Down Club Hurling & Football

[T O Hare]

Saval v Ballyholland (J Burns)
Clonduff v Castlewellan (L Smyth)
Liatroim v Longstone (C Brannigan)
Loughinisland v Rostrevor (E O'Hare)
Mayobridge v Burren (C Reynolds)
Kilcoo v An Riocht (G Tumelty)

ACFL Div 2:
Clann na Banna v Annaclone (G Corrigan)
Darragh Cross v Kilclief (A Grant)
Ballymartin v Downpatrick (L Morgan)
Shamrocks v Tullylish (M Devlin)
Warrenpoint v Bryansford (N Cousin)

ACFL Div 3:
Saul v St John Bosco (J Killen)
Drumaness v Ardglass (E McElroy)
Drumgath v Glenn (C Broderick) 
Mitchels v Bredagh (D Moore)

[5 Sams]

For info lads....our game with Saval is on Friday night now instead of Wednesday

[Bacon]

Hurling league starts tonight. Here's my predictions for the football and hurling.

ACHL Div 1 (6.30pm):
Ballycran v Kilclief;
Portaferry v Ballygalget;
Liatroim v Shamrocks;
Ballela v Bredagh;

ACHL Div 2:
Castlewellan v Portaferry;
Clonduff v Warrenpoint;
Ballygalget v Ballycran

ACFL Div 1 (6.45pm):
Saval v Ballyholland (J Burns);
Clonduff v Castlewellan (L Smyth);
Liatroim v Longstone (C Brannigan);
Loughinisland v Rostrevor (E O'Hare);
Mayobridge v Burren (C Reynolds);
Kilcoo v An Riocht (G Tumelty);

ACFL Div 2:
Clann na Banna v Annaclone (G Corrigan);
Darragh Cross v Kilclief (A Grant);
Ballymartin v Downpatrick (L Morgan);
Shamrocks v Tullylish (M Devlin);
Warrenpoint v Bryansford (N Cousin);

ACFL Div 3:
Saul v St John Bosco (J Killen);
Drumaness v Ardglass (E McElroy);
Drumgath v Glenn (C Broderick);
Mitchels v Bredagh (D Moore

[Uladh]

Total and absolute nonsense, virtually all the goals we have conceded this season, have come from the defenders failure to clear the Ball that they have already won, to many hand-passes, running into blind alleys and being turned over. Its not our ability to win ball, its our inability to clear it that is the main problem. Any other analysis is seriously flawed. What is the point of pulling forwards back and lessening our options even more for a quick clearance as we have left fewer to clear ball too.

The above quite consisely illustrates the flaw in the thinking of your average down punter

[Whitehair]

ACHL Div1
Ballela 4.12 Bredagh 2.14

And im told;
Liatroim bt Shamrocks
Ballycran stuffed Kilclief
Ballygalget beat portaferry

[Lecale2]

Well done Ballela. That's a good win.

In Div 2 Clonduff 1-12 2-13 Warrenpoint. Good tight game

[Pangurban]

Total and absolute nonsense, virtually all the goals we have conceded this season, have come from the defenders failure to clear the Ball that they have already won, to many hand-passes, running into blind alleys and being turned over. Its not our ability to win ball, its our inability to clear it that is the main problem. Any other analysis is seriously flawed. What is the point of pulling forwards back and lessening our options even more for a quick clearance as we have left fewer to clear ball too.

The above quite consisely illustrates the flaw in the thinking of your average down punter

Okay, wheres the flaw

[Uladh]

every team in every match turn the ball over. you must prepare for it happening. you cannot only start thinking about coping just when the ball is lost.
Good forwrads require space to operate in. the more bodies in the attacking area the less space to thrive in, at both ends. as an extreme example, if you have gooch in your team and are confident he can beat his man one on one then you would play only him in the forward line with his man. obviously no team (other than down) would allow that scenario to arise but it illustrates the point.

[Down Gael]

Down manager Ross Carr is set to be banned from the sideline for his county's opening Ulster SFC clash against Tyrone on Sunday 8 June.

The GAA's Central Competitions Committee met on Monday night and has proposed an eight-week ban for Carr.

The suspension is the result of comments made about a referee after last Sunday's defeat by Fermanagh.

Carr must consider whether to accept the suspension or lodge an appeal and perhaps seek a personal hearing.

Down official Diarmuid Cahill said the matter would be discussed by the manager and the county's Management Committee, and also at Thursday night's meeting of the Down County Board.

[Uladh]

Is that both podge and rodge banned for healy park now?

How is chicken at calling the switches?

[off the laces]

What a load off crap.
It is a bad state off affairs when an individual cannot give his opinion on an individuals proformance in either playing or officiating in nour games without the threat off being sanctioned and suspended, what was said by Ross should be looked at as constrictive critism and should be taken on board and learned from. Otherwise how are refferees going to earn the respect off players and managers who stand in the middle for our games. Will the cccc be suspending reporters/journalists from the grounds if they say the ref was bad!!!!

[Fear Boirche]

Will the cccc be suspending reporters/journalists from the grounds if they say the ref was bad!!!!

Hardly, they only have power over GAA members.

[lfdown2]

maybe Ross and dj would be safer concentrating on getting the team in order!whether he deserves it or not he had to see it coming!and it WAS NOT the ref that beat down on Sunday and had more to do with the boys on the line!regrettable behavour by Ross IMO

[Bacon]

Results from last nights matches.

ACHL Div 1
Ballycran 3 24 Kilclief 0 02
Portaferry 2 19 Ballygalget 1 09
Liatroim 1 12 Shamrocks 0 10
Ballela 4 12 Bredagh 2 13

ACHL Div 2
Castlewellan 2 13 Portaferry 3 11
Clonduff 1 11 Warrenpoint 2 12
Ballygalget 1 02 Ballycran 5 10

[bredaghgael86]

Whats the minimum ban for a straight red for striking with the hurl? does anyone know?