Burren goaled from the throw-in before a Kingdom hand had touched the ball. While the defence soon tightened up and limited Burren to just four first half points, two from frees; at the other end An Riocht missed too many scorable chances and trailed 1-4 to 0-5 at the break.

Burren stepped it up on the restart adding 3-3 during the third quarter to put the result way beyond An Riocht who tried to the finish but fell well short, 4-10 to 0-9.

Team: S Doran; A Sloan, K Colgan 0-1, L Rodgers; N McComiskey 0-1, S McDowell, D Clarke; J O’Rourke, B Rafferty; R Spiers, JP Farrell 0-2, J Sands; R White, M O’Rourke 0-3, D Campbell 0-2. Subs M Higgins, J Walker, P Doyle, C Cunningham, D Morgan.

Kilcoo used all their experience and overran An Riocht at times in this rearranged PRFL fixture at Dunavil. A ‘fifty’ from goalie Stephen Doran opened our account almost twenty minutes in and at half time we trailed 1-10 to 0-2 and had yet to score from play. An Riocht were a lot better in the second half and a cracking Ryan White goal rallied the team.

Aidan McVeigh came close when his pile driver was tipped over and the deficit was brought down to something more manageable for a time but despite a fine Stephen Doran save the visitors finished strongly for a comfortable win, 1-19 to 1-7.

Team: S Doran; R Clarke, M Clarke, C McVeigh; C Cole, L McVeigh, S McVeigh; D Doyle, D Doyle; P Cole, D White, N McComiskey; D Ross, S Corr, A McVeigh. Sub S Sloan.

Camogie Feile due to take place in Warrenpoint this weekend has been postponed until next weekend the 17th May due to inclement weather conditions.

The U14 Camogs beat Darragh at Dunavil.

Darragh Campbell pointing in minors

JP Farrell high catch at minors

 Mark Higgins comes out with ball at minors

A ten goal thriller at St Patricks Park Newcastle finished with An Riocht deservedly on the right side of the score line, 5-15 to 5-9. After falling behind early on An Riocht hit back with a Conor Small goal giving them the lead. Some of the passing from An Riocht was of the highest order, visionary and accurate, but for all that the home side battled back with two goals to lead by 2-5 to 1-4 after twenty minutes.

Thomas Sloan had hard luck making two fine saves but the loose ball fell kindly to the Ford forwards on both occasions. Then two late goals from full forward Jack Rafferty who took the ball first time and powered through were added to by an injury time strike from Darragh Campbell and An Riocht went in leading 4-7 to 3-5 at the break.

A superbly struck penalty from Stephen Flood on the restart moved the visitors into the comfort zone and with points exchanged at either end Ford failed to bridge the gap. Two late goals improved the look of the score board but by then An Riocht were safely home.

Team: T Sloan; D Hardy, L Rodgers, A Harper; M Harper, C Clarke 0-1, S Cunningham; A Sloan, D Morgan 0-1; C Small 1-0, R White 0-3, S Flood 1-0; D Campbell 1-6, J Rafferty 2-3, M Rooney. Subs C Morgan, D Matthews, A Eastwood, P McComiskey, R Campbell 0-1.

Mourne Men

Meanwhile in Australia the big match took place and the final score was Mourne Men 6-6 Rest of Ireland 3-5.

Mourne team: 1. Damian Sherry An Riocht, 2. Dave Morgan An Riocht, 3. Brian Sloan An Riocht, 4. Michael Rodgers An Riocht, 5. Adrian Doran Ballymartin, 6.Gary Cunningham An Riocht, 7.Conor Goodman Saval, 8. Peter Fitzpatrick Ballymartin, 9.Aidan Cunningham An Riocht, 10. Ciaran Walsh An Riocht, 11.Martin Clarke An Riocht 12. Neil Doran An Riocht, 13. Joe Murphy Ballyholland, 14.Conor Sloan An Riocht, 15.Michael Spiers An Riocht, 16.Thomas Trainor Longstone, 17.Neil Mullen Bosco, 18.William Doran Longstone.  Manager Ronan Cunningham, coach Ronan Connell.

Around 50 lads from the Melbourne area headed down to Gaelic Park on Sunday and played a match in memory of Conal Baldwin. It was Mourne v Rest of Ireland. It was a rusty first half with the scores locked at even score at half time. The second half was more an open match with the Mourne men getting a lead which they were never to lose. Thanks very much to everyone who turned out in Gaelic park today, every county in Ireland was represented and the game was played in a great sporting manner....  great cause and thanks again for keeping Conal’s memory alive.

Mourne Men + The Rest of Ireland

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An Riocht Reserves are still searching for a first win after a poor performance in Bryansford. An Riocht played into the wind and were scoreless at half time. The match was entering the final quarter when we strung a few points together but even that did not bring any respectability to the final score board, 4-16 to 0-3. A poor display best put behind us.

Team: B Allen; G O’Neill, M Clarke, R Clarke; S McVeigh, C Doyle, D Clarke; G Keenan, R Cunningham; C Cole, D Ross, A McVeigh; S Sloan, S Corr, S Knox. Subs J McCartan, N McComiskey.

The ‘Climb 4 Conal’ event organised by An Riocht and Chest Heart & Stroke takes place on Sunday, 12^th May, you are invited to attend the event or help in any way to commemorate Conal’s life.

There are almost 450 people registered to date from as far away as Dublin, Ballycastle, and Derry.

To register to take part in the ‘Climb 4 Conal’ simply log on to   www.climb4conal.anriocht.com or telephone 07921829544 or 07752857924 or 02841763681 (An Riocht club); follow us on Facebook: AnRiochtCLG or Twitter: @AnRiochtGAA 

On Saturday 11^th May there is a ‘Climb 4 Conal’ door collection at ASDA in Kilkeel, anyone who can give an hour on Saturday to help with the collection should fill in the rota which is available at the club. Also help is still required at Donard Park to send off the walkers, again contact the club using the details above.

On Thursday evening from 6pm to 9pm at Dunavil there is a last opportunity for people to register; also returns can be made and ‘Climb’ T shirts distributed.

Check out the Climb 4 Conal Website for latest news, photos and Videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An Riocht and Clan Na Derg played out a high scoring thriller at Dunavil on Sunday morning in the opening fixture of the South Down U12 League. An Riocht defended well especially Curtis Flanagan in goals and Reece Flanagan and Ryan Mackey in defence while some great blocking by Christopher Flanagan and John Joe Eakins limited the visitors’ chances for goals.

Cormac Clarke and Caomhan Campbell had their moments around the middle of the park while upfront Conor Kelly and Joel Cunningham tried hard throughout the match with Eoin Sloan and Aidan Gribben picking off some nice scores.

A good start to the season; all the players have skill in abundance and with the right attitude at practice these boys can progress.

An Riocht: C Flanagan; R Mackey, JJ Eakins, C Flanagan, R Flanagan; E Sloan, C Clarke; J Cunningham, C Kelly, A Gribben, C Campbell.
Clans: J Campbell, E Scullion, D Scullion, D Scullion, F Vaughan, H Vaughan, K Quigley, R Masterson, J McArdle, S Cunningham, C Diamond.

The Paul Farrell Cup & Shield took place at An Riocht on Saturday.

After a series of round robin matches An Riocht beat Aughlisnafin in the Shield Final and Burren beat Bryansford in the Cup Final.

An Riocht played matches with Atticall, Bryansford, Mullahoran, St Brigids and Aughlisnafin; with the St Brigids match going into extra time.

Team: E Sloan, P Curran, M Carvill, JJ Eakins, R Campbell, C Clarke, C McCormack, T Murnion, P McComiskey, C Flanagan.

 
An Riocht with Liam Farrell

Burren with Liam Farrell

An Riocht Senior Footballers took part in both the Feis and the St Johns Sevens at the weekend.

Conor Cole high fielding in Sevens

The Senior Camogie team started off their league campaign on Monday night in Dunaval with a tight, thrilling game against Ballyholland. The girls started off with points from Marie Trainor and Sophie Colgan, Ballyholland responded with a few points.

The An Riocht girls got a goal by Carrie Killen and again Ballyholland came back.  There was brilliant play from defence, Joanna Sloan making excellent saves. Tierna Rooney scored a goal to keep the girls in the game and Carrie Killen and Colleen Fearon battled hard. Ballyholland added more scores on the board keeping it neck and neck, but a point from Carrie Killen at the end sealed the win, final score 2-7 to 2-6.

Team Joanna Sloan, Louise Clarke, Louise Rodgers, Clara Killen, Aisling Clarke, Aine O'Reilly, Ciara Cunningham, Maria  Higgins, Colleen Fearon, Marie Trainor, Sophie Colgan, Tierna Rooney, Noelle Fearon, Carrie Killen, Danielle Higgins. Subs Claire Connor, Sarah Rodgers, Aine Fearon.

The next tournament at An Riocht is on Saturday 18th May 11-a-side U8 (P3/P4) Football Kingdom Cup & Shield in accordance with Go Games rules:

Teams entered so far are: Sarsfields (Antrim), Bailieborough Shamrocks (Cavan), Longstone, O’Donovan Rossa (Antrim), Saval, Moy Tir Na nOg (Tyrone),

Burren A & B, Michael Davitts (Antrim), Clann Na Banna, Aughlisnafin, An Riocht, Dundrum, Downpatrick, St Johns, Bryansford.

For the third time in four fixtures the opposition failed to field leaving the Minor Camogs without a match.

The ‘Climb 4 Conal’ event organised by An Riocht and Chest Heart & Stroke takes place on Sunday week, 12th May, you are invited to attend the event or help in any way to commemorate Conal’s life: to register to take part in the ‘Climb 4 Conal’ simply log on to  www.climb4conal.anriocht.com or telephone 07921829544 or 07752857924 or 02841763681 (An Riocht club); follow us on Facebook: AnRiochtCLG or Twitter: @AnRiochtGAA 

On Saturday 11th May there is a ‘Climb 4 Conal’ door collection at ASDA in Kilkeel, anyone who can give an hour on Saturday to help with the collection should fill in the rota which is available at the club. Also help is still required at Donard Park to send off the walkers, again contact the club using the details above.