnew. As expected Carnew were up for it and the scoreline didn’t reflect the game they brought to us with some very fine players well done.

Credit to EVERY one of our players again for a great display of football. Once again so many fine performances and another joint POTM going to Ava JD who was powerful at corner back towering out with every ball and Aisling who is undoubtedly one of the most talented players the club has, those runs tearing through defence, all the turnovers and work rate plus the solid shooting

Result:

Blesso 4-18 Carnew 1-3

Anna, Ava JD, Orlaith, Elaine, Roisin 0-1 (yes she scored it only took 7 years)

Erin, Aoibho, Leila 0-1, Aoife, Aisling 1-4,Sadhbh 1-8,Clara 1-1,Sophie, Robyn 0-3

Asia, Ava O’D 1-0, Paige, Niamh, Emma, Aibhe

Next up AGB at home Tuesday 17th.

 

Thanks so much

AWG contractor building for sponsoring the U16 White team. The tops are fab and everyone is delighted with them.

 

 

 

 

 

U14s Div C team Whites played their last league match tonight against our neighbours Lacken Kilbride.

Girls played well and got a good win to finish the league strong.

JOINT POTM this to Aoibhinn Daly & Alana McNulty Onwards to Championship now.

 

Our U10 girls played unbelievably impressive football this morning. Their hard work at training is really paying off. We had 29 girls out there today doing Blesso proud. 3 fantastic matches. Very proud coaches. Well done to each and every player . Thanks to Kilcoole and Baltinglass for travelling. Thanks to all the parents for their support and to Sports Direct and our Healthy Club for the terrific bags at the end of the games Brilliant morning all round.

 

What a great morning for the U8 girls this morning! The rain certainly didn't dampen our girls spirits. We hosted Kilcoole and Baltinglass and our girls showed great team spirit and skills. Its so rewarding to see all of the training is paying off. Many thanks to the healthy club team and Sports Direct for the treats.

U8 girls would like to say a huge thanks to AskPaul Mooney's Garage, Longmile Rd and Nic&Ali for sponsoring their new shorts, socks and rain tops. We greatly appreciate the support and are delighted with our new gear.

 

Thanks as always to our Ladies for helping with the academy. Aoife Cullen, Alana Carroll, Paige McDonald and Ava O’Driscoll. We had 20 children involved and everyone toughly enjoyed themselves. The kids were all delighted with their Sports Direct goodie bag and as always their healthy treats from the HCT.

 

The rain didn’t get in the way of our All Stars having fun this morning. What a fantastic bunch of children. The wind and rain usually adds to the fun and games and it’s so good to see all the happy faces on Sunday morning’s.

The very best of luck to Lisa Jackson, Michelle Richardson and Mallaidh Behan who will take part on Wednesday and Thursday in Russborough with the disability inclusion camp run by Wicklow Sports & Recreation Partnership. The 3 ladies completed their Inclusive Volunteer Programme training with CARA last week.

 

There was no winner of Tuesday night’s lotto. 3 people matched 3 numbers each winning €100. Our next lotto jackpot will be €3,200 and the draw will take place on 24th August. Thank you everyone for your continuing support.

 

 

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