St John’s Notes - 8th June 2006
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St John’s Notes 7th
June
Congratulations to Darren Morgan and Kevin Keenan who played
for Down in the Primary schools game in
Ballybofey on Sunday at half-time in the
Down v Donegal match.
Our camogie team continued their winning sequence with an
away win over Darragh Cross last Monday.
We now have two home games and both a re
local derbies. We welcomed Dromara on
Monday and are at home again to Liatroim
next Monday, hoping to set right the
opening day reverse by one point.
Our ladies football team entertained Carryduff last Thursday
and although they took some excellent
points they found that the visitors had
too many attacking options.
Our senior footballers were at home to Bredagh on Friday and
although they played well at stages of
the game they were unable to deflect the
league leaders from their unbeaten
record. We are at home to
St Paul’s this Friday.
Our reserves were beaten away by Dundrum (2-14 v 0-09) on
Sunday week ago. They weren’t scheduled
to play again until they travel to
Carryduff this Sunday, but have a
postponed match (away to Darragh Cross)
to be rescheduled.
Our minors still have two postponed fixtures to be
rescheduled, against Teconnaught (home)
and Drumaness (away). Although
Loughinisland have deservedly won the
league it would be a pity if these games
don’t get played as they would be good
preparation for the championship when we
play Kilcoo at home in the first round
at home on Wednesday 21st
June.
Our under-16s travelled to Bryansford last Tuesday and put in
a fine performance, especially in the
first half. Bryansford had the better of
the second half and won comfortable in
the end (3-15 v 2-07). We were in
championship action on Tuesday evening
when we travelled to Teconnaught in the
first round proper. Our next league
matches are at to Newry Bosco next
Tuesday and then away to Burren the week
after.
Our under-14s travelled to Castlewellan last Thursday and
were given a demonstration of how
important it is to be first to the ball.
We trailed throughout but a goal by
Darren Savage on the restart reduced the
margin to two scores but could not build
upon this mini-revival so that the home
side won by some distance (3-20 v 2-05).
We are at home to Bredagh tomorrow
evening, and will be hoping to compete
for the ball better. This game will
complete first half of league games
(except with a trip to Kilcoo still
outstanding).
There was no game the under-12s on Sunday because of the Down
v Donegal game. Training for the
under-12s continues on Fridays at
5.00pm.
The under-10s played in their first Go Games blitz in
Liatroim on Saturday and enjoyed three
games against Liatroim (twice) and
Bryansford. We played well on each
occasion and with points counting as two
and goals as three scores quickly
mounted and the lead changed hands
often. One of the unexpected benefits of
Go Games was that, on the hottest day of
the year, the rotation of players meant
that all got a rest at some stage and
then rejoined the fray refreshed. The
next under-10 blitz is scheduled for
Saturday 1st July.
Training for the under-10s and under-8s continues on Saturday
mornings, 10.30 to 11.30am.
There
will be a Poker Night this Friday in the
clubrooms. A light supper will be
served.
