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Senior Team
Junior Premier Championship
The Kerry Petroleum Junior Premier Club Championship Round 1 between Ballymac and Listry will take place at a neutral venue. We do not have a time or a venue yet.
The 1st Rd 1 winner drawn in Rd 2 will have home venue, while the 2nd Rd 1 winner drawn in Rd 2 will be away. This will ensure all teams have one home, one away and one neutral venue. For the purposes of confirming the Rd 2 & Rd 3 Matches where a game finishes level in Rd 1 – The 1st named team in that game will be designated the ‘Match Winner’ & the 2nd named team the ‘Match Loser’.
U17 team
Our U17s have an important game on Monday night 16th August. They travel to Kenmare to play Kenmare in the semi-final of the County League.
The game is at 7.15pm.
Ballymac Abú!
We wish the team and management every success.
Last man Standing:
The Ladies club is once again running the very popular Last Man Standing and the closing date is Friday next the 20th August. The teams are from the Premier League and the first games are those being played on the weekend of the 21st August 2021 and the entry fee is once again €10.00 The rules are the same as previous competition, you can only pick one team once. Prize money is the same €400.We’re asking all sections and members of our club to get involved in this fundraiser. Any questions, please text Sean on 086-3853988
What do I have to do?
You need to pay your once off €10.00 fee by logging in to our web site ballymacgaa.com or (the Clubforce app) from today and follow the link to pay the €10.00. Be sure and include your mobile number in the information. You will automatically be emailed a receipt to confirm your payment. Once you have paid, we will send you a text message asking you for your teams. We will do this each week. You reply to the text message by the given date. The first week’s teams must be in by Friday next the 20th August. We really value your support.
Ballymac GAA first Ever Summer Camp was a great success!
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The weather was good and the children were great! All went very well. The coaches were fantastic. The Ballymac future stars had a great few days. On Friday Brian Curran & Dale Farm called with ice cream for all the children! What a kind thing to do. Thank you Brian.
Emma Sweeney surprised the kids with two balls one signed by the Kerry Senior Men’s team and one signed by the Senior Kerry Ladies! (Thanks Kieran Savage for that one) The balls were raffled and will be cherished by the winners!
Thank you to all our beautiful future stars, the parents who were so supportive, Emma and her wonderful team of Ballymac coaches: Sean Savage, Darragh Regan, Eve Creedon, Kate O’Connor, Ciaran Brosnan, Emily O’Brien, Adam Sheehy, and Darragh Sweeney. Thank you all, you were brilliant!
A big Thank you from all of us to Mike Quirke of Office & Ink for sponsoring our first ever camp. We appreciate the support, Mike.
Lost and found
These items have been left after camp and trainings pm the page if you recognise anything.
Academy.
On Sunday morning last Our U7s travelled to Connolly Park to play Austin Stacks in their first game! It was so exciting for all our kids to play in the Ballymac Colours! It was a wonderful morning and Thanks to our coaches and parents who travelled and a big thank you to all the children and to Austin Stacks for a great welcome.
The U6s continued training as normal in our main pitch. Another lovely Sunday morning session with our under U6’s this week with nearly 30 of our youngest players. The children’s ball handling skills are improving week on week and they love showing off all the skills they’ve been practicing at home. As the squad has shown such brilliant team working, this week we had our first attempt at a first proper mini-game, a huge sign of progress! We look forward to integrating games more into our practice in the coming weeks.
U11 Blue Team Match Report 12th August – Home game vs Austin Stacks
We welcomed Austin Stacks to Ballymac for Round 4 of the u11 County Football Go Games, on Thursday 12th August.
We lined out without two of our key players, Daniel and Adrian who were on well deserved holidays.
The last time we faced Stacks they played with a full-strength A team consisting of the best u10s and u11s.
This time around the mixed both their teams. Our boys started very well, with Tadhg scoring 1-1 in the first few minutes , thanks to a lovely assist from Ciarán.
Meanwhile, Harvey Leen was everywhere in the full back line and cleared everything that came his way. He was ably assisted by Gearoid Joy, Diarmuid Trant and Gearoid O’Connor.
Tadhg chipped in with an outstanding point from the sideline, like Maurice Fitzgerald all those years ago, before Ciarán added a goal of his own.
Ballymac were dominant in this period and before the water break Gearoid O’Connor added another goal that was superbly finished and Tadhg added another goal. Tadhg has been in superb scoring form in the last few games.
The very impressive Danny Lane moved in the forwards and scored 3 goals in quick succession, with some sublime play. Stacks added a number of points to give them the lead at half-time.
Our boys legs were starting to tire, having had 3 great days at the Ballymac Summercamp and we again had no subs bench to call on to rest players.
However, all the boys battled to the end and never stopped working for each other. Eric Quirke was superb in a variety of positions and had the beating of their talisman when he marked him early in the game. Diarmuid Trant stuck his man like glue and won numerous balls throughout the game. Gearoid Joy, playing with an injured arm, put in another storming performance. This guy is as hard as nails and has one of the finest kicks around. Patrick Leen was a constant threat and made clever runs for balls all throughout the game. Jack Lynch had to come off injured near the end of the game but had put in a great showing making some great saves. Jamie Harrington deputised for Jack in goals and didn’t put a foot wrong with some excellent kickouts. This was Jamie’s first game playing in the backs and he was a natural in the position. Evan Horgan again, like all his team mates worked from start to finish.
For me this was their most impressive performance to date because even with the odds stacked against them, with tired legs, missing key players, no subs and playing a Stacks A team for three quarters of the game, they never stopped working. When the chips are down this team comes out fighting and that bodes very well for this great bunch of boys.
Thanks to Niall Collins, who was excellent as referee on the night and kept the game flowing.
U13 Boys
Our Gold team were first in action on a wet and windy Saturday evening when they travelled west to Gallerus to take on An Ghaeltacht.
The home side made full use of the elements in the first half to build up a big half time lead, our Boys tried their hardest to fight their way back into the game in the second half but a strong defensive unit kept them at bay. Full credit to the Lads for battling to the end,but the West Kerry team ran out deserving winners in the end.
On Sunday evening the Blue team made the short journey to play Na Gaeil in Round 4 of the Co League.
Our Boys started the stronger and were well in control at the end of the first quarter, However, our intensity dropped in the second quarter which saw Na Gaeil close the gap to six points at half time.
The second half was much more even with the home side coming more into the game,which meant our defence was under a lot of pressure.
Despite Na Gaeil pressing hard in the last quarter we managed to hold out for a 5-6 to 3-6 victory.
U15 Boys
Boys U15 Round 2 Result from Central Region League played tonight:
Full Time
Ballymacelligott 3-08
John Mitchels 0-9
Health & Wellbeing
Ballymac Health and Wellbeing is recruiting volunteers!
Physical Activity Program. Ballymac GAA Health and Wellbeing Committee is running a program “Little Stars” for children ages 5 -12 with additional needs. We are looking for volunteers to get involved and help out with this rewarding program. Text or call Oonagh on 087- 7532949 if you would like to be involved. Join this fun team and be part of something special and worthwhile
Play Ball Lotto Results from 08:08: 2021
Last Monday nights Jackpot was €10,300 and the draw was made by Emma Sweeney, Ciarán Brosnan, and Maureen O’Shea with Mike Brosnan on camera. The draw was live on Facebook at 8.45am at our own Club grounds as we prepared for our first ever Ballymac GAA Summer Camp. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we were not in a position to do the draw on Monday night.
The numbers drawn were 17, 12, 9, and 24. There was no winner of the jackpot. The lucky dip winners were: €30.00 Jacqueline Hayes , €20.00 Moira Scanlon, and the three winners of 3 for a €5 quick pick for next week’s draw were: Padraig Hogan, Mike Brosnan and John Rice.
We thank you all for your support and next week’s Jackpot is €10,400.00 .
Tickets for the lotto can be purchase online at baalymacgaa.com
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from any of our sellers who are now selling from the clubforce mobile phone app.
Our nominated seller this week is Paula Silles and if you wish to contact Paula Silles, she will be delighted to assist you.
No Touch Lotto Sales
Ballymac GAA is now selling our lotto tickets Via Mobile. All you need to do is give us your numbers, mobile number, and payment. We enter in via mobile phone and you get a receipt to your mobile. It’s totally transparent and accountable. Once again, we thank you sincerely for your continued support.
Ladies Notes Sunday 15 August 2021
Senior Ladies
Division 4 Donal Curtain Cup
Monday 9th August 2021
Ballymac 3-11 Dingle 0-07
We were rusty after 2 weeks without a game, however in that time we put in some strong training sessions in working on our fitness and running game. The game started slow but we kept moving on and Emma Sweeney put us on the scoreboard with a well taken point. We got the measure of their kick out strategy which stood to us going forward. Caoimhe Carroll had a strong game with massive turnovers given the girls around her great confidence. It was great to have our captain Una Kerins back in her rightful spot of centre back. We ran out comfortable winners in this game but a lot of our players put in great performances. Big scores on the night came from Eve Creedon and Ellie McElligott. The entire panel got a good run out, making picking the team a hard job for management. Once again it was great to play in front of our loyal supporters.
The final of this competition will be played on Monday 23rd August.
U12 Girls
County League
Wednesday 4th August 2021
Kilcummin 2-09 Ballymac 0-08
This game was a real close game for the most part and served up a great spectacle to the supporters. Ballymac had a bare panel of 15 on the night with Holidays and Injuries taking their toll on the squad. This meant there were no subs which would ultimately be the difference.
At the first water break it was 1 point a piece with the ball travelling from one end of the pitch to the other but the defences on both teams were on top form.
In the second quarter Ballymac had two goal scoring opportunities but the Kilcummin defence remained defiant and held strong and both teams finished out the half kicking just two points from play leaving the half time score tied.
Half time score Ballymac 0-03 Kilcummin 0-03
In the third quarter Kilcummin slipped in for two well deserved goals.
Ballymac went hunting for a goal but their efforts were saved on numerous occasions by an excellent Kilcummin defence. To their credit Ballymac kept kicking points and kept the scoreboard ticking over but it was not to be on this occasion.
Final score Kilcummin 2-09 Ballymac 0-08
Scorers:
Michelle O’Connor 04 points
Emily Heffernan 02 Points
Molly O’Connor 01 Point
Cait Griffin Kirby 01 Point
County League
Wednesday 11th August 2021
Ballymac 3-09 Ballyduff 3-08
The Girls played Ballyduff in Ballymac on Wednesday evening in the County League.
These sides met earlier in the year in the North Kerry League competition where Ballyduff had the upper hand winning that game.
Ballymac started well kicking two points, the first from Aoibheann Sheehan cutting in from the left hand side and slotting over the bar, this was quickly followed up by Emily Heffernan slotting over a point from some good build up play.
At the first water break it was Ballymac 0:02 to no score.
The girls played some great attacking football and could have had a few goals were it not for Ballyduff’s Goalkeeper who stopped some great goal scoring opportunities on the goal line. Ballymac kicked two further points from Molly O’Connor & Michelle O’Connor.
Against the run of play a long range effort perfectly measured from Ballyduff dropped over the defensive line of Ballymac for a goal and they followed this by kicking a further three points from frees giving them the lead at half time.
Half Time score Ballyduff 1:03 Ballymac 0:04
Trailing by two points the girls set about the task at hand and some good build up play from Emily Heffernan offloaded to Aideen Healy who coolly netted Ballymac’s first goal and she quickly followed this up with a point from play. Emily Heffernan who was instrumental in the first goal took the ball on in another attack and finished for Ballymac’s second goal of the night, followed quickly by a well taken point from Katie Turner.
Ballyduff were not finished yet and slotted in a goal and three points in this period.
Score at the second water break was tied at Ballymac 2:06 Ballyduff 2:06
Into the final quarter it was nip and tuck from both teams, moving to corner forward Alice Savage made an immediate impact, Alice slotted over a point for the home side followed by two further points from Emily Heffernan and a decisive goal from Molly O’ Connor. These scores were vital as Ballyduff struck for 1:02 during this period leaving the full time score with just the narrowest of margins for the Ballymac Win.
Final Score Ballymac 3:09 Ballyduff 3:08
While the report is thus far about scores the victory was a credit to the team as a whole and mention has to go to the Ballymac defensive play of Goalkeeper Grace Kelly and backs Sorcha Healy, Alice Savage, Sinead Scanlon and Abigail Geary who had a tremendous game and the hard work of midfielders Molly and Michelle O’Connor covering every blade of grass on the night.
Scores came from seven different players and these players will gain the confidence to continue their scoring in the games ahead.
Scorers
Emily Heffernan 1-03
Molly O’Connor 1-01
Aideen Healy 1:01
Michelle O’Connor 0-01
Alice Savage 0-01
Katie Turner 0-01
Aoibheann Sheehan 0-01
Supporters on the night were treated to a thrilling game of football played in an open style with the lead changing hands at each interval. This is Ballymac’s first win in the county league and the team’s next fixture is away to Rathmore.
