LOTTO

The lotto was held in the Halfway Bar on Monday, 13th July 2015 for a lotto jackpot of €7,400.  Numbers drawn were 3,4,10,16.  There was no winner.

Lucky Dips

1. Jer Lynch, Kielduff

2. Gerry O Shea, Kielduff

3. Ted Fitzgerald, Clash Tralee

4. Geoff Riordan, Kielduff

5. John Genie Gene & Sheila, c/o Paul Sugrue

Sellers Prize: Tom Leen.  The lotto now stands at €7,500 and can be played at www.ballymacgaa.com

SENIOR TEAM

Round 8 of the Co. League is taking place next weekend however, Ballymacs game against Listry has been put back to the weekend of August 29th.

JUNIORS

Our Junior League Semi Final takes place on Friday next, 24th July when we travel to Clounmacon to take on the locals.  This game is due to throw in at 7.30pm.  In Round 2 of the Coiste Tra Li league we were defeated by a strong Strand Road team on a scoreline of 3 10 to 2 05.

FAOI 16

SPA 1-3  BALLYMAC 2-8

We resumed our County League campaign away to Spa last Wednesday evening. A solid defensive performance was the key to this victory.

We limited the opposition to two scores in each half and none from play overall. Spa were well on top for most of the first half but our defence coped well, with Eddie Rodgers and Tadhg Brick in fine form.

With 20 minutes gone we were 1-1 to 0-1 behind. Dara Keane had pointing for us with their goal coming from a penalty. When a Dara Reagan effort came back off the crossbar Keelan was on hand to add another point after which Dara Reagan pointed from a free.

Josh won possession from a Dara Reagan free and headed goal ward before passing to Dara Chawke who was fouled in the square. Keelan converted the resulting penalty and Josh added another point. Amazingly we had turned it around and lead at half time 1-4 to 1-1.

Spa pointed from a free shortly after the restart. With ten minutes gone Tadhg Brick disrupted an opposition attack; Keelan won possession and took off on one of his trademark runs finishing to the net.

A further few goal chances were missed while the goalposts denied us on a few more occasions. Further points by Liam O Malley, Dara Reagan, Josh, and Keelan finished our scoring to give us our third victory in a row. Our next game is at home to John Mitchel’s on the 29th of July.

FAOI 14

Our U14 team play their next match in the Central Region away against Kerins O’ Rahillies on Monday the 20th of July at 6.00 pm.

FAOI 11

The U11 town league starts with a home fixture against Ardfert on Tuesday the 21st of July at 6.30 pm.

FAOI 10

The U10 had Go Games in Scartaglin on Monday the 13th of July. An enjoyable evening of football was enjoyed by the players.  We travelled to play in the Annual Miltown/Castlemaine Blitz on Sunday last.

In our group games we had two excellent 1 point victories over Austin Stacks and Miltown/Castlemaine with just one loss to a good Ardfert side.  These results saw us qualify for a semi final game with Beaufort.

A goal by the mid Kerry side mid way through the second half was the decisive score in a close game which saw them qualify for the final.  Our lads can be proud of their efforts on the day and all players gave 100% commitment.

Many thanks to Miltown/Castlemaine for their invitation to this Blitz which was very well organised.  Panel: T. Plamer, M. Culloty, L. Horgan, D. Galvin, D. Lucid, A. Riordan, S. Rice, N. Collins, M. Predergast, R. Lowe, J. Burke, A. Horgan, C. Palmer, K. Collins.  The U10’s are participating in the John Mitchel’s Blitz next Saturday the 25th of July at 10am.

The boys are attempting to retain their crown from last year’s tournament. Training for the U10 boys will take place on Wednesday evening at the usual time.

FAOI 8

The U8 Go Games scheduled for Friday the 17th of July was cancelled due to the sad passing of Donal Rahilly’s father RIP. The academy on Sunday morning was also cancelled. The U8’s are participating in the John Mitchels Blitz next Saturday the 25th of July. The Blitz commences at 10.00am.

MUNSTER FINAL BUS

Once again Ballymac GAA Club took 2 buses to the Munster Final replay in Fitzgeralds Stadium in Killarney  and despite the inclement weather all returned home happy following Kerry’s great win.

CAILINI FAOI 13

The club’s under 13 girls were invited to attend the annual Sandra Keane Blitz in the John Mitchels complex on Saturday last. With sixteen teams in attendance and they divided into four groups of four our girls were competing against Moyvane, Kerins O’Rahillys and Doora Barefield from Clare.

In the first game we overcame Moyvane easily but found Doora Barefield a different proposition in the second game losing out in the end by two points after a great secondhalf performance. Final score was 2-4 to 2-2.In the final game of the group stages we took on Kerins O’Rahillys and beat them on a scoreline of 2-5 to 1-3.

This meant we finished second in our group and all teams which finished second in each group played each other in two semi finals. We were pitted against local rivals Desmonds and after a great battle we lost out by two points.

The girls gave everything throughout the day and could hold their heads high. Teams and scorers throughout the day were as follows ; Ellie Linehan , Roisin Long  , Sophie O Donoghue  , Eve Creedon , Sinead Mc Keown , Cathy Palmer , Caoimhe Carroll, Emily O Donoghue (1-5)  , Kate O Connor  , Lisa Curran (3-1) , Laura Dunne, Ellie Mc Elligott, Cora Savage (5-7) ,Aoife Galvin (1-0), Millie Dunne, Jade Riordan.

CUL CAMPS

Final Reminder to all parents Cul Camps will take place in Ballymac GAA Club week commencing Monday, 27th July 2015.   Full details and registration can be found online at www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie or by collecting a form at the Club shop.

SYMPATHIES

The Club would like to extend its deepest sympathy to Ladies Club Chairman Donal Rahilly and the Rahilly family Scartaglen on the recent death of Donal’s father Jack Rahilly.