Down Club Hurling & Football

[snoopdog]

Any major injury concerns after the weekends games???

[Mid Down Gael]

SFC - Kilcoo 2-11 Downpatrick 1-06

We made very heavy going of it. Indeed, if it weren't for the 3 Brannigans in the full back line, Downpatrick could have been out of sight at half time.

After the first kilcoo goal through some great pressure on the Downpatrick half back line, you'd have thought "they'll go on to win easy now". Not so, the hoops goaled themselves shortly after when an ever so slightly misplaced pass coupled with some good pressure from the Downpatrick forwards left the back door wide open.

It was only till the last 15 mins or so that Kilcoo upped it (even then, just ever so slightly) to pull away. The best move of the game was a length of the field handpassing effort that moved the ball from inside our '21 to over the bar via Paul Devlin's boot in under 10 seconds.

But playing like that, we'll do well to go any further.

Poor show from us yesterday all round. If John Connolly had have been fit we would have been in bigger trouble as Downpatrick faltered up front. Only we where able to spring a few off our injured players from the bench that where not fit for the full hour we where gone.

[T O Hare]

Seen a few games this weekend and the standard of football was poor for most of it!!! Ballyholland played brilliant on Thursday and their tackling put Rostrevor on the back front the whole evening!!! Rostrevor lacked bite and hunger and for all the great underage teams they produce they cannot seem to bring enough top players through their ranks!!! Paul Murphy had a great game for harps as did Murtagh and Gunnar Quinn!!! I felt Leo done a good job and let the game flow !!! On Tony Haverns yellow card.. i dont think he seen it and after consulting the lineman gave him a yellow!!!
We played ok without really getting out of second gear, once the first goal went in the game was as good as over!! Ronan Sexton had a stormer as did Cathal Magee and Micheal Lively!!
Clonduuf and An Roicht game was dire with the yellows getting out of jail!! they seemed too resilent on aimless high balls into Jason Brown!!Clann na banna were very disappointing yesterday and had no answerto the youthfulness of Glenn who rattled them early on!!!
Was James McGovern injured yesterday, it says in the Irish news that he only came of the bench!!!

[maldini]

2010 Prediction League update
After 14 games.
3 Games drawn. your selections still stand for replay games.

4 leaders on 12 points.
conormac
Brick Tamlin
Bearly on loose
ApresMatch

There is 12 contestants on 11 points.

Will give full leader board tomorrow evening after 2 Junior games.

Where there not people who predicted draws in some games?

[umpire]

2010 Prediction League update
After 14 games.
3 Games drawn. your selections still stand for replay games.

4 leaders on 12 points.
conormac
Brick Tamlin
Bearly on loose
ApresMatch

There is 12 contestants on 11 points.

Will give full leader board tomorrow evening after 2 Junior games.

Where there not people who predicted draws in some games?

12 July 2010
Prediction League.

Outright winners only accepted.

First Rounds SFC, IFC and JFC (19 games)
Quarter finals SFC. IFC and JFC (12 games)
Semi finals SFC, IFC and JFC (6 games)
Finals SFC. IFC, JFC, PRFC, RFC and MFC. (6 games)
Total of 43 games.
2008 winner; Downfanatic 31
2009 winner; Bacon 34

[Out in Front]

Bright v Ballykinlar
Would anybody have any word on this result and any details?

[Minus15]

1-03 to 0-06 bright and b'kinler

[John Martin]

1-03 to 0-06 bright and b'kinler

Is that a result?

[DownFanatic]

1-03 to 0-06 bright and b'kinler

Is that a result?

Yeah. Kinlar denied a blatant late free. Could of been a great scalp for them.

[DownFanatic]

Down minor star Caolan Mooney has signed for Aussie Rules outfit Collingwood on a two-year international rookie deal.

The 17-year-old forward impressed the Melbourne club during a month-long trial earlier in the summer and will be following in the footsteps of Down senior Martin Clarke who played for the Magpies for three years before returning home to play a starring role in the Mourne County's march to this year's All-Ireland football semi-final.

Another former Down underage star, Jamie O'Reilly, is currently on the books of Richmond and recently broke into their senior set-up.

Mooney will complete his second level studies at St. Colman's College, Newry next year before joining Collingwood in the autumn. He has been given a special training programme by Collingwood to help prepare him for Aussie Rules.

Mooney won the MacRory Cup and the Hogan Cup with St Colman's this year and is regarded as one of the brightest prospects on the Ulster football scene at present.

[umpire]

2010 Predition League

4 drawn games.

Latest leaderboard.


1   13   ApresMatch
2   13   Bearly on loose
3   13   Brick Tamlin
4   13   conormac
5   12   BRIDGE LAD
6   12   CHB1
8   12   Johnnie99
8   12   Maldini
9   12   mournerambler
10   12   No hoper
11   12   No1
12   12   Out In Front
13   12   umpire
14   12   westdowngael
15   12   When We Win
16   11   5 Sams
17   11   An Cloch Scoilte
18   11   batman
19   11   behind the wire
20   11   cokers
21   11   Dubh driocht
22   11   dundrumite
23   11   general
24   11   Green + Gold
25   11   Idontbelieveit
26   11   Marsbarkid
27   11   meatsy86
28   11   NedFlanders
29   11   Niall Quinn
30   11   souljaboy
31   11   Superstar
32   11   T O Hare
33   11   thewobbler
34   11   True Blue
35   11   western exile
36   10   angermanagement
37   10   Bacon
38   10   DaUmpire
39   10   dodgy umpire
40   10   DownFanatic
41   10   dunroma
42   10   fitzroyalty
43   10   goldenyears
44   10   Hedgehunter
45   10   John Martin
46   10   knockitdown
47   10   Long Ball
48   10   Mid Down Gael
49   10   Minus15
50   10   Mourne Rover
51   10   razor
52   10   Square Ball
53   10   supersub
54   10   TheClutch
55   10   Trap 2
56   9   amallon
57   9   bredaghgael88
58   9   Cloneman
59   9   down6061689194
60   9   eyeswideopen
61   9   Lecale2
62   9   off the laces
63   8   catch the high ball
64   8   Maiden1
65   8   RGU08
66   8   sabhalphadrig
67   7   DaddyLongLegs

[umpire]

Dromara 0.8 St John Bosco 1.16

[goldenyears]

ambrose injured in championship match? i hear he heard a crack in his knee, came off immediately.
any word?

[True Blue]

ambrose injured in championship match? i hear he heard a crack in his knee, came off immediately.
any word?

He didnt come off straight away, he played on for another 5-10 min, his movement looked very uncomfortable and he waqs limping throughout this time

[snoopdog]

ambrose injured in championship match? i hear he heard a crack in his knee, came off immediately.
any word?

He didnt come off straight away, he played on for another 5-10 min, his movement looked very uncomfortable and he waqs limping throughout this time

We could be screwed without him.
although the option is obviously to move Big Dan out the field, but Ambi and King have worked so well together all summer it would be a blow to seperate them at this stage.
A Crack in his knee could be anything though, if not too serious 3 weeks yet to recover.