Love Your River Project’ at Killyleagh Primary School (xa0Dibney River Conservation Trust ) as part of their effort to further promote the Irish International Fly Fair and river conservation.

Martin Trainor. Martin was part of the Castlewellan Minor Team who won the Championship back in 1968. Noel had lived in England for some time. The Club Executive Committee and members extend their deepest sympathy to the Trainor family at this sad time. Ar dheis de go raibh a anam dilis.

Newcastle AC Notes by Joe McCann. McKibbin pushes Niblock to victory In another impressive week for the host club Alan McKibbin was the best placed Newcastle athlete at Rocky, the penultimate race in the 2011 Hill and Dale

th July at Co. Down’s Kirkistown Race Circuit. Mike Sanlon, MCRRCI spokesperson said, “The solo National Championship classes will be catered for with two races each on the day but in addition we are adding some racing from yester-years.

Gaelic Game Sportswear Down Camogie Fixtures (Tues 21st -Tues 28th Jun) Tues 21^st June U-16 League Round 8 Section 2 Castlewellan v Longstone Clonduff v An Riocht Wed 22^nd June Division 1 League Round 6 Ballycran v Portaferry Clonduff v Liatroim Division 3 League Round 12 Newry Shamrocks v Portaferry II Kilcoo v Ballyholland II Ballygalget II v Ballela Castlewellan v Dromara Sat 25^th June U-14 Championship Quarter Finals Portaferry v Bredagh Ballycran v Ballygalget U-14 xa0Shield Prelim Castlewellan v Atticall The draw for the U-14 Shield Quarter Finals to be played on Thurs 14^th July is as follows: Castlewellan / Atticall v An Riocht Mayobridge v Kilcoo St Peters Warrenpoint v Longstone Aghaderg v Ballyholland Sat 25^th June U-12 Blitz Round 12 Cluster 1 Ballycran v Portaferry Ballygalget v Bredagh Cluster 2 Aghaderg v St Peters Warrenpoint Ballyholland v Mayobridge Cluster 3 Castlewellan v Liatroim Darragh Cross v Kilcoo Cluster 4 An Riocht v Longstone Atticall v Clonduff Sun 26^th June Division 1 Championship Prelim Portaferry v Ballyholland Mon 27^th June Division 2 League Round 13 Longstone v Clonduff II Atticall v Ballycran II An Riocht v Ben Dearg Bredagh v Ballygalget Tue 28^th June U-16 League Round 9 Section 2 Warrenpoint v Clonduff An Riocht v Castlewellan]]>

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Rigoletto: A Scottish Opera Production Reviewed by George Fleeton Verdi’s towering music-drama Rigoletto (Venice, 1851) is bullet-proof and, in the seventeen different productions of this opera which I have seen over many years, it largely avoids everything thrown at it by self-indulgent directors, egotistical designers and conductors who ignore the composer’s own precise but complex tempi and pulses.

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