THE DOWNS GAA NOTES June 26th 2023
Championship Results
The adult men’s Shay Murtagh football championship resumed this week. The Senior men had a tough opening round fixture on Sunday evening in TEG Cusack Park against last year’s finalists St. Lomans. In an intriguing game that both teams went for it, it was ultimately St. Loman’s ability to score goals at crucial times that earned them all of the points on offer. St. Lomans were ahead by 2 goals 2-06 to 0-6 at half time and despite The Downs clawing their way back into it via goals from Luke Loughlin and Niall Mitchell St. Lomans managed to counteract those scores with goals from TJ Cox and Sam McCartan. The final Score was 4 -12 to 2-12. No doubt these two teams will meet again further down the line in the championship.
On Friday evening the Junior team travelled to Athlone for the first round of the Clarke’s Bar Junior Championship. After a slow start to the game the lads found themselves trailing at half time by 4 points on a score-line of 0-7 v 0-3. Following some great pressure by the forwards Athlone were forced into two handling errors which resulted in goals for Shane Carroll and Billy Moffat. Athlone then bounced back with a major of their own but some fine late points saw The Downs coming away with a well-deserved win. Final score: 2-12 to 1-09.
On Sunday June 25th The Downs GAA hosted two JFC matches. Kilbeggan V St. Paul’s and Moate V Bunbrosna. Thanks to all the volunteers for your continued hard work.
U16 Girls Division 4 League Champions
The Downs u16 girls travelled to Bunbrosna on Thursday evening to take on Clann Gael in the Div 4 League Final. Clann Gael started strong, and Na Dúnta had to fight their way back into the game with a few great goals to finish ahead at half time 3-5 to 1-6. The Downs girls had to keep up their work rate in the second half to hold off a strong Clann Gaels to finish league champions on a scoreline of 4-7 to 2-9. Congratulations to this great team of girls who have worked hard all year and are going from strength to strength. Thanks to all the coaches and to all who came along to support.
Go-Games
Our U7’s, U9’s and U11’s travelled to Milltownpass on Saturday morning for the most recent Go-Games. Na Dúnta played against Milltownpass and Garrycastle. The lads put on a great display of football and did the club proud. Thanks to all who made the trip and to Milltownpass for being wonderful hosts as usual.
G4M&O
Well done to our G4M&O team who had their first game of the season this evening against Rhode Ladies Football. A great game with two evenly matched teams on the longest evening of the year.A big thank you to Michael Moloney for stepping up to referee for us and to the Rhode Ladies for travelling. Thanks also to our coaches, Anthony and Martin for their time. Also thanks to McNamee Tyres for our fab new jerseys . If anyone would like to join G4M&O please give Anne Marie a shout on 0874140184.
Clothes Collection
Reminder that we have an ongoing clothes collection here at The Downs LGFA club. All proceeds go to The Downs ladies LGFA club.
Club Shop
The next club shop opening will be during training from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. on this Friday June 30th
Vacancy Updated Link
New Updated Link: https://jobsireland.ie/en-US/job-Details?id=2237602
The vacancy for the position of Caretaker/Groundsperson position at The Downs GAA Club is still available. Please see new updated link for information regarding same. This is a Community Employment Position with MSCO Ltd.
Bingo
Bingo continues every Friday night at 8.30 p.m. All new members welcome.
Clubhouse Bar
The Clubhouse bar is open on Fridays and Saturdays nights.
Club Lotto
We are asking all members to please support our club lotto. Sellers will be around the next few Friday evenings during underage training. The lotto is one of our main sources of income and we would be grateful if all our members could support it.
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
Keep up to date with club activities
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