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Saval crowned division two champions today beating Ballyholland 0-13 to 0-9.

Congrats to Saval...well deserved win. Our boys saved one of their worst performances of the year for the league final.....our main threats didnt threaten today and theirs were the difference...young Falloon was outstanding...

5Sams - Its a pity for the club and town but at leaset you have the 1st Division to look forward to unlike last year's final defeat. If I remember right you lost to Saval in the Div 2 final 3 years ago too? Thats 3 Div 2 finals in 4 seasons! Why does the team not perform on the big days???

I would have thought that the players over the years from Church st / high street were minimal in comparison to Courtenay Hill, Warrenpoint Road area, Rathfriland road area, lol. I take your point though.

GAA website says the Kerry game is on the Sunday afternoon. Boooooooo

10.04.11 (Sun)Round 7Cork V Armagh
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Round 7Monaghan V Mayo
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Round 7Galway V Dublin
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Round 7Kerry V Down
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Saturday night in Fizgerald Stadium and then ramble down the hill to the Tatler now that is an evening to look forward to!!

Leo's view is a valid comment and view even though I disagreement with it in every way.

Ballyholland are possibly the only club in the county that is truely a town team based on schools and catchment area but have the traditions and culture of a country team.

Have the Harps team underdelivered? I dont think so. For whatever reason there seems to be a small pick in the team / club and although there have been a few false dawns I do think that next season could be the year when the team survives Div 1 as a mid table team.

What must be recognised however is the fact that the club's own ex players are putting their time in free to manage and develop the team. Look around Div 1 and Div2 teams - very few are managed by the own people. (Shamrocks and Downpatrick to their credit have a good tradition here too). This must be the way forward for GAA in the county. The gravy train years for so called experts in training and or pyschology and or nutrition to take teams other than their own clubs has delivered nothing for those clubs or for the development of the game within Down.

I applaude all clubs that encourage their own members to manage their teams and most of all those members who show the true spirit of the GAA by giving their time freely to develop our games in their home area and the skills and character of the young men in their clubs!

Ballyholland are a Newry team and will be in Division 1! So less of this no Newry City team in the top 2!

Have to say Shane Mulholland has done a fantastic job with the team this year to be the standout team in Div 2.

They narrowly but deservedly lost a Div 2 final last year to the Kingdom who had 2 All Stars in their team (as we know now!) but to lift the team and achieve more this year is a tremendous achievement. Shane could be a future Down manager???

5 Sams - fair possibility that you will have to change your name come 19th September at risk of being confused with somone from Cavan and Ballyholland being confused with a crossroads bear Mullahorn lol

[Word of warning for anyone who was on the sauce last night and is travelling through Newry this morning. Just got a text to say that the Cops are stopping and breathalysing in town and on the Dublin Road.]

Word of warning for anyone who was on the sauce last night and is travelling through Newry this morning. Just got a text to say that the Cops are stopping and breathalysing in town and on the Dublin Road.

That is quite sinister - I am totally against drink driving but that looks and sounds like deliberate profiling of one section of the community.

Big win 5Sams

I have to say the club looked really well on BBC NI tonight

FAO No1, just as well you changed the manager during the season or you would have ended up wearing canterbury jerseys next season!

Sure what make of training gear do you think we are using now?   

I could tell you a story but I'm gonna let bygones be bygones.

I could tell you a few myself!

Go on! Tell us the gossip lol

[but I was told to advertise on this site as people on this site were intelligent,]

To all i would like to apologise if you think I am spamming I just feel that O'Neills have a monopoloy on the market and have invested in trying to give us all an alternative. The gear is better and we dont mess up orders so i apologise for annoying people but I was told to advertise on this site as people on this site were intelligent, passionate gaels who have an interest in their clubs to give their members the best deal available. I f your not interested that is fine but their is no need for abusive comments to me or my family. I am only trying to give a quality product to clubs who have been shafted so long by a monopoly.Cheers Guys

You must have us confused with some other site.

What club are you from yourself John?

The guy is not a paid up member of any club as far as I know but was until recently the manager of Kilclief at the bottom of Div 2 Down before being dismissed.

Not against anyone trying to make a living but,

1.  Taking the proverbials posting the same thing on multiple ocassions after being censored.
2.  Unsubstantiated "monoply" comment that could open him up to a defamation action from O'Neills. That is a legal term that despite what some people may say is not the facts of the situation as it would lead to SFO (Serious Frauds Office) taking action against O'Neills.
3.  He was "told" to post post here! What is he a 10 year old or a puppet for someone else as moronic as him?

True Blue  -

My point is that the previous contributor was factually incorrect in suggesting that a regional team equates to wearing the colours of your local rival.

However I do strongly believe that the Kerry system would be good for Down. In Kerry there are some 6 or 7 only senior clubs all the rest contribute to regions. So there are clubs in the Kerry first division that are not in the Senior Championship.

Newry could really do with a regional team - say Shamrocks, Bosco, Mitchels, Ballyholland, Glenn and Saval creating a Championship team. Then South Down could have a team and separately Mourne. Also North and East Down as one region etc so upto 6 regional teams. Senior clubs would then be say

Burren
Mayobridge
Clonduff
Kilcoo
Bryansford
Rostrevor

Kerry is a good example for you to argue your case alright. But doesnt mean we should copy them. I remember a few years ago, we were playing leagye games, it was only under12s, but the other teams sometimes didnt have enough players, so they joined together. Saval/Glenn..Drumgath/Annaclone, Liatrom/Dromara etc etc.. I just remembered seeing lads wearing the other clubs jersey, and although that all seems practical yeh, I just got the oddest feeling, just for a second, Jaysus if the owl boy seen me wear that, he'd killl me.. Thats what special about that. You wear your own club jersy and thats it. Thats why I hate hate hate to see players transfer. Thats why I didnt like atal the conversation on here one time, where lads were calling for Paul McComisky to play for Bryansford, just to play at the higher standard?!?! Ludacris! Our ethos of representing our parish should be preserved.

In Kerry you would not wear the jersey of your local rivals. Rather you wear the jersey of the regional team - South Kerry, East Kerry, Mid Kerry, Feale Rangers, Shannon Rangers etc.
Take Glenbeigh / Glencar - they are a very small club that had 2 county starters Darren Sullivan and Jack O'Sheas lad but both of these boys cut their teeth playing senior championship games for Mid Kerry. Also their near neighbours Cromane. Cromane are a 4th division side that would get hammered by Glenn or even Dundrum here in Down but they have 2 county seniors Sean O'Sullivan and Donnacha Walshe and both these guys would never had got to play intercounty football but for the experience of Mid Kerry

Mayo will be there or there abouts come quarter finals. But thats it

Cork are the form team over the last 3 years and surely they will lift Sam soon

16 - 9 that was some hit by O Malley didn't see a yellow card in it!

Shoulder into the chest!!! Didn't see a yellow in it! Come on

1-17 to 0-9 now