Congratulations to Manager Graham Kelly, who has successfully obtained the UEFA Pro Licence 👏🏻
Graham will graduate at an event later this week held by the FAI 🌊⚽️
A very special moment in today's win over Bohemian FC as defender Louise Corrigan comes on to make her debut for the club and returns to playing action after 445 days since she suffered an ACL injury 👏🏻
Welcome back Louise 🌊 ⚽️
We are devastated to announce the passing of first team nutritionist Luke Doherty. Luke passed away yesterday after a long illness.
The thoughts and prayers of everyone at DLR Waves are with Luke’s family at this difficult time.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
📝 1st Team Manager - Graham Kelly is here until 2023!!
We are delighted to announce our biggest signing of the close season, 1st team manager Graham Kelly has been secured on a 2 year contract.
Pictured below is Graham signing his contract today with Chairman Ciaran Doyle.
🗣 Breaking News!
Goalkeeper Eve Badana included in the Rep of Ireland 🇮🇪 squad for tonight's friendly vs Denmark 🇩🇰 & she will also travel to Brussels with the squad for Sunday's game v Belgium 🇧🇪
Eve hascbeen included in the squad after impressing in training this week 👏👏🌊
We are delighted to announce that John Sullivan will join Graham Kelly's backrom team for the 2020 season, The former LOI player who has started his coaching badges will link up with Graham again after the two worked together for 3 season's in Bray Wanderers
@FAI_WNL
@thewnlshow
We send our best wishes to Club Captain Jess Gleeson and our U19 Manager Laura Heffernan on their wedding day 💍
We wish you a lifetime of happiness together 💙
Have a wonderful day 🥂
Congratulations. 🎉
💙
🗣History Maker!
Congratulations to Joy Ralph who today became our youngest ever player after only turning 16 two week's ago 👏🏻👏🏻
To cap off a dream debut Joy also became our youngest ever goalscorer scoring 2 goals after coming on in our 5-0 win over Treaty Utd ⚽️🌊
Huge congratulations to our 1st team Goalkeeper Eve Badana who has been called into the
@FAIWomen
senior squad for their upcoming training camp and friendlies 🇮🇪
Eve will meet up with the squad tomorrow for training 🌊👏👏⚽️
Our 1st team player's & staff showing their support for player's Catherine Cronin & Sinead Gaynor by getting them a Superhero caricature drawn up & put on a canvass.
Both Catherine & Sinead have been on the frontline working with patients with Covid-19 in St Vincent's hospital 💙
New Signing Announcement...
We are delighted to announce the signing of Striker Vanessa Ogbonna, the former Wexford Youths player who also played in the US is our 4th new signing ahead of the 2023 season 👏🏻
Welcome to the Waves Vanessa 🌊⚽️
#SomeoneNewInBlue
🗣U19 WNL Management Team Announcement!
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Laura Heffernan as our new U19 Manager for the 2021 season, The experienced UEFA A licence coach has also added coaches Karen O' Connell (UEFA B Licence) & Ryan Hannon to her backroom team.
Happy
#WeddingDay
🤵👰 to our Club Captain
@Catherine_91x
& her Fiancè Stephen Murphy who are getting married today 💍💐
Best wishes to you both on this wonderful journey, as you build your new lives together from all your
#FootballFamily
⚽️ in DLR Waves 💙🌊
🗣 We are delighted to announce that Laura Heffernan has been appointed Assistant Manager to Graham Kelly with our 1st team squad for the new 2023 season ⚽️
Laura has done fantastic work with our U19s over the past 2 seasons and has worked closely with Graham during this time 🌊
🗣 Goalkeeper of the year again!
For a second year running our Super Keeper Eve Badana has been named in the
@LoiWomen
Team of the Season 👏🏻👏🏻
Congratulations Eve 🌊🌊👐🏻
Congratulations to Lynn Craven, who won our Club Player of the Year award for 2022 👏🏻
Lynn had a superb first season with the club playing in a number of positions across our backline, Lynn made 28 appearances & even chipped in with a goal on her debut ⚽️🌊
On the 17th April striker Kate Mooney suffered an ACL injury while making her scoring debut in our 2-1 win over Galway WFC.
Tonight after just 5 months rehab after ACL reconstruction surgery Kate has started back running!
"The Comeback is always Greater than the Setback" 💙🌊
We can confirm that striker Kate Mooney has been ruled out for the remainder of the season following an injury she sustained after scoring on her debut.
Kate joined the Waves this season & settled in straight away making an immediate impact in our games. 🌊💙
#GetWellSoonKate
🗣 New signing announcement...
We are delighted to announce the signing of Lynn Craven from
@YouthsWomen
👏🏻
The versatile full back who is comfortable on the right or left side is Graham Kelly's 2nd new signing ahead of the new
@LoiWomen
season
Welcome to the Waves Lynn 🌊⚽️
Really honest & brave post from player Katie Burdis, It's so important to speak up & have teammates & coaches who understand & can help your situation.
In an interview recently manager Graham Kelly told me they work with the squad as "Person first, Player second"
#FootballFamily
✍️ She’s back!
We are delighted to announce the signing of winger Catherine Cronin.
The experienced winger, who missed the first part of the season due to work commitments, returns and will be included in tomorrow’s squad to face Cork City.
Welcome back Catherine
🌊⚽️
DLR Waves are delighted to announce the signing of Sophie Lenehan from Wexford Youths, Sophie joins the Waves after winning a domestic treble with Wexford last season, Welcome to the Waves Sophie 🌊🌊
Defender
@Lou_C2
continues her rehabilitation work with chartered physio Shane Fagan as she gets closer to her return from an ACL injury she suffered last season.
Yesterday was a big step for Louise on her return to football as she started back running for the 1st time 👏🌊
🔙🔜
Finally it's our 1st Team Player of the year
And the winner is Jess Gleeson 👏🏻
The defender who signed for the club last Jan was ever present in the heart of our defence, A top class defender & one of the best & most consistent performers in the WNL throughout the season 🌊💙⚽️
Some fantastic news received this morning that 1st team assistant manager Laura Heffernan has been accepted onto the next
@FAICoachEd
UEFA Pro licence starting in April 👏🏻
Laura has vast experience in the
@LoiWomen
winning league titles at 1st team, U19 & U17 level 🌊⚽️
🗣 New signing announcement...
We are delighted to announce the signing of Mia Dodd from
@shelsfc
👏🏻
The highly rated young midfielder joins from last season league champions & is Graham Kelly's 4th new signing ahead of the new
@LoiWomen
season.
Welcome to the Waves Mia 🌊⚽️
Tonight after training we said goodbye to Niamh Barnes as she heads off to Australia with her boyfriend at the end of the month!
Niamh made a huge impact since coming to the club last season and we wish her & her boyfriend Thomas the very best of luck on their travels 💙🌊 🇦🇺
✍ New signing announcement
We are delighted to announce the signing of Rachael O' Neill from
@accieswfc
in Scotland
The former
@CelticFCWomen
& Scotland underage International joins Graham Kelly's squad before the transfer window closes today
Welcome to the Waves Rachael 🌊🏴
Last night seen our keeper
@erica_turner01
make her final appearance for the club before heading off to Queens University of Charlotte on a 4 yr scholarship, Erica has been part of the Waves since signing in 2016 & will be hugely missed by us all.
Manager Graham Kelly said ...
Joy Ralph captained the Republic of Ireland U17’s in their match today against Senior Racing Power in Portugal.
Congratulations Joy on a really proud moment. 👏🏻💙
🗣Introducing our New Club Captain for 2022 Jess Gleeson.
Jess takes on the captaincy from Catherine Cronin who due to work commitments is unavailable.
We would like to thank Catherine for the professionalism & leadership she shown while Captain for the past 3 seasons 👏🏻💙🌊⚽️
Our captain fantastic
@Catherine_91x
making sure
@shelsfc
player Rebecca Cooke is okay after she picked up an injury in our game last Wednesday, When not lining out for the Waves Catherine is a nurse in St Vincent's Hospital 💙
On the 17th April 2021 striker Kate Mooney suffered an ACL injury in her 1st game of last season.
Just 334 days later & after a lot of hard work & rehab Kate returned to the pitch in this afternoons win over
@SligoRvsWomen
👏🏻👏🏻
What a great moment for Kate today 💙🌊⚽️
A big thank you to
@FAIreland
Women's Manager
@verapauw
& Goalkeeper coach Jan Williams who attended our 1st team training session tonight in UCD Bowl 🇮🇪🌊⚽️
Vera spent some chatting all thing's football with our coaching staff and players 👏👏
A special shout out to all the Healthcare staff & a big special mention to our own 2 hero's 1st team player's Catherine Cronin & Sinead Gaynor who are both nurses and will continue to work non stop during this difficult time 🌊🙏
@Catherine_91x
@Sinead_Gaynor1
#HealthCareWorkers
🗣 New signing announcement...
We are delighted to announce the signing of Sophie Watters from
@bfcdublin
👏🏻
The former Bohs captain adds to our midfield & attacking options & is Graham Kelly's 3rd new signing ahead of the new
@LoiWomen
season.
Welcome to the Waves Sophie 🌊⚽️
We are delighted to announce the new signing of striker Avril Brierley.
Avril signs having returned from Canada earlier this year & previously played for
@UCDAFC
,
@rahenyunited
&
@shelsfc
She has also been capped at U15 & U17 level for
@FAIWomen
Welcome to the Waves Avril 🌊⚽️
🗣 Re-signing Announcement!
We are delighted to announce the re-signing of Goalkeeper Eve Badana 👏🏻
The highly rated goalkeeper is back for her 3rd season with the club and is manager Graham Kelly's first signing for the 2022
@LoiWomen
season 🌊
A very happy Joy Ralph at full time in today's
@FAIWomen
U17s 2-1 win over Norway with her 1st International Goal securing all 3 Point's and ensuring Ireland win their group 👏🏻👏🏻🌊🇮🇪
After tonight's 0-0 draw with
@bfcdublin
in Dalymount Pk manager Graham Kelly had a nice suprise for Kyle Mooney ⚽️🌊
Kyle younger brother of striker Kate Mooney is a big Waves fan with his big sister his favourite player so we presented him with his own No 23 Mooney jersey 💙
🗣 Louise Corrigan signs from
@peamountutd
The experienced defender signs having played with Peamount Utd the past 5 season's winning the League cup, Two league titles and the FAI cup.
Louise also played for Sevilla in Spain in 2013/14.
Welcome to the Waves Louise 🌊🌊
Our very special guest today was 14 year old Abi Ward who has raised almost €3,000 for
@PietaHouse
and
@FocusIreland
👏👏
Our 1st team player's and staff got Abi some wonderful presents to say well done on her great achievement and we now have a new DLR Waves fan 😉⚽️💙🌊
Best wishes & a speedy recovery to 1st team manager Graham Kelly who undergoes hip surgery today, We look forward to seeing you back in the dugout very soon 🌊⚽️
The best of luck to our 1st team squad who are on their way to Glasgow to play
@CelticFCWomen
tomorrow morning in a pre season friendly, what a great experience for our girl's ⚽️⚽️🌊🌊☘☘
@grahamkelly1888
@sullo11
@tinso1
Our special guest tomorrow will be 14 year old Abi Ward who has raised an amazing €2,468 for
@PietaHouse
&
@FocusIreland
Tomorrow morning she finishes off with a 10K run with
@Homefarmfcgirls
Our 1st team staff & player's have some nice little gifts for Abi tomorrow ⚽️⚽️🌊🌊
Best of luck to our 1st team player Niamh Prior who today headed over to
@CelticFCWomen
on trial, Niamh will train with Celtic tomorrow, Thurs & Friday before meeting up with our girl's on Friday evening as we prepare to face Celtic in a pre season friendly on Sat morning 🌊☘⚽️
DLR Waves are delighted to announce the triple signing of Fiona Donnelly, Niamh Prior & Nicole Keogh, All 3 girl's sign from Shelbourne FC and will meet up with the 1st team squad this week, Welcome to the waves girl's 🌊🌊💙
✍️🏽 Two New Signing Announcements..
We are delighted to announce the signings of Irish underage International Rebecca McMahon from Peamount Utd & exciting midfielder Freya Roche from Bohemians ahead of 2023 season 👏🏻
Welcome to the Waves, Rebecca & Freya 🌊⚽️
#SomeoneNewInBlue
🗣New Coaching Appointment
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ian Fowler as our new Goalkeeper Coach, Ian who is higly experienced in LOI football is a UEFA A Licence coach & links up with Graham Kelly again after the two previously worked together in Bray Wanderers
🗣 Niamh Barnes signs from Peamount.
The experienced defender/midfielder signs having played with Peamount the past 5 season's winning the League cup, 2 league titles & the FAI cup.
Niamh also played for Raheny/Shels & DLR when she was only 16!
Welcome back to the Waves Niamh
🗣Club Departures
We can confirm that Niamh Prior & Rachel Doyle have both decided to leave the club in this transfer window for regular 1st team football.
We wish both girls the very best of luck and thank them for all their hard work and commitment while at the club 🌊⚽️
DLR Waves are delighted to announce the signing's of Jetta Berill, Orla Casey, Shanua Carroll & Chelsee Snell, All 4 will be included in our 1st team squad for this weekend's home fixture vs
@GalwayWFC
Last night seen our 1st team coach
@johntmaclean
in the dugout for the last time as he has decided after 3 year's working with the club to take a break away from football, We would like to thank Johnny for all his hard work & commitment & wish him all the best for the future 🌊💙
Best of luck to our 1st team player's Erica, Roisin, Katie & Keelin as they have been selected for the Rep of Ireland U19 squad who will play Hungry, Serbia & Spain in the U19 Elite Qualifiers next week. 🌊👏👏 🇮🇪
✍️🏽 New Signing Announcement...
We are delighted to announce the signing of Isobel Finnegan from Bohemians FC, The defensive midfielder becomes Graham Kelly's first new signing ahead of the 2023 season 👏🏻
Welcome to the Waves Izzy 🌊⚽️
#SomeoneNewInBlue
We are delighted to announce to help promote Mental Health Awareness Week (9th - 15th May) admission for our game v
@SligoRvsWomen
on Saturday will be FREE for everyone 💙
Just click on the link below to get your FREE tickets 👇🏻
#MentalHealthWeek
CONFIRMED | 2021
#WNL
Awards 🏆
Nominees for the
@sseairtricity
#WNL
Manager of the Year are...
🟣 Graham Kelly (DLR Waves)
🟣 James O'Callaghan (Peamount United)
🟣 Noel King (Shelbourne)
*Winner to be revealed on December 1st
Our first award of the season is our Player's Player of the year award and this one went to our very own Super Keeper 👐 Eve Badana!
Eve has had a fantastic season keeping 4 clean sheets in the 8 games she played proving once again she is one if the best goalkeeper's in
@FAI_WNL
Tonight we officially said Goodbye to
@erica_turner01
as she heads of on her scholarship on Monday, The staff and player's from the 1st team squad presented her with a signed jersey and some Dublin Crystal, Best of luck Erica 🇮🇪🇺🇸
Our Visual Print Club Player of the Month for April as voted by our supporters was Jess Gleeson ⭐
Tonight Jess received her beautiful piece of Dublin Crystal award from Managing Director of Visual Print Mr Paul Doyle 👏👏
Congratulations Jess 🌊⚽️
We are delighted to announce Clare Distribution Services as our new Club Sponsor.
The deal will see CDS company logo on our new Home and Away kits for our 1st team, U19 & U17 WNL team's.
A big thank you to MD Mark Clare pic here with our new jersey's for his continued support .
Some of our 1st team players spending time with the young supporters in attendance after yesterday's game vs
@SligoRvsWomen
in the Showgrounds 👏🏻👏🏻
A fantastic crowd of 945 in attendance for Sligo Rovers first ever home game in the
@LoiWomen
A special moment caught by
@pminogue_photo
as young Waves fan Katie Brennan Montgomery gives a special birthday present to her favourite player Eve Badana after last Saturday's win over Treaty Utd 💙🌊⚽️
Our deepest condolences to Mark Rutherford on the passing of his wife Melanie (Mam of U17 player Naoise) last night after a long courageous illness.
Our thoughts are with Mark, Naoise, Holly, Eabha, Rian & all the Rutherford family at this very sad time
May she rest in peace 💙
✍✍New signing announcement!
We are delighted to announce the Re-signing of goalkeeper Erica Turner, Erica played with our girl last season before heading to college in America but is home and signs for the season ahead 👐
Welcome back Erica ⚽️🌊
A huge thank you to the players & parents from
@GalwayWFC
U19s who made a cash presentation to our U19 coach Mark Rutherford for his 5K runs for
@BreastCancerIre
in memory of his late wife Mel 💙🌊👏🏻
#Respect
🗣 Club Departures
We would like to wish Avril Brierley & Carla McManus the best of luck as they have decided to embark on a new journey for the 2023 season.
We thank both Avril & Carla for their hard work and contribution to the club over the past 3 seasons 🌊🤝🏻
DLR Waves are delighted to announce the signing of Eve Badana, The former
@corkcityfcwomen
goalkeeper who has 3 full International caps for
@FAIWomen
signs after moving to Dublin from Cork due to work commitments, Welcome to the Waves Eve 🌊🌊
🗣 New Signing Announcement ✍..
We are delighted to announce the signing of winger Jetta Berrill.
The pacy winger & former
@FAIWomen
International returns to the club having completing her studies to become a vet in Hungary.
Welcome back to the Waves Jetta 🌊💙⚽️
New Signing Announcement...
We are delighted to announce the signing of Michelle Doonan from Peamount Utd, The Rep of Ireland U19 International becomes our 3rd new addition ahead of the 2023 season 👏🏻
Welcome to the Waves Michelle 🌊⚽️
#SomeoneNewInBlue
Congratulations to midfielder Mia Dodd, who won our
@Mintplusphones
Player of the Season 👏🏻
Mia had a terrific first season with the club featuring 23 times & scoring 5 goals ⚽️
Mia is pictured above receiving her new iPhone from manager Graham Kelly 🌊
Meet our New Signings ahead of the new
@LoiWomen
season, Starting next week our social media manager Dave Donnelly will record an interview with each of our 4 new signings to get their views on moving to the Waves,settling in with pre season training & the season ahead ⚽️🌊
Striker Joy Ralph received her U17 International cap last night in the team hotel in France 🇮🇪
Joy impressed again today in a brilliant 1-0 win for Ireland over Italy 🌊⚽️
We’re honoured to announce League of Ireland DLR Waves player
@katieburdis02
as our first female ambassador for Head In The Game. Katie opened up about her struggle with mental health her bravery has paved the way for other to seek help is an inspiration to all
#HeadInTheGame
💜
Our 1st team squad in action today in our new Navy away kit in another excellent pre season workout vs Peamount Utd, Thanks to James & Denis in
@peamountutd
for hosting today's friendly.
📸 Courtesy of
@mickoshea100
👏👏
A big thank you to David Haley (Head of Girls Football) & 1st team manager
@FranAlonsoFA
from
@CelticFCWomen
for coming to our hotel this evening to present to our 1st team squad about
@CelticFC
their coaching philosophy & their new professional set up in Women's football 👏 🌊☘
Our First Team Nutritionist Luke Doherty was laid to rest this morning.
His funeral mass was attended by members of our coaching staff and first team squad.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Luke’s mother Helen and all the Doherty family at this time.
Overjoyed with a hat-trick today in our U19’s 4-2 victory over Shelbourne, she grabbed herself a match ball after the game.
Well done to Joy Ralph on a brilliant performance today..
👏🏻🌊