St. Malachy's Kilclief Indoor Canogs Champions 2010nbsp;
Captain Ellie McMullan gets Allianz trophy from Joanne Fitzpatrickstrong>
St. Matthew's Magheramayo second place in camogie tournament.
Allianz Indoor Camogie Final 2009
Allianz Indoor Camogie Final 2009 St. Malachy’s Kilclief County Champions ! The following seven teams qualified for the Allianz Indoor Camogie Final on Friday 5th March: St. Dallans Warrenpoint, Grange P.S., St. Matthew’s Magheramayo, Holy Cross Attical, St. Malachy’s Kilcoo, St. Mary’s Portaferry and St. Malachy’s Kilclief. The final was played on a league basis thus ensuring all teams present had six games which were indeed most competitive as revealed in the results table. In the opening round Warrenpoint overcame Attical, Magheramayo beat Kliclief while Grange succumbed to the girls from Kilcoo. Into the second round and Warrenpoint lost out to Kilclief, Attical were too strong for Portaferry while Kilcoo drew with the much fancied Magheramayo team. Round three brought the two local sides into conflict, Grange and Attical and after a keenly contested match the young Attical girls won by the narrowest of margins. Meanwhile, Magheramayo overcame Warrenpoint and Kilclief subdued the Portaferry team. In round four, Magheramayo maintained their unblemished record at the expense of Grange, Portaferry improved to defeat a tiring Warrenpoint team with Attical losing to Kilcoo by a single score. Round five saw Grange overcome Warrenpoint, Portaferry being too strong for Kilcoo while Kilclief and Attical played out a scoreless draw. Round six witnessed Kilclief renew their challenge for honours with a hard won victory over a gallant Kilcoo team while the other teams played out draws. Heading into the final round, St. Malachy’s Kilclief were trailing St. Matthew’s Magheramayo by a single point while St. Malachy’s Kilcoo were level with St. Mary’s Portaferry but two points in arrears. What a surprise packet this round was as Warrenpoint beat Kilcoo, Magheramayo slumped to a three goals defeat at the hands of otherwise dsiappointing Portaferry and Kilclief overcame Grange by a single score. These results ensured that St. Malachy’s Kilclief were crowned Indoor Camogie Champions for Down for 2010. Results. Holy Cross Attical 0 St. Dallan’s Warrenpoint 1 St. Matthew’s Magheramayo 3 St. Malachy’s Kilclief 1 St. Malachy’s Kilcoo 2 Grange P.S. 0 St. Mary’s Portaferry 0 Holy Cross Attical 2 St. Dallan’s Warrenpoint 0 St. Malachy’s Kilclief 1 St. Matthew’s Magheramayo 2 St. Malachy’s Kilcoo 2 Grange P.S. 1 Holy Cross Attical 2 St. Dallan’s Warrenpoint 0 St. Matthew’s Magheramayo 2 St. Malachy’s Kilclief 1 St. Mary’s Portaferry 0 St. Malachy’s Kilcoo 1 Holy Cross Attical 0 St. Dallan’s Warrenpoint 0 St. Mary’s Portaferry 2 St. Matthew’s Magheramayo 2 Grange P.S. 0 St. Malachy’s Kilclief 0 Holy Cross Attical 0 Grange P.S. 2 St. Dallan’s Warrenpoint 0 St. Mary’s Portaferry 2 St. Malachy’s Kilcoo 0 St. Matthew’s Magheramayo 0 Holy Cross Attical 0 St. Malachy’s Kilclief 1 St. Malachy’s Kilcoo 0 Grange P.S. 0 St. Mary’s Portaferry 0 St. Dallan’s Warrenpoint 1 St. Malachy’s Kilcoo 0 St. Matthew’s Magheramayo 0 St. Mary’s Portaferry 3 St. Malachy’s Kilclief 1 Grange P.S. 0 After the competition, Mr. Brendan Rice Runai Cumann na mBunscol an Dúin thanked all who had participated in the Indoor Camogie championship for 2010. He particularly singled out those who had organised the local heats and all the coaches and teachers involved in the preparation for this competition. He thanked Down Senior Camogie Assistant Manager Rory McIntyre and his selector Adrian McNally for their attendance at the venue. He mentioned his gratitude to An Riocht GAC for the use of their facilities and Mr Joseph Donnan for his assistance throughout the competition. He then called upon Joanne Fitzpatrick member of the Down Senior Camogie team to present the trophy to St. Malachy’s Kilclief. Before handing over the Allianz shield to the Kilclief captain Ellie McMullan, Joanne Fitzpatrick praised the children for the high standard of skills shown in the competition .She encouraged all the children who had participated in the finals to continue to develop their levels of skills which would undoubtedly benefit themselves , their local teams and eventually the Down county teams.