An Riocht club notes
May 13, 2013The 'Climb 4 Conal' event organised by An Riocht and Chest Heart & Stroke took place on Sunday, more than 500 people took part. Any outstanding sponsored monies should be returned asap and definitely by the weekend. Tara will be available at the club on Wednesday 15 May between 6.30pm and 9pm to accept sponsor cards.
Reports
Senior Camogie An Riocht v Latroim
The senior camogs played Liatroim on Wednesday night; the highly experienced visitors fired over points from far out and showed their strength, however An Riocht fought back and put points on the board. Joanna Sloan making excellent saves and there were great clearances from the defence, but Liatriom finished on top, final score 1-13 to 0-04. Team: Joanna Sloan, Louise Clarke, Louise Rodgers, Clara Killen, Aisling Clarke, Aine O'Reilly, Ciara Cunningham, Colleen Fearon, Maria Higgins, Noelle Fearon, Carrie Killen, Marie Trainor, Tierna Rooney, Ciara Trainor, Danielle Higgins. Subs: Claire Connor, Sarah Rodgers, Orla McAlinden, Aine Fearon
U16 Camogie An Riocht v Clonduff
An Riocht U16 camogs lost to Clonduff at Dunavil.
U14 Camogie Feile in Warrenpoint
The Feile was cancelled and is rescheduled for this week.
Senior Football An Riocht v Castlewellan
The senior footballers lost heavily to Castlewellan following a second half collapse.
U18 Football An Riocht 1-17 Glenn 1-8
An Riocht minors were good value for this win and were always in control. They led 0-8 to 0-2 before conceding a late goal which flattered the visitors at the break, 0-9 to 1-2 in arrears. Some of the home sides play both in defence and in attack was top quality. Glenn fired over a couple of points on the restart but they were answered three fold and when Michael O'Rourke claimed the home sides goal An Riocht then led by ten. Mark Higgins who took one off the line, Declan Clarke and Stephen McDowell stood out in defence while John Sands had a great hour in attack but it was overall a fine team performance which yielded the league points for the home side.
Team: S Doran 0-1; M Higgins, D Clarke, L Rodgers; N McComiskey 0-1, S McDowell 0-1, B Rafferty; K Colgan, J O'Rourke; R Spiers 0-2, JP Farrell 0-1, J Sands 0-3; M O'Rourke 1-4, J Walker, D Campbell 0-3. Sub R White 0-1.
U16 Football An Riocht 2-8 St Pauls 2-6
An Riocht overcame much bigger opposition amid a horrible hail shower to win this close encounter at Dunavil on Saturday afternoon. An Riocht were without Jack Rafferty (who scored 3 goals in Bryansford last week) who was playing hurling for Down but opted to go ahead with the match and were rewarded with victory.
An Riocht led three nil and were well in control before a harsh penalty award given against goalie Thomas Sloan for leading with his feet, resulted in a St Pauls goal and the visitors went on to impose themselves on the play adding a further 1-4 before the break to lead 2-4 to 0-3.
An Riocht used the interval to regroup and Conor Small gave them a great restart with a goal and they added three points to trail by the minimum at the three quarter stage.
The visitors then enjoyed another bout of dominance and stretched their lead to three points.
Darragh Campbell pulled one back but a goal was required and when full back Conor Clarke switched to the midfield area he was able to influence the play and soloed through for a cracking goal to restore An Rocht's lead. Aidan Sloan tagged on a point and left St Pauls needing a goal but there was no way through for the visitors.
Team: T Sloan; A Eastwood, C Clarke 1-0, A Harper; M Harper, L Rodgers 0-1, S Cunningham; A Sloan 0-2, D Morgan 0-1; C Small 1-0, R White 0-1, S Flood; R Campbell, D Campbell 0-3, M Rooney. Subs D Hardy, C Morgan, D Matthews, P McComiskey,
U14 Football An Riocht v Longstone
The U14 footballers edged a high scoring affair v Longstone, 8-10 to 7-10.
U12 Football Tullylish v An Riocht
The U12 footballers lost on a windy night to much bigger and stronger opposition in Tullylish. An Riocht: C Flanagan; R Mackey, JJ Eakins, C Flanagan, R Flanagan; E Sloan, C Clarke; J Cunningham, C Kelly, J Rodgers, T Rooney, C Campbell.
U10 Football Longstone v An Riocht
The U10 footballers won one and lost one in Longstone last Monday.
South Down P3/P4 Football
The P3/P4 blitz was switched to Dunavil at the weekend. Some 26 matches took place, An Riocht played Atticall, Ballyholland, Burren and Clonduff.
Fixtures
TUESDAY 14 MAY
7pm U14 Camogie An Riocht v Ben Dearg
7.15pm U18 Football Sevens at Dunavil
8pm Senior Football Training
WEDNESDAY 15 MAY
3pm Grange PS Football
6.30pm Returns can be made for 'Climb 4 Conal'
7.15pm Senior Camogie An Riocht v Ballycran
7.30pm P5/P6 Football Practice
7.30pm U12 & U14 Football Practice
8.30pm Camogie Committee meeting
THURSDAY 16 MAY
7.30pm U16 Football Mayobridge v An Riocht
FRIDAY 17 MAY
10am Primary Schools Football Blitz
7pm Senior Camogie Practice
7.30pm Reserve Football Rostrevor v An Riocht
7.30pm Senior Football Training
SATURDAY 18 MAY
10am Feile Na nGael
10am P1/P2 Football Practice
10.30am Kingdom Cup P3/P4 11-a-side Football Blitz
SUNDAY 19 MAY
10am Senior Football Training
10.15am U18 Football Practice
10.30am U8/U10 Camogie Blitz in Longstone
11am U12 Football Glenn v An Riocht
2pm Reserve Football An Riocht v Saval
3pm Band Practice
8pm Bingo
MONDAY 20 MAY
7pm U10 Football An Riocht v Ballymartin
7.30pm U14 Football An Riocht v Burren 'B'
9pm Lotto Draw
TUESDAY 21 MAY
7pm U16 Camogie Ballygalget v An Riocht
7pm Short meeting of ALL footballers aged 16 to 21 years.
8pm Senior Football Training
8pm Development committee meeting
The first of two Primary School football blitzes took place at Dunavil on Friday past, the second is this week.
A group of U12/U14 footballers attended the County Football promotion night at Pairc Esler on Friday.
The next Football Committee meeting is on Wednesday 22 May, a week earlier than scheduled.
Anyone wanting to book a seat on the bus to the Ulster Championship in Derry on 2nd June should leave their name AND fare into the club asap; there are limited spaces and they will go on a first come basis.
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
YOUTH CLUB NOTES
On Wednesday past CM Works held a Good Relations workshop and on Friday there was a trip to the Grand Opera House to see 'The History of the Troubles According to My Da'.
This Wednesday, 15th May, Eimear has arranged a 'B+ positive' course for teenagers through PIPS; on Thursday, 16th May, at the fortnightly cooking class we are making sponge cakes and there is also a town walk taking place; and next Monday, 20th May, there is a Cinema Trip to the Great Gatsby and Dinner at Diamonds, age 16+, see Lee for details.
Also from 6th to 8th July there is a Camp at Carrowmena Activity Centre for third year+, see Eimear for details. Irish Dancing is at 6pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays; Kids Movie Night is on Fridays 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 Mondays. 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. Tweet
