NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC: Though the weather conditions improved somewhat in the past week, for the second consecutive week it was only the under-10s and the girl's under-12s who saw action. The girl's hosted 'Joeys' from Sallynoggin in a friendly in preparation for the restart of the league.

In a game that produced plenty of exciting football the Newtown girls won on a scoreline of 4-3. Lauren Nolan opened the scoring after ten minutes with a snapshot from ten yards. That lead increased five minutes later when Amy Irwin got the final touch after good work from Lydia Sinnott-Elliott. Just before half-time the visitors pulled a goal back after Newtown failed to clear their lines.

Within ten minutes of the secondhalf Newtown increased their lead to 4-1 after superb goals from Cliona Crammond and Katie Miley after excelllent work by Chelsee Snell, Irwin and Nolan.

Joeys did pull two goals back late on but when the final whistle went it signalled a deserved win for the Newtown girls. On the day it was a good all round team display. Improvement for the under-10s in the Futsal as they had two wins and two defeats this week in Bray.

In their opening game they lost to St. Peter's on a 2-0 scoreline. They followed this up with another defeat 1-0 versus Greystones. However they finished strongly with two wins from their final two games, firstly 21 over Wolfe Tone thanks to goals from Keegan Heffernan and Ross Shine. In their final game they won an exciting game 4-3 over Enniskerry with the goals coming from Michael Coghlan with two and one each from Ryan Whelan and Seán Gregory. Well done lads and keep up the good work.

The following are the fixtures for the weekending Saturday 30th/Sunday 31st January 2010:

Under-8s away to Wolfe Tone 'A', ko to be confirmed; Under 9s away to Arklow Town 'B', ko to be confirmed; Under 10s - WDSL Futsal Blitz; Under 12s at home to Wicklow Rovers 'A', ko Sunday at 10 a.m.; Under-13s at home to Ashford Rovers, ko Saturday at 11 a.m.; Under-12 Girls - fixture to be confirmed

(fixtures and kick-off times are subject to change).

After a recent workshop hosted by the WDSL and run by the FAI Newtown Juniors F.C. have decided to fully support the Don't X the Line campaign. This campaign aims to among other things eradicate aggressive and abusive behaviour from players and spectators and to promote an enviroment for sportsmanship and fair play in underage football. Further details about the Don't X the Line campaign can be found on our website.

In our birthday corner this week Aaron Roche from the under-10's and Lauren Nolan from the girl's under-12's will be 'blowing out the candles'. Happy birthday Aaron and Lauren from everyone at Newtown Juniors F.C.

For all matters relating to Newtown Juniors F.C. visit our website www.newtownjuniors.com.

All at the club would like to extend their deepest condolences to the families and friends of Joe Murphy, Jimmy Burke and Bertie Vickers who all sadly passed away last week.

CARNEW FC

Eventually the league started back this week and we have plenty of games to report on.

The senior men were at home to St. Patrick's B in the league which ended in a 2-2 draw. It was a tough game in which Carnew were very unlucky with some narrow wides and also striking the post on occasions. Fergus Garrett was Carnew's man of the match on the day. Scorers on the day were Maurice Kinsella and Clinton Murphy.

The ladies were away to Forth Celtic in the first round of the Wexford Cup in which Carnew came away with a well deserved 1-0 win against a higher division team. It was a brilliant performance by all the team on the day with a amazing second-half goal from Fiona Byrne.

The under-16s were away to Greystones which unfortunately ended in a 5-1 defeat to Carnew with Brendan McCrea putting away the only goal on the day for Carnew.

The under-12s won their first game of the shield away to Arklow Town with a 2-1 win. Billy Connors was on target twice on the day for Carnew.

The under-9s were away to away to Arklow Town which ended with a 5-1 scoreline in favour of the home team. Seán Kirwan was on target with Carnew's only score.

The committee currently have an opening for the PRO position and anyone interested should please contact Lorraine on 087 0576660.

WICKLOW TENNIS CLUB

Wicklow Tennis Club has three ladies and four men's teams participating in the 2010 Dublin Lawn Tennis Council Winter League.

The first of the five round robin games took place on Sunday last and results are as follows: Ladies 1st team (Class 2) played away to Naas and enjoyed a 3-0 win, 2nd team (class 3) played at home to Elm Park and won 3-0, 3rd team (class 5) travelled to De Vesci TC and lost 1-2.

Men's 1st team (class 3) lost 1-2 at home to Claremont Railway Union, 2nd team (class 3) lost 0-3 to Sandycove, 3rd team (class 5) lost 1-2 to Westwood Leopardstown and 4th team (class 7) traveled to Carrickmines and won 3-0.

ROUNDWOOD & DISTRICT ATHLETICS

Roundwood Athletics & DistrictA great and positive start to the New Year for the club with two of its athletes training with Terry Kavanagh and Anne Marah receiving awards in recognition of their outstanding athletic achievement.

The awards ceremony took place in the Horse & Hound in Delgany on Friday, hosted by our County Chairman Billy Porter.

Most Outstanding Athletes (Male) in County Wicklow's 14-16 age category was awarded to Kai Jameson and 16-19 age category was awarded to Jonathan Phillips. Congratulations to both the athletes and their trainers!

RADAC are looking for volunteers for a bag pack in Dunne's Stores, Newtownmountkennedy on February 19/20/21.

This effort is to raise funds to send one of the clubs athletes/trainers to Calcutta for the summer of 2010 where she will be a volunteer with charitable efforts there. Well done to Holly - people like Holly make this world a better place!

And last but not least, a reminder to any interested athletes that registration fees to the club must be paid before end of January 2010.

Registrations can be completed at and fees paid to any of the trainers/committee members at the regular athletics training sessions held in the GAA club in Roundwood on Fridays, 6 p.m.-7 p.m.

WICKLOW GOLF CLUB

The following are the results of recent competition at Wicklow Golf Club. Thursday January 14, 13-hole competition: 1st. Pat J. Dunne (20) 33 points, 2nd. John Noctor (18) 33 points.

Sunday January 17, 13-hole competition; Category 1: 1st. Ronnie Allen (11) 32 points, 2nd. Darren Ronan (9) 32 points. Category 2: 1st Kevin O'Mahoney (12) 31 points, 2nd. Conor Nestor (15) 31 points. Category 3: 1st. Michael A. McDonald (20) 34 points, 2nd. Tom Kavanagh (19) 33 points.

The Winter League competitions will continue on the weekend of January 30th and 31st.

BRIDGE HOTEL GOLF SOCIETY

The results of the Bridge Hotel Golf Society's recent competitions are as follows. December 19, held at Ballinacarrig Golf Club: 1st nett. Jimmy Tyrrell with 35 nett. Class 1: Roy Brauders 34 nett; Class 2: Glynn Davenport 34 nett; Front 9 - Fintan O'Connor, 19 nett; Back 9 - Anthony Doyle, 18 nett.

Nearest the Pin - Paul Doyle. The three club competition played at Blackwater Golf Club last week was won by Jimmy Russell with 37 nett (back 9).

Class 1 - Charlie Kepple 36 nett; Class 2 - Glynn Davenport 37 nett; Nearest the Pin - Anthony Doyle 11ft; Front 9 - Anthony Doyle 18 nett; Back 9 - Jimmy Tyrrell 19 nett (back 6).

Next week's competition is at Glen Mill Golf Club with tee-off at 11 o'clock. The Societys annual general meeting will be held in the Bridge Hotel on February 10 at 8 o'clock sharp.

New members very welcome, contact the hotel or any committee member.

BALTINGLASS GOLF CLUB

Thankfully the terrible weather finally abated last weekend with the course eventually reopening after three weeks of snow and heavy frost to allow some golf. Grown men were suffering from withdrawal symptoms not having hit a ball for almost a month. The short break did no harm as the course and especially the greens held up very well.

108 played in our sweepstake competition which brought a great atmosphere into the club again, we are also having the same competition this weekend, a 14-hole Sweepstake, the draw takes place on Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. and 12.30 p.m., all are very welcome. The O.F.s are also back starting this Wednesday at 12 noon.

Saturday results: Winners - Derek Kavanagh, Fintan Doyle, Eddie Irwin, Páraig Kavanagh 70 points, back 9; Runners-up: Mark Tobin, Billy Byrne, Larry Byrne, Jim Whelan, 70 points

Sunday results: Winners: Tom Byrne, Colin Byrne, Austin Kealy and Joe Plant 75 points; Runnersup: Niall Doogue, Richie Kavanagh, Alan Worth and Claire Byrne 68 pts.

For further information and pictures of the snow on the website www.baltinglassgolfclub.ie.