aye gd 1 that there lol

ceathru (Down) - Posts: 163 - 15/03/2012 10:42:52    1129876

chill lads, just taking it off the down website

Christy4Down (Down) - Posts: 177 - 15/03/2012 13:46:28    1130036

Unlucky for Ports and Crans to play a pitch that's a 100 mile round trip! Haha good to see some fixtures finally didn't take very long! Also good to see Ports and Crans fielding thirds squads in these tight times, fair play to them. Doesn't look like that Downpatrick/Darragh Cross team isn't going ahead?? Only 7 clubs in Div 1 so Warrenpoint receive the first bye, I reckon Warrenpoint will give the Ards their biggest challenge in that league judging by their recent form, Liatriom, Castlewellan and Kilclief will battle it out near the bottom end, though all these teams are capable of shocks. Division 2 will be a lot tighter however, every side are capable of beating each other, though I think Shamrocks could sneak it to the top, any predictions??

BarrackBuster (Down) - Posts: 525 - 15/03/2012 13:47:07    1130037

Full round of fixtures confirmed then for the 2012 season finally!

ACHL Division 1:

(Round 1- Wed 4th April, 6:30pm)
Liatroim V Castlewellan
Ballycran V Ballygalget
Kilclief V Portaferry
Warrenpoint BYE

(Round 2- Mon 9th April, 7pm)
Ballygalget V Kilclief
Portaferry V Liatroim
Castlewellan V Warrenpoint
Ballycran BYE

(Round 3- Wed 18th April, 7:30pm)
Liatroim V Ballygalget
Kilclief V Ballycran
Warrenpoint V Portaferry
Castlewellan BYE

(Round 4- Mon 23rd April, 7:30pm)
Ballygalget V Warrenpoint
Ballycran V Liatroim
Portaferry V Castlewellan
Kilclief BYE

(Round 5- Mon 7th May, 7:30pm)
Liatroim V Kilclief
Warrenpoint V Ballycran
Castlewellan V Ballygalget
Portaferry BYE

(Round 6- Mon 14th May, 7:30pm)
Portaferry V Ballygalget
Ballycran V Castlewellan
Kilclief V Warrenpoint
Liatroim BYE

(Round 7- Mon 21st May, 7:30pm)
Warrenpoint V Liatroim
Portaferry V Ballycran
Castlewellan V Kilclief
Ballygalget BYE

(Round 8- Mon 28th May, 7:30pm)
Ballygalget V Ballycran
Castlewellan V Liatroim
Portaferry V Kilclief
Warrenpoint BYE

(Round 9- Mon 4th June, 7:30pm)
Kilclief V Ballygalget
Liatroim V Portaferry
Warrenpoint V Castlewellan
Ballycran BYE

(Round 10- Mon 11th June, 7:30pm)
Ballygalget V Liatroim
Portaferry V Warrenpoint
Ballycran V Kilclief
Castlewellan BYE

(Round 11- Mon 18th June, 7:30pm)
Liatroim V Ballycran
Warrenpoint V Ballygalget
Castlewellan V Portaferry
Kilclief BYE

(Round 12- Mon 2nd July, 7:30pm)
Kilclief V Liatroim
Ballycran V Warrenpoint
Ballygalget V Castlewellan
Portaferry BYE

(Round 13- Fri 27th July, 7:30pm)
Portaferry V Ballygalget
Warrenpoint V Kilclief
Castlewellan V Ballycran
Liatroim BYE

(Round 14- Mon 30th July, 7:30pm)
Liatroim V Warrenpoint
Kilclief V Castlewellan
Ballycran V Portaferry
Ballygalget BYE

BarrackBuster (Down) - Posts: 525 - 15/03/2012 15:48:15    1130155

And full fixtures for ACHL Division 2:

(Round 1- Wed 4th April, 6:30pm)
Clonduff V Shamrocks
Carryduff V Bredagh
Portaferry V Ballycran
Ballyvarley V Ballela

(Round 2- Mon 9th April, 7pm)
Ballycran V Carryduff
Bredagh V Ballyvarley
Shamrocks V Portaferry
Ballela V Clonduff

(Round 3- Wed 18th April, 7:30pm)
Clonduff V Bredagh
Ballycran V Shamrocks
Carryduff V Ballyvarley
Portaferry V Ballela

(Round 4- Mon 23rd April, 7:30pm)
Bredagh V Portaferry
Ballela V Ballycran
Shamrocks V Carryduff
Ballyvarley V Clonduff

(Round 5- Mon 7th May, 7:30pm)
Ballycran V Bredagh
Carryduff V Clonduff
Portaferry V Ballyvarley
Shamrocks V Ballela

(Round 6- Mon 14th May, 7:30pm)
Clonduff V Portaferry
Bredagh V Shamrocks
Ballela V Carryduff
Ballyvarley V Ballycran

(Round 7- Mon 21st May, 7:30pm)
Ballycran V Clonduff
Carryduff V Portaferry
Ballela V Bredagh
Shamrocks V Ballyvarley

(Round 8- Mon 28th May, 7:30pm)
Shamrocks V Clonduff
Bredagh V Carryduff
Ballycran V Portaferry
Ballela V Ballyvarley

(Round 9- Mon 4th June, 7:30pm)
Carryduff V Ballycran
Ballyvarley V Bredagh
Clonduff V Ballela
Portaferry V Shamrocks

(Round 10- Mon 11th June, 7:30pm)
Bredagh V Clonduff
Shamrocks V Ballycran
Ballyvarley V Carryduff
Ballela V Portaferry

(Round 11- Mon 18th June, 7:30pm)
Portaferry V Bredagh
Ballycran V Ballela
Carryduff V Shamrocks
Clonduff V Ballyvarley

(Round 12- Mon 2nd July, 7:30pm)
Bredagh V Ballycran
Clonduff V Carryduff
Ballela V Shamrocks
Ballyvarley V Portaferry

(Round 13- Fri 27th July, 7:30pm)
Portaferry V Clonduff
Ballycran V Ballyvarley
Shamrocks V Bredagh
Carryduff V Ballela

(Round 14- Mon 30th July, 7:30pm)
Clonduff V Ballycran
Ballyvarley V Shamrocks
Bredagh V Ballela
Portaferry V Carryduff

BarrackBuster (Down) - Posts: 525 - 15/03/2012 15:48:18    1130156

Who does everyone think will do well in league/c'ship this year?

guest123 (Down) - Posts: 39 - 19/03/2012 16:13:31    1132369

Well everyone except the Ards are in the JHC, itll be tough to call, you can expect the Div 1 teams to have a better chance but depends how the draw ends up, but everyone has a good chance. The Ards will battle for the top in Div 1 with their closest challengers Warrenpoint in my opinion as they have been very solid as of late. Kilclief, Castlewellan and Liatroim can cause upsets too, but I reckon they wont derail the Ards. Div 2 is gonna be a lot tighter with every team capable of beating each other there. Hard to judge Liatroim, Ballela, Ballyvarley and Bredagh as they haven't been in the Ulster league this season

BarrackBuster (Down) - Posts: 525 - 20/03/2012 14:28:17    1133142

Agree w'point have a good chance of winning ulster league look to have a young fit team, think kilclief will do ok after winning championship last year and think castlewellan will be lucky to win a game, have a feeling they'll be the same as ballyvarley when they made the step up, just won't be good enough

guest123 (Down) - Posts: 39 - 21/03/2012 09:50:44    1133697

cwellan are a poor side , i wouldnt expect them to do anything this year. Always have the feeling that in time the stick work of the bredagh and carryduff lads will be the decider between them and the other mainland teams.

DownAndOut (Down) - Posts: 344 - 23/03/2012 09:49:34    1135331

Carryduff and Bredagh will have a lot of work to do to improve their league standings from last year, gonna be very tough for them considering Clonduff and Shamrocks recent form, and Ballyvarley and Ballela will give any team a game, I'd be surprised if Carryduff or Bredagh challenge at the top. Wouldn't say Castlewellan are a poor side but it'll be a big step up for them in Div 1, they done well last year pipping Clonduff to get out of Div 2, and they also beat the Ards sides a few times. Between them and Kilclief it'll be hard to judge as Kilclief have so many dual players and their footballers got promoted and for such a small club it'll be tough for them too, but they are no means not capable of winning any game they play. There's not many hurlers in Castlewellan that play football so thatll always help their development. Both teams are level on points in the Ulster league and have yet to play each other so there's an upcoming indicator. Harder to judge Liatroim, they've lost so many players to emigration and not sure what impact they'll make. Warrenpoint definitely the team to watch, some impressive results as of late

BarrackBuster (Down) - Posts: 525 - 23/03/2012 10:25:01    1135349

Warrenpoint are without a shadow of a doubt the best team outside the ards and could run Ballycran close in Div 1.

Castlewellan will surprise a few at home but will always struggle away on the ards agin the ards "reserves".

Shamrocks could win Div 2 if they start well. Ballela will struggle to field but have a good team when they get them out. Clonduff are the up and coming team in this Division an if they dont win it this year they will next year.

Bredagh & Carryduff will remain stuck at the bottom. Bredagh could barely field last year and had to play the 2 league match v the town as a double header. Carryduff have 2 many young lads doin exams an by the time they come back the leagues lost.

Prediction
Ballycran to win Div 1 The Point runners up, Liatroim going down

Ports to win Div 2 Shamrocks runners up

Frank Mitchell (Down) - Posts: 1082 - 23/03/2012 11:32:56    1135401

Remember this is Bredaghs second team palying in the Down leagues the firsts play in the antrim leagues so they will be totally different set up for c'ship!

ancamanmor (Down) - Posts: 30 - 23/03/2012 12:23:40    1135469

It's virtually impossible to predict the outcome of the leagues and championships this year I feel. Every team has been impacted by emmigration and whilst we've started our season well all it takes is for a few players to leave for us to be brought crashing back to earth. Certainly don't think we'll be running Ballycran close as they beat us easily last year home and away. Likewise reportedly [on this website] teams like Liatriom and Ballela are struggling big time with numbers but with a few players coming back late summer they could aim for the Championship. As mentioned previously Bredagh are playing in Antrim Division 3 and will be looking to improve on last year so rightly should be favourites for the Championship, presuming they drop down from the Senior Championship?
I think Castlewellan will do better than most people think, they are a sound physical team. They'll probably be exposed stick-work wise against the Ards teams but they've nothing to fear in Kilclief, Liatriom and Warrenpoint.
Division 2 will be very competitive I feel with teams taking points off each-other. Carryduff should push on now with good stream of young players coming through. You would imagine Ballela and Shamrocks would be favourites along with the Ards but again, with such uncertaintly over panels going forward the leagues could be very distorted from what people think they should be on paper. Ballyvarley and Clonduff should be ok too and are always going to get results. Not sure on Bredagh seconds or the Ards Thirds teams remaining.
What shape are the Ards teams in, surely they've been hit with players departing and will concentrate on staying in Antrim Division one above all other competitions?
Whatever happens, lets hope we can build on last years ALMOST completed leagues and we aren't having to see teams not field due to lack of numbers. Good luck anyway.

Side-Note. It's been mentioned a lot in the other forum about Down county team struggling and not being helped by "choosing" to play in Newry. I thought this has been said time and time again that they HAVE to play in a County approved ground and this was a new Regulation brought in by Croke Park? If I'm incorrect fair enough but if this is correct then it's a mute point talking about how well the team would play in Ballycran or wherever. We have to accept that whilst best players reside in the Ards the matches HAVE to be played in Newry?!

St_Peters (Down) - Posts: 85 - 23/03/2012 13:01:46    1135500

Thats right. Our 2nds played Bredagh couple of weeks ago. Theyre playing a nice style of passing hurling.

Castlewellan well out of there depht in Div 1. Cant see them gettin a pt!

Seannie Og (Down) - Posts: 952 - 23/03/2012 13:07:53    1135502

The point will be no near the top of div 1

ianog (Down) - Posts: 416 - 24/03/2012 14:09:18    1136068

Ports well out of their depth in Antrim Div 1. Cant see them getting a point.

sliabhnaslat (Down) - Posts: 93 - 24/03/2012 20:54:09    1136274

Youre clearing having a laugh , ports will obviously get a few points

Ards are gonna struggle anyways , we will occupy the lower reaches of the league to be honest.
Ballygalget will be interesting , minus magic.

Also the ards 2nds and 3rds are going to be poor enough , considering weve been hit with the afforementioned problems.

DownAndOut (Down) - Posts: 344 - 25/03/2012 18:10:21    1136713

With one week to go till the start of the ACHL, how do u predict the first fixtures will go?? Some interesting local derbies thrown up!

Wednesday 4th April @ 6:30pm throw-in
Div 1-

Liatroim V Castlewellan
Ballycran V Ballygalget
Kilclief V Portaferry
Warrenpoint BYE

Div 2-

Clonduff V Shamrocks
Portaferry V Ballycran
Carryduff V Bredagh
Ballyvarley V Ballela

BarrackBuster (Down) - Posts: 525 - 28/03/2012 15:19:52    1138901

Ports will no be playin in div2, sad man.

cahill (None) - Posts: 2567 - 29/03/2012 10:48:36    1139247

My predictions for the league fixtures just for the craic.

Wednesday 4th April @ 6:30pm throw-in
Div 1-

Liatroim V Castlewellan
Ballycran V Ballygalget
Kilclief V Portaferry
Warrenpoint BYE

Div 2-

Clonduff V Shamrocks
Portaferry V Ballycran If going ahead??
Carryduff V Bredagh Biased opinion, but so
Ballyvarley V Ballela

bgael (None) - Posts: 211 - 29/03/2012 11:06:45    1139261