The Ryandale, Moy played host to Dungannon United Youth celebrations last Friday when the annual presentation evening was held there to mark the end of a phenomenal season for the club.
Celtic and Northern Ireland International player, Niall McGinn attended the event to hand out the awards to the recipients of Player of the Year, Top Goal Scorer, Most Improved Player and Sportsman of the year.

Dungannon United Youth Chairperson Joe McAree opened the evening by welcoming the 360 people who had come out in support of the local club and highlighting the fantastic success the club have had this season.

David Magee’s Dungannon Swifts U16s ended their season with five trophies, winning the Mid Ulster League, Mid Ulster Knock Out Cup, Preston Tournament, The Copa Catulina Cup and the Northern Ireland Cup. Karle Farquhar’s U15 National League Team also had a great season with their win against Ballywalter in the Northern Ireland Cup Final. The U13 National League Team managed by Kieran Robinson were successful in their English Rose Cup tournament which took place in Shrewsbury. Joe McAree and Tony Courtney’s National League U12 team were Northern Ireland Champions for the second successive year. The U12 Mid Ulster Team managed by Mike Kenny won the Mid Ulster Plate and David Tate’s U11s won their Mid Ulster League putting them into the National League next season.

The trophy winners were:

Under 11 Colts Mid Ulster:
Player of the Year: Ryan Doyle
Most Improved: Ethan Jordan
Top Goal scorer: Bailey Lenard and Rhyss Campbell
Sportsman of the year: Aaron Nimmons

DUY U11s Mid Ulster:
Player of the Year: Oran Mallon
Most Improved: Joel Little
Top Goal Scorer: Tyler Blair
Sportsman of the Year: Ryan Cush

DUY U12 Mid Ulster:
Player of the Year: Matthew Lutton
Most Improved: Josh Green
Top Goal Scorer: Ethan Burns
Sportsman of the Year: Adam Farrell

U12 National League:
Player of the Year: Shea Gordon
Most Improved: Tomas Carney
Top Goal Scorer: Paul Donnelly and Samuel Haugh
Sportsman of the Year: Dalaigh Jones

U13 Mid Ulster:
Player of the Year: Colin Campbell
Most Improved: Michael Moore
Top Goal Scorer: Caolan Mulgrew
Sportsman of the Year: James Dolan

U13 National League:
Player of the Year: Ben Hall
Most Improved: Niall McElroy
Top Goal Scorer: Ryan Coleman
Sportsman of the Year: Connor Cullen

U14 Mid Ulster:
Player of the Year: Alan Humphries
Most Improved: Daniel Moore
Top Goal Scorer: Ben Nixon
Sportsman of the Year: Ryan Lutton

U14 National League:
Player of the Year: Liam Donnelly
Most Improved: Kris Lowe
Top Goal Scorer: Conor Mullan
Sportsman of the Year: Scott McMullan

U14 National League:
Player of the Year: Oran Mallon
Most Improved: Joel Little
Top Goal Scorer: Tyler Blair
Sportsman of the Year: Ryan Cush

U15 National League:
Player of the Year: Garbhan McManus
Most Improved: Craig Breen
Top Goal Scorer: Kevin Curran
Sportsman of the Year: Matty Montgomery

Dungannon Swifts U16s Mid Ulster:
Player of the Year: Daryl Magee
Most Improved: Kelvin Campbell
Top Goal Scorer: Daniel McNulty
Sportsman of the Year: Jack Lavery

Thanks to Stephen Beckett for providing the music during the evening and thanks to The Ryandale for such a fantastic dinner and evening. Many thanks to Simon Graham and Kasha Preece for setting up the photographs of the season. A special thanks to Niall McGinn for taking time to attend and hand out awards to the winners as well as to all the people and companies who donated prizes to the raffle. Many thanks to Donnelly Brothers who continue to support and sponsor Dungannon United Youth every season. Thanks also to all the Managers, coaches, players and supporters of the teams for their dedication and loyalty to the club over the season. Congratulations on such a phenomenal season and here is hoping next years is just as good!

DUY U11’s                             5

WARRENPOINT                   0

DUY U11’s played at Dungannon Park on Saturday against Warrenpoint for the first time this season in the Mid Ulster League. The match opened with both teams eager for the victory and plenty of strong tackling in midfield and defence as the teams took the game to opposition. The opening score came when a quick free kick by Robbie Brown released Arnas Irzikevilius down the left and he ran on and finished in style. Arnas continued to cause more problems for Warrenpoint with another wicked cross just missed by Dylan O’Hagan at the back post. On the other wing Jack Madden started to come into action and after a some great work in midfield by Oran Mallon Jack broke quickly and crossed to the back post for Arnas to make it 2-0. Warrenpoint came roaring back but Joel Little and Daniel Courtney were quick on hand to smother any trouble. Just before the half the goal to settle the team came Adam Patterson played the ball over the top and Jack Madden raced on to finish. Half-Time 3-0.

The second half started with Tyler Blair , Matthew Gibson and Cameron McMullan coming into the action and Cameron soon got into the game quickly with his rasping shot just over the bar. DUY were now dominating and attacking from all angles and the next goal wasn’t far away a corner from the left bounced in the box and Adam Patterson was on hand to blast the ball home. Warrenpoint attacked well and had a great chance to pull one back but Josh (the cat) Willis was quick to pounce on the loose ball. Next into the action was Tyler Blair his quick shot and turn hit the post but Tylers next ball was a brilliant chip from midfield over the centre half which Adam Patterson ran onto and lobbed the keeper to make it 5-0. At this stage it looked like we were in for more goals but Warrenpoint stood firm and the goalkeeper pulled of some great saves to keep the score down. Arnas had a chance for his hat-trick but was unlucky to hit the bar and with a few minutes remaining Jack Madden also hit the bar. The final whistle blew with a 5-0 scoreline. Warrenpoint battled hard with some great encouragement from the coaches and supporters. DUY played well on the day with Joel Little not putting a foot wrong at the back. This leaves DUY within touch of the title one more point from the remaining three games will wrap up the title.