well i have more posts than you weepats5

God7 (Down) - Posts: 354 - 23/03/2011 12:53:01    894540

New committee elected last week. All systems go.

Frank Mitchell (Down) - Posts: 1082 - 23/03/2011 13:21:53    894579

Well done god7. Hopefully when you become a teenager you will be able to put abit of content in your replys instead of wasting peoples time.

weepats5 (Down) - Posts: 295 - 23/03/2011 16:42:08    894848

Great performance by Down Minor Ladies. At u-14 Monaghan beat this team comprehensively, so it shows the massive improvement they have made. Hard to single out any players, but the Ballymartin pair of Lauren Cunningham and Sinead Brannigan gave the home crowd plenty to cheer about, Mary Adamwonye covered every inch of the pitch, Amy O'Higgins performed the role of sweeper to perfection and Ciara Maguire was tenacious in marking the Monaghan All-Star Caoimhe Mohan.
Tough challenges to come, but a great start

befair (Down) - Posts: 238 - 23/03/2011 16:52:01    894862

What a difference a week makes! Incredible performance from the minor girls, how did they do that after all the obstacles that have been put in their way ? A new committee has been formed with very little fuss! Why did we not do that before now? We just need a senior win v Fermanagh at the weekend to cap it all off.

ladiesman (Down) - Posts: 20 - 23/03/2011 21:03:19    895160

So any word on the season ahead? Is the senior league still kicking off on the 9th April?

leg_end (Down) - Posts: 62 - 30/03/2011 15:06:45    899314

great result for the ladies on sunday and into the semi final again. this team have really developed under the management this year an hope they continue their rich vein of form in to the championship. Lets beat Fermanagh and get promoted girls..

singer (Down) - Posts: 330 - 05/04/2011 12:28:02    903861

Favourites to win each league this year? Senior, Int and Junior?
Bredagh or carryduff will win senior in my opinion although downpatrick could be the dark horse! some great games in this league i would say!
Rostrevor or Burren will win Int, 2 great teams! Rostrevor have new management in that will apparently take them far!! And i hear burren are training hard and doing well in friendly games, havin beat 2 senior division teams! I believe this will be the most competitive division!
Junior i would say will be bredagh or possibly auglisnafin... these will be 2 strongest teams. They should be in intermediate division.

Glad to see anaclone up in senior division, this is where they should be! they are a strong side and if they manage to stay up for next year they would have a good chance of winning the senior title. It appears it may not be tough for them to stay up with some teams in this division severely struggling for numbers!

d.p. (Down) - Posts: 7 - 07/04/2011 20:10:30    906440

I'm not brave enough to predict the full season winners, but I'll throw out my opinion on this weekends Senior games...
Bredagh v Downpatrick - Downpatrick to win
Saval v Annaclone - Annaclone to win
Bryansford v Clonduff - Bryansford to win
Castlewellan v Carryduff - tight one to call I think Carryduff might edge it!

Will be great to see club football back! Good luck everyone!

leg_end (Down) - Posts: 62 - 08/04/2011 10:08:39    906602

Heard that Sean O Hare could be back training down ladies very soon! He has been training ballymartin ladies recently. I think this would be a great move for the ladies team to get this man back!

gaa2 (Down) - Posts: 116 - 08/04/2011 13:11:06    906790

Best of luck to the Senior Ladies in the NFL Semi tomorrow, hope you get the win girls!

leg_end (Down) - Posts: 62 - 15/04/2011 12:18:39    912134

Carryduff league and championship double.

weepats5 (Down) - Posts: 295 - 15/04/2011 14:35:49    912241

What has happened to the ladies game in our county? Beat by Fermanagh in league semi final and a host of league games not played yesterday for silly reasons and yet they wonder why we are not successful... Makes ya wonder. Should the management step down - yes they should hang their heads in shame. Making a sccene at the end when the Fermanagh manager offered his hand was the icing on the cake. The sooner Francie Toner gets the job the better so he can bring through these great minor teams from the last couple of seasons..

singer (Down) - Posts: 330 - 18/04/2011 09:41:00    913640

I have to say I agree with what singers saying here.

weepats5 (Down) - Posts: 295 - 18/04/2011 12:20:59    913836

Singer, were you at the match? As soon as the match was over the senior manager walked to the Fermanagh bench and sock hands with their management. He then shock hands with all fermanagh players before talking to them in a huddle with their management congratulating them , before returning to us in our own huddle.... Make sure all facts are correct...

vocational (Down) - Posts: 26 - 18/04/2011 14:12:53    913983

Yes i was at the match - and the manager didnt shake hands. Mark Copeland shook hands but the manager didnt.. so i suggest you get your facts right..

singer (Down) - Posts: 330 - 18/04/2011 14:49:56    914048

Agree with singer about the games being called off for silly reasons - I heard Ballymartin v Burren game yesterday was a disgrace - the referee got hurt in the first half and was unable to continue - and game was just abondoned. why was this allowed to happen i surely they could have found another referee in the crowd or area to finish the game. god no's when it will be played know as down minors have an ulster game on easter monday and girls not to play club football this week. Another game that wasnt played was bridge v tullylish - for what reason?? this is a major problem with ladies football in the county!!

County seniors playing in division three next season is a disaster..... surely this years management will get another crack at this league next year to rectify their mistakes.....

raffles (Down) - Posts: 8 - 18/04/2011 15:56:25    914144

Up Ballymartin (smc)

Burrenman (Down) - Posts: 36 - 18/04/2011 15:59:20    914148

Singer, not getting involved in a long discussion, but where do you get your facts. If Mark isn't the manager, who is? Mark takes all training, picks the team, and gives all the team talks before, during and after the games.. Mark was very respectful to Fermanagh on Saturday, shaking hands with all their management team and players before talking to them in a huddle in the middle of the pitch with their manager. It is a huge disaster yes to still be in division 3, the goals were the killer, especially the 2nd penalty.. With the minors coming through next year, it will give this young team a chance to develop at senior county football, before making s move to the top divisions,saying as this years team is still playing in the senior championship...good work county board.......also why were games played yesterday when some girls played a full match the day before. Not to worried about player burnout...

vocational (Down) - Posts: 26 - 18/04/2011 17:14:28    914221

The younger girls will I believe benefit from another year at this level, the idea of bringing back experienced players on the eve of this semi-final to attain short term success was never a good idea. Singer's mistake is easy to understand Marks opinionated selector/assistant manager? is a sideshow the county can do without. It's very hard to understand why he has been tolerated for so long? Should Mark get another year? I'm not so sure - he seemed to learn little about his players as the year progressed and relied much too heavily on his selector/ assistant manager

ladiesman (Down) - Posts: 20 - 18/04/2011 18:52:01    914359