Down Club Hurling & Football

[Smurfy123]

Good to see Club Down launching again in 2 weeks
Looks like a lot of work going into it
What happened the previous club Down
Ross at the helm to only good for Down football

[downup]

The previous Club Down appeared to fall by the wayside when the £120 tickets were brought in by the county board. Club Down membership was £10 per month with no incentives other than a chance to buy a championship ticket whereas the £120 tickets were £10 per month with the chance of winning big prizes so a lot of people chose the ticket. There does seem to be a big press launch night for the reprisal of Club Down and hopefully it will take off. It will be interesting to see how they sell it to the ordinary punter or maybe they are going to target the business community more. Either way, my issue with the whole thing is on how money is spent. Is it just for team expenses or at some stage is someone going to say right lets get the ball rolling on a permanent base, which we own, and can cater for all of our teams. The amount of money we have fired at the Abbey, St Colmans and Downpatrick on an annual basis is crazy. Yes it will take time to buy, build and develop a purpose built facility but for the future of our county's players and finances can we not earmark monies now to start this process. Just my opinion btw.

[supersub]

DOWN PANEL
(subject to change)
G McMahon (Warrenpoint), M Cunningham (Castlewellan), P Turley (RGU, Downpatrick), D O'Hagan (Clonduff), R McAleenan (Warrenpoint), G McGovern (Burren), G Collins (RGU, Downpatrick), B McArdle (Annaclone), C McGovern (Burren), A Carr (Clonduff), D McKibbin (Bryansford), C Mooney (Rostrevor), D Turley (Cnoc na Mí), J Flynn (Loughinisland), J Murphy (Ballyholland), S Millar (Glenn), A Davidson (Bredagh), N Donnelly (Tullylish), P O'Hagan (Clonduff), C Francis (Bredagh), S Dornan (Castlewellan), B O'Hagan (Clonduff), C Harrison (Glasdrumman), D Hughes (Bredagh), R Mallon (Warrenpoint), C Magee (Mayobridge)

[Cb66]

Good to see a few new faces involved. Looking forward to seeing how big Cathal Magee gets on. Any idea if many Down boys involved with the universities?

[OgraAnDun]

Good to see a few new faces involved. Looking forward to seeing how big Cathal Magee gets on. Any idea if many Down boys involved with the universities?

Queens: John O'Hare, Donal McKeever, Ciaran McCartan, Anthony Doherty, Aaron Morgan, Marty Clarke, Aaron Clements, Aiden Fegan, Ciaran Harney, Conor McGrady

UUJ: Damien McKeown, Niall Madine, Sean McGonigle and Kory Golgan.

That's what's printed in the Irish News anyway.

[SamFever]

Good to see a few new faces involved. Looking forward to seeing how big Cathal Magee gets on. Any idea if many Down boys involved with the universities?

Queens: John O'Hare, Donal McKeever, Ciaran McCartan, Anthony Doherty, Aaron Morgan, Marty Clarke, Aaron Clements, Aiden Fegan, Ciaran Harney, Conor McGrady

UUJ: Damien McKeown, Niall Madine, Sean McGonigle and Kory Golgan.

That's what's printed in the Irish News anyway.

Do St Marys players not count?

[Samforever]

Good to see a few new faces involved. Looking forward to seeing how big Cathal Magee gets on. Any idea if many Down boys involved with the universities?

Queens: John O'Hare, Donal McKeever, Ciaran McCartan, Anthony Doherty, Aaron Morgan, Marty Clarke, Aaron Clements, Aiden Fegan, Ciaran Harney, Conor McGrady

UUJ: Damien McKeown, Niall Madine, Sean McGonigle and Kory Golgan.

That's what's printed in the Irish News anyway.

Do St Marys players not count?

Fecking teachers moaning again !

[OgraAnDun]

Good to see a few new faces involved. Looking forward to seeing how big Cathal Magee gets on. Any idea if many Down boys involved with the universities?

Queens: John O'Hare, Donal McKeever, Ciaran McCartan, Anthony Doherty, Aaron Morgan, Marty Clarke, Aaron Clements, Aiden Fegan, Ciaran Harney, Conor McGrady

UUJ: Damien McKeown, Niall Madine, Sean McGonigle and Kory Golgan.

That's what's printed in the Irish News anyway.

Do St Marys players not count?

Fecking teachers moaning again !

Irish News doesn't think them worth a mention anyway!

[supersub]

Good to see a few new faces involved. Looking forward to seeing how big Cathal Magee gets on. Any idea if many Down boys involved with the universities?

Queens: John O'Hare, Donal McKeever, Ciaran McCartan, Anthony Doherty, Aaron Morgan, Marty Clarke, Aaron Clements, Aiden Fegan, Ciaran Harney, Conor McGrady

UUJ: Damien McKeown, Niall Madine, Sean McGonigle and Kory Golgan.

That's what's printed in the Irish News anyway.

Do St Marys players not count?

Who?

[Mourne Rover]

According to the county board's twitter, this is the team for Sunday.

1 Michael Cunningham 2 Ryan McAleenan 3 Gearard McGovern 4 Darren O'Hagan 5 David McKibbin 6 Conaill McGovern 7 Caolan Mooney 8 Aidan Carr 9 Jonathan Flynn 10 Joe Murphy 11 Cathal Magee 12 Shay Millar 13 Alan Davidson 14 Barry O'Hagan 15 Danny Savage 16 Gary McMahon 17 Peter Turley 18 Niall Donnelly 19 Conor Maginn 20 Gerard Collins 21 Brendan McArdle 22 Ryan Mallon 23 Pat Havern 24 Damien Turley.

There has been no announcement about a captain but Darren O'Hagan would be a worthy contender. It's good to see some new faces among the familiar names, and there will no doubt be more experimentation in the Derry game. Those missing from the extended squad, apart from established players taking a break or involved with colleges, seem to include Mark Reid, Stephen Kane, Luke Howard, Henry Brown, Mark McKay, Arthur McConville and Packie Downey.

[John Martin]

Downpatrick was a terrible choice of venue for a January game.

[thewobbler]

Downpatrick was a terrible choice of venue for a January game.

Grass banks and and exposed location.

County board will no doubt say they have fulfil a certain number of fixtures in their nominated second ground. Sorry lads, find another second ground if it's for winter fixtures.

[5 Sams]

Good to see a few new faces involved. Looking forward to seeing how big Cathal Magee gets on. Any idea if many Down boys involved with the universities?

He got man of the match according to Facebook.

[gaaman2016]

Downpatrick was a terrible choice of venue for a January game.

Grass banks and and exposed location.

County board will no doubt say they have fulfil a certain number of fixtures in their nominated second ground. Sorry lads, find another second ground if it's for winter fixtures.

Football wasnt good to watch but great to have a game in East Down for a change

[Smurfy123]

Good to get the season off to a winning start even if the standard was very poor
Queens are a shocking outfit to say the least

The less said about the venue the better
Feet soaked walking up the bank it was like a bog
Could not get down to the fence as the bank is about a 20ft drop
Had to walk past the main entrance about another 500 yards to use an entrance I never used before going to Downpatrick
Not a bad day