Dundrum Notes - 5th
April 2005
By
Marc Mac Siomoin [marc_mac_siomoin@yahoo.co.uk]
** The Seniors travel
to Killough on Sunday to face Bright
in the opening round of the ACFL Division
4. After three seasons in Division 3
Dundrum will face a baptism of fire
when they take on the Division 4 favourites.
Bright bolstered by former Downpatrick
stars Donal McCartan and Mark Stitt
along with ex-Drumaness playmaker Neil
Stranney will be formidable opposition
on their tight pitch.
The throw-in is down for 2pm. Dundrum
players are to meet at McKibbin's garage
for 12.15pm.New training arrangements
will be made available to the players
after the game.
It was great to see the influential
Mickey Murray return to training on
Sunday afternoon after a long layoff.
Best wishes also go to long term injury
victims Neil McComiskey and Colm Morgan.
It would be great to see a high turnout
of support for this game as Dundrum
face one of their most important campaigns
yet.
* The Reserves start their year with
a fixture on the 17th of April.
* The Minors did not have a game on
Sunday as they had a bye. Tonight (Wednesday)
they entertain Dromara/St Johns with
a 6.45pm throw in at Ballykinlar. N
Morgan is down to officiate.
The Down Minor Championship draw has
been made and Dundrum have been handed
a home tie against last year's 'B' champions
An Riocht. The Kilkeel side is littered
with St Louis MacRory Cup players and
Down Minors but nonetheless it should
be a fantastic game of football which
the Dundrum lads should relish.
Sunday the 24th of April has been penned
in for the East Down Minor Feis 7's.
The tournament is to be held in Ballykinlar
with a 1pm start.
Training continues as usual on Monday
nights with a 7.30pm start.
* Conor McShane and Paul McComiskey
were in action again for Down Minors
last Thursday night in their 1-11 to
1-08 triumph over Louth in Pairc Esler.
Conor started in corner forward and
produced an energetic first half display
while Paul hauled in three points from
left half forward. Both Dundrum lads
performances were extremely encouraging.
* The U-16's were due to play Kilclief
in their opening East Down Section B
League match but the referee failed
to show. Last night (Tuesday) the team
travelled to Bright. A full report will
be available in next weeks press.
Next Tuesday the side entertain Loughinisland
at home. The throw-in is at 7pm with
N McDonald assigned as referee.
The East Down U-16 Championship draw
has been made and Ballykinlar have drawn
St Pauls at home in the Preliminary
round. The game has been pencilled in
for Tuesday the 26th of April with a
7pm start. If Ballykinlar can triumph
in this match they face the daunting
task of hosting a very strong Carryduff
offering in the first round. This fixture
has been set for Tuesday the 10th of
May.
* The U-14's were due to entertain Bright
at home on Thursday evening but due
to unforseen circumstances the fixture
was switched to Bright. In the end the
Killough lads ran out winners.Tomorrow
night (Thursday) the team visit Dromara
for a 7pm throw in. M McCartan is the
referee. Training continues on Monday
nights with a 6.30pm start.
* The U-12's made the long journey to
St Pauls on Sunday evening but they
were soundly beaten by an older and
stronger Holywood side. It must be kept
in mind that this Dundrum U-12 team
has only five U-12 players with the
majority of the team coming from the
U-10 and U-8 ranks. Training is from
10.30am to 11.30am on Saturday morning.
The next fixture is at home to Dromara
on Sunday at 5pm. O Burke is to referee.
* Here is a list of the various management
teams for the incoming year:
Senior - John McShane (Manager), John
Morgan (Head Coach), Philip McGrattan
(selector) and Liam McKibben (Selector)
Reserve - Philip McGrattan and Liam
McKibben
Minor - Colm Morgan, Paddy Doherty,
Daniel Rooney
U-16 - John Boden, Mark Fitzsimons,
Cormac Venney, Rocky Lagatule and Donal
Smith.
U-14 - Thomas McShane, Karen Cunningham
and Jonathan McMullan
U-12 - Eamon Hogg, Michael Kearney,
Nathan Clarke, Patrick McKibben and
Caroline Clarke
* If any club member has any snippets
of information that they would like
to be included in the notes they can
email them to marc_mac_siomoin@yahoo.co.uk
or mfitzsimons06@qub.ac.uk
