Down are through to the Ulster Senior Championship. They got there by defeating Cavan on 27 April in Breffin Park, score Down 3-11 Cavan 0-02. The score appears to state that the game was a one sided affair but the Cavan team is relatively young and still developing. Downs top scorers that day were Clonduff’s Sara-Louise Carr and Laitroim’s Mairin McAleenan.  

Sunday will be a big day for the Carr family, with Ross Carr managing the Senior Football Team and his two daughters Fionnaula and Sara-Louise playing in the curtain raiser before the Down Seniors Football match.  

This match will be very interesting to watch as both sides have met before in the National Junior League with the Mourne ladies beating the Oakleaf ladies by 4 points and that game was extremely hard and physical. With the top scorer for Down that day being Catherine McGourty. 

This is Jerome McCrickard’s first year in management. Jerome has already got the team through to the finals of the National Junior League, although the Mourne Ladies were unsuccessful that day against Waterford. Jerome is currently being supported by Maureen O’Higgins (Down County Chairperson Camogie) and Liam McGreevy former Loughinisland Manager.

As part of Integration, the two codes as in Camogie and Football will be played on the one day. This is a great opportunity for Camogie as this game will help to raise Camogies profile, with a lot of skill and talent from both teams on display, as the Derry team will include St Marys Magherafelt All Ireland College Winners.