LOTTO

The Lotto was held in Ballygarry House on Monday 21st April 2014.  The jackpot was €11,700 and the numbers drawn were 10, 19,21,28.  There was no winner.

Lucky Dip

1. Moss Crowe, Chutehall

2. Paudie Heffernan, Kielduff

3. Denis O Shea, Lisbeg, Tralee

4. Marie Shanahan, Kielduff

5. Tom Landers, c/o Tony Marshall

Sellers Prize : Maurice Leen

Lotto now stands at €11,800 and can be played on line at www.ballymacgaa.com

SENIORS

Our Senior team resume their Co. League campaign this weekend with a home game versus Lispole.  Please check Facebook and Website for confirmation of time and date.

MINORS

Division 4 Co. League semi final Ballymac 1 – 7 – Moyvane/Tarbert 0 – 12.  This game was played in Ballymacon Friday last in terrible weather conditions.  The visitors played with the breeze in the first half and had six points on the board before Ballymac registered a score.  All the visitors scores were from play.  Ballymac score game in the 11th minute with a point from a free from Christy Leen.  Moyvane/Tarbert scored three more points before the interval.  Ballymac added three more points from Micheal Reidy, Thomas O Connor and a free from Christy Leen leaving the half time score Ballymac 0 – 4 Moyvane/Tarbert 0 – 9.

The visitors started the second half with a point in the first minute and followed this with another in the third minute.  This left the margin at 7 points.  A goal from Vincent Horan in the 6th minute followed by a point by the same player reduced the deficit.  Two more points by Gerard Browne and Christy Leen left the minimum between the teams with 8 minutes to go.  Moyvane/Tarbert kicked the last score of the game to give them a two point victory.  It was a great achievement by our lads to finish second in this group and with a bit of luck on the night could have qualified for the final.

Team : P O Connor, M Quirke, A Dunne, E Lyons, S Savage, S Doyle, T O Connor, G Browne, C Lonergan, M Reidy, C Leen, V Horan, N O Sullivan, S Birmingham, C Brosnan, Subs: R O Dowd, D Long.

This team play Na Gaeil in the Shield Final of Coiste Tra Li on this Friday evening.  Check Facebook and website for further details.

FAOI 16: Ballymac 2-16 Annascaul/Lispole 0-12.Played Easter Monday our boys played some superb football on the night and came away with a great win. Ballymac 2-04 Castleisland Desmonds 2-04: Last Sunday morning our U16’s played their last game in Central Region and with a hard fought draw on the day they have qualified for the semi final. This was a tough game of football and great credit must be given to the lads for the huge effort they put in. As all games in Divison 2 of the Central Region have not been finished yet, we are still not sure who we are playing in the semi finals this coming weekend.  Check web-site for more details

FAOI 14: ST SENANS 4-3   BALLYMAC 1-3

We travelled to Mountcoal last Wednesday evening to play St Senans in our fourth County League game. It was an unusually low scoring first half, the first point coming from Senans after ten minutes. We found it very difficult to move the ball beyond midfield and so our defence,( in which Cian Godley, Tadhg Brick and Darragh Leen were in fine form) were under constant pressure. Senans goaled just before half time and we were five points down at the break.

Diarmuid Lynch gave us hope early in the second half with a well taken goal. The next ten minutes belonged to the opposition with  Senans  scoring another 2-1. Josh , David Nolan and Cathal were driving forward but scores were hard to come by.  Points were scored by Daire Keane (2) and Diarmuid (1) but  Senans went up field and again goaled to seal victory. It was great to see so many people travel to support us and hopefully when we have everyone injury free we will have more to cheer about. Our final County League game is at home to Kenmare this Wednesday evening.

TEAM & SCORERS:  K Lenihan, C Godley, T  Brick, D Leen, C Nolan, C  Dunne, C Gallagher, J O’Keeffe, D Nolan, J Carmody, D Keane,(0-2) D Lynch, D McHugh, B Lonergan, D Lynch (1-1).

FAOI 12: U12 Gold Team Ballymac 5-07 Glenflesk 3-06

Played last Sunday evening at home in wonderful sunshine the boys put in a great performance and came out on top in a well deserved victory. We are away to Currow in Rd. 4 next Sunday at 6pm.

ACADEMY: U10 :Week one of the U10’s Go Games Castleisland District Board blitz takes place this Fridaynight at 7pm and will be hosted by Castleisland Desmonds. All players please be at Castleisland pitch for6.45pm. The U10 girls displayed some great skill at training on Sunday morning. Well done to Lorna Daly, Emma Leen, Ciara Palmer and Grainne Galvin.

U10 Boys: Our under 10 boys continue to improve their skills every week.  Those to impress last weekend were Aidan Horgan, Diarmuid Galvin, Michael Prendergast, Luke O Connell, Jared O Brien and Mark O Connor.

U8 Boys: Those to impress with the U8’s with their skills were Thomas Leen, Micheal Savage, Tom Long and Jamie Burke.

U6 Boys: Paddy Lucid, Sam Boyle, Cian Gilroy, Conor Lynch, Daniel Creagh and Sean Martin impressed with their skills.

Quote of the Week: ‘Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can do what others can’t’

Wedding Bells

The Club would like to congratulate Keith Roche and his Bride Audrey O Connell on their wedding last weekend and wish them health & happiness in their future.

Clothes Recycling Days

Ballymacelligott GAA club is organising a clothing recycling drive on Sunday May 4th, Sunday 11th May and Saturday  17th May from 11.00pm to 12.30pm in Ballymacelligott GAA Ground.

The Club would be very grateful if you could support this fundraiser. The funds generated will be used to upgrade our Juvenile pitch & towards the upkeep of all our facilities in Ballymac GAA.

All of the following are greatly appreciated:

• men’s clothing, women’s clothing, children’s clothing
• household textiles i.e. curtains, towels,
• soft toys, shoes, handbags, belts

• all your clean unwanted clothes, bedlinen, towels and textiles
• including shoes, bags and belts and soft toys
• mobile phones are accepted -but please keep separate from clothes & textiles
• books are accepted  but no school books (text or copy),
• no magazines or diaries.
• no household bric-a-brac

unfortunately we cannot accept • dirty or wet clothing • mats • carpets • duvets .  Thank you for your support.

Parish Entertainment Night

Kielduff Community was packed to capacity on Sunday evening last for a superb nights entertainment provided by very talented people from the Parish.  Singers, dancers, story tellers, musicians and comedians were amongst the many performers which kept the crowd enthralled for over two hours.  Huge credit is due to all who performed along with the organisers for the staging of this highly successful event.