On Friday evening our senior men welcomed Caulry to Breedon Molloy Park for Round 7 of the Division 1 football league. On an ideal evening for football it was the visitors who started the brightest registering the first two scores. The sides then traded a couple of points each in the proceeding 10 minutes to leave the visitors leading by 0-4 to 0-2 after 15 minutes. As The Downs lads started to gain some momentum a two pointed effort from Ben Harte dropped short and was pounced on by The downs forwards where it eventually found Philip Martin who finished calmly to the back of the net to put The Downs into the lead for the first time in the game on a scoreline of 1-4 to 0-5. In a blistering next 10 minutes, The Downs lads outscored the visitors by nine points to one with the pick of the bunch a fine two pointer from the boot of midfielder Billy Moffatt to leave the halftime scoreline reading The Downs 1-13 caulry 0-5. The second period started fast and within a few minutes Caulry found the back of The Downs net to cut the gap to 8 points, though The Downs lads never panicked with Ciaran Nolan leading the attack from the defence and pointed twice in quick succession to minimise the damage of the Caulry goal. In what was a professionally carried out second half of the game by the black and amber clad outfit. Eoin Mullin who was introduced from the bench on the 40th minute finished with an impressive haul of  0-4 to his name. Caulry to their credit never gave up and finished the scoring on the night with a fine two pointer score. On this occasion the downs ran out winners on a score-line of The downs 1-22 Caulry 1-12. Special mention to Finn Raeside who made his Divsion 1 debut off the bench in the second half of the game.

Our U16 girls continued their winning ways this week with a hard fought win away to Coralstown Kinnegad on Tuesday evening last. Well done to all.

What a weekend we have to look forward to in Westmeath with the senior men booking their place in the Leinster final against Dublin in Croke Park on May 17th against Dublin GAA. We are immensely proud of our representatives on the squad Charlie Drumm, Kevin O’Sullivan, Ian Martin, Luke Loughlin and Jonathan Lynam (both injured). Bring it home lads!!

We also wish the Westmeath Ladies the very best of luck in the TG 4 Intermediate Leinster final next Saturday afternoon May 16th against Wexford in Cedral, St. Conleth’s Park, Newbridge, Co. Kildare. Again we were tremendously represented by Lucy Power, Niamh Nolan and Ellen Taite. Go n - éirí an bóthair libh!!

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 prize 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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