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Mrs. Betty Coard, from the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice, receives a cheque for £1,100 from Co Londonderry player Cathal Connolly (centre) and County Antrim’s Cormac Lawlor, the proceeds from a collection taken up during finals night at the Dale Farm Milk Cup international youth football tournament in Ballymena Showgrounds earlier this year. Tournament chairman Victor Leonard said: “We are grateful for the generosity of our supporters who once again helped us support a charity that continues to provide tremendous care for young people with life limiting illnesses and their families.”

Football was part and parcel of David McClarty’s busy life.

Former Westlife singer Nicky Byrne will open the Dale Farm Milk Cup later this month, returning to a competition he played in on no less than three occasions.

Former England striker Dion Dublin will be in Belfast next week to make the draw for this summer’s Dale Farm Milk Cup tournament.

The Northern Ireland Cup has raised £1,000 for Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice by holding a collection during the international youth football tournament’s finals night at Ballymena Showgrounds in the summer.

The chairman of the Northern Ireland Cup, Victor Leonard, has described the Dairy Council for Northern Ireland’s 30-year sponsorship  of the international soccer tournament as “a remarkable and generous example of dedicated support for youth football.”

By Belfast Telegraph Sport Editor Jim Gracey