Montgomery brace hands Amateurs the Shield

Banbridge Town U11s 0

Dromore Amateurs U11s 3

SATURDAY morning saw Banbridge Town’s U11s and Dromore Amateurs travel to Portadown to meet in the final of the Mid Ulster Shield.

There was an excellent turn out of support for both sides with the Banbridge side competing in their first ever final.

Dromore started strongly dominating the early exchanges. This quickly paid off for Dromore, resulting in a fine goal coming in from the left after 10 minutes through Evan Taylor.

This seemed to unsettle the young Banbridge side with another goal from Dromore following just two minutes later through Reece ‘Speedy’ Montgomery - the pick of the goals in fact.

Banbridge composed themselves but were unable to challenge the Dromore defence and did well to contain the score until half time.

The second half saw Dromore continue from where they left off, dominating play and forcing Banbridge deep into their own half.

Town keeper, Billy Campbell, pulled off a string of fine saves to keep Banbridge in the game. Banbridge’s defence were also tested with some fine individual performances by Adam Dickson and Aaron Dougan to keep Dromore at bay.

The Town team rarely threatened the Dromore goalkeeper with only one fine individual effort from Jamie Flack with the ball just going wide of the post.

Dromore now seized the initiative and following a fine sole run from that man Montgomery who finished by chipping the ball over the Banbridge keeper to bring the final score to 3-0.

The Amateurs deservedly lifted the Shield following an excellent display of football.

The Banbridge coaching staff wish to congratulate Dromore on a fine victory and the sportsmanship of the Dromore coaching staff after the final whistle.

This week’s Banbridge man of the match was once again Steven Campbell for his relentless work rate and commitment to his team mates.

- BANBRIDGE Town Juniors FC are on the lookout for new managers and coaches for the forthcoming season.

Experience is not essential and the club will fund anyone who needs to go through the IFA Level One coaching badge.

The club is also searching for an Assistant Academy Director to assist in the running of the club. If you are interested in any of the above positions please contact David Maxwell on 07802752637 or email [email protected]