Monday 13th August

10am to 12.30pm Pirates & Mermaids, summer fun through the medium of the Irish language (must be pre-booked); 11am Men's Shed; 2pm Birthday Party; 6.30pm u10 & u12 Camogie practice; 7.15pm u14 Gaelic An Riocht v Shamrocks; 7.30pm Senior and Junior Camogie Training; 8pm Band Practice; 9pm Lotto

Tuesday 14th August

10am YC staff meeting; 10am to 12.30pm Pirates & Mermaids, summer fun through the medium of the Irish language (must be pre-booked); 1pm to 4pm KYC Summer Scheme - decorating t-shirts; 7pm u14 Camogie An Riocht v Castlewellan; 7pm u18 Gaelic Shield Bosco v An Riocht

Wednesday 15th August

10am to 12.30pm Pirates & Mermaids, summer fun through the medium of the Irish language (must be pre-booked); 1pm to 4pm KYC Summer Scheme - frames and props; 6.30pm u6 Camogie; 7pm u14 & u16 Camogie; 7.30pm An Riocht monthly Executive committee meeting

Thursday 16th August

Car Boot Sale at Dunavil; 10am to 12.30pm Pirates & Mermaids, summer fun through the medium of the Irish language (must be pre-booked); 1pm to 4pm KYC Summer Scheme - picnic; 7pm u8 Camogie; 7.30pm An Riocht monthly Camogie committee meeting; 7.30pm An Riocht Planning & Physical Development committee meeting

Friday 17th August

10am to 12.30pm Pirates & Mermaids, summer fun through the medium of the Irish language (must be pre-booked); 11am Men's Shed; 1pm to 4pm KYC Summer Scheme - trip to Cocos; Senior & Junior Camogie

Saturday 18th August

u8 Gaelic tournament in Carryduff; u10 Gaelic tournament in Atticall; 11am P1 & P2 Gaelic

Sunday 19th August

10.30am Breakfast at Dunavil; 11am u12 Gaelic An Riocht v Longstone; 2.30pm Band practice

Monday 20th August

11am Men's Shed; 6.30pm u10 & u12 Camogie practice; 9pm Lotto.

Tuesday 21st August

10.30am to 1.30pm KYC Summer Scheme Healthy Breakfast & making rainbow smoothies & fruit kebabs; u14 Camogie Championship Semi-Final An Riocht v Kilcoo; 7pm u18 Gaelic Shield An Riocht v Eire Og; 7pm Fund Raising meeting.

Wednesday 22nd August

Men's Shed trip to Dublin; 10.30am to 1.30pm KYC Summer Scheme Healthy Breakfast & Community Tribal Drummers; 6.30pm u6 Camogie; 7.30pm Senior Gaelic; 7.30pm Senior & Junior Camogie

 

In the U14 Gaelic in Longstone, An Riocht lost a high scoring affair 10-14 to 5-16.

 

At the U14 Camogie Championship v Atticall, An Riocht won 6-0 to 4-4 and now play Kilcoo in the semi-final.

 

At the U8 Camogie in Killeavy, we played 3 x ten-minute games on their 3g pitch which was a first for the girls, everyone got game time and we have seen a few areas to work on. There will be more games in Louth and Armagh before the end of the summer.

 

At the U18 Camogie Championship Final in Clonduff, An Riocht won 11-22 to 0-2 over Castlewellan. Early direct ball paid dividends and livewire full forward Ciarrai Connor fired home a hat-trick of goals inside the first ten minutes. Castlewellan just could not get the ball out and with An Riocht captain Sophie Bowater giving a 'Player of the Match' performance, the Kingdom girls were dominant from start to finish. Aoife McDowell soloed through for a hat-trick while Shannagh Campbell shot home a couple from long range. Cerys Clarke was outstanding at centre half back and surged forward finishing with 1-5 to her name.

An Riocht: Andrea O'Neill (0-1), Caoimhe McAlinden, Caoimhe Leigh Spiers, Rachael Cunningham, Cerys Clarke 1-5, Orlaith O'Rourke, Shannagh Campbell 2-3, Sophie Bowater 1-6, Molly Ireland, Clare Fearon, Ciarrai Connor 3-2, Aoife McDowell 3-5, Caoimhe Donnan 1-0. Subs Holly Killen, Nanette Campbell.

 

At the U18 Gaelic in Glenn, An Riocht won 6-11 to 2-6.

 

In the U12 Gaelic v Glenn, An Riocht lost 3-7 to 8-3.

 

In the U16 Gaelic v Warrenpoint, we lost 7-13 to 1-4; after the game Warrenpoint received the League Cup.

 

In the Senior Football Championship v Mayobridge, An Riocht lost 2-13 to 0-7, behind by 12 at the break, we drew the second half! Our next league match is home to Warrenpoint on 31st August. Team: Stephen Doran, Ryan Clarke, John O'Rourke, Brian Rodgers 0-1, Conor Clarke 0-1, Paul Allen, Rory Cunningham 0-1, James Colgan, Richard Doran, Ronan Campbell, Declan Doyle, Adam White, Christopher Mulligan, Conor Cole, Noel McArdle 0-4 (4f). Subs: Kory Colgan, Dane Matthews, Michael Clarke

 

At the U12 Camogie in Mayobridge, An Riocht lost 5-3 to 2-0.

 

In the Junior Camogie Championship v Darragh Cross, Darragh were unable to field; An Riocht now play Kilclief in the semi-final.

 

At the U12 Gaelic in Saval, An Riocht lost 4-9 to 3-5.

 

In the Reserve Football Championship v Shamrocks, An Riocht were unable to field.

 

In the u8 Gaelic, Rostrevor had to postpone to another day.

 

Raffle tickets on sale now for 2 All Ireland Football Final tickets in aid of club funds.

 

Play Bingo in the comfort of your own home, An Riocht Home Bingo has been relaunched with a guaranteed £200 weekly Jackpot to be won; Week Two tickets £2 each with six chances to win on each sheet are on sale now, jackpot must be claimed by 12pm on Sunday 19th August.

 

PIPS Mental Health First Aid workshop at Dunavil on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th September, sign up now!

 

The Patsy Conkey u12 and Sharon Morgan u16 Camogie tournaments will take place on Saturday 15th September alongside our annual Carmel Doran Memorial Cup for those who do not play competitive camogie; it is a seven a side 'social' tournament with some teams representing clubs & other teams made up by individuals joining together on the day to take part. The football equivalent, the JG Donnan Cup, will also take place on that date.

 

Keep Saturday 29th September free for a 'Night at the Races' in aid of club funds.

 

South Down GAA have released details of their u18 and u16 knock out cups; u18 - 14th August away v Bosco, 21st August home v Eire Og, 28th August home v Glenn & u16 - 16th August a bye, 23rd August away v Longstone, 30th August home v Rostrevor.

 

In the Summer Scheme, there were so many highlights this week including the kite making workshop, the lego builders' activity, the slip and slide and water fight and the trip to Tayto Park. Really looking forward to the 'Pirates and Mermaids' Summer Scheme through the medium of the Irish language this week.

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