An Riocht / Kingdom YC Notes                                                                            

Weekly programme of activities:

Tuesday 13^th: 6pm U10 & U12 & U14 Camogie at Dunavil. U14 football at 7pm in the town. Reserve Football at 8pm in the town. Executive Committee Meeting 7pm at Dunavil.

Wednesday 14^th: 7:30pm U18 Football Downpatrick v An Riocht. 6:30pm U12 Football in the town. 7pm Junior Camogie at Dunavil. 8pm Senior Football at Dunavil.

Thursday 15^th June: 5:30pm U14 Camogie at Dunavil. 6:30pm U8 & U10 Football at Dunavil. 7:30pm U16 Football in the town.  8pm U14 Football An Riocht v Aghaderg at Dunavil. 8pm Senior Football Saval v An Riocht. No Youth Club tonight.

Saturday 17^th: U12 Camogie An Riocht v Bredagh. Sharon Morgan Cup U16 Camogie has been postponed to a later date due to Down U16 camogie game in Westmeath.

Sunday 18^th: 12pm U16 Football Championship Ballyholland v An Riocht. 2pm PRFC An Riocht Seconds v Downpatrick. 7:30pm RFC Bredagh v An Riocht Thirds.  Bingo at 8pm. Free bus.  

Monday 19^th: 6pm U16 Camogie at Dunavil.

Tuesday 20^th: 6pm U10, U12 & U14 Camogie at Dunavil. 7pm U16 Camogie An Riocht v Atticall at Dunavil. 8pm U16 Football Warrenpoint v An Riocht. Reserve Football 8pm in the town.

Wednesday 21^st: 6:30pm U12 Football in the town. 8pm Adult Football in the town. U18 Camogie An Riocht v Ballycran at Dunavil. Minor Football Championship Drumgath v An Riocht.

Thursday 22^nd: 5:30pm U14 Camogie at Dunavil. 6:30pm U8 & U10 Football at Dunavil. 8pm U14 Football Championship An Riocht v Mayobridge. 8pm U16 Football in the town. 

Friday 23^rd: Senior Football An Riocht v Ballymartin at Dunavil.

Saturday 24^th: Possible U12 Camogie Championship away v Longstone or Kilclief. U12 Football (PS attenders) in Ballyholland. Paul Farrell Cup & Shield U14 football sevens at Dunavil. Disco in the Archways with Francie C.

Sunday 25^th: Junior Camogie Liatroim v An Riocht. U12 Football An Riocht v Saval. Seconds Football Burren v An Riocht. Thirds Football Clonduff v An Riocht.

 

Football

Seconds Football v Mayobridge 

The Seconds lost in Mayobridge by twelve points to a goal and five. Points from Conor Sloan, Redmond Cunningham and Brian Sloan kept it tight at half time but the home side with a number of seniors on board pulled away after the break. Sub Ruairi Doran and Conor Sloan added further An Riocht points and Stephen Flanagan flicked home a late goal. All four subs got a run out. Adrian Annett, Brian Sloan, Redmond Cunningham and David Morgan were the pick on this occasion. Team: J Mc Burney; A O’Hanlon, M Rodgers, A Annett; M Trainor, C Annett, P Sherry; B Sloan, S Flanagan; D Sherry, K Flanagan, M Taylor; R Cunningham, Conor Walsh, C Sloan. Subs D Morgan, C Mc Veigh, G Cunningham, R Doran

Seconds Football v Liatroim

The Seconds lost to Liatroim at Dunavil on Sunday. Despite a dream start when Declan Ross raced in to shoot a great goal and some fine long range points from Fergal Doyle we only turned around to face the stiff breeze a goal to the good, 1:5 to 0:5. Liatroim struggled for scores themselves on the restart under great pressure from Dave Morgan and the Cordells on the full back line. Declan Ross picked up lots of ball in a sweeper role and used it well. Fergal Doyle was the dominant midfielder on show but up front we overcompensated for the wind and not enough shots were sent in. Conor Sloan and Kevin Flanagan battled away but two second half goals put Liatroim in the ascendancy and at the finish we had lost a game we could have won, 2:11 to 1:8. Team J Mc Burney P Cordell JL Cordell A O’Hanlon M Trainor S Flanagan G Small B Sloan F Doyle 0:3 C Sloan G Cunningham R Doran 0:1 S Clarke K Flanagan 0:2 D Ross 1:2. Sub D Morgan.

Thirds Football v Burren

Burren failed to field on Sunday evening at Dunavil.

U18 Football v Kilcoo   

Clearly ring rusty from having played only two league games thus far, An Riocht made heavy weather of defeating a spirited Kilcoo team at Dunavil. Three two up we got the inevitable goal when Conor Sloan collected a long pass from Fergal Doyle and holding off defensive challenges shot low to the net. At the break we led 1:4 to 0:2. Once Michael Rodgers had blocked an early goal chance on the restart, Kilcoo were limited mostly to frees. Christopher Killen took some fine points from play but in general our football was too individualistic with too few decent interchanges. However from probably the best passage of play Declan Ross and Christopher Killen combined and David Morgan blazed a great shot over the bar. By the finish we were 1:11 to 0:7 winners. Team D Flanagan; C Mc Veigh, M Rodgers, C Doyle; D Morgan, D Sherry, JF White; F Doyle, G Cunningham; C Walsh, C Killen, C Sloan; L Harper, D Ross, K Morris. Sub D Doyle.

U14 Football v Mitchels

The U14s had a handy win over visiting Mitchels on Tuesday past running up a big score in a very one sided match and this after the two teams had drawn a week earlier.

U12 Football v Bosco

The latest phase of ‘Go Games’ took place on Sunday with Bosco providing two teams to play ours. Team ‘A’ Conor, Deaglan, Orla, Ryan, Steven, Caolan, Michael, Niall H, Mark, Brendan. Team ‘B’ Niall M, John, Aidan, Declan D, Declan C, James, Ronan, Tara, John Paul, Colin, Ciaran.

U10 Football v Longstone

The under tens enjoyed another good nights football when Longstone visited Dunavil on Monday evening. Two games were played and some of the skill levels on show were very impressive, An Riocht had big games from Paul Francis Doyle, Shane Fitzpatrick, Stephen Flood, Niall Harper, Ryan Mathews, Aidan Sloan and Jordan Rooney. Well done to everyone.

U8 Football in Clonduff

Michael and Eric took the U8 footballers to the Mc Greevy Cup competition in Clonduff on Saturday. We played six games beating Ballyholland, Shane O’Neills and Bredagh and losing to Burren, Clann Eireann, and eventually Mayobridge in the Shield quarter final. Team Kevin Donnelly, Beth Colgan, Ben Rafferty, Daniel Hardy, Shane Cunningham, Aidan Sloan, Thomas Sloan, Conor Small, Liam Rodgers, Ronan Campbell, Paddy Mc Comiskey, Mathew Carvill, Connor Clarke and Eoin Sloan.

 

Summer Football Tournaments

An Riocht invites teams to take part in any or all of the football tournament detailed below. Entries on a first reply basis. Each team is guaranteed four games. Each days football gets underway at 10:30am. Entry fee per tournament is £25. All players will receive a medal for participating. Players must be underage on 1^st January 2006. Tea & sandwiches will be provided for team mentors, minerals & crisps for players. If interested please let us know as soon as possible by phone 02841763681 or email us at kingdom@anriocht.com or anriocht@down.gaa.ie . Places are filling up quickly.

The tournaments will take place as follows U14 for Paul Farrell Cup & Shield on 24^th June, U12 for Brian O’Hare Cup & Shield on 1^st July, U10 for Jim Mulholland Cup & Shield on 8^th July.

 

Mourne U10 League fixtures remaining games are on Monday 26^th June away to Atticall; Monday 3^rd July home to Glasdrumman; Monday 10^th July away to Longstone; Monday 17^th July home to Ballymartin.

 

Og Sport & Skills Competitions

Og Sport the U15 seven-side tournament takes place on Saturday 5^th August while the U14 Skills event takes place at the Championship at the start of August.

 

Camogie

U12 & U14 Camogie Tournaments

Seven teams took part at U12 - An Riocht A, An Riocht B, Liatroim A, Liatroim B, Bredagh, Ballygalget and Warrenpoint & six teams took part at U14 - An Riocht A, An Riocht B, Bredagh, Ballygalget, Warrenpoint and Clonduff. After four hours top class Camogie the honours went at U12 to An Riocht with Bredagh runners up and at U14 to Clonduff with An Riocht runners up. Camogie Club president Patsy Conkey made the presentations. Thanks to all who helped – the referees, the chef and the teams who participated.

Junior Camogie v Darragh Cross

The Junior Camogs won our first game defeating Darragh Cross 1:7 to 2:3 at St. Louis grounds on Wednesday. Joanna Sloan, Clara Killen, Louise Rodgers, Emma Jayne Magee, Laura Brennan and Lisa Hughes were best this week. Really it was a clearer win than the final score suggests as Darragh goaled late on but there was great excitement as we held out for eight added minutes at the end for a memorable one point victory.

Team V Baldwin; C Killen, J Sloan, L Rodgers; C Cunningham; N Cunningham, EJ Magee 0:2, L Brennan 0:1; L Hughes 1:4; M Fitzpatrick, S Walsh, E Mulholland. Subs K Mc Veigh S Colgan A Murphy M Clarke SJ Owens D Morgan J Trainor L Donnelly R Sloan.

Down

An Riocht were well represented on the County U18 team which won through to the Ulster Final in July. Well Done.

Camogie Details

Young Referees Course for aged 14 to 17 years in Clonduff at 10:30am on Saturday 8^th July. Names needed now. U12/U10 practice is on Tuesdays from 6pm. John Crossey will be back to help at the end of the month, so keep up the good work. U14 practice takes place at Dunavil on Thursday from 5:30pm. U16 practice is on Mondays at Dunavil from 6pm. Juniors are on Wednesday at 6pm. All membership should be paid by now. Sticks and helmets are available from the Club at reduced prices only until the stock is gone. Everyone playing Camogie needs to have their own helmet and stick. You cannot take part in practice or games without both a stick and a helmet. Only sticks broken at Club practice or Club game will be replaced.

 

Summer Camogie Tournaments

An Riocht have received permission to run an U16 seven-a-side Camogie tournament for the Sharon Morgan Cup and invite entries from teams who wish to take part. If your team may be interested then contact An Riocht by email at kingdom@anriocht.com or anriocht@down.gaa.ie or phone An Riocht Club on 028 417 63681. This competition has been postponed due to an U16 Intercounty match on Saturday coming, 17^th June.

 

Summer Coaching Camp

There will be a VHI GAA Cul Camp at An Riocht from 10am to 2:30pm on Monday 17^th to Friday 21^st July at a cost of £35 per child aged 7 to 13 years. Camogie, football and hurling will be coached and each participant will receive a full set of playing gear (jersey, shorts & socks) and a knapsack. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come basis. Application forms are available at the Club and should be returned to the Down GAA Board as soon as possible. There are only a few places remaining.

 

Golf Classic

Thanks to all who sponsored, played in or helped in any way with the second annual Kingdom Golf Classic. Over thirty teams took part. Winners were Atticall GAC, second were Sean Trimbles, third were Joe Baldwins, fourth were last years winners Malachy Mc Donalds team. Main sponsor was Pat Rodgers Ltd. and ‘tee’ and ‘green’ sponsors were Farrans Utilities, Houston Mc Veigh, Shay Curran, Felix Higgins, Rafferty Motors, Port Inn, Kilkeel Wine Market, Paul Rodgers, Kevin Rooney, Banna Fluit Naomh Phadraig, AV Coaches, Cloughmore Shellfish, Nick Sloan, Gerard Mc Conville, Eamon Cunningham (London), Thomas Mc Aleenan, Paul & Martin Hughes, P & J Morgan, Saweys Turf Accountants, Pat Fearon, Barney Mc Aleenan & Family, Mack Properties, Peter Fitzpatrick Leod Quarries, Kehoe Cars, Donnan Family Warrenpoint, Gerry Leddy Medallion Centre, Diamonds Takeaway, FS Wheels, Leestone Caravans, Dunnaman Food Market, Ballymartin GAC, Martin O’Rourke, Spar Shop Hilltown, Kilkeel Kippering Company, Lazer Amusements, Smith Concrete, Blackbird  Timber Products, John Mc Grath, Danny & Sarah, Linwoods Bakery & Dairy Produce, Andrew Annett Fish, Peter O’Hare, Ballykeel Mushrooms.

 

Safe Driving

The group meets on Thursdays at 7pm. There will be discussion with the various services involved including Fire Brigade, Trauma Unit, Ambulance Service, Driving Instructors, Road Safety. There will be sessions on completing Provisional and Theory application forms, car maintenance, safety awareness and mock tests, plus free driving lessons.