Gers U12s hit pre-season form with two wins

Drumolly 3

THE first pre-season friendly took place on Saturday July 24 with Drumolly travelling to Cheney Park, Banbridge.

Both teams started really well with fast, flowing football being played all over the park.

Rangers were first to get onto the score sheet with new striker Jamie Flack opening his account. This was a well worked goal with Harper, Cochrane and Gibson all playing a part.

This was only the start and the lads came close on a number of occasions, only to be denied by the wood work or the in-form Drumolly keeper.

Goal number two came from young Harper who made no mistake when he slotted the ball into the bottom right hand corner.

The shooting boots of Flack were still on fire and Jamie got his second on the 24th minute when he past two defenders to drive the ball home.

The second half started exactly the same with the Rangers pushing and pressuring the Drumolly defence, however Cochrane wasn’t going to be left out when he popped up to drive the ball home.

Banbridge Rangers U12 2

Dromore Amateurs 1

THE Rangers team travelled to Dromore Amateurs this week in what’s become a derby game.

The local boys were under pressure considering Dromore had beaten Banbridge in all of their previous meetings.

The game started well with both teams pressuring all positions over the pitch. Simon McAllister was very unlucky on four minutes when a cracking right footed shot went just wide.

Dromore were first on the score sheet with a well worked goal on the 12th minute. Rangers heads didn’t drop and the boys continued to push on.

Simon was rewarded for his persistence on the 21st minute, when a little one-two between Moore and Reid result in Simon slotting the ball into the net.

The second half was exactly the same however the Rangers boys really had the momentum with Harper and Flack continuing to drive forward.

Burns, Hilland, Adair and McCullough were absolutely fantastic in defence, mopping up all the attacks from a strong Dromore team.

Joel Reid got the winner on 50 minutes when a move involving Burns and Byrson resulted in a cool trap and cracking right footed shot.

This was a well deserved win for the boys as they all worked very hard all over the pitch.