Club and Community
Ulster GAA Awards – Clonduff received ‘Special Recognition’ Award for achieving 5th Club Maith Award, Healthy Club Award, joining ‘The Green Club Initiative’, Community Engagement, Fielding teams in Men’s and Ladies Football, Camogie, Hurling, Handball and Participating in Scór
Clonduff introduce ‘GAA for All’ (1st March 2024 in Cabra Community Centre) with ten participants; by end of 6-week pilot programme numbers had doubled. Continued indoors for another 6 weeks.
Wonderful St Patrick’s Day celebration in Clonduff Club
Major fund-raising drive ‘ Clonduff at the Races’ took place on 8th March 2024 – four local charities also benefitted – Kevin Bell Repatriation Fund, Life & Time, St Vincent de Paul, Clonduff Playgroup
Long-awaited Gym/Strength & Conditioning/Athletic Development facility, incorporating Physio Room and new Club Shop opened for use in April; Refurbishment of dressing rooms and external toilet blocks completed
Major outpouring of grief and community support following tragic passing of Senior Dual Player Lorcan Branagan in Sydney Australia (March)
Clonduff Membership exceeds 1,000 for the first time ever in 2024
Cultural and Social
Scór Sinsir reverted to original place in calendar – Clonduff entered Solo Singing, Recitation and Set Dancing; Set Dancers retained their County Title and qualified for Ulster Finals finishing runners-up
Clonduff Club once again participated in Hilltown Story-telling festival, hosting a Set Dancing workshop with Joseph Farrell which was the forerunner of the re-introduction of Children’s weekly Set Dancing Classes; Also hosted Hurling/Camogie training session as Gaeilge with Storyteller cum Hurling coach Joe Greaney from Mayo
Irish language students, funded by Joe Mac Donagh Foundation ‘graduated’ with Silver Fainne/Coupla Focal awards
Camogie
Beth Fitzpatrick joint Captain of Down Senior Camogie team
Ellen Shields Joint Captain of Down Junior Camogie team
Beth Fitzpatrick nominated for Irish News Ulster All Star
Therese Cowan selected on QUB U16 Future Stars team in Ulster University
Football
3 players on Senior inter-county team that won Tailteann Cup – Barry O’Hagan (injured), Eamon Brown and Ben McConville
Eoin McCaffrey, a member of Clonduff and County Minor Football team as well as a leading player in his school St Mark’s Warrenpoint selected on QUB U16 Future Stars team
Hurling
Clonduff U15 Hurlers captured the County Div 2 Feile title (April)
Clonduff again hosted Regional Feile in June
Clonduff dual player Ailill Morris Down Minor Hurling vice captain; also on team is Ethan Kane also dual player and Tae Kwondo U18 world champion
Ladies Football
Former LGFA player and All Star, Michaela Downey selected as Player of the Tournament playing for Down ‘Masters’ (Over 40) International Rules Tournament 2024
Handball
Colin Shields and his son James represented Clonduff in Downpatrick’s St Patrick’s weekend festival
