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Games & Coaching
23/12/2005
The meeting to
appoint team managers
and arrange practices
for 2006 will take place
on Wednesday 4th
January at 7:30pm at
Dunavil. Hall practices
resume from Monday 9th
January. There may well
be a meeting called over
the Christmas/New Year
period and with ‘press
and post’ holidays
notice may be short.
Check at Dunavil, the
website
www.anriocht.com ,
or usual places for
details.
Finance & Social
11/12/2005
At the
meeting last Tuesday
Chairman Michael
O’Rourke welcomed
several new members and
some others have
signalled their intent
to attend the next
meeting on Monday 9th
January.
Grounds & Development
23/12/2005
Work will be ongoing
over the holiday period
and every bit of help
will be both appreciated
and needed.
Start the year
positively by doing a
bit for the Club. The
first of the spectator
stands are due to be put
in place later this week
with the second due to
go up immediately after
the holidays.
Memory Lane
23/12/2005
Fiona Millar from
Australia who acted as
Club physio in the mid
nineties has been in
touch through the
website,
www.anriocht.com ,
and would like anyone
who remembers her to get
in touch to catch up
with what people have
been doing since she
returned home. Fiona’s
contact details are on
the website or can be
obtained from the Club.
SANTA VISITED THE CLUB LAST WEEK WITH HIS LITTLE HELPERS
18/12/2005
SHOPPING FOR CHRISTMAS APPEAL
18/12/2005
Games & Coaching
11/12/2005
Club
coaches are asked to
take a few minutes to
complete the Club Coach
Information Form and
return it to the Club
this week and are
reminded that the
session in Castlewellan
next Friday has been
cancelled. The meeting
to appoint team managers
for 2006 will take place
on Wednesday 4th
January at 7:30pm at
Dunavil.
Down Year Books
on sale from the Club
GAA Conventions
11/12/2005
Congratulations to Hugh
Cahill and Diarmuid
Cahill on their
re-election to the
County Board; to Joseph
Donnan, Michael O’Rourke
and Houston McVeigh on
their election to the
South Down Board; and to
James Colgan on his
election as Down U21
Delegate to Congress.
An Riocht AGM Report
27/11/2005
Well
Done 27/11/2005
Martin, Neil and Peter
all picked up Awards at
the South Down GAA
Dinner on Friday. For
young McClory it was his
fourth ‘First Place’ in
a row and eighth in all
added to eight ‘Second
Place’ and six ‘Third
Place’ Awards.
Awards 14/11/2005
Congratulations to Peter
McClory and Neil Cousins
both nominated for South
Down Referee of the Year
and to Martin Clarke
nominated as South Down
Player of the Year.
O'Rourke and Sloan
help Down to Masters
Final
19/08/2005
Gaelic Telecom
17/10/2005
Representatives of
Gaelic Telecom the
telephone company
promoted by Croke Park
visited the Club last
week and put forward a
convincing case for
using their services.
There will be more
information in the next
few weeks.
Scor 03/10/2005
The juvenile
scor competition, scor
na nog, for those U16
this year starts soon.
Anyone interested in
taking part or helping
with set or ceili
dancing, recitation,
solo singing, question
time, instrumental or
ballad groups should get
in touch at the Club. It
is important that the
Club fulfils its
cultural obligation.
Down Teams
22/09/2005
The Down U15
and U17 Football
Development teams
trained at Dunavil on
Saturday.
Best wishes to the Down
Minors on Sunday and
particularly our four on
the squad.
Coaching 29/08/2005
There was a good turn
out for the NMDC
Coaching week and thanks
to all who assisted.
Down
Teams 13/09/2005
The
Down U15 and U17
Football Development
teams trained at Dunavil
on Saturday.
Presentations
18/07/2005
At the SELB Youth
Service Awards evening
Kingdom Youth Club
recipients were: ‘Child
Protection Awareness
Training’ Karen
Sloan, Rosemarie
Curran, Roisin Doran,
Mary McAlinden, Martin
Donnelly, Wayne
Morris, Damian
Cunningham, Noel
Fitzpatrick, Peter
Morgan and Don Cole. ‘Rescue
& Emergency Training’
Sheila Harper, Wayne
Morris, Mary McAlinden,
Conrad McAlinden,
Karen Spiers, Karen
Sloan, Roisin Doran
and Rosemarie Curran.
‘OCN Youth Worker
Qualification’
Sheila Harper and
Wayne Morris. ‘Keystone
Awards Operator
Licence’ Sheila
Harper, Lucinda Love,
Cathy Spiers and Wayne
Morris.
Camogie
04/07/2005
The
Juniors won in
Warrenpoint but
lost to
Kilcoo. The
Minors begin their
campaign with the visit
of
Ballycran on
Tuesday. The U14 beat
Bredagh and
Clonduff in the
Championship. In
Hilltown
Briege
Mulholland scored
five goals. They now
play
Ballycran in the
semi-final. The U12 got
to the Championship
semi-final where
Ballycran proved
too strong. They still
have a League play-off
to come.
Football 04/07/2005
The seniors won v.
Burren but lost
in
Liatroim. On
Thursday they play
Rostrevor. The
Seconds lost in
Mayobridge and at
home to league leaders
Burren. The
Thirds lost to
Drumgath. The
Minors lost to
Rostrevor. On
Wednesday they play
Castlewellan. The
U16 drew with
Glasdrumman. The
U14 beat
Tullylish in the
League and
Annaclone in the
Championship. The U14
won in Glenn on Sunday
morning. The U10 played
Longstone on
Monday. The U8 played
two games with
Mitchels at
Dunavil on
Thursday.
Sceim na
nGael Og 19/06/2005
Any junior member of An
Riocht / KYC going to
the Gaeltacht this
summer can apply for
financial assistance
from Coiste na Gaeilge.
Also any adults
interested in
conversational Irish,
craic and enjoyment can
apply for a place on the
Ulster Council Irish
Language Course at
Downings in Donegal.
Time is short so contact
the Club if interested
in either of the above.
Down
Football 23/05/2005
Congrats to Martin, the
two James and Fergal on
reaching the Ulster
minor semi-final against
the odds and good luck
to Brendan and John in
the Qualifier Draw.
Well Done
to Aaron Higgins who
played for Down Primary
Schools against Tyrone
at half time in the big
match at Healy Park on
Sunday and led the band
around afterwards.
An Ríocht Chairman Felix Higgins
& Treasurer Daniel Cunningham
make a presentation to Cathal Murray
& Stephen McVeigh towards St.
Louis Mac Rory cup training fund.
The convent boys have been training
regularly on Saturday mornings at
An Ríochts Dunavil road grounds.
MISSION
22/02/2005
An Riocht underage boys and girls
attended the Parish Mission as team
units over last weekend.
Fitness
suite conversation 11/01/2005
Thanks to all who helped with the
fitness suite conversation. It has
turned out better than could have
been expected
