Down Club Hurling & Football

[johnnycool]

I see there needed to be an air ambulance for one of the portaferry games at the weekend.

Update on Kevin smyth. The big man has been kept in hospital and hoping to have surgery tomorrowCrossed fingers so keep him in your thoughts.  Senior hurlers are holding a raffle to try and help Kevin and family out while he is out of work. Painting by Emma Finnegan

(From portaferry twitter)

Must have been bad.

Bad alright. Reports are that he went up to catch a ball and twisted his foot on landing so badly that the foot was allegedly pointing in the opposite direction. That's probably an exaggeration but not good nonetheless

[Mourne Red]

Castlewellan ladies coach tested positive and was out in Mullhollands on Saturday night.. Think it’s time to drive home “Stay Away if you want to play”. Amount of young ones out at the weekends in the pubs then going to training during the week putting teammates at risk is selfish

[downjim]

That is very unfair on the person who got it, I hope he is ok. You are allowed to socialize, but I cannot see the GAA season finishing with all this going on. It is making people feel very uneasy. At the end of the day it is only a game of football or hurling. Is it worth all this? That twice Castlwellan have  had to close, that is an awful lot of pressure on their committee and volunteers.

[Mourne Red]

That is very unfair on the person who got it, I hope he is ok. You are allowed to socialize, but I cannot see the GAA season finishing with all this going on. It is making people feel very uneasy. At the end of the day it is only a game of football or hurling. Is it worth all this? That twice Castlwellan have  had to close, that is an awful lot of pressure on their committee and volunteers.

I get what you’re saying at me being a bit unfair, but if they had symptoms at the time you are supposed to self-isolate not socialise.. Just with the time it takes to have symptoms, book a test and get your results back the probably would have had symptoms at the weekend.

I think it’ll be a domino effect once one club pulls out of league/championship for the year other clubs will follow, just a case of who blinks first.

[downjim]

I think you are right and i do not think that clubs would be overly worried about no action. There is too much riding on this unfortunately.

[Last Caress]

That is very unfair on the person who got it, I hope he is ok. You are allowed to socialize, but I cannot see the GAA season finishing with all this going on. It is making people feel very uneasy. At the end of the day it is only a game of football or hurling. Is it worth all this? That twice Castlwellan have  had to close, that is an awful lot of pressure on their committee and volunteers.

I get what you’re saying at me being a bit unfair, but if they had symptoms at the time you are supposed to self-isolate not socialise.. Just with the time it takes to have symptoms, book a test and get your results back the probably would have had symptoms at the weekend.

I think it’ll be a domino effect once one club pulls out of league/championship for the year other clubs will follow, just a case of who blinks first.

castlewellan have now fallen to the virus.

[befair]

Was at the CPN/Rostrevor game; a draw at half-time, then Rostrevor for some reason substituted half their defenders, and CPN dominated from then on.
Have to mention the CPN goalie, who operated very effectively as a sweeper in front of the Rostrevor full-forward line, preventing any long balls coming in. His kick-outs were also excellent; the county should definitely be looking at him

[terrifictommy]

Took a wee hiatus from the board there but some things don’t change.

No real discussions on the football so far this year? Any team think standing out in any division?

[5times5times]

See Wee James in the irish news today giving off about other counties breading training rules....

Do the rules not apply to him? When 1 of his teams was photographed in Kilbroney weeks ago???

[downjim]

with covid 19 rife in areas around Newcastle does anyone know if county board has a contingency plan if an area goes into lockdown. A few people on social media crying out for newcastle/castlewellan areas to go into lockdown. If that happens you could be talking 6 clubs!

[maldini]

See Wee James in the irish news today giving off about other counties breading training rules....

Do the rules not apply to him? When 1 of his teams was photographed in Kilbroney weeks ago???

Quotes must have been from the Tomas O’Se podcast
He said he knows Down definitely weren’t breaking any rules on it

[5times5times]

He must only have been talking about senior squads then 

[terrifictommy]

Let the government figure out the policy lads, they’ve got more expertise than listening to Cynthia down the road.

Any predictions for Championship this year: I’ll go
Warrenpoint
Leitrim
Drumaness

[johnnycool]

what clubs in Down are currently in lockdown due to Corona Virus outbreaks?

[DuffGael]

Clubs don't close down due to Covid.  The PHA make the call on what is deemed a close and a casual contact. Individuals are isolated rather than whole clubs.