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AUGUST 2013 Volume II Issue VIII

www.downgaa.net INSIDE THIS ISSUE

ALL-IRELAND

U-14 & U-16 NATION-

AL HURLING BLITZ

2

FREE CONCERT AND

'BIRTHDAY PARTY'

TO CELEBRATE TWO

YEARS OF THE 'LÍOFA'

IRISH LANGUAGE

SCHEME.

2

"CLUB PLANNERS" &

CLUB MAITH FACILI-

TATOR TRAINING

3

‘BITING’ CONSTITUTE

A CATEGORY III IN-

FRACTION

3

FUNDRAISING

AWARENESS NIGHT

3

GAA MUSEUM CLUBS

DATABASE – SPECIAL

OFFER

3

WALKING IN

YOUR COMMUNITY

4

DOWN GAA

STRAGEGY 2010 –

2014

5

CALLING ALL GAA

CLUBS

5

DOWN GAA

SCHOOLS DRAW 2013

5

GAA KELLOGG'S

CUL CAMPS

6

NEW GAA FACILITIES

AT QUEEN’S

UNIVERSITY

7

CHAMPIONSHIP

DETAILS

7

DOWN GAA ÓG

SPÓRT FINAL 2013

8

UPCOMING CHAMPI-

ONSHIP FIXTUES

THIS WEEKEND

8

DOWN CLUB DRAW

— AUGUST 2013

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LORD MAYOR OF BELFAST

HOSTS RECEPTION FOR THE

COUNTY SENIOR HURLERS On Wednesday 28th August, The Lord Mayor of Belfast,

Máirtín Ó Muilleoir hosted a reception for the

Christy Ring Cup All Ireland winners in Belfast City Hall.

DATE FOR

YOUR DIARY Down County Convention

will be held on Wednesday

11th December in the Canal

Court Hotel, Newry.

PATH TO THE

2013 FINALS Following on from the success

of the £20.00 ticket for the

Round Robin Series of our

Club Championship, the

Down County Committee will

put on sale next week the

Path to the 2013 Finals

Ticket.

This Ticket will guarantee

admission to all Quarter

Finals, Semi Finals and Finals

including replays in the Junior,

Intermediate and Senior

Football Championships and

the Senior Hurling Semi Final

and Final.

This once again represents

great value for Gaels with a

guarantee of admission to 19

games for £30.00, less than

£2.00 per game. Tickets will

go on sale from Wednesday

4th September at the County

Office in Castlewellan or can

be obtained through your

Club Secretary.

PADDY MCFLYNN We ask you all to keep our

Uachtarain Paddy McFlynn in

your prayers at this time. We

at Coiste Chontae an Duin

send Paddy all our best

wishes.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to our County Footballer and

Schools Coach Ambrose Rogers and Pauline

Quinn who were married on Friday in

Cullyhanna.

The future is definitely Red and Black !

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Down GAA hosted the National GAA U14 and U16 grade B Hurling Blitzes on

Saturday, 31st August 2103 in Newry. In total 25 teams from 12 different Counties

and over 700 players took part.

The initial group stages of the U-14 competition took place in the Abbey CBS

Newry with the U-16 equivalent being held in St Colman's College Newry, with the

finals being played in Pairc Esler.

As well as the day being very successfully run, Down won the U14 Shield title while

the U16 squad claimed the Cup defeating Carlow (after extra time) 2-12 to 0-14.

Final Results:

U14 Plate Mayo 1-06 v Sligo 2-05

U14 Shield Down 3-07 v Donegal 1-08

U14 Cup Meath 2-09 v Westmeath 1-06

U16 Plate Derry 2-10 v Meath B 1-01

U16 Shield Meath 1-05 v Wicklow 2-08

U16 Cup Down 2-12 v Carlow 0-14

FREE CONCERT AND 'BIRTHDAY PARTY' EVENT TO BE HELD IN DERRY CITY ON SUNDAY 8

SEPTEMBER TO CELEBRATE TWO YEARS OF THE 'LÍOFA' IRISH LANGUAGE SCHEME.

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"CLUB PLANNERS" & CLUB MAITH FACILITATOR TRAINING As you may be aware all clubs are advised that they must have a

Club Development Plan in place by 2015, as set-out in the GAA

Strategic Vision and Action Plan 2009 - 2015.

"Club Planners" The Club Planning Programme is being run through county

boards in conjunction with Ulster GAA. We are seeking GAA

volunteers to become "Club Planners" who will assist clubs in

their county to create their plan. The role of the Club Planner is

to Facilitate the club's work in bringing their plan to fruition.

Full training for Club Planners will take place on

Saturday 14th September from 10am - 2pm

in the Tyrone GAA Centre at Garvaghey.

Club Maith Facilitators Ulster GAA are also seeking GAA volunteers who would like to

become Club Maith Facilitators. All Clubs are strongly

encouraged to become Club Maith accredited, and as a Club

Maith Facilitator you will be asked to assess a Club's submission.

Full training for Club Maith Facilitators will take place on

Saturday 14th September from 10am - 2pm

in the Tyrone GAA Centre at Garvaghey.

Volunteers are welcome to stay for one or both workshops.

Lunch will be provided at 1.40pm.

10am Arrival and Welcome

10am – 10.20am Club Development Overview

10.20am – 11.50am Workshop Rotation 1:

Club Planners Training

Club Maith Facilitator Training

11.50am – 12noon Comfort Break

12noon – 1.30pm Workshop Rotation 2:

Club Planners Training

Club Maith Facilitator Training

1.30pm – 1.40pm Round-up & Close

1.40pm – 2pm Lunch and Departure

Anyone interested in attending either strand of the training

should email maura.kelly.ulster@gaa.ie or contact their County

Development Officer Maureen O’Higins

(developmentofficer.down@gaa.ie) by Tuesday 10th September.

At a recent meeting of the Medical, Scientific and Welfare

Committee, the issue of ‘biting’ and the provision in Rule for

dealing with same was referred to Coiste Bainistí.

Coiste Bainistí requested advice from the Rules Advisory

Committee.

The Rules Advisory Committee was reluctant to specify ‘biting’ in

Rule as a specific Infraction. The Committee recommended to

Coiste Bainistí that Ard Chomhairle be requested to issue a

Directive dealing with issue.

Ard Chomhairle, at its meeting on 17 Lúnasa 2013, issued the

following Directive in accordance with Rule 3.44 (b) T.O. 2013

and on the basis of the advice of the Rules Advisory Committee:

That ‘biting’ shall constitute a Category III Infraction. Where a

Referee’s Report discloses an alleged ‘biting’ incident, or a

Competitions Control Committee decides that Disciplinary

Action is appropriate in relation to an alleged ‘biting’ incident, the

Competitions Control Committee shall propose a penalty, no

less than the minimum, applicable to 7.2 (b) Category III (vii)

Inflicting injury recklessly by means other than those stated

above.

‘BITING’ CONSTITUTE A CATEGORY III INFRACTION

GAA MUSEUM CLUBS DATABASE

– SPECIAL OFFER Is your club’s information up-to-

date on the GAA Clubs database in

the GAA Museum at Croke Park?

This user-friendly and very popular

touch screen exhibit is easy to

update – add a photo of a winning

team, add a recent honour won by

your club…all of this can be done in a matter of minutes.

Get in touch with us at tours@crokepark.ie to obtain your log-in

details. Update your club’s entry before September 30 and avail of a

25% discount on a group booking for a visit to the GAA Museum

and Croke Park Stadium Tour.*

*Valid for group bookings from September 1, 2013 to March 31,

2014 only.

FUNDRAISING AWARENESS NIGHT Clubs are asked to make a big effort to attend the

Fundraising Awareness night this coming Wednesday evening

(4th September) in the Burrendale hotel commencing at 7pm

sharp. Registration will commence at 6.30pm.

All club development officers are asked to attend along with

those in your club responsible for pursuing funding for

projects within your club including cross community events.

Everyone welcome.

The following bodies will be in attendance:

Ulster GAA - Paul Sanders

NICVA - James Laverty

Neighbourhood Renewal - Jerome Burns DSD

Local Councils - Individual Sports Development Officers

Information will also be provided on capital funding available

from the Office of the First and Deputy First minister and

the Big Lottery fund.

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Ulster GAA are working alongside Outdoor Recreation NI to

deliver a Community Walk Leader Training Course that may be

of interest to some of your club members. Places are limited on

the course so I advise that anyone who is interested to register

their details as soon as possible. Details of the course and how

you can apply are outlined below.

If you have any further questions feel free to contact me on

fionntan.odowd.ulster@gaa.ie or 028 3751 7180.

WALKING IN YOUR COMMUNITY

– A NEW INITIATIVE Walking in Your Community is a new initiative of Outdoor

Recreation Northern Ireland. The scheme will encourage

people to get walking in their local area by providing training and

other support for Community Walk Leaders. The scheme was

developed in response to feedback expressed by community

groups in the Venture Outdoors project.

The scheme is designed as an introduction to walk leadership

and group management for community group leaders, volunteers

and organisations. The support offered includes a one day

training course, insurance, ongoing support for your walking

group and further training & events.

WALKING IN YOUR COMMUNITY Opportunity to attend, a one day, Community Walk Leader

training. This training will provide you with the skills to lead

short, accessible, community walks within your local area.

The training is facilitated by qualifed Walking In Your

Community Tutors, who will guide and support you to learn

basic walking skills.

Date - 28th September 2013

Time - 9.30am - 5.00pm

Venue - Peatlands Park, Dungannon

Cost - £45pp

Why you should attend This training will provide

you with the skills to lead

short, accessible,

community based walks

within your local area.

The training will also help

you encourage local people

to increase their participation in walking and develop healthy

communities. Insurance cover for all successful CWL

participants.

You will learn some basic walking skills to give you the

confidence to take your groups out walking.

Support and further training opportunities are also available to

develop your walking leadership skills

To book your place on the Community Walk Leader Training

please follow this link.

**All Community Walk Leaders must have a valid First Aid

certificate, Walking In Your Community will be running First Aid

courses alongside the walking training, this will be at available to

Community Walk Leaders at subsidised cost of £20pp. The

proposed date for this training is October 2013.

For further information about the First Aid course, please email:

c.overend@outdoorrecreationni.com

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Chapter 9, Urban Down Recommendation 9.1 : Urban Task-

Force “Establish an Urban Task-Force to exam-

ine the needs of the Urban GAA Clubs

and to formulate action plans in consulta-

tion with the Clubs concerned.

Outcomes Sought Review of the needs of urban areas and

practical action plans based on needs.”

Recommendation 9.2 : Urban Plan “Develop a plan for improving the provi-

sion for Gaelic Games in the urban areas

of the county in conjunction with the local

Clubs concerned e.g. North Down, New-

ry, Downpatrick and other urban areas.

The plan to include initiatives to increase

GAA participation, Club capacity and

facilities.

The overall county review of Coaching

and Games provision (3.1) to include a

special section focusing on the County’s

urban areas.

Outcomes Sought Increase in GAA provision and participa-

tion in urban areas.”

Comment The Report and Recommendations of the

Urban Task-Force, presented to the

county Management Committee in Febru-

ary, 2011, can be accessed on the Down

GAA Website, Resources/Downloads.

The Implementation and Review Commit-

tee met with Representatives of the urban

Task-Force in April, 2013 with the Urban

Task-Force agreed to exercise a

“watching brief” for Urban Clubs by the

way of identifying their practical needs

and liaising with the respective County

Sub-Committees e.g. Coaching and

Games Development Committee, club

Planning and Physical Development Com-

mittee.

Lead Committee The County Management Committee to

whom the Urban Task-Force reports.

Lead Officers The Senior Officiers of the County Com-

mittee in association with the Officers of

the Urban Task-Force and the specialist

County Sub-Committees concerned.

DOWN GAA STRAGEGY 2010 – 2014

“WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS DONE”

Ulster Bank GAA

Force – an initiative

which supports local

GAA clubs by offering

them the chance to

win support packages

to refurbish and

upgrade their facilities – has returned, for

the third year running.

Once again, one lucky GAA club will

receive the top prize of a support package

worth £22,000 or €25,000 and four

runners-up (one from each province) will

receive a support package worth £4,400 or

€5,000 each. The winning clubs will then

carry out improvements to their GAA

facilities during the planned 2013 Ulster

Bank GAA Force Winning Weekends.

Over 500 clubs, from across the island of

Ireland entered the programme last year,

which saw St. Ergnat’s GAC Moneyglass in

Antrim receive a provincial support

package worth £4,400 while Erin’s Own

GAA Club in Waterford won the overall

support package worth €25,000. Three

other provincial clubs were also awarded a

support packages worth €5,000 (Clooney

Quin GAA Club in Clare, Two Mile House

GAA Club in Kildare, Eire Óg GAA Club in

Roscommon ).

Ulster Bank, Official Sponsor of the GAA

Football All-Ireland Senior Championship,

is now calling on clubs to register for this

year’s competition on

www.ulsterbank.com/gaa.

Speaking about the initiative, Seán Óg

ÓhAilpin, Ulster Bank, said: “Ulster Bank

GAA Force received a record number of

entries in 2012 and we are hoping to break

that record again, this year. Supporting

grassroots GAA, clubs and communities is

extremely important to Ulster Bank and

we are overwhelmed with the success of

the initiative, since its inception. Ulster

Bank GAA Force is about highlighting the

important role that GAA clubs play within

their communities. The initiative is also

about getting the community together to

get behind their local club and show their

support for their clubs sides.” Paul Dermody from the GAA welcoming

the return of Ulster Bank GAAForce said:

“I wish football sponsors Ulster Bank every

success with their own promotional

activity around our games and already note

the popularity of their GAA Force

campaign, which, in seasons past, has

helped clubs across the country. “

Registration for Ulster Bank GAA Force is

now open and clubs can register until on

6th September 2013 www.ulsterbank.com/

gaa. The first 100 clubs to register for the

initiative will also receive a support

package worth £100 or €100.

CALLING ALL GAA CLUBS Ulster Bank GAA Force club initiative open for entries

DOWN GAA SCHOOLS DRAW 2013 Down GAA in conjunction with all of our Primary Schools will soon be launching

the Down GAA Schools Draw for 2013.

The Draw will run from the 15th September to the 31st October with some

wonderful prizes on offer. Tickets are priced at £2.00 each, with £1.00 going to

the School and £1.00 going to Down GAA. Monies raised from the Draw helps to

ensure that we can continue to the top level coaching available in our Schools.

The Prizes are sponsored by Down GAA. We encourage all of our Clubs to

support the Draw and support their local School. Tickets on sale from:

15th September

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As September 1st draws near, we have

reached the end of another fantastic and

action packed Summer of GAA Kellogg's

Cul Camps in Down.

Following 8 weeks of camps at 43 clubs

involving hundreds of coaches and

thousands of children, the summer has

been a wonderful period and a huge

success!!

Down GAA would like to take the

opportunity the thank all those who have

contributed to the success of the camps in

any way.

Our Clubs: We must start by thanking the clubs, who

welcome the camps on a now annual basis.

The camps are very much the focal part of

the summer for many of our clubs. The

club co-ordinators do a huge amount of

work in advance of the camps taking place,

promoting the camps locally and most

importantly, enrolling the children who

wish to attend.

On a daily basis club volunteers give up

their time to be onsite to assist with any

duties that need done. Their presence

alone provides a familiar and reassuring

face for the children attending.

Our Coaches: The success of the camps relies heavily on

the quality of people delivering. In Co.

Down we are fortunate to have a

wonderful team of both full time staff and

volunteer coaches who work on a daily

basis in the Nursery and Cul Camps.

The coaches we use are some of the most

qualified, dedicated and motivated young

(and not so young) people within this

County. They are a credit to their families,

their clubs and to Down GAA as a whole.

Thank You.

Our Parents: Without the parents who travel twice

daily to the camps to drop off and collect

their children, the camps would not take

place. The parents are the people

who choose the Kellogg's GAA Cul

Camps for their children. We strive

to make the camps as enjoyable,

beneficial and educational as possible

for your children. We believe that

our camps represent great value for

money, and the numbers of parents

who send their children to our Cul

Camps is testament to this.

Our games are the best in the

world, and our association has much

more to offer than a 1 week camp.

We would encourage our parents to

bring their children to their local

club. The benefits are endless.

Our Children: On the behalf of the coaches, the

clubs and the Down GAA family I

would like to thank each and every

one of the 3269 children who

attended this years camps. As ever

you have made the summer as

enjoyable for us, as hopefully the we

have for you.

You are the future of our association

in Co. Down. Get to your club

training and develop your skills on a

daily basis at home and in school.

We look forward to seeing you all

again in 12 months, a year older and

in SOME cases hopefully a year

wiser!!

* There is some surplus stock of Cul

Camp kits and Bags available for

purchase. They make ideal training

kits or schools bags!!!

If you are interested in purchasing

either or both of the above please

contact Grainne Stacey at the

County Office (028 437 70880)

Bags - £5 Kits - £10

Conor O'Toole

Down Games Development Manager

GAA KELLOGG'S CUL CAMPS

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Queen’s University have invested in excess

of £20m in recent years to transform

Upper Malone facilities into a world class

centre of excellence in the provision of

high quality, community-focused training

and competition facilities that benefits

students and the wider community and

helps cement Queen’s University as one of

Ireland’s premier sporting universities.

This investment allows more people

access to world-class, high performance

facilities gives the community a greater

degree of participation in sport and

provides Queen’s students with the tools

and the platform to become some of

Ireland’s top sports men and women, for

generations to come.

The most recent addition to our portfolio

is a fully floodlit grass pitch for dedicated

GAA use all year round and this project is

approaching completion, in time for the

hosting of the GAA14 Festival at the

University this Academic year. The pitch

also incorporates a substantial training

area, which is independently floodlit. Both

facilities are serviced by an adjacent

changing area which also caters for our

other two external grass pitches.

The pitch will be prioritized for student

GAA but substantial time every week

will be available for external and partner

bookings.

We are officially opening the new pitch

on Friday 6th September with a high

profile football & hurling double header.

We would like to invite you, as a valued

partner of the GAA family at Queen’s, to

a hospitality event at Upper Malone to

showcase & open the Academy pitch

(Old Sigerson pitch).

We hope that this evening will give you

an opportunity to sample the fantastic

new facilities and to enjoy some high

quality games.

The running order is as follows: 6.30pm – Queen’s Ladies (O’Connor

Cup Champions) Vs Down

7.45pm – Hospitality & formalities (Pitch

side) with Kevin Ryan & James

MccCartan

8.00pm – Loughiel Shamrocks (2012 All

Ireland Champions) Vs Lucan Sarsfields

NEW GAA FACILITIES AT QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY

CHAMPIONSHIP DETAILS

The Q/Finals of the SFC

and IFC will take place

the weekend of Fri 13th

Sept.

The S/Finals of the SFC,

IFC and the JFC Football

Championship will take

place on the weekend of

Fri Sept 27th.

County Finals in Football

will be as follows; Intermediate and

Junior Sunday Oct

13th. There will be

extra time in the

event of a Draw in

the JFC as the

winners go on to

represent Down in a

preliminary Ulster

JFC game on

October 20th (away

to Antrim winners) Senior and Minor on

Sunday Oct 20th

The Minor Football

Quarter Finals will be

Fri 13th/Sat 14th Sept.

Semi's Fri 27th/ Sat

28th Sept with the A

Final being on Oct

20th.

The U16 Football Q/

Finals will be Fri 6th/Sat

7th Sept Semi's Fri 20th/

Sat 21st with the Finals

being on Sat 28th or Sat

5th Oct, the U16 Knock

-out Rounds are earlier

due to the Paul Mc Girr

Ulster Tournament

being brought forward

this year In relation to the Draws

for the SFC & IFC Q/

Finals.

The Group winners play

a runner-Up from

another Group. Teams

from the same Group

will not play a runner-

Up from their own

Group. The Draws for

these will take place

after the last Round 3

SFC game on Monday

Sept 2nd.

The JFC Semi-finals

Draw will also take

place that evening with

the best runner-up

joining the three Group

winners in the Semi-

finals. This best placed

runner-up cannot play

their own Group

winner.

The SHC Semi-Final

between Ballycran and

Portaferry will take

place on Sunday Sept

15th with the Final

against Ballygalget

scheduled for Sunday

Sept 29th.

The dates of the Semi-

finals of the JHC will be

decided upon once the

the winners are known

as there is also the IHC

to start with the three

Ards 2nd's teams,

Bredagh and the

amalgamated team

Iveagh competing.

Down GAA - Working Together

@ Down GAA 2013 Edited and Produced by

Diarmuid Cahill Sean Og McAteer

County

Management

Committee

2013

Contact

Information

PRESIDENT: P Mc Flynn

CHAIRMAN: Seamus Walsh chairperson.down@gaa.ie

VICE CHAIRMAN: William Smith vicechairperson.down@gaa.ie

SECRETARY: Sean Og McAteer secretary.down@gaa.ie

ASSISTANT SECRETARY: Paul Blaney assistantsecretary.down@gaa.ie

TREASURER: Brendan Fitzpatrick treasurer.down@gaa.ie

ASSISTANT TREASURER: Seamus Ryan assistanttreasurer.down@gaa.ie

COUNTY PRO: Paul Rooney pro.down@gaa.ie

CENTRAL COUNCIL REP: Sean Rooney centralcouncildele-gate.down@gaa.ie

ULSTER COUNCIL REP: Diarmuid Cahill ulstercouncildele-gate1.down@gaa.ie

ULSTER COUNCIL REP: John Devaney Ulstercouncildele-gate2.down@gaa.ie

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER: Maureen O’Higgins developmentofficer.down@gaa.ie

COACHING OFFICER: Seamus Ennis coachingofficer.down@gaa.ie

IRISH & CULTURE OFFICER: Paula Magee irishculturalofficer.down@gaa.ie

SOUTH DOWN CHAIRMAN: Michael Mc Ardle chairman.southdown. down@gaa.ie

EAST DOWN CHAIRMAN: Sean McCashin chairman.eastdown.down@gaa.ie

HURLING CHAIRMAN: Gerard Mc Shane chairman.hurling.down@gaa.ie

DOWN CLUB DRAW — AUGUST 2013

INDIVIDUAL PRIZE DRAW WINNERS

No Club Name Address

£2,000 AR 005 An Riocht Peter Morgan 22 Grove Hill Kilkeel

£1,000 WP 020 CPN Michael Ruane 27 Ardfield Cres Warrenpoint

£1,000 KF 133 Kilclief John Clarke 109 Ballyhornan Rd Downpatrick

£1,000 GN 014 Glasdrumman Colm Cunningham 24 School Rd Ballymartin

CLUB £200 WINNERS

CL 018 Clonduff Josie McGreevy 9 Main St Hilltown

DH 005 Drumgath Moira Fegan 31 Bavan Rd Mayobridge

BD 185 Bryansford David McKibben 6 Village Manor Bryansford

LM 157 Liatroim Stephen & Ryan McElroy 93 Drumgooland Rd Liatroim

UPCOMING CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTUES THIS WEEKEND

MORGAN FUELS SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday 1st September Clonduff 6.30pm Mayobridge v Saval

Sunday 1st September Burren 6.30pm Warrenpoint v Rostrevor

Monday 2nd September St Patrick's Park 8.30pm Loughinisland v Downpatrick

AROUND A POUND INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday 1st September Burren 5.00pm Shamrocks v Drumgath

Sunday 1st September Clonduff 5.00pm Dundrum v Ballymartin

Monday 2nd September St Patrick's Park 7.00pm Saul v Carryduff

Monday 2nd September Drumaness 6.45pm Darragh Cross v St Johns

AROUND A POUND JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Sunday Sept 2nd Darragh Cross 1:00pm Bright v Drumaness

Sunday Sept 2nd Darragh Cross 2:30pm Aughlisnafin v Killyleagh

Sunday Sept 2nd Drumaness 1:00pm St Michael's v St Pauls

Sunday Sept 2nd Drumaness 2:30pm Dromara v Ardglass

Sunday Sept 2nd Annaclone 1:00pm Teconnaught v Mitchels

Sunday Sept 2nd Annaclone 2:30pm Aghaderg v Ballykinlar

DOWN GAA ÓG SPÓRT FINAL 2013 South Down winners An Ríocht will take on the East

Down winners in the All County Final on Monday the 2nd

September at halt time of the Downpatrick and

Loughnisland SFC Game in St Patrick's Park, Newcastle.

The winner will represent Down at the Ulster GAA Óg

Spórt finals which will be held in Glen GAC, Maghera, Co

Derry on Saturday 7th September 2013.

In the South Down Final An Riocht overcame Glenn in the

final, while they also defeated Newry Shamrocks,

Ballyholland and Drumgath. Saul defeated Loughinisland in

the East Down final, while they over came Carryduff,

Aughlisnafin and Castlewellan in the group stages. The

competition is for Players who are Over 13 and Under 15

on January 1st 2013. It is a 7-A-Side Tournament, with

panels consisting of no more than 10 players.

In the All-County final the game between An Riocht and

Saul will be 6mins per half.

East Down Óg Spórt Winners: SAUL

South Down Óg Spórt Winners: AN RÍOCHT