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Ballymac Senior Team who played Austin Stacks in Round 1 of The Tralee/St Brendans League on Sunday 11th February
Senior Men Team
Tralee/St Brendan’s League
Round 1
11th February in Connolly Park.
Austin Stacks 0-8 Vs Ballymacelligott 1-6.
Thanks to the Tralee/St Brendan’s Board, club players were allowed to play their first competitive game of the 2024 season on Sunday. Ballymac saw two of last year’s minors don the senior jersey for the first time: Cathal White and Shane Gilroy. Both players played with distinction and we wish them both years of success in the Blue and Gold
Connolly Park was the venue and it was a nice crisp bright day for football. It took both teams a good ten minutes to settle into the game.
The first score came from play from Ballymac’s Darragh Broderick. Two points followed from Stacks, leaving the score 0-2 to 0-1 after fifteen minutes of play.
Darragh Broderick scored a point from a free. Stacks replied with another point from Shane O’Callaghan. 22 minutes into the game Cathal Dunne replaced Sean Rice, who was injured. Vinnie Horan scored a point from play and just before half time Cathal White was injured and was replaced by Skye Lynch.
The Half Time Score: Austin Stacks 0-3 Ballymac 0-3.
Once the game recommenced Stacks fired over three points without reply. The score after ten minutes was 0-6 to 0-3.
In the 11th minute, Adam Sheehy intercepted a ball in the Ballymac back-line and passed it to Darragh Sweeney who cleared it up the field to Michael Herlihy and gave a great pass to Darragh Regan. Darragh made no mistake and hit the back of the net.
Another point from Adam Sheehy, following great defensive work, by Tadhg Brick saw Ballymac in the lead and more importantly, defending well and gelling together as a team. Eoin Creedon, who had played with his usual sharp defensive work, had to leave the field as he got an injury.
Stacks added a point before Ballymac scored two more points: one from play from Skye Lynch and a free from Vinnie Horan. The game’s last point came from the home side’s Greg Horan.
The final score: Austin Stacks 0-8 Ballymacelligott 1-06.
Cathal White and Shane Gilroy who both started their first game for Ballymac Senior Team on 11/2/24 Vs Austin Stacks in the Tralee/St Brendans League.
Overall this was a very positive performance from our team. Shane Gilroy and Cathal White slotted well into the team. It is good to see players who joined the panel in recent years growing in confidence: Eoin Creedon, Sean Rice, Skye Lynch, Darragh Sweeney, and Adam Sheehy.
Team and scorers: Christy Leen, Eoin Creedon, Brian Cassidy, Darragh Sweeney, Cathal White, Tadhg Brick, Shane Gilroy, Darragh Broderick, Brian Lonergan, Sean Rice, Vinnie Horan, Michael Herlihy, Darragh Regan, Adam Sheehy and Barry Lyons.
Substitutes used: Cathal White, Daire Keane, Skye Lynch, and Cathal Dunne.
Austin Stacks: Ben Quilter, Colin Griffin, Barry Walsh, Niall Fitzmaurice, Luke Casey, Adam Collins, Eoghan Carroll, Greg Horan, Cillian Oatfield, Darag McGivergan, Fiachra Mangan, Conor Horan, Johanthan Kissane, Shane O’Callaghan and David Mannix.
On Sunday next, we play Churchill in Round 2 in Churchill.
Registration
Registration is now open on clubforce. All memberships can be paid through the link. The link is on our social media pages for ease of access
https://clubs.clubforce.com/clubs/gaa-ballymacelligott-gaa-kerry/
Our Ballymac players who won the Corn Ui Mhuiri Final with Mercy Mounthawk on Saturday
Corn Ui Mhuiri Final
The Corn Ui Mhuiri Final was a great occasion on Saturday, Austin Stacks Park was the venue for a game between 2 Tralee Schools – CBS The Green and Mercy Mounthawk
The Green have played in the final before where it was a first for Mercy Mounthawk.
There was a fantastic support for both teams and they were treated to a great game of football.
The club was well represented with 8 players in total involved
Mercy Mounthawk – Niall Collins, Sky Lynch, Micheal Savage, Tom Long
CBS The Green – Mairtin Mc Kivergan, Eoin Moriarty, Stephen Turner, Jamie Burke
It was Mercy Mounthawks Day who ended up winning by 0-15 to 1-9.
Making history for their school, congratulations to the team and management and commiserations to CBS.
Kerry Ladies Minor/Under 16 teams
Well done to our four Club Girls who pulled on the Green and Gold Jersey over the past weekend in games against Limerick in the Munster Championship.
On Saturday Kate and Anna Collins both played on the Kerry Minor team who had a comprehensive victory in their match held in Cappamore.
On Sunday Jamielee O Connor and Katie Turner were part of the Kerry u16 panels who played two games in the Staker Wallace grounds,where they were victorious in both.
Scor representatives
Scor
Ballymacelligott GAA were represented by a young team last weekend in Scór na nÓg Co. Final. The high standard of this under 17 competition / didn’t phase the girls who were awarded second place at the presentation of awards ✨
SCÓR NA BPAISTÍ : DISTRICT FINAL: MARCH 9th KNOCKNAGOSHEL. Any club member in National school is eligible to participate. Categories include: figure & set, seán nós & solo dancing, solo & instrumental music, solo singing, ballad group, recitation, Léiriú & Tráth na gCéist.
SCÓR SINSIR KERRY CO. FINAL: takes place on March 22nd. If any members are interested in taking part in either of the above, please contact Scór Officer Josephine Fearns on 086 160 7355.
Lotto
On Monday 5th February, the Lotto draw took place online with Clubforce in the presence of Angela Lenihan and Oonagh O’Rahilly.
The Numbers drawn were : 12, 13, 15, 31
There was no winner of this week’s Jackpot of €6300. Congratulations to the lucky dip winners this week:
€30.00 – Geraldine McMahon, Killorglin c/o Gene O’Keeffe. (Annual Ticket)
€20.00 – Padraig O’Leary, Ballyfedora (Annual Ticket)
€20.00 – Helen Slattery, Rathanny (Annual Ticket)
Next Jackpot is €6,400 and the draw will take place on Monday 12th February 2024. Play Ball Lotto Ticket sales close at 6 pm sharp.
Tickets can be purchased by clicking here https://play.clubforce.com/play_newa.asp?ll_id=2258&PC=0&RP=#Anchor
or from our regular sellers Paula Silles and Maureen O Shea . Quick Pick Envelopes and €2 cards are available at The Half Way Shop, O Riadas Bar and C.A Galvin Ltd. The closing time for entries will be 4 pm on Mondays to facilitate the draw. Your continued support is very much appreciated for the day to day running costs of our club.
Check out all the latest news from Ballymac GAA Club by clicking here www.ballymacgaa.ie
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