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PEIL FAOI 7: Please note CHANGE of TIME and VENUE…..our 5th U7 session will commence at 11am on Sunday next (20th) in the CBS PRIMARY School in Cluain na Lobhar. We had another great turnout of Under 7 footballers at last Sunday’s 4th session of 2022 and bhí an-am ag gach duine and a brilliant hour’s football was played by Rock stars of the future.
Our bainisteoirí, Éamonn Ó Scannláin, William Kirby, Mickey Collins, Tom Tansley, Kevin O’Leary, Séamus Smith, Amy Lucid, Jonathan Magnier, Richard Long, Tommy Griffin, Seán Quilter and Dara Ó Lúing, were very pleased with the efforts of the boys. (Dara had to rush off early as he was involved with the successful Kerry senior ladies in their game v Tipp….Ciarraí Abú!)
We’re looking forward to seeing every single U7 footballer in The Rock area at the CBS Primary School in Cluain na Lobhar* ag 11.00am maidin Dé Domhnaigh! We thank the school management for permitting us to use their fine facility. Fáilte mhór roimh chách. *Do you know that there was a leper hospital in the ‘Meadow of the Lepers’ in the middle ages?
PEIL FAOI 9: Please note CHANGE of TIME and VENUE…..the Under 9 boys will have their fifth session of 2022 on The Green CBS Astroturf pitch at 12.00 noon on Sunday next (20th). There are some great footballers in this U9 group! They are showing wonderful skill under the tuition of Mickey Collins Mike Lynch, Tim McMahon, TJ Hogan, Kevin Counihan, Finbar Canty, Brendan Smith and David Lucid.
SCÓR na nÓG: Time to think of Scór na nÓg 2022! It is expected that the Tralee Area Scór na nÓg competitions will take place shortly. Who’s getting ready to represent the Black’n’Amber in song, in story, in dance or in quiz! Have we a solo singer? Have we four lads to try the table quiz? (The girls’ section could do the same)! It would be nice if club members had a go!Competitions: Singing (one song), Quiz, Recitation or Story, Ballad Group (2 songs – harmony), Music Group (two tunes), Nuachleas (Sketch), Figure Dance and Set Dance. Our club has been represented at Munster level in all those disciplines on very many occasions in the last 50 years! Rules on kerrygaa.ie. The Kerry finals of Scór na nÓg are scheduled for Saturday 19th March. Times and venue have yet to be confirmed.
PEIL FAOI 11: (i) Please note the starting time….the Under 11 boys will train at 11.00am on the Astroturf at The Green CBS on Sunday next. (We’ll be there for the next few weeks). Well over two dozen boys worked on their skills and played excellent football last week! We hope to see more classy play…stylish and sophisticated…next Sunday again! Boys, ‘see you all at 11am on the The Green CBS Astroturf….a wonderful facility! (ii) Games to which we look forward: County League….(a) Round 1 on April 14th….(b) Phase 2 on June 2nd. Bainisteoirí/meantóirí: Wayne Quillinan, Colm Mangan, Miko Horan, Kenneth Cronin, Pat Carmody agus Gearóid Ó Tíocháin.
PEIL FAOI 13: (i) For the next 2 Fridays (18th, 25th February) our U13 boys will train between 6pm and 7pm in the KSA (Kerry Sports Academy) Hall at Ollscoil Teicneolaíochta na Mumhan (MTU). Be ready, boys, for occasional outdoor sessions. All training and football will take place under the direction of Pa Laide, Dan Aherne, Eoghan Ó Gealbháin, Martin Courtney, Ger Hobbert, David Scanlon and Jack Ó Muireagáin. Yes indeed, new boys always welcome….fáilte is fiche roimh pheileadóirí nua! (ii) Round 1 of our County League will take place on March 27th. Phase 2 will be played on 22nd May.
PEIL FAOI 15: (i) Our U15 boys were invited to the Gaeltacht chun páirt a ghlacadh i gComórtas Peile an Earraigh (an t-earrach = the spring). Imríodh na cluichí i nGallaras ar an Domhnach seo caite. Bhí an-lá againn. D’imríomar trí chluiche agus bhuamar gach ceann díobh, including the A Final against our Gaeltacht hosts. Na torthaí….AdeS: 7-6 agus An Léigiún: 1-1; AdeS: 5-4 agus Raonaithe Nemo: 1-2; AdeS: 6-5 agus An Ghaeltacht: 3-4. B’é Gavin Ó Cathasaigh, deartháir Dylan, captaen na foirne. Maith sibh, a leaideanna na Carraige! Gabhaimid mórbhuíochas do Chlub na Gaeltachta as cuireadh a thabhairt dúinn páirt a ghlacadh sa chomórtas. Ár bpainéal buacach: Oliver Lata, Rian Walsh, Max Nosidlak, Tomás Ó Conaill, Liam Ó Conaill, Alex Touhy, Gabriel Nosidlak, Ben Murphy (0-2), Gavin Ó Cathasaigh (1-1), Leon Ó Conchúir (3-0), Ronan Carroll (8-0), Naoude Derege (0-1), Jack Shanahan, Cormac Bastible (2-4), Jake Carmody (0-1), Seán Clifford, Eoghan Murphy, Brian Kavanagh, Adam Johnston, Ruairí Ó Loingsigh (1-0), Jayden Moriarty, Jack Ó Duigín, Tadhg Falvey, Paddy Lucid, Rory Kavanagh, Denis Griffin, Ryan O’Driscoll (3-6). Bainisteoir/meantóirí: Morgan Ó Conaill, Theo Ó Duigín, Rónán Ó Caomhánaigh, Ciarán Ó Conaill, Seosamh Breathnach. (ii) Training will take place on Sunday next (20th) in the Bishop’s Field from 2.30pm to 4pm. Training will be held on the MTU Astroturf from 7.30pm to 8.30pm on Thursday (17th). Other weekday sessions vary….depending on the availability of pitches (tuigeann an domhan is a mháthair gur club ollmhór sinn agus nach bhfuil ár ndóthain spáis againn!) It is expected that our interclub games will be played on Wednesdays. The Rock U15 team of mentors/trainers: Morgan O’Connell, Ronan Kavanagh, Ciarán Ó Conaill, David Courtney, David Clifford, Joe Walsh and Theo Ó Duigín. (iii) Our County League matches will take place from 30th March (round 1) to 27th April. The semi-finals will take place on 4th or 11th May and the final will be on 11th or 18th May. (iv)The Central Region games are expected to be from 22nd June to 20th July. (v) The County Championship dates have yet to be fixed.
PEIL FAOI 17: (i) Minor Training: Mondays and Thursdays at 6pm. (ii) A challenge: On Sunday last (13th) we welcomed the boys of Bishopstown, Cork, to our Connolly Park home and played them in a very exciting and very worthwhile challenge match. Our boys had a very narrow victory and a win over any Cork team is always satisfying! Maith sibh, a leaideanna na Carraige! We thank the Baile an Easpaig boys and their mentors for making the long trip to Tralee and we hope to take up their offer of a return visit later in the summer. It was nice to see a former Rock club mentor, Brian Cuthbert, on the sideline with the Corkonians and he was ably assisted by his brother, Pat, and the great Larry Tompkins. Painéal na Carraige: Michael Tansley, Jack Slattery, Donnacha Horgan, Jake O’Connor, Jamie Horgan, Luke Casey, Seán Moynihan (captaen), Daniel Kirby, Aaron Nolan, Mark Carmody, David Lucid, Thomas Derege, Luke Fitzgerald, Damien Hogan, Ronan Mulrooney, Shane Cotter, Steven Conway, Barry Nagle, David Slattery, Dylan Cunningham, Pádraig O’Halloran. (ii) We’ll have a gym session on Monday next at 6pm. (iii) Town League: Our postponed Town League game v Ard Fhearta was rescheduled by Bord Thrá Lí for 6.30pm on Wednesday (16th). U17 mentors: Denis Sayers, William Kirby, Richie Conway and Kieran Browne.
PEIL FAOI 19: Our greatest sympathies to The Green (Tralee CBS) boys who were pipped in their Munster (Corn Uí Mhuirí) final game v The Sem on Saturday last. They played their hearts out, they gave ‘their almighty best’ but it was not to be! They went so far in the competition and got so close to a Munster medal but were unfortunate and unlucky at the final hurdle. Briseadh croí, gan dabht! However, the Blue’n’Gold will rise again! Kingdom footballers always do! Our thoughts are with Armin Heinrich, Ben Quilter, Ciarán de Brún, Jordan Kissane, Conor Horan, Donnacha Sayers, Ruairí O’Connell, James Charles, Cian Brosnan agus an comhbhainisteoir, Tim McMahon. Heroes all and The Rock is proud of them! Comhbhrón le muintir na Faiche uile. We also think of the Mercy Mounthawk Rock lads, Joey Nagle, Evan Foley, Paddy Lane and Cillian Litchfield, who gave a good account of themselves in the same competition. We also think of Cian Ó Duilleáin and his Gaelcholáiste comhimreoirí (teammates) who gave a good account of themselves in the Seán Ó Murchú Cup competition. The vagaries of sport!
LOTTO: Thanks to all who support our club lotto per (i) Maguires, Butchers, Caherslee, (ii) Siopa Chaoimhín de Barra, Sráid na Carraige, (iii) Paudie Commane’s Book Shop, Sráid na Carraige, (iv) O’Flynn Interiors, Sráid na Carraige, (v) Kirbys’ Brogue Inn, Sráid na Carraige, (vi) Terry’s Butcher Shop, Páirc na Darach, (vii) Husseys’ Deli, Cé an Phrionsa, (viii) The Burger Shack, Monavalley, and (ix) www.austinstacks.ie. Mórbhuíochas ó chroí don tacaíocht go léir.
CIARRAÍ: Good luck to Kerry and to our own Greg Horan, Jack Ó Sé and Dylan Ó Cathasaigh when they challenge Dún na nGall on Sunday next.
IOMÁNAÍOCHT: Sympathies to the hurlers of Kerry who lost to Cill Dara i bPáirc Aibhistín de Staic ar an Domhnach seo caite.
