Senior Men – Our Division 2 team played at home to Na Gaeil on Saturday evening. The game resulted in a draw on a scoreline of 1 goal and 7 points to Mitchels and 10 points to Na Gaeil. We play Fossa in round 10 away next Sunday. Our Division 6 team play Kilcummin at home next Friday at 7.30pm.
Senior Ladies – Training continues on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.
Minor Team – Training continues on Monday and Thursdays. A special word of thanks to Mike Cronin and the team at Green Heat and Bathrooms for their generous sponsorship of training tops for our Minor team. Their support is much appreciated.
Academy – We took a break from training this Sunday due to the Bank Holiday. Looking forward to getting back to training next weekend.
Under 14 Girls – Training and fixture details will be issued by the manager to the team. We played Rathmore last Wednesday. Well done to Rathmore who won on the night.
Under 12 Girls – Training continues on Wednesday. Details to be issued by WhatsApp.
Under 13 Boys – There was a fantastic display of football on Saturday morning in Ballyseedy as our u13s Team Green made the County Final defeating a tough St. Michael Folimore outfit.
Slightly against the wind in the first half we worked some lovely scores, short kick passing and playing through the hands helped us go in at half time up by four; however our opponents never gave up and put some serious pressure on us to try and reduce the deficit.
Our goalie Tom Óg and his full back line had to be on their toes but they defended bravely, blocking and harassing their men consistently forcing some brilliant turnover ball to set us on the attack again.
Our forwards ran hard to receive the ball and linked up well with our runners from midfield and half back giving us the platform to shoot at every attack. SMF tried very hard and were unlucky with some shots but it was always going to be difficult with a breeze against them.
Well done to all the boys and mentors with a final scoreline of Mitchels 3-10 St Michaels Foilmore 0-7
Under 15 Boys – Training continues on Mondays and Wednesdays. Details to be issued by WhatsApp. We had a great workshop at the club on Thursday evening facilitated by Martin Stackpoole and Conor Bohane which was attended by our U15 & U17 boys teams.
The @movember programme enables athletes learn how to build resilience and overcome challenges in sport and life. The programme is effective because it uses sport to help participants acquire important skills and knowledge. Well done to all involved and to Thomas Kearns for organizing.
Under 16 Girls and Minors – Our Under 16 girls are in a plate final v Annauscal/Castlegregory with the date for the game to be confirmed. Our Minor Girls have finished their competition for the year and we would encourage all of our minor players to join our senior ladies training sessions on Tuesday, Friday and Sundays.
Exams – Best of luck to all of our players doing their Junior and Leaving Certificate exams from all at the club.
Bingo – Continues Wednesday and Friday at 8.30PM at the John Joe Sheehy Road. Over 18s only. ID must be provided on request.
Lotto – John Mitchels GAA Club Lotto Results: Sunday 2nd June 2024.
This week’s Lotto numbers are 1, 5, 17 & 23. The numbers today were drawn by Clubforce. There was no winner of the Jackpot of €3,450.00. Congratulations to our three lucky dip winners this week:
€25.00: Rory O’Mahony
€25.00: Anthony McElligott
€25.00: Liz O’Donnell
Next week’s Jackpot is €3,500.00 and the draw will take place on Facebook Live on Sunday 9th June 2024 at 11am. Ticket sales close at 9am sharp. Tickets can be purchased by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3LlAIYu. We thank you for all your support.
Sympathies
The John Mitchels club were saddened to hear of the death of former Mitchels great, Sean Óg Sheehy.
We pass our deepest sympathies on to his children Oghie, Ronan, Mark, Clare, his brothers Niall and Brian and sister Kathleen, his extended family and friends. Sean Óg was a member of the famous Sheehy family and had a very distinguished football and hurling career winning many titles with both club and County.
Sean Óg was an integral part of the John Mitchels football team, winning 5 County Championship medals in a row from 1959 to 1963.
He won a sixth title in 1966. He also won a Cork County Championship medal with UCC in 1960. In 1962 he had the honour of captaining the Kerry team to victory against Roscommon in the All Ireland Football Final.
Sean Óg played at right half back in the final alongside his brothers Paudie (R.I.P) and Niall. He also captained Kerry team to victory in the 1963 home league final against Galway. He retired from the county team in 1963 at the tender age of 24.
Sean Óg continued to follow the exploits of the John Mitchels club throughout the years and was always on hand to offer advice to the club members and club officers. Rest in Peace Sean Óg, may the sod rest gently on your soul.
We also express our sincere sympathies to those who have recently experienced bereavement. We especially remember the families of Ann Thompson, Mary Tuohy, Maria Ianko and Theresa Barrett.
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