Draperstown Celtic Football Club is again hosting the annual Damian McGrogan Memorial Cup, now in its 15th year and played in proud memory of one of the clubs great stalwarts, player and friend to many.
This annual pre-season tournament is now a firm fixture on the local football calendar, and with a very competitive spirit shown over the years by all participating teams it has proven to be a great preparation source for all clubs as they commence their new season.
This years tournament will kick-off on Monday 25th July between Dungiven Celtic and in their first visit to the tournament, Dungannon Tigers. Tuesday 26th sees host club Draperstown Celtic up against a progressive Moyola Park outfit. Wednesday see’s Intermediate League’s Magherafelt Sky Blues take on on IFA Championship 1 Tobermore Utd in what should be a hotly contested tie. Thursday 28th July see’s Roe Rovers take on Draperstown Celtic Reserves.
The Semi-Finals wil be played the following Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd August, with the Final scheduled on Friday 6th August 2011.
All games will kick-off at 7pm and if level after 90 minutes the game will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Monday 25th July: Game A – Dungiven Celtic 0-7 Dungannon Tigers
Tuesday 26th July: Game B – Draperstown Celtic 7-1 Moyola Park
Wednesday 27th July: Game C – Magherafelt Sky Blues 3-1 Tobermore Utd
Thursday 28th July: Game D – Roe Rovers 4-0 Draperstown Celtic Res.
Monday 1st August: SEMI-FINAL (1) Dungannon Tigers 4-3 Draperstown Celtic
Tuesday 2nd August: SEMI-FINAL (2) Magherafelt Sky Blues 0-1 Roe Rovers
Friday 6th August: Dungannon Tigers 2-1 Roe Rovers
Kick off 7pm Sharp at Cahore Playing Fields.
45minutes each way to be decided on a penalty shoot-out in the event of a draw.
All games played under IFA rules.
looking forward to what I see as our 1st competitive game(s) of the season, I have always held our competition in high regard and as a club we haven’t always done ourselves justice in it. hopefully this year will be different
Gary , Ralph , myself and all at Roe Rovers would just like to re-iterate what we said last night , a big thanks to yourself and Draperstown FC for your invite and for looking after us so kindly .
Congratulations to Dungannon Tigers , they are a good outfit.
Regardless of us getting to the final or not , it was nice to be asked and it was a privilege to take part in the Tournament , in what I’m sure is a very emotional and difficult time for both the Mc Groogan family and Draperstown FC.
Although the players are disappointed at losing , from a Managers point of view it was an invaluable 3 games for the club / players and that was what we set out to do……we got 25 players involved over the last 3 games , so I’m really pleased with our performance at this stage of Pre season , and 3 more weeks to go.
We are looking to build a strong Club , with good fellas on board , just not good footballers but good lads as well and Gary , Ralph , myself and the rest of the coaches have worked hard over the last 18 months to get where we are so the future is bright , we just need to keep plugging away
Good luck to Draperstown Football Club in the coming Season and hopefully we’ll have the pleasure of being invited back for next year.
All the best
Paddy
Paddy Mc Gonigle
Roe Rovers