* The most popular child with their father and a tad less with their mother happens to be the same child with the same parents this week! Tadhg Owens took it upon himself to upset his mum Sinead and delight dad Kevan by helping his team mates to victory over the Club his mother plays for! Yes our neighbours The Ford! Well Tadhg had all the bragging rights in the house on Saturday night as he scored a point in the victory over The Ford in the Under 8 blitz. He was ably assisted by Cian Milligan, Conor McVeigh, Sean O’Neill, Coran Cairns. Mummy as you can imagine was not a happy camper. You have your Club’s permission to remind your mum about this as often as you like! Okay Sinead! Thank you and well done to Bryansford, Liatriom Fontenoys and Aughlisnafin who took part in the blitz and to all those who helped to organise it. Thanks especially to Kathy McVeigh and Brian O’Neill for who did a lot of work on the day!
* A reminder and thank you to all those who gathered sponsorship for the Juvenile sponsorship walk. Please return your sponsorship cards to John O’Neill or Brian O’Neill irrespective of whether or not you have collected all your money. Please do this as soon as possible. If you have any queries please contact John on 07711737610. You can view more photographs of the day in the gallery of our website at www.castlewellangac.com
* Our Under 12 Hurlers had a very good win against Kilclief on Thursday night past. Credit to both teams who served up great entertainment and plenty of endeavour. When you hear the opposition referring to one of their players as “DJ” who incidentally was the smallest player on the field it will give you some idea of who those young players look up to. The young hurlers of the Town deserved their win as they played some nice hurling.
* The Seconds Footballers suffered a big dent in their quest for honours in the Premier Reserve League when they fell away to Loughinisland on Friday Night. It was a game we could have won but would not have deserved it as we did not play well. The lads know a better performance will be needed if we will come out of Cherryvale next weekend when we take on Bredagh in the Championship.
* Hard luck to the Down Minor and Senior Team who fell to Tyrone & Donegal respectively last Sunday. Both victors were pushed all the way by Down who just couldn’t find that piece of magic to usurp the All-Ireland champions. They certainly put a dent in their armour. Roll on the Qualifiers!
* This year’s Kellogg’s Cúl Camps dates in Down have been finalised. We will be hosting Cúl Camp the week of Monday 22nd July – Friday 26th July. The camp runs from 10am – 2.30pm daily with a nursery camp running from 10am – 12.30pm daily. The camp is open for children who will be entering Primary Two in September to 13 years of age. Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camps provide boys and girls with an action-packed and fun-filled week of activity during the summer holidays which revolves around maximising enjoyment and sustaining participant involvement in Gaelic Games. The cost for the camp is £35 for first child (2nd/3rd/4th….£30 each) and nursery camp is £25 per child. Each child will receive a free GAA kit. You can either register on-line at www.gaa.ie/kelloggsculcamps or register at the Club on Saturday mornings from 10am – 11.30am Please note children whom are attending the nursery camp are unable to be registered online.
* The training Schedule for the week is as follows; Tuesday 25th June Nursery, P1 and P2 fundamentals boys and girls Bann Road 6.30 – 7.30pm. Wednesday 26th June Under 10 and Under 12 Hurling 6.15pm Bann Road. Thursday June 27th 6.30pm -7.30pm Bann Road P2-P5 Hurling. Friday June 28th 5.00pm-6.00pm St Malachy’s Park U12 Boys Football. Saturday June 29th 10.00am-10.45am St Malachy’s Park Nursery, P1 & P2 Hurling and Camogie. 10.00am-10.45am St Malachy’s Park P3-P7 Camogie. 10.00am-11.00am St Malachy’s Park U12 Boys Hurling. 10.45am-11.30am Bann Road Nursery, P1 and P2 Boys Football and Girls Football. Saturday 29th June Bann Road Nursery, P1 and P2 plus Camogie up to Under 12.
* Club gear – Squad tops are now available and can be collected from the Club from 8.30pm on Wednesday Night
* The Attack Fitness Circuits will continue in The Club on Thursday evenings at 7.00pm. There will also be classes in St Malachy’s Park on Saturday mornings at 9.00am.
* Castlewellan AC runners performed quite well recently at the Mourne Way Marathon. In the marathon Neil McVeigh, Philip Murdock, Linda Rogan & Sinead Flynn made it home in very warm conditions. In the half marathon Stevie Rice, Martin Brogan, Laura Watson, Anita McGeough and Mary Knight all did their reputations no harm finishing quite well. The weekly runs continue every Tuesday and Thursday leaving the Club at 7.00pm.
* The numbers in this week’s lotto were 12, 16, 20 & 22. There were no jackpot winners or £20 winner this week. Next week’s jackpot is £4100.