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The Lee Strand Tralee/St Brendan’s League 2024
Round 2
18th February in Ardfert
Churchill 3-09 V Ballymacelligott 0-15
Another solid performance from our Senior team on Sunday last. Despite losing to Churchill the team played well.
Jamie Burke made his senior debut with an accomplished performance and Shane Gilroy continues to show improvement. Vinnie Horan and Brian Cassidy had outstanding games and losing both to injury made a difference to the team’s dynamic.
Jamie Burke.
The game was played in Ardfert on Sunday. Churchill’s Joe Lenihan got a blistering goal in the first minute of the game. It took Ballymac a good ten minutes to settle and when they did they performed solidly. Donal Daly scored Ballymac’s first point.
This was followed by two more from Vinnie Horan and Daire Keane. Churchill added a point. Then Ballymac played nice football for the next ten minutes linking up well and scoring a further four points from Donal Daly, Daire Keane, Vinnie Horan, and Michael Herlihy.
After 20 minutes Ballymac had a three-point lead. However, Churchill scored another goal to narrow the margin to one point and added two more points before halftime. Churchill turned over a lot of Ballymac ball in these last ten minutes and it made the difference.
Half-time score: Churchill 2-03 to Ballymac 0-08.
Churchill opened the scoring in the second half with a point. Three points followed from Vinnie Horan. Heroic work done by Daire Keane who assisted in two. Josh O’Keeffe replaced Vinnie Horan who was injured after eight minutes of the half.
Ballymac continued to dominate for the next ten minutes and had just one point from Donal Daly added to the scoreline. Churchill added a point, Dara Broderick replied with a great point. Injured Brian Cassidy was replaced by Barry Lyons.
With eight minutes left, Churchill pushed on and leveled the game 2-06 to 0-13. In the next five minutes, Churchill scored a goal and two points. Donal Daly added two points before Churchill scored the last point of the game.
Full-time score: Churchill 3-09 to Ballymac 0-15.
It was good to see Donal Daly back and our senior players Daire Keane, Tadhg Brick, Darragh Broderick, Cathal Dunne, Vinnie Horan, and Brian Cassidy work hard and give great leadership to all the younger players. All are gaining confidence from the matches.
Many Thanks to Tralee/St Brendan’s Board for the competition and to Ardfert for the fine facilities on Sunday.
The next game in this competition is Round 3
Sunday 25th February at 12pm
Ballymac V Na Gaeil
To double check fixture watch our Social Media pages closer to the date.
Team and scorers: Christy Leen, Darragh Sweeney, Brian Cassidy, Sean Rice, Shane Gilroy, Tadhg Brick, Jamie Burke, Cathal Dunne, Darragh Broderick (0-1), Michael Herlihy (0-1), Vinnie Horan (0-6), Darragh Regan (0-1), Sky Lynch, Donal Daly (0-4), and Daire Keane (0-2).
Substitutes used: Barry Lyons, Maurice O’Connell, Jonathan Brick.
Club Championship
The draw for the 2024 Kerry Petroleum Kerry Gaa Junior Premier Club Football Championship took place on Thursday night
Ballymac were drawn in group 2 with
Ballymac, St Senans, Churchill, Renard
Our first game will be against Renard dates and details to be announced
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/
Coaches Needed
We are looking for parents to get involved with helping out with coaching at our academy on Sunday mornings. Vetting and any courses arranged
Please contact Kieran 087 2221720 as soon as possible
Ballymac Minors
Ballymacelligott GAA v Keel Listry – Minor – Div 1 A – First Round
Ballymacelligott GAA 3-16 (25)
Keel/Listry 0-06
Our Minor team played Keel/Listry on a cloudy, relatively calm afternoon in Brosna on Saturday, 17th of February in the first round of the county league Division 1B.
In the first half, Ballymac showed great intent with some great running/attacking football on display and tenacious defending at the other end. Eoghan Joy made some great penetrating runs from deep to supply direct ball and even contributed with his own fine score from the full back position.
It was his brother, Jack who found the back of the net with a fine finish to give Ballymac momentum. The score at half time was Ballymac 1-10 Keel/Listry 0-04
In the first ten minutes of the second half, the game became a little more competitive with both sides having key times in possession however it was Ballymac who continued to show their dominance.
Further goals from the ever-threatening Jack Joy along with scores from Gearoid Healy, Ciarán O’Connell & Eoin Moriarty ensured Ballymac powered to victory. It was a solid first competitive outing of the season for our minors but also, with plenty to work on.
We would like to put on record our thanks to Brosna GAA for the use of their pitch on Saturday. It was greatly appreciated and the pitch itself was in fine condition for the time of year. Our next county league game will be confirmed over the coming week. Please keep an eye on the club social media for further details.
Congratulations Niall
Congrats to our super Niall Moriarty who had the honour of being one of the flag bearers at the Kerry-Mayo game on Saturday.
Kerry Lgfa Minors and Under 16
Well done to Kate and Anna (Minor), Jamielee and Katie (u16) who were part of Kerry panels who had mixed fortunes over the weekend with the Minors losing to Cork and the u16s victorious over Tipperary.
Scor
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 12th February, the Lotto draw took place online with Clubforce in the presence of Angela Lenihan and Oonagh O’Rahilly.
The Numbers drawn were : 14, 16, 19, 28
There was no winner of this week’s Jackpot of €6400. Congratulations to the lucky dip winners this week:
€30.00 – Marion Lyons, Ballincullig, Kielduff (Annual Ticket)
€20.00 – Sarah O’Neill, Lisataggle, Gortatlea (Annual Ticket)
€20.00 – Tony Riordan c/o Paula Silles (Annual Ticket)
Next Jackpot is €6,500 and the draw will take place on Monday 19th 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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