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Castlewellan GAC Notes

There is sad news to report this week with the passing of Peggy McKibben sister of our esteemed Members Pat and Kevin Rodgers. The Executive Committee and Members of Caislean An Mhuilinn wish to extend their deepest sympathy to the McKibben and Rodgers families and the wide family circle. Ar dheis de go raibh a anam dilis.

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RGU Notes

RGU handballers competed in the Ulster Juvenile quarter-finals in the Belfast venues St Paul’s and Gortnamona on Sunday last. At St Paul’s GAC Tim Prenter lost out to his Cavan opponent in the U-12 Singles, while Ronan Murphy and Ryan Sterrit recorded a great victory in the U12 Doubles against Cavan. In the U13 Singles Eoin McMullan was defeated by Dara Murphy (Armagh).

On Wednesday past in Downpatrick Hugh Dornan was beaten by Brian McAnenly (Armagh) in the U-15 Singles, with Dairé Lacken and Declan Fitzsimmons lost out in the U-16 Doubles to Armagh pair Colm Rafferty and Conor McNicholl at Gortnamona GAC. Next Sunday sees a number of RGU handballers compete in the Ulster juvenile semi-finals.

U-12 Girls - Rachel McKeown and Eilish Murphy v Armagh U-12 Boys - Ronan Murphy and Ryan Sterrit v Tyrone U-13 Boys - Paul Smyth and Rory Anderson v Monaghan Good luck to everyone !!!

We would like to remind everyone that membership fees are now due for the 2012 season. Letters have been issued with the membership forms and payment details included. If you have not received your letter please contact Roisin immediately on 07871744103. We have also sent out letters to past members who, for whatever reason, have let their membership lapse.

If you fall into this category, we would like to encourage you to renew your association with the RGU, especially now that the senior team have gained promotion back to the 1st Division. If you haven't renewed your membership for a while we would be grateful if you would give it some consideration. We would also like to invite new members into the Club.

This year we will host the finest footballers in the county, and it is all at your doorstep. Associate membership, which would enable you to make use of the fine facilities at the Club, is also available. We believe that 2012 will be a big year for the Club, and we need all your support both on and off the field to help contribute to its success. We are having a third and final registration night on Sunday 26th Feb from 8-9pm in the clubrooms. If you haven’t already signed up this will be your last chance, so please make every effort to attend. Senior ladies training starts next Monday (20 Feb) At 6.45pm at club.

All old and new members very welcome. All girls over 16 years of age who are interested in ladies’ football are very welcome. Training for the U-16’s will commence on Monday 20th Feb at 7pm, and on Tuesday 21st Feb at 7:15pm the minors have their first training session. U-14 training continues on Saturdays from 1pm to 3pm. U-12 boys training will start on Sat 25th Feb from 11:00 to 12:30pm at the juvenile pitch. U-12 girls training restarts Sat 25th Feb 11.30-12.30pm at juvenile pitch. Please bring £1 and bottle of water. Nursery, U-6 and U-7 continues in Ballymote on Saturdays 1.30-2.30pm; U-8s (older group) at 2.30-3.30pm, again at Ballymote. Could juveniles please bring a bottle of water and £1 Senior Presentation Night has been arranged for Sat 3rd March in the Clubrooms. Music and food will be provided and tickets, which cost £10, can be bought from Marty Brady (07866090065).

Another date for your diary is Friday 16th March when the Club is hosting a boxing night. Many of our senior players have been paired to go toe to toe against each other in what promises to be a night to remember. Tickets cost a tenner, and are already going like hot cakes. To avoid disappointment we recommend you get your tickets immediately from Kyla Trainor, behind the bar, or from any executive committee member.

The line out is as follows: 1) James "hard hitting" Blunty v Ryan" the wine barrell" Slavin (EP McGrady)(Thomas Gibney & Co)

2) Benny "bad archie" McDevitt v Garrett "micky mouse" Trainor (Down Hire Centre) (Arkle Bar)

3) Cara "happy feet" Cunningham v Kathryn "eye candy" Boden (MB McGrady) (Charlie Walsh Shop)

4) Mick "Fighting fairy" Magee v Donal "ginger cream puff" McCartan (Mace S.Street) (Lucy Annies Bakery)

5)Adair "smirnoff" Trainor v Orla "the breast of chippy's" Boyle (Denvirs hotel) (Chippy's)

6)James "Dancing Beef" Deeny v Conaill "big simple" MacNabb (McGreevy's Butchers) (Central Bar)

7)Jarlath "magic" Branagan v Ryan "oakely bomber"Kerr (Joe Mulholland & co solicitors) (Oakley fayre)

8)Gerdie "Pansy" Collins v Sean "Ho's Special" Bell (Flowers by Tracey) (Goden Dragon) The Club is also holding a Night at The Races on Friday 4th May.

Members will be asked to buy and sell horses, forms will be issued anon. An Irish class for beginners continues on Thursdays in the clubrooms at 7:30pm. New members are welcome for this term which runs until Easter, with a fee of only £10 in total. Lotto numbers for this week were 5, 8, 10, and 15. Eight share £100, next week's jackpot £2200. For party bookings ring Brian on 07745496213.

If you have any club information/ announcements or anything of interest which you would like to have included in next week's Club Notes, please send the details via email to rgu1@hotmail.co.uk.

Our web site is updated on a regular basis. For all the latest news visit www.rgudownpatrick.com

RGU Present Cheque To Pretty In Pink

The proceeds from the RGU ladies annual football match this year went to the breatst cancer charity "Pretty in Pink".

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The seniors played a challenge game against Dundrum on Sunday and recorded a fine victory; the game was played over three periods of twenty minutes and was a good workout for a full panel off players. Training continues for all Senior, reserve and Minor players Wednesdays at 7pm in Ardtole.

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RGU Notes

Things are warming up on the handball front, with lots of competition this weekend. On Saturday there will be a significant number of RGU guys in Saval at Cumann na mBunscoil annual competition. Attention then switches to the Ulster Quarter Finals on Sunday when the following take to the courts:

Castlewellan GAC Notes

There will be training at the Bann Road Complex on Wednesday evening from 6.30pm to 7.30pm for the junior camogs. All new, old and older players welcome!The Castlewellan GAC Running Club continues their runs on Tuesday and Thursday Night. All runners should meet at the Club at 6.45pm to begin running at 7.00pm. Again all those male, female, young and not so young are all invited to come along and there is even a cup of tea thrown in at the end with some great chat and banter.

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Ardglass GAC Notes

Training for all Senior, Reserve and Minors continues this Wednesday 7.00pm at Ardtole, and any players unable to attend to contact Colm on 07827105860. First Challenge Game arranged for Sunday 19th Feb, proposed start date for ACFL Div 3 is 25th March. No Lotto winner this week Jackpot for 30th Jan £2000.00 – tickets available from any committee member, if you require a collector to call weekly or monthly for you tickets please contact Paul O’Shea to arrange collection 07938915183 2012 membership rates – social member £20, Full adult playing member £60, Minor player £35, Juvenile player £25. As per motion passed at AGM all playing members in 2012 must purchase their own shorts and socks, the price for these will be included in all playing membership rates. All membership is now payable to Registrar Kieran Shields Monday and Wednesday at Ardtole 7-8 and Sundays 12-1pm.

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Castlewellan Notes

Castlewellan attended the first Down Under 10 indoor hurling blitz of the year with two teams at the Eddie Irvine Centre, Bangor where both teams performed really well. The younger Under 10s won well against Carryduff and St. Paul's, Belfast losing narrowly to Ballycran and Rossa. The older Under 10s put up some big scores against Portaferry twice and St. Paul's twice losing narrowly against Rossa.

RGU Notes

Ardglass GAC Notes

Training for all Senior, Reserve and Minor players will begin Sunday 5th Feb at 12pm Sharp. Anyone interested in Coaching Juvenile teams from U-8 to U-16 in 2012 please contact Paul on 07938915183 ASAP. Once all positions are filled details of underage sessions will be published

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Castlewellan GAC Notes

There is sad news to report this week with the passing of Lily Sloan mother of our esteemed Club and Committee Member Liam Sloan. The Executive Committee and Members of Caislean An Mhuilinn wish to extend their deepest sympathy to the O’Neill family and the wide family circle. Ar dheis de go raibh a anam dilis.

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RGU GAC Notes

Bryansford Calls For Help

Bryansford Juvenile parents meeting and registration on Sunday 12th February at 4pm in the hall. It is important that all parents attend as there important issues this year to be discussed.

Bright GAC Notes

Bright lotto numbers for this week are 5, 9, 14 and 21. Five with three numbers. Next week’s jackpot will be £1700 and the draw will be held at The Old Inn, Killough. Registration nights for 2012 club memberships are as follows; Bright Community Centre, Wednesday, January 18th 2012, 7–8PM, Friday, January 27th 2012, 7–8PM. Killough Parochial Hall, Wednesday, January 20th 2012, 7–8PM, Friday, January 25th 2012, 7–8PM. Playing member - £50, Under 12 – Under 18 - £15, Under 10 - £10, Non playing member - £30, Senior citizen (Over 65’s) - £20, Family membership (2 Parent/Guardians & 2 children)- £70 (£5 each additional child).

Castlewellan GAC Notes

There is sad news to report this week with the passing of our well respected Honorary Life Member Hugh Gerard O’Neill. Hugh Gerard was the father of our esteemed Treasurer Brian O’Neill, former players Conor & Aidan and daughter Anne. The Executive Committee and Members of Caislean An Mhuilinn wish to extend their deepest sympathy to the O’Neill family and the wide family circle. Ar dheis de go raibh a anam dilis.

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Bright GAA

Sending out wishes for a speedy recovery to John McLeigh who is recovering after recent surgery.

Ardglass GAC Notes

Ardglass GAC is pleased to announce the appointment of Colin Savage as the new senior football manager for the coming season. Colin is a Drumaness clubman who has been coaching London Club side CuChullians for the past couple of years and will be a welcome addition to the club, full backroom team details will be available next week.

All senior, reserve and minor players are requested to attend a meeting with the new manager on Friday 6th January @ 7pm in Ardtole clubhouse.

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THE Under-21 Footballers lost out to Downpatrick in the semi-final of the Under-21 Shield by the narrowest of margins. Downpatrick had forged big leads twice in the game only for The Town to come right back into it again. Missed chances before the final whistle did not help our cause. That said, Downpatrick were slightly the better team on the night and won through in the end. Good luck to them in the final.

Castlewellan GAC Notes December 2011

The Senior Footballers are meeting in the club at 6.00pm next Sunday 11 December for a team photo. If any of the other teams in the club wish to have a photograph taken, they should be there for 6:30pm sharp. We would like to get team photos up on our Website and this is a good opportunity to get them taken.

The Christmas Disco for our young members will take place in the Club next Sunday from 3.00pm to 5.00pm. The entry will be £2.00 per child or £5.00 per family. There will be a bun and cake sale as well as plenty of party games with spot prizes and lots more.

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Under 21 championship semi-final

THE story of this Under 21 championship semi-final had two key moments. A goal fifty seconds in and another goal a minute from the end. A bitter wind blew throughout the game and the snow capped peak of Slieve Donard, visible in the distance showed just how cold it was. Kilcoo won the throw in and in the first attack, Ryan Johnston unleashed a thunderbolt high to the roof of the Bryansford net. Thereafter though, Bryansford nullified Kilcoo's scoring threat until the second half. By half time Bryansford led 0-6 - 1-0.

However in the remaining 29 first half minutes the Ford missed at least as many chances as they converted playing with the wind. A Danny Savage free got Bryansford off the mark and due to Neil Murray's ninth minute point David McKibben's pointed free levelled the proceedings for the first time and indeed they wouldn't be level again until the last 30 seconds.

Castlewellan GAC Notes

OUR Annual General Meeting took place last Thursday in the clubrooms. Thank you to all who attended. Four of our officers stepped down from their roles as Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and Games Development Officer having served their full five year term. Ronan King, Cillian Keaveney, Francie McAlinden and Miceal Crilly have put in absolute sterling work in their roles and quite often they burned the midnight oil in their respective jobs.

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RGU Club Notes and Reports

Posted by Jim Masson On October - 31 - 2011

OUR thoughts are with our member Frank McCann, former Treasurer with the Club, who sadly lost his wife Roisin last week. In her heyday Roisin played camogie for the RGU and County. A Mhuire, Banrion na NGael guigh ar a hAnam.

The Senior Men brought their season to an end on Friday night evening when they failed by a single point to win the league decider against Castlewellan. Roll on next season when they will have the opportunity to mix it with the top teams in the county! writes Michael Starkey.

The U-16′s continued their campaign in the summer league with a 1pt win over Liatroim at PTR on Wednesday night. In a game which Liatroim dominated, the lads found themselves trailing by 10 points with nine minutes to go. Remarkably, three late goals and 2 late points helped them to an undeserved victory.

RGU are looking to the future with two brainstorming workshops aimed at garnering ideas, new blood, and a vision to carry the club forward for the next 5-10 years. The workshops hopefully will tease out how we move the club on in terms of how it is structured and the workshops will be facilitated by experienced personnel from within Down GAA and Ulster Council.

At these events all aspects of club activity will be scrutinised and at the end it is envisaged that we can develop a strategy to move our club on, not just in the playing arenas, but, just as importantly, within the local community and the wider GAA community in Down.

This is a piece of work that was absolutely necessary as we want to strengthen the foundations on which the club is built, but it has been given an even greater impetus with the promotion of our senior team back into Division 1 of ACFL. It is hoped we can set structures that will help re-establish RGU as one of the premier clubs in Down. Anyone interested in the future direction of the GAA in the county town is most welcome to come along and make their contribution on the dates below Workshop 1 will be on Thursday 3rd November and Workshop 2 will be Tuesday 8th. Both will start at 7.30 sharp in the club and refreshments will be served. Please contact Karl Oakes or Collie Quinn to confirm attendance.

Training for the U-6′s and U-8′s will now take place indoors on Saturday afternoons from 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm at the Wellbeing Centre, in the Flying Horse. The U-12 girls will also train at the same venue from 2.30 pm to 3.30pm on Saturdays. Finally, hurling and camogie for the U-8′s and U-10′s will also move indoors to the Wellbeing Centre. They will train on Sundays from 3 pm to 4 pm.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the juvenile presentation will now take place on Sunday 27th Nov at 2pm. Parents and children from U-6′s right up to U-16′s, both boys and girls, are invited along.

Irish classes continue on Thursdays at 7.30pm. These classes are for total beginners and will cost £10 for 6 – 8 week session. For further information contact mariacollins62@btinternet.com, alternatively you can phone Maria on 07912029095.

Set dancing is back again after the summer break, and it takes place on Tuesday nights at 7.30pm. Anyone interested just turn up or ring Johnny on 07710369509.

Lotto numbers for this week were 13, 19, 23, and 28. Jackpot not won, four share £100. Next week’s jackpot £4000.

For party bookings ring Brian on 07745496213.

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Bright GAC Notes

Posted by Theresa Ranaghan On October - 31 - 2011

THE Juvenile Presentation took place last week. Thanks to everyone who attended and to all who helped it to be successful night!

A special huge thank you to Mark Poland from the Down Senior team who made the presentations on the night. Everyone was delighted to have him there. The U12’s were presented with medals for winning their league and the U-14’s for winning the Spring League this year.

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Ford U-12′s Pull Off Championship Win Against Carryduff

Posted by Jim Masson On October - 25 - 2011

Bryansford U-12′s 2-05 Carryduff 2-03

THE final of the Under-12 and half (Year 9) championship took place in a wet and windy Teconnaught pitch between Bryansford and Carryduff.

The Bryansford U-12's celebrate in style after winning the championship beating Carryduff by two points.

Despite the terrible conditions both teams played with tremendous skill and determination. Bryansford, although having most of the possession, found scores hard to come by as the underfoot conditions at that side of the pitch were making life difficult.

Carryduff also were showing admirable defensive qualities and broke a number of times up the field and it was on two of these occasions they managed to hit the net. Bryansford only managed to score 2 points in the first half and went to the changing rooms knowing the score rate would have to increase if they were to beat the Carryduff lads.

The second half panned out much like the first, however the Ford lads were now able to convert more of the chances they were creating and scored 2 goals and 3 points against the Belfast lads 3 points leaving two points between the teams at the final whistle 2-05 to 2-03.

Castlewellan GAC Notes

Posted by Jim Masson On October - 25 - 2011

CASTLEWELLAN were to have faced Downpatrick in the eagerly awaited Division 2 Senior League Final on Sunday past. But due to the inclement weather and poor underfoot conditions the match was postponed. The rescheduled Final is due to be played this Friday Night in Newcastle under flood lights with a 7.30pm throw-in writes Michael McClean.

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RGU Notes

Posted by Jim Masson On October - 25 - 2011

FOLLOWING last week’s successes this was a quiet week on the pitch for the RGU. The U-16′s were unable to play their fixture against Leitrim in the summer league, and the Seniors had their Division 2 title play-off against Castlewellan postponed at the last minute. The U-16′s will play at home this Wednesday evening under lights at 7.30pm in the rescheduled fixture against Leitrim.

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Ardglass GAC Notes

Posted by Jim Masson On October - 24 - 2011

Ardglass GAC Weekly notes 24th October

Games update

ACFL Div 3 Ardglass 1-12 Dundrum 1-9

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GAA

RGU Club Notes and Reports

Bright GAC Notes

Ford U-12′s Pull Off Championship Win Against Carryduff

Castlewellan GAC Notes

RGU Notes

Ardglass GAC Notes

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