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23/05/2010 * Declan, James, Kevin and Ronan were away at the Down U16 Development training on Saturday.

U16 Football 27/06/2010
An Riocht U16 footballers beat Bosco to reach the semi final of the championship. Declan Clarke had a stormer at centre half back with Ronan McAlinden and Declan Doyle dictating play at centre field and James Reilly impressive up front.

U16 Football 20/06/2010
An Riocht U16 footballers beat Mitchels.

U16 Football 13/06/2010
An Riocht U16 footballers beat Saval after extra time in the Championship replay in Saval on Thursday. Well done. They now play Bosco in the quarter final.

U15 Football 13/06/2010
The Og Sport sevens was abandoned when the goal posts fell down. An Riocht only got to play one game v Bryansford.

U16 Football 06/06/2010
An Riocht U16 footballers beat Ballymartin at Dunavil on Sunday morning. The visitors started well but once Adam White lobbed an opening goal An Riocht took control and Adam and Colin McConville added further goals on the way to a comfortable victory. Team N Murnion; S Doran, J O’Rourke, C Campbell; D Campbell, K Sloan, R Spiers; D Doyle, N McComiskey; A White, J Reilly, B Rodgers; R Magee, R McAlinden, C McConville.

31/05/2010 U16 Football v Saval
The U16 footballers drew with Saval.

23/05/2010 U16 Football v Ballyholland
An Riocht U16 footballers were winning well with some great scores from Declan Doyle and Ronan McAlinden before the match came to a premature conclusion in Ballyholland.

16/05/2010 U16 Football An Riocht v Warrenpoint
The U16 footballers beat Warrenpoint with a late penalty goal.

* An Riocht has entered the Down GAA Summer Sevens in July for U16 footballers

 

09/05/2010 U16 Football Tullylish v An Riocht
In Tullylish on Thursday An Riocht U16 footballers were level at the break 1-4 to 0-7 with a James Reilly goal keeping us in contention and it remained close during the third quarter before a Colin McConville goal spurred An Riocht to a strong finish running out winners by 2-13 to 0-11. Kevin Sloan and Declan Clarke played very well in defence with Ronan McAlinden and Declan Doyle working hard at centre field, and James Reilly putting in a man of the match performance up front. Team: S Doran; C Campbell, K Sloan 0-1, C Cunningham; D Clarke, J O’Rourke 0-1, R Spiers 0-1; R McAlinden 0-4, D Doyle 0-4; A White, J Reilly 1-1, N McComiskey 0-1; C McConville 1-0, B Rodgers, R Magee. Subs N Murnion, D Campbell, K Colgan, D Morgan.

02/05/2010 U16 Football An Riocht v Bosco
An Riocht U16 footballers proved much too strong for visiting Bosco at Dunavil on Friday.

25/04/2010 U16 Football Glenn v An Riocht
An Riocht won in Glenn by about ten points.

19/04/2010 U16 Football An Riocht v Mitchels
Newry Mitchels were visitors to Dunavil for the opening match of the league on Thursday when they met a home team who produced a marvelous display of attacking football to win 5-17 to 0-12. The first twenty minutes were close enough but once Brian Rodgers took a Declan Doyle pass to shoot to the net, An Riocht went on to add a further 1-5 before the break, James Reilly fisting the second goal.
Mitchels had their moments on the restart but found Stephen Doran in the home goals in unbeatable form while Kory Colgan and Declan Clarke defended strongly in front of him. Declan Doyle and Ronan McAlinden dominated at midfield while the pick of an impressive front six was James Reilly. Team: S Doran; D Clarke, K Colgan, C Campbell; R Magee, J O’Rourke, C Cunningham; R McAlinden 1-7, D Doyle 1-3; R Spiers, J Reilly 2-4, K Sloan; C McConville 0-1, B Rodgers 1-1, A White 0-1. Subs C Morgan, N Murnion.

11/04/2010 U16 Football v Ballymartin
This game was postponed as Ballymartin field was unplayable.

12/10/2009* The U16 footballers went Formula Karting on Friday when their annual awards were presented. Aaron Higgins was named ‘Most Improved Player’, Declan Doyle ‘Runner-up Player’, and Ronan McAlinden ‘Player of the Year’. Thanks to Stephen Poacher for doing the honours.

AN RIOCHT AWARDS AND TOURNAMENT

An Riocht U16 winners with Stephen Poacher who presented the awards

An Riocht U16 on the podium at Formula Karting

 

U16 football 28/09/2009
An Riocht took part in the Bryansford U16 football tournament on Saturday reaching the Peter Walsh Cup Final after winning games against Bryansford, St Johns, All Saints and Clonduff.

U16 Football 07/09/2009
Congratulations to the U16 footballers who won the South Down B League with victory over Saval at Dunavil on Sunday morning. In horrible wintery conditions An Riocht showed great heart and no little skill to win by 1-12 to 1-10 and gain some consolation for their unfortunate FC defeat to these opponents. There were stars in every line of the team. Niall Murnion recovered from an early goal to pull off a fantastic second half save to prevent Saval taking the lead. Ryan Clarke was commanding at full back with Gareth O’Neill picking up the rover and Ryan White back to his tigerish best. Stephen Curran controlled the play from centre half with Aaron Higgins impassable on the wing. Declan Doyle was very strong at midfield and Ronan McAlinden gave a player of the match display alongside him, probably best remembered for his five points but it was his blocking and leadership which earned him this accolade. Up front Stephan Knox was seen to best effect on the edge of the square while Declan Higgins prospered in the final quarter hour on the forty. Adam White created space all match long while Aidan McVeigh made it difficult for Saval to clear their lines.
Though Ronan McAlinden gave An Riocht an early lead it was Saval who were in front most of the half after a lucky goal in the fifth minute. Declan Doyle, Aidan McVeigh and Declan Higgins pulled points back before An Riocht regained the lead from a Ryan White penalty after Adam White was dragged down with only the keeper to beat. Further points from Ronan McAlinden (3) Declan Higgins and Declan Doyle helped An Riocht to a 1-9 to 1-5 interval lead. After Saval had pointed twice on the restart Niall Murnion came off his line to parry a goal bound shot and Ryan Clarke took another dangerous ball off the toe of an attacker. This spurred their team mates to three second half scores from Nathan McComiskey, Ronan McAlinden and Stephan Knox which were enough to keep them ahead for a thoroughly deserved win.

30/08/2009 U16 Football
Glenn could not field so the U16 football game did not take place.

U16 Football v Saval 24/08/2009
An Riocht played Saval in the B Championship final at Newry on Saturday. After a good start in which we led 1-2 to nil, Ronan McAlinden at full forward thriving on early ball to shrug off his marker and race through to score, An Riocht struggled to link defence and attack and a better balanced Saval side were level by the twenty fifth minute but that was their third point in a row and they went on to lead by two before we got back on terms by the end of the half, 1-6 to 0-9, Aidan McVeigh and Declan Doyle the scorers. An Riocht enjoyed the better start to the second half with points from Ronan McAlinden and a subdued Declan Doyle putting us two up but Saval replied to level and the game remained in the balance until the first of Savals three second half goals arrived around the fortieth minute when Turley rose to punch all the way to the net past a static defence. That goal gap had stretched to five before they pounced for their second goal after An Riocht had again floundered under a high ball it was as good as game over. The third goal came on the final whistle and gave an unfair look to the final score line, 3-16 to 1-10. An Riocht R McAlinden 1-6, D Doyle 0-2, A McVeigh 0-1, R White 0-1.

16/08/2009*The U16 footballers repeated their success in Longstone with a good win in the league.

09/08/2009* In the U16 football championship in Longstone, An Riocht recovered from a shaky start to win convincingly. Two nil down An Riocht got on the score board with a Kevin Sloan goal after good play from Adam White and Ronan McAlinden. Ronan who was being pulled and dragged all over the place added four pointed frees after fouls on himself before Declan Doyle advanced to fist a cross to the net for a second An Riocht goal. Full back Stefan Knox pointed our first from play and following a brilliant tackle by Declan Doyle, Ronan McAlinden added his fifth point. He converted another free before the home side ended the half as they begun it with two points, from frees, to leave it An Riocht 2-7 Longstone 0-4 at the break.
Longstone got a great start to the second half when their corner back drilled to the net but further early inroads into our lead were curtailed by some brilliant defending by Aaron Higgins (catch) and Ryan Clarke (block). Midfielders Declan Doyle and Stephen Curran replied with points apiece. Still Longstone enjoyed a period midway through the half with four scores in a row to narrow the deficit to nine points but An Riocht hit back with points from James Reilly and Ronan McAlinden before Ronan fired in a cracking third goal to put the result well beyond the home side. He added the final point from way out in the corner and though Longstone never gave up and created a few late chances the An Riocht defence held firm to see out the match, final score An Riocht 3-12 An Riocht 1-8.
Team N Murnion, A Donnelly, S Knox 0-1, A Higgins, G O’Neill, R Clarke, E Phillips, S Curran 0-1, D Doyle 1-1, K Sloan 1-0, R White, D Higgins, J Reilly 0-1, R McAlinden 1-8, A White. Sub A McVeigh.

* In the U16 football match v Tullylish, An Riocht turned in a strong second half to win by 1-17 to 1-7. At the break An Riocht led 1-6 to 1-2 after Ronan McAlinden had opened the scoring with a sixth minute goal. The flood gates opened on the restart with Declan Doyle, Ronan McAlinden and Ryan White claiming the pick of the scores.

U16 Football v Glenn 12/07/2009
An Riocht travelled to Glenn on Wednesday but there was no referee and the home side wouldn’t toss so no match took place.

U16 Football v Glasdrumman 05/07/2009
An Riocht beat Glasdrumman in the championship at the Quarter Road and now travel to Longstone in the semi-final. Team: Niall Murnion, Caolan Campbell, Stefan Knox, Aaron Higgins, James Reilly (0-1), Ryan Clarke, Aidan Donnelly, Declan Doyle (0-3), Stephen Curran, Declan Higgins (0-1), Ronan McAlinden (0-7,3frees), Ryan White (0-4), Kevin Sloan (0-1), Andrew Magorrian (2-0), Adam White (0-1). Subs: Aidan McVeigh (0-1), Eoghan Phillips, Bryan Rodgers.

U16 Football v Ballymartin 28/06/2009
In Ballymartin on Sunday morning An Riocht U16 footballers had five points to spare over the home side.

U16 Football v Bosco 21/06/2009
The U16 footballers won in Bosco by twelve points to eleven. Ahead eight two at the break, An Riocht failed to finish off the home side and after Aidan McVeigh had done well to round the keeper but then struck the post An Riocht faced a nervous finish to the match.

U15 Football 16/06/2009

An Riocht won the Og Sport Shield at Ardglass on Saturday. In the first game they were just piped by Kilcoo but went on to beat Saint Josephs, Atticall, Castlewellan and Bryansford in the final. Team N Murnion, D Doyle, C Campbell, R McAlinden, J Reilly, A Donnelly, A White, B Rodgers, K Sloan, J O’Rourke. Thanks to the team mentors who gave up their day to allow the team take part.

U16 Football v Saval 09/06/2009
The U16 footballers won in Saval by 2-11 to 0-9 thanks to a great performance by Niall Murnion in nets, Stefan Knox on the square and two goals from Ronan McAlinden.

U16 Football v Kileavey 09/06/2009
The U16 footballers lost this challenge by 3-11 to 3-9. Ronan McAlinden 1-4, Declan Doyle 0-4, Declan Higgins 1-1 and Aidan McVeigh 1-0 were on target for An Riocht but the scoring plaudits were claimed by Andrew Magorrian (3-2) who was guesting for the visitors.

U16 Football v Ballyholland 31/05/2009
An Riocht edged a close contest 2-10 to 1-8. Declan Doyle leveled at two all before Adam White took an inch perfect Doyle pass in behind the defence and placed his shot clear off the keeper for the opening goal. Kevin Sloan contributed a couple of good long range points and Ronan McAlinden and James Reilly converted frees apiece as An Riocht went 1-6 to 0-4 ahead. Then in added time Harps hit back with a goal to leave just two points between the teams. They shared four frees on the restart with Declan Doyle our scorer. Entering the final quarter Ballyholland had a leveling goal disallowed and within minutes Stephen Curran had fisted our second at the other end. Adam White and Declan Doyle tagged on points as An Riocht pressed their advantage opening a seven point gap. Harps reduced it to five with a couple of frees but despite lots of possession they could not get on terms and An Riocht held out for the win. Eoghan Phillips and Gareth O’Neill saw a lot of ball in the home defence and made some important blocks while Brian Rodgers and Adam White won lots of the possession which became winning scores. Team N Murnion, A Higgins, R Clarke, A Donnelly, G O’Neill, R McAlinden, E Phillips, D Doyle, S Curran, K Sloan, R White, J Reilly, A White, D Higgins, B Rodgers. Subs C Campbell, R Magee.

U16 Football v Bosco 31/05/2009
The U16 footballers lost to Bosco in the first round of the championship.

U16 Football v Longstone 24/05/2009
The U16 footballers beat Longstone 1-14 to 2-10 with a goal from Ryan White.

U16 Football v Tullylish 10/05/2009
An Riocht recorded a first league win when they over powered Tullylish by 4-18 to 0-7 on Wednesday past. Adam White, Ryan White, Ronan McAlinden (hat-trick), Stephen Curran and Eoghan Phillips were best for An Riocht.Team: Andrew Magorrian; Aidan Donnelly, Stefan Knox, Aaron Higgins; Gareth O’Neill, Ryan Clarke, Eoghan Phillips; Stephen Curran, Declan Doyle; Adam White, Ryan White, Declan Higgins; Aidan McVeigh, Ronan McAlinden, James Reilly. Subs Caolan Campbell, Niall Murnion, Brian Rodgers, Colin McConville.

U16 Football An Riocht v Ballymartin 27/04/2009
The U16 footballers lost 2-14 to 1-13 against Ballymartin.

20/04/2009 U16 Football An Riocht 1-3 Bosco 0-9
Minus three key players An Riocht almost did enough to shock visiting Bosco at Dunavil on Wednesday. The bigger Newry side dominated possession but An Riocht only trailed three points to one at the break. A well worked goal in the second half brought the home side level after James Reilly found Adam White and his low cross went all the way to Declan Higgins who picked his spot wide of the keeper. However An Riocht spurned a good chance shortly after this and though the scores remained level for a time it was Bosco who finished strongest with the points to win the match.

25/08/2008* The U16 football match v Drumgath took place on Saturday. It was good to see Ryan White back in action after his injury while Anto Rogers and Andy Magorrian proved a formidable attacking spearhead. The visitors won handsomely. Team and scorers Paddy Gee, C Morgan, C O’Rourke, A Donnelly, R White 0-4, P Allen, D Higgins, D Doyle, K Mathews 0-1, A Rogers 0-1, R McAlinden, A McVeigh, A White, A Magorrian 1-1, R Donnelly 0-4.

19/08/2008 The U16 football match v Annaderg did not take as the visitors were depleted due to holidays.

U16 Football 13/07/2008
The U16 footballers drew in Tullylish on Tuesday, 1-12 to 2-9, with Aidan McVeigh netting our goal. The next match is on Tuesday 29th July in Banbridge.

U16 Football v Atticall 06/07/2008
The U16 footballers just failed to complete a double over local rivals Atticall when they went under by three points 2-7 to 1-13. James Reilly and Ryan Donnelly scored the An Riocht goals while Ryan Clarke, Declan Doyle, Gareth O’Neill and James Reilly were at the top of their form.

U16 Football 28/06/2008
Drumgath visited Dunavil in the U16 football Championship on Saturday. Thanks to them for switching due a clash with a school event.

U16 Football v Ballymartin 23/06/2008
The U16 footballers came up just short of taking something from this keenly contested league encounter, Ballymartin winning 2-11 to 0-14. The teams were level at half time, 1-5 to 0-8, but the visitors struck for their second goal just after the restart and while An Riocht battled gamely they could not get on level terms. Ryan Donnelly (5) and Declan Doyle (3) shared the bulk of the scores.

U16 Football Longstone v An Riocht 16/06/2008
The U16 footballers showed huge improvement only losing by two points in Longstone on Tuesday. Ryan Donnelly’s return after a broken wrist made a huge difference as he contributed 2-6 to the An Riocht tally and inspired his team mates to one of their better displays.

U16 Football Annaderg v An Riocht 02/06/2008
The U16 lost in Aghaderg on Tuesday by 2-5 to 4-9. Aidan McVeigh and Stefan Knox scored An Riochts goals.

U16 Football Longstone v An Riocht 02/06/2008
The U16s lost in Longstone on Saturday despite Declan Doyle scoring five times from play.

U16 Football An Riocht v Drumgath 18/05/2008
The U16 footballers erratic form continued with a heavy loss in Drumgath though on this occasions both midfielders were absent. Declan Higgins scored our three points while Stephen Curran was the pick of the players on view.

U16 Football An Riocht v Banbridge 12/05/2008
The U16 won again on Tuesday overcoming visiting Banbridge by 4-15 to 3-4. Ryan Donnelly top scored with 1-6 while Declan Doyle (2) and Adam White grabbed the other goals. Christopher O’Rourke and James McCulla were in fine form at midfield. The Saturday fixture in Annaclone was postponed due to a Development Team blitz. It has been refixed for Tuesday 27th May.

U16 Football An Riocht v St Colmans 06/05/2008
The U16 footballers failed to record back to back victories when they lost 3-12 to 2-8 to St. Colmans. The west Down amalgamation were very big and good value for the win. Aidan McVeigh bagged both An Riocht goals in a lively first half which the visitors led 2-8 to 2-3. The second half was more pedestrian with the result not in any doubt.

U16 Football Atticall v An Riocht 28/04/2008
Well done to the U16 footballers who beat Atticall 5-10 to 2-7 in Tuesday’s derby game. Goals from Aidan McVeigh, James McCulla, Ronan McAlinden and Declan Higgins helped An Riocht to a 4-6 to 1-4 interval advantage and Declan added a second on the restart. James McCulla had a brilliant hour at centre field and was well supported by Ryan White and Ryan Donnelly.

U16 Football Ballymartin v An Riocht 22/04/2008
Despite an Adam White goal in the early stages, An Riocht trailed 1-3 to 1-6 at the break. The hosts went on to open an eight point gap before a James McCulla penalty goal and another from a Ryan Donnelly free made for a lively closing quarter hour but An Riocht could not complete the recovery going down 3-5 to 2-12.

U16 Football An Riocht v Longstone 13/04/2008
An Riocht led at the break but fell away in the final quarter to suffer a 2-5 to 4-6 defeat in the opening game of the league. First half goals from Aidan McVeigh and Christopher O’Rourke added to steady defending from Stephen Curran and Michael Donnelly and a great double save from Andrew Magorrian ensured An Riocht more than held their own but they just ran out of steam towards the end. Team A Magorrian; A Higgins, M Donnelly, G O’Neill; D Higgins, S Knox, S Curran; D Doyle, J McCulla; R Donnelly, R McAlinden, R White; A White, C O’Rourke, A McVeigh. Sub S Bowater.

U16 Football 30/03/3008
Rostrevor proved far superior to the An Riocht team in Sundays challenge at Dunavil but the boys never gave up and were rewarded with a late flurry of points. Team A Magorrian; A Higgins, M Donnelly, G O’Neill; R Clarke, S Corr, D Higgins; D Doyle, J McCulla; R McAlinden, R Donnelly, R White; A White, C ORourke, A McVeigh. Sub N Murnion.

U16 Football 27/08/2007
Clann Na Banna were visitors to Dunavil on Tuesday. With no league significance for either team each showed a number of changes. We led 1-3 to 0-2 at the break with Diarmuid Flanagan the goal scorer and went on to add 2-5. In the second half Christopher O’Rourke punched a second goal and Andrew Magorrian grabbed our third in the closing moments. Team A Rogers; C Campbell, M Clarke, R Clarke; D White, S Corr, P Allen; C Cole 0-1, M Keenan 0-1; R Donnelly, D Flanagan 1-2, M Spiers 0-2; C O’Rourke 1-1, K Mathews, A Magorrian 1-1.

U16 Football 20/08/2007
Clann Na Banna are visitors to Dunavil on Tuesday.

U16 Football 13/08/2007
Tullylish were visitors to Dunavil on Tuesday.

U16 Football 06/08/2007
Both the Tullylish and Drumgath matches were postponed.

U16 Football 31/07/2007
Tuesdays match with Tullylish has been postponed until 14th August.

U16 Football 09/07/2007
The U16 footballers beat Clonduff . On the night all our team played well and at half time we were winning by four points but it could have been more. Clonduff started better in the second half and they drew level with a goal and a point. Then we went two points up only for them to score another goal and point to lead by two. Christopher O’ Rourke scored a goal we lead by one again. Ryan White (0.1) and Diarmuid Flanagan (0.2) left us winning by four but they scored another three points to leave the minimum in it again. Diarmuid (0.1) and Michael Speirs (0.2) again brought it back to four before they scored twice more to leave us still winning by two points when the final whistle went. Final score An Riocht 1.14 Clonduff 2.9. Best on the night were Diarmuid.Flanagan (0.8) and Ryan White while  player of the match was Ryan Clake. Team K. Mathews; C. Clarke, D. White, R.Clarke; M. Clarke, E. Burns, D. Bowater; M. Keenan, S. Corr 0.1; A. Rodgers, P. Rooney  0.1, R. White 0.1; D. Flanagan 0.8, C. O’.Rourke 1.0, M. Speirs 0.3. Sub C. Campbell U16 Football 24/06/2007
The U16 footballers played Banbridge. Team: Kevin Matthews; Conor Clarke, Stephen Corr, Declan White;  Michael Harper, Michael Clarke, Darryl Bowater; Paul Allen,  Michael Keenan; Ryan Clarke, Paul Rooney, Ryan White; Anthony Rogers; Ryan Donnelly,   Diarmuid Flanagan. After ten minutes, we were winning 1.5 to 0.3.  Banbridge came back to take the lead and at half time they were winning 2.7 to 2.5.  Playing against the wind in the second half, we went five points clear with goals from Ryan Clarke, Anthony Rogers and a point from Ryan Donnelly. Best in defence was Declan White.  Best in the forwards were Ryan Clarke and Ryan White playing in their first U16 match.  Score of the match was Anthony's goal.  A great defence splitting pass from Michael Keenan which Anthony took in his stride and stuck it in the onion bag. Scorers Diarmuid Flanagan 1.8, Ryan Donnelly 0.2,  Ryan White 0  1  Paul Rooney 1  0  Anthony Rogers 1  0 and Ryan Clarke 1  0. U16 Football 18/06/2007
The U16 footballers played Tullylish on Tuesday and gave a much improved showing to lose by just a single goal, 2.8 to 2.11. At half time we led six points to five but the home team enjoyed a good start to the second half and looked on course for another big win until we rallied in the final quarter and did enough to come away with something. Kevin Mathews tipped two goal bound efforts over the bar, Diarmuid Flanagan converted two fifties, Anthony Rogers had a shot for a goal blocked on the line though Michael Spies and Ashley Mc Loughlin both did find the back of the net. Team K Mathews; C Clarke, S Corr, D White; C O’Rourke, M Clarke, D Bowater; P Allen, M Keenan; R Donnelly, D Flanagan 0.7, A Mc Loughlin 1.0; M Spiers 1.1, P Rooney, A Rogers. Sub M Harper. U16 Football 11/06/2007
The U16 footballers played Drumgath and kept up the good form this week with our first win in the league, 4:10 to 1:10. Goals from Paul Rooney (2), Ashley Mc Loughlin and Michael Spiers were major factors in this success but the defence too tightened up considerably, all the more creditable as ace marker Stephen Mc Veigh was unavailable for selection. Ethan Burns scored a fifty. Team: K Mathews; C Clarke, S Corr, D White; M Clarke, E Burns 0:2, D Bowater; P Allen, M Keenan; C O’Rourke, D Flanagan 0:5, A McLoughlin 1:0; R Donnelly, P Rooney 2:0, M Spiers 1:3. Subs A Rogers, M Harper, M Donnelly. 

U16 Football 05/06/2007
The U16 footballers lost 1:6 to 1:8 to Longstone in the Championship. Kevin Mathews did well in goals with Paul Allen the pick of the defence and Paul Rooney a threat in attack. Team K Mathews; D White, S Corr, S Mc Veigh; M Clarke, E Burns, D Bowater; P Allen 0:1, M Keenan; C O’Rourke, D Flanagan 0:3, A Mc Loughlin 0:1; R Donnelly 1:1, P Rooney, M Spies. Subs C Clarke, A Rogers, M Donnelly. 

U16 Football 22/05/2007
The U16 footballers played Clonduff away, losing 1:16 to 1:9. Paul Allen and Michael Keenan did well at mid field trying hard and never stopped. We switched Michael Clarke and Stephen Corr and both showed improved form. Kevin Mathews did alright in goals making one good save and varying the kick out well. Diarmuid Flanagan was strong scoring 1.6 including a fifty, while Michael Speirs scored 0.2 and Ashley Mc Loughlan scored 0.1 and won a penalty. Paul Rooney won most balls put into him. Conor Clarke came on for Daryl Bowater and impressed. Anthony Rogers came on for Michael Harper and he won us three frees which Diarmuid Flanagan scored. Stephen Mc Veigh saw off four different men with some brilliant defensive play. Team and scorers: K.Mathews; D.White, S.Corr, S.Mc Veigh; D.Bowater, M.Clarke, M.Speirs 0.2; M.Keenan, P.Allen; M.Harper, D.Flanagan 1.6, A. Mc Loughlan 0.1;R.Donnelly, P.Rooney, C O’ Rourke. Subs A.Rogers, C.Clarke.

U16 Football 14/05/2007
The U16 footballers played Atticall in the Championship giving a better all round team performance. The pick of the backs were Declan White and Paul Allen. All the backs tried hard. We moved Stephen Corr into full back and he tightened things up. Michael Speirs did well at mid field scoring 1.4. Diarmuid Flanagan tried hard scoring 0.2 but could have had more. He was hasty on occasion .All the subs came on with Paul Rooney having hard luck when he fisted onto the cross bar. The two best scores were an Ethan Burns pointed fifty and a long range free from Diarmuid Flanagan. We had too many wides to win the game, our shooting was poor. Man of the match was Paul Allen. Team: Kevin Mathews; Declan White, Michael Clarke, Stephen Mc Veigh; Daryl Bowater, Paul Allen, Michael Keenan 0:1; Michael Spiers 1:4, Stephen Corr; Michael Harper 1:0, Diarmuid Flanagan 0:2, Ashley Mc Loughlin; Ryan Donnelly, Ethan Burns 0:1, Christopher O’Rourke 0:3. Subs Conor Clarke, Anthony Rodgers, Paul Rooney.  

U16 Football 07/05/2007
The U16 footballers played Clann Na Banna at Dunavil and gave a much improved display only going down by a goal, 1:11 to 2:11. Points from Diarmuid Flanagan (free) and Michael Spiers got us off to a good start but in their first attack Clanns full forward fired in a goal. Though they added a point we were playing our best football at this time and a great three man move involving Ryan Donnelly and Michael Spiers ended with Michael finding Diarmuid in space and he rocketed in a goal. The visitors keeper kept them in it with two great saves in as many minutes though we increased our lead with points from Michael and Diarmuid (3). A couple of frees brought Bann within range and a twenty third minute goal leveled the match. The goal was particularly unfortunate as Michael Clarke had expertly dispossessed an attacker with the ball falling to another Bann player and Kevin Mathews doing well to save his effort but again the ball fell to a forward and he swept it to the net. Two further frees had Bann ahead 2:6 to 1:7 at the break. Christopher O’Rourke pulled one back on the restart but three third quarter points increased the visitors lead. In a rare attack their keeper again did well to scramble away a chance with Diarmuids point leaving a goal between the teams. Bann stretched it to four before Christophers second score signaled another burst of An Riocht pressure but we failed to make the most of enough chances with only a Diarmuid Flanagan point to show. Bann countered and Paul Allen and Kevin Mathews defended strongly with a late free again putting a goal between them. We had one last chance to salvage a draw but could not force the equalizing goal we probably deserved. Team: K Mathews; D White, M Clark, C Clark; D Bowater, P Allen, M Keenan; M Spiers, S Corr; A Mc Loughlin, P Rooney, M Harper; R Donnelly, D Flanagan, C O’Rourke. Sub A Rogers. 

U16 Football 30/04/2007
The U16 footballers lost heavily to a very big and strong Tullylish / Aghaderg / St. Michaels combination. Early saves from Kevin Mathews kept us in it and Christopher O’Rourke sneaked in a goal on ten minutes but thereafter it was all Tullylish though Michael Keenan did add a late point. 

U16 Football 24/04/2007
The U16 footballers lost in Drumgath on Tuesday 3:13 to 0:6. We had enough of the ball to have done better but lacked direction and played too many cross field balls. Diarmuid Flanagan was our only scorer. Kevin Mathews in goals, Paul Allen at full back, and Michael Clark in the first half were our best players. All the subs got a run. Team: K Mathews; M Donnelly, P Allen, S Mc Veigh; D White, S Corr, D Bowater; M Clark, E Burns; A Mc Loughlin, M Spiers, C O’Rourke; M Keenan, D Flanagan, R Donnelly. Subs A Rogers, M Harper, J Mc Culla, C Clarke, P Rooney. 

Schools 11/12/2006
The Down Vocational Schools U14 Final took place at Dunavil on Tuesday of last week. Well done to St. Columbans on winning the down U16 Title.

U16 v Shamrocks 19/09/2006
The U16 footballers finished the league with a win over Shamrocks to secure runners up in Division One of the South Down competition. In a high scoring affair the result was 4:14 to 5:7. We were well on top in the early stages and goals from Diarmuid Flanagan (2) and Conor Cole helped us to a 3:8 to 0:5 halftime lead. Shamrocks hit two goals in quick succession on the restart but a like score from Brendan Allen looked to have restored our control of the game. Then in the last ten minutes the Newry boys banged in three more goals and it took some late points from Michael Spiers and Darren Doyle to see us over the finish line. Team A Rogers S Sloan S Corr D Bowater D White P Gartland P Allen E Burns S White P Cole D Doyle R Cunningham B Allen D Flanagan M Spiers. Subs M White C Clarke M Clarke.

U16 12/09/2006
The U16 boys play at home v Shamrocks needing a point to secure runners up position. This game will take place on Thursday at 6:30pm at Dunavil.

U16 v Saval 12/08/2006
Despite having suffered a recent dip in form the U16 team won in Saval, 3:9 to 0:9, to maintain our challenge for the league runners up spot. Michael Clarke and Paul Allen were the pick at the back while Wayne Bowater (1:1) and Shane White (0:1) tried hard at midfield. Up front the winning goals came from Rory Cunningham and Diarmuid Flanagan.

U15 Seven-A-Side 12/08/2006
At the Og Sport in Carryduff we won our group beating Castlewellan 2:4 to 0:1 and Saval 2:5 to 2:0. In the semi final we played Kilcoo and at half time were winning 3:5 to 1:5. However we missed a couple of chances at the start of the second half and Kilcoo won in the end 5:11 to 4:6. Team A Rogers S Corr 0:2 P Allen M Clarke M Spiers 2:5 D Flanagan 6:8 D Bowater D White C Clarke. Well Done everyone.

U16 v Rostrevor 12/08/2006
Our two league victories counted for nothing as Rostrevor took this Championship encounter by 3:15 to 1:11. The visitors played with a strong wind and used it to good effect leading 1:11 to 0:3 by the break. The breeze died during the interval and we gained no advantage from it on the restart yet still edged the second half 1:8 to 2:4 but never looked like making inroads into Reds big lead. Good luck to them in the Semis. We must now win our remaining league games Saval (A) and Shamrocks (H) to secure the runners-up spot. Hopefully all holiday makers will have reported back fit and ready by then. Team A Rogers; D White, S Corr, S Sloan; P Allen, M Clarke, P Gartland 0:2; W Bowater 1:0, S White; R Cunningham 0:2, D Doyle 0:1, M Spiers; C Cole, D Flanagan 0:6, B Allen. Sub M White.

U16 v Clonduff 30/07/2006
The U16 footballers edged a close affair in Hilltown to remain in contention in the league. We were very slow to start but were still ahead by nine points at the break after a good second quarter, 4:6 to 0:9, and looking likely winners. Clonduff hit back in the second half and we suffered a few anxious moments before the end finishing just two points to the good, 5:12 to 2:19. Team: Anthony Rogers, Shane Sloan, Stephen Corr, Daryl Bowater, Paul Allen, Michael Clarke, Michael Keenan, Wayne Bowater 0:1, Shane White, Rory Cunningham 1:1, Diarmuid Flanagan 1:2, Michael Spiers 1:5, Conor Cole 1:1, Brendan Allen 1:0, Ethan Burns 0:2. Sub Miceal White.

U16 Football v Rostrevor 04/07/2006
The U16 footballers turned in a great display to beat Rostrevor 1:19 to 2:7 at Dunavil on Tuesday. Though there were nine points in it at the finish, throughout the match the result could have gone either way. That we got off to a better start and then could always reply with a series of points preventing Reds putting two scores together went a long way to securing this victory.

Rostrevors keeper rivalled our midfielder Wayne Bowater for the player of the match. He made three first half saves to deny us goals and after the break did even better going full length to turn away a penalty.

We were three nil up when Ethan Burns released Diarmuid Flanagan with a quickly taken free and the big full forward drilled the ball just inside the post for our goal. Rostrevor goaled on twenty minutes and could have had another but for a great block by Shane White who then popped up at the other end of the field to point us further ahead. Michael Spiers added the score of the half, breaking a tackle at speed and shooting on the run. Reds meanwhile tried to finish the half on a high but a Stephen Corr block and a Paddy Gartland tackle kept them out at the last minute. At half time we led 1:9 to 1:3.

Ethan Burns scored two fifties in succession within five minutes of the restart, quite a feat to convert two in a row. When Diarmuid Flanagans penalty was brilliantly saved with a quarter hour still to play Reds trailed by seven and a goal narrowed the gap to four before a strong finish to the game saw us shoot five unanswered points. Team A Rogers D Bowater S Corr S Sloan 0:1 P Gartland E Burns 0:2 P Allen W Bowater 0:2 S White 0:1 R Cunningham 0:2 M Spiers 0:3 M Harper 0:1 C Cole 0:4 D Flanagan 1:3 B Allen. Subs M White 0:1 M Keenan.

U16 Football v Warrenpoint 26/06/2006
The U16 lost by nine points at Milltown playing fields and now the best we can hope for in the league is a runners up spot. At half time we trailed 3:8 to 1:5 and though we matched the home side after the break we could not make any inroads into their lead. Team A Rogers C Clarke S Corr D Bowater P Gartland M Clarke S Sloan M Spiers 0:2 S White R Cunningham 0:1 D Doyle 0:1 B Allen C Cole 1:0 D Flanagan 1:3 W Bowater 1:2. Subs M Keenan, M White, E Burns.

Og Sport & Skills Competitions  12/06/2006
Og Sport the U15 seven-side tournament takes place on Saturday 5^th August while the U14 Skills event takes place at the Championship at the start of August.

U16 Football v Ballyholland 19/06/2006
In the third Championship match of the day the U16 beat Ballyholland 4:10 to 3:9. We played against the wind and trailed at the break 2:6 to 1:4, Rory Cunningham our goal scorer. After Darren Doyle had lofted a great point on the restart Wayne Bowater banged in a goal and with Conor Cole and Paddy Gartland adding further goals we just about bested the home side. Team A Rogers S Sloan S Corr D Bowater M Spiers M Clarke M Harper 0:1 W Bowater 1:2 S White R Cunningham 1:1 D Doyle 0:1 P Gartland 1:0 C Cole 1:3 D Flanagan 0:2 B Allen. Subs C Clarke, M White, E Burns.

U16 Football v Ballyholland 06/06/2006
This was off due to the death of Madeline Fitzpatrick, mother of team manager Noel.

U16 Football v Shamrocks 29/05/2006
The U16s lost in Newry 0:12 to 1:6 on a miserable wet night on which the majority of games were rained off. Minus midfield powerhouse Wayne Bowater we were always going to find the going hard though were right in it at six four down at half time. We had chances in the second half including a penalty but failed to make the most of them with Mark Mc Kays goal coming too late to spark a revival. Stephen Corr, Michael Spiers, Shane White and Paul Allen wee the pick on this occasion. Team E Burns; D White, S Corr, D Bowater; S Sloan, M Clarke, M Mc Kay 1:0; M Spiers 0:1, S White; R Cunningham 0:3, D Doyle, P Gartland; P Allen, C Cole, D Flanagan 0:2.

U16 Football v Saval 22/05/2006
We won this by 6:14 to 1:11 and it was really our ability to create goal chances which separated the teams after a fairly evenly contested affair.  Wayne Bowater set the trend when he netted from a free in the opening minute. Saval came back well to trail 1:3 to 0:5 only to be rocked as Diarmuid Flanagan goaled twice in a minute midway through the half. Shane Sloan and Ethan Burns both did well to deny Saval any goals and Stephen Corr made a particularly memorable high catch from a fifty. Just before the break Shane White broke forward from midfield to score a cracking fourth goal and at half time we led 4:8 to 0:6.

Conor Cole took a brilliant goal on the restart and though Saval grabbed their own goal shortly afterwards, Diarmuid Flanagan completed his hat trick after good play from Conor Cole. Michael Spiers was unlucky not to goal when he cut through the Saval defence but was fouled as about to shoot and the resultant penalty flew over the bar. This victory was built around a high flying performance by Wayne Bowater at midfield. Team: E Burns D Bowater S Corr D White P Allen M Clarke S Sloan W Bowater 1:5 S White 1:1 P Gartland 0:1 M Mc Kay R Cunningham 0:1 M Spiers 0:2 C Cole 1:1 D Flanagan 3:3.

U16 Football v Clonduff 15/05/2006
The U16 boys continue to surprise themselves with a series of unexpected results. Clonduff true to the form guide started well and led five two though we were getting in on goals with remarkable ease. After several decent chances were spurned Diarmuid Flanagan finally hit the back of the net on twenty five minutes and Rory Cunningham added another to put us 2:4 to 0:6 ahead at the break. Conor Cole cleverly stepped inside his man for a third goal direct from the restart and a strong solo run from Darren Doyle created the opening for Diarmuid to shoot his second as we led 4:8 to 0:8 by the fifty fifth minute. A late rally saw Clonduff pull 1:2 back but the final score fell to hard working midfielder Wayne Bowater who pointed with the last kick to leave it 4:9 to 1:10. Team: Ethan Burns; Daryl Bowater, Stephen Corr, Michael Clarke; Paul Allen, Shane Sloan, Declan White; Shane White, Wayne Bowater 0:1; Paddy Gartland 0:2, Darren Doyle 0:2, Rory Cunningham 1:1; Michael Spiers 0:1, Conor Cole 1:2, Diarmuid Flanagan 2:0. Subs Miceal White, Brendan Allen, Mark Mc Kay, Conor Clarke, Anthony Rogers, Paul Rooney, Michael Keenan, Michael Harper.

U16 Football v Rostrevor 30/04/2006
The U16 footballers won on their second outing at Rostrevor finishing thirteen points to the good, 7:10 to 4:6. However the game was a lot closer than the final score line suggests. We played very well in the first half particularly Declan White and Daryl Bowater on the full back line, Shane White and Wayne Bowater at midfield, and Conor Cole and Michael Spiers in attack. At the break we led 3:6 to 1:5 and Reds came at us on the restart scoring 2:1 to tie the match. We settled again however and shot four last quarter goals for a deserved victory. Team E Burns D White M Clarke D Bowater S Sloan S Corr P Allen S White 0:1 W Bowater 0:2 R Cunningham 2:0 D Doyle 1:2 P Gartland 1:1 B Allen C Cole 1:2 M Spiers 1:2. Subs D Flanagan 1:0 M Harper M White M Mc Kay P Rooney C Clarke.

U16 Football v Warrenpoint 24/04/2006
The U16 team lost our opening game. After a great first half which saw the teams go in level at 2:5 apiece the stronger visitors eventually stretched clear to win 4:13 to 3:7. Ethan Burns was good in goals and his kick outs were a big help. Shane White and Paul Allen were the pick in defence while Wayne Bowater and Michael Spiers tried hard at midfield. Up front Conor Cole and Diarmuid Flanagan were best. All the subs got on. Team: E Burns S Sloan S Corr D Bowater R Cunningham S White P Allen M Spiers W Bowater 1:2 P Gartland D Flanagan 1:1 M Harper B Allen D Doyle 0:1 C Cole 1:3. Subs D White M Clarke M White C Clarke M Keenan.

U16 Football Mitchels v An Riocht  06/09/2005
The U16 footballers failed to complete a League and Championship double when we found Mitchels too big and powerful and not bad players in the FC Final on Saturday. Still coming from where this team was two years ago these players can feel their season was a success.

 

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