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40th Anniversary Dinner Dance

Many thanks to everyone who attended our celebration night on Saturday 8th Nov in The City West Hotel - I think it's safe to say that a great night was had by all !!  On behalf of the club I would like to thank everyone who played a part in making this a very successful occasion.

Every Sunday morning @ 11 am : Our Sunday morning Academy has now recommenced at The Community College, where we provide an introduduction to football for boys & girls aged 5 - 7 in a safe & fun environment. All welcome including any parents / guardians who would like to get involved with the club. Main contact for the Academy is John Price - 086 2572505

Saturday 10th January '09 : The FAI in conjunction with SDFL are holding a "Kick Start 1" course in the SDFL Complex, Ballyowen Park. This is a very worthwhile and enjoyable course and as a club we urge all new managers to partake. Please see www.sdflsoccer.com for further details.

Wednesday 21st January '09 : SDFL are holding a "Coaching Demonstration Night" in their complex in Ballyowen Park. This is an open evening for all interested parties - managers and parents. Niall Harrison, Coach to the under 15 International team, has already been secured to put on a session during this evening. Again this is an ideal opportunity to develop ourselves as coaches, and will in turn be of enormous benefit to the players of Blessington FC.

May 29th, 30th & 31st '09:  On this weekend the FAI in conjunction with SDFL are holding a "Kick Start 2" course in the SDFL Complex, Ballyowen Park. This is a follow-on to Kick Start 1 and is aimed at coaching kids at the early teenage years. Again places can be booked with SDFL. 

Membership Fees (2008-09)

Senior, Lady & Junior Players €80

Two or more children from the same family €100

Academy €20

Managers, Assistants & Committee €50

Ordinary / Non-playing Member €20

Welcome to the website of Blessington Association Football Club. This season is our first full season at our new facilities at Crosschapel. Unfortunately due to the very wet weather we endured during the "summer" work on the site was severly hampered, resulting in only one pitch being available for the start of the season. This season our Saturday & Sunday senior teams, ladies team and both Under-15 & Under-16 sides will play their home matches at Crosschapel. The balance of our underage teams will continue to play their home matches at The Community College.  

On the pitch last season, pride of place goes to both our Under-8 team & our ladies team . They were our only teams to bring home some silverwear last season by winning their League Cup & League respectively.  

Last season's U-8 team (pictured above proudly showing us their medals and cup), managed by John Price & Stephen Bray had a fantastic start to the season and secured their trophy before Christmas. Congratulations to all involved & hopefully this won't be the last trophy these lads win.

Blessington FC Ladies team have created history by winning the DWSL Inter 4 South League Title at their first attempt. In doing so they became only the 2nd adult team from the Club to win a league title, following the 1979-80 men's team into the history books. On Sunday 28th September, the girls defeated Rosemount by 3-1 at Dundrum, with the goals coming from Elaine Casey, Lizzie Brophy and Regina Hamilton. It was a great team display, and the victory and overall title was thoroughly deserved. So well done to all the girls, and team manager Eoin O'Donovan, for a brilliant achievement in their first full season together.

We look forward to seeing their silverware on display at our 40th Anniversary Dinner Dance on 8th November. The sight of these trophies will help inspire all our other teams for this coming season.

We are the only soccer club within an 8 mile radius of the town. Currently we have just over 400 members, making us the largest football club of any code in West Wicklow - I don't think the group of lads that started a soccer team back in 1968 could have foreseen such a growth over the last 40 years. This season we have 19 juvenile teams, 2 senior teams & a ladies team representing our area in their various leagues from under-8 upwards. We also run a weekly academy for approximately 30 boys and girls in the 5 to 7 year-old age bracket (every Sunday morning at The Community College at 11am - please feel free to come along).

As you can appreciate it is very challenging (not to mention expensive) to keep a club of this size functioning correctly. We would like to thank all our sponsors, advertisers and especially all the parents who continue to help us keep our young people busy and active through sport, which is more relevant now in this era of increasing negative temptations. It also cannot be overstated the positive impact the involvement in team sports has on the overall development of young people.

If you feel you can help out in way, we would be delighted if you could contact any of the committee members.