THE DOWNS G.A.A. NOTES
Senior
Championship
The
Downs 0 – 8 Moate
1 - 8:
We suffered our first defeat
of the Championship at the hands of Moate in Castletown last Sunday.
The seeds of defeat were
sown in the first half when we managed to score just one point. What was most disappointing about this
period was that we totally dominated the first fifteen minutes but failed to
make it count on the scoreboard. Moate
at this point crashed home their goal and quickly added their first point to
leave us chasing the game. Despite some
promising attacks, we went in at the break 1 – 3 to 0 – 1 down.
On the resumption of play,
we played with greater heart and determination and began to make some in-roads
into the Moate lead but Moate always managed to get their scores at crucial
stages to keep their lead around the three point margin.
We will now have a few weeks
to dig down and turn around this result in the next round.
Team: Ciaran McCormack, Sean Loughlin, Martin
Murtagh, Stephen Cleary, Darren Devine, Joe Corroon, Seamus O’Leary, Noel
Molloy, Barry Conroy, Enda Feeney, Thomas Cleary, Paul Shanley, Keith Shanley,
Kieran Carroll, Michael Murtagh.
Subs: Pat Doherty, Fergal Fagan, Conor Carley.
Underage
Training:
Training continues for Under
14’s & 16’s on Tuesday nights and for Under 8’s. 10’s & 12’s on Friday
nights. There was a hugh improvement in
numbers at training in the last week and we hope to see this trend continue.
Golf
Classic:
Our Golf Classic was held in
Daingean on Saturday last. It was a
very enjoyable day out for all teams taking part.
The winners on the day was
Pat Duffy’s team which comprised of Kieran Dunning, Eamon & Christy Gorman
with a score of 108 points.
Second, was Gerry Farrell’s
team which comprised of Bruno Coughlin, Tom Kelly and Ger Farrell Jnr with a
score of 100 points.
Third place was claimed by Pat Coyne’s team made up of Willie Ganley, Sean Weldon, Matt Murray and Noel Dunne with a score of 98 points. The nearest the pin was won by Ned Fahey from Forrest Little.
We would like to thank our
main sponsors of the event – Hamills Group and thanks also to Mattie Egerton,
Dial-a-Cab who sponsored ‘Nearest the Pin’.
We would also like to thank
all the teams who took part, the organising committee and Castlebarna Golf
Club.
Ladies
Mini Marathon:
Well done to all locals who took part in the Ladies Mini Marathon at the weekend.
Numbers drawn were 8, 12, 14
& 22 with winner of IR£500 Jackpot this week was
C Whelehan . Winners
of £50 prizes were J Kiely and Michelle Carty.