St John's notes
July 29, 2014On Friday 1 August they are at home to Aghaderg and travel to Warrenpoint seven days later.
In the Intermediate Football Championship, the Seniors play Teconnaught on Saturday 16 August at 2.00pm in Downpatrick. This game will be followed by the meeting of Carryduff and Saul at 3.30pm.
The Minors were at home to Clann Na Derg last Tuesday but came away on the losing side of a 5-16 to 3-10 scoreline.
The Under 14s had a 8-10 to 3-14 win at home to Dundrum last Monday night. On Monday 28 July they travelled to Ardtole to face Ardglass.
Our Under 12s played Bredagh at home on Sunday in a very sporting and evenly matched game. It was nip and tuck for the majority of the game but Bredagh ran out winners on a 7-7 to 5-2 scoreline with some fine long range points from play in the second half. Nial McGratton and Adam Walsh were impressive and Owen and Peter worked hard. Training on Wednesday at 6.30pm for the Under 10s & Under 12s.
The Under 10s played in the Downpatrick blitz on Saturday. Their first game was against the hosts Downpatrick where St Johns played quite well against a strong Downpatrick side and secured a good win. Our second game was against local rival's Leitrim. Leitrim got off to a blistering start in the first half. The Johnnies fought back hard in the second half but Leitrim just did enough to see out the game. Our final game was the most exciting game against St Pauls of Hollywood. St Johns got off to a slow start and St Pauls took advantage but the young St Johns team picked themselves up and fought hard to get back into the game coming out with a draw to finish of the day.
The Under 6s and Under 8s training resumed on Tuesday 29 July and continues every Tuesday thereafter at 6.30pm.
Check out the fixtures section of the club website at www.stjohnsgaa.com 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 23 August.
Camp JMac are hosting a Big Breakfast in the clubrooms on Sunday 17 August from 10.30am to 2.00pm. Everybody is welcome.
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. Pep will be at the clubrooms on Wednesday evening from 7.00pm to take orders. 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.
Deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Francis Lennon.
Lotto numbers were 2, 5, 12 and 24. Marian Keown, Aisleen Morgan and Harry Addis were £10 winners. The jackpot next week is £3,550.
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