The Seniors travelled to Division 2 league leaders Warrenpoint on Friday night but came away on the wrong end of a 2-9 to 0-10 scoreline. Scorers: Darren Savage 0-3 (0-1 ’45, 0-1f), Marty Keenan 0-1 (0-1f), Conor Gilmore 0-2 (0-1f), Conor Flanagan 0-2, Jonty Addis 0-1 and Danny McKay 0-1. Their final league game of the season is on Friday 29 August when they are away to Bosco.
Before that, their attention turns to the group stages of the Intermediate Football Championship. After losing to Liatroim in their first group game in June, they now face Teconnaught on Saturday 16 August at 2.00pm in Downpatrick in their second group game and then play Glasdrumman on Saturday 23 August at 5.30pm in Mayobridge.
The Minors are next in action when they travel to Clann Na Derg on Tuesday 19 August in the quarter final stages of the knock-out plate competition.
The Under-14’s started the group stages of the East Down Under-14 C championship on Monday 11 August when they hosted Darragh Cross at Pairc Naomh Eoin. Score details in next weeks notes. In the following weeks they then face Drumaness (away), Teconnaught (home) and Bright (away).
The Under-12’s travelled to Drumaness last Wednesday but lost out to the home side. They had no fixture on Sunday but resume their East Down Summer League campaign with a home tie against Kilclief on Sunday 17 August.
On Saturday our Under-10’s went to Drumaness blitz. They faced St Paul’s in their opening game which turned out to be one of the best flowing games the Johnnies played all year with great play from everyone, unfortunately however they ended up losing by a goal. Our next game was against the home team Drumaness and again St. Johns lifted their game and played some fantastic football coming out convincing winners. Our final game was against a strong Loughinisland side who had been performing quite well all day and although the Johnnies played hard Loughinisland came out winning by a goal.
Check out the fixtures section of the club website for up-to-date details of upcoming fixtures and recent results.
The annual Gerry Burns Tournament will be hosted at Pairc Naomh Eoin on Saturday 30 August.
Camp JMac are hosting a Big Breakfast in the clubrooms on Sunday 17 August from 10.30am to 2.00pm to raise funds for the camp which starts the following day. Cost is £5 per adult and £2 per child. There is also the opportunity to order a 2014 Camp JMac jersey which are £30 each and must be paid for when ordering.
Pep Keenan is now taking orders for the new St Johns training tops. Sizes are for Ages 5-6 to 13-14 and they cost £21 each. Adult sizes are from Small to XXL and are £25 each. Both prices include name or initials on the top. All tops must be paid for when ordering.
An Riocht GAC and Aughlisnafin GAC are hosting their annual Social 7s football tournaments on Saturday 30 August and Saturday 13 September respectively. Social Sevens is for adults who do not play competitively and has replaced Masters in prolonging involvement in the national games with the one obvious difference that there is no lower age limit. Anyone interested in taking part for St Johns should contact Eugene O’Boyle or Ciaran Cahill.
The latest edition of the St Johns monthly newsletter, Naomh Eoin News, is now available to download at http://www.stjohnsgaa.com/downloads. This includes details of the upcoming Action Cancer initiatives being hosted by the club.
Lotto numbers were 12, 21, 23 and 24. There were no £10 winners this week. The jackpot next week is £3,650.
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