Mallards travel to play Dergview Under 13 in Spamount tomorrow morning with a 10:30am kick off

Next week we are at home in the National YL against St Oliver Plunkett with a 3pm kick off at the Bawnacre Centre 3G pitch.
Sam

Ballinamallard Under 12s played their first game in two weeks as they travelled to play Cookstown Youth in a friendly fixture.

The Mallards were down to a squad of thirteen players due to the transfer tests taking place in Enniskillen.

It was a sloppy start from the Mallards as the home side took the lead. A long ball caught out Toal and Smyth and the Cookstown forward pounced and fired home.

However, the Mallards reacted superbly. McGrath rampaged his way down the right and played the ball to Gallagher. The diminutive striker laid the ball off to Irvine who rocketed an effort into the top corner.

Only moments later, the away side took the lead. A series of superb passes saw the ball find its way to McGrath, who unleashed an astonishing effort into top corner of the goal from 30 yards out. A truly stunning effort from the hard-working centre forward.

The Mallards were playing some superb football and were moving the ball around with precision. Full backs Mahon and Kinnear were pushing forward and assisting their midfield teammates at any opportunity.

The third goal came via tremendous work by Holder and Browne. Browne pounced on the ball and rifled in with his left foot.

Just moments before the half time interval it was four. The Mallards midfield linked up superbly and Browne saw his shot diverted into the goal by the Cookstown centre half.

It was one of the best performances of the season so far from the Mallards, they were moving the ball quickly and played some scintillating football.

Although the Mallards only added one goal to their tally in the second half, they were very impressive as they retained possession well and defended resolutely.

The back five of Noble, Mahon, Smyth, Toal and Kinnear were in impressive form.

The fifth and final goal came from substitute Daire Bradley. Holder drove down the right hand side with pace and power. His exquisite pass found Bradley, who coolly rounded the keeper and slotted home.

It was an extremely useful exercise for the Mallards who face a tricky trip to Lisburn next weekend. The whole panel performed superbly against a tricky Cookstown outfit.

Fixtures have been released as far as Christmas
19- November- Away Friendly fixture to Cookstown Youth
26- November- Away to Lisburn Youth
3- December- Home to St Oliver Plunkett
10- December-  Away to Linfield
17- December- Home to Dungannon in First Round of NIBFA Cup

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Ballinamallard Youth made their first appearance in the new section of the Under 12 league against Cliftonville FC at the Bawnacre on Saturday.

The home side got off to a stunning start. Callum Jones, back after missing last weekend with illness, fired the ball into box from a corner. Jake Browne pounced on the ball and drilled it past the away side keeper to make it 1-0.

Only moments later, the Mallards grabbed a second. Jones once again fired in a superb corner and Joshua Toal powerfully nodded home to make it 2-0 with only five minutes on the clock.

The away side struggled to make any in roads during the first half as the Mallards back four of Kinnear, Jones, Smyth and Toal were superb.

With twenty minutes on the clock it was 3-0. Some superb passing in midfield by McGrath, Holder and Irvine saw Irvine play a stunning through ball for Owens to hammer home his 9th of the season.

It was a sensational first half performance from the young Mallards, who fought for every ball and never gave Cliftonville a chance to break forward.

However, it was a real Jekyll and Hyde performance from the home side as they produced arguably one of their worst halves of football in the second period.

Cliftonville dominated possession and the Mallards were wasteful with the ball and simply failed to do the simply things correctly.

The away side pulled a goal back when the Mallards back four were caught flat footed and Noble could do little to prevent the effort from going into the back of the net.

Cliftonville soon grabbed a second when once again the Mallards were lazy in possession and a Cliftonville midfielder volleyed past Noble.

The home side were struggling to put any worthwhile moves together and they were relying largely on the rampaging runs of Niall Owens to provide any attacking threat.

On several occasions Owens, worked his way through to goal to see his efforts go narrowly wide.

With only moments to go the Mallards were desperately lucky to hold onto all three points as Noble made a fine save to keep his side in front.

Nonetheless it was three points gained for the young Mallards. Despite a superb first thirty minutes, they came out for the second half believing the three points were in the bag.

Some valuable lessons were learnt from all of the squad and they simply have to play for the full sixty minutes every Saturday regardless of the opposition.

Man of the match for the Mallards was Niall Owens closely followed by Houston Kinnear who was superb once again at right back.

New section of league starts this Saturday. At the moment in our section are Linfield, Lisburn, Cliftonville, Ridgeway Rovers from East Belfast, Ballinamallard Youth, Dungannon Youth, Sion Swifts, Derry Colts and the winner of Maiden City against St Oliver Plunkett on Friday evening.

Kick off - 1pm
Venue- Bawnacre 3G
Meet in Bawnacre at 12: 15.

Squad: Nathan Noble, Houston Kinnear, Oisin Smyth, Josh Toal, Callum Jones, Darragh McGrath, Alex Holder, Jake Irvine, Niall Owens, Michael Gallagher, Jake Browne. Mark Crawford, Curtis Coalter, Jack Kennedy, Seanie Mahon ,Ryan Keaney