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STORMY weather played havoc with the schoolboys soccer pro- gramme over the weekend. 19 league fixtures and ten cup ties were due to be played, but the stormy conditions forced the cancellation of the major- ity of the bank holiday fixture list. Four games were played on Saturday but none went ahead on Sunday.
All games were cancelled on Mon- day and that meant that five teams will have to wait a little longer to get their hands on the league title.
Connolly and Newtown were due to clash in Kilmaley with the divi- sion two under 12-league title up for grabs.
Both sides have been on fire throughout the campaign with New- town a point clear of Connolly on top of the league.
The side ensured the champion- ship will be decided on the last game of the season by beating Kildysart 4- 1 on Saturday.
That game was one of just four that went ahead on Saturday, with no fix- tures taking place on Sunday.
The race for the under 11 division two title was also set to reach a con- clusion on Monday, with first place Avenue down to take on second place Tulla United.
However, that game at Lees Road was also a victim of the appalling weather conditions.
While the above teams still face nervy winner takes all deciders, there was no such complications for the under 12 division one champions Avenue United.
Avenue wrapped up the title two weeks ago with victory over Mount- shannon and were due to be pre- sented with the silverware, following Monday’s scheduled tie with Ennis stone
Elsewhere in the few fixtures that Survived the weekend weather, Ennis Town edged out Fern Celtic with a 2-0 victory in the under 13 division one. In the same division, Avenue leapfrogged Ennis rivals Turnpike at the top of the league with a 4-1 away victory over Newmarket Celtic.
Also on Saturday, Corofin came out all guns blazing to record a 6-1 away victory over Mountshannon Celtic in the under 14 division two. The win keeps alive Corofin’s hopes of catch- ing leaders Fern Celtic at the top of the table.
There was a significant victory for Avenue over the Turnpike as the race for the under 15 league really hots up. Despite being reduced to ten men, Avenue secured the win that keeps the pressure on league leaders Lifford.