The minor footballers won on Sunday, beating Kilclief at home by two points. Played in difficult undefoot conditions, it was a low scoring battle, with Darragh eventually running out 1-03 to 0-04 winners. Midfielder Mark McMahon was the dangerman for the Kilclief defence, scoring all three Darragh points in the first half to leave them leading by 0-03 to 0-01 at the break. Kilclief were awarded a penalty early into the second half only for Darragh keeper Declan Flynn to produce an impressive tip over the bar for a point. After this Darragh had some good chances to extend their lead but a combination of good Kilclief defending and poor finishing kept the score at 0-3 to 0-2. Kilclief equalised, but Darragh went straight up and were awarded a penalty after Paul McGreevy's shot was blocked by the foot of

Kilclief defender. The Kilclief keeper produced an excellent save to deny Mark McMahon's penalty, but McMahon made up for this by flicking a high ball into the net minutes later to put Darragh back in front. Kilclief could only manage one more point as Darragh held on to take the two points. Declan Flynn, Mark Carson and James McLernon were excellent in Darragh's defence, while Mark McMahon got every score from midfield.

Training for Seniors, reserves and minor footballers continues tonight at 6.45pm at St Colmchilles High School Crossgar, and on Saturday morning at 9.30am at Shaws Bridge in Belfast.

The senior team had their first challenge game of the season on Sunday, narrowly losing to Antrim side St Pauls in Belfast. Darragh played some good football at times, against strong opposition, with Eoin Mageean, Tom McMahon and Marcus Miskelly impressing. The Darragh scorers were, Hugh Murray (1-2), Marcus Miskelly (0-5), Gareth McGovern (0-2), Marty Healy (0-1), Brian

Canavan (0-1) and Dermot Timoney (0-1)

The club are holding two social events in the coming weeks. A quiz night will be held in the clubrooms on Friday 24th February. There will also be a poker evening in the clubrooms on Friday 10th March.

Membership fees are due for the year. An adult membership is £25, for a couple it is £30, for students it is£15, and £10 for juveniles.There also is the option of paying a £60 membership fee which includes entry to the club lottery every week for a year. All fees must be paid by anyone playing in any team this year. Payments can be made to Hugh Murray or Michael McGreevy.

There will be an open meeting on Tues March 7th at 7.30pm in the clubrooms

for anyone wishing to raise any questions or proposals, or discuss any club

matter with the committee.

The Senior Hurling team begin their competitive season on Sunday with a

match away to Castlewellan in the Betsy Gray shield. All players are asked