St. Michael's G.A.C

Change of dates for domestic league fixtures

Down Football League Secretary, Sean Rooney has confirmed that because of the All-Ireland U-21 football semi-final against Kildare on Saturday 19th April in Navan, and the NFL Division 3 game with Fermanagh on this Sunday, 20th of April in Pairc Esler, Newry club games scheduled for Friday 18th April will now be played on Wednesday, 23rd of April.

With the senior county footballers still harbouring hopes of playing in the Division 3 NFL Final - there will be no league games on Friday, 25th of April.

The second series of games will be played on Monday, May 5th and the series of games scheduled for Friday, May 9th will be played on Thursday, May 8th to facilitate a concentrated training session for the county footballers on Saturday, May 10th and the following day.

The club recently held their annual dinner dance for the year in the Stables Complex.  An enjoyable night was had by all.

Award winners on the night were:

MENS FOOTBALL

Young Player of the Year - Brendan Marsden

Reserve Player of the Year - Damian Catney

Player's Player of the Year - Kevin Hamill

Player of the Year - Jointly awarded to Brian Sweeney and Kevin Hamill

LADIES FOOTBALL

Most Improved Player - Kirsty Breen

Player's Player of the Year - Ciara McDade

Player of the Year - Ciara McDade

CLUB PERSON OF THE YEAR

Mervyn Breen

Congratulations to all the winners on the night and to the organisers of the event

The Ladies Senior team league campaign started on Sunday 30th March with an away match against Clonduff in an exciting and entertaining game they were narrowly defeated by a point.

The club wishes the ladies the best of luck for the rest of the year. 

SENIOR

13th April - Away to St. Paul's

25th April - Away to Bredagh

RESERVE

13th April - Away to Drumgath

20th April - Home to Newry Bosco

27th April - Away to Clann na Banna

The club has been invited to the Powerscreen International 7's tournament in September 2009.

A meeting will be held on April 20th at 17.30 to gauge interest in attendign the tournament.

The trip is open to all non-playing and playing members of the club.

Friday 11th April at 8pm- Quiz Night

Friday 18th April at 8pm - Night at the Races (Horses can be purchased from any member of the committee)

Both in Byrnes Bar

O'Neills ACFL Division 3

Monday 24th March 2008 @ 1.30pm

Drumgath Vs St. Michael's

The registration of underage players will take place in the clubrooms on Sunday 27th of January between 2 -3 pm. All current players are asked to attend to register for the forthcoming season. All players must be accompanied by a parent. New players are very welcome

A youth team coaches meeting has been organised for Monday the 21st January at 8pm in the clubrooms. All current youth team coaches should attend, as this is an important meeting to plan for the football season ahead. Anyone interested in joining the coaching team, whatever you footballing experience, is very welcome to attend. New coaches are badly needed, especially female coaches, to help out with the growing number of young players.

Friday 18th May @ 7.00pm

O'Neills International Sporswear ACFL Division 4

St. Michael's   3-10   Vs    St. John's  1-06

St. Michael's maintained their winning run with this home win over St. John's.

St. John's dominated the opening 10 to 15 minutes, however two goals by Bryan Sweeney ensured St. Michael's went in at the break 2-05 to 0-04 up.

A further third goal by Bryan Sweeney, who is proving to be Magheralin's answer to Benny Coulter winning nearly every ball that comes into him, helped St. Michael's run out 3-10 to 1-06 winners.

St. Michael's seniors maintained their unbeaten run with a 2-16 to 0-5 home win over Dromara on Friday 11th May.  The tie was over at half time as the reds led on a scoreline of 2-11 to 0-1.  The two goals coming from Bryan Sweeney.

Friday 4th May 2007
O'Neills International Sportswear ACFL 4
Ballykinlar 2-03 Vs St. Michael's 1-12

Saturday 5th May 2007
U-10 Friendly
St. Michael's Vs Tullylish
Game finished a draw

Sunday 6th May 2007
Newry Building Supplies South Down U-12 League
Atticall 4-6 Vs St. Michael's 1-2

Weekend Results (w/e 29th April)

O'Neills International Sportswear SFL 4

St. Michael's 1-11 Aghaderg 0-12

Newry Building Supplies South Down Reserve League

Ballyholland 2-13  St. Michael's 1-7

Newry Building Supplies South Down U-12 League

St. Michael's 1-5  Tullylish 2-9

St. John's 1-10  St. Michael's 1-12

St. Michael's got their league campaign back on track with this two point win away to St. John's.  Following the emphatic win over Aughlisnafin the previous Friday, this was to be a sterner test for the Magheralin men against a previously unbeaten St. John's outfit.

However it was St. Michael's who came out firing on all cylinders.  A goal and two points by Philip Quinn helped St. Michael's go in at half time 1-8 to 0-5 in front.

The second half seen a resurgent St. John's take the field and they dominated proceedings for 20 minutes during the scond half.  St. Michael's though came good in the last five minutes and two late points from Brendan Marsden and Bryan Sweeney gave St. Michael's a 1-12 to 1-10 win.

Next up is another tough game, with Aghaderg visiting on Friday 27th April.

Team

P Cunningham, J Sweeney, J Catney, P Lavery, C O'Neill. K Hamill, C Hamill, G Gowdy, N Sweeney, B Marsden, A McKeown, P Quinn, M Doyle, B Sweeney and F Laverty.

Scorers

P Quinn 1-2, B Sweeney 0-2, M Doyle 0-2, N Sweeney 0-2, C Hamill 0-2, A McKeown, B Marsden 0-1 each

St. Michael's 8-19  Aughlisnafin 0-01

St. Michael's on top from the very beginning in this one sided Division 4 league game in Magheralin despite a spirited performance from the visitors.

The platform for this resounding victory was outstanding midfield performances from Gavin Gowdy and Neal Sweeney, and anything that bypassed midfield was ably dealt with by Kevin Hamill at centre half back.  The dominance meant that practically the entire first half was played in the Aughlisnafin half of the field.

All the St. Michael's forwards were on top of their game and converted their dominance into scores at regular intervals.

H/T:  St. Michael's 4-09 Aughlisnafin 0-00

This score could have been greater but for 7 or 8 wides in good scorable positions and perhaps going for goal on 2 or 3 occassions when easy points were on.

St. Michael's also should have had a penalty when Bryan Sweeney was blatently pulled down by the Aughlisnafin keeper.  One disappointing feature was an injury to Declan Lavery which forced him to leave the field.

The second half continued in same trend to the first and St. Michael's added  a further two goals in the first few minutes of the second half.  St. Michael's continued to add scores at will throughout the remainder of the game.

Aughlisnafin's only score was a point from a 30m free with about 5 minutes to go.

St. Michael's added a further 3 points after this to finish easy winners.  The team would hope to carry this forminto games coming up against stronger opposition.

Team:  P Cunningham, M McKeown, J Sweeney, P Lavery, C O'Neill, K Hamill. B Marsden, N Sweeney, G Gowdy, M Doyle, D Lavery, C Hamill, P Quinn, B Sweeney and F Lavery.

Subs:  D McCabe, R O'Neill, D Catney and K Robinson

Drumaness 1-18  St. Michael's 2-08

St. Michael's first game in Division 4 of the 2007 All County League ended in a defeat away to Drumaness.  Following a couple of missed scorable frees by St. Michael's, Drumaness went into a two point lead.  However points by Conor Hamill and Philip Quinn brought the Magheralin men level in the 12th minute.

Drumaness, who were more clinical in their finishing, built up a strong lead and built on this with a goal four minutes from half time by their half forward Paddy Bell.  Another point by Philip Quinn, along with an earlier effort from Neil Sweeney left St. Michael's trailing by six points at the break.

Half Time:  Drumaness 1-07 St. Michael's 0-4

A few early Drumaness points at the start of the second was soon cancelled out in the 36th minute with a goal by Gavin Gowdy who was set up by a Bryan Sweeney pass.

Points were exchanged by both sides with Declan Lavery, Mark Doyle, Kevin Hamill and Fergal Lavery all adding to the St. Michael's tally.  A fisted goal by Kevin Hamill reduced the defeicit to five points however after squandering a number of goalscoring opportunities and Drumaness maintaining a healthy lead, the East Down club added two points late on to leave 7 points between the sides.

Final Score:  Drumaness 1-18  St. Michael's 2-08

St. Michael's:  P, Cunningham, P Lavery, K Hamill, W Quinn, C O'Neill, J Catney, A McKeown, B Sweeney, N Sweeney, G Gowdy, D Lavery, C Hamill, D McCabe, F Lavery, P Quinn.

Subs:  J Sweeney for W Quinn, S Lavery for A McKeown, M Doyle for P Quinn, B Marsden for D McCabe and O McAreavey for J Sweeney.  Subs not used:  D Catney, M McKeown

Scorers:  K Hamill 1-1, G Gowdy 1-0, P Quinn 0-2, C Hamill, N Sweeney, D Lavery, M Doyle and F Lavery 0-1 each.

Senior Football Championship
First Round
1:   Warrenpoint   v   Burren
2:   Shamrocks    v   Loughinisland
3:   Castlewellan  v   An Riocht
4:   Drumgath      v   Longstone
5:   Kilcoo           v   Liatroim
6:   Clonduff         v   Byansford
7:   Mayobridge    v   Attical
8:   Rostrevor       v   Annaclone


Intermediate Football Championship
First Round
1:   Tullylish         v   Ardglass
2:   Teconnaught   v   Dundrum
3:   Carryduff         v   Bredagh
4:   Darragh Cross v   Clann Na Banna
5:   Saval               v   Kilclief
6:   Ballyholland     v   Glasdrumman
7:   Saul                v   Ballymartin
8:   Glenn              v   Downpatrick


Junior Football Championship
First Round
A:   Killyleagh   v   St. John's
B:   Bosco        v   Dromara
C:   Mitchels     v   St. Michael's
D:   St. Paul's   v   Drumaness

Quarter Finals
1:   Ballykinler   v   B
2:   Bright         v   A
3:   C              v   Aghaderg
4:   D               v   Aughlisnafin

Premier Reserve Championship
Preliminary Round
A:   Clonduff           v   Liatroim
B:   Rostrevor         v   Longstone
C:   Annaclone       v   Kilcoo
D:   Loughinisland   v   Carryduff

First Round
1:   Burren           v   D
2:   Saul              v   Saval
3:   B                  v   Mayobridge
4:   Downpatrick   v   Ballymartin
5:   Warrenpoint   v   C
6:   Tullylish         v   A
7:   Bryansford     v   An Riocht
8:   Kilclief            v   Castlewellan


Reserve Championship
Preliminary Round
A:   Bredagh II           v   Drumaness II
B:   Burren III             v   Bright II
C:   An Riocht III         v   Rostrevor II
D:   Castlewellan III     v   Darragh Cross II
E:   Carryduff III          v   Drumgath II
F:   Mitchels II            v   St. John's II
G:   Mayobridge III      v   Bryanford III
H:   Teconnaught II     v   Kilcoo III
I:   Dundrum II            v   Liatroim III
J:   Shamrocks II        v   Ballyholland II
K:   ClanNa Banna II   v   St. Paul's II

First Round
1:    F            v   Down Masters
2:   D             v   I
3:   C             v   Attical II
4:   Glenn II    v   G
5:    A            v   K
6:   St. Michael's II   v   E
7:    B            v   J
8:   Ardglass II  v   H

Senior Hurling Championship
Semi Finals
1:   Ballygalget   v   Portaferry
2:   Ballycran      v   Down Juniors

Intermediate Hurling Championship
Quarter Finals
A:   Ballygalget   v   Ballyvarley
B:   Liatroim        v   Kilclief
C:   Shamrocks   v   Ballycran

Semi Finals
1:   A   v   B
2:   Portaferry   v   A


Junior Hurling Championship
Quarter Finals
A:   Castlewellan   v   Bredagh
B:   Ballycran    v   Warrenpoint
C:   Clonduff      v   Ballela
D:   Portaferry   v   Ballygalget

FRIDAY 30th MARCH 2007

SPONSOR A RACE:  £50

SPONSOR A HORSE: £10

CONTACT ANY COMMITTEE MEMBER FOR FURTHER DETAILS

Well done to the St. Michael's Ladies who reached the Down Junior Final which was played on Saturday 9th September at Annaclone against Carryduff.  It was a great achievement to reach the final and hopefully next season they can go one step better.