BUMPER CROWDS AT SCÓR NA nÓG HEATS

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the GAA Scór competitions, clubs throughout County Down are making an all-out effort to make 2009 a year to remember.

Following last year’s renewed interest in Scór, the South Down Scór committee wisely decided to re-jig the format and add an extra semi final so that as many clubs as possible could be encouraged to take part, and the wisdom of this decision was evident at the first two heats in Hilltown and Tullylish where there were a record number of clubs and teams taking part.

There were eleven teams taking part in Hilltown on Friday night last and then on Sunday, no fewer than fourteen teams took part in the Tullylish venue.

This Friday night there are at least thirteen teams expected to take part in the Glasdrumman venue including Glasdrumman, Longstone Football, Attical Football, An Riocht, Clonduff Football, Rostrevor Football, Mayobridge, Longstone Camogie, Attical Camogie, Ballymartin, Newry Shamrocks, Ballela, and Burren Ladies.

In the South Down semi-finals so far, the winner in each goes forward to compete in the South Down final in Saval Sports and Leisure Centre on 9th November. The second and third placed competitors will compete in a Repêchage competition in Mayobridge this Sunday evening, commencing 6.00pm, where the winner in each competition will join the three other semi final winners in the South Down final.