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* Last Friday night Dromara’s Eugene O’Hare officiated at the All County Premiere League game between Castlewellan & Loughinisland in St Malachy’s Park. Less than twenty-four hours later tragedy struck his family when his son Kevin aged 15 died in a drowning incident along with Colin Poland. Our thoughts, prayers

* “Ah, breaker one-nine, this here’s the James Mac. You gotta copy on me, Big Aidan, c’mon? Ah, yeah, 10-4, Big Aidan here, for sure, for sure. 10-4, is that what you scored James Mac?” The younger generation won’t understand the etiquette involved in Citizen Band (CB) radio that was

* Last week the Senior Footballers qualified for the Feis Sevens Final. Not to be outdone, the Minor Footballers have matched them by qualified for the final also. On Sunday past at Ballykinlar they worked hard against local opposition to book their Feis Sunday place. Having defeated Drumaness in their

* Sevens Football has always been a part of the Castlewellan GAA fabric. Last weekend with no league football due to County commitments the senior lads were involved in 2 competitions. On Saturday our neighbours St John’s Drumnaquoile held The John McMullan Memorial Cup Sevens. John who was a playing

1 Brendan Teer East Down AC 34.19
2 Paul Carlin Unattached 36.16
3 David O’Flaherty Newcastle AC 36.46
4 Alan Johnston Unattached 36.59
5 Michael King Unattached 37.08
6 Brendan Quail Newcastle AC 37.21
7 John (HEN) Kelly Newcastle AC 37.33
8 Colin Pascoe Newcastle AC 38.12
9 Colm Murtagh Castlewellan AC 38.16
10 Aidan Brown Newcastle 39.59
11 Jack O’Hare Newcastle AC 41.30
12 Niall King Castlewellan Ac 41.59
13 Niall Carson Newcastle 42.26
14 Neil Garvey Newry City

All Members please note that Tuesday 30 April is the final deadline for ordering new club gear. Committee members will be in the Club on Tuesday evening (30 April 2013) to take final orders. Please note that all submitted orders must have full payment attached.

* The Senior footballers played out a draw with Mayobridge last Thursday night in the third outing of the season. There are no easy games in Division 1 and with Michael Walsh’s charges coming to the Bann Road venue looking for their first points of the year, they were always

Limbless Support Group NI have asked us to relay their thanks to all those participants in Activ8 for their kind donation.They are a cross- community group of limbless/amputees who come together for support and advice on all aspects of their lives. We hope this small donation will contribute to the

* Burren & County star Kevin McKernan visited Castlewellan on Sunday as part of his “Keep ‘Er Lit” campaign to raise funds for his cousin Mark who was diagnosed with a brain tumour five years ago. This was part of his visit to all 44 clubs in Down to take

The Senior Football season kicked off in earnest last Friday night where the visitors to St Malachy’s Park were Loughinisland. The first game of the season is a tricky affair for all teams. Mistakes in handling, turnovers, misplaced passes, poor passing. The game had all that from both teams who