Dingle Way Challenge
We are pleased to announce that our Dingle Way Challenge is back for another year. This event takes place on Sunday 2nd of June.
Please find details of the two routes below we have available this year for you to choose from.
Whether you’re a seasoned hiker or a first timer, looking for a challenge this year’sDingle Way Challenge promises an unforgettable journey through the rugged beauty of the West Kerry peninsula.
The allure of the 2024 Dingle Way Challenge lies in the diverse landscapes of the routes. For the Ultra route (42Km) starting at Coumeenole, through the lovely town of Dingle, onto Lispole and finishing in Annascaul.The Standard Route (30Km) will start at beautiful Ventry beach, through the lovely town of Dingle, onto Lispole and finishing in Annascaul.
Register on-line through eventbrite, registration closes on Friday 31st May at 5pm.
Early Bird option: €70 before the 1st May; €75 from the 1st May.
(transaction charge will be added)
Check in on the morning of 2nd June will be in St Pat’s GAA Club, Blennerville, Tralee and buses will be available to take you to the start points of the Routes. More detailed information on the evenbrite page Dingle Way Challenge 2024 Tickets, Sun 2 Jun 2024 at 05:00 | Eventbrite.
Since our Eventbrite page went live, many have booked their place. There are limited numbers for this event so be quick you don’t want to miss this great day out!
Club Lotto
Eileen Enright Derrymore East was the winner of our club Lotto Jackpot of €6700 on Sunday night last the numbers drawn were 06,11,15 &23. The five €30 euro consolation prizes went to:
1. Ita Greaney Annagh
2. Emer Uí hOgain c/o Gala
3. Joe Costello Online
4. Siobhán Ní Chroinín Baile Bhúirne
5. Annette Roche c/o Rock Inn
Next week’s Lotto will have a Jackpot of €2000 and the draw will take place on Sunday Night 14/04/2024 at 9pm in Skelper Quanes Bar club Lotto can be played online through the club website www.stpatsgaaclub.com online at https://www.locallotto.ie/play.asp?LL_ID=1328&PC=0 from any club officer, or at the following outlets:
O’Shea Shop and Service Station Blennerville
Poff Motors Dingle Road
Seamus O’Sullivan Master Butchers Manor
Noyeks Mile Height
Byrnesworth
Skelper Quanes
Keane’s Of Curraheen
Betty’s Bar The Rock Inn
Many Thanks to all who contribute to our weekly club Lotto. The club cannot emphasize enough the importance of our members promoting the club Lotto among family, friends, and work colleagues. The lotto is now a critical source of funds for the club. We are appealing to all club members to promote our Lotto at this time to ensure our club’s future viability. Please have your Lotto entries in by 7pm, every Sunday night.
Your Area Needs Your Opinion!
Curraheen Community Council, serving the areas of Curragraigue, Ballydunlea, Tonevane, Annagh, Curraheen, Derryquay and Derrymore, will hold a public meeting on Thursday, April 18th at 7.30pm in the Community Room at the rear of Curraheen Church to discuss some issues of concern such as housing/planning permission, road safety and improvement of local amenities. Your area needs your opinions! Everybody welcome.
Tony O’Donoghue 10th Year Anniversary Walk
This year’s walk takes place on Saturday 13th of April, walk begins at 4pm from Skelper Quanes. There is music from Ross Brassil from 5-7pm, burgers sponsored by Seamus O’Sullivan Butchers Chefs for the day are 2Beans In A Box. Unfortunately, Sam Maguire will not be visiting this year for the walk.
There is a raffle with spot prizes, there is Darragh Jive O’Donnell from 7-9pm with a bit of a traditional disco.
The night is finished off by 80’s/90’s disco with DJ Mick from 9pm. There are medals for finishers, but you will have to be quick as there is limited numbers.
There is a idonate page running if you would like to support or take part why not walk in your local area! iDonate.ie | Support Todd’s O Donoghue memorial walk
Remember they are trying to raise enough funds to purchase a jigsaw table, a games table, blue tooth speaker, some Dyson fans for the rooms, diffusers, and some adult Lego, all to make some one’s day a little bit easier.
They are just over €72000 raised for KHF in memory of Tony O’Donoghue’s name let us try to help them hit €75,000 and go out on a high.
Any support in any way for this would be amazing and they can guarantee a good night in Skelper Quane’s.
Blennerville/Ballyard Community Games
Well done to our 5 athletes who represented Blennerville/ Ballyard in very stiff competition in Beaufort today. First up in Under 12s Grace Costello ran a strong race in a very competitive age group and finished well.
Amy Noonan once again showed her running speed & stamina to win the Under 14 girls 700m race. fantastic running Amy! We had 3 boys in under 14 700m, again it was a fiercely competitive race, Stephen Enright ran an excellent race to come 5th closely followed by Tommy Costello & Hugh Costello in 8th and 9th positions. Amy and Stephen will go on to represent Kerry as part of the relay teams at U14 in Gormanstown on Sunday May 26th. Congratulations guys!
Derryquay Table Quiz
Table Quiz in O’Neill’s Bar Camp on Friday April 19th at 8pm for Derryquay National School, All support greatly appreciated.
Juvenile Academy
We are Back, St Pats Football Academy took place last Sunday morning and every Sunday Morning in Kerry Sports Academy, MTU North Campus V92HD4V from 11am-12pm. Open to all boys and girls from Under 5 to Under 13. Contact Michael for further information on 086-3855428. Come along any Sunday, All New Members welcome!
U5
We had a great turnout of Under 5s again in the MTU. We enjoyed our exercise in the warm and dry! Again, we practiced all our fundamental skills with fun and games, great to see the confidence growing in this young group and new faces always welcome. Very well done especially to Jake and Ailbhe today for showing great attention and listening and practice of all the games. Keep up the movement and ball play at home! Well, done boys and girls… Gooo St Pats!!
U7
An excellent session today with great numbers. We went through a few skills before playing 2 games. They seem to enjoy the football games. We might organise a game for next week against one of the local clubs if weather starts getting better. Well, done to Tom who was player of the week this week- put in a big effort.
U8 Girls
We had a great session this morning all the girls showed great enthusiasm and an incredible appetite for hard work and learning the basic skills of our beautiful game they really impressed coaches Norma and Sean. Keep up the practice at home girls and we will see you all next week. Regards, Coaches.
U9 Boys
Our U9’s took a well-deserved break from training on Sunday and are all ready for their first game of the season at home to Lispole this Tuesday 9th at 6:30pm.
U10 Girls
Our U10 girls practiced their soloing, hand passing and kick passing this week, they are improving week on week. It is always great to see new faces so please bring a friend along next week. Keep up the practice girls!
U11 Boys
St Pats U-11’s had a quiet week with our game and training cancelled due to the terrible weather conditions. We have our 1st outing in the U 11 Co league Go Game v An Ghaeltacht away this Thursday 11/4 at 6.30pm so hopefully this will go ahead but, in the meantime, keep practicing the skills at home during the week. Naomh Pádraig Abú!!
U12 Girls
We had no training last Sunday due to the inclement weather. Our first game in the North Kerry U12 Go Games Programme is a home game vs Na Gaeil. It takes place this Thursday in Blennerville at 6:30pm. We ask for club members to come out and support the girls.
U13
St Pats 3-6 Castleisland Desmond 2 -4. A narrow win on paper does little to show how dominant we were throughout this game. Playing with a strong breeze in the first half we totally controlled the game. Our defence tackled ferociously, our midfield moved the ball with pace, and our forwards worked and moved into great scoring positions.
Only our shooting let us down a little and at half time we were only 4 points up 1-5 to 1-1. Any concerns about the final result were quickly settled in the first 10 mins of the 2nd half as we rattled the net twice. Desmonds threw everything at us after that and we’re rewarded with 1-3. Our lads remained composed until the final whistle, giving us a well-deserved win.
Training is on Monday at 6 for 45 mins and Wednesday also at 6 for 1 hour.
Senior
St Pats add another win in a blustery Caherslee against Firies B. Firies were quick to add two points within the first few minutes of the first half.
St Pats accumulated seven scores without answer from a strong Firies defence, scores coming from Fergal O’Brien, Jordan Conway, and Dylan Griffin. Firies trying to keep the gap which was growing to a minimum they scored a point; a Fergal O’Brien point keeping St Pats ahead.
One final score from Firies for the first half with Luke Mulligan putting one final point on the board for us to finish the first half St Pats 0-09 Firies B 0-04
The wind picked up during the beginning of the second half which caused both sides to have to change tactic and keep the ball low. Four scores in quick succession coming with a goal from Brian Murphy which allowed the gap to increase and allowing a safety net.
With other scores coming from Eoin Greaney and Fergal O’Brien, Colin Doody received a well-placed kick to shoot the ball passed the Firies goalkeeper before he knew it. Another point from Firies to reduce the ever-extending lead St Pats had achieved.
Jordan Conway was quick to add a point to keep St Pats momentum going, Firies put one last point on the board with St Pats adding two more points coming from Tommy Nicholson and Adam Hegarty. St Pats 2-14 Firies B 0-06
The club would like to thank Joe Wallace, Head Groundsman in Caherslee pitches for his assistance in hosting our senior team game there last Sunday.
St Pats Team: Paudi Bailey, Ben Sharp, Luke Mulligan, Cillian Lynch, Tommy Nicholson, Conor Moore © Dylan Griffin, Eoin Greaney, Jordan Conway, Tommy Lynch, Brian Murphy, Conor Enright, Colin Doody, Fergal O’Brien, and Gary Savage
Subs Used: Mike Doody for Cillian Lynch (Injured), Niall McCarthy for Conor Enright, Adam Hegarty for Colin Doody, Martin Savage for Tommy Nicholson, and Shane Foley for Gary Savage.
Senior B’s
Senior Bs are scheduled to play Listowel Emmets B on Saturday 13th of April at 6pm in Blennerville. Please keep an eye on O’Shea’s Gala St Pats Lotto Box, Skelper Quanes, Old Clubhouse window for any changes or updates.
Speedy Recovery
To Cillian Lynch who came off the field injured on Sunday last.
Sympathy
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of PJ Herlihy Camp, Kay Edwards St Brendan’s Road, John Mulhall The Kerries, Judy Barry Lismore & Australia, Tony Hennessy Hawley Park, and Maura McMahon Rock Street.
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