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ALL-STARS: Our UNDER 15 All-Stars, those born in 2009 or in 2010, will begin their preseason work this Friday (12th January) in the club gym. This session will be the first of the new year and of the 2024 season. Good luck to everybody as you set out on your 2024 journey.
Under 7s at indoor training.
UNDER 7: The U7 boys returned to INDOOR football action in the Mounthawk School hall last Sunday and a very enjoyable first outing of 2024 was had by mentors and boys….sea, tús maith, leath na hoibre! And what a turnout…30 UNDER 7 Rockites!
Plenty skills were practised, great enthusiasm was shown and some brilliant matches were played…..and we’re only in the first half of January….but that’s The Rock! Next Sunday (14th) we expect that even more future Rock star footballers will come along to the Hill of the Hawk! Please note starting time: 10.00am. New players most welcome. Feel free, boys, to bring along a friend or two or three! We are calling/inviting all players who were born in 2017/2018/20192020 to come along. Fáilte roimh chách! All queries to Richie on 089 2470791.
FAOI 9: All boys who were born in 2015/2016 are invited/encouraged to come along to The Rock Club and to be part of this year’s U9 gang. These lads will begin their 2024 action
NEXT Sunday (14th). INDOOR training/coaching will be held in the Mounthawk Secondary School hall at I1.00am. New players welcome agus beidh fáilte is fiche rompu. Aon cheist agat? Má tá…cuir glaoch ar Richie ar 089 2470791.
UNDER 11: The U11 boys (born in 2013/2014) are requested to return to action on Sunday next (14th) in The Green CBS Secondary School Astro Turf pitch (off Dan Spring Road). Please note starting time: 11.00am. New players welcome. And bring along a friend or two! All boys welcome! Call Richie on 089 2470791 for answers to all your questions and queries.
SCÓR na bPÁISTÍ: The Tralee District finals of Scór na bPáistí will take place in February. The county final will take place on March 23rd. Competitions: a quiz team of four, solo singing, ballad group, recitation/scéalaíocht, music group, figure/set dancing. It’s not too late to enter.
AGM: The juvenile section of the club held a very successful Annual General Meeting in the clubhouse hall, Connolly Park, on Wednesday of this week, January 10th (7pm). The ups and downs of last year’s club activities were debated and lengthy discussions on the coming season took place. Everyone is now looking forward to directing and guiding our juveniles towards the same high standards as last season.
Indeed, it was felt that the club’s juvenile section is in ‘a good place’. Our boys will be given every encouragement to play, to improve and to enjoy their time with The Rock from now until November/December ’24! The long-serving and experienced Colm Mangan has been appointed rúnaí for the 2024 season.
Good wishes to Richie Conway, cathaoirleach, and to his fellow officers and mentors who are already leading The Rock juveniles into their new playing season. Glowing tributes were paid to the very efficient and hardworking Michael Lynch who has stepped down as rúnaí after giving over 20 years faithful service to the GAA/Austin Stack Club….sea, fiche bliain faoi bhláth.
A HELPING HAND: It’s not too late to be an Austin Stack Club coach/mentor/administrator/helper! Join us….beidh fáilte romhat. Anois do sheans mór….now is the time! Be part of a club with c.100 senior All-Ireland medals….that’s tradition!!
THE GREEN – Peil: (i) The Green Under 17 lads are eagerly looking forward to their upcoming challenge in the Frewen Cup competition (Scoileanna na Mumhan). Their match has been scheduled for Wednesday 7th February and it is expected that the winners will take on either Scoil na mBráithre, Mainistir na Corann, Corcaigh, or Coláiste Naomh Flannán, Inis….two good teams with strong traditions….just like Tralee CBS!! An Fhaiche Abú! The Rock representatives on the panel: Olivier Lata, Fionnán Ryan, Ronan Carroll, Aodhán Horgan and Ryan O’Driscoll.
(ii) Good wishes to The Green Under 19 boys who’ll take on Mallow’s Patrician Academy on Wednesday next (17th January) in the Munster quarter final of the Corn Uí Mhuirí competition! A big game for The Green! They’ll The Rock boys on the panel: Thomas Deregee, Fionnán Ryan, Ronan Carroll, Olivier Lata, Donncha Horgan, Aodhán Horgan, Ryan O’Driscoll, Seán Óg Ó Brosnacháin. Up The Green!
MOUNTHAWK – Peil: (i) The Hill of the Hawk Under 19 footballers expect to be in serious action on Wednesday next (17ú Eanáir) in the Munster quarter final of the Corn Uí Mhuirí competition. Cork’s Rochestown College will be their opponents. Good luck to Mercy Mounthawk and especially to our lads on the panel: Michael Tansley, James Fisher, Jack Murphy, Ben Murphy, Pádraig O’Halloran, Daniel Ó Ciarba, Paddy Lane and Noah Townsend.
(ii) The Mercy Mounthawk U17 footballers are eagerly looking forward to their upcoming Munster U17 challenge. We wish them every success. Our Rock boys on the panel: Ben Litchfield, Harry Murphy, Ben Murphy, Alex Touhy, Cormac Bastible, Eoin Murphy, Liam Sweeney-O’Connor, Jack Shanahan, Jack Diggin. Mercy Mounthawk Abú!
AN GAELCHOLÁISTE – Iománaíocht: Tá daltaí an Ghaelcholáiste ar ais ar scoil an tseachtain seo agus iad ag súil go mór le cluiche ceannais iománaíochta na Mumhan (Corn Uí Chinnéide). After their 0-1 victory over Askeaton’s Coláiste Mhuire in the Munster hurling semi-final they’re hoping that Lady Luck will shine on them as they face their upcoming big challenge.
We send our best wishes to Rory Ó Loinsigh, Gavin Ó Cathasaigh, Luke Ó Cathasaigh and the Gaelcholáiste team! A Munster U19 E Hurling Final victory would be a great achievement for the Cluain Mhór gaelscoil and would be good news for all lovers of the skilful game in Tralee.
BACK TO SCHOOL: We hope all our players, young and old, have settled into school life once again. Gach ádh oraibh, a bhuachaillí!
CLUB LOTTO: Thanks to all supporters and sellers of our club lotto tickets and especially to (i) The Burger Shack, Monavalley, (ii) Kirby’s Brogue Inn, Rock Street, (iii) Siopa Chaoimhín de Barra, An Charraig, (iv) Paudie Commane’s Bookshop (PC Books), Rock Street, (v) O’Flynn Interiors, Rock Street and (vi) Hussey’s Deli and Newsagency, Prince’s Quay.
CLUB GEAR: For club gear go to www.oneills.com
CRUINNIÚ CINN BHLIANA: The Austin Stack Club (Senior Club) AGM will take place in the Clubrooms at 1pm on Sunday January 21st.
ENGLISH CLUBS: Wouldn’t it be nice if our national/local media gave accounts of and coverage toGAA clubs in Great Britain! Coverage is freely given, in much detail, to other codes’ club games in the UK but what about our ‘forgotten’ Irish people who reside across the water and who work so hard on a voluntary basis to promote na cluichí Gaelacha? ‘Bhfuil rud éigin in easnamh i nuacht spóirt na hÉireann?
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