An Riocht / Kingdom YC Notes

Upcoming Activities:

Tuesday 24th 10am Exploris, Portaferry Aquarium – sea monsters, myths and legends. 6:30pm Irish Dancing at Dunavil. 8pm Band practice. Possible U16 Camogie Championship.
Wednesday 25th 11am Big Telly Circus Skills workshop. 2pm Table Quiz & Buzz the Mega Quiz. 7.30pm Minor Football Ballyholland v An Riocht. Junior Camogie An Riocht v Kilcoo.
Thursday 26th From 11am pool competition, Playstation games & Arts and Crafts. 7.30pm U14 Football An Riocht v Ballyholland. 7pm KYC Scottish Trip meeting.
Friday 27th 11am Visit to the Fantastic Four. 7pm / 11pm ‘Out of Hours’ opening. Ocean Youth Trust Sail. 7.30pm Senior Football Castlewellan v An Riocht.
Saturday 28th 10am South Down U14 Development Squad coaching at Dunavil. 12pm / 10pm ‘Out of Hours’ opening.
Sunday 29th 11am U12 Football An Riocht v Bosco. U10 Football Tournament in Mayobridge. 2pm Seconds Football An Riocht v Bryansford. 6pm Thirds Football Down Masters v An Riocht. 8pm Bingo.
Monday 30th From 11am Minor Field Games & Singstar Karaoke. 7pm Youth Club Meeting. 7.30pm Senior Football An Riocht v Mayobridge. 9pm Lotto Draw.
Tuesday 31st 11am Visit to the Butterfly House, Seaforde. 6.30pm Irish Dancing. 8pm Band Practice. 7.30pm U16 Football An Riocht v Tullylish. 7.30pm Executive Committee Meeting.
Wednesday 1st August 11am Big Telly Global Rhythms lively summer workshop. 2pm DVD, ice cream party. 7.30pm Minor ‘B’FC. Junior Camogie Championship An Riocht v Warrenpoint.
Thursday 2nd 11am Creative Youth Visual Arts visiting artist. 7.30pm U14 Football Mitchels v An Riocht.
Friday 3rd 11am Visit to Mount Panther Petting Farm. 7.30pm Senior Football An Riocht v Loughinisland.

*Bingo continues on Sundays and Lotto on Mondays

* If anyone would like to talk to Helen privately let Sheila know and she will arrange it. Also there is now a post box in the Club, outside the shop, in which any young person can leave comments confidentially.

Living History Project
The ‘looking back to look forward’ project took place last weekend including an overnight residential, sight seeing visits to the state of the art ‘Wings of the Morning’ mussel trawler in Warrenpoint, to local fish processing plants, to the fish sale at the harbour, to the Nautilus Centre, recalling myths and sea lore, building a model boat and creating some poetry. Thanks to Seamus, Houston and Sean for their assistance.

Ocean Youth Trust
The second sailing takes place this weekend from Friday 27 July to Sunday 29 July with Sheila, Leanne, Conor, Daryl and Paul taking part.

Senior Residential
Senior Residential from 27th to 30th August in Scotland. Includes visits to Safari Park, M &D Theme Park and Watersport centre. All places are taken and there will be a meeting at 7pm on Thursday 28th July of those taking part with the workshops beginning on Saturday 4th August.

Irish Dance
Murtagh School of Irish Dancing continues Irish Dancing classes at the Kingdom hall Dunavil on Tuesdays from 6.30pm and on Thursdays from 6pm. All ages welcome.

Band
Band practice is 8pm to 10pm on Tuesdays for the summer.

Coaching
The annual summer coaching scheme for Gaelic football, camogie and hurling run in conjunction with Newry & Mourne District Council will take place from Monday 20th August to Friday 24th August at Dunavil from 11am to 4pm.

Adventure Trail
Well done to Mathew Carvill and Colleen Cunningham who won the top prizes of a scooter each at the Loughgall Country Park multi activity fun day organized by the Southern Area Health Promotion Department. One hundred young people from KYC Summer Scheme enjoyed an action packed day with an adventure trail time trial, mini football and penalty kicks, pitch and putt, tennis for fun, orienteering and nature walk. Thanks to Maureen who organized the day.

Kadet Karting
Well done to Conor Cole, Ronan Mc Alinden and Adam White winners in the Grand Prix race during KYC Summer Scheme visit to Gosford Go Kart track.

Camogie Bagpack
Thanks to ASDA and to those who helped or supported Fridays fund raising venture.

Down Camogie
Well done to Lisa, Laura and Colleen who have reached the Ulster Final with Down minors.

Beach Volleyball
Opportunity from Tuesday 24th to Friday 27th July at Cranfield to try out this minority sport, receive expert tuition and have a bit of fun all under the auspices of NMDC.

Canoeing
On Monday and Tuesday 30th & 31st July at the Albert Basin Newry there is an opportunity to experience canoeing through the NMDC minority sports office.

Junior Camogie
The Junior Camogs successful run came to an abrupt halt in St. Johns on the eleventh night. The girls traveled minus three players away on holiday. The Johnnies proved too strong on the night winning 6.11 to 2.6 and we now need to regroup with a vital league match v Kilcoo this Wednesday and a Championship clash with Warrenpoint fast approaching on 1st August.

U18 Camogie
We play Clonduff in the Championship at Dunavil on 17th August. The home league game v Ballyholland did not take place. The next league match is on 20th August home to Portaferry.

U16 Camogie
The Championship is now well behind schedule. We play Clonduff with the winners home to Atticall and the winners of that to meet Warrenpoint or Bryansford in the semi final. The U16 CL is on hold until 1st September when it will resume with a semi final match.

U14 Camogie
In the Campionship semi-final v Ballycran try as we might we found the Ards girls just too good. They were able to do at the first attempt skills which we needed a second or third opportunity to complete. On the plus side our team never gave up and showed great heart to the finish.
The League semi final is also v Ballycran.

U12 Camogie
The Championship replay match, An Riocht v Clonduff, scheduled for Saturday at Dunavil failed to take place. The winners if there ever are any play Ballycran or Ballygalget in the semi final. The league game home to Bredagh was also put off.

Minor Football
In a holiday week challenge both An Riocht and Rostrevor were under strength. Reds made more of their opportunities early on but we played with a stubbornness that prevented them easing clear. At the break the gap was four points 0.3 to 0.7. We enjoyed a brilliant third quarter and were level 1.5 to 0.8 before the visitors rallied near the end forcing in a goal from close range for a flattering four point success. A useful workout for both sides.

U12 Football
The boys resumed after the holiday break with a great game against Longstone. From goalkeeper to full forward we were excellent, our tackling, blocking, passing and shooting were outstanding, definitely our best performance of the year so far. Nathan Mc Comiskey had a man of the match game in defence, midfield worked very hard while up front Deaglan Morgan finished top scorer with one goal and three points, all from play.Team: S Doran; R White C Cunningham, P Mc Comiskey; O McAlinden, N Mc Comiskey, J O’Rourke; D Clarke 1.1, JP Farrell; L Rodgers 1.0, M O’Rourke 0.3, R Spiers 0.1, D Morgan 1.3, J Mc Burney.

Thirds Football
The Thirds fourth meeting with Rostrevor this season fell through due to holiday absenteeism.

Tournaments
The juvenile footballers have a busy August to look forward to with U8 tournaments in Mayobridge on Sunday 5th August, in Longstone on Saturday 18th August and in Clonduff on Saturday 25th August; U10 tournaments in Mayobridge on Sunday 29th July and in Banbridge on Saturday 1st September; and U12 in Castlewellan on Saturday 4th August while there is an U10 Camogie blitz in Liatroim on Saturday 11th August.

Coaching
The South Down U14 Development Squad coaching programme visits Dunavil this Saturday from 10am to 12pm.

PHAB
The Kids on the Block disability awareness project aimed at four to eleven year olds took place as part of KYC summer scheme proving an educational and entertaining experience. The three foot tall colourful characters brought to life real life issues faced by young people living with disability.
Also within the next couple of weeks a lift will be installed at KYC providing access to the whole building for everyone.

W5
As part of the KYC summer scheme a group visited the ‘Eye for Colour’ and ‘Super Slime’ interactive projects at W5 in the Odyssey. Hands on exhibits and interactive displays helped young people understand the science of colour, colour in nature, in art and in everyday surroundings. The fun aspect came in the lab where everyone got to manufacture their very own lump of coloured slime as a reminder of the day’s activities.

Our Rights, Our Future
This programme hosted by Amnesty International Irish section offers young people aged 15 / 17 the chance to experience ideas and issues through interactive participatory workshops – games, activities, discussions, art, videos, guest speakers - in an atmosphere of multiculturalism and respect for diversity all at its Dublin International Summer Camp. Contact Sheila for details.

NM Drug & Alcohol Partnership
Thanks to Lucinda and Deirdre who delivered a fun, action packed, informative programme of activities for the 8 / 12 year range as part of KYC Summer Scheme concentrating in the areas of abuse of tobacco, alcohol, solvents and prescription drugs and using techniques to ensure the information was understood, avoiding confusion and misconceptions among the participants.