Marty Gallagher and Dean Jarvis have been called up to represent the Northern Ireland Western Region for the forthcoming UEFA Nations Cup tournament.

The Western Region will play the Eastern Region on 16 and 23 May to decide which team will go on to represent Northern Ireland in Macedonia in August.

Congratulations to Marty and Dean on their selection.

WITH the conclusion of the second leg of the Promotion/Relegation play off on Friday evening, the line up for the 2012/2013 IFA Championship 1 has now been completed.

Newry City failed in their bid for promotion when they lost 3-2 on aggregate to Lisburn Distillery, which means there will be three new teams replacing the promoted and relegated sides.

Carrick Rangers finished bottom of the Carling Premiership and swap places with Ballinamallard United, who won Championship 1. Ballinamallard successfully applied for a Championship Licence, which is required to gain promotion.

Coagh United are promoted as Champions of Championship 2, and they are move up along with runners-up Dundela. They replace Banbridge Town and Glebe Rangers, who finished thirteenth and fourteenth respectively.

A 1-1 draw away to Warrenpoint on the last day of the season was enough to
see Institute secure third place, after Bangor lost at Limavady. The first
half reflected much of the season, with the home side taking the lead on 23
minutes against the run of play. Despite good chances for McCready and
McLaughlin, Stute were unable to get back into the game before half-time.
However 15 minutes into the second half the visitors had the equaliser they
deserved – Sean Roddy taking advantage of some poor goalkeeping to head his
side level. Stute were only denied a win through great saves which kept out
McCready and McCrudden, but in the end the point was enough to finish third.

Institute finished their home campaign on a winning note and remain in the hunt for 3rd place thanks to an early Aaron McEnuff strike. It was all Stute in the opening exchanges. The only goal came on 14 minutes when a long Sean Roddy throw in the corner was flicked on and McEnuff met it with a great volley. After this the home side sat back and Dergview came more into the game. The second half was a scrappy affair, with the visitors missing two great changes to get back into the game. First ex-Stute player Andrew Sproule saw his one-on-one chance blocked by Corey Wilson, and then his strike partner blazed a great chance over the goal. Stute managed to hold on to their one goal lead and can still finished 3rd depending on other results next week.

Stute won their penultimate home game 3-2 in a very end of season affair with a few changes to the Stute playing personel. The Stute started brightly with the busy Sean McCarron looking lively. Tobermore themselves could have taken an early lead when a through ball over the top caught out Stute’s new defensive pairing for the day namely John Curran and Graeme Taylor but the recalled Corey Wilson did well to keep out Lamont’s drive from 14 yards. Read the rest of this entry »

Stute u14′s got promoted today to the national A league after beating Cookstown 3-1 ! Congratulations from all at the club

After the Semi Final of the Coca Cola Intermediate Cup, Dergview lodged a complaint over the eligibility of Joe McCready in the competition. Institute administration were unaware of any rule about playing over 12 senior games in one season, Joe had played 14 while on loan with Dungannon Swifts. The Intermediate Committee met last night and confirmed the expulsion of Institute from the competition. The Committee would like to apologise to the management, players and supporters for this error. The club do not intend to appeal and now regard the matter as closed.

Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice is delighted to be the Official Charity for the Deep RiverRock Belfast City Marathon, taking place on Bank Holiday Monday 7th May 2012.
Over 20,000 runners are expected to hit the streets in the North, South, East and West of the City. Each year people of all ages take part in support of our work and this year we want to make it even bigger and better.
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