Ards Rangers Juniors FC

🌊 Team Building Day! ⚽️💙
A great day out for the Ards Rangers 2014’s as the boys enjoyed a team-building day at The Lake Kilrea Water Park! 💦
Plenty of fun, laughs and a few challenges along the way — a brilliant opportunity for the lads to spend time together away from the football pitch and build those team bonds. 🤝
Great memories made with a fantastic group of boys! 💙⚽️

Our Hawks continued their pre-season preparation with a friendly away to TW Braga. With a 9am kickoff it was a slow start for the girls and 10 mins in, Braga took advantage going 1-0 up with a worldy long range effort.
The girls responded immediately with a stunning goal from Rachel to equalise. From that moment on, we took control and played some excellent football with Rachel getting her 2nd to take us into the break with a 2-1 lead.
2nd half the girls continued their fine form, we were calm and composed under pressure and created chance after chance. Mia and Emelia were next to get themselves on the scoresheet before Braga got their 2nd to make it 4-2. With confidence high the girls continued to press with Mia and Emelia both finding the net again.
It was a real team effort and with one final push, Emelia completed her hat-trick to finish the game 7-2.
It was nice to be complemented by the ref who said the girls were “absolutely fantastic.”

Player of the match went to the whole team.

Today our 2013's took on division 1 BYM at the west winds in our 3rd pre season friendly. With a few players missing and playing players out of position we knew the boys would be up against it. We started the game brightly on the front foot with some really good link up play from back to front and alot more communication from everyone. We took a deserved lead when Louis picked the ball up and played a great outaide if the foot pass the break the lines for Cooper to get on the end of and made no mistake who was playing up front today with Jayden out Injured. Quite quickly Bangor got an equaliser with a mixup at the back. This didn't deter the boys as we started really playing some nice football. We took the lead again through Cooper with an instinctive finish lobbing the keeper. Again we couldn't hold on fir long when Bangor got another back against the run of play to go in at half time 2-2.

We made a few changes at half time and changed a few positions but again we started bright again taking the lead with another good finish from Cooper to complete his hattrick. But again we didnt hold on and another mixup at the back let Bangor back into the game. Bangor started to apply pressure then took the lead to go 4-3 up. The boys kept going again the football on show at times was a real joy to watch and we got back level from a free kick from Louis that deflected off the Bangor defender. We started to really apply more pressure and took the lead soon after with another goal from Cooper who was really on top form today. The boys really deserved to get the win today but with a long distance free kick Bangor got another goal back for the game to finish 5-5.

Another really positive performance from every single player and we can see what we need to work on but every game we have played teams in leagues above us and we certainly don't look out of place at all. Todays player of the match was Cooper, took all his goals well and was a constant threat the whole game going past players at times with ease. Well done mate and well deserved

2️⃣ days till the Ards Rangers Summer Camp 🌞⚽️

Numbers are limited make sure to register to avoid missing out!!

📍 All details can be found in the poster below.
✅ Register now to secure your place: https://form.jotform.com/NexaPro/kk-summer-camp

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As the new season approaches our 2016 SBYL 🔵 squad is recruiting as we progress to 9 a-side football.

Aswell as outfield players we are also looking to add a goalkeeper to the squad.

If you have a child that may be interested in a new challenge why not contact us, bring them down and see if they enjoy it and would like to further their development with us.

We are holding open training sessions in August.

If your child was born in 2022, and is interested in playing football bring them along. No need to register just turn up on Wednesday 2nd September. Everyone welcome 💙⚽️

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What an unbelievable four days in Edinburgh for our 2012/13 Hawks. We couldn’t be prouder of everything our girls achieved this weekend, narrowly missing out in the final against Bonnyrigg Rose Girls U14s Selkirk arguably the best team we have ever faced. They went unbeaten throughout the entire tournament and conceded only one goal, which shows the level our girls were competing against.
But this weekend was about so much more than football. The laughs, the memories, the friendships and the incredible bond within this group were clear for everyone to see. The girls battled through injuries, tired legs and disappointment, but never stopped working for one another or representing our club with pride.
Reaching the final was a fantastic achievement, but watching them grow even closer as a team was what made the weekend truly special. The hurt will ease, but the memories they made together will last a lifetime.
Thank you to everyone who helped make the weekend what it was. The Edinburgh International Cup —you were unforgettable. 💙⚽🏆

1️⃣ week till Ards Rangers Summer Camp 🌞⚽️

This is a fantastic opportunity for all players across the club to come together, have fun, develop their skills and enjoy football over the summer.

📍 All details can be found in the poster below.
✅ Register now to secure your place:

KK Summer Camp Please click the link to complete this form.