Cumann Lúthchleas Gael - Gaelic Athletic Association

 

Senior Co Winners - 9 SFC - 1930, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1957, 1980, 2000; 2 Senior Ladies FC - 2006, 2007;
1 Senior Camogie Championship - 2007; 2 Senior Handball Titles; 2 JHC; 37 Scór Titles!

 

Clonduff Fixtures and Weekly schedule in Clonduff Park -  2008                                 Click here to email Clonduff

 
Clonduff Cul Camp 4th-8th August! Time is running out! But it's not too late yet!  
Current Clonduff Personalities
Paula Gribben - Clonduff's Dual All Ireland Winner 2006     
Clonduff's Ross Carr Clonduff's Cathal Murray

Sean Spires 2008 - Click to enlarge

New! Clonduff Manual New! Cardiac Screening New! Cúl Camp 4th-8th August
New! De X Factor Clonduff Final New! Ladies Football League Tables New! Football League Tables


Newry and Mourne sponsored Summer Camps for Camogie and Hurling 11th-15th August

U6, U8 and U10 Coaching Academies will continue  on Sunday mornings 10 30am to 11 45 am. All boys and girls are welcome. It is most important that parents arrange to collect their children promptly at 11 45!
Hurling academies are on Monday evenings starting 6 30 pm.
Camogie Coaching for U12s Tuesday evening 5 15pm and U12 Ladies Football Wednesday evenings 6pm.
New! Clonduff reps at the Down Strategic Planning Day - June 08                                P J McGreevy on the Sideline!

Who is pretending to be working during Boley Fair '08?

Clonduff GAC and The Boley Fair 2008 (Contributed by Marie Walls)                  
 New! Check out the various Galleries for photos from Boley Fair 2008 - if you were there you may just be in one of the many photos

More great pics of Clonduff people on Boley Fair website - www.boleyfair.com

All Ireland Qualifiers - Laois v Down - Best wishes to Ross and the boys as they take on another midlands side in their own back garden (O'Moore Park, Portlaois) in the next round of the qualifiers on Saturday 28th July at 7pm.
All Ireland Qualifiers – Offaly v Down
Congratulations to Ross and the boys who took Offaly apart in a scintillating first half in Tullamore on Saturday evening (19th July) - Down led 3-12 to 0-4 at half time playing with a strong wind advantage. It should  have been a game of two halves and whilst Down scored the first two points of the the second half the homeside began to take advantage of the strong breeze and sent in the long ball to their full forwards which reaped some reward. In the second half they scored 2-6 but Down scored 2-7 to leave the full time score Offaly 2-10 Down 5-19. The goals were scored by Kevin McKernan, Danny Hughes, John Clarke, Benny Coulter and Ronan Sexton. The two Clonduff men, Aidan Carr (RHB) and John Fegan (RHF) contributed immensely to the victory.
Clonduff Seniors took part in the Ambrose Rogers Memorial Invitational Sevens on Sunday 13th July. There were eight teams from Down, Derry Armagh and Antrim. Clonduff were in a group with Castlewellan, Bryansford and Loup - the latter failed to travel. Clonduff won their two group games and then defeated UUJ in the Semi Final to set up a final show down with the host club. The final was an entertaining game between Longstone and Clonduff. At half-time the hosts led 0-9 to 0-3 with Barry Doran and Colin Burden the chief scorers. The Yellows hit back during the second half with the O’Hagan brothers, Darren and Conor, and Peter Withnell in good form and with a minute to go Longstone only led by two, 1-11 to 1-9. This is how it finished as both sides defended well in the remaining time to prevent any further score. This was a great performance from the Clonduff lads who thoroughly enjoyed the competition and collected a very generous prize for finishing as runners-up. The panel was: John, Mark and Paul McPolin, Conor óg and Darren O'Hagan, Peter Withnell, Rory Grant, Eugene Branagan, Noel McPolin and Cathal Maginn

Paul Shields, Sean McNally and Des McNeill represented Clonduff at the One Wall National Championships in Sligo over 28th and 29th June. Paul and Sean played in the Men’s B competition and Des played in the Diamond Masters. Both Paul and Des got to their respective semi-finals but were both narrowly beaten by D. Flynn and N. Rafferty respectively. Hard luck lads. However a good weekend was had by all.

Clonduff are Down U9½ Community Games Champions! In the Semi Final they beat Drumnacoyle 3-4 to 0-2 and in the Final they beat Mayobridge 4-3 to 0-2 and now go on to represent the County in the Ulster series next month. Panel: Conor Milligan, Jack Campbell, Patrick Branagan (2-1), Daniel McGivern, Ryan Matthews, John Boden (0-1), Lyndon Brown, Conor Woods (2-0), Ben McConville, Ross Carr, Brandon Roe (1-2), Darren Quinn, Aaron Devlin (3-3), Jude Campbell, Niall Doyle, Oran Fitzpatrick. The games were played in Mayobridge and  were refereed by Leo Smyth, Mayobridge and Clonduff's Paula Cairns with Paula taking charge of the final.
Clonduff have six newly qualified coaches! Congratulations to Jackie Gilmore, Louise Savage, Noel Fitzpatrick, Sean Gribben, Plunkett McConville and Jimmie Smith who all completed the Foundation Level Coaching Course.
Clonduff win Irish News 'Club of the Year' award for Large Clubs!
Young Whistlers! Seven Clonduff boys attended the 'Young Whistlers' course held in Clonduff Clubrooms on Thursday night - organised by P J Quinn and delivered by Frank McDonald. The boys thoroughly enjoyed the course and are filled with enthusiasm. Most of those who attended are involved in upcoming examinations but  wish to proceed with the training and registration as soon as they have the exams out of the way. These budding referees are Rory McGreevy, Darragh Sherry, Paul Lively, Ché Curran, Henry Brown, Gary McGinn and Conor Grant.

New Clonduff Referees
Congratulations to Paula Cairns who took charge of her first Ladies U14 football match (Bryansford v Bosco) on Sunday 20th April. Paula is one of two new club referees at this level – Shane McGreevy is the other but unfortunately he broke his arm playing Football for the Minors last week. We wish you well Shane and hope that you can soon join Paula in taking charge of your first game and, of course, in returning to your Minor Football team!

Congratulations to Paula Gribben who has been appointed Down Minor Camogie captain for the incoming season!
Clonduff wins 'Camogie Club of the Year' at the Down Awards following the Down v Derry game in St John's on Sunday!
Clonduff Competitors collected two County Scór Sinsear titles and narrowly missed out on two others in the County Finals on Sunday night in Castlewellan. The County Champions are the quiz team, with Marie Walls, Brian Canavan and Mary McGreevy who were eight points ahead of the nearest opposition and the Set Dancers - Wendy Farrell, Ursula Quinn, Lisa Parr, Andrea Gribben, Onagh Gribben, Laura McShane, Gayle Kane and sub Niamh Pritchard (for the injured Joleen Morgan to whom we wish a speedy recovery). Both the Céili Dancers and the Novelty Act were narrowly beaten into second place. The Quiz team and Set Dancers go forward to represent Down in the Ulster Semi Final in Randalstown on Friday 8th March.
Congratulations to St Colman's College who won the Corn na nÓg after an eleven year absence! There were five Clonduff boys on the panel - Conor Brown played at full back and the other panellists were: John Brown, Shea Murnin, Conor Gribben and Eamon Grant. Of course Cathal Murray was involved as the Head of PE in St Colman's! Well done everybody!
Championship Draws!
     SFC             Bryansford v Castlewellan     Ballymartin v Downpatrick     Ballyholland v Saval               Clonduff v Mayobridge
                          Burren v Attical                       Longstone v Liatroim              Loughinisland v Rostrevor    Kilcoo v An Riocht
     PRFC          Carryduff II v Clonduff II
     RFC             Clonduff III v Ballyholland II
(Preliminary) - lost
     JHC             Bredagh v Clonduff
     MFC            Kilclief v Clonduff   - Comfortable win
    
SLFC          Clonduff v Burren - Big win
     JLFC          Clonduff v St Michael's - Lost
     Sen Cam    Portaferry v Clonduff - Good win    
 

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