AN RIOCHT NOTES

The 'Climb 4 Conal' event organised by An Riocht and Chest Heart & Stroke takes place on Sunday, 12th May, you are invited to attend the event or help in any way to commemorate Conal's life. There are almost 450 people registered to date from as far away as Dublin, Ballycastle, and Derry.
To register to take part in the 'Climb 4 Conal' simply log on to  www.climb4conal.anriocht.com or telephone 07921829544 or 07752857924 or 02841763681 (An Riocht club); follow us on Facebook: AnRiochtCLG or Twitter: @AnRiochtGAA 
On Saturday 11th May there is a 'Climb 4 Conal' door collection at ASDA in Kilkeel, anyone who can give an hour on Saturday to help with the collection should fill in the rota which is available at the club. Also help is still required at Donard Park to send off the walkers, again contact the club using the details above.
On Thursday evening from 6pm to 9pm at Dunavil there is a last opportunity for people to register; also returns can be made and 'Climb' T shirts distributed.
Meanwhile in Australia the big match took place and the final score was Mourne Men 6-6 Rest of Ireland 3-5.
Mourne team: 1. Damian Sherry An Riocht, 2. Dave Morgan An Riocht, 3. Brian Sloan An Riocht, 4. Michael Rodgers An Riocht, 5. Adrian Doran Ballymartin, 6.Gary Cunningham An Riocht, 7.Conor Goodman Saval, 8. Peter Fitzpatrick Ballymartin, 9.Aidan Cunningham An Riocht, 10. Ciaran Walsh An Riocht, 11.Martin Clarke An Riocht 12. Neil Doran An Riocht, 13. Joe Murphy Ballyholland, 14.Conor Sloan An Riocht, 15.Michael Spiers An Riocht, 16.Thomas Trainor Longstone, 17.Neil Mullen Bosco, 18.William Doran Longstone.  Manager Ronan Cunningham, coach Ronan Connell.
Around 50 lads from the Melbourne area headed down to Gaelic Park on Sunday and played a match in memory of Conal Baldwin. It was Mourne v Rest of Ireland. It was a rusty first half with the scores locked at even score at half time. The second half was more an open match with the Mourne men getting a lead which they were never to lose. Thanks very much to everyone who turned out in Gaelic park today, every county in Ireland was represented and the game was played in a great sporting manner....  great cause and thanks again for keeping Conal's memory alive.

Reports

Senior Camogie An Riocht v Ballyholland
The Senior Camogie team started off their league campaign on Monday night in Dunaval with a tight, thrilling game against Ballyholland. The girls started off with points from Marie Trainor and Sophie Colgan, Ballyholland responded with a few points. The An Riocht girls got a goal by Carrie Killen and again Ballyholland came back.  There was brilliant play from defence, Joanna Sloan making excellent saves. Tierna Rooney scored a goal to keep the girls in the game and Carrie Killen and Colleen Fearon battled hard. Ballyholland added more scores on the board keeping it neck and neck, but a point from Carrie Killen at the end sealed the win, final score 2-7 to 2-6. Team Joanna Sloan, Louise Clarke, Louise Rodgers, Clara Killen, Aisling Clarke, Aine O'Reilly, Ciara Cunningham, Maria  Higgins, Colleen Fearon, Marie Trainor, Sophie Colgan, Tierna Rooney, Noelle Fearon, Carrie Killen, Danielle Higgins. Subs Claire Connor, Sarah Rodgers, Aine Fearon.

U18 Camogie An Riocht v Ballygalget
For the third time in four fixtures the opposition failed to field leaving the Minor Camogs without a match.

U18 Football Burren v An Riocht
Burren goaled from the throw-in before a Kingdom hand had touched the ball. While the defence soon tightened up and limited Burren to just four first half points, two from frees; at the other end An Riocht missed too many scorable chances and trailed 1-4 to 0-5 at the break. Burren stepped it up on the restart adding 3-3 during the third quarter to put the result way beyond An Riocht who tried to the finish but fell well short, 4-10 to 0-9. Team: S Doran; A Sloan, K Colgan 0-1, L Rodgers; N McComiskey 0-1, S McDowell, D Clarke; J O'Rourke, B Rafferty; R Spiers, JP Farrell 0-2, J Sands; R White, M O'Rourke 0-3, D Campbell 0-2. Subs M Higgins, J Walker, P Doyle, C Cunningham, D Morgan.

Reserve Football An Riocht v Kilcoo
Kilcoo used all their experience and overran An Riocht at times in this rearranged PRFL fixture at Dunavil. A 'fifty' from goalie Stephen Doran opened our account almost twenty minutes in and at half time we trailed 1-10 to 0-2 and had yet to score from play. An Riocht were a lot better in the second half and a cracking Ryan White goal rallied the team. Aidan McVeigh came close when his pile driver was tipped over and the deficit was brought down to something more manageable for a time but despite a fine Stephen Doran save the visitors finished strongly for a comfortable win, 1-19 to 1-7. Team: S Doran; R Clarke, M Clarke, C McVeigh; C Cole, L McVeigh, S McVeigh; D Doyle, D Doyle; P Cole, D White, N McComiskey; D Ross, S Corr, A McVeigh. Sub S Sloan.

U14 Camogie An Riocht v Darragh Cross
The U14 Camogs beat Darragh at Dunavil.

U16 Football Bryansford v An Riocht
A ten goal thriller at St Patricks Park Newcastle finished with An Riocht deservedly on the right side of the score line, 5-15 to 5-9. After falling behind early on An Riocht hit back with a Conor Small goal giving them the lead. Some of the passing from An Riocht was of the highest order, visionary and accurate, but for all that the home side battled back with two goals to lead by 2-5 to 1-4 after twenty minutes. Thomas Sloan had hard luck making two fine saves but the loose ball fell kindly to the Ford forwards on both occasions. Then two late goals from full forward Jack Rafferty who took the ball first time and powered through were added to by an injury time strike from Darragh Campbell and An Riocht went in leading 4-7 to 3-5 at the break. A superbly struck penalty from Stephen Flood on the restart moved the visitors into the comfort zone and with points exchanged at either end Ford failed to bridge the gap. Two late goals improved the look of the score board but by then An Riocht were safely home.
Team: T Sloan; D Hardy, L Rodgers, A Harper; M Harper, C Clarke 0-1, S Cunningham; A Sloan, D Morgan 0-1; C Small 1-0, R White 0-3, S Flood 1-0; D Campbell 1-6, J Rafferty 2-3, M Rooney. Subs C Morgan, D Matthews, A Eastwood, P McComiskey, R Campbell 0-1.

Reserve Football Bryansford v An Riocht
An Riocht Reserves are still searching for a first win after a poor performance in Bryansford. An Riocht played into the wind and were scoreless at half time. The match was entering the final quarter when we strung a few points together but even that did not bring any respectability to the final score board, 4-16 to 0-3. A poor display best put behind us.
Team: B Allen; G O'Neill, M Clarke, R Clarke; S McVeigh, C Doyle, D Clarke; G Keenan, R Cunningham; C Cole, D Ross, A McVeigh; S Sloan, S Corr, S Knox. Subs J McCartan, N McComiskey.

Paul Farrell Cup U14 Seven-A-Side
An Riocht won the Paul Farrell Shield on Saturday after matches with Atticall, Bryansford, Mullahoran, St Brigids and Aughlisnafin; the St Brigids match went to extra time. Team: E Sloan, P Curran, M Carvill, JJ Eakins, R Campbell, C Clarke, C McCormack, T Murnion, P McComiskey, C Flanagan.

U12 Football An Riocht v Clan Na Derg
An Riocht and Clan Na Derg played out a high scoring thriller at Dunavil on Sunday morning in the opening fixture of the South Down U12 League. An Riocht defended well especially Curtis Flanagan in goals and Reece Flanagan and Ryan Mackey in defence while some great blocking by Christopher Flanagan and John Joe Eakins limited the visitors' chances for goals. Cormac Clarke and Caomhan Campbell had their moments around the middle of the park while upfront Conor Kelly and Joel Cunningham tried hard throughout the match with Eoin Sloan and Aidan Gribben picking off some nice scores. A good start to the season; all the players have skill in abundance and with the right attitude at practice these boys can progress.
An Riocht: C Flanagan; R Mackey, JJ Eakins, C Flanagan, R Flanagan; E Sloan, C Clarke; J Cunningham, C Kelly, A Gribben, C Campbell.
Clans: J Campbell, E Scullion, D Scullion, D Scullion, F Vaughan, H Vaughan, K Quigley, R Masterson, J McArdle, S Cunningham, C Diamond.

Senior Sevens
An Riocht Senior Footballers took part in both the Feis and the St Johns Sevens at the weekend.

Big Breakfast
The GAA Social Initiative resumed with a big breakfast and plans were made for future events, more details soon.

Fixtures

TUESDAY 7 MAY
7pm U16 Camogie An Riocht v Clonduff
7.30pm U18 Football An Riocht v Glenn
8pm Senior Football
WEDNESDAY 8 MAY
6.30pm U8 & U10 Indoor Camogie
7.15pm Senior Camogie An Riocht v Liatroim
7.30pm U12 Football Tullylish v An Riocht
7.30pm Senior Camogie
7.30pm P5 & P6 Gaelic
THURSDAY 9 MAY
6pm to 9pm 'Climb 4 Conal' late registration and sponsored returns.
6pm U12 Camogie
U14 & U16 Camogie Practice
7.30pm Senior Football An Riocht v Castlewellan
FRIDAY 10 MAY
6.30pm U12 & U14 Football trip to Down Promotional Night
7pm Senior Camogie
SATURDAY 11 MAY
9am Climb 4 Conal Door Collection @ ASDA
10am P1 & P2 Indoor Gaelic
10am Camogie Feile
10.30am P3 & P4 Gaelic Blitz in Ballyholland
4pm U16 Football An Riocht v St Pauls
SUNDAY 12 MAY
9am Climb 4 Conal
8pm Bingo
MONDAY 13 MAY
7pm U10 Football An Riocht v Glasdrumman
7.15pm U14 Football Mitchels v An Riocht
7.30pm Executive Committee meeting
TUESDAY 14 MAY
7pm U14 Camogie An Riocht v Ben Dearg
7.30pm U18 Football Baileghlas v An Riocht

An Riocht will buy any unwanted camogie / hurling helmets, contact the club.
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Club shop open, hurls, helmets, skorts, snoods, under armour, socks, shorts, jerseys, coats, fleeces, hoodies, t-shirts, etc.

The compulsory wearing of mouthguards in all underage grades up to and including U18 for Gaelic football matches and practice sessions came in to rule in January. We have a quantity of Flavoured Boil & Bite Mouthguards from Precision Training @ £3, ask your coach. For Custom Fitted mouthguards see your dentist


KINGDOM YOUTH CLUB NOTES

On Wednesday 8 May at 7pm CM Works (Derry) will hold a Good Relations workshop. Anyone interested should attend on time, particularly those who have been on POINTER, see Lee for details.

At 730pm on Thursday 9 May there is a Teen Movie at JIMS, see Eimear.

On Friday 10th May there is a trip to the Grand Opera House to see 'The History of the Troubles According to My Da', age 16+.

On Wednesday 15th May Eimear is arranging a 'B+ positive' course for teenagers through PIPS.

On Monday 20th May there is a Cinema Trip to the Great Gatsby and Dinner at Diamonds, age 16+, see Eimear for details.

From 6th to 8th July there is a Camp at Carrowmena Activity Centre for third year+, see Eimear for details.

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution is about connecting with communities and inspiring change and it is coming to Dunavil with a community talk/demo about healthier choices and recipes.

Street Dance takes place on Mondays from 6pm and Irish Dancing is at 6pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays; Kids Movie Night is on Mondays from 7pm; Ceol & Craic on Tuesdays from 7pm; Board games and Xbox tournament on Wednesdays; cooking on Thursdays; and Buzz and Pool are all on Fridays.

A Walking Club will run throughout May and June with town walks and beach walks and finishing with walks at Tollymore and Donard. Details from the club.

Kingdom Youth Club Certificate Presentation Night and Volunteer Recognition is on Thursday 6th June.  Please get involved and make it a great night, all suggestions welcome, so email your thoughts on what the night should include, band? speakers? special guest? who? what awards? decorations?

A new rota of volunteers and activities for May to September is being drawn up, if you have not yet signed up or have an idea for an activity contact the club asap. What is the club missing? What activities do you want at the club? Do you have a new idea? Please think about this and ask the youth members, Eimear or Lee.

Princes Trust programme will be on Saturdays at the club, dates still to be confirmed.

Nexus Internet safety and keeping safe workshops targeted at both senior member groups (training) and for younger members11 years to13 years. Tweet

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