DOWN’S hurlers strolled to an Ulster SHC semi-final, hammering Derry by 16 points at Casement Park yesterday.

Down 3-15 Laois 3-11

Kerry 2-23 Down 3-16

Down 2-11 Carlow 0-14, Portaferry

High-scoring encounters were the order of the day across the Kehoe Cup and Shield competitions, with Wicklow, DCU, Meath, GMIT, Louth and Trinity College all registering wins.

Ireland 5-6 Scotland 3-7

Down 1-11 Laois 0-20

LAOIS proved too strong for their Antrim hosts when recording a 2-19 to 1-12 victory at Casement Park yesterday.

Down 2-17 Derry 1-15

Down 4-21 Mayo 0-14

DOWN 1-23 KERRY 4-5

Down 0-14 Offaly 2-21

CHRISTY RING CUP GROUP 2B: DOWN 3-13 CARLOW 0-19

Roscommon 0-12 Wicklow 3-21

ALLIANZ NHL DIVISION 2B: Derry 2-19 Down 3-14

Mayo 2-14 Westmeath 2-13, Castlebar

Antrim 2-24 Down 0-04

Derry 0-16 Down 1-13

Wexford 3-31 Down 0-6

Down 2-5 Cork 1-10, Ballygalget

Offaly opened their win account in NHL Division 1A with a comfortable 4-18 to 1-11 defeat of Down in trying conditions in Birr this afternoon.

Two of Down's best known hurlers, Brendan McGourty and Gareth 'Magic' Johnson, have made the cut for the Mourne County's Dr. McKenna Cup panel.

THE machines were silent in the O’Connor Hurley Manufacturing Plant in Newtownshandrum yesterday morning, after the club’s exciting Munster club hurling win in Thurles on Sunday, the saws, planers, sanding machines lying idle, but the planning goes on.

Westmeath 1-23 Down 2-18

Antrim 2-22 Down 1-18

Down 3-21 Derry 4-09

Laois hurlers guaranteed their NHL Division One status for another season at home to Down today, as substitute Damien Culleton struck a vital 48th-minute goal.

Wexford 9-24 Down 2-04

Tipperary 3-17 Down 2-12

Ulster have named their side to face Connacht in the Inter-Provincial hurling championship in Casement Park on Saturday.

Down 1-14 Galway 5-19

Down 1-14 Galway 5-19

Antrim 1-15 Down 1-15

Down include three debutants in their line-up ahead of Sunday's NHL Div 2A clash with Antrim in Portaferry.