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More than a club

Football is at the heart of it, and there's a lot more besides. Here are a few of the things our players and families do together. We update this page once a season, and the latest is always on the club's Facebook page.

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Players wading into the sea at Blackpool on a grey day

Blackpool trip

May 2026

The 2015s and 2016s took the club on tour: a flight, a tournament weekend, medals for every player at the Respect ceremony, and a paddle in the sea.

The squad and coaches outside their hotel with the Blackpool Cup flag, fists in the air
The squad and coaches under the tournament's Respect arch with their flag
The squad on the pitch holding the Blackpool Cup flag
A squad at the airport beside the plane with their flag
Children in kit in a stadium stand with their families
A squad in navy jackets with medals on a presentation stage
A squad holding the Blackpool Cup flag in a goal on a grass pitch

The plan, hour by hour

Every hour of the four days was planned, from the 5:30am meet at the airport to the flight home. Tap a day to see it full size.

Blackpool 2026, about a minute, no sound

Walking out with the teams: 22 seconds, no sound

Flag bearers

Irish League match days

Our players have walked out onto the pitch with the teams as flag bearers at Irish League matches, in front of the crowd.

A squad in kit gathered on a path at the sports ground before a run, coaches behind them

Junior parkrun on a Sunday

Sundays at 9:30am

We encourage every player in the academy to run Jordanstown junior parkrun on a Sunday morning, a free 2k for children aged 4 to 14. Lots of our players meet there, and a match usually breaks out afterwards.

Jordanstown junior parkrun

Children in kit walking along a path at the sports ground

Off they go: nine seconds, no sound

Children on top of Cave Hill with their arms up and a rainbow over the lough behind

Cave Hill walk

March 2026

A climb up the hill above the city, and a rainbow over the lough at the top.

Children in kit and coats on Cave Hill in the sun, Belfast Lough behind
The Carnmoney Colts pub quiz poster

Quiz nights

Through the year

A table of parents, a raffle on the night, and a few rounds nobody can agree on.

A child in Colts kit taking a full swing at a football on a foot golf course

Foot golf

End of season

An afternoon kicking a football round a foot golf course in the sun. Some of it even landed near the flag.

Children walking a foot golf fairway with their balls, seen from behind
Two children at the flag on a foot golf green
Children approaching a foot golf hole with the flag in the foreground
A child kicking a football across a sunny slope on the foot golf course

Foot golf day, twenty seconds, no sound

A squad cheering together on a 3G pitch

End of year awards

June

The club's awards afternoon, and each team's own awards.

The Carnmoney Colts awards afternoon poster

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