LOTTO
The lotto was held in Ballygarry House on February 9th 2015 for a jackpot of €5,200. There was no winner. Numbers drawn were 12,20,22,27.
Lucky Dips
1. Padraig Harris, c/o Paula Silles
2. Teresa Lonergan, c/o Tony Marshall
3. The Silles Family, c/o Paula Silles
4. Tom McMahon, Listowel
5. Una Kerins, c/o O Riadas
Sellers Prize : Paula Silles.
The jackpot now stands at €5,300 and can be played at http://www.ballymacgaa.com
SENIORS
Our Senior team took on John Mitchels at home on Sunday last in a fixture which doubled up as a Coiste Tra Li and St. Brendan’s Board game. Ballymac started in whirlwind fashion and led 1 – 5 to no score after 15 minutes however, John Mitchels fought back and at half time the score was Ballymac 1 – 5 John Mitchels 0 – 7. The away side started the second half stronger and took the lead with a couple of early points.
A John Mitchels goal mid way through the second half increased their need further but our lads never gave up and reduced the deficit to 3 points to leave the final score Ballymac 1 – 9 John Mitchels 1 – 12. It was great to see Gerard Arthurs and William Casey back in Club colours after a number of years out of action while it was also encouraging to see minors Padraig O Connor, Christopher Leen and David Long impressing.
Team: P O Connor, D. Leen, C. Reynolds, L. Dunne, N O Shea, M. Shanahan, S. Savage, G. Arthurs, K O Shea, C. Leen, P. McCarthy, S. O Reilly, A. Bonn, M. Herlihy, M. Leen. Subs: W. Casey, J. Keane, D. Long.
MINORS
Our minors have their final game in the Coiste Tra Li League when they travel to play Na Gaeil on Thursday 19th February 2015 at 4.15pm. They begin they County League campaign on Saturday next when they travel to play Churchill at 4.00pm.
SCOR
The Coiste Tra Li/St. Brendans Board Senior Scor Finals were held in Kielduff Community Centre on Wednesday night 11th February 2015. Ballymac had competitors in Set Dancing, Recitation and Leiriu.
Our dancers qualified for the County Final to be held on Saturday next 21st February at 6.00pm. Best wishes to Coach Michael Murphy and his team Maura Leen, Maria Glavin Murphy, Carmel Moloney, Colette Collins, Fintan Kelly, David Long, Chris Moloney and Tom Daly. Maurice O Connell in the recitation and our Leiriu group were unlucky to miss out on qualifying on the night. Many thanks to all who helped in any way to make this night a great success.
JUVENILE REGISTRATION
A second registration night will be held at the clubrooms on Friday 27 February from 7-30 to 9 pm. Juvenile registrar is Willie Costello 0876187475
FAOI 16
CORDAL/SCART 4-6 BALLYMAC 2-8
We played our first game of the season away to Cordal/Scart in the Castleisland district last Sunday morning. Both defences were on top early on and we had to wait over ten minutes for the first score a point by Cordal/Scart . This was followed almost immediatedly by a goal for our opponents.
Michael Hoare burst through to goal for us and quickly added a point to level the scores. Cordal/Scart got 3 more points before the break to leave us three points behind (1-4 to1-1) at half time.
We got a great start to the second half Keelan driving through from his own half to finish to the net, easily the score of the game. The home side pointed while Daragh Reagan and Keelan pointed for us.
A defensive mix up let Scart in for a goal while Daragh Reagan pointed for us. E ddie Rodgers who was having a fine game at full back had to go off injured and this caused huge problems for us with the home side getting two quick goals and a point. Keelan got four points in succession but we could not get the goal we needed. Best for us were Keelan Brosnan, Cathal Dunne, Eddie Rodgers and Michael Hoare on a day when we just came up short. Training continues next Sunday morning at 11am.
TEAM B Lyons,T Brick,E Rodgers,C Dunne,R Mansfield (capt) E O Malley J O Keeffe,L O Malley, K Brosnan (1-5) J Mcdonnell ,D Reagan ( 0-2) D. Chawke,D Keane,ML Hoare (1-1),C Gallagher, Subs J Carmody,B Lonergan
FAOI 6
Our U 6’s began their year on Saturday last in the Green Sports Hall. It was a joy to behold over 20 boys enjoying themselves and making new friends on the morning. The fun and games continue on Saturday morning next same venue at 10.00am. Any queries please contact Ruairi O Rahilly on 0876536582.
CHRUCH GATE COLLECTION
Ballymac Coiste na nOg are holding a Church gate collection at all Masses in the Parish this weekend. Your support would be greatly appreciated.
DRAMA GROUP
Best wishes to Ballymac Drama Group who enact the play ‘Wedding of the Year’ on Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd February in the Ivy Leaf Theatre in Castleisland at 8.00pm nightly. If past plays are anything to go by this should be a night of great entertainment. Anyone wishing to book tickets please contact 0873818894.
BASKETBALL
Congratulations to TK Bobcats U12 team who won the Division 1 Cup in Basketball recently. This team contains many players who will be part of the Ballymac U12 football team in the coming year and hopefully their success will be continued on the football field. Well done to the team and coaches Billy McGaley and Brian Boyle.
The TK Bobcats Under 12 team.
CONGRATULATIONS to Brosna and Ardfert on their winning of All Ireland titles in the past weekend. While Austin Stacks were unlucky not to qualify for the All Ireland final following a very close game against Slaughtneil of Derry.
