Carryduff club notes Minors Crowned B Champions! The Minors won the Clubs first male All County Championship title since 1986 on Saturday in Downpatrick. Playing against the wind in the first half Carryduff took the early lead with a brace of points from Conall Early. Longstone responded with a period of dominance in which they scored 3 unanswered points. With Gary Morris, Rory McCormick and Conor Beatty getting a grip on the midfield area Carryduff hit their stride and a fine goal from Darragh Brownlee was followed by points from Darragh Brownlee, Rory McCormick and a great free kick by Darragh Goodwin. Longstone were reduced to 14 men shortly afterwards and Carryduff finished the half with points from Ryan Murdock and Darragh Brownlee with two points from Longstone sandwiched in between. Ronan Smyth, Conor Cunningham and Ryan Forrest defended resolutely throughout the first half and prevented any clearcut goal chances being created. Ciaran Lavery controlled his area well dealt with everything that came his way. The half time score was Carryduff 1-07 Longstone 0-05. The second half started with an exchange of points, Darragh Brownlee scoring for Carryduff. With the half back line of Conor McCullough, Justin Stronge and Shane Flaherty dominant Carryduff continued to play the game in the Longstone half and a point from Conor McCullough opened up a 6 point lead. Longstone proceeded to lose their discipline and had two further players sent off. Carryduff used the extra players well and good work from Conor Beatty, Darragh Goodwin and Neill McGowan led to points for Darragh Brownlee and Ryan Murdock. A second goal by Darragh Brownlee put the game beyond Longtone and further points from Shane Flaherty, Conall Early and Ryan Murdock left the final score Carryduff 2-14 Longstone 0-8. Carryduff produced a fine footballing and disciplined performance throughout and were worthy winners. The absence of Declan Doherty and Thomas Atherton was countered by a whole hearted team performance on front of a large Carryduff support. The minor management would like to thank the players for the effort they have put in all year and the supporters who have been with the team throughout the year.  Full Time Score Ceathrú Aodha Dhuibh 2-14 Cloch Fhada 0-08 Carryduff Scorers - Conall Early 0-03, Darragh Brownlee 2-04, Rory McCormick 0-01, Darragh Goodwin 0-01, Ryan Murdock 0-03, Conor McCullagh 0-01, Shane O Flaherty 0-01 The Carryduff Team wasCiaran O Labhradha,Riain Foiréis,Conchúr Mac Cuinneagháin, Rónán Mac Gabhann, Conchúr Mac Cú Uladh  Saerbhreathach Stronge  Seán Ó Flaitheartaigh, Ruairí Mac Cormaic, Garrett MacMuiris, Riain Mac Muireartaigh  Conchúr Mac Biataith   Darragh Mac Gudraic, Conal O Mochaire  Néall Mac Gabhann, Darragh Ó Brunlaigh, Fir Ionaid, Seán Ó Conchuir, Seán Mac Éinri, Seosamh Mac Floinn, Garett MacGabhann, Eoghain O Neill, Marcus Mac Conbhaoill, Conchúr O Cassaidaigh, Deaglan Ó Dochartaig, Tomas Artherton, Maithiu Mac An Aobhlaigh U14 Ladies Unbeated Run Comes To An End! Carryduff ladies were beaten for the first time in 3.5 years in the County final on Saturday afternoon. In a gripping match in which the Duff ladies did not play to their full potential, Ballymartin ended their amazing run and prevented Carryduff's attempt to retain their Championship title The first half was a scrappy affair with both teams fighting hard to get the upper hand. Ballymartin opened the scoring immediately followed by a great score converted by Carryduff's Jessica Foy. Ballymartin took the lead again when Jessica Collins converted an easy chance. Carryduff responded through Siobhan Cunningham who reacted quickest in a goal mouth scrap and thumped the ball into the back of the net. The scoring continue on a "tit for tat" basis with Ballymartin finishing the half with a two point lead. The deficit could've have been much higher but only for the heroics of Carryduff's goalkeeper Clare McKnight (player of the match) and full back Emily Duffy(captain) Carryduff opened the second half at a blistering pace and had Ballymartin on the back foot. The Duff ladies totally dominated the opening 17 minutes of the half but for all the pressure they could only score a goal and a point both superbly executed by Fiona McCauley. Several goal chances went a begging and if converted it would have, without doubt, given the ladies a firm grip on the game. However as the half progressed Ballymartin through sheer determination gradually worked their way back into the game. They fought and scrapped hard and placed the Duff defence under huge pressure resulting in a penalty being awarded. Tara Bowater confidently converted it and both teams were on level terms once again. Ballymartin sensing they could win the game continued with their onslaught and although Carryduff did respond through an excellent effort taken by Ciara Crobie the Duff defence couldn't withstand the pressure. The opposition finished the game with a five point margin and ended Carryduff's hopes of a second successive title. Although the ladies were bitterly disappointed with their performance and of course losing the final they can still be very proud of their achievements this season having retained their County League Crown.  Full Time Score Baile Mhairtin 3-08 Ceathrú Aodha Dhuibh 2-06 U14 Boys Disappointed Hard luck to the u14 boys who were beaten in the County Final by Rostrevor. They have served their club, families & themselves well with great success over the last 12 months winning the u13 & u14 East Down Leagues plus the u14 East Down Championship. Whilst the boys are very disappointed it was new territory for the boys to play in an All County Final & hopefully the experience will stand to them in the future. There will be no training on either Tuesday or Thursday this week with a training session on Sunday 05 October at 12pm. Annual Club Dinner Dance The Club's Annual Dinner Dance is being held in the La Mon Hotel & Country Club on Saturday 22nd November with dancing to the Booze Brothers. Tickets priced at £40 are now available to purchase. Tickets can be purchased from Social & Fundraising Committee members, Teresa Love 07876141077, Breidge O'Neill 07818813994, Catherine Murdock 07867516113, Eddie McCrory 07785911989 or Paul Bradley 0771 3399832. Traditional Music Classes There was great turn out for registration for all classes. A small number of spaces are available in the intermediate tin whistle and intermediate guitar and for both beginner and intermediate Irish classes. Monday 6th October Beginner Fiddle 7-8 pm Intermediate Fiddle 8-9 pm Beginner Guitar 7-8 pm Beginner Bodhran 8-9 pm Wednesday 8th October Beginner Adult Tin Whistle 7-8 pm Beginner Tin Whistle 7-8 pm Intermediate Tin Whistle 8-9 pm Intermediate Guitar 8-9 pm Thursday 9 October Beginner Irish (Adult) 7  8.15pm Beginner Irish (Kids) 7 - 8.15pm Intermediate 8.15  9.30pm Bring instruments. Remaining fees to be paid on first night. Contact Fionnuala Leneghan 90815156 or Ana Marie Magorrian 90815778 for music classes. Eddie McCrory 90814581 for Irish classes. This week's winning numbers 3, 8, 10, 14 There were no winners of the Jackpot. Congratulations to the Match 3 number winners who each won £21 N Papafio, Mrs A Gillespie, Mr S O'Neill  Mr P Bradley, Mr J Connery, Mr F McArdle  Mr E Leneghan  Next weeks estimated Jackpot is £620  Castlewellan club notes Any club members who have information/reports/announcements they wish to be included in the club notes are asked to contact the club PRO- see website for details. Especially welcome would be information on ladies football and hurling. It has been a great week for our club with two county titles coming our way. The U-12 camogs got the ball rolling with a great victory over near neighbours Liatroim in the league final, winning on a scoreline of 5-00 to 0-00. This victory was the icing on the cake for the girls and completed a clean sweep of titles this year after winning the county championship a month ago.  This was a second meeting of the two teams with The town girls having accounted for Liatroim in the championship. The match started lively with Castlewellan putting all the pressure on the laitroim defence and with some surging runs by the wylie Anna Rogan Laitroim found it hard to deal with and soon Castlewellan had the ball in the net twice from the stick of Catherine Collins The town trio of Aoife Keown ,Katie Savage and Saoirse Steele controled the midfield not allowing any Laitroim attacks to develop. Aoife keown with some excellent high fielding of the ball sent ball after ball into the forwards who all worked tirelessly Caitroina Caldwell and Sarah Mc Ardle all pulled on every ball that came their way and another strike by Catherine Collins saw The Town Girls go further ahead with her third goal Just before half time a ball in from the right wing found Saoirse Steele who pulled the ball to the back of the net this left Laitroim with an up hill struggle for the second half. A very determined Laitroim came out and by putting Amy McAleenan on Aoife Keown they hoped to curb the ball into the Town forwards But the pressure remained on the Laitroim defence with Castlewellan,s Defence now joining the attack Ciara Gibson and Clare clelland cleaning up any balls the midfield missed Ciara and her defence made some excellent ground strokes not allowing the Laitroim forwards any time  on the ball. Ellen Finnegan just a new player was sound in her full back postion with excellent player marking and good ground skills Holly Carville was her usual reliable self clearing up around the back of the defence never letting anyone have a free shot Primmy in goals only had one attack to clear and did that with calmness The whole team played excellent and ended the game with another goal from Catherine Collins making it a 5 goals to nil defeat of Laitroim.The team management and coaches deserve a huge amount of credit for what they have done with this dedicated bunch of girls, especially when you consider that very most of the players are new to the game of camogie. congratulations girls, everyone in the club is very proud of you. On Saturday the thirds lined out against Rostrevor in the RFC Final. After losing their last 2 final appearances in 1994 and 2007 the lads were determined to get their hands on the cup this year and this they did beating a fancied rostrevor side in Ballyholland. A tight and competitive game it was the Town's blend of youth and experience that held out for a fantastic victory on a 2-11 to 2-08 scoreline. It is the first men's footballing championship win our club has had since 1995 and a number of players who lined out in Newcastle that day also played on Saturday including Audie McVeigh, Paddy Hardy, Donal Ward, Marty McKibben and Kevan Owens. Kevan now has Senior, Junior and Reserve championship medals in his collection. The thirds players would also like to thank Colleen McLoughlin for her generous sponsorship of training tops for the team. Castle barbers shirt presentation websize.jpg Colleen McLoughlin of Castle Barbers presents T-shirts and training gear to the 3rds.   Bingo as usual on Friday night. The Club lottery jackpot now stands at £7300- well worth a quid! For all revised fixtures please see club window. Ballyboden club notes 7-a-side: Many thanks to all who took part in and helped out with our very successful 7-a-side competition. Special thanks to Damien Gallagher who organised the event. Upcoming matches: On Sunday 5th October our Junior A mens team travel to Bohernabreena to take on St. Annes at 11:00AM while our Junior Bs entertain St. Brigids at 3:00PM in Frank Kelly Park, all support welcome. Best wishes to Ian Kealy who is leaving us to go travelling this week. Lotto: No winner of this weeks Lotto jackpot. The numbers drawn were 21, 24 and 26. E25 goes to Robert Shanahan, Ann Hickey, Ann Molloy and Lisa Druey. The jackpot next week will be E800.  www.ballybodenwanderers.com Tweet

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