Graham Clarke
19th May
Gareth " Magic" Johnson

Down and Ballygalget regulars Graham Clarke and Gareth “Magic” Johnson to visit Caman Og at St Marks on Saturday 19th May at 11am.

Both players have a distinguished county and inter-county career behind them, with both winning Down and Ulster Club titles for their clubs.  Both have participated in many Ulster Championship finals, and both played in the team that narrowly lost to Westmeath in the inaugural Christy Ring final in 2005 at Croke Park.

Graham Clarke is Down’s long time goalkeeper.  Graham Clarke has also put his goal-keeping skills to
good use in the famous Poc Fada competition in the Cooley Peninsula, coming second in 2006 and
winning the pairs competition with Clare legend Davey Fitz in 2002.
Certainly an opportunity for all the kids to learn a thing or two from such prolific county stars, especially for any aspiring goalkeepers out there!

Clonduff and Down star John Murphy will be appearing at the Caman Og along with down Junior Manager Paddy Braniff as special guests this coming Saturday 5th May.
John Murphy has risen from a former Rostrevor Underage and Senior Hurler and present Clonduff midfielder to the Down Senior Panel.  He’s made appearances against Hurling giants Cork and Waterford in the National League this year and will be looking to cement his place in the senior team in the coming months.

Paddy Braniff is a former All-Ireland Junior winner for Down and currently manages the Down Junior team, which are currently competing in the Leinster Shield and will be in the Nicky Rackard cup from next year.  He’s successfully managed the team to Ulster Junior success and runners up in the All-Ireland Junior Championship.

Killeavy Hurler Niall Trainor will be attending the Hurling Academy to offer his coaching skills to the future hurlers and camogs of Warrenpoint and South Down.
Niall holds a host of prestigious awards throughout his career in a county and inter-county career that has spanned over a decade.
As well as winning the Intermediate Hurling Cup in Armagh and several championships, he’s formerly captained Armagh, winning Armagh player of the year in 2005. His highest honour came in 2000 when he played in the Armagh team that won the junior All-Ireland.

Paudie Butler
21st April

Tipperary Man Paudie Butler has been appointed as the new GAA National Hurling coordinator from April 2006 for a full three year term.
Hailing from Drombane, Thurles, Butler played hurling at all levels for Tipperary and for his club Drom-Inch with whom he has been heavily involved as a coach. He was also involved as a coach at club level with Newport, Moneygall, Doon (Limerick) and Silvermines.
At inter-county level, he coached the Tipperary minors to three Munster Championships and was also involved with the Tipperary Under-21 team. Most recently, he enjoyed a successful spell as manager of the Laois senior hurlers and was manager of the Ireland U-21 Hurling/Shinty team for four years.