Senior Men
Match Report: The Kerry Petroleum: Premier Junior Football Club Championship Group 2 Round 2 Ballymacelligott V Churchill
Date: Friday, August 9th, 2024.
Venue: Ballymacelligott
It was an excellent evening for football in Ballymacelligott on Friday when Ballymac hosted Churchill in a crucial Round 2 clash of Group 2 of the Junior Club Championship.
The game kicked off with a bang for Ballymac, who swiftly netted two goals before the lotto sellers could even pack up. The home team held onto their lead until the final whistle, despite a spirited second-half performance by Churchill that saw them outscore Ballymac. But those two early goals were a tough mountain to climb.
Aidan Breen opened the scoring with a point, followed by a goal. Aidan was involved again with Donal Daly to help Vinnie Horan score another. Donal Daly popped over a point, and Ballymac were 2-02 in the lead with eight minutes on the clock.
Donal Daly scored another point before Churchill’s Darragh O’Sullivan opened the scoring for Churchill. Both Donal Daly and Darragh O’Sullivan scored a point for their sides. Michael Herlihy and Michéal Reidy added a point each for Ballymac.
Churchill added a point just before Aidan Breen dispossessed Churchill on the ground and walked the ball into the back of the net. Churchill scored their last point of the half before Ballymac added two points from Captain Vinnie Horan.
The Half Time score: Ballymacelligott 3-07 Churchill 0-4
Daragh Regan’s point opened the scoring for Ballymac in the second half. Darragh O’Sullivan followed with the opening point for Churchill. Two Points from Michael Herlihy and Daragh Regan extended Ballymac’s lead from 3-08 to 0-5 with 23 minutes left to full-time.
Churchill scored a point from Ivan Parker, and Darragh O’Sullivan hit the back of the net to bring Churchill’s score to 1-06. Vinnie Horan and Niall Collins added two points for Ballymac. Darragh O’Sullivan and Vinnie Horan added a point for each of their teams. With 10 minutes left, the score was Ballymac 3-12 Churchill 1-09.
In the 28th minute, Churchill was awarded a penalty, and Darragh O’Sullivan scored a goal. This was Churchill’s last score of the game. Maurice O’Connell scored the final point for Ballymac.
Final Score: Ballymacelligott 3-13 Churchill 2-09
Ballymacelligott Team & Scorers.
Christy Leen, Josh O’Keeffe, Daniel O’Shea, Sean Rice, Michéal Reidy (0-1), Tadhg Brick (1-0), Daragh Sweeney, Aidan Breen (1-1), Cathal Dunne, Adam Sheehy, Vinnie Horan, Captain (1-3), Michael Herlihy (0-2), Brian Lonergan, Donal Daly (0-2), Daragh Regan (0-2).
Ballymacelligott Substitutes Introduced Niall Collins (0-1), Eoin Creedon, Brian Cassidy, Andy Rogers and Maurice O’Connell (0-1)
Manager: Ian Blake
Selectors: Tony Silles, Gene O’Keeffe, Mike Broderick & Padráig Laide.
Physical Trainer: Anthony O’Leary. Physio: Mark Thompson
We send our sincere condolences to the family of the late Tim Collins. Tim is the grandad to our senior player, Darragh Sweeney, and ladies’ player, Aoife. We are thinking of Paula and Liam at this time. We appreciate the fact that Darragh played our championship game Friday night.
A few facts
2 Players: Missing due to injury (Cian Counihan) and sickness (James Kenny) from the starting 15 team V Renard last week.
1 Player: Maurice O’Connell made his Championship Debut and scored his first Championship point.
1. It was good to see Eoin Creedon play his first game since mid-May when he injured his shoulder.
The Ballymacelligott main pitch will close on Monday, 12th August, for remedial work to the pitch, and we aim to have a top-quality playing surface available for all footballing activities by early summer 2025.
Lots of Support
Ballymac senior player Michèal Reidy surrounded by his family some of whom travelled from New Zealand, Australia and Co Louth to support him on Friday night. His nieces proudly wearing the Ballymac Jersey!
Senior Ladies
Big Night for Our Ladies on Monday evening at 6.30pm, In the Corrib Oil Senior Club League Final, as they head-to-head with group favourites Kerins O’Rahillys gaa club looking to overturn two defeats already this year. Good Luck Ladies. Be there in your colours and full voice to support our Ladies… #ballymacabú💙💛Link to tickets below.
Check out this event on Universe https://www.universe.com/events/corrib-oil-senior-ladies-club-league-final-division-26-tickets-JRV2X5
Thank You from the Lotto Committee
The Ballymacelligott GAA Lotto Committee wishes to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who supported our lotto sales at all our home games in 2024. Your support at every game is genuinely appreciated, and we sincerely thank you for your generosity.
The Lotto is the backbone of our club for the year, and it helps us have an income every week. The sales at home games and neutral games at our pitch boost sales every year and make a big difference to our balance sheet at the end of the year.
Our pitch is being closed for necessary remedial work. We will miss the lottery income from our game sales. Anyone who wishes to support our lotto going forward can do so online at www.ballymacgaa.com or by contacting any member of the lotto committee. We look forward to seeing you all in 2025 on our own top-class playing pitch. Go mara sibh céad
Well Done to Jeremiah Lynch
On Sunday, 11th August, our hard-working club referee, Jeremiah Lynch, reached a milestone. He refereed a game on the Valentia GAA pitch, the last pitch in the County on his list. Over the past twenty-five years, he has refereed a game on every other pitch in the County of Kerry. He debuted on the Old John Mitchels pitch (Champers) in Boherbee when he refereed a U14 game. a quarter of a century ago. It’s an excellent service to the club and the county. Well done, Jeremiah.
St Kierans Minors
Best of luck to our 11 minors tomorrow night with St Kierans when they play Legion in the second round of the Keane’s Super Valu Minor County Championship in Castleisland @ 7pm.
Under 15 boys
A high scoring semifinal victory over Milltown/Castlemaine on Monday last, sees our u15 team into the D6 final.
Final score
Ballymac 3-14
M/C 2-9
Well done all.
Under 14 girls
Our U14’s played Moyvane in the North Kerry League on Wednesday evening, going down by a point after a fascinating contest 5-8 to 4-12. Thanks to Kieran Boyle for refereeing at such short notice.
Under 12 girls
Our two U.12 girls teams at the county festival of football held brilliantly by John Mitchell’s today.
We had games against Austin Stacks, Scartaglin, Na Gaeil, Listowel Emmets, Currow, Killarney Legion & Na Piarsaigh #gogames #serioussupport
We have 2 games coming up in Phase 2 with our two Ballymac U.12 girls teams.
●Southern Gaels away in Renard GAA pitch on Tuesday 13th August with throw in at 6.45pm
●Corca Dhuibhne away in Lispole GAA pitch on Tuesday 20th August with throw in at 6.30pm.
Under 9 boys
Well done to our U9 boys who travelled to Blennerville Tuesday evening to play St Pats in 3 very sporting and competitive games. Thanks to St Pats for hosting and to the parents for driving. Keep up the practice at home.
Academy
Academy will return on Sunday 11am venue will be decided on keep an eye on social media.
We still have a limited number of Jerseys available in the club shop.
Academy is 11am to 12 noon every Sunday,
Congratulations Ian on winning the Ballymac GAA Lotto Jackpot
Last Friday night, Ian O’Sullivan was presented with his € 8,300 Lotto Jackpot winning cheque. John Rice, Chairman of Ballymacelligott GAA Club, handed over the cheque to Ian in Glenduff House.
Ian’s lucky numbers were from a quick pick he purchased four weeks ago at Ballymac GAA Pitch. Ian is a great supporter of our lotto and recently sponsored a set of Jerseys for our Senior B team.
It has been a very busy and happy few weeks for Ian, as he, Muireann, and Oran welcomed Iarla to the family! This is a double celebration for the O’Sullivan family. Congratulations to you all and we thank you and are very grateful for your support.
Lotto
Ballymac GAA Lotto results: Monday 5th August 2024
Oonagh O’Rahilly, our Assistant Treasurer, David Keane, our Senior Ladies Coach and Naomi O’Sullivan from O’Riada’s conducted our draw for a € 2500 Jackpot tonight in O’Riada’s Bar & Restaurant.
The numbers drawn were 3, 14, 25 and 30.
There was no winner of the Jackpot of €2500.00
Congratulations to the lucky dip winners this week:
€30.00 – Diarmuid Lynch Kilduff, who bought his ticket in Glenduff House,
€20.00 – Niall, Mary, Ciara & Aoife, Waterville, who bought the ticket online.
€20.00—Bob Walsh, who bought his ticket online
The Next Jackpot offers an exciting chance to win €2600. The draw will occur live on Facebook from O’Riada’s Bar and Restaurant on Monday, 12h August 2024.
On 19th August, all the Quick Pick winners for the previous five weeks will be entered into a draw to win a € 50.00 meal voucher from O’Riada’s Bar and Restaurant. So far, we have the following in the draw:
From Mon 22nd July: Sharon Clancy, Anne Mangan, Patrick White.
From Mon 29th July: Eanna Reidy, Julie Fealy & Helen Slattery.
From Mon 5th August: Diarmuid Lynch (Niall, Mary, Ciara & Aoif) and Bob Walsh
Play Ball Lotto Ticket sales close at 6 pm sharp online. 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 are available at The Halfway Shop, O’Riada’s Bar and Restaurant and Glenduff Manor.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to our three local businesses for facilitating the sale of the lotto tickets and their continued support. To enable all the entries in the draw, the closing time for Quick Pick (paper) entries is Sunday nights at Glenduff Manor and 4 p.m. on Mondays from The Halfway and O’Riada’s Bar and Restaurant.
We thank you for your continued support, which is greatly appreciated for our club’s day-to-day running costs.
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