St John’s
Notes 27th June 2007
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Our seniors travelled to Aghaderg last
Thursday and came out on the wrong side
of a low scoring game. That means that
Aghaderg leapfrog us into third position
in the league table. We are at home to
Ballykinlar this Friday and then away to
Dromara on the following Thursday (5th
July).
Our minors travelled to Kilcoo last
Wednesday but were unable to repeat
their opening day performance and lost
out. We are at home to Castlewellan in
the league this evening and next week it
is back to the championship as we travel
to Banbridge.
Our under-16s produced a strong second
half performance to overcome
St Paul’s
in the league last week and will have
been hoping to repeat the dose against
the same opposition in the Championship
yesterday. We are away to Dromara next
Tuesday.
Our under-14s travelled to Castlewellan
in the A championship last Thursday and
advanced to the next round on a 2-13 to
2-09 score-line after producing a good
team performance That included a lot of
high fielding by Joshua Wells. The same
standard of teamwork was carried over to
Saturday at the An Riocht tournament
where the team won through the group
stages and made it as far as the
semi-final where then came unstuck
against Burren. On the way we notched up
wins over Newry Mitchels, Dromara,
Castlewellan, Mayobridge and Saval. We
are back in league action tomorrow
(Thursday 28th) when we are
away to Carryduff A. We then play
Downpatrick at home next week in the
last game before the July break.
Our under-12s won away in Teconnaught on
Sunday (2-12 v 4-09) in a game that
brought the best from both teams. We are
at home to Drumaness this Sunday. That
is their last outing before the break.
Our under-10s travelled to Ardglass on
Saturday for a Go Games Blitz where they
came up against hosts Ardglass, Kilclief
and Loughinisland. We field two sides
and both the younger and older teams
went through the day with 100% records.
The improvement in their play was
clearly evident especially with the
under-8s who were playing in the younger
team. Cushla Savage and Aidan Morgan
were an outstanding pairing when both
were in midfield but everyone performed
well. The next under-10 blitz is on 28th
July.
There were five £10 winners in the
lottery last week. The numbers were 3,
5, 13 and 23. The jackpot now stands at
£1,600.
Our festival will be on over the weekend
of 13th to 16th
July. There really will be something for
everyone with a juvenile Disco on
Thursday, a hypnotist, speed shearing, a
guest tea, sheep dog trials (Lassie is
innocent!) and loads of music.
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”.
