Warrenpoint Town Hall was the setting last Sunday night for the finals of the GAA South Down Scór na nÓg finals where after a marathon quiz section which went to seven sets of tie break questions, Clonduff Hurling club representatives, Rory McGreevy, Caíslín Hynes and Mark Devlin emerged as first winners of the night against the unlucky Mayobridge trio of Cormac Linden, Gareth Rooney and Seamus McGeough.

The nail-biting finale of the quiz, which started off the night’s entertainment, was a portent to the excitement of what lay ahead for the next three and a half hours, as dancers, singers and musicians from South Down’s GAA Clubs entertained the capacity audience.

There was a full compliment of competitors in all but one of the competitions; set dancing being the exception, with first class performances from all the participants.

The ceili dancing was hotly contested with Warrenpoint, dancing Lannigan’s Ball, pipping the girls from Ballyholland into second place a very tight competition.

Brea Sands from Glenn won the solo singing competition, with Anna Gonzales from Warrenpoint in second spot. Burren were winners of the instrumental music section with Clonduff second, and in recitation it was Drumgath’s Ryan Devlin who won with Rostrevor’s Michael McNally second.

The eagerly awaited Ballad Group competition was hotly contested and it was Rostrevor’s group who overcame Warrenpoint to take the top spot.

Rostrevor were to the fore again in the Novelty Act, but Saval making a comeback in this competition overcame the fancied Seasiders and took the gold.

Warrenpoint, the sole competitors in the set dancing competition brought the proceedings to a close in what was a great night’s entertainment.

South Down chairman Mr William James Smyth who made the presentation of medals to winners and runners-up stated that Scór was gaining popularity once again and asked club representatives to give their support by promoting the competitions and ensuring that they send their entries in, in good time so adequate planning can be made for the early rounds of future competitions.

Bean a Ti for the night was Kerri Patterson from Ballyholland
For the winners and runners up, it’s all to do again next week as they take on the representatives of East Down in the County Final in Saval.

Summary of Results.
Ceili Dancing 1 Warrenpoint 2 Ballyholland
Solo singing 1 Brea Sands Glenn 2 Anna Gonzales Warrenpoint
Instrumental Music 1 Burren 2 Clonduff
Recitation 1 Ryan Devlin Drumgath 2 Michael McNally Rostrevor
Ballad Group 1 Rostrevor 2 Warrenpoint
Novelty act 1 Saval 2 Rostrevor
Set Dancing 1 Warrenpoint
Quiz 1 Clonduff 2 Mayobridge