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Downpatrick Ladies come of age
as they lift Intermediate title
- 18/08/03 Down
Ladies Intermediate Championship Final:
Downpatrick 4-07 Bright 2-08
U-16 Preview:
The U-16 footballers of Bryansford and Bright will
take centre stage on Sunday as they battle it out for the honour of becoming County
champions.
Bryansford unbeaten in their league section this term will
start as favourites but Bright are a very talented side who won't let the Newcastle
girls get it all their own way.
This one should be close and it will boil
down to the team who wants it most on the day.
SENIOR
PREVIEW Castlewellan:
a little history
St Malachys GAC Castlewellan Ladies Senior Football
Team
The Ladies football team was formed in 1995 and has since achieved
considerable success. Winning the Junior League in their first season, following
this up in 1996 as Senior League winners and capturing the Clubs first Ladies
Senior Football Championship title in 1997. Then runners-up again in the Senior
Championship in 2001. The U-16's have accumulated a few honours winning 4 Championship
titles in a row along with the under 14 All-Ireland Feile title in Limerick in
1999 for good measure. It's safe to say that Castlewellan have contributed a great
deal to ladies football in the County of Down.
Lisa Morgan, Aine Keary
and Maura McCabe all won All-Ireland Junior medals with Down in 2000. Lisa, Aine,
Claire Drummy and Joleen Rea are on the current Down panel. Team managers Barney
Cunningham and Roisin Keown have assembled a strong panel of 25 players who have
worked tirelessly throughout the year and are well prepared for this final.
Path to the Final
Castlewellan 2-15 Loughinisland 0-02
Castlewellan
4-11 v Bryansford 2-03
Team Sponsors:
Strip: Northern Switchgear
Kit Bags: Chemgro
Bredagh:
- a little history
Bredagh Ladies Gaelic Football Club (LGFC) was
set up in 1994, at a time when ladies Gaelic Football was the fastest growing
sport in Ireland. The ladies club is part of Bredagh G.A.C which has kept Gaelic
football alive in the community for over 30 years. Bredagh won their first ever
Down Senior Championship title in 2002 and quickly added the league title to make
it a domestic double.
Achievements:
- Down Senior Championship
Winners 2002, Runners Up 1999,2000 & 2001
- Down Senior League Winners 2002,
Runners Up 2001,2000,1999
- Down Feis Sevens. Winners 1999, Runners Up 2000
- All-Ireland Sevens. Quarter Finalists of Plate 2001.
- Castlewellan
7's - Runners-up 2001 and 2000
Ulster & All-Ireland Junior Winners
With Down in 1999
Bredagh ladies are proud to have no fewer than six
players on the Down team that won the All Ireland Junior title in Croke Park in
2000, they include the Down team captain Jacqui Clarke, Martina McCafferty, Cathy
Gallagher, Joanne Lavery, Mairead Guinness and Veronica Ward
Ulster
& All-Ireland Junior Winners With Tyrone in 1997
Bredagh are also fortunate
to have yet another All-Ireland winner with Tyrone midfielder and 2001 All-Star
Arlene McCloskey. Arlene also captained Ulster to win the inter-provincial title
in 2002.
YOUTH
Bredagh Ladies have worked tirelessly over
the past number of years to ensure that the first ever Bredagh ladies underage
team entered into the under 13 league in 2002. The success of the underage scheme
has grown and this season resulted in under 13 and under 16 teams entering into
the Down league and championships.
MANAGEMENT
Tommy McArdle
and Colly McAllister have put a tremendous amount of work into the Bredagh Ladies
team this year. Tommy has travelled from Castleblaney up to 3 times a week and
Colly has had to balance his new role of being a father with his management responsibilities.
SPONSOR
We would like to thank NIAVAC our sponsors for their
continued support.
We hope that the 2003 Senior Championship final is
a great spectacle for ladies gaelic football in Down and may the best team win.
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