Down Minor Ladies County Team
Down Minor Ladies opened the Ulster Championship away to Antrim on Sunday 12th March, final score Antrim 5-20 Down 3-2. Next up they play Cavan this weekend at home on Saturday 25th March writes Aine McClean.
Down U16 Ladies County Team
The U-16’s were beaten by Monaghan on Saturday 18 March at home to Ballykinlar. A poor first half left them with too much to do in the second half but played well after the break. Final score Down 4.11 Monaghan 9.14.
Down U15 Ladies Development Team
Down U15 ladies had another convincing win against Armagh on Saturday 18th March in a wet Clan Na Gael. Despite a few wobbles early in second half the girls gathered themselves together and ran out 10 point winners. Final score 7-9 to 4-8. Next game against Antrim on 1st April. Training details for next week will be confirmed via WhatsApp group.
Down U14 Ladies County Team / U13 Ladies County Development Team
U13 Development Team.
The U13 girls get their Ulster League campaign underway on Saturday 25th March away to Monaghan. This is a six-team league and Down can look forward to home fixtures against Donegal and Armagh with the remaining games away to both Fermanagh and Antrim. The girls have worked very hard since January with excellent attendance at all training sessions and games. The squad and mentors are now looking forward to the competitive action getting underway.
CARRYDUFF ARE DOWN FEILE CHAMPIONS 2017
The Down U14 Feile was played in Clonduff on Saturday with 16 teams competing in four sections with the winner of each progressing to the semi-finals. The standard of play was excellent given the heavy pitches and difficult weather conditions for all the teams and thanks to the Clonduff club for hosting the event this year.
At the end of the group stages the 4 semi-finalists to emerge were Bosco, Carryduff, RGU and Saval. Both semi-finals were close affairs with Carryduff overcoming Saval and Bosco edging out last year’s Down and All-Ireland Feile winners, RGU. In the final Carryduff proved to be too strong for a young talented Bosco team who had been the surprise package in the competition this year reaching their first ever final. Meabh Toal the Carryduff Captain received the trophy and now leads her team to represent Down in the All Ireland Series later this year.
The County Board would like to thank all the teams, mentors & parents who attended, Clonduff for the use of their facilities, the referees and Fixtures secretary Francis Rogan for organising the event.
U14 UPDATE
The U14 team played two highly competitive games against the Down U13 Squad (Details above) and against a strong Carryduff U15/U16 team. The performances from all the girls were excellent and attention now turns to the Ulster Blitz in Cookstown next weekend. Many thanks to Carryduff for providing the opposition and to Rowan Lyons for refereeing the game.
The U13’s will be training on Sunday morning this week in Assumption Grammar in Ballynahinch from 10.30am – 12.00 noon and also on Thursday night from 6.00pm – 7.00pm at the same venue. 
The U13’s will also play Antrim next Sunday 19th February before the U14’s with their matches starting at 10.30am – 12.00 noon.
Courses/Events.
The next Fundamentals course will be on Saturday 13 May 2017. If you are interested in participating, please contact Down Ladies PRO Aine McClean: Pro.down@lgfa.ie or 07519562798.
The next Ladies Level 1 course is run over two separate Saturdays. The first day of the course will be held on Saturday 25 March 2017, venue St John’s GAC Drumnaquoile, max participants 20. Please contact Down Ladies PRO Aine McClean to book your space: Pro.down@lgfa.ie or 07519562798.
Requirements:
* Coaches who have completed Ladies FUNdamentals course
* Over 18
* Coaching experience – minimum of one yearIn the final Carryduff proved to be too strong for a young talented Bosco team who had been the surprise package in the competition this year reaching their first ever final. Meabh Toal the Carryduff Captain received the trophy and now leads her team to represent Down in the All Ireland Series later this year. The County Board would like to thank all the teams, mentors & parents who attended, Clonduff for the use of their facilities, the referees and Fixtures secretary Francis Rogan for organising the event.
This was a close affairs] with Carryduff overcoming Saval and Bosco edging out last year’s Down and All Ireland Feile winners, RGUIn the final Carryduff proved to be too strong for a young talented Bosco team who had been the surprise package in the competition this year reaching their first ever final. Meabh Toal the Carryduff Captain received the trophy and now leads her team to represent Down in the All Ireland Series later this year. The County Board would like to thank all the teams, mentors & parents who attended, Clonduff for the use of their facilities, the referees and Fixtures secretary Francis Rogan for organising the event.
Pictured below are the two finalists in the Down Feile 2017.
Congratulations to Carryduff on winning the Feile and would like to wish them the very best of luck at the National Feile. I would like to thank all the teams for coming to the Feile, it was great to see so many teams taking part in it. The standard of football was extremely high especially in the terrible conditions. I would like to thank Clonduff for hosting the event and the help they provided during the day.
All the fixtures have been sent out to the clubs and they are accessible on Dropbox.
