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Clonduff Milestones - 1887 - 2013
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Year |
Event |
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2013 |
Hurling
Ø
Clonduff Hurlers
belatedly (Jan 2013) declared Div 2
League Champions for 2012
Handball
Ø As
in
previous years Shane Milligan (aged 16)
collected Clonduff's first County title
of the
year - U17 Handball title - Shane's
5th-in-a-row age titles (from U13 up)
Ø Sean
McNally won Ulster B Golden Masters
Singles on Saturday 16th February
Camogie
Ø Down
Camogie Awards for 2012 (27th January
2013) - Kitty Fegan - Volunteer of the
Year
Award, Eileen Hamill - Brigid Maginn Services to
Sport Award; Clare Magilligan, Elizabeth
Wilson & Jenna Boden received Ulster Minor
Championship Medals
Cultural and Social
Ø Clonduff
picked up three South Down titles in
Scór Sinsir (17th February in Saval) -
Set
Dancers (Ursula
Quinn, Francis Quinn, Joeleen Morgan,
Wayne Farrell, Janine Branagan,
Niall
Quinn, Wendy Branagan, Jayme Farrell)
retained their title, Ceili Dancers
(Janine
Branagan, Ellen Murphy, Niamh Canning,
Lisa Gribben, Caroline McGreevy, Joeleen
Morgan,
Ursula Quinn, Wendy Branagan)
won for first time in
many years as did the Instrumental
Musicians (Stephen & Sean Murray with
Paul Kelly) - The Musicians and Set
Dancers won
their respective County titles
Schools
Ø 10
Clonduff lads on St Mark's Year 12
(U16) team
that won Arthurs Cup for for time since
1997 - Connor Murray, Michael Grant, Padraig Harper, Lorcan
Branagan, Noel Grant, Conor
Lowry,
Darragh McPolin, Michael Mulholland, Liam
Geoghegan, Conor Keenan
Higher Educations
Ø Southern
Regional College (SRC) won HE Div 3
Championship (23rd Feb) - jointly
managed
by Mark Copeland with Niall Tumilty, Aaron Sherry
both playing - Rory McGreevy was sub.
They collected the League title a couple of
months earlier
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2012 - Clonduff's 125 |
Clonduff v Bryansford
SFL game streamed to Facebook via Twitter
on Friday 18th May 2012
Calendar of Events for 125 Celebratory
Year
17th
February Now and
Then Chat Night
16th
March St
Patrick’s Eve Cultural Night
31st
March/1st April
Inaugural Club Exchange Visit to
Claregalway
April-Sept
Erection of Townland Stone
16th
May Launch
of Five Year Plan
26th
May Inaugural
Daniel Andre U10 Football Tournament
9th
June
McGreevy U8 Football Tournament
6th-10th
July Boley Fair
Clonduff GAA Club Exhibition
Family Fun Quiz
Gary Murray U12 Football Tournament
Big Boley Breakfast
Leading Boley Fair Parade
Poc Fada
Parish Social Football Sevens
28th
July U10
/ U12 Hurling Blitz
19th
August ‘Join In’
Fun Day
Official Opening New Pitch
First Development Draw
6th,
20th, 27th Sept
Additional Development Draws (All
Ireland Tickets)
15th
September
U8 Parish Camogie Blitz
29th
Sept
Inaugural U12 Ladies Football
Tournament
7th
October
U12 Parish Camogie Blitz
14th October
Big Breakfast and Parish Adult Camogie
Fun Blitz
4th
November
Grand Finale – Celebratory Mass and
Banquet
10th
November
Tree Planting – 450 trees planted by
children of St Patrick’s and St
Paul’s Primary Schools at Clonduff GAA Campus
Cultural and Social
Ø
Clonduff host
Tráth na
gCeist Gaeilge an Dúin
Ø
Christina and Arthur McConville make a
little bit of Clonduff and Down History
on Sunday
8th
January 2012 - Christina got Down's McKenna Cup
campaign (v Armagh) under way
with her rendition of Amhrain na bhFiann and Arthur came on
as a sub on the Down team
Ø
Clonduff Set Dancers
(Janine
Branagan, Wendy Branagan, Lisa Gribben,
Ursula Quinn,
Joseph Farrell, Jayme Farrell,
Francis Quinn and Niall Quinn)
win South Down and County
Scór Sinsir titles, Ceili Dancing
team (Janine Branagan, Wendy
Branagan, Lisa Gribben, Orla
Gribben, Niamh Murphy, Kerrie
O'Hagan, Ursula Quinn and Ellen Murphy)
and Quiz team
(Brian Canavan, Paul Shields and
Anita Brannigan) reach County Final. Set
Dancers into
Ulster Final
Handball
Ø
15-year-old Shane Milligan collected
Clonduff's first silverware of the year
when he won the
U16 County Handball title - this is
the fourth title in a row for Shane at
different age levels
Ø
Rory McQuaid declared U17 Handball
County Champion
Ø
Paul Shields reaches Ulster Junior
Handball Singles final - defeated club
mate Sean McNally
in Co Final
Ø
Paul Shields and Sean McNally win Co
Doubles Title
Ø
Sean
McNally wins All Ireland One Wall title
and reaches All Ireland Silver
Masters Final;
Won Ulster 60x30 Silver Masters (July
2012); O'Tooles (Dublin) and Clann
Eireann (Lurgan)
Tournaments
Ø Clonduff players reached Co Finals -
Eamon Brown (U12), Christopher McAleavey
(U13),
Charlie Kerr and Jude Campbell (U12
Doubles), Eddie Clancy (Intermediate
Singles)
Ø
Senior team
of Paul Shields, Colin Shields, Sean
McNally, Eddie Clancy and Des McNeill
win Ulster League
Ø
Senior team
of Paul Shields, Colin Shields, Sean
McNally, Conor Brown and Eddie Clancy
win Down Team title (Oct)
Football
Ø
U10
Footballers win Burren Hospice
Tournament
Ø
U12
Footballers Runners Up in An Riocht
and St John's Tournaments
Ø Stephen
McConville selected as one of five Down
boys to attend Ulster U16 Elite Camp in
UUJ
Ø U14
Footballers in South Down A Final
Ø
U12 players
Ryan Woods and Cara Boden attend Down Go
Games in Croke Park (June)
Ø
Cathal Murray appointed Antrim Senior
Football Trainer along with Frank Dawson
(former
Clonduff Senior Football Manager)
Ø
Minor Footballers win All County Minor
League defeating Saval 2-12 to 0-7 in
Clonduff Park
Ø
Clonduff IIIs won Fr Davies Shield in
League Championship
Ø
Clonduff P5 Age team win An Riocht
Indoor 5-a-side Gaelic Football
Tournament for third
year in a row. The P7 Age team are
runners up in their tournament
Ladies
Football
Ø
Down U16
Ladies won Ulster Minor C Final (28th
July 2012). Caoimhe Morgan played at
centre-half back, Petrina Lively at
corner forward; Also crucial to team are
Jenna Boden (on
holidays) and Tara McNeill.
Ø
Six Clonduff girls play in Croke Park at
half time in Down v Mayo Quarter Final -
Amy
Johnston, Niamh Fearon, Clara Cowan, Erin
Rafferty, Summer Brannigan and Shannon
O'Reilly - accompanied by coaches John
Anthony Gribben and Joeleen Branagan
(five girls
from Warrenpoint made up the 11-person
team)
Ø Senior
Ladies reach County Intermediate
Championship Final
Ø Sean
Cowan takes up position in County U14
Development Squad as coach
Ø Ryan
McShane and Mark Copeland, Clonduff
Ladies Managers until end of season take
up
positions in Senior County setup as
trainers
Ø Five
U12 girls selected for U13 and U14
Development Squad Academies - Erin
Rafferty and
Ellen Lively (U13); Cara Boden, Clara Cowan
and Shannon O'Reilly (U14)
Hurling
Ø
Rián
Branagan and Jamie Lowry and the Down
Minor Hurling team that annexed the Ulster
Minor Hurling League on Saturday
14th April defeating Antrim 1-14 to 0-13!
Ø
Rián
Branagan in Down Minor Hurling team that
drew with Antrim in Ulster Final
Ø Senior
Hurlers reach County Junior Final
defeated by 2 points; sitting top of Div
2 League
Camogie
Ø
Clare
McGilligan, Jenna Boden and Elizabeth
Wilson on Down Minor team that won All
Ireland C title - Won Ulster Title
also
Ø
Four
Clonduff girls on Down Development squad
that played in All Ireland U14 Blitz on
All
Ireland weekend -
Rachel Harper, Sinead McPolin, Hannah
McAteer and Caoimhe Fitzpatrick
Ø
Michaela
Murphy, Niamh Brown, Teresa Rooney on
Down U15 Development Squad that
played in Kilkenny
Ø Six
Clonduff girls on Down team that reached
second successive Junior A Final -
Fionnuala
Carr (Capt), Sara Louise Carr, Paula
Gribben, Karen Gribben, Orla Maginn and
Lisa McPolin -
team managed by Alistair McGilligan
Ø Sara
Louise Carr picked up an All Star
Camogie Awards for 2012; Former Clonduff
player
Sarah Murphy, now with Sydney Michael
Cusacks picks up Camogie All Star in
Australasia
Awards
Schools, Further and Higher Education
Ø
Six Clonduff girls on St Mark's team
that won County Third Year Camogie title
- Catherine
Lively, Rachael Harper, Teresa
Rooney, Mary Catherine Murray, Katie
McGilligan, Ellen
Kelly - team jointly managed by
Clonduff's Lorraine McGinn
Ø
Four
Clonduff lads on St Colman's team that
annexed the Dalton Cup for the first
time since
1997 - Ross Óg Carr, Ben McConville,
Lyndon Brown and Conor Woods
Ø
Niall McPolin and Niall Tumilty on SRC
Football team that reached All
Ireland U19 Further
Education Final - team co-managed by
Mark Copeland
Ø
Sarah
Louise Carr (Capt), Paula Gribben and
Lisa McPolin on UUJ Camogie team that
won
Ashbourne Shield
Ø St
Patrick's Primary School, coached by
Plunkett McConville and Meave McNeill
win first
Schools title since 1988! Defeated the Paul
Shields jointly trained Ballyholland PS
Ø 10
Clonduff lads on St Mark's Year 12
(U16) team
that won Down Schools title - Connor
Murray, Michael Grant, Padraig Harper, Lorcan
Branagan, Noel Grant, Conor Lowry,
Darragh
McPolin, Michael Mulholland, Liam
Geoghegan, Conor Keenan
Ø 7
Clonduff lads on St Mark's Year 10 (U14)
team that won County title - Patrick
Branagan,
John Boden, Callan Branagan, Sean
Brannigan, Brandon Roe
Ø
Niall
Tumilty (Capt) and Aaron Sherry on SRC
team that won 5th in a row Ulster Higher
Education 7s Football title. Mark Copeland
jointly trained all five winning teams
Ø
Niall
Tumilty, Aaron Sherry and Rory McGreevy
on the Mark Copeland jointly managed SRC
team that won All Ireland Higher Education
Div 3 League beating Marino Inst of Ed
Miscellaneous
Ø
New Five-year plan launched to members
on 16th May and adopted at EGM on 13th
June
Ø
New pitch officially opened Sunday 19th
August
Ø
New Executive Structure adopted at EGM
on Wednesday 24th October 2012
Ø
125 Celebratory Mass and Banquet to be
held Sunday 4th November
Ø
Plenty
of recognition for Clonduff GAA Club at
South Down Awards 2012 - Fintan Mussen
(Hall of Fame), Chairman's Award to
Club (2nd year in a row), Arthur
McConville (Senior
Player runner up - 2nd year in a
row), Gerard (Ben) Brennan (Juvenile Ref
of Year runner up),
Sean McNally (All Ireland Handball
Winner), Sara Louise Carr (Soaring Star
Award) |
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2011 |
First Silverware of
new season!
Cultural
and Social
Ø
One
County and Two South Down Scór na
nÓg titles plus Best represented Club in
Scór na
nÓg in South Down! Quiz and
Novelty Act South Down Runners Up
Ciara Kelly (Recitation) and
Instrumental Music group of Sean and
Mary Catherine Murray
and Tanya McAleenan won
respective South Down Titles
Clonduff awarded Cathal Sands Memorial
Trophy for Best Represented Club in Scór
na nÓg
Novelty Act by Patrick Downey, performed
by Noel Grant, Michael Grant, Darragh
O'Hanlon
and Darragh Downey won
Clonduff's first Novelty Act title in 20
years
Ø
Senior Set Dancers won South Down and
County Scór Sinsir Finals and qualified
for Ulster
Final; our Ceili Dancers Runners Up
in South Down and County Finals
Ø
Juvenile Pool - Shane and Conor Milligan
annexed the annual Club Pool titles at
U16 and U12
levels respectively on Sunday 30th
January
Ø
Former Chairman Brian McGreevy appointed
Chairperson of Club Down
Ø
'Hillbilli Ramblers' Hill Walking Club
launched on 10th February as part of
Clonduff's 'Social
Initiative'. Registration Wednesday
9th March for first walk on Sunday 13th
March - 45
members set out from Clubrooms
at 7 45am and returned at 11 30am -
great time had by all!
Ø
Clonduff Social Initiative
- Social Football (7s and 15-a-side)
very popular - 8-team
Tournament in July; Yoga for
Beginners (Attracta Brown teacher)
begins September; 45 Card
Drive, Darts (first time) and Pool
begin October; Adult Set Dancing Classes
Thursday nights
Ø
Clonduff recognised at South Down Awards
with Chairman's Award for its
multi-faceted
contribution to the community - 5
Gaelic Sports, Culture, referees in all
field sports, three
playing surfaces
Ladies
Ø
Jenna Boden selected for Ulster Ladies
U16 Elite Training Camp in UUJ
Ø
Newly formed U12 Ladies team play their
first ever game under lights in Kilcoo
on 17th May
Ø
Senior Ladies play in their first every
All Ireland Sevens
but relegated to Intermediate League
Ø
U16 Ladies in County Championship Final
and League title playoffs
Ø
U12 players Callan Branagan and Colleen
Brannigan attend Down Go Games in Croke
Park
Camogie
Ø
Clonduff
Camogie Club awarded Club of the Year
(for 2010) for second consecutive year -
first Down Club ever to do so.
Fionnuala Carr and Grace Brown awarded
Senior and Minor
Player of the Year respectively
Ø
U14 Camogs win County Div 1 Feile title
and represent County in All Irelands in
Galway -
they also won the U14 League title
Ø
Six Clonduff players on Down team that
won All Ireland C Camogie title -
Shannon O'Hagan,
Roisin Mulholland, Laura Grant, Jenna
Boden, Eimear Tumilty, Jane McAleenan -
honoured
at South Down Awards - Ursula Quinn
Co Secretary accepted the award
Ø
Clonduff Senior Players Fionnuala Carr
and Orla Maginn awarded 'Soaring Stars'
- (Junior
equivalent of All Stars) Fionnuala's
second award and Orla's first - Girls
also honoured at
South Down Awards
Schools
Ø
Eight Clonduff Camogs help Our Lady's
Grammar School Newry to Ulster Senior
Colleges
(U19) title -
Grace Brown (Capt), Christina McConville,
Lisa McCarthy, Orla Gribben, Niohmi
Murray; Aoife Brown, Niamh McGreevy and
Hannah O'Reilly
Ø
Ten
Clonduff Camogs on St Mark's High School
team that annexed Ulster U16 School
title -
Laura Grant (Vice Captain),
Shannon O'Hagan, Rebecca Mussen, Jenna
Boden, Caoimhe
Morgan, Roisin Mulholland,
Jayne McAleenan, Petrina Lively, Leona
McGarry and Clare
O'Hagan
Ø
Four
Clonduff boys on the Cathal Murray
managed St Colman's team that retained
the
MacRory Cup on St Patrick's Day -
Tony McGreevy, Rory Lively, Henry Brown
and Niall
Tumilty. They went on to retain the
Hogan Cup for the first time in their
history (9th April)
- Cathal jointly (with Principal Cormac
McKinney) honoured at South Down Awards
Ø
St Patrick's Primary School,
Ballymaghery win Conor McConville Cup
and reached Co Final
Ø
Niall McPolin (2nd time), Conor Grant and Niall
Tumilty on SRC Sevens team that won
Ulster
title for 4th year in a row - team jointly coached
by Mark Copeland (and John Boyle)
Ø
Clonduff
Players Ciara Tumilty, Niamh Brown, Cassie Fitzpatrick and Elizabeth
Wilson
represented Sacred Heart Grammar School in Dublin in an All Ireland Schools
7s
Ø
Clonduff
U14 Camog Cassie Fitzpatrick has awarded ‘Player of the Year’ in
Sacred Heart and
selected for the NI Schools Netball
team
Ø
Declan Rooney on St Colman's McFarland
Cup Year 11 Hurling team that won Ulster
Final
Ø
Rian Branagan and Shay
Murnin nominated
for Colleges Hurling All Star - Rian and
Shay are
both students at St Colman's College and
were a members of Down Combined Schools
team
that took part for the first time in the
senior competition
Ø
Clonduff
boys backbone the County winning St
Mark's Football team that annexed U14
Schools team for second year in a row
-
Conor Keenan (GK), Noel Grant
(Fullback), Michael
Mulholland (Cornerback), Darragh
O'Hanlon (Wingback), Darragh McPolin
(left half forward) Conor Lowry (right
half forward); Clonduff subs were: Shane McGarry, Liam Geoghegan,
Aaron and Brendan O'Hagan. The U16
team failed to retain their title losing
to St Malachy's -
the Clonduff boys on the team were
Caolan
McEvoy (full back), Jayme Gribben (left half
forward), Padraig
Harper (left corner forward); Clonduff subs: Conor Murray, Kevin
Smith,
Noel Grant
Handball
Ø
Twelve Clonduff youngsters participated
in the first County
Cumann na mBunscoil
Handball
Tournament in Saval in January -
Conor Milligan, Jake Morgan, Padraig
Clancy, Eamon
Brown, Charlie Brown, Christopher
McAleavey, Rory McKernan, Charlie Kerr,
Tom Close,
Jude Campbell, Shane Close and Shea
Morgan
Ø
County Juvenile Handball - Shane
Milligan is U15 Co Champion becoming the
first Clonduff
boy to win three County Singles
titles in a row at three different ages
(U13, U14, U15)
Rory McQuaid is U16 Co Singles
Champion (both represented Down
in Ulster series but
beaten in Quarter Finals)
Ø
Sean McNally won County and Ulster
Silver Masters title; Des McNeill
reached Ulster Final
of Ruby Masters and Paul Shields contested
Ulster Junior Final
Ø
Eddie Clancy and Des McNeill win Co
Junior Doubles title
Ø
Eddie Clancy wind Down Intermediate
Singles defeating Sean Digney, Saval
21-13, 21-15
Ø Clonduff
Senior team of Colin Shields, Eddie
Clancy, Sean McNally and Paul Shields
win
County title after replay
Ø Clonduff's
Sean McNally appointed County Handball
Chairperson
Football
Ø
Clonduff U9½
Football team win County Community Games
title for sixth time and claimed
their second Ulster title and
represented the Province in All Ireland Finals
in Athlone in
August
Ø
Clonduff U13 Footballers
invited to participate in Rose Cup in
Tralee (courtesy of Nicole
Curran selected as the Down Rose.
Boys did really well in reaching the
final
Ø
Clonduff U8 footballers win Anna
Kearney (Ballyholland) Shield
Ø
Clonduff U10 A & B teams win Fr Soraghan
Memorial Cup in Moy Tournament and
Warrenpoint Cup and Plate
competitions in Warrenpoint tournament
Ø
Clonduff U14s win McAlinden Memorial
Trophy in Burren Tournament
Ø
Clonduff U8s win Rostrevor Tournament
Cup
Ø
Clonduff U16s Runners Up in South Down
League (Div 1) and Minors Runners up in
All
County League (Div 1)
Ø
Senior Footballers reached County Final for
first time since 2000
Ø
Arthur McConville selected as runner-up
(to Kevin McKernan) Player of the Year
at South
Down Awards
Hurling
Ø
Clonduff Senior Hurlers
take part in St Jude's All Ireland
Junior Sevens (3rd September) for
the second time time (2003) - acquit themselves
very well by reaching quarter finals of
Shield
competition
Ø
Clonduff U14 Hurlers win All County
League Div 2
Inter-County Managerial Involvement
Ø
Brian Canavan selector of Down Senior
Camogie Team that reached All Ireland
Premier
Junior Final
Ø
Mark Copeland Senior Ladies
Football County Manager and Joint
Manager SRC
Ø
Cathal Murray manages St Colman's
College to second successive Hogan Cup
success
Referees
Ø
Five
young Clonduffians completed the Young Referees
Course and will be available to
referee games up to and including U12
level club tournaments. Our five young
referees are:
Stephen McConville, Shane Milligan,
Mark Devlin, Natasha Boyle and Sarah
Bloomfield |
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2010 |
Referees
Ø
Paddy Branagan qualified as Hurling
Referee.
Paddy is the Club's second active Hurling
Referee following in the footsteps of Eddie
Clancy who qualified last year (both are still
playing). There are three Football referees -
Kieran Branagan (Paddy's brother), John Francis
Murray and Ben (Gerard) Brennan; four Camogie
referees - Eileen Hamill, Guinevra
McGilligan,
Deborah Kearney and Noreen Tumilty and one
active Ladies Football referee -
Paula Cairns
along with numerous 'Young Whistlers' in all
Codes who regularly take charge
of in-house
juvenile games and tournaments!
Ø
Ciarán Branagan linesman at Ulster Final
2010 and All Ireland Minor Semi Final,
participated
in his first Kilmacud Tournament and
took charge of RTE's 'Celebrity
Bainisteoir'
Cultural
Ø
Quiz team of Katherine Milligan, Mark
Devlin and Ciara Kelly won Co Scór na
nÓg title
Ø
Clonduff awarded 'South Down Scór Club
of the Year'
Ø
Set Dancers
(Ursula Quinn, Niall Quinn, Elaine
Farrell, Jayme Farrell, Wendy Farrell,
Francis
Quinn, Joleen Morgan and John
Cunningham) and Novelty Act (Sean
Downey, Eamon
Devlin, Kealim O'Hare, Chloe Nelson,
Anthony Brogan and Owen Roe Brogan) win
their
respective South Down and County Titles; Quiz team
(Marie Walls, Mary McGreevy and
Anita
Brannigan) win South Down Title
Ø
Murray Family - Stephen, Sean and Mary
Catherine entertain at All Ireland
Convention in
Newcastle and Down Post Match Banquet
in City West Hotel after All Ireland
Final
Ø
Clonduff
Banner selected as 'Best Banner'
at County Feile Parade
Ø
Clonduff
Set Dancers appear on 'An Jig
Gig' on Irish Language TV (TG4)
Ø
Over 60 Clonduff youngsters participate
in 2011 Scór na nÓg
Social
Ø
Clonduff Club Pool Team of
Darren McKevitt, Caolan
McPolin, Shane Milligan, Conall
Gribben, Kieran Morgan and Captain
Patrick McPolin win Pool League Team
Championship
Handball
Ø
Sean McNally is All Ireland Masters One
Wall Champion
Ø
Eddie Clancy is Co Junior Handball
Champion
Ø
Shane Milligan is U14 County Handball
Champion
Ø
Rían Branagan and Conor Brown are U16
County Handball Doubles Champions
Ø
Team of Paul Shields, Sean McNally,
Colin Shields and Des McNeill retain
County League
title and win the Club's first ever Ulster Club Title
Football
Ø
Senior Footballers win Co Feis Sevens
and Lahm Dearg (Belfast) Sevens (both in
June)
Ø
U15 Footballers win County Óg Spoirt
title and represented Down in the
Ulster competition
in September, where they reached the
Final but were beaten by a single point
Ø
U14 Footballers win South Down and County
Championship Shield Finals
Ø
U8 Footballers won Rostrevor Tournament
and Runners Up in Moy Tournament, they
also
won the Burren Hospice Shield
Ø
Niall McPolin wins second successive
Ulster Further Education Sevens medal
with SRC
(formerly Newry Tech). The team is
jointly managed by Mark Copeland and
have won the
title for the third year in a row
Ø
Clonduff P5 boys from both St Patrick's
(Ballymaghery) and St Paul's (Cabra) won
the An
Riocht P5 Tournament
Ø
Minor Footballers win All
County League defeating Kilcoo by 7 pts
Ø
U11
Footballers retain South Down League
Ø
Danny Burns captains Newbridge
Integrated College to the inaugural
Integrated Schools 13-
a-side Blitz title
Ø
The Keith Farrell trained Tullylish team
won Intermediate Championship
Camogie
Ø
Clonduff awarded 'Camogie Club of the
Year' for 7th time in their history
Ø
Three newly qualified Camogie Referees -
Guinevra McGilligan, Deborah Kearney and
Noreen Tumilty
Ø
Fionnuala Carr wins Ulster Poc Fada and
is Runner Up in All Ireland Poc Fada
Ø
Senior Camogs retain County Championship
with 2-17 to 1-3 win over Ballycran and
beat
Armagh Champions Ballymacnab by a
single point after extra time to reach
Ulster Final, but
they were defeated by Eoghan Rua of
Coleraine
Hurling
Ø
Clonduff compete for first time in
Armagh Junior League with a Seconds team
and finish
third
Ø
Adult Hurlers win County Junior title
for first time since 2002
Schools
Ø
Patrick O'Hagan and Eamonn Grant on St
Colman's Peadar Barry U15 7-a-side
winning team
Ø
Caolan McAvoy and Jamie Gribben on St
Mark's (County and Ulster) winning McDevitt Cup
(U14) team.
Michael Grant, Padraig Harper, Connor Murray
and Darragh McPolin also on the
panel
Ø
Rory
and Paul Lively, Shane and Tony McGreevy
on St Colman's Hogan Cup and MacRory
Cup winning team.
John McAleavey, Ché Curran, Patrick
Matthews, Karl O'Hagan and
Darragh
Sherry also on the panel - Cathal Murray the
manager - honoured at South Down
Awards - Cathal Murray accepted the
award
Ø
Liam McAleavey, Liam
McGreevy; Conal Brown, Rory McQuaid,
Patrick O'Hagan. Stephen
McConville, Mark Devlin and Declan
Gribben on St Colman's team that won
Corn na nÓg
Ø
Conor Gribben (U16 Player) member of St
Colman's All Ireland Cross Country
School team-
title winning team
Ø
St Mark's High School won Down U14
Camogie title - ten Clonduff girls on
team which
was managed by Lorraine Maginn -
Roisin Mulholland selected as 'Player of
the Match' in
Down Final - Shannon O'Hagan (capt),
Petrina Lively, Elaine Murphy, Clare
O'Hagan, Jenna
Boden, Cliodhna Crothers, Rachel
Harper, Leanne McAleavey and Caoimhe
Morgan
Ø
St Mark's High School won Down U14
Ladies Football title - ten Clonduff girls on
team
which was also managed by Lorraine
Maginn - Roisin Mulholland,
Jenna Boden, Caoimhe
Morgan, Tara McNeill, Cliodhna
Crothers, Leanne McAleavey, Shannon
O'Hagan, Cecelia
Devlin, Petrina Lively and Clare
O'Hagan - play Virginia, Co Cavan in
Ulster Semi Final
Ø Five
Clonduff boys on St Mark's High School
U14 Hurling team that won Down Schools title
and progressed through Ulster competition
- Rhys Ward, Darragh Downey, Michael
Grant,
Dean Byrne and Lorcan Branagan
Ø Twelve
Clonduff lads on
St Mark's High School Hurling team that
won County U16 title -
Darragh Downey, Christopher McShane,
Conor McShane, Sean Downey, Conor Grant,
Brendan Britton, Pearce Branagan,
Shea McPolin, Conor Pio Gribben, Shane
Branagan, Jamie
Lowry and Barry O'Hagan
Ø
Eight
Clonduff boys on St Mark's U14 and U16
teams that won Down Schools titles (on
same day) by beating St Malachy's in
both finals. On the U16 team was Caolan
McAvoy and
Jamie Gribben; on the U14 team
was
Darragh McPolin, Conor Murray, Padraig
Harper,
Michael Grant, Lorcan Branagan and Darragh
O'Hanlon. The U16s reached Ulster Final
Ø
Nine
Clonduff lads on St Mark's High
School Football team that won Year 8
Down County
title - Liam Geoghegan, Matthew Murnion, Darragh
O'Hanlon, Conor Lowry, Michael
Mulholland, Noel Grant, Aaron O'Hagan, Brendan O'Hagan and Darragh
McPolin
Further and Higher Education
Ø
Fionnuala Carr wins a fourth Combined
Universities Ashbourne All Star Award
Ø
Niall McPolin on SRC team that won
Ulster U18 Further Education Sevens -
Mark Copland
managed the team (Gary Maginn on SRC
B team beaten in Semi Finals)
Ø
Mark Downey at corner forward on SRC
that won All Ireland Over 19 Further
Education Cup
Mark Copeland jointly managed the
team. Both Marks involved in SRC team
that won Div 3
Higher Education League
Ø
James Killen on UCD team that won All
Ireland Freshers title
Ø
The
Ryan McShane managed/trained Liverpool
University Camogie team wins British
University Championship
Ø
Ciara
Murphy wins British Combined
Universities All Star Award (with Ryan McShane's
Liverpool team)
Ø
SRC won third in a row Ulster Sevens,
jointly managed by Mark Copeland. Niall
McPolin
won second successive medal
National Youth Forum
Ø
Niomhi Murray and Katherine Milligan
among nine Down Youth Delegates (16-20
year olds)
at Forum held in Croke Park on
Saturday 20th February 2010
Co Committee Administration
Ø Jerry
Quinn Chairperson of Referees Co
Administration Sub Committee. Anita
Brannigan
and Mary McGreevy on Co
Language and Cultural Sub Committee
National Congress
Ø
Ciarán McGreevy elected Co U21
representative to attend National
Congress held in
Slieve
Donard, Newcastle in April 2010
CONGRESS MASS - Clonduff
people played a big part in the Congress Mass,
concelebrated
by Bishops McAreavey and Farquhar
in the Marquee on Saturday evening. As
well as a
big number of club members attending
the Mass, Ruby Crothers was in
the choir (specially
formed for the occasion
from Scór representatives), the Murray Family
provided the
music and Ross Carr (Jnr) carried
up the gifts along with a juvenile player from
Bryansford,
Castlewellan and Kilcoo GAC clubs. |
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2009 |
125 Events
Ø
Members issued with
Commemorative certificate/membership
card
Ø
Inter-club Table Quiz (7th May) - won by
'Goward Dolmens' (Clonduff)
Ø
Townlands Project - first stone unveiled
by Jarlath Burns (Chairman National 125
Committee)
on 8th May
Ø
Club Day 10th May 2009 - (Noon to post
Midnight) Sunshine, Mass, Parade (from
Ballygorian Church to Playing Fields;
'125' by participants on pitch; U8, U10,
U12 mixed
Football and Camogie/Huring games,
mixed Adult Football and
Camogie/Hurling; Skills,
Long Puck/Kick, Penalty Kick
competitions for U14 to U18, Rounders,
Set Dancing, Handball
('One wall'), Time Capsule buried,
Memory Tree planted, Ceili and Scór
Concert
Ø
Inter-club Handball Tournament
(Clonduff, Downpatrick, Saval) -
Saturday 4th July - Finals
played on 125 Wall Monday 6th July
Ø
Townlands Community Quiz (confined to
Parish) - Saturday 4th July - Boley
Fair)
Ø
Big Breakfast followed by walk to Goward
Dolmen via Old Downpatrick Road, now
laneway
behind St Patrick's Primary School
(Sunday 5th July - Boley Fair)
Ø
Poc Fada on Hen Mountain (Monday 6th
July - Boley Fair)
Ø
Parish Sevens (Football and Camogie)
(Tuesday 7th July - Boley Fair)
Ø
Big Clonduff participation in Downings
Ulster Scór Concert - 22nd July
Ø
Tribute Night to Kevin Mussen and Patsy
O'Hagan to mark 50th Anniversary of
Down's first
Ulster Championship win (Kevin was
the Captain) 14th August
Ø
Bus trip to Croke Park and Glasnevin
Cemetery in conjunction with Clonduff
Historical
Society Wednesday 14th August
Social
Ø
Clonduff Club honoured their two clubmen
who were pivotal in Down's first Ulster
title 50
years ago - the forerunner to a
glorious chapter in Down's history. On a
great night - 14th
August, Kevin Mussen and Patsy
O'Hagan were feted in front of their
families and former
team mates to mark the momentous
occasion which occurred on 9th August
1959.
Ø
Big Fundraiser - Strictly Come Jiggin' -
Club members the participants
Ø
Dean Davies, Clonduff President,
recognised at Down Awards for services
to Camogie and
at South Down Award for Services to
Gaelic Sport
Ø
Clonduff GAC honoured at South Down
Awards for winning Kilmacud Double
Referees and Coaches
Ø
Three new referees - John Francis Murray
(returns after 10 year break) and Ben
(Gerard)
Brennan (football) and Eddie Clancy
(Hurling)
Ø
18 new Foundation Level coaches
Development
Ø
Planning Permission granted for
provision of new flood-lit playing
field, entrance, parking
Ø
Clonduff
granted payout from County Board (one of
ten projects) to benefit from County's
share of profits from renting out of
Croke Park for Rugby and Soccer matches
Ø
Funding secured from Sport NI and
Contracts signed on Thursday 22nd
October
Ø
Work on new pitch and driveway
officially started Monday 26th October
Scór - 40th Anniversary
Ø
Murray family - Stephen, Sean and Mary
Catherine win South Down Scór na nÓg
Instrumental Music title (Stephen
also reached All Ireland Final (having
won Dromore and
Ulster) in Readorí Competitions
Ø
Mixed Set Dancing Team and Novelty Act
win South Down and County Scór Sinsear
titles-
narrowly beaten in Ulster Final
Ø
Big Clonduff contingent take part in
Ulster Scór concert in Downings, Co
Donegal on
Wednesday 22nd July - Senior Set
Dancers, Novelty Act, Recitation and
Junior Instrumental
Musicians
Ø
Clonduff double winning dancers from
1993 invited to participate in Ulster
Scór Celebration
Concert in Saval on 14th November
Ø
Scór na nÓg Quiz team of Katherine
Milligan, Mark Devlin and Ciara Kelly
win County title
Handball
Ø
Shane
Milligan wins Down U13 Singles title
becoming the first player in 17 years to
win a juvenile Handball title
Ø
Paul Shields and Sean McNally are Down
Senior Doubles Handball Champions
Ø
Des McNeill and Eddie Clancy are Down
Junior Doubles Handball Champions
Ø
Boley Fair Tournament big success with
U15 and U18 finals played on 125 One
Wall at
Clonduff Park
Ø
Clonduff team of Paul Shields, Colin
Shields, Eddie Clancy, Sean McNally and
Des McNeill
win County Division One title
Ø
Sean McNally selected to play for
Ireland at World Championships in
Portland, Oregon in
Silver Masters grade
Ø
Sean McNally selected as Ulster's
Masters Player of the Year and nominated
for National
All Star at the grade
Ø
Paul Shields retains County Senior
Handball title
Football
Ø
Senior Footballers win first ever Kilmacud
All Ireland Sevens title
Ø
U10s win Pat Meade (Drumgath) Tournament,
retain Fiddlers Green Tournament
title
(Rostrevor) and Runners Up in An
Riocht Tournament
Ø
Aaron Devlin selected as 'Player of the
Tournament' in Mitchels U10 Tournament
(40 teams)
Ø
U9½s
win Down Community Games title
(6th time)
Ø
U8s
win Longstone Tournament
Ø
U12s
(A and B) win Moy Tournament and Burren
B Tournament
Ø
U14s runners up in League and
championship
Ø
Minors reach All County League Playoffs
Ø
Rory Lively wins place on Ulster U16
team
Ø
Peter Withnell on Masters (Over 40)
Compromise Rules team
Ø
U11s win South Down League
Camogie
Ø
U14s win Féile Shield
Ø
U12s win County title
Ø
Seniors win League and Championship titles;
Kilmacud Sevens Shield
Ø
Kitty Fegan appointed to National
Coaching Committee in Croke Park
Ø
Ursula Quinn (Personality of the Year -
Mother Maura won in 1974), Lisa McPolin
(Minor
Player of the Year) and Grace Brown
(U16 Player of the Year) all picked up
County Awards
for 2008
Ladies Football
Ø
Michaela Downey awarded Newry and Mourne
Sports Personality of the Year (for
2008)
following on from her National All
Star Award at the end of last season
Ø
Clonduff Senior Ladies win Feis Sevens
Competition at first ever attempt
Ø
U14s reach County Final - beaten by a
goal in extra time
Ø
U16s runners up in League
Hurling
Ø
Senior Hurlers reach semi finals in
Ulster League
Ø
U12
Hurlers top Go Games League
Ø
U16
Hurlers win Div 2 League and Shield
Championship final
Schools
Ø
Lisa McPolin awarded Schools
All Star Awards for 2008
Ø
Jamie Gribben, Caolan McAvoy, Michael
Grant, Connor Murray and Padraig Harper
on St
Mark's U14 team that won Schools Co
Final (December)
Ø
Jenna Boden (Capt),
Petrina Lively (Player of the
Tournament), Clare O'Hagan, Cliodhna
Crothers and Caoimhe Morgan on St
Mark's Year 8 Camogie team that won Down
title
(Lorraine Maginn was manager)
Ø
Leona McGarry, Laura Grant, Shannon
O'Hagan, Roisin Mulholland, Rebecca
Mussen,
Petrina Lively, Jenna Boden, Jane
McAleenan, Sarah O'Hagan and Nicola
McAleenan on St
Mark's team that Won Down Year 9
title and reached Ulster Final
Further and Higher Education
Ø
Fionnuala Carr wins her
fourth Universities All Star Award
Ø
Orla Maginn on Purcell
Winning Team with QUB
Ø
Ryan McShane awarded English
Universities Hurling All Star (He is
player/coach of the
Hope University Hurling team, coach
of the Camogie team as well as Chairman
of the Club)
He was also received a Special
Recognition award at the University
Sports Awards night
Ø
Niall McPolin on SRC team
that won Ulster U18 Vocational Schools
Sevens Blitz
(October)
Mark Copeland was the manager
Ø
Mark Copeland (Minor mentor) jointly
managed SRC to All Ireland Vocational
Over 19 glory
Mark Downey a playing member of the team |
|
2008 |
Clonduff awarded
Irish News Club of the Year (Large Club
Category)
Camogie
Ø
Clonduff Camogs received an award for services to
sport from Newry and Mourne District
Council in their 40th anniversary
year
Ø
Sara Louise Carr and Paula Gribben
awarded Schools All Star Awards for 2007
Ø
Clonduff Camogs win Dubai Sevens and
Fionnuala Carr is awarded 'Player of the
Tournament'!
Ø
Clonduff awarded 'Camogie
Club of the Year' in Down for 2007
Ø
Fionnuala Carr awarded third consecutive
Universities All Star
Ø
Moya Maginn, first Clonduff girl to
captain Senior County Camogie team;
Paula Gribben
Minor Camogie captain for 2008
Ø
At the first ever integrated Down Awards
night, Moya Maginn and Paula Gribben
selected
as County Senior and Minor Player of
the Year respectively. Kitty Fegan also
received
Award as joint County Minor Manager
on winning Ulster Final and reaching All
Ireland
Final
Ø
Clonduff II win Intermediate Co Final
Ø
Clonduff Seniors just fail by 2
points in extra time in replay to retain
Co title
Football
Ø Senior
Footballers participate in their first
ever Ulster League - top their group
Ø
St Colman's College win Corn na nÓg
title with five Clonduff boys involved -
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!
Ø U9½
Footballers win Down Community Games
title
Ø Seven Clonduff boys
qualified as 'Young Whistlers'
-
course organised by P J Quinn and
delivered by Frank McDonald.
The budding referees are Rory
McGreevy, Darragh Sherry,
Paul Lively, Ché Curran, Henry
Brown, Gary McGinn and Conor Grant. Gary and Conor
officiated in the Croke Park Juvenile
Tournament on 16th July
Ø
U10 Footballers win Moy Tournament
Ø
Clonduff runs 32nd Gary Murray U12 and
4th McGreevy U8 Tournaments
Ladies Football
Ø
Michaela Downey first Clonduff girl to
captain Senior Ladies Football team;
sister
Aoibheann one of two vice captains
Ø
Michaela on Ulster team that won Inter
Provincial title
Ø
Paula Cairns and Shane McGreevy qualify
as Ladies' Football referees - Paula
officiated in
'Gaelic for Girls' Tournament in
Croke Park on 13th July
Ø
Ladies Junior team fielded as Second
adult team
Ø
Clonduff Senior Ladies win 3-in-a-row
County Championship titles - miss out on
the double
by a single point - Lorraine Maginn
receives 'Player of the Match' award in
Co Final
Ø
Michaela Downey 'Runs To Africa' in Down
Leg of of Charity
Ø
Michaela picks up Down's first ever
Ladies All Star Award - Clonduff's
second (Ross Carr)
Hurling
Ø
At the first ever integrated Down Awards
night,
John Murphy and Paul McCusker,
members
of Down Junior Hurling team comprised of
non-Ards players (renamed South Down)
received their medals for winning Leinster
Shield. Brian Canavan as part of the
management
also received recognition. Arthur
McConville and Danny Nugent also
received All Ireland
Minor 'C' winning medals
Ø Clonduff
Senior Hurlers beaten in County Junior
Final
Ø U14
Hurlers win 'B' League
Handball
Ø Clonduff Senior Handball team gained
promotion to Elite Ulster League and win
Divisional
Championship title -
Team: Paul Shields, Colin Shields, Eddie
Clancy, Sean McNally
Ø Paul Shields, Sean McNally and Des
McNeill represented Clonduff at the One Wall
National Championships in
Sligo over 28th and 29th June weekend. 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.
Ø
Team
reaches Ulster Final in Junior Club
Championship - first Down team to do so
Ø
Sean McNally and
Brian Havern (Saval) won the Ulster
60x30 doubles Silver Masters title
Scór
Ø
Two
County
Scór Sinsear titles for Clonduff - Set
Dancing
- Wendy
Farrell, Ursula Quinn,
Lisa Parr, Andrea Gribben, Onagh
Gribben, Laura McShane, Gayle Kane and
sub Niamh
Pritchard (for the injured Joleen
Morgan):
and Quiz
- Brian Canavan,
Marie Walls and Mary
McGreevy
- both reached Ulster Final - Ciarán
McGreevy was a worthy sub in County Semi
Final
Ø
Murray Children - Stephen, Sean and Mary
Catherine included in entertainment in
Pairc Esler
at half time in Inter-County
Championship games
Ø
Clonduff Scór na nÓg singer, Christina
McConville sings Amhrán na bhFiann
before Senior
Championship games in Pairc Chluain
Daimh and Senior League Final in Pairc
Esler
Ø
Clonduff Scór singer, Eadaoin Hynes wins
major talent competition 'De X-Factor'
for Gaelic
Clubs in South Down and South Armagh
- Finals in Canal Court in November.
Prize £5,000 -
half for herself and half for Club
Higher Education
Ø
Orla
Maginn (Capt) and Karen Gribben playing members of the QUB
team that retained the
Purcell Shield in Camogie
Ø
Fionnuala Carr awarded third consecutive
Universities All Star
Schools
Ø
St Colman's
College win Corn na nÓg - There were
five Clonduff boys on the panel - Conor
Brown played at full back and the other
panellists were: John Brown, Shay
Murnin, Conor
Gribben and Eamon Grant. Of course Cathal
Murray was involved as the Head of PE in
St
Colman's!
Referees
Ø Paula
Cairns and Shane McGreevy newly
qualified as referees in Ladies Football
- Paula
refereed in Croke Park in 'Gaelic 4
Girls' initiative
Ø Seven
boys -
Rory McGreevy, Darragh Sherry, Paul
Lively, Ché Curran, Henry Brown, Gary
McGinn and Conor Grant completed the
'Young Whistlers' programme -
Gary Maginn
refereed in Croke Park in
'Gaelic 4 Boys' initiative
Inter-County Managerial Involvement
Ø
Ross Carr reappointed Senior County
Manager; Alistair McGilligan his statistician
Ø
Kitty Fegan reappointed
County Minor Camogie Manager; also
retained as UUJ Manager
Ø
Brian Canavan reappointed to South Down
Hurling management team; Sean Cairns
re-appointed as 'Stick Man'
Ø
Paul McShane re-appointed
County Senior Ladies Manager
Community
Involvement
Ø
Eadaoin Hynes representing Clonduff GAC
wins major talent competition -
'De X-Factor' for Gaelic Clubs in South
Down and South Armagh - Finals in Canal
Court in November. Prize £5,000 - half
for herself and half for Club
Ø
Francis Quinn, Fionnbharr Murphy, Orla
Maginn and Sheenagh McConville initiate
'Yellow Globes' Awards based on playing
season just ended
|
|
2007 |
Clonduff
achieved a Platinum Award in the pilot
scheme of the Club Maíth programme
Camogie
Ø
Camogs
win first ever County Senior title
beating Portaferry. They also win League
and reach Ulster Club Final – beaten by
one point
Ø
Down
Minor Camogs lift Ulster title a week
after losing All Ireland Final - Kitty
Fegan, Join Manager and 5 Clonduff girls
on team - Sara Louise Carr, Paula
Gribben, Lisa McPolin, Nicola O'Hagan
and Ciara Murphy
Ø
Four
Clonduff girls – Karen Gribben, Moya
Maginn, Fionnuala and Sara Louise Carr
on Ulster team that won Gael Linn
Interprovincial title for first time in
forty years
Ø
U14
Camogs win Div 2 County Féile na nGael
Ø
Senior
Camogs win Patricia Bateson Memorial
Tournament in Ballinderry
Ø
Minor
Camogs win 5-in-a-row Feis Sevens title
Ø
Minor
Camogs in County Final
Ø
Jackie Gilmore wins University All Star
(second in a row) in England; Fionnuala
Carr and Karen Gribben win All Stars in
Ashbourne/Purcell week-end
Ø
Fionnuala
Carr gains 3rd Place in her first ever
All Ireland Poc Fada on Cooley Mountains
– achieved her second nomination for a
Camogie All Star Award
Ladies
Football
Ø
Senior
Ladies win back-to-back Championship
titles and win first Senior League title
Ø
Michaela
Downey nominated for Ladies Football All
Star Award
Ø
U14
Ladies reach County B Final
Eight
Young Ladies from Clonduff are ‘Double
Double’ County Senior Winners!
Hurling
Ø
Hurlers
play in Ulster League for first time
ever
Ø
John
Murphy on County Senior Hurling team
Ø
John
Murphy and Paul McCusker playing members
on All Ireland winning Junior Hurling
team.
Ø
Youthful
Senior Hurling team win Junior Feis 7s
title
Ø
U16s in B
Final at time of going to press
Ø
U14 and
Minor Hurlers reach finals of respective
B Championships only to fall to St
Josephs, an amalgamation of Ballyvarley
and Ballela
Ø
Danny
Nugent and Arthur McConville playing
members of non-Ards Minor Hurling team
that won All Ireland C Final - they beat
Sligo
Ø
U12
Hurlers win their League and Ballela
Tournament
U14
Hurlers and Footballers both win B
titles in Down Féile competitions
- ten boys play both codes. Hurlers went
to All Ireland series in Kilkenny and
Footballers went to Ulster series in
Cavan.
U14 Footballers win Div 3 of Ulster
Féile Peil
Football
Ø
Seconds
Footballers win PRFC
Ø
Minors
win B Championship Final and South Down
League
Ø
Cathal
Murray nominated for Ulster Minor All
Stars during last 25 years
Ø
U16
Footballers in B Championship Final
Ø
U14
Footballers win Warrenpoint Tournament
Ø
U12
Footballers win Kilcoo and An Riocht
Tournaments; represent Down in Moy
Tournament
Ø
U10
Footballers win Kilcoo and Fiddlers’
Green Tournaments
Ø
U8
Footballers win Moy (Tyrone), Longstone,
Burren and An Riocht Tournaments
Ø
U13 and
U20 footballers still involved at time
of going to press
Scór
Ø
Murray Family - Stephen, Sean
and Mary Catherine plus Keith Mackey won
the Down Instrumental Music in Scór na
nÓg. They had also won South Down as did
Christina McConville in the Solo
Singing.
Ø
Three
County Scór Sinsear titles for Clonduff
- Eileen McCusker (Recitation); Sean
and Paddy Downey, Cailim O'Hare, Therese
White and Danny Nugent (Novelty Act);
Marie Walls, Mary McGreevy and Anita
Brannigan (Quiz) - all three acts reach
Ulster Final
Referees
Ø
Ciarán
Branagan appointed to National Referees'
List for Inter-county League and
Championship - voted South Down's Senior
Referee of the Year.
Handball
Ø
Handball
Club plays in Ulster B League and stages
first ever Juvenile Tournament in
conjunction with Boley Fair
Ø
Seven boys reached respective County
Championship Finals
Ø
Paul Shields won Down Senior Handball
Championship
Ø
Paul Shields and Sean McNally won Down
Senior Doubles Championship
Community
Involvement
Ø
Cross
Community Treasure Hunt, Townlands Quiz,
Poc Fada and Parish Sevens Football (2nd
year) and Camogie (1st year)
in conjunction with Boley Fair; also
facilitated a number of field events
Ø
Updated Sceal Cluain Daimh (Clonduff
Story) launched in Clubrooms on 8th
December
Inter County
Managerial Involvement
Ø
Ross Carr reappointed Senior County
Manager; Alistair McGilligan joins him
as statistician
Ø
Kitty Fegan reappointed
County Minor Camogie Manager; also
appointed as UUJ Manager
Ø
Brian Canavan reappointed to South Down
Hurling management team; Sean Cairns
appointed as 'Stick Man'
Ø
Paul McShane, current Senior Footballer
and former Ladies trainer appointed
County Senior Ladies Manager
Schools
Ø
St Paul’s PS, Cabra won Down PS
GAA Quiz
Ø
St
Patrick’s won the cup and St Paul's won
the Shield in Annaclone inaugural PS
Tournament
Ø
Our
Lady’s Grammar School, Newry are Ulster
Colleges Champions with a strong
Clonduff representation – Sarah Farnon,
Sara Louise Carr, Lisa McPolin, Ciara
Murphy, Megan O’Reilly, and Hanna
O’Reilly all playing an active part.
Grace Brown was on the panel.
Ø
St Mark’s
HS Warrenpoint are Down U16 Hurling
Champions with 12 Clonduff players on
panel – reach Ulster Semi Final.
Clonduff panellists were: Arthur
McConville, J J Gilmore, Hugh Murphy,
Christopher Brown, Eamon Matthews, Jamie
Lynch, Gavin O’Hagan, Kyle Boland, Liam
McParlan, Darren O’Hagan, Niall McPolin
and Des McGarry
Ø
St Colman's
College win Ranafast Cup - their first
major trophy in eleven years! Three
Clonduff boys, Darragh Sherry, Shane
McGreevy and Paul Lively played every
game. Five other Clonduff boys were on
the panel, some of whom made substitute
appearances throughout the campaign and
were stalwarts of training sessions -
Ché Curran, Tony McGreevy, Karl O'Hagan,
Rory Lively and Rory McGreevy.
Higher
Education
Ø
Jackie
Gilmore wins her second Camogie All Star
playing for her University in England
Ø
Karen
Gribben wins University Camogie All Star
in Purcell Shield week-end.
Ø
Fionnuala
Carr wins University Camogie Long Puck
and an All Star in Ashbourne week-end -
her second University All Star Award in
a row!
Ø
Aidan
Carr wins Sigerson medal with QUB
|
|
2006 |
First appearance of Clonduff Scór na nÓg
Quiz team in Ulster final having won
Down
Clonduff win 3 County Scór Sinsir
titles and all progress to Ulster Final
- Novelty Act, Set Dancing and Quiz
Clonduff Ladies win Senior Championship
at first time of asking - they beat
Castlewellan
Clonduff Minor Footballers win B
Championship defeating Longstone
Minor Camogs win League and Championship
Double as well as Feis 7s
Senior Camogs win Feis 7s for first time
ever
U12 Hurlers are runners up in inaugural Sciath na nÓg - losing to
Carryduff by one point
U11 Footballers successfully defended
their South Down title
Down Minor Camogs, under the leadership
of Clonduff's Kitty Fegan (and
Ballyholland's Lilian Tinnelly) lift All
Ireland Minor B title with five Clonduff
girls on board - Sara Louise Carr, Paula
Gribben, Sarah Farnon, Lisa McPolin and
Ursula Walls
Down U16 Ladies collect All Ireland B
Championship with Paula Gribben at
Centre Half Back - making her the Club's
first All Ireland Dual Winner! She
played every minute of every game in
both sports - in between the two All
Irelands she picked up 'Player of the
Game' in the Down County Ladies Final
(which Clonduff won)
Michaela Downey became the first ever
Clonduff player to play on International Compromise Rules team
Rory Grant corner back on Abbey CBS
Newry winning first ever Hogan Cup
U16 Miller Cup - Paul McPolin Captained St Malachy's to lift the title - Noel McPolin, Paul Bloomfield, Paul
Gribben, Michael Gribben and Patrick Gribben were also on the panel
Fionnuala Carr won Poc Fada (Camogie) at
Kilmacud Sevens competition in September
Fionnuala was on the Ulster
Interprovincial Camogie team that lost
to Connaught
Karen Gribben captained QUB Camogs to
Purcell Shield victory - Mary McPolin
also on panel
Fionnuala Carr and Moya Maginn on UUJ
Purcell Cup winning team - Fionnuala won
an 'All Star'
Jackie Gilmore wins a Camogie All Star
playing for her University in England
Ross Carr takes charge of Down Senior
Football team |
|
2005 |
Set Dancers
win County Scór Sinsir title
Clonduff Referee, John Anthony Gribben
takes charge of All Ireland Junior Club
Hurling Final
Clonduff win
Ulster Div 2 Handball League title
Minor Footballers win South Down Feis 7s
title
U9½ Footballers win Ulster Community
Games final
First ever Brian McGreevy
Perpetual tournament for U8s staged by Club
Ladies Footballers collect Intermediate
Championship and League double
U10s clean up in Tournaments including
All Ireland Mitchell's Tournament
U12 Hurlers collect Club's first ever
title at this level - the League
Clonduff second string Camogs win
Intermediate League
Clonduff Handballers secure Div 2 Ulster
League - they will compete in Div 1 in
2006 |
|
2004 |
Three
County titles in Scór Sinsear - Céilí
and Set Dancing and Quiz
Senior footballers win South Down Feis
7s
U11 Footballers win first title at this
level
U21s win South Down and Down County
Championships
Clonduff referee, Ciarán Branagan
awarded Senior Referee of the Year
Jerry Quinn first Clonduff person to be
Chairman of Down Co Board |
|
2003 |
Quiz team
and Set Dancers win County Scór Sinsear
titles with Set Dancers also winning
Ulster
Ladies win Junior Football League and
Championship
Seconds win Premier Reserve Football
Championship
Camogs win Minor Championship, Minor
Feis 7s, 2 x Minor 7s Tournaments; U14
League and Championship Double; Co Féile
Title
Down U14 Player of the Year; Down
Referee of the Year |
|
2002 |
April 7 -
Clonduff Ladies take field for first
time in Challenge Game. Play first
competitive game a week later. 8 girls
selected for various Down teams
Seven Branagan siblings
(children of Oliver and Margaret) don
the Clonduff jersey - Christine and
Jolene (Ladies Football and Camogie);
Eugene and Stephen (Adult Football);
Oliver, Kevin and Bernard (Juvenile
Football)
Clonduff's John McCumiskey joins the
Down Senior Management with Paddy
O'Rourke
Ross Carr takes charge of Down Minors
Martin Farnon teams up again with Trixie
Dougherty, this time to manage the Down
U21s
Club Referee John A Gribben officiates
in Munster Hurling Final
Camogs pick up Junior League and
Championship, Minor Championship and
League; Runners Up in Senior
League
Colleen Walls becomes
first Clonduff Camog to win Down Minor
Camogie Player of the Year
Hurlers do the treble in the shape of
the Down Junior Championship, Division 2
League and Betsy Gray Shield
Paul Shields picks up Down Novice
Handball title
Footballers win Premier Reserve League
and are Runners Up in South Down U21s
U12s reach South Down Final
U10s Joint winners of League and Runners
Up in Mitchell's Tournament
Clonduff are South Down Club of the
Year |
|
2001 |
Thirds
Footballers collect Reserve Championship
and League titles
U16s win first ever B Championship and
South Down League
The Ross Carr trained Newry Mitchell's
collect Junior Championship. Ross
appointed Down Minor Manager for
incoming season.
The John McCumiskey trained Warrenpoint
collect Intermediate Championship.
Clonduff referee, Kieran Branagan takes
charge of Premier Reserve Championship
Final.
U12 Camogie and Championship (3-in-a-row
Championships); U14, Senior, and Junior
Camogie teams reach respective Co
Finals; win Minor Camogie Championship,
League RU
Susie Hynes (nee Lively) the first
successful All Ireland Minor captain in
1974 lines out with her daughters in
Clonduff Senior and Junior Finals. Susie
and her five girls all donned the
Clonduff colours at some level during
the year- God help you, Eamon!
AIB Club of the Year in both Down and
Ulster
Sean Downey wins County Scór na nÓg
Recitation title
Clonduff Set Dancers reach Ulster Scór
Sinsear Final |
|
2000 |
What a
year! Scór na nÓg Set Dancers narrowly
miss out (on a count back) on All
Ireland Title. Clonduff only Club in
Down to compete in all eight Scór
Sinsear competitions - make history by
collecting four County Titles - Ceili
Dancing and Ballad Group for the first
time ever. Solo Singer (Niamh O'Hare)
and Novelty Act reach Ulster Final.
Clonduff Handball pair in All Ireland
Final! Tony Wilson and Paul Girvan, the
Down Champions won the Ulster title with
victories over Monaghan, Derry and
Antrim. Then they beat Mayo in All
Ireland Semi Final to set up Final
against Wexford. This was
groundbreaking stuff for Clonduff.
Unfortunately they lost out in Final!
Senior Footballers Win Championship
for ninth time! They also won the League
Reserve Footballers Win All County
League for third time in a row!
Camogs collect three County titles and 3
League titles!
John A Gribben and Eileen Hamill, Club
Referees, participate in Hurling and
Camogie All Ireland Finals as Lines
persons - Eileen wins Down Camogie
Referee of the Year
Leann McParlan U18 Camogie player of the
year; Sarah-Louise Carr wins County
Skills Feile na nGael title and plays in
INTO Mini Sevens on All Ireland Hurling
Final Day!
St Pat's Primary School wins INTO
Camogie Sevens County Final; St Mark's
wins County Year 8 Camogie title with
five Clonduff girls on the team - Carol
Rooney, Colleen Walls, Jenna Lynch,
Rachel O'Reilly and Laura Killen.
Clonduff win Intermediate, Minor and U12
Championship and League titles, Runners
up in U18 League and U14 Championship
and League; Win Minor Feis Sevens
Win inaugural Camogie/Shinty tournament
in Dunoon, Scotland; Kitty Fegan Player
of the Tournament
Club Awards won - Best kept Ground in
Down (3rd in Ulster) Awarded by Ulster
Council; Club of the Year in South Down;
Club of the Year in Down Awarded by AIB
and Croke Park |
|
1999 |
Clonduff wins award for
the best kept GAA ground in Down
John Fegan plays at Full
Forward and Martin Farnon involved in
Management of All Ireland Minor Football
winning team
Rachael O'Reilly and Jenna Lynch -
Club's first ever representatives in
Croke Park in INTO Sevens on All Ireland
Semi Final Day
U12 Co Camogie Championship; U14 Camogie
League and Championship; Minor (U16) Co
Camogie League; U18s Reach League Final
St Patrick's Primary School win first
ever Cumann na Bunscoil/INTO Camogie
Competition
Clonduff GAA Club goes On Line on
14 June! |
|
1998 |
Paddy Brannigan the 1st
Clonduff player to be named in a Down
Senior Hurling squad
Minor Camogie
Championship; Div 2 Camogie Championship
Set Dancers, Ceili Dancers and Quiz team
win County CCD title (no Ulster or All
Ireland Competition) |
|
1997 |
Senior Footballers back
in their 1st County final
since 1982 but are narrowly beaten by
Burren
Clonduff
win their first ever Scór Sinsear Quiz
title (Marie Walls, Anita Brannigan,
Francis Quinn)
U12 Camogie League and
Championship; County Camogie Feile na
nGael
Clonduff competitors win three All
Ireland titles in CCD competitions - Set
Dancing, Solo Singing and Quiz |
|
1996 |
The big break-through in
Hurling – Clonduff win the Junior
Hurling Championship, League Division 2
and Junior Feis 7s.
U12 Camogie Championship;
Bronze in All Ireland Community Games
Moya Maginn U14 Camogie Player of the
Year
Clonduff - Down Camogie
Club of the Year
Set Dancers win All Ireland CCD title;
Ulster Quiz, Solo Singing |
|
1995 |
U12 Camogie League; Down
Camogie Feile na nGael
Céili Dancers win All
Ireland CCD title; Ulster Recitation and
Quiz
Maura Quinn voted Down
Camogie Personality of the Year |
|
1994 |
Padraig Matthews and
Francis Quinn in the Down Minor Hurling
teams that wins the Ulster championship
Down win their 5th
All-Ireland Senior Football title
with Ross Carr and Cathal Murray
Intermediate Camogie League
Set Dancers win All Ireland CCD title;
Ulster Recitation; County Quiz and Ceili
Dance |
|
1993 |
At All-Ireland Scór Na
nÓg finals, Clonduff makes history when
they won both Céili and Set Dance
Competitions using only nine different
children. This was the first time ever
that a club won both titles on the same
day
Clonduff win the first of
their three-in-a-row Minor Football
Championships. They also win U16 and
U14 Championship. Shane Ward, now a
member of the Down Senior Panel plays on
all three winning teams!
Mary Morgan, Mary Kelly, Marie
Walls win All Ireland CCD Quiz; County Instrumental Music and Recitation
titles
Marie Walls - Down Camogie Referee of
the Year |
|
1992 |
Clonduff Seconds make
history on winning Down Junior
championship. They also won All County
Premier Reserve League
U14s win All-Ireland
Féile Peil na nÓg
Young Céili and Set Dancers win All
Ireland CCD titles; Ulster Quiz and
Recitation |
|
1991 |
Ross Carr is the star in
Croke Park when Down beat Meath to win
their 4th All Ireland title.
Cathal Murray is also in the squad.
Ross wins an All Star
Clonduff Set Dancers
appear live on Television programme "Up
for the Final"
Clonduff Hurlers win U16B Championship
All Ireland Scór na nÓg
Set Dancing
CCD Ulster Quiz and Set
Dancing |
|
1990 |
Ciara McGreevy County U14
Camogie Player of the Year
CCD Ulster Quiz, Set
Dancing and Recitation titles; County
Ceili Dance |
|
1989 |
Eileen McCusker wins All
Ireland CCD Recitation; CCD Ulster Set
Dancing |
|
1988 |
(June) St Patrick’s
Primary School win their first ever Co
Down 13-a-side final. They beat
Mayobridge 2-2 to 0-5
Junior Camogie League
CCD Ulster Set Dancing;
County Recitation |
|
1987 |
Four Clonduff boys on
Down All-Ireland winning Minor panel –
Cathal Murray, Pat Hannaway, Mark
Matthews, Dominic Brannigan
CCD Ulster Set Dancing |
|
1986 |
Intermediate Camogie
Championship
CCD County Set Dancing |
|
1985 |
Junior Camogie
Championship |
|
1984 |
Clonduff wins the McNamee
Award for the best Club History in GAA
Centenary Year
Minor Camogie League;
Minor Camogie Feis Sevens; CCD County
Novelty Act |
|
1983 |
Clonduff boys win their 1st
Hurling awards – U14 Special Feile
competition
Club Secretary, Fintan
Mussen, in his report to the Annual
General Meeting pays tribute to Sean
Matthews, Pat Matthews and Sean Cairns
for their efforts in the development of
Hurling in the club.
The Senior team was
beaten in the final of the Special
Junior Hurling Championship
Clonduff boys win County
Óg Sport to qualify for All-Ireland.
Patrick McComiskey wins All-Ireland
Penalty Kick competition
Johnny McAleavey Goalkeeper when Down
won 4th National Football League
Minor Camogie League; U14
Camogie Championship |
|
1982 |
Intermediate Camogie
League; Minor Camogie League and
Championship |
|
1981 |
Minor Camogie
Championship; U12 Camogie League and
Championship
Eileen Hamill selected to
play for Ulster |
|
1980 |
Clonduff win their 8th
Senior County Championship. Johnny
McPolin was the captain. His father,
also John was captain when Clonduff won
their 1st Senior title in
1930. Johnny further followed in
his father's footsteps by becoming
Chairman of the Club
U12 Camogie League and
Championship double
CCD County Quiz and
Recitation titles |
|
1979 |
Harry Brown on Down U21
panel which won All-Ireland title |
|
1978 |
The Senior Football team
wins promotion to the first division of
the All-County League. Team managers
were P J McAlinden, Ronnie Hollywood and
Jerry Quinn.
CCD Ulster Novelty Act
and County Solo Singing titles |
|
1977 |
Clonduff win their 1st
County Camogie Championship beating
Mayobridge 6-3 to 1-2 in the
Intermediate Final
Club organised 1st
Hilltown Festival, a five-day event
which was subject of a special feature
programme on RTE Radio presented by
Donnacha O’Dulaing
Club President Fr Arthur
Bradley cc, was instrumental in reviving
the Pilgrimage to Alt An tSagairt Mass
Rock
Clonduff win All-Ireland
Scor Sinsear title in Novelty Act in
Limerick. Mary McGinn wrote the script.
She, Eileen Hamill and Anne Quinn were
the participants |
|
1976 |
Kathleen Crilly, Eileen
Hamill and Susie Lively in the Down team
which won the 2nd All-Ireland
Junior Camogie title |
|
1975 |
(October) Susie Lively is
selected to play for Ulster
Mary McGinn Wins All Ireland CCD
Recitation; Novelty Act won Ulster title |
|
1974 |
Down Minor Camogie team
captained by Clonduff’s Susie Lively won
the inaugural All Ireland Minor
Championship
CCD Co Quiz title |
|
1968 |
On 16th June
Pairc Chluain Daimh is opened |
|
1967 |
At a meeting on 25th
April, Clonduff Camogie Club was
reformed. Maura Hamill was elected
Treasurer. (In 2009 as Maura Quinn, Clonduff
Camogie Club Secretary) |
|
1966 |
Down win Ulster Senior
title captained by Patsy O’Hagan
Down win Ulster Minor
title captained by Dalsey Mooney. (Dalsey
is a member to the Y2K committee)
Clonduff win Feis Sevens
in a historic final against Leitrim
In March Mussen’s Meadow
is bought |
|
1964 |
Clonduff win County
League title |
|
1962 |
Down tour America.
Chicago’s welcoming committee included
former Clonduff man John Abernethy
In San Francisco, Clonduff’s Sean
Spiers played for the home team while
his brothers, Liam and Vincent, are part
of the organising Committee |
|
1961 |
Down win the Sam Maguire
again with Kevin Mussen and Patsy
O’Hagan representing Clonduff |
|
1960 |
Patsy O’Hagan scores 3
goals in Down’s 4-11 to 3-7 victory over
Galway in the Wembly Tournament
Down win their first
All-Ireland Senior Football title. Kevin
Mussen at right half back captains the
team. Patsy O’Hagan is the full forward |
|
1959 |
Patsy O’Hagan scores 2
goals in a 3-9 to 1-4 victory for Down
in the Wembly Tournament |
|
1957 |
The two Parish teams –
Cabra Harps and The Shamrocks – meet in
County Senior Championship final –
Shamrocks win |
|
1956 |
Cabra Harps win Down
Junior Championship |
|
1953 |
Clonduff’s 19 year old
Kevin Mussen selected on Ulster Railway
Cup |
|
1952 |
Clonduff win League,
Championship (6th) and County
Sevens |
|
1950 |
Kevin Mussen and Sean
Spires on St Colman's team that won
McCrory Cup |
|
1949 |
Clonduff win their 5th
Senior County Championship
James Brown on Railway
Cup panel |
|
1947 |
Clonduff win their 4th
Senior County Championship |
|
1946 |
Down win Junior
All-Ireland and Clonduff have on the
panel: Henry, Tom and Pat Brown, Eddie
Grant, Paddy O’Hagan and Andy Murnin |
|
1945 |
Clonduff win their 3rd
Senior County Championship |
|
1944 |
Clonduff win their 2nd
Senior County Championship |
|
1943 |
Clonduff defeat Ardtole
by 15 points to 11 to win Down Junior
Championship on 12th
September but Ardtole awarded game on an
objection |
|
1938 |
Armagh play Down in
National League in Hilltown with Jimmy
Doyle starring at right full-forward |
|
1937 |
Clonduff re-enters South
Down and Mourne League |
|
1935 |
Jimmy Doyle in Ulster
Railway Cup panel |
|
1934 |
George Mussen captains
the first Down team to play in Croke
Park |
|
1932 |
Club wins The Shanahan
Cup outright |
|
1931 |
On 13th
September, Dan Mussen becomes first
Clonduff man to play in an All-Ireland
Football Semi-Final |
|
1930 |
Clonduff win their first
Down Senior Championship |
|
1926 |
Clonduff win McLoughlin
Cup |
|
1922 |
Clonduff win Shanahan Cup |
|
1921 |
George Mussen chosen on
the Railway Cup Panel |
|
1920 |
A new Parish team called
Clonduff Shamrocks was formed and
entered in Shanahan Cup Competition by
Willie Woods and John McPolin. "The
jerseys were yellow and there were
Shamrocks embroidered on them. Two
girls, Maggie O’Hare and Sarah Magennis
it was who sewed them on. Their playing
pitch was John Murphy’s and it was Paddy
Murphy who gave the pound to enter the
team."
Clonduff win Shanahan Cup |
|
1918 |
Clonduff men John McPolin
and John McAlinden play for Down on 9th
May against Louth in Newcastle
Clonduff take part in
"The Gaelic Sunday" protest matches of 4th
August, 1918 called in defiance of the
ban on Gaelic matches under The Defence
of the Realm Act |
|
1916 |
Registrations – still
extant – show that two teams, known as
"Emeralds Gaelic Football Club" and "Cabra",
were registered with the Down County
Board of 1916-17
An unofficial team known
as "John Attey’s Men" or "Faugh an
Ballagh" played games here and there
during this period. A report of a famous
match between Mullaghmore and John
Attey’s Men, played on Easter Sunday
1916 still lives on in the folk memory
of the district |
|
1912 |
The "Frontier Sentinel"
dated 9th April 1912 gives a
report of a 1st round County
Championship meeting between Mayobridge
and a Clonduff team called "Hilltown".
The Hilltown team read: John Crilly,
Bernard O’Hagan, Patrick Morgan, James
Magill, James Brady, Michael Fegan,
Arthur Ronan, Hugh Doyle, Hugh Morgan,
Michael Morgan, James Brown, Frank
O’Hare, John O’Hagan |
|
1898 |
A team from Cabra called
"The Harps" and one from Hilltown called
the "Ninety-Eights" took part in the ’98
tournament organised by the Young
Ireland League to commemorate the
Centenary of 1798 |
|
1888 |
A team from Lenish (one
of Clonduff’s 14 townlands) competed in
a Gaelic Football Tournament for a "set
of crosses"
A Clonduff team known as
the "Red Hands" played two games against
St Patrick’s Mayobridge in May 1888 |
|
1887 |
The Banbridge Chronicle
of 5th November, 1887 carried
an account of a Gaelic Football match
between Ballyroney (Rathfriland) and a
Clonduff team known as The Hilltown
Amateurs |
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