St John’s
Notes 4th July 2007
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Our seniors’ win over Ballykinlar (1-14
v 0-06) on Friday brought them back
level with Aghaderg in the league as
Aghaderg had a bye. We are away to
Dromara tomorrow (Thursday 5th),
and will be competing in the Connolly
Cup in Ballykinlar. The quarter finals
are on consecutive evenings from Monday
9th to Thursday 12th;
the semi-finals are on Monday 16th
and Tuesday 17th with the
final on Friday 20th at
8.00pm. We return to league action when
we host St Michael’s towards the end of
the month.
Our camogie team put their defeat to
Portaferry behind them with convincing
wins over Liatroim (2-11 v 1-03) and
Darragh Cross (1-05 v 0-01). We are at
home to An Riocht this evening in our
penultimate league game. The next
scheduled league game was to have been a
trip to Portaferry at the end of the
month but that has already been played.
We have a bye in the opening round of
the championship, scheduled for 1st
August, so our next competitive game
isn’t until 8th August when
we travel to Newry Shamrocks to complete
our league campaign. We then turn our
attentions to the championship where we
play the winners between Liatroim and
Portaferry on Sunday 19th
August.
Our Ladies Football fixture at home to
Ardglass was postponed on Saturday.
They have three league games left, away
to Rostrevor on 21st July and
two fixtures to be rescheduled – away to
Teconnaught and at home to Ardglass –
before they turn their attentions to the
championship.
Our minors enjoyed a four point home win
over Castlewellan in the league last
week. We are in championship action this
evening (Wednesday 4th) when
we travel to Banbridge.
Our under-16s overcame
St Paul’s in the championship last week.
We were away to Dromara yesterday
(Tuesday). Next outing is scheduled for
24th July at home to Kilclief
Our under-14s had a wasted trip to
Carryduff last Thursday as the referee
failed to show. We play Downpatrick at
home this FRIDAY in the last game before
the July break. Our postponed away
fixture with Kilcoo still has to be
rescheduled as well. Hopefully the
seniors will help the under-14s out and
see them into the McCaisin Shield at
Ballykinlar.
Our under-12s’ home game with Drumaness
was postponed on Sunday. That would have
been their last outing before the break.
We are back in action on 22nd
July when we are away to Darragh Cross
Our under-10s will be taking a break
from training for three weeks from now.
Training will resume on Wednesday 25th
and it is important that there is a full
turnout that day as the next East Down
Blitz is the following Saturday (28th
July). Under-8s training is from
6.00 - 7.00 pm with the under-10s
following from 7.00 – 8.00pm. Subsequent
blitzes are scheduled for on 4th
and 18th of August.
We will be hosting a Cúl Camp from 20th
to 24th August. Application
forms can be returned to any of the
juvenile mentors and cheques should be
payable to “Down County Board”.
Our festival will be on over the weekend
of 13th to 16th
July. There really will be something for
everyone with a Junior Disco on Thursday
and Master Hypnotist Michael McCoy on
Friday. There is a Speed Shearing event
with a Stead BBQ on Saturday night and
this event was an outstanding success
last year. There will be a Guest Tea on
Sunday evening featuring the popular
county
Harmony and there will be sheepdog
trials on Monday.
