The 2024 Grassroots Football Awards have been launched and organisers are seeking the public to nominate local people or clubs for the awards.
The annual McDonald’s Irish FA Grassroots Football Awards recognise the incredible work and commitment of football clubs and volunteers who give up their time and make a long-lasting impact on young people and communities across Northern Ireland.
In this year’s awards there are nine categories: Young Volunteer of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Wes Gregg Coach of the Year, Amateur Club of the Year, Junior Club of the Year, the Futsal Award, the Football Restaurant of the Year, the Football for All Award and the People’s Award.
Nominations for the awards are now open via the Irish FA website and will close on 31 July. Regional award winners will be announced in September.
The official awards ceremony will take place in Belfast City Hall in October ahead of Northern Ireland’s UEFA Nations League fixtures against Belarus and Luxembourg.
Northern Ireland legend Pat Jennings said that it was hugely important to acknowledge the work that grassroots football volunteers undertake year on year.
He pointed out: “It’s great that a brand like McDonald’s is backing grassroots football, and the work it is doing along with the Irish FA in communities across Northern Ireland is really brilliant to see.
“I’ve been involved with these awards for almost two decades and it always amazes me the work that volunteers put in on and off the pitch to give children and young people an opportunity to play football in a safe and inclusive environment.
“It’s so important we celebrate them and I look forward to meeting this year’s winners and finalists later in the year.”
John McCollum, franchisee at McDonald’s, said: “Football is at the heart of communities across Northern Ireland and, after over 20 years as a major supporter of the grassroots game, nobody understands that better than McDonald’s.
“The annual awards give us an excellent excuse to celebrate the amazing volunteers on the ground that make it all happen. Without them programmes like Fun Football simply couldn’t run.”
To nominate your local grassroots football hero in this year’s McDonald’s Irish FA Grassroots Football Awards, visit irishfa.com
RESULTS
Tuesday 21st May
Adult League Division 1
Ballymartin 5-12 Burren 3-06
Bryansford 0-10 RGU Downpatrick 2-09
Adult League Division 2
Loughinisland 3-09 Saval 2-08
Adult League Division 3
Carryduff B 2-10 Dundrum 4-06
Wednesday 22nd May
Under 14 League Section E Sponsored by AJC Group
An Riocht 6-01 Cumann Pheadair Naofa B 6-10
Thursday 23rd May
Adult League Division 4
Liatroim 0-06 East Belfast 2-10
Under 18 Section A
St Johns 1-09 Burren 3-18
Under 18 Section C
Bredagh B 9-09 Bosco 4-08
Under 14 Section A Sponsored by AJC Group
Kilcoo 3-13 Bryansford 2-05
Friday 24th May
Under 18 Section B
Teconnaught 4-14 Saul 4-07
Saturday 25th May
Adult League Division 1
Ballymartin 0-06 Bredagh 1-31
Burren 2-12 Bryansford 3-04
Adult League Division 2
St Johns 1-10 Cumann Pheadair Naofa 1-07
Saval 3-12 Bredagh B 6-03
Adult League Division 3
St Michaels 3-05 Dundrum 1-05
Annaclone 0-11 Carryduff B 3-14
Burren B 3-09 Mayobridge 2-13
Adult League Division 4
Clann Na Banna 6-20 St Pauls 0-0
Under 16 League Section C Sponsored by B4B Renewables
Cumann Pheadair Naofa 4-12 Glenn 4-03
Sunday 26th May
Under 14 League Section A Sponsored by AJC Group
Liatroim 4-05 Kilcoo 3-09
Bryansford 6-11 Rostrevor 4-14
Burren 7-09 Carryduff 5-05
Bredagh 4-17 Teconnaught 0-07
Under 14 League Section B Sponsored by AJC Group
Saval 12-9 Bredagh B 1-02
St Johns 6-12 Saul 2-01
Under 14 League Section C Sponsored by AJC Group
Mayobridge 5-05 Cumann Pheadair Naofa 9-05
Drumgath 16-08 RGU Downpatrick 7-13
Loughinisland 1-05 Annaclone 7-13
Under 14 League Section D Sponsored by AJC Group
Bredagh C 2-05 Glenn 7-13
Saul B 1-02 Aghaderg 11-24
Under 14 League Section E Sponsored by AJC Group
Drumaness 5-13 Bryansford B 2-05
Rostrevor B 7-13 Ardglass 1-03
FIXTURES
Monday 27th May – 6:30pm
Under 14 League Section B Sponsored by AJC Group
Castlewellan v Clonduff
Tuesday 28th May – 7:30pm
Adult League Division 1
Bredagh v Bryansford
Adult League Division 3
Clonduff v St Michaels
Adult League Division 4
Clann Na Banna v East Belfast
Thursday 30th May – 7:30pm
Adult League Division 1
Carryduff v RGU Downpatrick
Adult League Division 3
Annaclone v Burren B
Under 18 League Section A
St Johns v Clonduff
Under 14 League Section A Sponsored by AJC Group
Bryansford v Teconnaught
Rostrevor v Burren
Under 14 League Section D Sponsored by AJC Group
Ballymartin v Dundrum
Friday 31st May – 7:30pm
Adult League Division 4
Glenn v East Belfast
Saturday 1st June – 7pm
Adult League Division 1
RGU Downpatrick v Ballymartin
Carryduff v Castlewellan
Burren v Kilcoo
Bryansford v Bredagh
Adult League Division 2
Rostrevor v Bredagh B
St Johns v Saval
Cumann Pheadair Naofa v Loughinisland
Adult League Division 3
Carryduff B v Burren B
Mayobridge v Saul
Dundrum v Annaclone
Adult League Division 4
Drumgath v Clann Na Banna
Liatroim v St Pauls
Sunday 2nd June – 12:30pm
Under 14 League Section A Sponsored by AJC Group
Bryansford v Liatroim
Rostrevor v Carryduff
Teconnaught v Burren
Kilcoo v Bredagh
Under 14 League Section B Sponsored by AJC Group
Clonduff v Newry Shamrocks
Saul v Castlewellan
Ballyholland v Saval
St Johns v Bredagh B
Under 14 League Section C Sponsored by AJC Group
RGU Downpatrick v Mayobridge
Drumgath v Tullylish
Cumann Pheadair Naofa v Annaclone
Bosco v Loughinisland
Under 14 League Section D Sponsored by AJC Group
Glenn v Ballymartin
Carryduff B v Bredagh C
Clann Na Banna v Teconnaught B
Under 14 League Section E Sponsored by AJC Group
An Riocht v Kilclief
Ardglass v Drumaness
Bright v St Pauls
Bryansford B v Burren B
St Michaels v Cumann Pheadair Naofa B
Sunday 2nd June – 3pm
Under 14 League Section D Sponsored by AJC Group
Dundrum v Saul B
Well over 1000 runners took part in the annual Newry City Half Marathon and 10k races on Sunday 26 May with participants coming from far and near.
The incredibly popular event took place on what was a perfect day for the event, overcast and not too warm. Over 700 runners completed the half marathon route which took runners down the Warrenpoint Dual Carriageway before turning round and returning to the finish line outside The Quays Shopping Centre.
First man home in the half marathon was Mullingar runner Andy Nevin in a time of 1:11:22. |n second place was Adam Smyth from St Peter's AC Lurgan on 1:11:40 while third place was taken by Niall Geoghan on 1:14:00.
First woman home in the half marathon was Sinead Murtagh from Newcastle AC in a time of 1:27:29. In second place was Lorna Fitzpatrick on 1:30:15 while third place was Ciara Regan, Crusaders AC on 1:30:26.
Also taking part in the half marathon was Derek Goodfellow and his daughter Katie Louise who he pushed around the route in an incredible time of 2:09:29, finishing before many other runners.
Well over 400 also completed the Newry City 10k. First man home was Louis McCarthy from Rathfarnham WSAF in a time of 0:32:32. Second place was taken by Eamonn White, North Belfast Harriers on 0:33:07 and third was Martin Vanecko, PretekaRYS Running & Fitness Pieniny on 0:33:13.
First woman home in the 10k was Kate Mullholland, St Peter's AC Lurgan on a time of 0:38:07. In second place was Collette McCourt, Roadrunners AC on 0:38:49 and in third was Meadow McCauley, Portadown Running Club on 0:39:37.
A new event this year was a children's 2k run which potentially was the most fun of all. To see the expressions on the faces of many of the youngsters as they ran over the line was just magic.
Runners and organisers made their way to the Canal Court Hotel afterwards for well earned refreshments and no doubt discussions on the 2025 event. Well done to each and every one of the organisers.
Newry man Eamon White's remarkable performance in the Newry City 10km at the weekend has set a new benchmark in the UK V55 10km rankings. His time of 0:33:05 not only earned him a second-place finish overall but also propelled him to the top of the 2024 UK V55 rankings, surpassing the previous leader by a significant 13 seconds. This feat is all the more impressive considering the challenges faced with a severe quad injury in late 2023 which brought his XC season to an abrupt end.
Although the Newry man is officially registered with North Belfast Harriers, over the past 12 months Eamon has been training with Newry Athletic Club at the track, under the direction of coach Kookie O'Hagan. As all athletes know, on the track there is no hiding place & suffering loves company, so no better company to have for Kookie's sessions than Newry AC athletes Andrew Hicks & Mark Malone. The trio have worked together through a long winter with the fruits well and truly starting to bear.
White's performance should inspire both seasoned athletes and newcomers to the sport. His journey underscores the importance of perseverance, expert coaching, and the right training partners. As the UK V55 10km rankings have been reshuffled, all eyes will be on the unassuming White as the benchmark for V55 category.
Over 1000 young people are set to take to Jennings Park this weekend as part of an underage football festival in memory of 7 local people and to raise funds for Chest, Heart & Stroke.
This is the second year for the Desy Jennings Football Festival which will take place from tomorrow Thursday 30 May to Sunday 2 June 2024. It involves underage players aged from 6 to 12 yrs, with 6 different leagues, a total of 90 teams and over 1000 young people in total involved. Underage teams from all over Northern Ireland are competing in the tournament and it will be a celebration of sport and young people. In addition, 2 teams from Newcastle Upon Tyne are travelling to take part.
It’s a chance for young people to get experience in playing different teams as well as making new friends in a fun and healthy activity. It will also be a chance to raise awareness and vital funds for Chest, Heart and Stroke. NI Chest, Heart and Stroke will be on site on Thursday 30 May offering free Blood Pressure Checks to the Community.
Timetable
Thursday 30th May 6.30-9.00pm
Jason Martin Memorial Cup- ‘Legends’
Friday 31st May 6.30-9.30pm
Desy Jennings Memorial Cup- ‘U12s’
Pauline Jennings Memorial Plate- ‘U12s’
Saturday 1st June 10am-1pm
Raymond Mullen Memorial Cup- ‘U9s’
Saturday 1st June 1.30pm-4.30pm
Raymond Mullen Memorial Cup- ‘U10s’
Sunday 2nd June 10am-1pm
Josephine Devlin Memorial Cup- ‘U7s’
Sunday 2nd June 1.30pm-4.30pm
Gary Quinn Memorial Cup- ‘U8s’
All are welcome to call over to Jennings Park between 30th May – 2 June, for a fun filled footballing weekend and most importantly support our young people as well as supporting a vital charity.
I love Newry.
Love the people of our city.
And love to see them doing well … in any walk of life.
But especially in sport.
Keeping that in mind though, I feel I have to pose the question.
Why are so few Newry sports people successful at a national level?
In soccer. GAA. Athletics. Cycling. Tennis. Golf. Boxing. Swimming. Triathlon. Even in Darts and Pool.
And before I’m accused of being a sad, sour, embittered old man (which I might be anyway), as I said right at the outset, I love Newry. Love our city.
There’s little that would please me more than to proudly announce Newry have had lots of winners. Lots of champions.
But sadly it just hasn’t happened.
Can anyone tell me why? Is it lack of coaching, lack of finances, lack of ambition, lack of know-how, lack of facilities?
Or simply lack of dedication?
I wouldn’t say I’m a die-hard Newry City fan but I just love to see them winning and go to quite a few matches each season. In 2022 I remember going to see them play away to Carrick in a bottom six clash and I don’t remember being so nervous at any sporting event. Ever.
That night Newry won with ten men. A great result and that evening I left the Carrick ground floating on air. As I have already said, I love seeing people from our wee city being successful.
But after reading this article no doubt I’ll be accused of sticking the boot in.
Newry Town were formed over 100 years ago and in that time they have never won a major competition. True they did win lots of Mid-Ulster Cups, B Divisions, secondary Division One titles and a few minor cups.
But no Premier Leagues … or Division One before it became the Premiership.
No Irish Cups.
No Gold Cups.
Indeed, the only half decent trophy Newry won in their history was the County Antrim Shield in the eighties, when they had the goalscoring duo of Ollie Ralph and Marty Magee in the team. Indeed Newry have never got to a final of the Irish Cup or Gold Cup.
Another sad fact … Newry haven’t won a league match at home in over one and half seasons.
But were there Newry men who won Irish League or Irish Cup medals? Yes there are a few … such as Robbie Casey, Mickey Keenan, Brian Jennings, Marty Magee, Kenny Halliday, Raymsie McGuigan, Mark Haughey etc. But not a lot either.
What about International footballers who hailed from Newry? Yes we have a world beater in Pat Jennings and before him Peter McParland who still holds the Irish record for goals scored in World Cup finals (five in Sweden in 1958). Ryan McGivern too won quite a few International caps – and once when Northern Ireland played Portugal he was marking the famed Cristiano Ronaldo … and kept him from scoring.
Newry man Colin Clarke once held the Northern Ireland goal-scoring record. But he left the Town before his teenage years. So he wasn’t dogged by our failure syndrome.
Another thing. How many players from Newry have played in the English Premiership? The answer. Just one. Again it’s Ryan McGivern, who played for about 20 minutes for Manchester City against Sunderland in 2011.
Yet in the town (or city) of Newry there have been tens of thousands of budding footballers. Why then have so few made it to the top?
What about gaelic football? We’re not great in that field either. Ok so the fiercely competitive DJ Kane captained Down to All-Ireland glory and is the proud owner of two Sams. Tony Hadden was also a double All-Ireland winner as was Kevin O’Neill. While Kevin’s brother Sean, one of the greatest gaelic footballers of all time, won Sam three times. The sadly departed John Murphy was another Sam winner. As was Larry Powell.
Brilliant achievements. But the latest of those triumphs came 30 years ago.
In the fifties and sixties Newry Shamrocks and Newry Mitchels between them won the Down Senior Championship five times. While although the Bosco won the Down Intermediate title, they have never won the senior crown. In fact for close to 60 years no Newry team has been the kingpins of the county. And in recent years only a few Newry footballers have worn senior red and black jerseys.
As a town (or city) why are we not breeding champions?
Athletics? Well there’s Willie McCracken. He ran the Dublin Marathon in 2.23 in 1981. So far no one has beaten his time. Although Michael Fox has gone close and in truth in the future he might eclipse the mighty McCracken.
But how does Willie’s time compare to national level? Not great, I’m at pains to say as the current Irish Marathon record in 2.09. And Internationally that’s a huge eight minutes off the best recorded time for the 26.2 miles – as the world record now stands at 2.01.
And take the popular 10k distance. No Newry runner has ducked under the half hour. And in fact no man or woman from our city has broken 31 minutes. Though Newry AC athlete Gary Crummy looks capable of running a 29-minute 10k.
But here’s a wee story to emphasise the gulf in class from Newry athletes to top national runners. In February 2022 Gary Crummy ran a flat 5k in the Armagh International Road Races and did the exceptional time of 14.31 … the fastest 5k ever from a Newry athlete. A brilliant performance. But what was his position in the event? Unbelievably there were 84 quicker runners that evening!
Knowledgeable people might say Eamon McConvey ran under 30 minutes. True but Eamon was born in Belfast and was then running for a Belfast club, Olympic, I think. And I remember Eamon telling me himself when he did that fabulous time he didn’t even make his club team. Three others were quicker. It sure puts things into prospective.
Ok now we’ll go to boxing. The late Danny McAlinden, born and reared in Newry, won the British and Commonwealth title when he defeated Jack Bodell at Villa Park in 1972. Though many people saw this fight as a wrestling match with Dangerous Danny getting the verdict. Again though when he won the title Danny was boxing out of the Edgewick club in Coventry. Incidentally my late brother Pat knew Danny well as he was also living in Coventry and he too boxed for the Edgewick club.
Presently Conor Wallace, who formerly lived on the Armagh Road in our city, is living and boxing in Australia and is making quite a name for himself as one of the top boxers Down Under. But again he had to leave Newry to become an iconic boxer.
In fact the only other Newry boxer to make a name for himself on the big stage was Adrian Patterson who won an Irish Senior title in the nineties and was selected to box in the Commonwealth Games.
Since then, although the late Seamus McCormack tried really hard in his Sacred Heart Boxing Club and the likes of Owen Murphy did too, they failed to see any of their prodigies make it at national level.
Why?
Why?
Why?
Cycling? Always popular in Newry.
Champions?
Well!
Brian Monaghan and his son Barry are probably the best known and the pair did cross the line first in quite a few races. In fact Brian won a stage in a massive race in France and actually held the yellow jersey … while he did well at home too.
Barry wore the green Irish jersey on occasions. While at present Cloughreagh Park’s Gareth O’Neill looks the best bet to make a career at the two-wheeled sport.
But no Newry rider has ever won a single stage in the Ras Tailteann, the nation’s biggest race that has been running since 1953. In hundreds of stages, many have tried but none have succeeded. Seamus McGreevy was once second on a stage as was Dermot Monaghan, the younger brother of Brian. But again no winners.
Why?
Triathlon? It’s a sport I know well, having been involved right from the start in 1983. Newry started brilliantly too and had one of the first triathlon clubs in Great Britain. Plus in those early days we had triathletes, such as Padraig Lynch and Kookie O’Hagan representing Ireland in England and on the continent while Martin Patterson won his way onto the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games team.
But in more recent years … not a lot.
Indeed not a single born and bred Newry man or woman has ever qualified for the World Championship in Hawaii. While by contrast there are quite a few from south Armagh, such as Owen Martin, David Griffin, Patrick Muckian, Adrian Garvey and Peter Tomany etc, have qualified to race on the Big Island.
Presently Mattie Kinkaid is our big hope and has picked up quite a few wins. But Mattie’s from Warrenpoint.
Swimming? There have been quite a few fine swimmers in our town, such as Kevin Magill, Gavin Brown, Shea Rafferty etc.
And some have even been called into the Ulster squad. But I don’t think any Newry swimmer has represented Ireland in a major championship.
But you get the picture. Newry are not breeding sporting champions.
Why not?
I’d loved to be proved wrong.
Maybe I’m missing out.
Hopefully I am.
Anyway, I’d be interested in hearing your views.
Armagh got off to a winning start today in the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship with a victory against Meath at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds thanks to a late goal from Niamh Coleman.
Armagh had just lost Blaithin Mackin, who earned her first minutes of 2024, to a yellow card, and the game was all square when Coleman found the net.
She reacted quickest to Kelly Mallon’s shot and although Meath grabbed the final two scores, it was Armagh who left with the three points.
Eve Lavery, Armagh’s only left-footed outfield player in the absence of Aimee Mackin and Caroline O’Hanlon, got the game up and running although her effort was cancelled out by a free from Emma Duggan.
Armagh then raised a green flag with a contender for goal of the season. Aoife McCoy captured Anna Carr’s kickout and after a couple of swift handpasses with Niamh Henderson and Lauren McConville, McCoy buried the ball to the net.
Ciara Smyth and Lavery (free) swapped points, while superb scores from Duggan and Megan Thynne made it a one-point game. Kelly Mallon and Duggan both converted frees as Smyth nailed her second to tie things up.
Lavery (free) added her third of the afternoon to nudge the hosts ahead, but Duggan (free) had the final say of the opening half and both sides headed to the tunnel level at 1-4 to 0-7.
Meath got their noses in front through Sarah Wall, although that lead could have been more but for the heroics Armagh keeper Carr. The Orchard Ladies tagged on the next four scores with Mallon (free), Lavery (2) and Blaithin Mackin all splitting the posts.
Meath turned the screw with a quick fire 1-3. Two Duggan points were split by 1-1 from midfielder Aoibhín Cleary, who punched home the Meath goal after Smyth’s shot had dropped short.
Armagh’s response was rapid and again it was McCoy who fired past Meath skipper Monica McGuick, with the aid of the crossbar, after being played through by Mallon, to level things up once again.
Dearbhla Coleman punched over from close range, assisted by sister Niamh, before the older of the two Coleman’s hit Armagh’s third goal. Byrne and Duggan scored for Meath in the final few minutes, but it wasn’t enough to get something from the game.
Final score: Armagh 3-9 Meath 1-14
Scorers: Armagh: A McCoy 2-0, E Lavery 0-5 (3f), N Coleman 1-0, K Mallon 0-2 (2f), B Mackin 0-1, D Coleman 0-1.
Scorers Meath: E Duggan 0-8 (5f), A Cleary 1-1, C Smyth 0-2, M Byrne 0-1, M Thynne 0-1, S Wall 0-1.
Teams
Armagh: A Carr, G Ferguson, C McCambridge, R Mulligan, C Towe, L McConville, D Coleman, N Coleman, B Mackin, E Druse, A McCoy, S Quigley, E Lavery, N Henderson, K Mallon. Subs: N Reel for E Lavery (51 mins) M McCambridge for S Quigley (51 mins), M McCann for E Druse (63 mins).
Meath: M McGuirk, S Wall, M Lynch, N Troy, N Gallogly, K Cole, K Newe, M O’Shaughnessy, A Cleary, M Thynne, S Melia, C Smyth, M Byrne, M Farrelly, E Duggan. Subs: L Young for C Smyth (54 mins), S Lynch for K Cole (59 mins).
Referee: Gus Chapman (Sligo)
A last minute goal from Derry saw them retain their All-Ireland U14 Gold title with a two-point win over Armagh at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds.
It was a game of two halves, with Derry building up a huge half time lead of nine points, but Armagh battled back bravely in the second half and looked to have done enough in the last couple of minutes.
But Bennett, who essentially had a shootout with Armagh’s ace attacker Abigail McMahon, launched a high ball in with the last attack of the game and the ball ended up in the back of the net.
Saorla Quinn got the reigning champions off the mark and Derry doubled up their advantage with a free from Bennett. Armagh made the most of their limited first half attacks as captain McMahon swung over two scores (one free), to level the game after 12 minutes.
The remainder of the half belonged to Derry, and they fired off 1-6 on the trot to claim a nine-point half time lead. Cassie Conway and Caoimhe Roche chipped in with points, while Bennett rattled off 1-4 to see her side ahead 1-8 to 0-2 at the break.
Armagh rallied after the turnaround and McMahon kicked off their revival with two scores in as many minutes before Aoife McConville, Armagh’s second scorer of the day, made it a six-point game.
Bennett swept over another free to continue her excellent form in front of the posts, but Armagh came roaring back into contention with a fine goal from full forward Emma Toale.
McMahon exchanged pointed efforts with Derry midfielder Cliodhna Moore before the Clann Eireann sharpshooter fired off 1-3 in a spell where Armagh hit 1-5, with Caitlin Sheridan and Brianna Magee also getting in on the scoring act.
That gave Armagh the lead for the very first time but Derry were still in contention as Bennett knocked over her first point from open play to make it a one-point game with time almost up.
Bennett then produced the game winning score in the dying seconds and although Armagh won the kickout, they didn’t have enough time to reply at the other end.
Scorers: Derry: C Bennett 2-8 (0-6f), C Conway 0-1, C Moore 0-1, C Roche 0-1, S Quinn 0-1.
Armagh: A McMahon 1-7 (0-4f), E Toale 1-0, B Magee 0-1, A McConville 0-1, C Sheridan 0-1.
Derry: K Pachuta; K Birt, M Cleary, A McNally; E McVey, C Conway, F Kerr; C Moore, E Forbes; F Callaghan, S Quinn, G Doherty; A Musgrave, C Bennett, R Gribbin. Rolling subs: C Roche, E Rafferty, M Gray, C Quinn. Subs used: C Roche, E Rafferty, M Gray, C Quinn, C McPeake, I Tohill.
Armagh: C Havern; T Crangle, A McCague, M Creaney; C Brennan, O Reynolds, N McKenna; B Magee, M McGurgan; A McConville, K Taylor, G Marsden; C O’Hanlon, E Toale, A McMahon. Subs used: C Sheridan, R Little, N Doherty, G Gallagher, A McDonnell, E McParland, L McLoughlin.
Referee: Ciara Gilroy (Down).
Tuesday 11th June – 7:15pm
Adult League Division 1
Bredagh v Kilcoo
Adult League Division 3
Burren B v Dundrum
Tuesday 11th June – 7:30pm
Adult League Division 1
Carryduff v Castlewellan
Adult League Division 2
Loughinisland v St Johns
Adult League Division 3
Teconnaught v Mayobridge
Wednesday 12th June – 7pm
Under 12 League Lar Section
Kilcoo v Teconnaught
Castlewellan v St Johns
Bredagh v Bryansford
Ballymartin v Carryduff
Under 12 League Deisceart Section
Ballyholland v Cumann Pheadair Naofa
Burren v Clonduff
Bosco v Mayobridge
Rostrevor v Newry Shamrocks
Under 12 League Lecale Section
Bryansford B v Bredagh B
Loughinisland v Saul
Carryduff B v Dundrum
Under 12 League Oirthear Section
East Belfast v Carryduff C
Ardglass v Drumaness
St Pauls v Bright
Bredagh C v Dromara
Under 12 Iarthar Section
Aghaderg v Saval
Clann Na Banna v Annaclone
Tullylish v Glenn
Liatroim v St Michaels
Wednesday 12th June – 7:30pm
Under 16 League Section B Sponspored by B4B Renewables Ltd
Aghaderg B v Drumgath
Thursday 13th June – 7:30pm
Adult League Division 4
East Belfast v Drumgath
Under 18 League Section A
Saval v Bredagh
Carryduff v St Johns
Clonduff v Burren
Under 18 League Section C
Cumann Pheadair Naofa v Bredagh B
Kilcoo v Ballymartin
Annaclone v Newry Shamrocks
Saturday 15th June – 7pm
Adult League Division 1
Carryduff v Bredagh
RGU Downpatrick v Burren
Castlewellan v Ballymartin
Adult League Division 2
Cumann Pheadair Naofa v Saval
Loughinisland v Bredagh B
Adult League Division 4
East Belfast v St Pauls
Liatroim v Drumgath
Glenn v Clann Na Banna