Down Club Hurling & Football

[THE DADGA]

Castlewellan 3:13 - 3:7 Ballyvarley. Mass brawl involving players, managers and spectators.

knew ballyvarley were never goin to win this when it was fixed for ballela; slow team on a big pitch was never goin to beat a team with a bit of pace. dont know what the brawl was all about, when i looked i seen more ballyvarley men fightin with each other than with boys from the town!!! would like to see castlewellan win it. their hurlins went to the dogs in the last five years or so and now there startin to get back in form.....good luck in the final!!!

[umpire]

Prediction League update.
Still St John Bosoc v Glenn to be played, thats on Sat 5th Sept.

Should wait till Junior draw is made first before semi final prediction. 6 games.

Finals of SFC, IFC, JFC. PRFC, RFC and MFC, another 6 games.

Quarter Final leader board. one game outstanding.

1   9      Bacon
2   9      behind the wire
3   9      souljaboy
4   8      eyeswideopen
5   8      Johnnie99
6   8      marsbarkid
7   8      No1
8   7      DownFanatic
9   7      goalswingames
10   7      Green + Gold
11   7      Idontbelieveit
12   7      Iroberts680
13   7      Islandboy
14   7      Mid Down Gael
15   7      mourenrambler
16   7      off the laces
17   7      passedit
18   7      Supersub
19   7      TheClutch
20   7      thewobbler
21   7      Trevor Hill
22   7      True Blue
23   6      Bitta-Banter
24   6      BRIDGE LAD
25   6      Dubh driocht
26   6      dundroma
27   6      dunrumite
28   6      Fender
29   6      Fitroyalty
30   6      lfdown2
31   6      meatsy86
32   6      Niall Quinn
33   6      Square Ball
34   6      The Worker
35   5      amallon
36   5      D45
37   5      dodgy umpire
38   5      Down6061689194
39   5      general
40   5      minus15
41   5      Mourne Rover
42   5      Statto-Gael
43   5      stiff breeze
44   5      T O Hare
45   5      western exile
46   4      An Cloch Scoilte
47   4      Bredaghgael86
48   4      Brick Tamlin
49   4      cloneman
50   4      umpire
51   1      miss mess



Overall leaderboard


1   25      Bacon
2   23      DownFanatic
3   23      Johnnie99
4   23      souljaboy
5   22      eyeswideopen
6   22      goalswingames
7   22      Mid Down Gael
8   21      behind the wire
9   21      BRIDGE LAD
10   21      Dubh driocht
11   21      Green + Gold
12   21      No1
13   21      off the laces
14   21      thewobbler
15   21      True Blue
16   21      western exile
17   20      Down6061689194
18   20      Islandboy
19   20      marsbarkid
20   20      meatsy86
21   20      mourenrambler
22   20      Niall Quinn
23   20      Square Ball
24   20      TheClutch
25   19      Bitta-Banter
26   19      D45
27   19      dunrumite
28   19      Fitroyalty
29   19      general
30   19      minus15
31   19      Mourne Rover
32   19      The Worker
33   18      Bredaghgael86
34   18      cloneman
35   18      Fender
36   18      T O Hare
37   17      An Cloch Scoilte
38   17      dundroma
39   17      lfdown2
40   17      passedit
41   17      Statto-Gael
42   17      Supersub
43   17      Trevor Hill
44   17      umpire
45   16      bridgegael
46   16      dodgy umpire
47   15      amallon
48   15      Brick Tamlin
49   15      Leo
50   14      Blue Island
51   14      fred the ref
52   14      Irelands32
53   14      southdown
54   13      too long ref
55   13      waitingforsam
56   13      wobbller
57   12      centre 3/4s
58   12      goldenyears
59   12      miss mess
60   7      Idontbelieveit
61   7      Iroberts680
62   5      stiff breeze

[supersub]

good work umpire yet again. your head must be fried!!

[Lecale2]

Castlewellan 3:13 - 3:7 Ballyvarley. Mass brawl involving players, managers and spectators.

Great win for Castlewellan. I would have made Ballyvarley favorites to win the JHC this year. Castlewellan v Warrenpoint in the final.

[Whitehair]

Castlewellan 3:13 - 3:7 Ballyvarley. Mass brawl involving players, managers and spectators.

Great win for Castlewellan. I would have made Ballyvarley favorites to win the JHC this year. Castlewellan v Warrenpoint in the final.

Thats the biggest exaggeration ive heard in a long time!

The first half was entertaining enough with plenty of scores, Castlewellan did well to restrict the number of scorable frees conceded over the hour which Ballyvarley seem quite reliant on and only for conceding 1.1 near the death would have had an even more comfortable win.

[stpauls]

   From the Assisant Secretary..Sean Rooney...........
Following the decision of County Convention on Sunday 14th December 2008 to adopt in principal the proposals of Coiste Cheannais Na gComórtaisí for the re-structuring of the adult football leagues the following mechanism is being proposed:

Year 1

The team that finishes in 1st place after the ordinary round stages in all 4 Divisions will play in their respective league finals.
The teams that finish in 2nd and 3rd place after the ordinary round stages in all 4 Divisions will play each other with the winner of this game progressing to their respective league finals.
The league winner only in Divisions 2, 3 and 4 will be promoted in this year.

The team that finishes bottom of Divisions 1, 2 and 3 after the ordinary round stages will be automatically relegated.
The teams that finish 2nd, 3rd and 4th from the bottom of Divisions 1, 2 and 3 after the ordinary round stages will play off with 2 of these 3 teams also being relegated in this year. (A draw will be made for the 1st play-off game and the loser of this game will play the 3rd team.)


Year 2

The team that finishes in 1st place after the ordinary round stages in all 4 Divisions will play in their respective league finals.
The teams that finish in 2nd and 3rd place after the ordinary round stages in all 4 Divisions will play each other with the winner of this game progressing to their respective league finals.
Both finalists in Division 2 will be promoted in this year.
The league winner only in Divisions 3 and 4 will be promoted in this year.

The team that finishes bottom of Divisions 1, 2 and 3 after the ordinary round stages will be automatically relegated.
The teams that finish 2nd & 3rd from the bottom of Division 1 after the ordinary round stages will play each other with the loser also being relegated.
The teams that finish 2nd, 3rd and 4th from the bottom of Divisions 2 and 3 after the ordinary round stages will play off and 2 of these 3 teams will also be relegated in this year. (A draw will be made for the 1st play-off game and the loser of this game will play the 3rd team.)

Year 3

After 2 years Divisions 1 & 2 would have 10 teams each, Division 3 would have 12 teams and Division 4 would have 11 teams.
At this stage the team that finishes in 1st place after the ordinary round stages in all 4 Divisions will play in their respective league finals.
The teams that finish in 2nd and 3rd place after the ordinary round stages in all 4 Divisions will play each other with the winner of this game progressing to their respective league finals.
Both finalists in Divisions 2, 3 & 4 will be promoted thereafter.

The team that finishes bottom of Divisions 1, 2 and 3 after the ordinary round stages will be automatically relegated.
The teams that finish 2nd & 3rd from the bottom of Divisions 1, 2 and 3 after the ordinary round stages will play each other with the loser also being relegated.

In the event of any of the play-off games for promotion or relegation ending in a draw extra time of 10 minutes each way will be played.

can any one help me out here, have these proposals been passed, and if so, are they in effect from this year?
just trying to work out how the playoffs are going to pan out, eg relegation in Div 3 at the minute would be Aghaderg straight down, with ourselves, Teconnaught and Drumaness in the playoff. If it is year 1, say we are drawn against Drumaness, and we win, do we stay up and Drumaness go on to play Teconnaught. what happens then, would we have to play the winner of that game to see who stays up?

surely it would be a better plan for 2nd and 3rd bottom to play the first game, with the loser going down, and the winner going on to play the 4th bottom team to see who stays up?

[bredaghgael]

   Bredagh Talks Sam and Liam-Wellington Park Hotel @8.30pm Thurs 3rd Sept
Regular guest Joe Brolly will be joined this year by fellow Derry man and Antrim Football Manager Liam Bradley,
Armagh's Oisin Mc Conville,Radio Ulster's Lynnette Fay,Tyrone's Ryan Mc Menamin and Cork's All-Ireland Hurling winning Captain in 1990,RTE Hurling analyst Tomás Mulcahy.
Throw-in @ 8.30pm and MC for the event will be Jerome Quinn.

Tickets £10 to include entry to a draw for two All-Ireland Hurling Final tickets and two All-Ireland Football Final tickets

[supersub]

Have all Friday night's games been changed to Saturday?

[cloneman]

Have all Friday night's games been changed to Saturday?

Not all of them, ours is still on tomorrow night as far as I know.

[WhoAreYaWhoAreYa!]

If you finish top of the league, you should be champions, end of. If you finish bottom you should go down. Tell me one good reason why this isnt the case?

[angermanagement]

Its all to do with the starred games. Its hardly fair asking teams to play games without the county players and getting relegated whilst on county duty. Its not the best scenario but its probably fairest to all concerned.

[thewobbler]

If you finish top of the league, you should be champions, end of. If you finish bottom you should go down. Tell me one good reason why this isnt the case?

angermanagement has explained the reason behind the system, and here's the reason to keep it - having four way play-offs at the top and bottom means nearly every team has a reason to keep taking the league seriously right up the season's end.

Even with the current system, I've played in a few end-of-season matches with nothing at stake, and they really are a waste of time. I'd hate to imagine how many of those game would turn up if there were no play-offs.

[GaelicGames.In]

Hi Lads,
Thanks for the help, who are these fellas?
Martin   Coulter_Jnr   Ballygalget      
Martin   Coulter_Snr   Ballygalget
Tom (Martin Snr)   Coulter   Ballygalget
are they all family? Or just fellas with the same name? Is there 3 of two fellas?

[gaahead2008]

Word reaches me that my namesake made a complete eejit of himself tonight
at the county Board meeting.. To quote,as it was said to me "there is wiser locked up"

A laughing stock by all accounts. A decision was made a few weeks back, three years was enough for his management team. the sooner this man accepts this decision the better, he seems to be holding a grudge against several senior members of the board. he has now rallied round old foe to gain support - last night was the icing on the cake.

[Lecale2]

Hi Lads,
Thanks for the help, who are these fellas?
Martin   Coulter_Jnr   Ballygalget      
Martin   Coulter_Snr   Ballygalget
Tom (Martin Snr)   Coulter   Ballygalget
are they all family? Or just fellas with the same name? Is there 3 of two fellas?

Johnneycool will explain.