LOTTO
Ballymac GAA lotto was held in O Riadas on Monday 14th September 2015 for a jackpot of €8,300. Numbers drawn were 15,17,18,19. There was no winner.
Lucky Dipa
1. Luke O Mahony, c/o Tom Leen
2. Noreen De Lacey, Edenburn
3. Helen Leen, Chutehall
4. Geraldine McLoughlin, Meadowlands Estate, Tralee
5. Thomas Wharton, c/o Tom Leen
Sellers Prize : Tom Leen. The lotto now stands at €8400 and can be played at www.ballymacgaa.com
SENIORS
Our Senior team travel to Gallarus on Saturday evening next to play An Gaeltacht in Round 10 of the Co. League. This game is due to throw in at 6.00pm.
GOLF CLASSIC FUNDRAISER
Ballymac are running a golf classic in Beaufort Golf Club on Saturday 3rd of October. The competition is a stableford 4-man team format. Team of 4 costs €160. All persons interested in entering a team please contact David Slattery at (087) 2201042 or Geoff Riordan on (086) 601 5165. Team prizes for 1st/2nd & 3rd with First prize being a 4 Ball at the Old Head of Kinsale!! All proceeds go to development of the new training pitch in Ballymac
FAOI 16
Our match away to Kerins O’ Rahillys on Monday the 14th of September was cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date.
Castleisland District lost out to a strong East Kerry side in the semi final of the U16 Divisional Championship. Ballymac representatives on the panel were Michael Hoare, Darragh Regan, Keelan Brosnan, Josh O Keeffe, Eoin O Malley, Liam O Malley.
FAOI 12
Our Blue team had a very busy week this week as they played three games in five days. First up on Monday night was our final game in Div 1 Central Region where we welcomed Ballyheigue to Ballymac. In a ding dong battle throughout the game our boys put in a great performance on the night. Great credit must go to Ballyheigue who would be more known for the small ball, but in fairness they had some great passages of play and as hard as our boys tried they couldn’t pull away from them. All agreed a draw on the night was a fair result. Ballymac 2-10 Ballyheigue 1-13
Next up on Wednesday night we travelled to Ballyseedy to take on John Mitchels in Rd. 4 of Castleisland District League. After a disastrous first ten minutes of the game we were trailing 1-04 to no score.
With a few positional changes now our boys slowly got to grips with Mitchels and by the time the half time whistle came we were just trailing by two points.
Coaches on the night Jack, Liam, Eddie and Roland settled the boys down and one only knows what was said but they came out a different team and from the throw in took the game to Mitchels and out scored them to come away with a great victory. Final score on the night was Ballymac 1-16 to John Mitchels 1-11.
Two days later we travelled to Knocknagoshal to take on Knock/Brosna in final Rd of Castleisland District League. With a limited squad on the night due to various reasons great credit must go to the lads for coming away with a great victory and guarantees us a place in the Div1 Castleisland District final.
Their is no date set yet for the final but will be played in the next couple of weeks as we are waiting on some back games to be played to see you our opponents are. Result on the night Ballymac 2-12 Knock/Brosna 1-05
FAOI 10 /FAOI 8
There was no Academy on Sunday the 20th of September due to the all Ireland final between Kerry and Dublin. We will be travelling to St Pats Blennerville for a challenge game on Sunday the 27th of September, Time to be confirmed.
FAOI 6
No Academy took place on Sunday the 20th of September due to the all Ireland final between Kerry and Dublin. The kids are getting on great and have are having a lot of fun developing their skills week-by-week. The Academy will return next Sunday the 27th of September at the usual time.
CAILINI FAOI 13
Our girls came out on top by a point on a scoreline of 2-9 to 2-8 in a tense, tight, enthralling contest in this County under 13 championship final in farranfore against our near neighbours Castleisland Desmonds. Down five points with ten minutes remaining the girls worked their way back into the game with a goal and five points to Desmonds two.
A big factor in this was the girls extra bit of fitness to see out the game right to the final whistle. Most of this group of girls have achieved so much now in our short history having a ladies club, adding this trophy to the county league under fourteen trophy three weeks ago, North kerry under twelve league trophy this year and last year’s county under twelve trophy.
This victory was well deserved after travelling to South Kerry a couple of weeks ago and beating a very strong Inbhear Sceine Gaels team in the semi final. Cora Savage opened the scoring with a free followed by a point from player of the match Cait Rice. Desmonds levelled with two points of their own, one from Emma O Regan whose father James, played for Ballymac for many years.
After a good move and shot by Emily O Donoghue the ball broke to Cora Savage and she stuck it in the back of the net to give ballymac the lead by three points but Desmonds clawed this back to a point by halftime. The secondhalf started with Desmonds levelling, and they followed this with two goals to leave our girls trailing by six.
The girls responded with a goal from Ellie Mc Elligott, but Desmonds responded with two points for the remainder of the half to Ballymacs five. Cora, Emily and Aisling chipped in with points to leave one point between the teams with four minutes to go.
Cora Savage was fouled about thirty meters from goal and a well worked team free saw Caoimhe put the ball over the bar to draw the game. The girls gained possession after the kickout and worked their way into a scoring position again and Emily scored a point from the tightest of angles to the delight of everyone involved.
Best on the night was Ellie Sugrue in goals, Sinead Mc Keown, Roisin Long , Eve Creedon in defence, midfielders Aisling and Caoimhe and Emily O Donoghue, Cora Savage, Ellie Mc Elligott in the forwards.
To the delight of the Ballymac players, management and supporters Caoimhe Carroll, captain, accepted the trophy on behalf of the team . Team; Ellie Sugrue, Millie Dunne , Roisin Long , Cathy Palmer , Catriona Sommers, Sinead Mc Keown, Eve Creedon, Aisling O Connell, Caoimhe Carroll (c) , Cora Savage, Ellie Mc Elligott, Cait Rice, Lisa Curran, Emily O Donoghue, Caroline Hurley. Subs; Ellie Linehan, Laura Dunne, Kate O Connor,Jade Riordan, Holly Geary, Aoife Galvin, Sophie O Donoghue.
SYMPATHY
The Club extends its sympathy to the Kirby Family on the recent death of Tom Kirby, Ballyseedy. Toms grandson Padraig is a goalkeeper for both Senior and Minor teams in the Club.
