Bryansford GAA

BRYANSFORD couldn’t be blamed for cursing the luck of the draw in this year’s Down championship.

Morgan Fuels Down Senior Football Championship: Carryduff v Bryansford (tomorrow, Downpatrick, 6pm) By Andy Watters DARK horses Carryduff take on potential surprise-packets Bryansford in an intriguing clash on the wide-open spaces of the RGU Downpatrick grounds tomorrow evening.

OLIVER Burns was born to be a full-back.

THE highlights of an attritional first 40 minutes at Pairc Esler on Sunday were a series of long-range points from the accurate boot of Bryansford’s Danny Savage.

Down Senior Football Championship: Bryansford 1-8 John Martin’s Glenn 1-7 From Andy Watters at Pairc Esler GLENN, the new kids on the block, gave Down aristocrats Bryansford an almighty scare in Newry yesterday before Stephen Poacher’s men wriggled off the hook.

DOWN forward Conor Maginn says the proposed knockout format for the All-Ireland Championship would “open things up” and he’d always fancy the Mournemen’s chances in a winner-takes-all shoot-out.

SEAN Smyth, the man who won an All-Ireland minor winner with Armagh and went on to guide Down to three Ulster finals, was a “wonderful human being” says Mourne county double All-Ireland winner Ross Carr.

MOURNERS turned out in their hundreds on Saturday to pay their final respects to former Down GAA player and manager Eamonn Burns.