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#586
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
September 16, 2009, 01:33:31 PM
Quote from: Catchit on September 16, 2009, 11:01:29 AM
Quote from: stiff breeze on September 14, 2009, 05:02:08 PM
anyone know the dates for the championship finals?

Any updates?


Quote from: Lecale2 on September 15, 2009, 08:11:13 AM
Where and when are all the county finals and who is competing in them?

The Down SFC is in Newry, 4th Oct at 3.30pm. Kilcoo v Loughinisland.

SHC final is in Portaferry on 27th Sept. Ballygalget v Ballycran.


Quote from: Bitta-Banter on September 14, 2009, 05:16:53 PM
Intermediate on Saturday 26th of september at 8pm in Newry.

Heard the Junior is on before the Intermediate.
#587
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
September 14, 2009, 05:06:00 PM
Quote from: stiff breeze on September 14, 2009, 05:02:08 PM
anyone know the dates for the championship finals?

I think the senior is on the 4th October.  I heard the intermediate is on the 27th.  Not sure about the junior final might be before the senior.
#588
GAA Discussion / Re: Wee James Is The New Down Manager
September 14, 2009, 04:39:34 PM
Quote from: Stevie Nicks on September 14, 2009, 09:19:59 AM
Quote from: Mid Down Gael on September 14, 2009, 08:47:08 AM
Quote from: rosskarr on September 14, 2009, 08:24:19 AM
I wonder will Laverty make the panel also?

He has too. I know not the most popular but he is a great player. Has great a great brain and deserves to be on panel at least. Very unselfish player also.

He is no doubt a skillful player and after a ropey enough first half on Sunday he came into his own in 2nd half and was instrumental in the final result for Kilcoo but the doubts about size still are there, he is too small and lightweight for inter-county standard.

If Down play the right ball in to him he is not too small.  The Tyrone forward line is not that big.
#589
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
September 13, 2009, 09:57:41 PM
Quote from: In the Onion Bag on September 13, 2009, 09:23:37 PM
Quote from: 13aside on September 13, 2009, 09:14:50 PM
just back from the matches in Parc Esler,congrats to Ballmartin and Kilcoo,hard luck to Ardglass and Burren.Kilcoo were a little lucky not to concede a second penalty in the first half.The match was surely great entertainment for the many neutrals in the big crowd.Any views on th elittle flare-up near the side-line in the second half?

Thanks for this.  Two things:

1. What was the score in the Int semi and
3. Give us your opnion on the little flare-up near the side-line in the second half?  Thanks

Ballymartin won easily enough, something like 1-14 to 2-05.  Ardglass scored a goal with the last kick.  Ballymartin scored a goal from a free from outside the 45 mid way through the 2nd half which more or less finished the game.

Handbags stuff really at the end of the senior game, don't think anyone got hit other that with the shoulder.
#590
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
September 13, 2009, 09:47:34 PM
Quote from: umpire on September 13, 2009, 09:39:49 PM
Can anyone confirmed the result of Teconnaught v Dromara's game?

Yes Teconnaught won fairly easily.  They had a man sent off in the first half but it did not make much difference.
#591
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
September 11, 2009, 09:29:16 PM
Quote from: Dangerous Person on September 11, 2009, 09:10:58 PM
Loughinisland 1-4
Clonduff 0-3

Half-time

Howd the first match finish?
#592
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
September 11, 2009, 02:18:07 PM
Quote from: D4S on September 11, 2009, 02:01:33 PM
Quote from: No1 on September 11, 2009, 01:29:03 PM
QuoteTonight

11/8 Darragh Cross 6/1 Kilclief 4/6

:o

Where did ya get those odds?

Hughes Bookies Newry
Sure didnt kilcief beat attical the last round?

They are few places above darragh cross in league too.

Think Kilcoo are great bet at 11/10 but i suppose tradition dictates the odds slightly too, will be a good tight match I think Kilcoo will win with 3 to spare.

All 4 games could go either way.  Even Ardglass at 5/2 is not that bad a bet.
#593
GAA Discussion / Re: The new Down Manager
September 11, 2009, 11:17:52 AM
From Hoganstand..


Wee James to be ratified tonight?
11 September 2009


Word on the grapevine has it that James McCartan will be named as Down senior football manager later on today (Friday).

A County Board meeting has been scheduled for tonight and the All-Ireland winner is expected to be ratified as new Mourne County boss, with Brian McIver and Paddy Talty as selectors.



Legendary former manager Pete McGrath - who managed Wee James and co. to Sam Maguire glory in 1991 and '94 - is also believed to be in the running.

However, McCartan is now being touted in the media as the man who'll be handed the reins.
#594
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
September 11, 2009, 11:16:43 AM
From Hoganstand

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=117639

Wee James to be ratified tonight?
11 September 2009


Word on the grapevine has it that James McCartan will be named as Down senior football manager later on today (Friday).

A County Board meeting has been scheduled for tonight and the All-Ireland winner is expected to be ratified as new Mourne County boss, with Brian McIver and Paddy Talty as selectors.



Legendary former manager Pete McGrath - who managed Wee James and co. to Sam Maguire glory in 1991 and '94 - is also believed to be in the running.

However, McCartan is now being touted in the media as the man who'll be handed the reins.
#595
Don't mind the team so much but all the pundits will build them up to be guaranteed winners after 1 match then when they get beat it in quarter final they will blame the referee for a possible penalty in the 5th minute and the daily mail will publish the address of the ref so that people can send him abuse.  Not to mention the guaranteed rioting after they get put out.
#596
General discussion / Re: Anyone on here a Ginger?
September 09, 2009, 01:41:40 PM
Don't get downgirl started on gingers   :).
#597
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
September 04, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Quote from: general on September 03, 2009, 10:37:58 PM
Glenn beat bosco after 10mins a half extra time 2nite,

think it was 1.16 to 2.12

Has the draw been made for the junior semi final?
#598
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
August 28, 2009, 09:30:34 AM
Quote from: rosskarr on August 28, 2009, 12:19:27 AM
Word reaches me that my namesake made a complete eejit of himself tonight
at the county Board meeting.. To quote,as it was said to me "there is wiser locked up"

I don't understand this, Peter McDonnell won an ulster title with Armagh, Liam Sammon had Galway in third place in division 1 and they thanked all the players for the all the effort they put in, wished everyone good luck in the future and walked away.  Down managers have to go kicking and screaming.  They would be far better thanking everyone for the opportunity to manage for 3/4 years and wish the new manager success (having a moan about bad luck with injuries and the ref if they want).  They are like a couple of teenagers getting a knock back at the local disco that keep coming back for more  i.e.  they are starting to embarrassing themselves now.
#599
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
August 24, 2009, 09:53:57 PM
Any word on the intermediate and junior championship draw?
#600
Quote from: Gnevin on August 24, 2009, 03:22:05 PM
Quote from: Maiden1 on August 24, 2009, 02:26:42 PM
Quote from: Gnevin on August 24, 2009, 02:04:09 PM
Quote from: Maiden1 on August 24, 2009, 01:29:14 PM
A baseball field generally measure 99 meters or more from plate to fence which means that a player would need to hit the ball at least 99 meters in the air to hit a home run, 99 meters is a longer distance than than most people can hit a hurling ball, the greater the distance the greater the speed needed to clear that distance so a baseball being hit for a home run would be travelling faster than most hurling balls.  A pro golfer can hit a golf ball 300 yards plus so a golf ball is travelling much faster than a baseball or a hurling ball.  I always heard hurling was the 2nd fastest field sport after ice hockey.  Not sure how they would calculate or whether they would count baseball as a field sport in that it is 1 player hitting against 8 outfield players.

Your forgetting mass ,aero dynamics and trajectory

No i'm just saying a baseball travels further than a sloither so therefore the speed has to be greater.  The fact that a hurling ball has more air resistance than a baseball is a fact which contributes to it's overall velocity.

Someone in Antrim hitting a ball at 105 mph sounds about right if the speed of a baseball is 127 mph.  A good goalkeeper would do well to hit a hurling ball 90 meters.
A baseball hit 90 degrees in the air will not go very far. You can't simplify this to be  more speed= more distance

You can, more speed = more distance even if that distance up in the air.  If both are hit at the same angle the 1 hit the greatest horizontal velocity will travel further (unless they are both hit straight up in the air in which case they will both travel 0 meters).