Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

LOTTO
The lotto was held in O Riadas Bar on Monday, 18thJanuary 2016 for a lotto jackpot of €9,900. Numbers drawn were 1,17,20,27. There was no winner.

The jackpot now stands at €10,000 and can be played at www.ballymacgaa.com.

SENIOR TEAM
Our Senior Team made a winning start to 2016 with a victory over Na Gaeil in a game which doubled up as a Coiste Tra Li and St. Brendans Board league fixture.

Na Gaeil got the better start with a goal from their 1st attack points from Vincent Horan 0-2 and Mossie Shanahan saw the sides level mid way through the half.

2 Luke Sweeney points completed the Ballymac scoring in this half as the town side went in at half time with a 1 point lead on a score of 1-3 to 0 – 5.

Playing with the aid of the breeze in the second half, our lads took the lead early and goals from Shane Dowling and a superb chipped effort from Vincent Horan mid way through the half saw us run out winners on a score of 2-12 to 1 – 7.

A pleasing aspect of the game was that our scores came from 9 different players.

Team: C Leen, T J Casey, D Long, A Bonn, S Savage, M Shanahan, L Sweeney, A Breen, C De Lacey, J Keane, M Herlihy, E Reidy, V Horan, S Dowling, P McCarthy, Sub : P O Connor.

Our next game sees us travelling to Churchill on 7th February 2016 in Round 2 of the St. Brendans Board League.

MINOR
Our Minor Squad play their first game of 2016 this weekend. They have been training very hard both on and off the field now for a number of weeks under the guidance of their management Tony Silles & Martin Lowe.

 The game is the first round of The Tralee Town Board Minor League and is to be played at home against Na Gaeil at 3.30pm.

Please keep an eye on our Twitter & Facebook accounts for further details. We wish our minor squad and management all the best for the year ahead.

LADIES
The AGM of Ballymac GAA Club Ladies Board was held in the Club Rooms on Monday, 18th January 2016.

In his report the Secretary Anthony Curran gave a detailed run down on the activities of the various teams during 2015.

In his Chairmans address Donal Rahilly thanked all who helped in any way during the year. He said while winning competitions was a bonus for the Club the most important thing about the year was the great enjoyment the girls got from training and playing games.

He looked forward to another great year for the lady footballers of Ballymac in 2016.

Officers :
Chairman : Donal Rahilly
Secretary : Anthony Curran
Registrar : Siobhan Creedon
Coaching Officer : Kieran Savage
Childrens Officer : Joanne Long
School Liaison Officer : Anne Kenny

STRICTLY LOVE DANCING
Our Strictly dancers are continuing to perfect their moves as Saturday 13th February in Ballygarry House Hotel moves every closer.

Tickets for the event are selling quickly and anyone wishing to attend should purchase from any of the following locations:

O Brennan National School, Halfway Bar, O Riadas, Glenduff House, Slatterys Carpets and Blinds Boherbue (mornings only). Teach Beag, Castlemeats Castleisland.

Entry to the event is by ticket only and anyone without a ticket will not gain entry at any stage of the evening.

Ballygarry House have a special rate of €99 for Double Room Bed and Breakfast if any one whishes to avail of this. Further details please contact Ballygarry House Hotel on 0667123322.

To keep up to date with all the news pertaining to the event please checkout our dedicated Facebook page.

GAA NATIONAL CLUB DRAW 2016

 Once again The GAA is holding it’s annual club draw to assist clubs throughout the country to raise much needed funds.

The draw will be held on Friday 11th March in Croke Park. There are many prizes up for grabs with all proceeds going to Ballymac GAA.

Tickets cost 10 Euros & can be purchased through Club Secretary Fionnán Fitzgerald at 087-9860441. Closing date for purchase of tickets is Thursday 13th February.

BALLYMAC HANDBALL CLUB

 Ballymac HC held its AGM on Wednesday January 20th. The follow officers were elected to serve the club for the coming year.

Chairman: Dermot Casey
Secretary: Danny Riordan
Treasurer: Breda Riordan
Assistant Treasurer: Patricia Lowe
Registrars: Patricia Lowe, Danny Riordan & Eddie Riordan
PRO: Eddie Riordan
Selectors: Pat Keane, Danny Riordan & John McKeown

Votes of sympathy were extended to the following:
Catherine O Donoghue and family on the death of her mother Mary O Connor.
John O Donoghue and family on the death of his brother Patrick
Don Brosnan and family on the death of his mother Nellie Brosnan
and also to the family of Jerome McEllistrim.

Juvenile Training continues every Monday night at 8pm. Beginners welcome.

Beat those January blues with a good laugh! Ballymacelligott Drama Group is very excited to be presenting 3 performances of ‘Off the Hook’, a hilarious farce by Derek Benfield, on Friday 29th, Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st January at the Ivy Leaf Theatre in Castleisland.

Curtains up at 8pm. To book tickets, call or text 087 381 8894, please note that seats will not be reserved, so arrive in plenty of time.