Down Club Hurling & Football

[Square Ball]

Quote: Anyone got tonight's U16 Final Result?  Com'on Kilcoo.

Kilcoo Under 16's got well beat last night by Burren.

Surprised at that to be honest, what was the score?

[razor]

I just heard they got well beat.
I was not at the game

[razor]

Burren 2-14 Kilcoo 1-8. That was the score last night in the Under 16 game.

[In the Onion Bag]

What about Kilcoo how are their preparations going for Ulster, i know St Eunan's are training hard and putting in a big effort. Heard the Kilcoo captain was carried off near the end against Ulster on Monday night.Michael Murphy was the star of the show scoring 1-4 before being rested for the 2 half.

Yeah we lost our influential captain to an ankle injury which looks like will end his season. Team playing well in Down but last 3 games against Saval, Warrenpoint and Castlewellan have been no benefit as the opposition in each case have been poor. Had a good workout against the provinces finest stars on Monday night though. Letterkenny will pose a mighty test but with a bit off luck we will not be far away and hopefully gain our first taste off glory in Ulster.

Wishing Kilcoo good luck for for this one.

[supersub]

st.pauls, havent been on in a while so apologies for late response. i was merely repeating what i had been told from a st.pauls man, i was not out to stir the pot.

Is it true that the u21/20 competition in down starts next week? Anyone know the format this year?

Also congrats to the two down girls who got camogie all stars this week!

An absolutely pointless competition in my eyes. Entry fee is astronomical and most teams only get two games.

The last thing players in this age group want to be doing now is training for a competition that will inevitably stretch out to the end of January.

if they didnt want to play they wouldnt. a good competition that allows those who want to play football at this time of year to do so, and give them some preparation for joining the seniors later on

Most of the fellas in this age group don't want to play. Thats why the majority of clubs in the county don't field teams in it and why around half the teams in this year's competition will be amalgamations which will probably rely on Minor players to makeup the bulk of their squads.

Most players in the U18 - U20 bracket are coming off a season where they will have played in at least two grades of the following: Senior, Premier Reserve and Reserve football. A good few players will also be involved in Ulster and Down playoff campaigns not to mention a lock of lads who will be trialing and playing for Fresher teams and Ryan Cup teams.

And lest we not forget the Minors who have been going since the tail end of 2008 with their colleges, who have been playing with their Minors all year and in some cases had runouts or extended game time with their Seniors and Reserves.

i accept what your saying but while lads are turning out to train and play (which they are or there would be no competition) then they should be given the opportunity to. Boys playing on freshers teams are training twice a week and have ample time to play u20s with all their free time, surely more beneficial than sitting in the bot ?

so no is the answer to my original question then? I agree DU by the way!

[No1]

Any of the Darragh Cross boys on here tell me if youse are intending to put up a scrap tonight?

I'd hate to think youse are gonna give those hoors an easy ride into a semi final.

[gorm agus bui]

Any of the Darragh Cross boys on here tell me if youse are intending to put up a scrap tonight?

I'd hate to think youse are gonna give those hoors an easy ride into a semi final.

Whats your issue with our Hooped mates, No 1
seem to remember Bryansford put a 3rds team out against youse last year to keep you out of relegation play offs and put DPK in to the mire

[johnneycool]

Any of the Darragh Cross boys on here tell me if youse are intending to put up a scrap tonight?

I'd hate to think youse are gonna give those hoors an easy ride into a semi final.

Are your lads kicking big ball again this weekend or is there a chance of getting the Joe McCrickard played?

[No1]

Gorm, no issue in particular just friendly local rivalry but you can take Willie Walsh's gub as a starting point if you like.

I have a different recollection of the game you mention.  I remember a pretty strong Bryansford outfit that day who turned on the dirt when they realised it wasn't going to be the cakewalk they expected.

JC, if the RGU beat Darragh Cross tonight then the football season is over for us so the boys can hurl all the way to Christmas if they like!  Our dual players have all made themselves available for every hurling fixture this year.

[Tomorrow is another day]

Well No.1 did you make it through to  the semis??

[ITS KAAAT]

Down v donegal next year fixture

[norabeag]

Well No.1 did you make it through to  the semis??

nope
Hoops won 3-14 to 1-5

[Mid Down Gael]

East Down Reserve League Final Result from last night,

Kilcoo 1-17 Castlewellan 0-6.

Nice to have another piece off silverware for the club.

[spiritof91and94]

East Down Reserve League Final Result from last night,

Kilcoo 1-17 Castlewellan 0-6.

Nice to have another piece off silverware for the club.

Big reverse from Sundays result Kilcoo having a top season.

[No1]

Quote from: Tomorrow is another day on October 22, 2009, 09:05:49 PM
Well No.1 did you make it through to  the semis??

nope
Hoops won 3-14 to 1-5

That wasn't an unexpected result.  We didn't deserve third spot anyway, we weren't consistent enough, again. 

Don't think we are quite ready for senior championship or Division 1!

Good luck to the Harps on Sunday.