Ardglass 2-11 Drumaness 1-4

Ardglass continued their good run on Thursday evening with a comprehensive victory over Drumaness . The home side dominated midfield throughout even though they were missing team captain Chris Deegans, however the experienced Paul Mc Cargo and the youthful Michael Magee forged a dynamic partnership which provided the possession for the Ardglass forward line to create many scoring chances

The first score of the game came direct from the throw in as Mc Cargo found wing halfback Stephen Smyth in space on the left flank and he shot from distance to record the first score. Drumaness equalised as Ardglass squandered five scoring chances before Liam Mullan ,Matt Rooney and Chris Taggart all scored for Ardglass. However the home side’s insistence on shooting for goal resulted in three more wides .The visitors responded with a fifty yard free and twenty yard free from Paddy Savage to reduce the difference to the minimum .Ardglass finished the half with a flourish as Liam Mullan scored his second point and Paul Smyth eventually found away past the Drumaness goalkeeper to give Ardglass a 1-5 to 0-3 lead at the break

Ardglass increased the tempo in the first quarter of the second period with Stephen Deegans controlling the defence and Mc Cargo commanding midfield, while the pace and movement of the Ardglass forward line caused the Drumaness rearguard plenty of problems. Matt Rooney opened the scoring with a free which was followed by a Mark Magee point after high fielding by Mc Cargo.

The next five minutes belonged to half forward Paul Smyth as firstly he beat three defenders before fisting the ball over from twenty yards, he then gained possession from a kick out and soloed fifty yards and found the net for the second time ,he rounded of the five minutes of trickery with a point from an acute angle.

Drumaness responded with a pointed free and a goal but it wasn’t enough as Michael Magee and Stephen Smyth added two more points as the game finished as a contest Ardglass brought on a series of subs with Ciarian Dorrian returning from a hand injury and Jimmy Telford making his first senior appearance this season. This victory sees Ardglass move up into second place in the league and the squad can now look forward to a fortnight’s break in league action

Team M Armstrong, C laird, S Deegans, C O’Connor, A Beattie, E Mc Evoy, S Smyth(0-2)P Mc Cargo, M Magee(0-1)L Mullan(0-2) B Kearney, P Smyth(2-2) M Rooney(0-2) M Magee(0-1) C Taggart(0-1)

Subs C Dorrian , J Telford, S.P Halpin

Under-14s

The under -14s lost at home to St Johns who were a more physical side and pulled away in the second half as Ardglass failed to convert many scores both from play and dead ball situations. Matthew Mullan had a solid performance in goal while team captain Malachy Crangle battled from start to finish,the highlight of the game was a Daniel Maginn point after he zig zagged his way through the St Johns defence.

The club will be Hosting a coaching summer camp from 15^th-19^th August from 2-5 pmThe camps which are for boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 12 (on 1st July, 2005) will include coaching in the skills of the game, quizzes, mini games as well as various fun activities. Each participant will receive a Summer camp pack, which includes a GAA Kit - sponsored by A-Round-A-Pound. All activities within the coaching schemes will take place within a frame work of total supervision. Camps will be staffed by qualified GAA coaches The price of this years Camps will be £20 per child