St John’s
Notes
23rd July 2007
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Our
Ladies Footballers away game against Rostrevor
was postponed on Saturday. That would have been
the last league game but there are fixtures
with Ardglass (home) and Teconnaught (away)
to be rescheduled. Congratulations to Grainne
McCann for making it into the county squad and
onto the team for Sunday’s senior championship
match against Meath. Unfortunately Meath came
out on top in the first game of the round-robin
group stages. Well done also to her sister Siobhan
McCann and Keevy Burns for getting onto the
county under-16 and playing against Donegal
last week.
Our camogs have only one league
game left now - away to Newry Shamrocks on Wednesday
8th August. We have a bye in the opening round
of the championship and then play either Liatroim
or Mayobridge on Sunday 19th August. Congratulations
to Sileen McDonald on being selected by the
county under-16 team as well.
Our Senior Footballers returned
to league action when they entertained St Michael’s
on Monday evening. After that we have just three
games to play:- away to Drumaness (scheduled
for this Friday), at home to Aughlisnafin next
Monday (30th) and at home to Aghaderg (to be
arranged). Keep an eye on the papers in case
there are any changes to these scheduled dates.
We have a bye in the opening round of the championship,
which is scheduled for Tuesday 14th August,
before taking on Bright in the quarter-final.
We will be hosting an Intermediate
championship double header when Darragh Cross
play Banbridge (1.00pm) and Saval take on Kilclief
(2.30pm) on Sunday 12th August.
Our reserves were at home to
Dundrum on Sunday and are away to Darragh Cross
this Sunday and away again to Castlewellan the
Sunday after.
Some of our underage teams
are now turning their attention to their respective
championships. Our minors travel to Banbridge
this evening (Wednesday) for their postponed
game. Our under-16s go to St Joseph’s
on Saturday (28th) for their B championship
quarter-final and our under-14s play Bredagh
in the A Championship semi-final on Saturday
4th August. In the mean time the under-14s must
travel to Bredagh tomorrow (Thursday 26th) for
a league game. Our under-14s’ postponed
game at home to Downpatrick was played last
Thursday
Our under-12s’ game away
to Darragh Cross on Sunday was postponed. We
host Liatroim on Sunday. Next weekend we should
be busy again as we hope to take part in the
Castlewellan tournament on Saturday 4th and
then travel to St Paul’s on Sunday 5th.
Our under-10s fare well in
the Pat Doyle Memorial blitz in Liatroim on
Saturday winning through from a group containing
Annaclone, Ballyholland and hosts Liatroim to
reach the semi-final. This will stand the team
in good stead when we travel to Drumaness for
the next East Down blitz this Saturday –
Darragh Cross and Dundrum will also be playing.
Training for all our under-10s and under-8s
resumes this evening (Wednesday 25th). Under-8s
training is from 6.00 - 7.00 pm with the under-10s
following from 7.00 – 8.00pm.
Application forms for the Cúl
Camp (from 20th to 24th August) can be obtained
from Kevin McGlynn (078 3596 0804) and can be
returned to any of the juvenile mentors. Cheques
should be payable to “Down County Board”.
Any juvenile mentors who haven’t
yet returned their POC background check forms
should do so asap. Those who have mislaid the
form should contact Kevin McGlynn (078 3596
0804).
The Football Development Working
Group meet again next Tuesday (31st) at 9.30pm.
We hope to hold some sort of workshop or open
evening soon and it is important that this is
as well attended by members, especially players,
as possible. Watch this space for further details.
Pep Keenan (4377 8712) now
has rain-jackets, tracksuit tops and club rugby
shirts in stock
Last Thursday’s lucky
numbers were 1, 3, 9 and 17. There were two
£10 winners and the jackpot stands at
£1,750.
We extend our sympathy to the
family and friends of Brigit McIlroy.
