TO BE PLAYED ON 20/8/11 VENUE: STAGS HEAD , DUNDALK REPORT SOON
THE CHALLENGE AGAINST NEWRY STARTS AT 5.00PM
WELL, OFF WE WENT FOR OUR FIRST FULL TEAM CHALLENGE THIS YEAR , AND WHAT A CRACKER. 14 FROM THE LOUTH TEAM TURNED UP TO AN OVERWHELMING NEWRY SIDE. THERE WAS A SEA OF BLUE(NEWRY) IN THE WELL LAID OUT STAGS HEAD. 21 STRONG FROM OUR NEAREST NORTHERN LEAGUE WERE THERE FOR THE LONG SLOG. AND THEY GOT IT.
FIRST UP FOR LOUTH WAS RESERVE MAN MICKEY KELLY WHO SHOWED THE SAME DETERMINATION AS THE LAST 2 OUTINGS HE HAD AND BEAT HIS OPPONENT 2-0. NEXT UP WAS OWEN CAFFREY WHO PRODUCED THE SAME RESULT FOR LOUTH, AND WE WERE 2 UP. ANOTHER NEW MAN AND RESERVE CONOR MACKIN CAME IN FOR LOUTH IN THIRD PLACE AND WAS OVERCOME BY HIS OPPONENT 2-1. MICKEY MCMAHON WAS IN NEXT FOR THE WEE COUNTY AND SUFFERED THE SAME FATE WHICH LEFT THE SCORE 2 ALL, AND THE DARTS SO FAR WERE PRETTY GOOD. FIFTH FOR LOUTH WAS BRENDAN RICE WHO SHOWED HIS CLASS WITH A 2-0 VICTORY, THEN NEW MAN JOHN DONNELLY GAVE HIS ACCOUNT OF THE DAY AND PRODUCED THE SAME OUTCOME. GERRY RICE , THE SON OF BRENDAN TOOK OFFENCE TO JOHN DONNELLY'S DISPLAY AND SHOWED US ALL WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT. HE PUT IN AN 11 DARTER FOR THE FIRST LEG AND THE PLACE ERUPTED AND WENT ON TO SIT HIS OPPONENT DOWN WITH A 2-0 SCORE.5-2 TO LOUTH. DANNY MAGUIRE WAS NEXT UP AND MISSED THE DOUBLE FOR THE WIN WHICH LEFT LOUTH STILL 2 AHEAD.NINTH WAS ANOTHER NEW MAN CONOR MCARDLE WHO , WITH A 2-0 LOOSE , LET THE LOUTH DEFICIT TO 1 AHEAD. JOHN LAWLOR WHO HAD A HAND IN PUTTING THE DAY TOGETHER WENT DOWN TO HIS FRIEND PADDY KEARNEY WHO ALSO HELPED TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, SCORE WAS 2-0 AND WE HAD A DRAW AT 5-5. THE DROGHEDA LADS WERE IN NEXT AND WITH OLLIE THOMPSON WINNING 2-1 THE RED AND WHITES WERE 6-5 UP. DAVID RATH LOST 2-0 AND CHRIS MURRAY FOUND THE SAME FATE WHICH LEFT THE SCORE 7-6 TO NEWRY. ONLY ONE UNPLAYED LEFT FOR LOUTH AND HE WAS A NEW MEMBER TO THE LOUTH TEAM, BUT HE DID SHOW WHY HE WAS IN THE TEAM WITH A 2-1 VICTORY WHICH LEFT THE SCORE AT 7 EACH. BUT STILL THERE WAS 7 LADS WITHOUT A GAME FOR NEWRY SO 7 OF THE LOUTH TEAM WENT BACK IN AND THE RESULTS WERE OWEN CAFFREY 2-1, JOHN LAWLOR 2-0, MICKEY KELLY 2-0, DANNY MAGUIRE 2-0, JOHN DONNELLY 2-0, GERRY RICE 0-2 AND OLLIE THOMPSON 2-0
OVER ALL THE SCORE ENDED 13-8 TO LOUTH. GERRY RICE HAD AN 11 DARTER PK HAD A 123 OUT MICKEY KELLY HAD A 104 OUT
THE LADS ROM NEWRY WERE NOTHING BUT GENTLEMEN AND LET THIS BE THE START OF AN ANNUAL EVENT. WE CERTAINLY WONT GET MUCH HARDER IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TO SHARPEN US UP. THANKS FOR THAT LADS FROM THE LOUTH TEAM
THANKS TO SKINNER IN THE STAGS HEAD. GREAT SET UP AS PER USUAL AND GREAT GRUB FOR THE PLAYERS.
THANKS TO RAY MAKENNA FOR KEEPING THE SCORE AND A WATCHFULL EYE ON THE PROCEEDINGS.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR THE DROGHEDA CHALLENGE IN THE PUNT ON THE 25TH SEPTEMBER AT 3.00PM. AND ALSO A CHALLENGE WITH MCNAMEES IN KNOCKBRIDGE(TO BE CONFIRMED)