LOTTO
Ballymac GAA lotto was held in Ballygarry House Hotel on Monday 14th December for a lotto jackpot of €9,600. Numbers drawn were 12,18,22,26. There was no winner.
Lucky Dips
1. Mary O Sullivan, c/o Tony Marshall
2. Eileen McCarthy, Abbeydorney
3. Tom Leen, Chutehall
4. Margaret O Connor, Ballymac
5. Mary Dennehy, Tralee
The lotto now stands at €9,700 and can be played at www.ballymacgaa.com
BAG PACKING
Many thanks to all who volunteered their help on Saturday and Sunday last for bag packing for the Club in Dunnes Stores in the Horan Centre. We appreciate this is a very busy time of year for people and not easy to give up of their time for the Club. Many thanks also to those who contributed.
UNDER 16 BOYS YEAR REVIEW
Training commenced indoors in mid January and moved outdoors by early February. Through the year we played nineteen competitive games incorporating four competitions, reaching the final of three and a playoff in fourth was just reward for a remarkable group of players who’s commitment and dedication to the Club is unquestionable. To add to this remarkable achievement we were only able to field a fully fit team on just one occasion during the year.
Castleisland District was our first competition in which we had wins over Knock/Brosna, Mitchels and Desmonds while losing to Cordal/Scart in our first game of the year. We again played Cordal/Scart in the District final on a miserable wet evening in Scartaglen. Even though we were only a few points down at half time a physically stronger Cordal/Scart side pulled away in the second half to win comfortably.
Next up was the Central Region competition in which we had wins over Milltown/Castlemaine, An Ghaeltacht, drew with Desmonds and losing by the minimum to Annascaul/Lispole and Kerins O Rahillys resulted in Ballymac having a playoff with An Ghaeltacht. Playing An Ghaeltacht for a semi final spot and despite a strong second half Ballymac performance An Ghaeltacht won by a point. Our third defeat in a row by the bare minimum ended our interest in Central Region.
A step up in training was rewarded with a fine campaign in County League Div 3A, victories away to Kilgarvan/Tousist and Spa Killarney adding to a memorable 5-13 to 5-11 win over Glenflesk and easily disposing the Mitchels in our home ties gave us home advantage and a renewed confidence for our semi final v Rathmore who finished second in Div 3B.
Having overcome Rathmore in a very tense and tenacious home semi final we played Listowel Emmets in the Div 3 County Final in glorious sunshine at Connoly Park Tralee. Struggling with the pace of the Emmets forwards we found ourselves down by six points at one stage, but had it back to three points by half time.
With a few positional changes at half time this group showed their true class, resolve and character with a fantastic second half performance seeing us run out easy winners on a score line of 5-8 to 2-7. Captain Liam O Malley was presented with the winning trophy which was undoubtedly the highlight of our year.
Playing in Div 1 of the Coiste Trá-Lí league and with Kerins O Rahillys unable to fulfil their fixture we had two thrilling games against local rivals Austin Stacks and Na Gaeil. Narrowly losing to both these Div 1 teams and unable to play with the full complement of players will give this group great confidence to stay together going forward.
Thanks to Right Price Tiles, Bathrooms4u and Dulux Paints Cork for their valued sponsorship of new team jerseys and half zipped tops. We are also grateful to the parents and all those who helped and supported us over the year.
Many thanks to Roland Rogers and Martin Lowe for their contribution which had a massive influence on this group with their excellent training sessions and experienced eye on the sideline.
Awards; Best Attended Joshua O Keeffe, U15 Most Improved Kevin Lenihan, U15 Player of the Year Tadgh Brick, U16 Most Improved Darragh Regan, U16 Player of the Year Eddie Rogers Management; Gene O Keeffe, Tony Silles, Willie Costello, Liam Mc Elligott, and John Creagh. Panel; Keelan Brosnan, Ross Mansfield, Eddie Rogers, Michael Hoare, Christopher Lowe, Darragh Regan, Darragh Clifford, Eoin O Malley, Liam O Malley, James Carmody, Barry Lyons, Brian Lonergan, Daire Connor Chawke, James Mc Donnell, Cathal Dunne, Daire Keane, Cillian Gallagher, Joshua O Keeffe.
COMMUNITY GAMES
The following activities will take place from Jan -April 2016 for Kerry Community Games:
Badminton, Soccer, Music, Recitation, Art, Handwriting ,Basketball, Draughts, Model making and Quiz.
The following people are the mentors for the various activities :
Dave Slattery …..soccer U 10 ,U 13…on Feb 7th/21st
Teddy Murphy….singing solo or Group U 12 ,U 16….on Feb 13th,14th
Annette Scanlon ..Art …competition Date for entry will be announced in the school nearer the date of Kerry competition. I.e. On Feb 27th
Sheila Rahilly …..Recitation….Feb 5th
Brendan Mannix…Chess…April 10th.
If you or your child has an interest in being involved in any of these activities please contact Sheila Rahilly on 087133355 and Dave Slattery on 0872201042. All details on activities are also on available on our facebook page. All children must be registered on-line with correct date of birth, address ,team manager name and E.mail address.
The above activities must be decided on prior to Jan 8th if a team from Ballymac is being entered.
PARISH CALENDAR
Ballymacelligott Community Alert are once again selling calendars for the coming year. The Calendar is available at Mannix’s Post Office, O’Riadas Bar, The Halfway Bar & at Glenduff House. It contains pictures and scenes from the locality and is of huge interest to many people. Over the last few years the calendar has made its way to all continents on the globe! The calendar is larger this year and is selling at 10 Euros. Funds raised from it’s sale help support the Warning Text System. Everyone’s support is really appreciated!
NOLLAiG SHONA DUIT GO LEIR!
The Club would like to extend a Happy and Peaceful Christmas to all of its members and health and happiness for 2016.
