Archive for January 29th, 2018

Registration Day and Football Gear Swap Shop It’s that time of year again when the evenings are getting longer, and our children have a spring in their step! The coaches and mentors at our club have been busy up-skilling during the winter months and are eagerly looking forward to imparting their new skills during […]

Juvenile: Our juvenile season is now up and running with all teams back doing light training and games. Watch these notes for reports etc. and make sure that mentors/coaches have parents’/guardians’ phone numbers for texts to keep families informed of times and venues etc.. We hope that everyone will enjoy […]

GARDAI are asking for the public’s assistance in relation to a theft from a person on the Oakpark Road. The incident happened on Wednesday, January 24 at around 11.30pm. Gardai are not releasing details of exactly what happened, but they are asking anyone who was in the Oakpark area around […]

Fixtures for the 2018 Senior Football League Div 2 Ballymac Senior Team gained promotion in 2017 and will now play in Division 2 of The Senior Football League in 2018. We have 5 away games and 6 home games including the last round at home to Currow! The competition is […]

ANNUAL CONVENTION: The annual Convention took place last Saturday in Chamfers Boherbee. It was a very successful AGM reflecting on the success of the last year in particular our Senior Men holding their Division 1 status and looking forward to further development of the Club in the year to come. […]

Workshop With Martin Fogarty and Joey Carton: This Friday David O Dea has organised a workshop at I.T. Tralee on the 2nd of February from 6.30 to 8 with two of the top hurling men in the country attending. All managers, coaches and parents thinking of getting involved with coaching […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 15, 19, 20 & 30. The five €30 consolation prizes went to PJ Higgins Lohercannon, S. Quill Lohercannon, Graham c/o The Rock Inn, Darragh Murphy Derrymore and Dave Curtin Brosna. Next week’s Lotto will […]

Annual 10k Run: In excess of 300 brave souls turned out on Sunday morning last (28th Jan) for our annual 10k and all who took part were fulsome in their praise for a most enjoyable event. The event, in its fourth year, commemorated the achievements of local legend John Griffin […]

MURAL UNVEILING: Our thanks to Club Secretary, Elma Nix for the following report – On Saturday last (Jan 27th) the Austin Stacks Hurling & Football Club’s calendar of Centenary Club Events (1917-2017) was completed as a mural ‘Street of Champions’ was officially unveiled on the gable of no 20 Urban Terrace at […]

THERE’S a special event in Tralee Bay Wetlands for those who want to enjoy the Supermoon and Blue Moon event on Wednesday night. At certain times of the year the Earth is much closer to the moon, creating a Supermoon effect. This month the ‘Wetlands at Dusk’ tour has been blessed […]

CROSS country athletes from schools in Tralee and North Kerry competed at the North Munster Schools which were held in Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick on Thursday, January 25. Three athletes collected bronze medals: John Ward, Tralee CBS, Senior Boys; Oisin Spillane, Mercy Mounthawk, Inter Boys and Niamh O’Mahony, Pres. Tralee. Teams […]

ST John’s Parochial School on Ashe Street opened its doors on Saturday afternoon to show parents the school’s facilities and the great atmosphere that prevails at the school. There was a steady stream of visitors all afternoon who were greeted by staff and pupils. They were given a tour of […]

THERE was a huge turnout on Sunday morning at the Kerins O’Rahillys annual 10k run. Over 300 runners braved the cold to honour local athletics legend John Griffin, winner of the 1988 and 1989 Dublin City Marathon. The route was similar to other years, taking in Ballyvelly, The Kerries, Knockanish […]

TRALEE businesses were among the winners at the Irish Wedding Awards 2018 which took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dublin last night. The awards, organised by Creative Oceanic, celebrate the hard work of the best professionals and establishments in the Irish wedding industry. Thousands of nominations were received […]

Fianna Fáil TD for the Kerry constituency, John Brassil, was selected to run for the party in the next General Election by party delegates last night at the convention in Ballygarry House Hotel. He received 465 first preference votes from Fianna Fáil delegates, which saw him elected on the third […]

REMEMBER when the RTE ‘Today’ programme came to Tralee earlier this year to film around the town as part of their ‘Your Town’ segment? Well it received a hugely positive reaction and now a poll has been started to pick the best ‘Your Town’ segment of the season and Tralee […]