St John’s
Notes 11th July 2007
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Our festival will be on over the weekend
of 13th to 16th
July with something for everyone and
every taste over the period in the
marquee. Our youngsters get the ball
rolling with a Junior Disco on Thursday.
Friday night promises to be a blast with
Master Hypnotist Michael McCoy, a
comedian and a disco til late. Saturday
night sees a Speed Shearing event with a
Steak BBQ. This was an n outstanding
success last year and will appeal to the
same wide audience this time around. To
round the evening off there is music by
Xperience. There is a Guest Tea on
Sunday evening featuring the ever
popular
County
Harmony.
The festival will be rounded off by
sheepdog trials on Monday with national
and international champions in action.
Last week turned out to be a very quiet
one on the playing field as our various
teams had to endure a series of
postponements. Most teams had to make do
with an extra training session. Our
seniors were the only team in action
with a good win away in Dromara last
Thursday (0-08 v 3-10).
Our seniors will be competing in the
Connolly Cup in Ballykinlar this week.
We will be the last team to go into
action when we play Ardglass in the
fourth quarter-finals tomorrow (Thursday)hoping
to win through to a semi-final slot
against either Dundrum or Ballykinlar in
the second semi-final next Tuesday (17th).
The final is next Friday (20th).
All matches have 8.00pm throw-ins. We
return to league action when we host St
Michael’s towards the end of the month.
Our camogie team were due to play An
Riocht at home last Wednesday but that
will probably be this evening instead.
This is our penultimate league game with
the final game being away to Newry
Shamrocks on Wednesday 8th
August. We have been very at home in
this division after our promotion last
year winning every game bar one so far.
We will soon be turning our attention to
the championship. We have a bye in the
opening round and will play either
Liatroim or Mayobridge on Sunday 19th
August.
Our Ladies Football team had a bye on
Saturday past, following the previous
week’s postponement so will need to put
full commitment into training before
their next scheduled league game away to
Rostrevor. That would have been the last
league game but there are fixtures with
Ardglass (home) and Teconnaught (away)
to be rescheduled.
Our minors were due to be in
championship action last week but their
trip to Banbridge was a victim of the
weather.
Our under-16s’ game away to Dromara was
another victim of the weather last
Tuesday. Our next scheduled outing is
the B Championship quarter-final away to
St Joseph’s
on Tuesday 24th.
Our under-14s were due to play
Downpatrick at home on Friday last but
that was postponed as well. Hopefully
the seniors will help the under-14s out
and see them into the McCaisin Shield at
Ballykinlar. As well fixture at home to
Downpatrick we also have an away fixture
with Kilcoo to be rescheduled. Our next
scheduled league game is away to Bredagh
on Thursday 26th. We then
play Bredagh again in the A Championship
semi-final on Saturday 4th
August.
Our under-12s’ home game with Drumaness
was another postponement 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.
Training for our under-10s will resume
on Wednesday 25th. It is
important that there is a full turnout
that day as the next East Down Blitz is
the following Saturday (28th
July). We will also be sending a team to
the Pat Doyle Memorial blitz on Saturday
21st. 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 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 lucky numbers in last week’s lottery
were 5, 10, 13 and 28. There were 2 £10
winners and the jackpot now stands at
£1,650.
