THE ROCK IN MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIP
Best wishes to our senior team v Baile an Chollaigh at 2pm in Austin Stack Park on Sunday next! A good performance and victory will give us passage to a Munster final! We’ll be at the game in amber and black and in full voice!
FAOI 12
Our Under 12s had their very enjoyable end-of-season gathering on Sunday last in Connolly Park. Medals and trophies were presented by Barry Shanahan, captain of our victorious senior county championship team.
Also in attendance were Greg Horan and Seán Purcell and, of course, that very important piece of silverware…The Bishop Moynihan Cup. The player-of-the-year award was presented by Barry Shanahan to Cian Purcell, who also won the best-attendance-of-the-year trophy.
Proud mentors: John Purcell (team manager), Kieran Kelliher, Batt Bastible, James Charles, Armin Heinrich, Tom Foley, Ronan Kavanagh.
SCÓR NA nÓG
(a) The date for the Tralee area Scór na nÓg (Under 17 on 1-1-‘15) is 19th November (Wednesday). (b) The Scór rules (especially new rules on quiz and on léiriú) may be read (under Cultúr) onwww.kerrygaa.ie. (c) Tralee area clubs: Naomh Pádraig, Na Stacaigh, Na Mistéalaigh, Na Gaeil, K-O’R, Cnoc na hEaglaise, Ard Fhearta (Peil).
(d) The county Tráth na gCeisteanna which will be held at 7.30pm on Saturday 22nd November in the Intermediate (Carnegie) School, Killorglin. Competitors must be under 17 years of age on 1-1-’15 and must be registered members of the club.
(e) Coiste Cultúir Chiarraí will run a new competition to encourage better participation in Scór. For each item performed in Scór ’15 a point will be awarded to the club of the performer(s). The Healy-O’Connor Memorial Shield will be awarded to the club with most points, viz, the club that participates in the most competitions.
FAOI 13
U13 Town Final…An Charraig v Na Gaeil. We played our last competitive game of the year under lights in the fantastic John Mitchel Complex on Saturday last.
Despite torrential rain, the pitch was playable…great credit to the groundsmen…but it wasn’t an occasion for flowing football as a stiff breeze and heavy conditions made life difficult for both teams.
We started well with Leon Shamelba’s snap shot off the ground going over the bar. Liam Nolan notched 0-2 in style but the opposition came more into the game.
Seamus Harty scored 0-4…agus bhí ‘Na Glasaigh’ chun tosaigh ag an sos. A thunder shower made the second half conditions even more difficult with both sets of players slipping a lot and dropping the greasy ball.
However the well-drilled boys in green pushed on with four more points (2 frees). All we could muster in the second twenty five minutes was a Conor Myers free.
We had few scoring chances but a drop-into-the-square ball or a shot from distance into the wind came up short. Final score: 0-8 to 0-4. We were beaten by a better team on the night.
We will take a few weeks off before the texts go out with news of next year’s coaches, training times, etc. ‘Well done’ to all for the hard work and dedication throughout the long season. See you, boys, in Páirc Aibhistín de Staic at 2pm on Sunday! Up The Rock!
