The Golf Classic is on this Friday and there are some Tee off times still remaining, Anyone interested should contact Ardglass Golf Club for Tee times.(44841022).

Ardglass continued their recent good form with a home win against second placed Tullylish. This was a game of two halves as Ardglass stamped their authority on the first half only to face a determined comeback by the visitors in the second period.

Ardglass started in whrilwind fashion scoring 1-3 without reply in a matter of minutes. The goal was a culmination of good play down the left flank and Liam Mullan finished the move with a low drive to the back of the net. Tullylish responded with two frees which was to be there last score of the half as Ardglass added on points five unanswered points as they dominated possession for the remained of the first half. The full back line were tenacious in snubbing out any attacks the Visitors could muster.

The second period saw Tullylish dominate possession however they could’nt convert that into enough scores as the Ardglass defence hustled and harried them throughout the half and several goal chances went a begging, While Brian Healy was in commanding form in the Ardglass goal denying Tullylish on two occasions. Tullylish scored six second half points and finally found the Ardglass net in the final minutes to leave a tight finish , however two second half points from Cousins Barry Kearney and Neill Taggart ensured the two points would stay in Ardtole.

Team B Healy, S P Halpin, J Telford, C Laird, C O’Connor, P Gill, S Smyth, M Magee(0-1), S Deegans, C Dorrian, N Taggart(0-4), L Mullan(1-0), M Rooney, B Kearney(0-3), P Smyth(0-2). Subs M Lennon, M Curran, C Deegans, E McEvoy, C Taggart.

Ardtole hosted a East down go games Blitz on Saturday morning, Bryansford, Dromara and Bright were the visitors and all four teams enjoyed two hours of non competitive football. There were 27 Ardglass boys and girls present and all played their part. A big thanks to Malachy Sharvin for his assistance on the day and to committee members and parents who helped out on the day.

The under 16s had a good win over Dundrum at Ardtole, after losing by a single point to the visitors earlier in the year Ardglass were determined to overturn that result. In an all round good team performance Ardglass dominated throughout with the full back line of Milligan, Halpin and Ross resolute throughout, the half back line of Curran, Finnegan and Thompson surged forward at every opportunity to assist the impressive half forward line of James, Crangle and O’Connor. While full forward Chris Armstrong scored 1-4 from play.

The minors bowed out of the A championship after a disappointing one point defeat to Annaclone. It wasn’t a great performance by Ardglass who were wasteful in front of goal. They must now regroup and concentrate on a run in the B Championship.

The under 14s winning run came to an end in the East Down A Championship, with a heavy defeat to Castlewellan, who play in two sections above them. Ardglass had several key players missing and still managed to show of some of the fine form they have been in recently, After the July Break the players will be ready for the second half of league campaign after an unexpected run the A Championship.

The under 12s travelled to St Paul’s on Sunday morning and formed two teams and both teams put in tremendous effort throughout. Paul Mc Cargo has now formed a settled panel who are adjusting to the new playing rules and all the boys and girls are enjoying the new format.

The Emmett Lennon cup was donated to the club some years ago by the Lennon family in memory of Emmett who was a founding member of the Club in 1971. However at present the Cup cannot be located, if anyone has any information to it’s whereabouts could they please contact any committee member.