Down Club Hurling & Football

[The Raven]

Have to agree with johnneycool, this Ulster league my have been imposed on us from UC. Not sure if it was discussed at any county reps meeting or even at convention (not privvy to such information). As I stated earlier  we need to think long and hard about this format and do whats best for Down

On a not unrelated matter does anyone know nights/days for various adult and underage football and hurling fixtures for coming season

[SHEEDY]

does anyone know the full list of managers for the division 1 clubs for the forthcoming season?

[forevergreen]

Hope this is right

Burren - Paddy Carr
Mayobridge - Michael Walsh & Eoghan Woods
Kilcoo - Jim McCorry
Bryansford - Frank Dawson
Castlewellan - John "Shorty" Treanor
Downpatrick - DJ Kane
Loughinisland - Kyran Smith
Rostrevor - Gerard Colgan
Saval - Darren Quinn
Longstone - PJ Magee
Glenn - John Kennedy & Tony Bagnall
Tullylish - Francie Poland & Mark McAvoy
Leitrim - Paddy O'Higgins
Annaclone - John Morgan
Ballyholland - Stevie Poucher
Clonduff - unnamed

[SHEEDY]

Hope this is right

Burren - Paddy Carr
Mayobridge - Michael Walsh & Eoghan Woods
Kilcoo - Jim McCorry
Bryansford - Frank Dawson
Castlewellan - John "Shorty" Treanor
Downpatrick - DJ Kane
Loughinisland - Kyran Smith
Rostrevor - Gerard Colgan
Saval - Darren Quinn
Longstone - PJ Magee
Glenn - John Kennedy & Tony Bagnall
Tullylish - Francie Poland & Mark McAvoy
Leitrim - Paddy O'Higgins
Annaclone - John Morgan
Ballyholland - Stevie Poucher
Clonduff - unnamed

cheers.

[ardtole]

Is Sean Ward still with St Johns? He has had a couple of good years with them and had success at under 21 level with Burren. I thought a senior team might have approached him this year.

[Down Follower]

Hope this is right

Burren - Paddy Carr
Mayobridge - Michael Walsh & Eoghan Woods
Kilcoo - Jim McCorry
Bryansford - Frank Dawson
Castlewellan - John "Shorty" Treanor
Downpatrick - DJ Kane
Loughinisland - Kyran Smith
Rostrevor - Gerard Colgan
Saval - Darren Quinn
Longstone - PJ Magee
Glenn - John Kennedy & Tony Bagnall
Tullylish - Francie Poland & Mark McAvoy
Leitrim - Paddy O'Higgins
Annaclone - John Morgan
Ballyholland - Stevie Poucher
Clonduff - unnamed

cheers.

I think someone else is with Annaclone. John Morgan is training them alright but I think they have a seperate manager. Clonduff - unnamed... hugely talented team for no-one to take a punt on!!

[The Raven]

Any word on how the hurling meeting went last night

[snoopdog]

looking like another dire Down performance. 6 points behind Antrim at HT on the verge of loosingto2 Div 3 teams in 4 days, must be very little talent in the county. hope they arent trying that defensive system as they have already conceded 1.09 tonight

[5 Sams]

looking like another dire Down performance. 6 points behind Antrim at HT on the verge of loosingto2 Div 3 teams in 4 days, must be very little talent in the county. hope they arent trying that defensive system as they have already conceded 1.09 tonight

Jaysus lads lighten up. It's the McKenna Cup. Start complaining if we don't perform in the league. This competition is a glorified series of organised friendlies.

[Lecale2]

Well said 5 Sams. I don't know how to like on this site!

[DownFanatic]

McKenna Cup all about experimentation. Plenty to think about for the League.

Down had a decent first 20 minutes tonight but after that they became disjointed.

[whitegoodman]

At the same time lads you would like to see at least a spine of  a team taking shape for the start of the league at this stage.  Fair enough if the likes of Rooney, Gordon, Ambrose, Poland, laverty and O Hare are all injured then James hasn't much choice but at the min it looks like the Monaghan game in two wks will be the first game of the year for a lot of them boys.

Monaghan look like they are starting the year quickly and if Down make a slow start we could be in for a difficult league campaign.

[snoopdog]

looking like another dire Down performance. 6 points behind Antrim at HT on the verge of loosingto2 Div 3 teams in 4 days, must be very little talent in the county. hope they arent trying that defensive system as they have already conceded 1.09 tonight

Jaysus lads lighten up. It's the McKenna Cup. Start complaining if we don't perform in the league. This competition is a glorified series of organised friendlies.

yep i agree to an extent. while i dont agree with Tyrone keeping their college players is it a coincidence that they win it most years since Harte took over and more often than not are the last Ulster team left in the All Ireland, down need  to hit the  ground running need to win all home games in the league to have any chance of promotion

[Mourne Rover]

The only positive tonight was that it was the McKenna Cup rather than the league and we still have two weeks to get ourselves ready for the Monaghan game. Down were very ordinary, as opposed to extremely poor, and Antrim did not have to be great to win fairly comfortably.

As DownFanatic said earlier, we had a decent enough start  but we never recovered after giving away a shocker of a goal. Doyle lost possession and two defenders looked at each other as the Antrim forward had a free run down the middle and was able to pass to a team-mate in front an empty net.  We created plenty of chances, but took the wrong option almost every time

McVeigh made one brilliant save and had little else to do, but the full back line looked slow and disorganised. The half backs, Boyle, Garvey and particularly tonight's captain Carr, initially looked decent but faded badly. While King was adequate at midfield, Fitzpatrick is still finding his feet after his break.

O'Hanlon was probably our best forward, and hit a couple of excellent points from long range frees, but his use of the ball from play was not always up to scratch, while Madine only played in flashes.

Doyle had a point from play within 30 seconds, but his confidence seemed to go after he missed a relatively easy goal opportunity. Benny worked hard but his timing was out and three decent chances in front of the posts went astray. None of the subs made much difference.

We did not move the ball quickly enough overall, and there were handling errors galore. The players on the injury list and off with their colleges will need to be back soon if we are to make an impact in division two. A look at the Tyrone score tonight tells us how much we have to do before the championship.

[johnneycool]

Any word on how the hurling meeting went last night

  Hot and heavy debate with most debate about the timings of games for Dual Clubs  and as regards
not enough games for the Ards 3's so no Ards at all in Ulster. All the other Clubs have said yes
to the Ulster league.

Are the non Ards clubs also happy with the dissolving of the Down hurling leagues as well?