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PEIL FAOI 7: Great fun was had by all our U7s on Sunday last at 10am in the MercyMounthawk Gym. Come along next Sunday at 10am to join up. Beidh fáilte roimh gach mac máthar….everybody welcome. See you in ‘The Hawk’? Na bainisteoirí/mentors/helpers:William Kirby, Kevin O’Leary, Amy Lucid, Martin Courtney, Joe Kinsella, St John Hegarty, Liam Walsh, Séamus Mac Gabhann.
PEIL FAOI 9: Top class football was played by the U9 lads at the Mercy Mounthawk Gymon Sunday last. Mighty footballers! Next Sunday again, boys, and the session will start at 11am.
The Mercy Mounthawk Gym is the place to be. Everyone welcome! Bainisteoirí: Michael Lynch, Tim McMahon, Mikey Collins, Kevin Counihan, David Lucid, Richard Long, Dara Ó Lúing, Éamonn Ó Scannláin. Buail isteach!
PEIL FAOI 11: Last Sunday’s training/coaching was enjoyed by all. We saw nice movements, stylish football and great enthusiasm. These lads are good! Once again, all U11 boys in the greater Rock area are invited to The Green CBS Astroturf Pitch on Sunday next at 11am. Yes….Under 11s at 11.oo!
And why not invite a friend to come along? Fáilte roimh chách!Bainisteoirí: Colm Mangan, Wayne Quillinan, Brendan Smith, Jonathon Magnier, Kieran O’Flaherty.
SCÓR na nÓG: Participation in Scór na nÓg ’23! If interested, please contact Carmel O’Neill immediately. Competitions: a four-person table quiz team, a grúpa ceoil, solo singing, a five-person (boys or girls) ballad group, a figure dance, a set, a recitation/dán/scéal.
Any club member under 17 years of age on 1st January 2023 is eligible to participate in Scór na nÓg. Eolas: Tralee District Board must have its competitions finished by March 12th and successful candidates will go forward to the county finals on Saturday March 25th at 6pm in Currow.
The Munster finals will take place on April 6th and the venue has yet to be confirmed. The All-Ireland finals will be held on Saturday April 15th in the Gleneagle National Events Centre i gCill Airne. What an opportunity for a young person to perform on a big stage in front of a big audience! Come on, lads!
SCÓR na bPÁISTÍ: This is for primary school pupils who’ll perform in the name of the club. Eolas: A Tralee area competition will be held and the Tralee qualifiers will proceed to thecounty semi-finals on the weekend of 14th/15th/16th April. The county final will take place on Sunday April 30th.
Competitions: a four-person table quiz team, a grúpa ceoil, solo singing, a five-person (boys or girls) ballad group, a figure dance, a set, a recitation/dán/scéal and, very interestingly, for this year only and on a trial basis, two new categories will be added to Scór na bPáistí (only!), namely, solo music (one tune only) and solo dancing (maximum of 3 minutes). Exciting? Yes! Cuirimis ár gcultúr féinig féin chun tosaigh!
FAOI 13: (i) The U13 boys, faoi chúram Jack Uí Mhuireagáin, will continue with their Friday night sessions ag Acadamh Spórt Chiarraí, Munster Technological University, Dromtacker.
(ii) These fantastic footballers will be out early again on Sunday morning and will enjoy another enjoyable session on the GAA Astroturf at MTU North Campus.
Beidh Tim McMahon i mbun na traenála. Looking forward to the session? Gan dabht!
(iii) Please keep up the commitment, boys. Keep working on the skills and enjoy your football….just as Greg Horan, Dylan Ó Cathasaigh and Jack Ó Sé did when they were your age!! I bhfeighil na n-imeachtaí: Dan Ahern, Donal Corcoran, Ciarán Murphy, Micko Horan, Gearóid Ó Tíocháin, Brian Horgan, Kyle Fitzgibbon, Jack Ó Muireagáin. (Dan Ahern)
IRELAND LIGHTS UP ~ CLUB WALK: Another great walk took place on Monday last. What a walk! The Tralee-Fenit Greenway….Bealach Glas Thrá Lí~na Fianaite! A great achievement by all!
COLÁISTÍ….ROCK PLAYERS IN COLLEGE GAMES: (i) Preparations are ‘full steam ahead’ sa Ghaelcholáiste dár gcraobhchluiche in aghaidh Choláiste Phádraig, Castleisland, ag a 12.30pm Dé Sathairn seo chugainn, an t-aonú lá déag de Fheabhra (11th February…Féile Mhuire Lourdes). A quick search on https://www.kerrygaa.ie/fixtures-results/ will, no doubt, reveal the venue.
We urge our loyal readers, ár Stacaigh chroíúla, to be present on the day to support ár nGaiscígh chróga as they seek to overcome the final hurdle agus Corn Sheáin Uí Mhurchú a thabhairt go Tobar Mhaigh Dor faoi dheireadh! Bígí linn, más é bhur dtoil é! On an academic note, we wish to encourage ár ndaltaí díograiseacha who are currently undertaking mock examinations.
Positive reports from the exam halls echoed around the school this week agus, le cúnamh Dé, they will continue to do so. Leanaigí oraibh leis an traenáil and with the study, a chomhscoláirí, agus seasaigí an fód! Déanfaidh sibh an beart! Best wishes to The Rock boys: Cian Ó Duilleáin, Gavin Ó Cathasaigh agus Rory Ó Loinsigh. (Dáithí Ó Loinsigh)
(ii) Ryan O’Driscoll, Rónán O’Carroll, Fionnán Ryan, Donnacha Horgan and their fellow Tralee CBS players continue to train in preparation for their important Dunloe Cup (Kerry Colleges U16½) encounter with Coláiste Bhréanainn.
(iii) Best wishes to Meánscoil Chnoc an tSeabhaic in their preparations for the Munster Schools Senior B final. They’ll play in the provincial final in mid-February. Rock representatives on the panel: Holly Ní Bhriain, Róise Ní Dhónaill, Máire de Mórdha and Gráinne Ní Riada.
PEIL FAOI 15: We returned to training 4 weeks ago and in the intervening time we have had great running sessions down in The Green Secondary School on Friday and Sunday evenings. The group has been split into two groups: (a) boys who played U13 last year make up one group and (b) boys who played U15 last year make up the other.
The sessions have been well-attended and the lads have been showing great enthusiasm and are really settling back into their football; they are ‘up’ for the coming season!
They have been eased back into action with some light warm-ups, with ball handling, with basic skill work and with short games to finish the sessions. Over the next few weeks we’ll move into some fitness exercises as well as strength and conditioning work, both indoors and outdoors.
Thankfully, things are looking positive at this early stage of the season and we have an average of 30 boys attending training. Two tournament organising committees have invited us to take part in their early season competitions: an Ghaeltacht in February and Nemo Rangers, Cork, in March. We hope to send teams to both events.
We are already practising our Irish for the Corca Dhuibhne trip….ambaiste! The volunteer coaching team for the U15 boys: Theo Diggin, Pa Laide, Ger Hobbert, Ronan Kavanagh, Morgan O’Connell, Tim McMahon and Frankie Murphy. Go n-éirí go geal leo go leo! (Ger Hobbert)
PEIL FAOI 17: Good luck to our lads in their next game; it has been scheduled for Ardfert (v Ardfert) on Saturday next, 11th February. Among the players will be Steven Conway; James Fisher, Donnacha Horgan, Ciarán Kavanagh; Tomás Ó Conaill, Pádraig O’Halloran; Jack Barrett, David Lucid, Tomás Deregee; Liam Ó Conaill, Gavin Ó Cathasaigh, Oiliver Lata; Fionnán Ryan, Cormac Bastible, Ryan McMahon, Barry Nagle, Rory Ó Loinsigh, Alex Touhy. Bainisteoirí: Richie Conway, William Kirby, David Scanlon, Shane Lucid, Darragh O’Brien, Damien Ryall.
2023 AUSTIN STACKS CLUB MEMBERSHIP: Please, (i) purchase on line via your Club Foireann account or (ii) pay on line via Clubforce (see austinstacks.ie for link) or (iii) sign up for a monthly DD payment or (iv) pay by cash. Club contact/registrar: Bernie Mannix…086 0767415.
CLOTHES ~ RECYCLING: Our club fundraising clothes recycling collection date is Saturday February 25th. Please, bring your goods to the club between 11.30am and 1pm. ‘Go raibh míle maith agaibh’ in advance.
We will accept men’s, women’s and children’s clothing as well as household textiles (curtains and towels), soft toys, shoes, handbags, belts. We cannot accept duvets or pillows.
It is requested that all items be clean and dry. As part of our Club Clothes Recycling Fundraising Collection day on Feb 25th we are asking parents of Juvenile Club players to put boys’ or girls’ Austin Stack Club merchandise or old football boots in separate bags. The plan is that we will hold a ‘previously-loved give-away gear day’ with/for these items at our Juvenile Academy on a sunny Sunday morning in Connolly once we are back outdoors….won’t that be nice! Bímis ag líonadh málaí ar dalladh!
CLUB LOTTO: (i) All Rock supporters are earnestly requested to support the Rock Street Post Office club lotto competition. The winning club will have exclusive sales of its club lottery tickets in Rock Street Post Office for the next 3 years. This would greatly help our thriving club. Club supporters need only ask for a token for each transaction completed (YOU MUST ASK!) at the post office between now and Friday 31st March.
He/she then puts the token into the Austin Stack Club collection bucket in the post office. By the end of March all the tokens will be counted and the club with the most tokens will be deemed the winner. Tokens can be requested for the following transactions: €4 tv licence saving stamps, registered letters, parcel postage, bill payments, phone top-ups, phone sales, dog licences, foreign exchange dealings, bank lodgements and withdrawals. (A single postage stamp doesn’t count as a transaction).
Please support your club. (ii) Thanks to all our present supporters and promoters of the club lotto: (i) Ollmhargadh de Barra, Upper Rock Street, (ii) PaudieCommane’s Bookshop, Rock Street, (iii) The Burger Shack, Monavalley, (iv) O’Flynn Interiors (Malachy Nagle), Lower Rock Street, (v) The Brogue Inn, Lower Rock Street, (vi) Husseys’ Deli, Prince’s Quay, (vii) Carmel O’Neill and others, (viii) Maguires’ Butcher Shop, Caherslee, (ix) www.austinstacks.ie (x) and/or on https://play.clubforce.com/play_newa.asp?ll_id=X529#Anchor
CLUBSHIOPA: Official Austin Stack Club merchandise – available to order on www.oneills.com
AN RAIBH ‘FHIOS AGAT? All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship winners from Kerry: 2007…Ardfert; 2009…Naomh Mícheál/Filemore; 2012…Milltown/Castlemaine: 2015…Ardfert; 2016…Naomh Muire (Cathair Saidhbhín); 2019…Kilcummin; 2023…Rathmore; 2024: ???? Cén club a bhuafaidh i mbliana?
SINSIR CHIARRAÍ: ‘Well done’ to Greg, Dylan and Jack’O v Muimhneachán. Greg did very well once again when introduced. Best of luck in next outing! An Charraig go deo!
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