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Carryduff are in the same position.  They are in the mix for play-offs in Division 3 and are in the Ulster Hurling Junior Championship. They sat for weeks with no games in football so why should they have to field a weakened team in either code.  It is sometimes hard to believe but the County Bpard cover all codes and not just football.

See you didn't answer the question about your own club.  Minor hurlers have only one player from Ballyvarley because they coulndn't field at minor level this year.  All others have come up through the ranks as Carryduff players.  You really shouldn't listen to posts by those who don't know what they are talking about.  Would you rather the Blaneys has been lost to Down football ?  They only played for Carryduff when Ballycran didn't have football.

Carryduff senior team which started tonight had 12 players who have played for the club since under 10.  Two others are living in Carryduff Sean Mullan (originally from Derry) and James McKernan (originally from Monaghan).  The remaining player is Michael Ennis who plays Hurling for Ballycran.  As they have no football he plays football for Carryduff as hi in laws are all members of our club.  All the subs used tonight have also played for Carryduff since Under 10.  Don't know where you get your facts about "blow ins" but suggest you look at your own club !!!

Carryduff took the youngster from Ballyvarley so that he could get minor hurling as they weren't fielding a minor team this year.  He will return to Ballyvarley to play senior hurling and it is brilliant that he'll go back with an "A" Championship medal.  I am sure everyone in Ballyvarley will be proud of him and are happy that Carryduff gave him this opportunity.  He is a credit to Ballyvarley.

The team was an amalgation because it had one player from Ballyvarley (who don't have a minor team this year).  The boys from Darragh Cross don't count as an amalgamation as Darragh Cross don't have hurling and the boys joined the nearest hurling team.  Before Carryduff agreed to the amalgamatioon the Hurling Board confirmed as the Ulster Monir Hurling Championship (like the Minor Football) is not organised by the Ulster Council but by an indivdual club and is by invitation then Carryduff could represnt Down.  Carryduff would not have agreed to the amalgamation unless this had been the case.

What a match tonight.  Portaferry where quick out of the blocks and led by 1.05 to 0.00 after about 10 minutes.  After that it was all Carryduff and they ran out winners 4.08 to 1.13.  It was sweet revenge from the under 16 final 2 years ago when these same two teams met and Carryduff let an 11 point lead slip.

When We Win - Kilclief have already been beaten in the league this year - by Carryduff