u16s Denied

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A disastrous five minute period either side of half time in which 1-4 was conceded proved decisive as the U16s lost out in an exciting tussle with Castlewellan.

Carryduff started brightly and incisive play let in Declan Doherty for a point within the first minute. Early pressure was not converted into scores and their first attack yielded a Castlewellan goal(6).

Play swung from end to end and two Castlewellan points were cancelled by a Stephen Quinn free (19) and Andy Moorhead (20). From the resulting kickout Castlewellan gained posession and sliced through the Carryduff defence for a second goal to open a five point gap. Carryduff however responded and on 22 Conall Early goaled with some style after been put through by Declan Doherty and on 25 Early pointed a free to cancel a similar Castlewellan point. Disaster struck when poor kickouts led to a goal and a point for Castlewellan to leave the half time score Carryduff 1-4 Castlewellan 3-5.

Points in the second and third minutes put the visitors nine clear but Carryduff refused to lie down. Declan Doherty latched onto a rebound to goal and points from Neil Magowan, Liam Morgan and an excellent score from Conor Beattie closed the gap to four with 12 minutes remaining. Within a minute however a speculative lob was allowed to drop to the Duff net and a subsequent point widened the gap further. Still Carryduff responded, Declan Doherty goaled again (23) and points from Conall Early (27) and Stephen Quinn (29)left a goal between the sides. With almost the last kick of the game Castlewellan secured the insurance point.

While the result was a disappointment the performance offered much encouragement and it is important to note that 9 of the starting line up will be eligible next year.

Best for Carryduff were Paddy Craig, Cian Slevin, Martin Murray, Ben Quinn and Liam Morgan

Full Time Score

Ceathrú Aodha Dhuibh 3-09 Caisleán A' Mhuilinn 4-10

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Carryduff Scorers

N.Magowan 0-01

A.Moorhead 0-01

L.Morgan 0-01

D.Doherty 2-01

C.Early 1-02

C.Beattie 0-01

S.Quinn 0-02

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The Carryduff Team was

C.Lavery

P.Craig R.Forrest J.Stronge

N.Magowan C.Slevin M.Murray

A.Moorhead M.Conway

L.Morgan B.Quinn D.Doherty

C.Early C.Beattie S.Quinn

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u12 Hurlers Unlucky Friday 13th

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Friday the 13th was not "too bad" a night for the Carryduff under 12 hurling squad. 19 Players turned up including at least 4 of our under 10s for a fine performance against a strong Bredagh team. For the first quarter of the match Bredagh kept the sliotar in the Carryduff half and only by the strong solo performance of Owen Conway kept the score lower than it could have been. A lapse of concentration towards the end of the first half allowed Bredagh some undefended goals.

In the second half Carryduff responded with some very fine points hit from distance. James Lavery was the first to put Carryduff on the scoreboard, rallying the home team and completing a tally of two very finely hit points. Then the determination of Gareth Lynch gave Carryduff another brilliant point and was unfortunate not to score from one of many fine sideline cuts.

To finish off the half which Carryduff were the stronger was Eoin Rodgers who scored a super point 50 yards from goal. The second half seen only one goal slip past Daniel McGlinchy who took over in the second half and made some astonishing saves. Connor McCormack had a fantastic night and was unlucky not to score. The under 12 Hurlers did themselves proud.

Full Time Score

Ceathrú Aodha Dhuibh 0-04 Bredagh 6-02

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Carryduff Scorers

James Lavery 0-02

Gareth Lynch 0-01

Eoin Rodgers 0-01

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(M) U14 News

Carryduff vs Downpatrick

Carryduff recorded another convincing win over Downpatrick with a score line of 9-19 to 2-3. In a tight first half Carryduff lead by 2-8 to 1-3 at half time. The second half saw Carryduff play some very attractive football with the team scoring some spectacular scores. The whole squad played brillantly. Well done lads!!!

Felie at Saint Johns Drumnacoile.

Carryduff traveled to Saint Johns to play in the under 14 felie and came back with three wins out of three games. They return next Saturday to play in the final rounds. Venue not yet known. Special thanks to the players from the development squad who acquited themselves well. Mark McConville, Gary Smith, David Turner, Aodhan McGoran and Shane Houston. Congratulations to Darragh Goodwin, Conor Docherty, Rory Mc Cormick, Conor Mc Cullagh and Gary Morris who are through to the final trial of the Down under 14's School of Excellance!!!

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u16 Ladies News

A pre championship warmup has been arranged for Monday 23rd of May. All players to meet at the Hall at 5.45

U16 Championship Sun 29th May

Ballymartin V Carryduff

All players to meet at the hall 10.45

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Bryansford Fail To Show For Thirds Game

The Thirds game versus Bryansford on Sunday evening was called off by the referee after Bryansford failed to show.

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Reserves Beat Kilclief

The reserves registered another win and in doing so gained revenge on Kilclief with a three point win on Sunday afternoon.

Goals from Brian Gibson and Shane O'Neill helped them to a 3-11 to 1-14 win.

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(F) u14 Fixture Changes

The u14 girls fixtures against Downpatrick and Bredagh have been rearranged.

The Downpatrick match has moved from next Sunday (22/5) to Friday (20/5) at 7.30pm at home.

The home fixture against Bredagh has moved from the 19th June to Thursday 2nd June at 7pm.

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Seniors Get Their First Points Of The Seasons

In what has been a difficult season so far, the Seniors broke their duck in style by beating Ballymartin by 5-05 to 1-04 at home on Friday evening.

The game took a while to get going as an accidental collision after only 5 minutes of the game saw one of the Ballymartin players brought to hospital by ambulance with a serious facial injury.

After a very long delay Ballymartin made the early running but Carryduff kept plugging away to leave the game very tight at half-time.

The second half was a different matter as the Carryduff forward line let loose scoring four goals in very quick succession to leave Ballymartin shell shocked.

Carryduff goals came from Eamonn Blaney, Conor Gardiner (2), Rory Gardiner and Barry O'Neill.

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Minors Beat Castlewellan In ACMFL

The minors had a comfortable 5-11 to 1-16 victory over East Down League winners Castlewellan in Castlewellan on Thursday evening.

Chris McConville was the star of the evening getting a hat-trick.

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U16(M) progress in Championship

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The u16s had a convincing win over a spirited Naomh Seosamh at Ballykinlar. A Conall Early free opened the Carryduff account (1) but despite dominating possession the next score was a Naomh Seosamh point. Stung by this Carryduff responded with excellent points from Early (7), Michael Conway (9) and Andy Mooorhead (11). At this stage Carryduff were sweeping up possession around the middle and driving forward only to be foiled by wayward shooting and their only return was a Ben Quinn goal (15).

The last ten minutes of the half saw Carryduff find their range and points from Neil Magowan, Early and Moorhead were supplemented by goals from Quinn, Magowan and Martin Murray.

Half time Naomh Seosamh 0-02 Carryduff 4-07

The second half opened with a Carryduff goal when good tackling in midfield gained possession and Conall Early was released to sidestep the keeper and shoot home.

Naomh Seosamh replied with a goal of their own (2m) while 2 points from Early (3,4) capped an impressive display of shooting.

A raft of substitutions somewhat disrupted the Carryduff team and the remainder of the second half was evenly contested though Carryduff posted a disappointing number of wides.

Carryduff had impressive performers in Ryan Forrest on his return from injury, Cian Slevin, Martin Murray, Robert Forrest, Andy Moorhead, Conall early and Stephen Quinn.

Full Time Score

Naomh Seosamh 2-06 Carryduff 5-13

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Carryduff Scorers

M. Murray 1-00

M. Conway 0-01

A. Moorhead 0-02

N. Magowan 1-01

C. Early 1-06

B. Quinn 2-0

S. Quinn 0-1

D. Doherty 0-1

D. McClean 0-1

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The Carryduff Team was

C. Lavery

J. Stronge R. Forrest M. MacCauley

P. Craig C. Slevin M. Murray

R. Forrest M. Conway

L. Morgan A. Moorhead N. Magowan

C. Early B. Quinn S. Quinn

Fir Ionaid

C. McCrory

D. Doherty

D. McClean

C. Cunninghan

C. Donnelly

T. Artherton

D. Brownlee

C. Beattie

A. McAneaney

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This week's winning numbers (17/5/2005)

5, 9, 10, 24

There were no winners of the Jackpot.

Congratulations to the Match 3 number winners who each won £47

Mrs M Heaney

Mrs A Price

Mr R Price