Down Club Hurling & Football

[stiff breeze]

Fixtures Monday 30th 7 30
ACPRL Div 1

An Riocht v Downpatrick
Liatroim v Kilcoo
Bryansford v Clonduff
Burren v Mayobridge
Castlewellan v Rostrevor
ACPRL Div 2
Bredagh v Annaclone
Ballymartin v Tullylish
Kilclief v Loughinisland
Carryduff v Warrenpoint
Longstone v Saval

saval and longstone fans will really like you!!

[Square Ball]

Fixtures Monday 30th 7 30
ACPRL Div 1

An Riocht v Downpatrick
Liatroim v Kilcoo
Bryansford v Clonduff
Burren v Mayobridge
Castlewellan v Rostrevor
ACPRL Div 2
Bredagh v Annaclone
Ballymartin v Tullylish
Kilclief v Loughinisland
Carryduff v Warrenpoint
Longstone v Saval

saval and longstone fans will really like you!!

and what have I done?

[southdown]

the above fixtures are for reserve games

[corn02]

Anyone see the satory in today's Iirhs News?

[goldenyears]

stiffbreeze, you are spot on - murtagh has worked his balls off in the last 2 games and picked up a fierce amount of break ball.

i hear that all county players apart from last week's starting 15 were allowed to play club football at the weekend

[goldenyears]

A YOUNG Co Down Gaelic footballer's career is in jeopardy after thugs claiming to represent a rival club left him unable to walk.

Ryan Mallon (18), a full-back with the St Peter's club in Warrenpoint and last year's Down minor vice-captain, was targeted by two men at a disco in Banbridge's Belmont Hotel on Saturday night.

Mr Mallon, who completed his A-levels a fortnight ago, was singled out and asked if he was 'Rhino', who scored against Banbridge in a recent league game.

The teenager said one of the men then kicked him in the knee and after he fell to the ground the pair repeatedly stamped on his leg.

He said they told him he would play no part in a forthcoming championship clash between Banbridge and Warrenpoint.

Initial X-ray examination at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry revealed no broken bones.

However, Mr Mallon and his family remain concerned that his knee ligaments may be permanently damaged.

The assault has left Mr Mallon's knee badly swollen and he is unable to walk without the aid of crutches.

It may be weeks before doctors can fully assess the damage to his leg.

Last night Mr Mallon said the unprovoked attack had left him shocked and in great pain.

"You don't expect this sort of thing when you're out socialising," he said.

"When I'm out there's the occasional bit of banter with players from other teams but I've never seen or heard of anything like this."

In September Mr Mallon is hoping to begin studying business and law at University College Dublin.

Over the summer he had planned to work at a GAA Cul camp, where young players hone their sporting skills.

"I was really looking forward to the summer but this has wrecked all my plans for the next month or so," he said.

"It looks like I'll just have to take it easy for a while and hope it heals as soon as possible."

Mr Mallon's father, barrister Kieran Mallon, said he was disgusted by the attack.

"The sinister aspect of this assault is the fact the knee alone was deliberately targeted and Ryan received no blows to any other part of the body," he said.

"This is a potentially career-threatening assault on a promising young footballer."

Mr Mallon urged representatives of Banbridge's Clann na Banna club to help identify his son's assailants.

"These people are a disgrace to their club and to GAA – let's hope we find them soon and allow the law deal with them," he said.

Police last night said they were investigating.

A Clann na Banna spokesman last night declined to comment.

[spiritof91and94]

Lets hope Clann Na Banna get to the bottom of this one.

[Dannymcfella]

There was 2 Clann na Banna players in the Belmont, and it would definately not be any of them 2

[Super Dupe]

Bridge Gael, welcome to the world off every other team in Down.  I have sympathy for you missing up to 10 players, but you must realise that most DIv 1 teams anyway are facing the same scenario.
From our team that played last week, we were missing 6 players.  6 players gone in one week, and that doenst mention others already missing!!!!
Look at Longstone, missing a bucketload of players.
Burren, i think they are almost missing a whole team.

The difference in long term Div 1 teams and the yo yo teams is that the long term teams can replace the missing players and still pick up points.  That is why the Bridge and Kilcoo and Clonduff etc have always been top Div 1 teams, whereas Ballyholland and Saval seem to struggle.  With full teams out, they are a match for anyone yes, but when they miss 5/6/7 players, the yo yo teams cannot replace them, and rarely pick up points in these instances.

On another note, that story about young Mallon just sickens me.  Is it definitely true?

[5 Sams]

A YOUNG Co Down Gaelic footballer's career is in jeopardy after thugs claiming to represent a rival club left him unable to walk.

Ryan Mallon (18), a full-back with the St Peter's club in Warrenpoint and last year's Down minor vice-captain, was targeted by two men at a disco in Banbridge's Belmont Hotel on Saturday night.

Mr Mallon, who completed his A-levels a fortnight ago, was singled out and asked if he was 'Rhino', who scored against Banbridge in a recent league game.

The teenager said one of the men then kicked him in the knee and after he fell to the ground the pair repeatedly stamped on his leg.

He said they told him he would play no part in a forthcoming championship clash between Banbridge and Warrenpoint.

Initial X-ray examination at Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry revealed no broken bones.

However, Mr Mallon and his family remain concerned that his knee ligaments may be permanently damaged.

The assault has left Mr Mallon's knee badly swollen and he is unable to walk without the aid of crutches.

It may be weeks before doctors can fully assess the damage to his leg.

Last night Mr Mallon said the unprovoked attack had left him shocked and in great pain.

"You don't expect this sort of thing when you're out socialising," he said.

"When I'm out there's the occasional bit of banter with players from other teams but I've never seen or heard of anything like this."

In September Mr Mallon is hoping to begin studying business and law at University College Dublin.

Over the summer he had planned to work at a GAA Cul camp, where young players hone their sporting skills.

"I was really looking forward to the summer but this has wrecked all my plans for the next month or so," he said.

"It looks like I'll just have to take it easy for a while and hope it heals as soon as possible."

Mr Mallon's father, barrister Kieran Mallon, said he was disgusted by the attack.

"The sinister aspect of this assault is the fact the knee alone was deliberately targeted and Ryan received no blows to any other part of the body," he said.

"This is a potentially career-threatening assault on a promising young footballer."

Mr Mallon urged representatives of Banbridge's Clann na Banna club to help identify his son's assailants.

"These people are a disgrace to their club and to GAA – let's hope we find them soon and allow the law deal with them," he said.

Police last night said they were investigating.

A Clann na Banna spokesman last night declined to comment.

I heard Kieran Mallon interviewed on Fat Boy Nolan this morning........disgusting. (Not Mallon ...the attack!!)

[open her out]

I was at a challenge game in Rostrevor Saturday morning involving Armagh and Down u17 development squads an was wondering who the referee was? It was  the best display of refereeing i seen in a long long time. If only we could get 1 or 2 like him in Armagh.

[Dannymcfella]

Well its been said that it was paople connected with Clann na Banna, and there have been names mentioned of who done it, but it was most definately NOT people connected to Clann na Banna.

[bredaghgael86]

Aye, but regardless of wether they are associated with clann na banna or not, if the club know who did it then they should speak up. after all, they are hiding behind the clubs name.  the best thing to do would be to name them to prove there are no ties with the club.

[RadioGAAGAA]

A disgrace.


Named and shamed.

[Dannymcfella]

The club has been phoning around the players trying to find out who it was what happened etc and nobody knows. As I said before it was not any1 to do with the club whatsoever. If the club or players did know who done it there would be no hesitation providing their names as the last thing any club needs is its name being dragged threw the mud when they have done nothing to deserve it