St John’s Notes 8th August 2007
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St John’s Notes 8th August 2007
Our minors put in a good performance
away last week but found Saval were too strong
and blocked their advance in the A championship
at the quarter-final stage. We are back in league
action again this evening when we entertain
Downpatrick. We also must travel to Burren and
Downpatrick and entertain Bryansford.
Our under-14s championship
dreams came unstuck against Bredagh in the A
semi-final in Drumaness on Saturday. The teams
were well matched in the first half but Bredagh
moved into the driving seat in the second period.
Our under-14s have a bye in the league tomorrow
(9th) but are at home to Bryansford the week
after
Our seniors had a comfortable
home win over Aughlisnafin last Monday and had
a bye on Friday. We have only one league game
left - at home to Aghaderg on a date to be arranged.
We have a bye in the opening round of the junior
championship, which is scheduled for Tuesday
14th August, before taking on Bright (who also
got a bye) in the quarter-final.
Our reserves’ game away
to Castlewellan was postponed on Sunday. This
would have been the last scheduled weekend of
league action. Postponed games against Liatroim,
Bryansford and Dundrum (all at home) may be
rearranged.
Similarly our Ladies Footballers
have completed the scheduled league season with
only outstanding games to be played. One of
those games, at home to Ardglass, was being
played last Thursday but was abandoned when
Rachel Mills sustained a nasty injury in the
second half. We sincerely wish her a full and
speedy recovery. There are also away fixtures
against Rostrevor and Teconnaught to be rescheduled.
The team are also looking forward to their championship.
Our camogs play their final
league game this evening away to Newry Shamrocks.
This has certainly been a very successful season
especially when one considers that we are newly
promoted to this division. This success will
gives us confidence ahead of the championship.
Our next outing is in the championship against
the winners of last Wednesday’s opening
round tie between Liatroim and Mayobridge. This
game is now scheduled for Sunday 26th August,
one week later than originally planned.
Our under-16s had a remarkable
win away to Bright last Tuesday. It wasn’t
unexpected or undeserved so why was it remarkable?
Because Daniel McKay featured on the score-sheet,
with an outstanding point. We were away to St
Joseph’s yesterday (Tue 7th).
Our under-12s didn’t
get their scheduled trip to St Paul’s
on Sunday and have a bye this weekend.
The Football Development Working
Group have decided to defer their workshop /
open evening until September, until most people
are back from their holidays, as it is important
that this is as well attended by members, especially
players, as possible.
Last Thursday’s lucky
numbers were 2, 11, 20 and 27. There were two
£10 winners and the jackpot stands at
£1,900.
We will be hosting an Intermediate
championship match on Sunday when hen Darragh
Cross play Banbridge at 1.00pm.
We extend our sympathy to the
family and friends of Theresa Savage. May she
Rest in Peace.
Our under-10s enjoyed an extra
session on Saturday morning when they were joined
by a group of scouts and cubs from Derriaghy.
After a few “ice-breakers” all enjoyed
some coaching in the basic skills before putting
those into practice in a couple of mini-games
at under-10 and under-8 levels. Scouts are supposed
to be “Ready”, so it shouldn’t
have surprised anyone that they took to the
games with enthusiasm, and indeed a number of
the visitors quickly picked up the skills and
so the mini-games were of a high standard. The
only downside was that we had no registration
forms to hand. The GAA suffered a lot of bad
publicity over the course of last week as it
emerged that Darren Graham of Lisnaskea Emmets
in Fermanagh had been the victim of unacceptable
sectarian abuse. The Derriaghy “team”
would have been mostly Protestant but they were
very welcome at St John’s. At our AGM
last November we adopted an “Equality
Policy” – it is easy to say that
“everyone is welcome” – it
is nice to be able to start to demonstrate our
welcome.
