On Friday night Our Division 1 side travelled to Athlone for Round 5 of the league. 

In wet and windy conditions the hosts started the scoring from a free kick inside the opening couple of minutes. Our lads worked tirelessly throughout. In an evenly contested first half it was a goal from Lorcan Mullen, who pounced on a ball coming off the crossbar to palm home to the net that separated the sides on the halftime whistle to leave The Downs in the lead on a scoreline of 1-6 to 0-5. 

The Downs started the second half strongly and by the 45th led on a score-line of 1-10 to 0-6 aided by a Trevor Martin 2 pointed free. The final 15 minutes were evenly contested with both sides trading scores throughout. Dan O’ Callaghan scored a brilliant point on the run before Dean Egerton completing our scoring on the night to finish the game on a final score of The Downs 1-12 Athlone 0-9. 

 

On Saturday evening our Division 3 team turned in a rampant display of football when they visited Ballinagore for round 5 of the All County league. Aided by a strong breeze in the first half, our lads dominated proceedings. A hat-trick of two pointers from Ben Harte and goals from the boot of Tadhg Nolan and one from Adam Conneely helped the lads to a 2-10 to 5 point lead at the half time interval. 

To their credit The Downs lads controlled the second half brilliantly against the strong breeze.  Some brilliant defensive work along with an excellently executed 2 pointed free from goalkeeper Senan O’ Driscoll aswell as a great team goal orchestrated by Josh Murtagh and finished by Cian McCourt ensured there was no coming back for the Ballinagore men on this occasion. Balliangore did raise a green flag of their own in the final few minutes of the game but on this occasion it was The downs who ran out winners on a scoreline of The downs 3-16 Ballinagore 1-11.

We had a great showing at the U15 girls Division 1 Féile last Monday in Garrycastle. The panel made a fine effort to reach the Divion 1 semi-final only to be beaten narrowly by Mullingar Shamrocks who went on to be the eventual winners overcoming St. Lomans in the final on Tuesday evening. We had excellent wins against Goldsmiths, Cill  Óige and Garrycastle topping the group only to be pipped at the post by a strong Shamrocks contingent. We were immensely proud of the effort the girls made. This group have developed incrementally over the years and will be real contenders for their relevant championships this year. Well done to all the organisers and of course Garrycastle GAA on being wonderful hosts. 

The Downs Ladies LGFA are having a fundraiser on Saturday May 2nd in the clubhouse. A night of music and bingo and guaranteed fun on the night. Kicking off at 8 pm with entry fee of €20. Please see our social media platforms to purchase tickets.

Plenty of bargains to be got in the club shop over the next few weeks. Please contact Carmel on 0879496347 for any inquiries. 

Bingo

The Bingo Jackpot has reached a whopping 9500. Why not join us on Friday night when you could be in with a chance of the massive pize of 9500 euro!! Please keep an eye on our Social Media platforms for updates to Bingo continues. All new members welcome.

We will continue to live stream our Lotto draw via our Facebook page for the foreseeable future. Tune in at 9-30 on each Monday night to catch the draw.

1.Add a discounted bundle to your Downs GAA club membership by clicking here.
2.Play online at our website www.thedownsgaa.com
3. Play online at Clubzapp http://bit.ly/3ItlksQ
4. Contact your regular draw collector for your area or any Committee member who will enter
your numbers on to our Perma Book which is retained at the club.
5. Send a cheque for €100 to club secretary Tommy Kelly, Coralstown, Mullingar (one year’s
subscription).
6. Or scan here:

Thanks to our supporters for their loyal commitment to our Fundraising Draw and to those new players who have signed up online and in hard copy.

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