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The Ballymac GAA U10 boys are delighted with their new Club jerseys, kindly sponsored by Ballymacelligott Company C A Galvin LTD. Ballydwyer.
Senior Team
The County League is scaled down to five games per team. Division 2 is split into A and B and we play in B. We have two home games and three away games in this competition. In this Division: Three teams are promoted – the top team in each Section plus a play-off between second placed team in each Section
We wish our senior team great success in the Credit Union Senior County League 2021
The Ballymacelligott Fixtures are as follows:
12th / 13th June: Ballymacelligott V Annascaul
19th / 20th June: Piarsaigh Na Dromada V Ballymacelligott
3rd /4th July: Listry V Ballymacelligott
17th /18th July: Ballymacelligott V Gneeveguilla
31st July/1st August :Templenoe V Ballymacelligott
We wish our senior team and management every success in the County League 2021. Ballymac Abú!!
Coiste Trá Lí Junior League
Coiste Trá Lí is running a District Junior league in late June. Ballymac Junior Team is in Group B with Austin Stacks C, Churchill B & St Pats B. The Competition will start on Tuesday 22nd June., 2nd round is on the June 29th and the 3rd round is on the July 6th. Fixtures and Kick Off Times will follow in the next few days.
Kerry Teams
Another good Sunday for the Kerry Senior Team and The Kerry Senior Ladies. Congratulations to both on winning their respective games. The Kerry Senior team will face Tyrone in the Allianz Football League semi-final on the weekend of June 12th/13th. Venue: TBC
Coiste na nÓg
Academy
Our U7s players and mentors … received a sports medical bag sponsored by Uniphar Group on Sunday last. JP Healy The Uniphar Group Munster representative presented the bag to a delighted group of our U7 players, mentors and our coaching officer Stephen O’Brien. Our Club is very grateful for this generous gesture from Uniphar.
The Academy continued on Sunday morning for U7s. Once again it was a morning of Sun, fun, some lovely football. If you wish to help out for just one hour on Sunday mornings. It will be a decision you will not regret. You may not get paid to coach these excellent players but it will be the most rewarding hour of your week. Thanks for volunteering
Ballymac Academy every Sunday morning at 11am.
Any child from the Parish between the ages of 5-9 interested in joining is welcome on Sunday mornings at 11am at our main pitch.
Any queries please contact one of the Coiste na nOg officers below.
Declan O’Connell (Chairman) 087 0964331
Ger Collins (Secretary) 087 6430693
Stephen O Brien (Coaching Officer) 086 8376432.
U9 Boys
The U9 Ballymac boys had a fun training session this week. It was great to see so many boys enjoying ‘the game’. They were busy practising the pick-up, the kick pass and the hop and solo.
New players are always welcome and there were plenty of smiling faces around. Lots of parents and grandparents turned out on Sunday to watch the boys training. See you all next week. Ballymac abú!
U11 Boys
Ballymac U11 Boys had another good training session on Tuesday and Saturday evening, doing plenty skills and finishing off with a game. Training continues every Tuesday evening 7pm-8pm and Saturday afternoon 5.30pm -6.30pm. Ballymac Abú
U13 Boys
Our u13 Boys are eagerly looking forward to their first Co League games which are due to take place on Sunday June 13th.
Our Blue team welcome Beaufort to Ballymac while the Gold are also home to Ardfert on the same day.
The Boys are moving well in training and hopefully can carry this into these games.
All the County League Fixtures for our U13 boys are on our web site and will be updated with scores and match reports as the games progress.
U15 Boys
The U15s Blue Team boys continue their preparation for the 1st County League game away to Crokes with some hard sessions on the field with all 28 players putting in tremendous work rate and effort. This should stand to them when we return to competitive football on June 9th in Killarney. Hopefully the boys will enjoy their summer of football and the weather stays good. We are home to both Churchill & Kenmare and away to Crokes, Na Gaeil .
Our U15 Gold Team boys team take on Killarney Legion B at home in a challenge arranged by the county board the week starting June 7th with a fixture date to be agreed.
All the County League Fixtures for our U15 boys are on our web site and will be updated with scores and match reports as the games progress.
U17 Boys.
Our U17s compete in Division 2 A of the County League , with our first game at home to Finuge/Beale on Monday the 7 th of June .
We play Moyvane away the following Monday 14 th of June .
Our final game is against Firies in Ballymac on Monday June 28 th .
We would like to wish the Best of luck to all players & Coaches in the County League .
Thanks to Oonagh O’Rahilly of Ballymac Health and Wellbeing Committee for giving the players a talk on Hydration, and thanks to Sean Hennesy of Corrib Oil for sponsoring the Bottles of Water .
Our preparations have been going very well over the last couple of weeks and we would like to thank the players for putting in a huge effort to get fit and ready for the resumption of the County League . Players to impress in Training were Luke O’Connell, Raymond Lowe James Kenny, Gary Lynch,Sam Mansfield and Mossie Brennan .
Ladies News:
Ladies club membership
It’s great to see such a high number in our ladies squad. This year we have 90 players in our teams from U12 up to Senior and an additional 40 or so playing with the academy. The future of Ladies football in Ballymacelligott is looking good.
Goalkeeper workshop
On Wednesday last our U16 and Senior Goalies were put through their paces by Mike Crossan, former Donegal goalkeeper. The girls thoroughly enjoyed the session.
U16
The U16 girls will play Rathmore on Monday 7th June at 5pm in Rathmore. This is a great opportunity for the girls to get them back into the swing of things and put all their hard work in training into action.
U12
On Monday 7th June the U12 girls begin their North Kerry League. They welcome Beale at 12pm. Good luck to the girls and their coaches.
Kerry Ladies
We would like to extend our congratulations to the Kerry Ladies on this weekend victory.
Health & Wellbeing Committee
Our Health and Well-Being Committee have put together an excellent summary video to celebrate the launch of Ballymac GAA Healthy Club Launch. It is well worth watching to get a flavour of what Ballymacelligott GAA Health and Well-Being have achieved with the Ballymacelligott Community despite extraordinarily difficult circumstances especially in the past year.
Well done to Oonagh O’Rahilly and The Health and Well-Being Committee who have willed this project into a solid reality that will benefit everyone in our community. This video is available on our web site and Social Media platforms and is well worth watching.
Our healthy club initiatives continued with the U17 Boys team last Monday evening.
They each received a bottle of water and literature on the importance of HYDRATION during and after exercise,
Thanks to Sean Hennessy Corrib Tralee for sponsoring the water.
Jackpot €9200.00: Play Ball Lotto Draw and Results 24th May 2021
The Numbers 32,31,2 and 30 were drawn live this evening on Facebook Live by John Rice witnessed by Eddie O’Connell and Dave Slattery.
There was no winner of the Jackpot of €9,200.00.
The Lucky dip winners were:
€30.00 Denis Harris C/O Paula Silles
€20.00 Eileen Moriarty
The three lucky dip winners of Three Random Quick Picks for next week’s draw were: Jack Culloty, Doreen Turner, and Mary Silles.
Thanks to Paula Silles who sold all of the winning tickets last week. Paula’s commitment to the Ballymac GAA and The Lotto Committee is phenomenal and we thank her sincerely for all she does every week.
The Jackpot is €9300.00 for next week and the draw takes place on Monday 31st May just around 6.05 pm on the Ballymacelligott GAA Facebook Live page.
You can buy your ticket for the €9300.00 Jackpot next Monday night by logging in towww.ballymacgaa.com or from any of our sellers who are now selling from the clubforce mobile phone app.
Our nominated seller this week is Maureen O’Shea 087 9795220. and if you wish to contact Maureen she will be delighted to assist you.
