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Notification to clubs that have made arrangements to suit golf days and other club fundraising events because of the drawn game with Cavan series 8 was pulled out and will not be played until the end of season, this means that this Friday night series 12 is being played and the rest of programme in the handbook will be following on from here. I hope this clarifies the position and enables clubs to alter arrangements accordingly. is mise Sean O Ruanaidh

Cheers am - this means that all remaining series are pulled forward 1 week and the final week of the ACL will see the Series 8 games being played (August 31st in the case of Div 3 anyway).  I haven't checked yet but I'd say there's prob more fixture shuffles ahead when/if the county get to take on Derry/Antrim and the final on the road ahead but we'll go with this for now.

Div 3 is already shaping up to be the tightest in the ACL. Saul haven't been under illusions on where they will end up and while its great that we have had a bit of a run, there's still only 2 points between us and a bottom 4 place and more than half the season to go  As for players, there's a few back from injury although Greek was missing against Bredagh last time round.

Square Ball - you'll have to tell us your secret as I saw score updates from you timed at half-time and full-time on Monday night so was expecting to have seen a supporter or squad member holding a fancy piece of technology at St Pats park. Your side looked good on the ball and Jody was doing a great job in front of the backline until we figured out how to get round that tactic. Have Bredagh played that tactic often or is every drawing inspiration from Parc Esler last Sunday      Enda came on fairly late in the game - he carrying an injury atm?   

Off the laces - I have you say u are looking a bit sharper these days 

On league fixtures, can anybody confirm that Friday week (June 1st) will be the original rearranged Series 8 games i.e. unstarred?

From Monday night - Div 3 refixture: Bright 3-9; Saul 1-8 - have to say Bright deserved the win (they wanted it far more) and we're going to have a real yoyo season. Goals win and lose matches as we've seen before plus at some point we really need to do some serious referee ass kissin. Being a Saul supporter and a Leeds fan, this is some tough week - where's that bottle again?

The ACL Div 3 match between Bright and Saul tonight has been postponed as a result of a bereavement in the Bright club

Saul 2-12; Ardglass 0-3  - After a horrible start to the league, I'm chuffed to say Saul really clicked tonight and probably tucked away a few years of frustration in the process. Totally geared up for a hard hitting local derby but in the end even though ecstatic about the win, I was disappointed with Ardglass - a few players with talent if they could keep their mind on the game at hand - 1 red card early on and probably pushing their luck beyond that - they can be so much better than what we saw tonight; Anyway we're not complaining that much

Good to see Teconnaught at least followed up their win over us with a great win at Bredagh. This league is pretty even tbh - apart from Drumgath who could pull away from everyone else and I'm gonna refuse to make any predictions as far as my club goes

  Donnan Ritchie from Saul is not there, the only rep they have is the team doctor and I hope he is a better doctor than he was a football manager 

Typical scum-from-the-shore style there No1 - I'd have expected that as a long time contributor to discussions here you could at times drag yourself above the petty - obviously not!!

Its very easy to take a pop at someone who has put themselves obviously in the firing line just because they step forward and dedicate a significant percentage of their lives to their club. Its bad enough that you grab the chance to have another dig at Saul with no obvious lead to doing it but when you then start to also have go at a guy's occupation then you're over the line - especially when you as most can hide behind the anonymous ....  and before you ask, I'm not the person you're taking a swipe at ...

Tell us all how much graft you put in for your club (and spouting on here doesn't count  )  - I'd be amazed if its anything other than a minor % of the work of some of the volunteers you're back-stabbing.

Now wouldn't it be great if all the clubs in Down could drag themselves out of this level of in-bred negativity and throw support in behind Ross and his team (no matter who's on it) - if that was to happen we might have a chance of the worrying the Kerry's and Tyrone's of this world rather than allowing counties like Sligo to turn us over as we keep going through our introverted dive to nowhere.  Any chance?

Decided to take a step across into the new world here - looking good. This is the time of year to be talking football and hurling rather than trying to play it. Why do we end up hosting U21's, playoffs and finals on pitches that have been hammered through the season and then hit hard by the weather that they should be closed for the winter rather than prolonging the damage - I certainly agree that this is in no way hurling weather. I caught part of the Down Academy/Portaferry semi at Saul and it was a credit to the lads on both teams how they battled through gale force winds and a constant downpour.  Down Academy would appear to have enough about them to at least trouble Ballycran in the final.

Finally, I couldn't leave it without responding to the sting from Bacon on the Saul pitch. Even though our seniors had been relegated 2 week previously, the grounds at Saul were prepared (by the hardworking committee folk at Saul), cut, lined and flagged plus scoreboard setup for the Darragh Cross and Ardglass playoff game on the Sunday prior to the Hurling semi so I know a week is a long time but come on!! 6mths!  It pains that this received no mentions on any front compared to Kilcliefs pitch getting credit in the local rag for the condition and setup for our playoff game (even without lines, scoreboard and with only corner flags in place). No disrespect 001 but that just highlights that different strings than the ones we're pulling need to be found to get credit in this county...  but anyway, bring it on ...