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St Pat’s GAA/Blennerville News

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There was no winner of last week’s jackpot of €11,800. The numbers drawn were 08, 13, 17 & 23. The five €30 consolation prizes went to David Doyle, Annagh; Annette Huggard, Glenbeigh; Denneson, The Kerries; Seamie Foley c/o Betty’s & Eileen Breen c/o Rock Street P.O.

This week’s jackpot will be €11,900 and the draw will take place this Bank Holiday Monday night August 17th at 10pm in O’Dwyer’s Bar. Lotto tickets available from the usual outlets or any club officer.

Bootcamp Hits Blennerville

St Pats are pleased to announce that the club will be running a 6 week bootcamp at the field every Monday & Wednesday evening beginning on Bank Holiday Monday August 4th.

The camp will be run by senior player Eoin Murray. Eoin is a certified personal trainer and also holds both primary and masters degrees in Sports Science & Coaching.

Classes will be one hour in duration from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. It will be suitable for male and female and will be set up to cater for all fitness levels from beginner upwards.

All classes will take place on the field so if it rains, you just get wet! It is a bootcamp after all. Cost is €90 for the 12 classes with €50 to be paid upfront and €40 2 weeks later.

This includes an initial screening on the first day. Participants can also take part on a individual class basis of €10 per session. If you are interested in taking part, message us on Facebook or contact Eoin directly on 086-3725255. Places are limited and are on a first come first served basis.

Juvenile Academy

Our Juvenile academy restarted on Sunday last after Summer recess. The U6’s travelled to Na Gaeil to play Ballymac & the home team. These games were very entertaining and all parents and mentors enjoyed the skill levels, team work and commitment from the future stars of the 3 clubs. The academy continues this Sunday at 10:30am

U-8’s vs Ballymac & Na Gaeil

Last Sunday, St Pats U-8’s took part in a blitz which was very well held by our neighbours Na Gaeil. We played a number of games against Ballymac and Na Gaeil. All the St Pats players played the full matches and they all tried their best including young Jack Costello, Michael Enright and Darragh Murphy.

With Zack Howarth and especially Thomas Sheehy working hard around the middle they were supplying plenty of ball into a very determined forward line of Fionn, Daniel and Killian. Our defence performed brilliantly in their St. Pats jersey’s. Orlaith and Keelin’s hard tackling and close contact kept our opponents forwards at bay.

The management team were delighted to see the players use some good blocking down, kick passing and handling skills during the games. So now its important that all players continue to attend every training session and practise their skills at home.

U-10’s vs Ballymac:

On Sunday morning in a wind swept Blennerville, we faced a strong Ballymac team and we performed heroically .Liam Sullivan, Sean Crowley, Adam & Caoimhe fought gallantly for every ball; Paddy Moran, Gearoid O’Shea & James Dowling tackled as if their lives depended on it & Seanie Murphy, Shane Howarth & Josh Quilter won every ball that came their way. Also thanks again to Mike Doody and Danny Greaney who helped us out.

Under 11’s:

Our U11’s played away to Ballymac on Tuesday evening and they came home with a well deserved win. In defence Michael Doody, David Faido, Matthew Quilter and Danny Greaney were well on top their game.

In midfield, Samuel Ububaker and Tomas O’Sullivan played outstanding kicking great ball into their forwards Liam O’Sullivan, Adam Mulvihill, Sean Crowley, Seanie Murphy, Martin Laucher and Mikee Healy who took advantage of all their scoring opportunities and finished up winning the game by a point.

Under 12’s:

The u 12s play Keel this evening (Monday 11th) in first game of the central league in Keel at 7pm.

Under 16’s:

County League Semi Final

St Pats 4-6 Asdee/Ballylongford 4-9.

Our U16’s played the County League semi final on Tuesday evening against Asdee/Ballylongford but unfortunately it wasn’t our day.

We started off very well with a point from Gearoid Dillane and Eoin Greaney but Asdee responded very quickly with a goal. Cian Ronan kicked a great ball into Danny Cournane who made it look so easy by planting the ball into the back of the net and seconds later he stole another goal.

However, the game turned quickly when Asdee/Ballylongford were awarded a penalty which was taken very well.

They followed with a point to make the score St Pats 2-2 Asdee/Ballylongford 2-3. Just before half time they scored another goal leaving the half time score St Pats 2-2 Asdee/Ballylongford 3-3. Darragh Sheehan got the opening score in the second half and once again Asdee/Ballylongford responded with a goal.

We were trailing throughout the second half and we saw 1 point from Joshua Laucher, 2 points from Eoin Greaney, 1 goal from Brian Murphy and Danny Cournane got his hat-trick with yet another lovely goal. Once again Sean Hogan played a great game in goals and In defence Joe O’Connor, Brian Murphy, Mikee Cahill, Shane O’Donoghue and Eoin Murphy had a very busy game and did well in clearing numerous ball.

With 9 minutes left we were trailing by 3 points St Pats 4-6 Asdee/Ballylongford 4-9. Asdee/Bally scored 2 consecutive points and then the game changed when Joshua received a great ball from Joe Quilter and scored a lovely goal. With 1 minute to go Shane Jordan rattled the net which left us 1 point up.

However luck wasn’t on our side when Asdee/Ballylongford scored an injury time goal and followed with a point which finished up with us loosing by 3 points.

Final score St Pats 6-6 Asdee/Ballylongford 5-12 Team: Sean Hogan, Joe O’Connor, Mikee Cahill, Eoin Murphy, Shane O’Donoghue, Brian Murphy(1-0), Cian Ronan, Kieran O’Dwyer, Joe Quilter, Darragh Sheehan,(0-1) Gearoid Dillane,(0-1) Danny Cournane(3-0), Joshua Laucher(1-1), Eoin Greaney(0-3), Shane Jordan. The under 16’s will hopefully have a challenge game at the end of the week. Details to be confirmed.

We are awaiting fixtures for the u16 Tralee district board competition. The under 14’s are welcome to train & play with the under 16’s for the remainder of the season.
Under 21’s:

We have combined with Na Gaeil to enter a team in the U21 club championship. Their first outing is a home game against Knocknagoshel/Brosna on Wednesday August 13th at 7pm.

The game will be either in Blennerville or Killeen so keep an eye on the club Facebook page for updates. The team will be managed by Liam & Brendan Poff. Match report in next week’s notes

Juniors

Barrett Cup Round 1:

St Pats 0-16 Kerins O’Rahilly’s 2-7

The Junior team had a good win over Kerins O`Rahilly’s in the Barrett Cup, played in Blennerville last Friday. We started well and in the first 10 minutes, we were up by 3points playing against a strong wind.

As the first half went on, Kerins O`Rahilly’s began to dominate the game as they took control of the match with 2 goals inside a minute as they punished our mistakes. We were underperforming and The Charlie Kerins went on to score 4 points in the first half as we only added another point.

Half Time Score St Pats 0-04 Kerins O’Rahillys 2-04. In the second half, we began to play much better with the backs well on top and a good supply of ball to the forwards and midfield taking control of the game. We were beginning to score some great points from all over the field as we cut the lead and with 5 minutes to go we took the lead.

We finished strongly as we put the first half display behind us. This was a good win over a good Kerins O`Rahilly’s team who never gave up and pushed our team all the way to the end.

We were relieved at the final whistle to get the win that puts us into the Semi Final. Team-J Fitzgerald, K Quirke, James Costello, J Quilter, E Teahan, A Greaney0-03, S Daughton, Jeff Foley, A O Callaghan0-03, T O’Connor, B Savage0-03, D Kerins0-05, B Boyle0-01, T O Sullivan0-01, P O’Sullivan, C Moore & A O Halloran. The

Seniors

Our senior team play round 9 of the Credit Union County League where they host Laune Rangers in Blennerville this Sunday at 2pm. All support greatly appreciated.

After-School Care

An after school Childcare service will resume in September. Supervised homework. Large play area inside & out. Limited numbers available. All queries please contact Ann-Marie on 086-8602116

Sympathy

The club would also like to extend its sympathy to the families & relatives of Maura Frankland, Dublin & John Mike McCarthy, Lismore. May They Rest In Peace.

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Churchill GAA Club News

rsz_1churchill_gaa_2Congratulations to Ivan Parker who make an appearance with the Kerry minors on Monday in Semple Stadium in their victory over Kildare. They will now play Mayo in the semi-final in Croke Park on Sunday 24th august.

The Churchill u-14s will play John Mitchels in the Brendans board League Final on Friday 8th August @ 7p.m.There will be a toss for venue durning the week so check with mentors.

Universal Energy Healing will hold an introduction healing sessions on Thursday 7th Aug.2014 from 2p.m.to 6p.m.£10 per 15 min session and free for children on the day.Call 066-714011028 for appointment.
We would also like to thank everybody who supported our bric and brack and car booth sale on Monday last.Also a huge thanks to all the stall holders on the day.

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Austin Stacks Juvenile Club News

Austin StacksHAPPY CAMPERS IN CONNOLLY:

Our summer football camp is going great since Tuesday and will finish on Saturday at 1pm. Well done, all! PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: (i) Back to morning football at 11am on Sunday next. Great effort by our Kerry seniors and minors…’Star’, Jack and new addition Seán Ó Riain. (ii) More Under 6/8/10 football on Thursday at 5:45pm. FAOI 13 – FINALS OFF: The Under 13 finals due to be played on Wednesday 6th have been deferred to a later date due to an objection. This objection was heard by the CCC on Wednesday night…expect text or check www.austinstacks.ie. A final: AdeS v Na Gaeil; B final: AdeS v Na Mistéalaigh.

GENE’S RANGERS SINK LAUNE LAUNCH!

After a titanic struggle in the heart of Ballymac on the last day of summer and against the famed blue-jerseyed Laune Rangers, our Under 14 Boys completed a fantastic Kerry title treble: County League Division 1, Féile na nÓg and now the Kelliher Toyota Central League!! Mighty! Despite the absence of our talisman, Michael Slattery, due to an important Kerry Hurling game, we confidently faced Raonaithe na Leamhna who set out and set up with a Donegal-like blanket defence and two men up front! Cuimhnigh ar sin! The lads from Poc were highly motivated, well organised and had put a well-honed game plan in place. A crowded midfield meant that the middle third was all clogged up and exchanges were tough and fast.

This kept the scoring close and when we did breach the defence we were found wanting with at least four glorious goal-scoring opportunities and, ergo, dá bhrí sin, we entered the dressing rooms at half time in a disappointed mood as we trailed by 0-1…0-6 to 0-5. Everyone upped the ‘ante’ in the second half and all players were given a part in the action.

Goals by Seán Carmody, Dean Scanlon and Joe Looby-Lugandu were accompanied by points from Seán Quilter, Gearóid Ó Síocháin, Gearóid Fitzgerald and the irrepressible, versatile and dynamic Donagh McMahon! Egged on by our main cheerleader, super Alicante Rockie, Marta Martinez, whose English skills won many admirers, the boys’ performance in the second half greatly improved and even a last minute goal by Laune Rangers did not take from the sheen of the victory.

An scór deiridh:- AdeS: 3-11; Raonaithe na Leamhna: 2-10. A gracious Joe Looby-Lugandu accepted the trophy from/ón bhfear iontach gaelach úd ón nGaeltacht, Liam Ó Rócháin, Cathaoirleach, Coiste an Cheantair Láir. The squad: Garry Clifford, David Oba, James Quigley, Dylan Ó Cathasaigh, Jack McGrath, Eoghan Carroll, Dara Barry-Walsh, Gearóid Fitzgerald, Seán Carmody, Evan Maher, Seán Quilter, Michael O’Gara, Pádhraic Linnane, David Couchman, Andrew Breen, Gearóid Ó Síocháin, Dean Scanlon, Joe Looby-Lugandu (captaen), Conor Myers, Leon Sholamba and Oisín Liston.

The man-of-the-match award was given to Eoghan Carroll and, in a game of great intensity, this was an amazing achievement considering Eoghan is under age again next year!!! Agus an focal scoir: thanks to Ballymac for hosting the final and tribute must be paid to the sportsmanship of the Laune Rangers squad who sportingly joined David Oba’s celebrations! Maith sibh, a Leaideanna na Carraige!

AQUAINTANCE OF AUSTIN STACK TO BE REMEMBERED:

Ruairí Mac Easmainn, an aquaintance of Austin Stack, will be commemorated at the Casement Gathering on 29th/30thAugust in Meadowlands Hotel. FOCLÓIR: lántaca=lánchúlaí=full back; babhta leathcheannais=cluiche leathcheannais=semi-final; an freasúra=the opposition; foireann an fhreasúra=opposing team; For other words go towww.focal.ie.

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Austin Stacks Club News

Austin StacksTREVOR BARRETT MEMORIAL HURLING TOURNAMENT:

It was a morning, an afternoon and an evening of some brilliant hurling – fitting, for the first staging of the Trevor Barrett Memorial Tournament held in Connolly Park on last Saturday (2nd August) – a day after which Trevor would have celebrated his 30th birthday (born 1stAugust 1984). From the time when referee Paudie Dineen threw in the ball for the first game at 11.09am to when Paddy White signaled the end of the final game at a minute past six, we were entertained to some super stuff.

Only a point separated the sides in the first game with Laochra Óg, from the Macroom area (set up as a Club just over six months ago) coming out on top by the narrowest of margins (1-9 to 3-2) over their fellow Corkonians, Lismire (Man of the Match – Brian Corcoran). Coincidentally, both sides met again in the Shield Final, and on this occasion the result was reversed when Lismire came out on top on a scoreline of 3-6 to 0-5.

The build-up to the Cup Final saw the following results – Austin Stacks beat St. Pats (3-10 to 2-2 with Breandán Caball Man of the Match); Causeway beat Laochra Óg (2-27 to 0-1 with Pádraig Harty Man of the Match); Lismire beat St. Pats (1-13 to 3-0 with John O’Callaghan Man of the Match) and Austin Stacks beat Laochra Óg (2-10 to 1-2 with Jim McCarthy Man of the Match) We thought we saw some great hurling in those opening six games – and we did.

But the best was yet to come in the Cup Final. Congratulations to an excellent Causeway team who were the first winners of the Cup – but our lads pushed them all the way in that superb Final (1-10 to 1-5). And if there was a prize for the score of the game or the goal of the game or of the Tournament, then it would, without a shadow of a doubt, go to Joe Brennan’s goal scored in the 4th minute of the second half. Joe himself was fouled and most people thought Paul Daly would point the resultant free.

But Paul struck the ball low into Joe’s path and Joe, with his back still to goal, connected beautifully over his shoulder and the sliothar went straight into the top corner of the net. And if Mick Mackey or Christy Ring or Nicky Rackard or DJ Carey or Henry Shefflin have scored as good a goal, then we haven’t seen it or read about it (although Francie McLoughlin claims that he himself has scored a better one – the evidence Francie please).

The Cup, the Shield and the other trophies were presented immediately after the Cup Final – with Team Manager, Mark Power, the Master of Ceremonies. Before that Mark thanked everyone, too numerous to list here, but including our Sponsors, Caterers, Red Cross men, Referees and Officials and all our own members, who had anything to do with the staging of the Tournament. Ger McCarthy, the Co. Hurling Officer, and himself a former Causeway player, spoke, as did Trevor’s father, Richard, also with Causeway connections, followed by Club Chairman, Aidan O’Connor.

Lismire’s Terry Aherne, won the Man of the Match in the Shield Final while Causeway’s Jason Diggins won the Cup Final Man of the Match. Fittingly, Peter O’Regan won the Tournament Man of the Match, after some brilliant displays in all three matches, but especially in the Cup Final when he cleared his lines time after time, when it looked certain that Causeway would add to their tally. Also fittingly the Causeway captain who received the Winners Cup was none other than Brian Cantillon, a first cousin of Trevor’s.

Trophies were also presented to the Barrett Family (with the inscription ‘Trevor – the ultimate Rockie’) and to Trevor’s sister, Gillian on behalf of his girl-friend, Lorraine Counihan. On behalf of the Club thanks again to all the teams who participated and to the other three teams who originally entered the Competition – Crotta, O’Dorney and Wolfe Tones – but who had to withdraw when their teams subsequently became involved in their respective Co.

Championships. A special thanks to Mark and the whole Hurling squad who left no stone unturned in organizing this brilliant Tournament which, we are sure, will go from strength to strength in the years ahead.

HURLING:

The opening round games (quarter final) of the County Intermediate Hurling Championship are due to go ahead on this Friday evening (8th Aug). Our game, against Lixnaw B, is in Connolly Park at 7pm. However, as we write we learn that they may not go ahead on this date after all. Check Website for updates.

ANDREW MORRISSEY:

It’s great to have Club Hurler, Andrew Morrissey back on Radio Kerry again after his sojourn in Limerick Radio for the past while. Andrew starts back on this Tuesday where he is now presenting the ‘Morning Show’ with Elaine Kinsella. While working and living in Limerick not alone did Andrew never miss a Hurling game with the Club but he never missed a Training Session as well, commuting up and down from the Mid-West capital the whole time. That’s true commitment and loyalty to one’s Club – the essence of the GAA.

Great to have you back in Town again Andrew.

SENIOR FOOTBALL:

Our postponed Round 7 Co. League game, away to Listowel Emmets), has been fixed for this Saturday evening (9th Aug) at 7pm but, like the Hurling, this is not certain either as it may be switched to the following afternoon.. Check Web for updates.

JUNIOR B FOOTBALL:

Na Gaeil 2-10; Austin Stacks 0-8. Having already qualified for the Town League semi final with four wins out of four, selectors Colm Mangan, Tim McMahon and John O’Sullivan released seven players who lined out in our previous round 4 game to travel with the Senior squad to play a Challenge Game in Ballyvourney on the same evening (Wed. 30th July) and thereby drafted in a number of Minors in their place.

In all ten Minors lined out in this evening’s (30th July) 5th and final round game in Killeen but we came up short against a very good Na Gaeil side. We managed only three points in the first half – two from team captain, Eoin Colgan and our opening score in the 6thminute from Timmy Murphy. Two goals by the opposition in that first half meant we had it all to do in the second period and at half time we trailed by 2-5 to 0-3. We played much better in the second half , a half in which both sides scored five points each – ours coming from Seán Dukes (2), Ciarán Flanagan, Louis Ryle and David O’Sullivan.

We now await other results to determine who we play in the semi final/final of the competition. Team: Sean Purcell, Shane Greensmyth, Niall Carroll-Cane, Jack Kenny, Tom McLoughlin, David O’Sullivan (0-1), Craig Corcoran, Ciarán Flanagan (0-1), Jack O’Shea, Kyle Fitzgibbon, Eoin Colgan (Capt) (0-2), James Galvin, Timmy Murphy (0-1), Danny Carroll, Seán Dukes (0-2). Subs used: Colin Griffin (ht), Louis Ryle (ht) (0-1), Calvin Foley (ht).

Our Co. League semi final against Rathmore goes ahead on next Wednesday (6th Aug) at 7pm in Rathmore. The winner plays Killarney Legion in the final. We have also drawn Rathmore (away) in the 1st round (quarter final) of the County Championship (Molyneaux Cup). This game has been fixed for Friday, 15th August at 7pm.

U21 FOOTBALL:

Fixtures have been announced for the U21F Club Championship. Teams have been divided into three groups of 7. We are in Group A. The 1st round involves games between teams in Groups B and C. The 7 losers then play in the Shield competition while the winners play teams in Group A in the Cup competition. The 1st round games between B and C are fixed for Wednesday, 13th August, so our first game could be the week after i.e. Wednesday, 20th August.

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR CLUB MEMBERSHIP:

Are you receiving Club Up-dates regarding fixtures/results and club events? If not text your name to Club Secretary, Elma Nix, to be included. Phone number 086 105 3300. www.austinstacks.ie to find the most up-to-date Austin Stacks news and match reports and photographs.

THE BROGUE INN:

It’s great to see the Brogue Inn back in business again. The landmark Hostelry at the Bottom of the Rock reopened over a week ago and has been ‘jointed’ ever since. We wish Fiona Kirby and husband Kevin Cotter every success for the future.

BEST WISHES:

To former Club Footballer Ger MacNamara (a member of that Co. Championship winning side in 1973 and a Kerry Minor in 1972, and father of current player, Fearghal) who has just retired from Kerry County Council where he has served for many years as a Senior Executive Engineer.

CLUBHOUSE:

As always the Clubhouse is available for all types of Parties. Phone Ian from 7pm at 066 7126942 for bookings. CARDS: The 45 Card Sessions continue in the Clubhouse every Monday and Thursday nights at 9.30pm. LOTTO: Last Monday’s (28st July) Jackpot worth €5,000 was not won.

The numbers drawn were 3, 24, 27 and 29. The €20 Prizes went to Kay Dillon, c/o The Bingo; Brian Collins, c/o Martin Collins; Liam O’Connor, c/o The Club; and Terry Healy and Catherine Ryan, both c/o Club Rockies.

SYMPATHY:

Sincere sympathy is offered to the families of Sister Clement (Kathy Mai) O’Sullivan, Presentation Sisters, Tuam and late of Barrow, Ardfert (Aunt of current Club Treasurer, Bernie Mannix); Myles Cronin, St. Brendan’s Park (brother of the late Brendan, former Club Player and PRO); Philomena Garvey (nee Rea), St. Brendan’s Park and late of Ardnageehy, Charleville); Seán Geaney, Fountain Court and late of Reamore, Kielduff; and Joan Talbot (nee Walsh), Woodlands, Oakpark (aunt of former Club players, Niamh Collins and John, Tim, Paul and David Walsh) who died recently.

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Kerins O’Rahillys Club News

Strand RoadKerins O’Rahillys Notes

Juveniles U6/8/10

All activity for this age group is now taking a short break. Activity will resume with our annual Summer Camp. This will be run from the 11th to the 15thof August. Camp times are from 10.30 to 2pm and our camp will be staffed by qualified coaches. We would like to thank our camp sponsor Roy Bowler of Shore Acre Caravan Park Camp.

U16

U16s have qualified for the Semi-final of Division 1 of the Co League. They play Gneeveguilla in Gneeveguilla on Wednesday the 6th at 7pm. Please support. Senior Football Junior Town League Strand Rd played Ballymac in the Junior Town League on Thursday last at 7.30 in Strand Rd. Strand Rd were the first off the mark with a point from Seán Walsh after six minutes. This was followed by a well taken free by John O’Connor. Ballymac’s first score came 12 minutes in and was a goal.

Sean Walsh pointed a free to level shortly after and Strand Rd dominated for the next while and it culminated in a goal scored by Seán Walsh to put us 1-03 to Ballymac’s 1-00 ahead with 17 minutes gone. Ballymac did get back a couple of points one a free and Strand Road also scored 2 more before half time.

An excellent clearance on the line by back Derek Horgan just before half time left the half time score Strand Rd 1-05 Ballymac 1-02. Ballymac were first to score in the second half and had equalised before Strand Road got their first score and would have been ahead had it not been for an excellent save by goalkeeper Robert O’Conner in the 6th minute. Strand Roads first score came 15 minute in and was a point from Gavin O’Brien followed shortly after by a point to equalise by Ballymac.

Further scores from Sean Walsh and despite some excellent defending from Jason O’Leary and all round play from Rory Molloy, Ballymac worked their way in to score a late goal in the 31st minute to leave the final score Strand Rd 1-08 to Ballymac’s 2-06.

Mouth-Guards:

As you may be aware it will be compulsory for all players senior right down to juvenile to wear mouth-guards at training sessions and when playing games. This comes into effect for seniors from 1st January 2014 and has been in effect for all others since last January. If players fail to wear mouth guards they will not be permitted to participate in football training or matches. No mouthguard No game!

Further information on this rule can be found online at http://www.gaa.ie.

Club Membership

Senior Committee will be in contact with you shortly about your 2014 membership. We will be asking that you consider putting your membership on direct debit to help cut down on administration. Please contact any committee member for details.

Ladies Football U12 Girls

Our U12 girls have qualified for the North Kerry Shield Final. This team have put in an enormous amount of work this year and this is a fitting end to their Summer. Well done girls no matter what the outcome. Your commitment has proved itself. The final will be played on Thursday the 7th at 7pm in Healy Park Ballyrickard. Please come and support the girls.

U14/U16 U14 and U16 Ladies train every Tuesday at 6.15 in Ballyrickard. Birthday Wishes Birthday wishes this week go to Anna Corridon U6 Girls, Odhran Kerins U8 Boys and Saoirse Donnegan U12 Girls. Enjoy your Birthdays!

Congratulations

Kerry Senior team and Management on their win in Croke Park on Sunday last. Special mention has to go to our own two players David Moran and Barry John Keane who both had fine games when introduced.

Lotto

The Lotto takes place in Charlie’s Bar every Monday. The Lotto results for Monday the 27th of July were 3, 14, 17 and 24. There was no jackpot winner; the next jackpot will be €6,200. There were 4 match 3 winners. They were Michael O’Sullivan DD, Josephine Griffin c/o Mrs O’Brien, Fred and Dylan c/o Fred and Dermot Ryan DD. The 5 entrants for the December draw were Billy Lyons c/o Club, Teddy Kerins Ballyvelly, Denise Crean c/o T Nolan, John O’Connell DD and Liam Scully DD.

To play the Kerins O’Rahillys Lotto, four numbers are selected from 1 to 28. If anybody matches the four numbers selected on the night he/she wins the Jackpot. Match three numbers to win €25. Tickets cost €2 each. The Kerins O’Rahillys Lotto can also be played online at www.korgaa.com Lotto Sellers The club needs lotto ticket sellers. It can be worth your while. If you are interested contact any member of the Senior Committee.

Charlie’s Bar Club Lotto on takes place in the bar every Monday night with a special in house raffle if you are present so why not pop along. Why not treat yourself to lunch in Charlie’s. There’s something to please everyone.

Weightwatchers takes place in the Healy Room every Thursday and have now changed to “winter” times. Classes now take place at 9.30am, 12.30 and 5.30pm.

The Active Retired Coffee Morning Group meets every Tuesday morning in Charlie’s. Come along and keep in touch with old friends and make new friends. All welcome.

“Dance for Fun” has finished for the summer but will make a return in the autumn. Keep an eye on the notes for dates and times. We have many different size function rooms and cater to all types of function. We also have Barbecue facilities so with beautiful summer weather why not consider having a barbecue at Charlies. Contact Tom or Eileen or any member of staff at 7124956 if you have any queries.

Sympathies

Sincere Sympathy is expressed to the family of Seán Geaney Fountain Court Tralee, Joan Talbot (née Walsh) Woodlands Oakpark Tralee, Rev. Fr. William (Bill) Foley Tralee, Philomena Garvey (née Rea) St Brendan’s Park Tralee and Myles Cronin St Brendan’s Park Tralee. May they rest in Peace.

P.R.O Contact

If you have any thing you feel is of interest for the Kerins O’Rahillys notes please get in touch. You can contact me at pro.kerinsorahillys.kerry@gaa.ie. Why not join our Facebook group to keep up to date with all fixtures and what is going on in the club. Just follow the following link https://www.facebook.com/groups/Narries/ or follow us on Twitter @korgaa

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

BallymacLOTTO

The Ballymac Lotto was held on Monday 28th July 2014. Numbers drawn were 6,8,13,24. There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Laura McCarthy, Listowel c/o Halfway Bar 2. Christopher Mannix, Ballydwyer 3. Veronica O Dowd, c/o Paula Silles 4. Alan Perfect, Ballymac 5. A & C, Glenduff House Sellers Prize : Halfway Bar.

The lotto now stands at €2,700 and can be played atwww.ballymacgaa.com

JUNIOR TEAM

Our junior team began their Barrett Cup Campaign with their home fixture against Ballydonoghue this Friday night August 8th at 7.00pm. This team has been very active over the Summer with games in the Co. Junior League and Tralee District Board Competitions, under the management of Bridget Leen, Aidan Breen and Cian Counihan. A speedy recovery to Aaron Dunne who sustained a shoulder injury in a recent club game.

TWITTER

Many thanks to Kevin Leen for setting up a Twitter account for the Club, you can now follow Ballymacelligott GAA on twitter @Ballymac_gaa for all your club news”

FIELD DEVELOPMENT

Many thanks to all Club volunteers who helped with the laborious job of stone picking at our training field on Saturday last. It was very heartening to see such a big crowd willing to help in the continued development of our training field. Seeding of the field is due to take place this week which should ensure it should be ready for action in 2015.

MARIE QUIRKE

Congratulations to Marie Quirke from Barrakilla who was part of the Kerry’s Ladies team who defeated Donegal after extra time to progress in the All Ireland Championship.

WEDDING BELLS

Congratulations to Frank O Rahilly and his bride Katie Nolan from Castleisland who were married on Friday last. All the Club wish Katie & Frank health and happiness in their future together.

COISTE NA NOG FAOI 16:

Finuge 1-08 Ballymac 0-12

Our U16’s travelled to Finuge last Wednesday evening in the last round of County League. After a tight game all the way through we came away with a hard earned one point victory which gives us a home Semi Final against Scart/Cordal this Wednesday evening at 7pm. As we are unbeaten in the league stages of the competition we hope the lads can keep up this good form going and reach the County League Final.

FAOI 11:

Last Tuesday evening we welcomed John Mitchels to Ballymac in Rd. 5 of Coiste Trá Lí and the big crowd that attended were treated to a cracking game of attacking football by both sides. This Tuesday evening we are at home to St. Pats and on Thursday we are away to Austin Stacks in the final two rounds of the competition with both games kicking off at 6.30pm.

FAOI 10:

Our U10’s are due to travel to Castleisland on this Saturday, 9th August for a Blitz organised by Opel. This promises to be a great day of football for our young players. Go Raibh Maith agat to all who attended the Cúl Camps this year, Many Thanks to all the coaches, and Co-ordinators Michéal Quirke and Donál Daly from the County board for all their help in ensuring a successful and fun week for all the participants.

Well Done to Dylan Dunne Moriarty won a football on the last day of the camp. Sincere Thanks also to the parents and coaches who helped on Sunday on our bus trip to the Kerry v Galway game in Dublin.

ACADEMY:

Please note Academy will return as normal next Sunday at 11am

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St Pats GAA Club News

St PatsLotto:

There was no winner of last week’s jackpot of €11,700. The numbers drawn were 07, 13, 21 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to James O’Connor, Clahane; Alan Walsh, Lohercannon; Martina Hanafin, Curragraigue; Helen Sugrue, Tonevane & Sheila Buckley, Ballymac. This week’s jackpot will be €11,800 and the draw will take place this Sunday night August 10th at 10pm in Keane’s Bar. Lotto tickets available from the usual outlets or any club officer.

Bootcamp:

The bootcamp began last Monday night with a huge turnout. Fitness instructor & co-ordinator Eoin Murray and his team had the participants working hard for the full hour with plenty of fun and novel activities. The bootcamp continues for another 5 weeks every Monday & Wednesday nights at 7:30 in the club grounds. New additions are welcome as you can pay per class at a cost of €10.

Juvenile Academy:

The Juvenile Academy will resume this Sunday after a break for the bank holiday weekend. All players to be there for 10:30am Under 11’s: Our U11’s played against Na Gaeil away from home last Tuesday evening and turned out to be a close game in the end. We only got 2 scores in the first half 1 point from Danny Greaney and 1 from Tomas O’Sullivan but Seanie Murphy was very unlucky not to get his name on the scoresheet after he hit the crossbar on 3 occassions.

Jade Harkins played outstanding in goals and her kickouts were very accurate finding her red and white team mates every time. In the second Jade came outfield and David Faido replaced her in goals and he played just as well as Jade making numerous saves.

Thankfully, in this half we took advantage of our scoring opportunities and we saw goals from Martin Laucher, Tomas O’Sullivan and Jade Harkins and points from Martin, Danny, Jade and Tomas. We saw fantastic clearances by Cillian Lynch in defence and Samuel Abubaker played a stormer in Midfield.

Full time score St.Pats 4-7 Na Gaeil 5-9

Team: David Faido, Jade Harkins(1-1), Sean Crowley, Martin Laucher(1-1), Danny Greaney(0-2), Tomas O’Sullivan(1-3), Samuel Abubaker, Adam Mulvihille, Cillian Lynch, Corey O’Shea, Seanie Murphy.

Under 16’s:

Our U16’s played against Asdee/Ballylongford on Tuesday nite at home and what a game we were treated to! It was a very tight and exciting game and it was nip and tuck right to the final whistle. St. Pats started very well with 2 points by Eoin Greaney followed by a goal a few minutes later.

Another two points by Joshua Laucher and Cian Ronan gave our lads a reasonable lead. Towards the end of the first half the visitors fought back reducing the deficit to only 4 points going into the second half. Sean Hogan made some superb saves in goals while Joe O’Connor and Brian Murphy played outstanding in defence clearing ball time and time again.

Kieran O’Dwyer and Cian Ronan won alot of prime possession that kept our attack flowing and Darragh Sheehan was cleaning up in full forward fielding high balls in the air. However, Asdee/ Ballylongford started the second half very brightly scoring 5 unstoppable goals.

Our lads showed great determination pulling back a 7 point lead to just one point. A great attack by Shane O’Donoghue that hit the crossbar and then landed into the hands of Eoin Greaney who rattled the net to put St Pats 2 points up just before the final whistle.

Final score St.Pats 6-12 Asdee/Ballylongford 7-7.

Team :Sean Hogan ; Joe o Connor ; Mikey Cahill ; Brian Murphy ; Shane o Donoghue ; Eoghan Murphy ; Kieran Dwyer (0-1) ; Cian Ronan (1-2) ; Josh Laucher (1-3); Cillian O’ Riordan ; Jack Lynch ; Eoin Greaney (4-4) ; Darragh Sheehan ( 0-2 ).

The semi final was due to be played last Tuesday night. Report to follow in next week’s notes.

Junior Team:

The Junior team have been drawn away to Charlie Kerins in the first round of the Barrett Cup. The game is on in Strand Road this Friday night at 7:30pm. Best of luck to Pat, Kevin & the team.

Under 21’s:

We have combined with Na Gaeil to enter a team in the U21 club championship. Their first outing is a home game against Knocknagoshel/Brosna on Wednesday August 13th at 7pm. The game will be either in Blennerville or Killeen so keep an eye on the club Facebook page for updates. The team will be managed by Liam & Brendan Poff.

After-School Care:

An after school Childcare service will resume in September. Supervised homework. Large play area inside & out. Limited numbers available. All queries please contact Ann-Marie on 086-8602116 Good Luck:

Best Wishes to Kieran Hurley and the rest of the Kerry Junior team & management as they play Sligo in the All Ireland Junior Semi Final this Saturday at 3pm in Cusack Park, Ennis.

Sympathy:

The club would also like to extend its sympathy to the families & relatives of Myles Cronin & Philomena Garvey, both late of St Brendan’s Park. May They Rest In Peace.

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John Mitchels Club News

MitchelsJOHN MITCHELS NOTES

John Mitchels Sports Complex Our Sports Complex at Camp Ballyseddy is available for bookings on the Sports Hall, All Weather Pitch. The Gym, Sauna and Steam rooms are open from 5pm to 9pm Monday to Friday. Cost €3 per session for members and €4 for non members. Complex also open for children’s parties.

Further information contact Humphrey Shanahan on 0877740275 Champers Restaurant – John Joe Sheehy Road The John Mitchels Club House and Restaurant on the John Joe Sheehy road is opened to serve the community with good food and warm Hospitality.

Our Restaurant is opened daily. Opening hours are from 09.30 to 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday and Sunday 9.30 to 3.00pm.

ALL-IRELAND SEMI-FINAL

Any club member who wants to apply for tickets for the Kerry v Mayo All-Ireland semi-final can leave their names in the Club bar (John Joe Sheehy Road) or at the reception in our sports complex in Ballyseedy. Final date for applicants is 5pm on Thursday 14th August. Only fully paid up members are eligible to apply for tickets.

St. Brendans Board Senior League Final

We are away to St. Pats in the Final date T.B.C. McElligott Cup We are at home to Clounmacon on Friday next August 8th at 7m.

UNDER 21 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

We are away to Beaufort on August 13th at 7pm.

CONGRATULATIONS

Well done to both the Kerry Seniors and Minors on their All-Ireland Quarter final wins over Galway and Kildare.

UNDER14 BOYS

Training continues on Wednesdays and Fridays from 6-7. Under 12 Training is on every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 6.45pm. It is important that the entire group bring gum shields. For more information phone Brendan Dillane on 086 1742604.

Girls u12

Training continues on Wednesday evenings from 6pm – 7pm in our club grounds at Camp Ballyseedy. We hope to play our remaining North Kerry league game shortly & we also have the Town League coming up in the next few weeks.

Girls Under 8’s & 10’s

The girls of the under 8 and 10’s played a match last week against Abbeydorney. They were two great games and has showed how are the girls have progressed. The under 10’s played a very strong Abbeydorney team and fell behind early with some strong play and accurate kicking. At half time it looked like a major mountain to climb but in the second half all the girls showed great determination and heart and a brilliant comeback the girls earned a great draw. They all played very well with Ava Sugrue, Loren Smullen and Lynda O Connor outstanding.

The under 8’s played brilliantly and came away with a win without conceding a score. All girls the girls were outstanding and bodes well for the future. We have another match this Wednesday against Ballymac for both U8and 10’s. All players to be at Mitchels at 6pm. All players to have mouthguards. On Saturday there will be An U8 and U10 tournament in Rathmore.

Details will be available on Wednesday. Mouth guards must be worn for both training and matches.

U 8 boys Training on Thursday at 7pm. Under6 We are training on Sunday mornings in camp Ballyseedy. Under the watchful eyes of John, Sean, Tim and Susie and it is great to see such large numbers turning out.

UNDER 10 Boys

Training is on Sunday mornings and great effort is being made by all the players. Training is at 10:30

BINGO

Our Bingo continues on Wednesday and Friday and Sunday nights. Bookings for Parties etc can be made by phoning 066 71 26300. LOTTO29/7/2014 No winner.

Numbers 8-13-18-23 €100 Gavin Everett c/o Catherine. €25 Denis O’connor c/o Bertie. €25 John O’Shea c/o Patrons. €25 Joe McDonnell c/o Patrons. €25 Tony McElligott c/o Patrons. €25 Ted Fitzgerald c/o Paddy. Next draw 5/8/2014 Jackpot €5,300-00

SYMPATHY

To the Family Joan Talbot Oakpark Tralee.

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John Mitchels GAA News

MitchelsCounty League

John Mitchels 0-10
Listry 0-9

We had a very hard fought win last Saturday evening. We started well and were 3 points up after 15mins with scores from Alan O’Donoghue, Wayne Conway and Brian Costello.

Listry came back with 3 points and one more from each team left the half time score John Mitchels 0-4 Listry 0-4.

We had the first point of the second half and they added 2, but then they took the game by the scruff of the neck and were 3 points ahead with 8 minutes remaining.

Fair play to our lads they dug deep and 4 unanswered points one each by Oliver Coffey, Wayne Conway, Alan O’Donoghue and Brian Costello had us one point in front and we held on to win final score John mitchels 0-10 Listry 0-9.

SENIOR LADIES

The senior ladies had a busy week playing both the quarter-final and semi-final of the Junior B Championship, on Tuesday they were victorious when they played Spa, Killarney, final score John Mitchels 5-07, Spa 2-08.

On Friday evening they made the long trek to South Kerry to play Dromid in the semi-final, once again they came away winners, final score John Mitchels 5-16: Dromid 0-04.

They now play Finuge/St. Senans in the final, date T.B.C. Training continues on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7.00pm to 8.00pm.

John Mitchels Sports Complex

Our Sports Complex at Camp Ballyseedy is available for bookings on the Sports Hall, All Weather Pitch.

The Gym, Sauna and Steam rooms are open from 5pm to 9pm Monday to Friday.

Cost €3 per session for members and €4 for non members. Complex also open for children’s parties. Further information contact Humphrey Shanahan on 0877740275.

Champers Restaurant – John Joe Sheehy Road

The John Mitchels Club House and Restaurant on the John Joe Sheehy road is opened to serve the community with good food and warm Hospitality . Our Restaurant is opened daily. Opening hours are from 09.30 to 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday and Sunday 9.30 to 3.00pm.

Under 12

Training is on every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 6.45pm. It is important that the entire group bring gum shields. For more information phone Brendan Dillane on 086 1742604.

Girls u13

The girls played away to Glenflesk in the u13 Championship on Thursday evening last but the loss of some key players due to holidays & other commitments meant that we were well under strength & went down to a stronger Glenflesk side.

We then played in the North Kerry U13 Blitz on Saturday in our own club grounds & were unlucky to lose the shield final to Ballyduff by 3 pts.

Well done to all the girls that played who are as follows; Kerry Oba, Nichole Heaphy, Clara O Callaghan,Erica O Connor, Rachel Hannafin, Aoife Kelliher, Grace Myers, Semi Ogungbsa, Melissa Dennehy,Julie Foley, Sinead O Donnell, Caoimhe Leahy,Rachel Kilgallen Ruth Moriarty, Amy Sommers, Ava Buckely, Lisa Costelloe.

Girls u12

Training continues on Wednesday evenings from 6pm – 7pm in our club grounds at Camp Ballyseedy – we hope to play Duagh in the North Kerry league on Wednesday the 30th & everyone will be notified by TEAMER if this is going ahead.

Girls U8 & U10

Training continued for both U8’s and 10’s. The girls skill levels are improving with each training session. The girls are concentrating on kicking and passing. The girls this week who tried hard were Mia Rivas Mc Hugh, Lynda O Connor, Lucy O Donoghue and Lily Collins.We have a match on Tuesday in Mitchels at 6-30.

Training continues on Wednesday between 6 and 7pm and also Sunday morning between 10-30am and 12.

It is important that all players turn up for training ass we will have matches planned in the coming weeks.

Mouth guards must be worn for both training and matches.

U 8 boys

Training on Thursday was well attended with Pascal, Tony, Robert and Sam all having great games. Will, Darragh, Cian and Killian also showed great skills during the games as did all the other players. On Sunday Mark, Ben, Luke and Ryan all tried very hard and their efforts showed at the game at the end well done to all who trained. Training again on Thursday at 7.00 but no training next Sunday.

Under 6

We are training on Sunday mornings in camp Ballyseedy. Under the watchful eyes of John, Sean, Tim and Susie and it is great to see such large numbers turning out.

UNDER 10 Boys

Training is on Sunday mornings and great effort is being made by all the players. Training is at 10:30

Tickets Arrangements for Sunday 3rd August 2014 Croke Park

All Ireland Senior Football Quarter Final Kerry v @ 2pm
CLUBS/DISTRICT BOARDS & DELEGATES
Ticket prices as follows:
Adult Covered Stand €30
Juvenile €5 (Cusack & Davin only)
Hill €20
(Students and OAPs receive €10 back on Cusack & Davin Stand tickets only – with Valid ID & at designated stile)
All orders are requested to be emailed by 5pm on Monday 28th July. Public Sale Tuesday 29th July @ 6.30pm – 7.30pm
Please note that tickets are also available to purchase from the Kerry GAA Store in Killarney from Monday 28th July, Centra & Super Valu stores around the County and online from www.tickets.ie
Club Pass (To be ordered from Croke Park by email – Form Attached with details)
€10 per adult
Group Pass (To be ordered from Croke Park by email – Form Attached with details)
€3 per juvenile (16 & under)
1 Adult free with every 10 Juveniles,
Additional adults at stand face value
COUNTY BOARD OPENING HOURS
Monday 28th July 2.00pm – 5.30pm
Tuesday 29th July 2.00pm – 5.30 pm 6.30pm – 7.30pm
Wednesday 30th July 2.00pm – 5.30pm
Thursday 31st July 2.00pm – 5.30pm
Friday 1st August 12.00pm – 4.00pm

BINGO

Our Bingo continues on Wednesday and Friday and Sunday nights. Bookings for Parties etc can be made by phoning 066 71 26300.

LOTTO

22/7/2014
No winner
Numbers 2-3-13-19
€100 Donna Coffey c/o Helen.
€25 Claire Connolly c/o Claire.
€25 Jackie Power c/o Bertie.
€25 Norma O’Reilly c/o Donal.
€25 Cathy Sheehan c/o Helen.
€25 Dempsy Kids c/o Paddy.
Next draw 29/7/2014
Jackpot €5,200-00

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Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

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Strand RoadKerins O’Rahillys Notes Juveniles U6/8/10

All activity for this age group is now taking a short break. Activity will resume with our annual Summer Camp. This will be run from the 11th to the 15th of August. Camp times are from 10.30 to 2pm and our camp will be staffed by qualified coaches. We would like to thank our camp sponsor Roy Bowler of Shore Acre Caravan Park Camp. U11s Play Ardfert in Strand Road on Saturday 2nd at 1.30pm.

U16

U16s Played Gneeveguilla on Wednesday last. The score at half time was Kerins O’Rahillys 0-04 Gneeveguilla 0-07. Kerins O’Rahillys turned it around in the second half to draw the game with the final score Kerins O’Rahillys 1-08 Gneeveguilla 0-11.

The U16s were due to play Laune Rangers on Wednesday evening but this game will no longer go ahead. It has been conceded by Laune Rangers. Senior Football Senior County League Round 8 Kerins O’Rahillys 0-05 Milltown/Castlemaine 2-13 Kerins O’Rahillys played Milltown/Castlemaine on Saturday last in Round 8 of the Co League with a depleted side and were beaten by a stronger side on the night.

Junior Fixtures

Strand Rd play Ballymac in the Junior Town League on Thursday 31st at 7.30 in Strand Rd. Strand Rd play St Pats in same competition on Tuesday 5th at 7.30 in Strand Road. Mouth-Guards: As you may be aware it will be compulsory for all players senior right down to juvenile to wear mouth-guards at training sessions and when playing games.

This comes into effect for seniors from 1st January 2014 and has been in effect for all others since last January. If players fail to wear mouth guards they will not be permitted to participate in football training or matches.

No mouthguard No game!

Further information on this rule can be found online at http://www.gaa.ie. Club Membership Senior Committee will be in contact with you shortly about your 2014 membership. We will be asking that you consider putting your membership on direct debit to help cut down on administration. Please contact any committee member for details.

Ladies Football

U14/U16 U14 and U16 Ladies train every Tuesday at 6.15 in Ballyrickard. U12 Girls U12 girls train this week and have to play remaining games in North Kerry League. They will be notified by text. Birthday Wishes Birthday wishes this week go to Aoibhinn Corridon U6 Girls, Odhran Kerins U8 Boys, Jerome Daly U12 Boys and Jordan Morris-Lynch U12 Boys. Enjoy your Birthday!

Good Luck

Best of luck to the Kerry Senior team and their management who play Galway in the All-Ireland Quarter final on Sunday next. Congratulations to the Kerry U14 ladies team on their recent All-Ireland win and to our own Frank McLoughlin for his involvement with the team.

Lotto The Lotto takes place in Charlie’s Bar every Monday. The Lotto results for Monday the 21st of July were 2, 8, 11 and 28. There was no jackpot winner; the next jackpot will be €6,100. There were 6 match 3 winners. They were Joe Griffin DD, Sheila Ronan c/o Peter, Lillie Healy DD, Thomas O’Connor Kerins Park, Ann, Martin, Sonny c/o Ann and Tim Scannell DD.

The 5 entrants for the December draw were Mags and Sean c/o Sean Kissane, Fred and Dylan c/o Fred, Julie Griffin c/o Pat, Tony Flavin Ashgrove and Terry Healy DD. To play the Kerins O’Rahillys Lotto, four numbers are selected from 1 to 28. If anybody matches the four numbers selected on the night he/she wins the Jackpot. Match three numbers to win €25. Tickets cost €2 each.

The Kerins O’Rahillys Lotto can also be played online at www.korgaa.com Lotto Sellers The club needs lotto ticket sellers. It can be worth your while. If you are interested contact any member of the Senior Committee.

Charlie’s Bar Club Lotto on takes place in the bar every Monday night with a special in house raffle if you are present so why not pop along. Why not treat yourself to lunch in Charlie’s. There’s something to please everyone.

Weightwatchers takes place in the Healy Room every Thursday and have now changed to “winter” times. Classes now take place at 9.30am, 12.30 and 5.30pm. The Active Retired Coffee Morning Group meets every Tuesday morning in Charlie’s. Come along and keep in touch with old friends and make new friends. All welcome.

“Dance for Fun” has finished for the summer but will make a return in the autumn. Keep an eye on the notes for dates and times. We have many different size function rooms and cater to all types of function.

We also have Barbecue facilities so with beautiful summer weather why not consider having a barbecue at Charlies. Contact Tom or Eileen or any member of staff at 7124956 if you have any queries.

Sympathies

Sincere Sympathy is expressed to the family of Marguerite Cotter (née McCarthy) Clogher Lí Tralee, Isabella Robb Gort Na Greine Tralee and Val Allister Maple Court and Caherina Tralee.

May they rest in Peace.

P.R.O Contact If you have any thing you feel is of interest for the Kerins O’Rahillys notes please get in touch. You can contact me at pro.kerinsorahillys.kerry@gaa.ie. Why not join our Facebook group to keep up to date with all fixtures and what is going on in the club. Just follow the following link https://www.facebook.com/groups/Narries/ or follow us on Twitter @korgaa

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Austin Stacks Juvenile News

Austin StacksJUVENILE CLUB NOTES

AN CAMPA PEILE

Our summer football camp (or should it be autumn football camp?) will take place from Tuesday 5th August to Saturday 9th August. Bíodh d’ainm ar an liosta!

PEIL FAOI 6/8/10

(i) No…no…no football on Sunday morning…all energy being saved for the afternoon’s game: Ciarraí v An Ghaillimh i bPáirc an Chrócaigh ag 2pm. The Kerry minors will play Kildare in Semple Stadium on Monday August 4th at 3:45pm. Gach dea-ghuí ar Jack Ó Muireagáin seo againne agus ar ár “Star”. (ii) More Under 6/8/10 football on Thursday at 5:45pm.

FAOI 13/14

(i) The Rock Under 14A team qualified for the final of the Central League (Division 1) with a win over the John Mitchel Club boys on Monday last. An scór:- Club Aibhistín de Staic: 8-14; Na Seán Mistéalaigh: 1-8. And the FINAL is fixed for this Thursday (31st July) and Laune Rangers are the opposition. Good luck, lads!

(ii) The Under 14Bs eagerly look forward to the upcoming Rose Cup competition. (iii) Our Under 13A lads have now completed their group games and, following a nice win (away) v Ballymac, they have qualified for the “Kellihers’ Mills” Under 13 Town League final v Na Gaeil.

This team has really gelled in the last couple of weeks and, having had a good run of victories, they eagerly look forward to the final which will be played on Wednesday 6th. Go n-éirí go geal libh, a leaideanna! (iv) Our foireann Faoi 13B followed on from a battling performance against Ardfert and had a nice victory v Naomh Pádraig (Blennerville). They then defeated Na Mistéalaigh and challenge Ard Fhearta in the Town League (Division 2) final on Wednesday 6th. Guímid gach rath orthu!

FOCLÓIR

cluiche ceathrú ceannais = quarter final; cluiche leathcheannais = semi-final; leataca = leathchúlaí = half back; An Ghaillimh = Galway; in aghaidh na Gaillimhe = v Galway. For other words go to HYPERLINK “http://www.focal.ie” www.focal.ie. And, when you feel like giving your opinion to a referee (or mentor!) or using foul language, remember…is binn béal ina thost!

PEIL FAOI 16

We have our final Under 16 competitive fixture in the County League this Wednesday (30th) at 7.30pm at home to Gníomh go Leith. These Rock boys have acquitted themselves very well in Division 1; they have greatly improved, matured and grown as fine ambitious footballers since the start of this season. Maith sibh, a leaideanna!

 

 

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St Pat’s GAA/Blennerville News

St PatsLotto

There was no winner of last week’s jackpot of €11,600. The numbers drawn were 03, 08, 15 & 27.

The five €30 consolation prizes went to Mike Farmer, Lohercannon; Aileen Breen, 2 The Cottages; Bridget & John Moynihan, Camp; Aidan O’Regan, O’Rahilly’s Villas & Tim Boyle c/o Terry Boyle.

This week’s jackpot will be €11,700 and the draw will take place this Bank Holiday Monday night August 4th at 10pm in Skelper Quane’s Bar. Lotto tickets available from the usual outlets or any club officer.

Juvenile Academy

Our Juvenile academy restarted on Sunday last after Summer recess. The U6’s and U8’s entertained our friends from Ballymac & Na Gaeil.

These games were very entertaining and all parents and mentors enjoyed the skill levels, team work and commitment from the future stars of the 3 clubs.

We look forward to return visits to Ballymac & Na Gaeil. The U10’s played a friendly game against a strong Churchill side. Again parents and mentors complimented both sets of players and enjoyed the game.

Thanks to the Juvenile parents and mentors who helped to arrange the games and provided refreshments for our guests from Na Gaeil, Ballymac & Churchill. Our new club jerseys have been ordered. Thanks to sponsors Fitzgibbons and Poff Motors for your much appreciated support.

Bootcamp Hits Blennerville

St Pats are pleased to announce that the club will be running a 6 week bootcamp at the field every Monday & Wednesday evening beginning on Bank Holiday Monday August 4th.

The camp will be run by senior player Eoin Murray. Eoin is a certified personal trainer and also holds both primary and masters degrees in Sports Science & Coaching.

Classes will be one hour in duration from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. It will be suitable for male and female and will be set up to cater for all fitness levels from beginner upwards. All classes will take place on the field so if it rains, you just get wet! It is a bootcamp after all.

Cost is €90 for the 12 classes with €50 to be paid upfront and €40 2 weeks later. This includes an initial screening on the first day. Participants can also take part on a individual class basis of €10 per session. If you are interested in taking part, message us on Facebook or contact Eoin directly on 086-3725255. Places are limited and are on a first come first served basis.

Seniors

Credit Union County Senior Football League Div 2 Round 8:

Gneeveguilla 3-8 St Pats 0-9

Our senior team travelled to Gneeveguilla last Sunday in the hope of keeping their slim chance of maintaining Division 2 status for 2015 but they were undone in the final quarter by a dogged Gneeveguilla side.

Playing with the aid of a strong wind, St Pats started brightly and had two quick opening points from Willie Hurley.

In the 5th minute, Gneeveguilla had a man sent off which didn’t aid their cause as St Pats were dominating the game in every sector. Luke Mulligan, playing as the spare man was winning a lot of breaking ball around the middle and he also made a foray into the Gneeveguilla half in the 10th minute and finished off a well worked score to extend the lead to 3 points.

Brendan Poff added a further point in the 16th minute after a great ball in by Adrian Greaney. Whilst dominating the possession and being well able to curtail the few attacks By Gneeveguilla, St Pats wasted some chances through poor shot selection and bad wides. Andy Byrne kicked a monster point from 60 yards in the 20th minute to make it a 4 point game.

Gneeveguilla eventually got on the score sheet with a free in the 24th minute but St Pats replied with points from Mulligan and Liam O’Sullivan to give them a 5 point lead at half-time. Gneeveguilla started the second half brightly and kicked two points in the opening five minutes.

St Pats replied with a lovely point from play by Willie Hurley after a great ball in from Anton O’Callaghan. Gneeveguilla added a further to reduce the deficit to 3 points but Paul McMahon responded with a fisted effort in the 40th minute and St Pats looked good value for their 4 point lead. However, disaster struck two minutes later as Gneeveguilla won a penalty after a foul on their corner forward.

They duly dispatched it to leave the minimum between the teams and the momentum pendulum swung in favour of the home side. History repeated itself 5 minutes later as the same corner forward was again judged to have been fouled in the box and Gneeveguilla dispatched the second penalty to put them into the lead for the first time in the game going into the final quarter.

St Pats tried to get back into the game but were caught on the counter attack and Gneeveguilla goaled in the 50th minute which was the final nail in the visitors coffin.

Gneeveguilla added further points in the closing minutes to put gloss on the final score line. However, they were good value for their win considering they played the majority of the game with 14 men.

St Pats deserve huge credit for their performance in the opening 40 minutes but the team is lacking confidence at present and the concession of the two penalties cost them dearly.

This result confirms relegation to Division 3 for next season but hopefully, the team can build on the positives of this performance for the remainder of the league. Team: P Bailey, P O’Connor, A Greaney, Jake Foley, L Mulligan, Jeffrey Foley, P McMahon, L Poff, L O’Sullivan, B Poff, A O’Callaghan, B Savage, W Hurley, A Byrne & G Savage, Subs: S Dowling, C Moore, E Teahan, K Quirke, J Fitzgerald, B Boyle, M O’Sullivan.

Get well soon to Paudie O’Connor who came off after a nasty knee injury in the second half. Next County League fixture is at home to Laune Rangers on the weekend of August 16/17th. The final Junior Town League game is away to Kerins O’Rahilly’s on Tuesday August 5th with a throw in time of 7:30pm in Strand Road.

Under 11’s

Our u11’s had another busy week. On Tuesday we played at home against Mitchels but we were beaten by a very strong team. We saw our first and only point in the first half by Liam O’Sullivan. In the second half Michael Doody and Martin Laucher both scored very skillful goals and we saw 2 lovely points from Danny Greaney and Martin Laucher.

David Faido in goals made some very impressive saves while Cillian Lynch, Matthew Quilter, Jade Harkins and Liam O’Sullivan played outstanding in defence.

On Thursday we played at home against Austin Stacks. Our boys were beaten but they gave a much improved performance. Again we missed some scoring opportunities seeing points from Cillian Lynch, Danny Greaney and Martin Laucher. Mikey Healy scored a lovely soccer style goal, Martin Laucher planted the ball into the net and Danny Greaney lobbed the goalie.

Under 16’s

Our Under 16’s produced another Lazarus like comeback last Wednesday night where they drew with Fossa after being down 9 points. An injury time goal by Eoin Greaney was the icing on a fantastic second half performance. It was also great to see the return of Tommy Lynch after injury. Final score was 4-12 to 3-15. The next outing is at home to Asdee/Ballylongford. This is due to be played Tuesday night July 29th at 7:30pm in Blennerville. Best of luck to the team and management. Result in next week’s notes.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Mick and Caroline Walsh on the recent birth of their daughter Lucy in Galway. The first grand daughter for proud grandparents George and Kathleen Poff!

Sympathy

The club would also like to extend its sympathy to the families and relatives of Margaret Cotter, Clogher Li. May she rest in peace.

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Austin Stacks GAA Club

Austin StacksTREVOR BARRETT MEMORIAL HURLING TOURNAMENT

The Trevor Barrett Memorial Hurling Tournament goes ahead in the Connolly Park and Caherslee pitches on this Bank Holiday Saturday (2nd Aug). Eight teams are participating with the first games going ahead in both pitches at 10.30am, concluding with both finals in Connolly Park at 3.30 (Shield Final) and 4,30 (Cup Final).

The following are the fixtures – Causeway .v Wolfe Tones (10.30 Caherslee); Austin Stacks .v. St. Pats (10.30 Connolly Park; Lismire .v. Laochra Óg (11.30 Caherslee) and O’Dorney .v. Crotta (11.30 Connolly Park).

The 4 Losers of those first round games compete in two semi finals, both at 1.15 – one in each venue with the winners contesting the Shield Final at 3.30 in Connolly Park.

The 4 winners of those first round games compete in two semi finals, both at 2.15 – one in each venue with the winners contesting the Cup Final in Connolly Park at 4.30.

HURLING

Kenmare 2-14; Austin Stacks 0-12.

The final of the South Kerry JH League played in ideal conditions in Lewis Road on last Wednesday evening (23rd July) ended in an eight points defeat for us, thereby relinquishing the title we won last season.

After a poor start we found ourselves behind by 1-4 to 0-1 after 12 minutes. But we had a very good 2nd quarter scoring six points without reply to level the game after 27 minutes (0-7 to 1-4). Paul Daly scored four of these (all from frees) to add to his opener, also from a free, in the 5th minute. Our other two points came from play, both brilliant efforts by Joe Brennan.

Both sides had a point each in the closing minutes of the half, ours scored by Ronan Gilsenan from play, to leave the sides deadlocked at the break (0-8 to 1-5).

We didn’t play to our full potential in the second half. Apart from two more pointed frees by Paul Daly and another scored by John McCarthy deep in added time, our only score from play came in the 54th minute from Danny Maguire.

Peter Doyle in goals and Peter O’Regan, Andrew Morrissey, Michael O’Leary and Aaron Barry played well also.

Team: Peter Doyle, Paudie Bradley, Peter O’Regan, Seán King, Andrew Morrissey, Jim McCarthy, Breandán Caball, Shane Fitzgerald, Michael O’Leary, Joe Brennan (0-2), Aaron Barry, Danny Maguire (0-1), Paul Daly (Capt) (0-7 frees), Ronan Gilsenan (0-1), John McCarthy (0-1 free).

Sub used: Brian Meehan (43m).

Prior to the game there was a Minute’s Silence in honour of the late Fr. George Foley who was a member of the Stacks MH Co. Championship winning team of 1955.

We have drawn Lixnaw at home in the 1st round (quarter final) of the County Intermediate Hurling Championship. The game is fixed for Connolly Park on Friday fortnight (8th Aug) at 7pm.

Details of the concluding fixtures in the County League have yet to announced.

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Round 8 of the Co. League, against St. Michaels/Foilmore, did not go ahead as scheduled due to the sad passing of Stephen’s father (see Sympathy). In the meantime we are due to play another back game (the Round 7 tie away to Listowel Emmets) on the weekend after next (9th/10th Aug). Check Web for updates.

JUNIOR B FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 1-18; St. Pats 0-14

So far, in the Town League, it has been three out of three wins for our B team, the last win in Blennerville last Monday week (21st July) after earlier victories against John Mitchels and Kerins O’Rahillys. The penultimate round away in Ballymac is fixed for this Monday evening (28th July) at 7.45pm with the final round, away to Na Gaeil, due to go ahead on Wednesday evening (30th July) at 7.30pm.

Our Co. League semi final against Rathmore has now been refixed for next Wednesday week (6th Aug) at 7pm in Rathmore. The winner plays Killarney Legion in the final.

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR CLUB MEMBERSHIP: Are you receiving Club Up-dates regarding fixtures/results and club events? If not text your name to Club Secretary, Elma Nix, to be included. Phone number 086 105 3300.

www.austinstacks.ie to find the most up-to-date Austin Stacks news and match reports and photographs.

SPORTS FORECAST UPDATE: Treasurer, Michael Kenny submits the following report.

‘’Well what a few weeks it has been since the last update. Lots of us went down with Brazil and Naymar and ye of little faith who went with Crokes instead of the Rockies, and many more lost points by going for Cork instead of Kerry!
On the other hand lots of points were gained by staying with Kilkenny in Leinster, Djokovic for the Tennis, and lots of people got 12 points by going for “other” in World Cup top scorer.

And so to the Leaderboard: Congratulations to Kevin O Carroll who is our new leader on 89 points. Previous leader Frank O Donnell is on 86 points. Finbarr Smith and Edward Stack share third spot on 85.

Jim Murray and Johnny Clifford each have 83. The entry of Pa and Anne Hoare comes next on 82.

Malachy Nagle, Derek O Connor, and John Galvin each have 81 and finally Michael Tangney and Tommy Dowling with 80 each.
All other entries have 79 or less but some could still make a late bid if results fall their way.

So now we are down to just 4 events; the 2 All Ireland Finals and the 2 county finals.

Thanks to you all for your entries and your continued interest. Next update at the end of Sept when the 2 All Irelands will be sorted out.

As ever all totals will be cross checked for errors and gremlins before and money is handed out.’’

CLUBHOUSE: As always the Clubhouse is available for all types of Parties. Phone Ian from 7pm at 066 7126942 for bookings.

CARDS: The 45 Card Sessions continue in the Clubhouse every Monday and Thursday nights at 9.30pm.

LOTTO: Last Monday’s (21st July) Jackpot worth €5,000 was not won. The numbers drawn were 2, 24, 25 and 29.
The €20 Prizes went to Mary Lyons, c/o The Bingo; Paddy O’Mahony, c/o Denis O’Connor; Brian Collins, c/o Martin Collins; John Barrett, c/o The Club; and Niall O’Shea, c/o Charlie Healy..

SYMPATHY: Sincere sympathy is offered to the families of Maurice Stack, Woodbrook, Cahirdown, Listowel and late of Moyassa, Listowel (father of Stephen, Manager of our SF team); Val Allister, Maple Court, Ashley Downes and late of Caherina, Cobh and Yalta (Crimea); Marguerite Cotter (nee McCarthy), Clogher Lí, Ballyard and late of Kilshanna, Mitchelstown; and Isabella Robb, Gort Na Gréine, Cahermoneen who died during the past week.

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

BallymacLOTTO

The Lotto jackpot was held in Glenduff House on Monday, 21st July 2014 for a lotto jackpot of €2500. Numbers drawn were 4,24,26,28. There was no winner.
Lucky Dips
1. Mark O Connor, Scart
2. Joseph Leen, Kilquane
3. Patsy Dooley, Ballymac
4. Pat Joe Barrett, c/o Tom Leen
5. Dermot Murphy, Rathanny
Sellers Prize : Mannix Post Office. Next weeks jackpot is €2,600 and can be played online at www.ballymacgaa.com

SENIORS

Ballymac 1 – 15 Scartaglin 0 – 9.
Our Senior team secured two valuable Co. League Points on Saturday evening last with a 9 point victory away to Scartaglin. It was the home side who started the better and had 3 points on the board by the 5th minute.

Our lads then started to dominate and came back into the game with a succession of scores the pick of which was a superb point from a side line by Genie Griffin. Indeed but for some good saves by the Scart goalkeeper we would have been further ahead at half time at which stage Ballymac led on a score of 0 – 10 to 0 – 5.

Our lads started the second half in a determined fashion and 4 Padraig McCarthy points (2 frees) and 1 from Genie Griffin extended the lead to 10 points.

Scart hit back with 2 points of their own but Padraig McCarthy sealed the victory with a goal with 10 minutes remaining. Some resolute defending by TJ Casey, Con Reynolds and Denis Leen ensured no way back for the Scart lads. We used our full compliment of subs which included Jonathan Brick making his senior team debut.

Team: P Laide, Denis Leen, T J Casey, B O Donnell, C. Counihan (0 – 1), C. Reynolds, A Bonn, A Breen, K O Shea, Mike Leen, Dermot Leen (0 – 1), P Mc Carthy (1 – 6), L Sweeney, D. O Shea (0 – 3), G Griffin (0 – 4). Subs: C Leen, M. Herlihy, Mossie Leen, J. Brick, M. Galvin.

Ballymac’s next game in the Co. League will take place on the 16/17th August when we welcome An Gaeltacht to Ballymac.

COISTE NA NOG

FAOI 16: Ballymac 4-13 Castlegregory 4-10
Our U16’s travelled to Castlegregory last Wednesday evening to take on the locals in Round 4 of the County League. After a tough game on the night we came away with a great victory and this result gives us a home semi final. This Wednesday evening we are away to Finuge in the final round of County League.

FAOI 14 : BALLYMAC 4-13 AUSTIN STACKS B 3-4

Stacks B were our opponents in Ballymac in the semi final of U14 central division. Ballymac were always on top with early points from Daire Keane and Josh. Daire Keane then scored 1-3 from frees before Dara Chawke won possession ,passed to Tadhg Brick who found the net. Daire Keane added another 1-2 before the break the goal coming from a long pass from Josh. Half time score Ballymac 3-8 Stacks b 1-2.

Many changes were made at half time and Darragh Broderick ,who was prominent throughout was our main scorer in the second half getting 1-2. James McDonnell looked lively when introduced, Dara Leen, Josh, and Liam O’Brien solid as always.

Further points from Daire Keane completed our scoring though Stacks managed to get through for two goals. We are now in the final of this competition where Ardfert await us, this game is due to be played in Ballymac on Bank Holiday Monday evening .

FAOI 11: Last Tuesday we travelled to Kerins o Rahillys & on Thursday we travelled to Ardfert in Rd. 3 & 4 of Coiste Trá Lí League. Its great to see a great effort been put in by the lads, they are improving weekly and we hope this continues.

FAOI 10: Following our fantastic win in the John Mitchels Blitz the previous weekend we travelled to Miltown/Castlemaine blitz on Sunday last. While we didn’t bring any trophy home, more importantly we fielded two teams which meant all players got maximum game time which was of great benefit to them all.

All the Club wish a speedy recovery to Luke O Connell from a hand injury sustained in a recent U11 game. Luke was one of our star performers at the recent John Mitchels Blitz.

MILE BUIOCHAS: Many Thanks to St. Pats in Blennerville for inviting us to take part in their Blitz. Our U6 and u8 boys had a great morning and played some great football. Well done to all the U6s, who showed some great skills and understanding of the game. A fantastic effort was made by all the U8 boys in particular Luke Griffin, Maurice Harrington, Ciaran O’Connell, Matthew Rogers, Con Sheahan and Sam Slattery. Mile Buiochas also to the mentors and coaches for their dedication and hard work with the boys every week.

CAILINÍ FAOI 13: Ballymac 5-8 Dr Crokes 0-4 Our U13 girls played Dr Crokes on Tuesday 22nd in Ballymac in the U13 C Co Championship . With both sides fielding mostly U12 players and Crokes missing some players also , the first quarter was uneventful with the younger girls adapting to the full pitch .

However once the Ballymac girls found their feet they surged ahead , with U14s Aine , Maeve and Niamh and Ashling O Connell leading the way in the central positions our forwards found their range and we led at half time by 2-4 to 3 pts , goals coming from Emily O Donoghue and Lisa Curran .

We dominated the 2nd half with further goals from Emily 2 & Cora . We ran out easy enough winners in the end , though Crokes total didn’t reflect their efforts during the game . Scorers Emily O Donoghue 3-1 , Lisa Curran 1-3 , Cora Savage 1-1, Aine Rice 0-2 ,Caroline Hurley 0-1 Team : Elle Sugrue, Cait Rice , Caoimhe Carroll , Maeve O Sullivan, Catriona Sommers , Niamh Rahilly , Roisin Long , Aine Rice , Ashling O Connell , Cora Savage , Caroline Hurley , Emily O Donoghue , Lisa Curran , Elle Mc Elligott & Sophie O Donoghue We play Spa in next round on Tuesday 29th time and venue TBC

Cailini U10 girls were also in action this week, playing against Fingue/St Senans. All the girls played well and did their club proud.

CÚL CAMPS: We wish all those partaking in Kelloggs Cul Camps this week the best of luck for a fun filled week. Enjoy!

NOTE: There will be no Academy next Sunday due to Kerry game.

CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to Shonagh Griffin U10 Girls who has spent months growing her hair and donated it to the charity Rapunzel. A fantastic gesture, all at the club are very proud of her.

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Churchill Club News

rsz_1churchill_gaa_2Seniors

An understrength senior team went down to Fossa in Fossa on Saturday night in the County League.The players would want to regroup and get there season back on track.

St Brendans U21

The Brendans u-21 were beaten by Shannon Rangers on Monday night in Ardfert. Churchill players on the night were Eoin o Brien, J.J. Prior, Brian Hill and subs Cathal Rodgers and Fiachra Griffin.

Players and officals would want to sit down and see what can be done to improve the Brendans. This is the only outlet for players from the smaller clubs to play County Champinship.

Fenit Rowing Club

Fenit rowing club will host the Kerry County Rowing Champinships for the second year in a row.This is a brillant achievement for a club that is only up and running for just 2 years.About 12 teams from all over Kerry will attend.Teams from Fenit.Killarney,Mid and South Kerry will be coming.Parking will be in O Sullivans field.

Bag Packing

Reminder to all members bag packing in Dunnes N.C.R. on Friday and Saturday. Any members or people from the area with one hour to spare might offer a hand.

Congratulations Mick

Pride of the parish this week goes to local man Mick Hanafin who trained the Kerry u-14s ladies football team to beat Mayo in the All-Ireland Final. Mick has a long involvement with the game both local and in Kildare.

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John Mitchels GAA News

MitchelsCOUNTY LEAGUE

John Mitchels 1-13
Glenbeigh/ Glencar 1-6

We came away with two very valuable points last Sunday in a match that we controlled from the start. With both teams missing players it was the Mitchels younger lads who showed their steel on the day and not to forget Alan O’Donoghue with a personal tally of 8 points.

Our scores in the first half came from Alan O’Donoghue 3. Wayne Conway 2. And one each by James Duggan and Sean Moloney. Half time score John Mitchels 0-7 G/G 0-3.

The second half was much the same with Alan O’Donoghue giving G/G backs a torrid time adding 4 more points and James Duggan 1 we were 12 points to 3 in front. G/G added another 3 points to their score to leave the score J/M 0-12 G/G 0-6 with 20 minutes gone in the second half.

Wayne Conway scoring a goal in the 22nd minute and Alan O’Donoghue with another point left us 1-13 to 6 points in front. Glen/Glencar had a goal in the 25th minute, final score John Mitchels 1-13 Glen/ Glencar 1-6.

JUVENILE BLITZ
On Saturday last 19th July, for the 14th consecutive year we held our annual juvenile football tournament for the U-8 & U-10 age groups.

Once again this football blitz was an outstanding success with 24 teams enjoying a great day of football. We had 12 teams at both u-8 and u-10 age groups, these teams were John Mitchels, Austin Stacks, Na Gaeil, Castleisland Desmonds, Churchill, Ballymacelligott, Dingle, Ardfert, Milltown/Castlemaine, Keel, Beaufort and Beale.

In all over 500 players enjoyed a Fantastic day of football and with over sixty games of football played we had many stars of the future on show.

Thanks to all the teams and team mentors who took part on the day, thanks also to the referees who volunteered on the day and made sure that once again this tournament was an outstanding success.

On a club level a huge thank you to chief organiser Kevin McMahon and his team of volunteers, to centre manager Humphrey and to Liam, Noel, Mike and Paudie who worked tirelessly to ensure the smooth running of the event.

Thanks  to the field committee members who ensured all six pitches were lined on the day, to the car park attendants, to the Sunday morning ladies committee who provided home baking and made sure things ran smoothly in the members’ lounge and to the juvenile ladies members who helped run the club shop on the day.

A final thanks to the club chairperson Brid and all the club officers who once again ensured this event was an outstanding success. Well done to all involved.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Jade Powell and Blathnaid Cotter who were part of the Kerry under 14 Ladies team on their victory over Mayo, and also to Rory Kilgallen a mentor on the team.

JOHN MITCHELS SPORTS COMPLEX

Our Sports Complex at Camp Ballyseddy is available for bookings on the Sports Hall, All Weather Pitch. The Gym, Sauna and Steam rooms are open from 5pm to 9pm Monday to Friday.

Cost €3 per session for members and €4 for non members. Complex also open for children’s parties. Further information contact Humphrey Shanahan on 0877740275.

CHAMPERS RESTAURANT

The John Mitchels Club House and Restaurant on the John Joe Sheehy road is opened to serve the community with good food and warm Hospitality . Our Restaurant is opened daily. Opening hours are from 09.30 to 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday and Sunday 9.30 to 3.00pm.

UNDER 14

We competed out Central League division one games this week. On Monday we had a hard fought win at home to Laune Rangers in a high scoring topsy turvy encounter.

We entertained Stacks on Thursday night minus a number of our regulars and were comprehensively beaten on the night by a physically stronger side .We have 5 points from our 5 games and have to wait for back games to be played to see if we make the semi finals.

When the Central League programme is done we will still have the Castleisland district matches and Brendan’s final to be played so there is plenty to look forward to for the rest of the year.

We will have a week off this week and get back on the road the week after.
Under 12
Training is on every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 6.45pm. It is important that the entire group bring gum shields. For more information phone Brendan Dillane on 086 1742604.

GIRLS U13

Our first game as defending champions of the U13 Championship takes place in Glenflesk on Thursday July 24th at 7.00pm – all players will be notified by Teamer.

GIRLS U12

The girls recorded two great wins against Na Gaeil & Finuge/ St Senans in the North Kerry league last week to leave them sitting nicely on top of the table. The game against Na Gaeil on Wednesday was very competive & we were behind by 5 pts at half time but some great scoring & defending in the second half saw us through by 3 pts in the end.

This game also marked the return of the ever tough Sinead O Donnell after two months out with a broken arm & a visit from the current Rose Of Tralee Hayley O’ Sullivan who posed for photographs & signed autographs for the girls.

We then played Finuge / St Senans, who were down a few players, on Friday evening & put in a good performance to record another good win.

The girls that played last week were as follows; Mikayla Marshall, Melissa Dennehy, Clara O Callaghan, Nicole Heaphey, Erica O Connor, Laura Fitzgerald, Julie Foley, Sinead O Donnell, Semi Ogungbsa, Caoimhe Leahy, Ruth Moriarty, Rachel Kilgallen, Aibhne Ryle, Kerry Oba, Amy Somers, Molly Brosnan, Rachel Hanafin, Amee Kerins, Lea Jones, Kate Ross,Lauren Smullen & Lynda O Connor.

Training continues at Camp Ballyseedy from 6pm to 7pm on Wednesday evenings – any new players are more than welcome to attend. The remaining North Kerry & Town League fixtures will be coming up shortly.

GIRLS UNDER 8’s & 10’s

Training continued for both U8’s and 10’s. The girls skill levels are improving with each training session. The girls are concentrating on kicking and passing. The girls this week who tried hard were Amy O Shea, Taylor Rodgers, Brid O Shea and Lauten Smullen.

Training continues on Wednesday between 6 and 7pm and also Sunday morning between 10-30am and 12.
It is important that all players turn up for training ass we will have matches planned in the coming weeks.

Mouth guards must be worn for both training and matches.

U 8 BOYS

We had a great day on Saturday and all the players put in great performances and we had some great results. Ben, Paddy, Ted and Will did great work while Daragh, Sean, Dathi and Reece tackled well and had some great scores. Wonderful performances were put in by all players and we hope you had a wonderful day. Training again next Thursday at 7.00 see you all there.

UNDER 6

We are training on Sunday mornings in camp Ballyseedy. Under the watchful eyes of John, Sean, Tim and Susie and it is great to see such large numbers turning out.

UNDER 10 Boys

Training is on Sunday mornings and great effort is being made by all the players. Training is at 10:30

MEMBERSHIP

Membership is now well overdue for some and your subscription can be given to Club Registrar CoraMcElligott or any other officer.
Cost:
Adults €40
Juveniles €20
OAP and unwaged €20

BINGO
Our Bingo continues on Wednesday and Friday and Sunday nights. Bookings for Parties etc can be made by phoning 066 71 26300.

LOTTO
15/7/2014
No winner
Numbers 3-15-17-20
€100 Tim Leahy c/o Mickey
€25 Timmy Brosnan c/o Paddy
€25 Ann Moynihan c/o Juveniles
€25 Sean Og Sheehy c/o Patrons
€25 Ger Fitzgerald c/o Paddy
€25 Michael Donovan c/o Bertie
Next draw 22/7/2014
Jackpot €5,100-00

SYMPATHY

To the Family of James Powell the Willows Clonmore Ballymullen & formerly Urban Terrace
Boherbee Tralee.
To the Family of Doreen Kenny (nee Sheehy ) Caherslee Tralee.
To the Family of Reverend George Foley Tralee.
To the Family of Paddy Commane Rock Street Tralee.

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Kerins O’Rahilly’s GAA News

Strand RoadJuveniles
U6/8/10/Girls U10 Boys took part in their final “Go Games” blitz of the summer in John Mitchels on Thursday last.

Dates for your diary: Sunday the 27th U10 blitz in Milltown. Times will be sent via text. The Kerins O’Rahillys Summer Camp will run from the 11th to the 15th of August.

U11 U11s play Na Gaeil on Thursday 24th at 6pm in Killeen.

U16 U16s Played Dr Crokes on Wednesday last in Round 3 of the Co League. They were beaten by a physically stronger Dr Crokes team with the final score Kerins O’Rahillys 3-04 Dr Crokes 2-22. Next game Wednesday 23rd away 7.30 to Gneeveguilla

Senior Football
Junior Town League Strand Rd 1-13 Na Gaeil 1-16
This Junior Town League game was played on a beautiful summers evening on Sunday last. Strand Rd opened the scoring with a point from Cian Sayers in the first minute.

Na Gaeil followed with one of their own in the second. Strand Road dominated this half with fine play throughout including an outstanding save half way through the half form goalie Gary Sugrue.

There were an array of scorers including Timmy O’Sullivan, Diarmuid O’Sullivan and Shane Flavin. Ryan Carroll was once again on target whether from play, one point following an impressive run from Back Jason O’Leary, or from frees or 45’s. The half time score was Strand Rd 0-09 Na Gaeil 0-07.

Timmy O’Sullivan opened Strand Roads scoring in the second half but Na Gaeil took control of the game after this and they got a succession of scores to put them 2 points up half way through the half. Ryan Carroll got one back from a free in the 17th but a quick goal by Na Gaeil in the 18th put 4 between the sides.

Not to be a superbly scored goal by Cian Sayers in the 20th once again narrowed the gap to one. The score was now Strand Rd 1-11 Na Gaeil 1-12 with 10 minutes to go.

Strand Rd went on to score a further 2 both by Ryan Carroll but Na Gaeil came back the stronger and scored a further 4 to leave the final score Strand Rd 1-13 Na Gaeil 1-16. Players worthy of mention were Liam Kissane when introduced, James O’Connor and Johnny Kelly for their defensive roles and link play.

Keanes Supervalu Minor Football Championship Round 3 Kerins O’Rahillys 2-05 Mid Kerry 1-09

The 3rd round of the Minor Football Championship was played in a warm JP O’Sullivan Park in Killorglin on Friday evening last.

Kerins O’Rahillys were first off the mark with a fine point scored in the second minute by Ryan Carroll. It took Mid Kerry 7 minutes to score to level things up. Gearóid Savage scored a fine goal in the 11th minute to put a goal between the sides but a succession of points from Mid Kerry in the 15 and 16th minutes narrowed the gap.

An outstanding save from Jack Shortt in the 17th stopped them from going ahead and the got the equaliser soon after. Another fantastic save from Jack towards the end of the half reprieved us again and Mid Kerry went 1 ahead on the stroke of half time leaving the score Kerins O’Rahillys 1-01 Mid Kerry 0-05.

Kerins O’Rahillys once again opened the scoring in the second half with a point from Cormac Coffey in the first minute to level the sides. Mid Kerry went ahead in the 7th and Ryan Carroll levelled it with a free in the 9th to make it Kerins O’Rahillys 1-03 to Mid Kerry 0-06.

For the next 18 minutes we had possession but couldn’t convert it to scores. Mid Kerry scored 3 points during this time to put them 3 ahead. Then in the 27th minute Pádraig Griffin was pulled down in the square resulting in a Kerins O’Rahillys penalty.

This was blasted in the net by Ryan Carroll to level the sides and a point scored by Ryan shortly after had the Kerins O’Rahillys supporters on their feet. Time was up and Mid Kerry had the ball in stoppage time and got a tap in goal in 31st minute Kerins O’Rahillys won the kick out but Ryan Carroll’s resulting point wasn’t enough and the final score was Kerins O’Rahillys 2-05 Mid Kerry 1-09.
Mouth-Guards

As you may be aware it will be compulsory for all players senior right down to juvenile to wear mouth-guards at training sessions and when playing games.

This comes into effect for seniors from 1st January 2014 and has been in effect for all others since last January. If players fail to wear mouth guards they will not be permitted to participate in football training or matches. No mouthguard No game! Further information on this rule can be found online at http://www.gaa.ie.

Club Membership
Senior Committee will be in contact with you shortly about your 2014 membership. We will be asking that you consider putting your membership on direct debit to help cut down on administration. Please contact any committee member for details.

Ladies Football
U14/U16 U14 and U16 Ladies train every Tuesday at 6.15 in Ballyrickard.
U12 Girls U12 girls train this week and have to play remaining games in North Kerry League. They will be notified by text.

Birthday Wishes Birthday wishes this week go to Mark Hassett U6 Boys. Enjoy your Birthday!

Thank you Special thanks this week to all those who helped out with out recent Juvenile Bagpacking event. Your help is always appreciated.

Lotto
The Lotto takes place in Charlie’s Bar every Monday. The Lotto results for Monday the 14th of July were 2, 5, 17 and 21. There was no jackpot winner; the next jackpot will be €6,000. There was 1 match 3 winner. That was Paul Dennison c/o Pat Griffin. The 5 entrants for the December draw were Paul Dennison The Kerries, Hanna Quirke Kerins Park, Jo Murphy c/o Mrs O’Brien, Kieran Hartnett DD and Jimmy and Eileen Moran DD.

To play the Kerins O’Rahillys Lotto, four numbers are selected from 1 to 28. If anybody matches the four numbers selected on the night he/she wins the Jackpot. Match three numbers to win €25. Tickets cost €2 each. The Kerins O’Rahillys Lotto can also be played online at www.korgaa.com

Lotto Sellers; The club needs lotto ticket sellers. It can be worth your while. If you are interested contact any member of the Senior Committee.

Charlie’s Bar
Club Lotto on takes place in the bar every Monday night with a special in house raffle if you are present so why not pop along. Why not treat yourself to lunch in Charlie’s. There’s something to please everyone. Weightwatchers takes place in the Healy Room every Thursday and have now changed to “winter” times. Classes now take place at 9.30am, 12.30 and 5.30pm. The Active Retired Coffee Morning Group meets every Tuesday morning in Charlie’s. Come along and keep in touch with old friends and make new friends. All welcome. “Dance for Fun” has finished for the summer but will make a return in the autumn. Keep an eye on the notes for dates and times. We have many different size function rooms and cater to all types of function. We also have Barbecue facilities so with beautiful summer weather why not consider having a barbecue at Charlies. Contact Tom or Eileen or any member of staff at 7124956 if you have any queries.

Sympathies
Sincere Sympathy is expressed to the family of Doreen Kenny (née Sheehy) Caherslee Tralee, James Powell, Ballymullen Tralee, Nuala Heffernan (née Healy) Cloonanorig Tralee, Jack (Gaffer) Sheehy Mitchels Square Tralee and the Rev Fr George Foley Tralee. May they rest in Peace.

P.R.O Contact
If you have any thing you feel is of interest for the Kerins O’Rahillys notes please get in touch. You can contact me at pro.kerinsorahillys.kerry@gaa.ie. Why not join our Facebook group to keep up to date with all fixtures and what is going on in the club. Just follow the following link https://www.facebook.com/groups/Narries/ or follow us on Twitter @korgaa

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Austin Stacks Juvenile News

Austin StacksAN CAMPA PEILE

Our summer football camp will take place from Tuesday 5th August to Saturday 9th August. ‘Bhfuil d’ainm ar an liosta agat?

PEIL FAOI 6

(i) We had a good morning’s football with our friends and neighbours from Club na nGael (Na Gaeil) last Sunday. (ii) More football on Thursday at 5.45pm and (iii) on Sunday at 11am in Caherslee. Peil den scoth gan stad gan staonadh!

PEIL FAOI 8/10

(i) We had a great day at the John Mitchel Club Tournament on Saturday last. Thanks to all who attended agus mórbhuíochas le lucht a eagraithe. (ii) Further football fun on Thursday at 5:45pm and (iii) on Sunday at 11am in Caherslee.

PEIL FAOI 11

(i) Expect text re our Under 11 League game v Na Mistéalaigh. (ii) We did well v Na Gaeil on Thursday 17th.

UNDER 12 FOOTBALL

(i) We hosted St Pats in Connolly Park on Sunday evening in this Under 13B Central League match. We dominated the early exciting exchanges but struggled to put scores on the board. Then when our players started playing for each other and moving the ball more directly, we reaped our reward. We ran out comfortable winners despite the fact that it was our Under 12s who were representing the club. The most pleasing aspect of the contest was the cross-section of scores; and the general performance of each player was very encouraging. (ii) We had a very enjoyable day at Fitzgerald Stadium on Wednesday last. We had three very competitive matches and each player gave a great account of himself. We kicked scores of which Mickey or the ‘Star’ would be would have been proud and we had some Séamus Moynihan-like efforts from our defenders. Many of these players will play in this stadium at senior level for club and county at some stage in the future! We are grateful to the organisers for a great day of fantastic football.

PEIL FAOI 13

Killihers Mill’s Under 13 Town League Division 1: Ballymac v AdeS A in Ballymac. (ii) Division 2: AdeS B v Naomh Pádraig i bPáirc Uí Chonghaile. (iii) AdeS v Na Seán Mistéalaigh at 6pm on Wednesday 23rd. (iv) Naomh Pádraig v AdeS at 6pm on Thursday 24th.

CAID FAOI 14

(i) Central League (Roinn 3):- Ard Fhearta: 2-8; AdeS B: 2-8. (ii) Under 14 Divisional League (Roinn 1):-AdeS A: 10-12; Mistéalaigh: 0-5. Well done, all! Mo cheol sibh!

PEIL FAOI 16

Training on Mondays and on Fridays from 6.30pm to 8pm ag Meánscoil na Trócaire, Cnoc an tSeabhaic.

FOCLÓIR

páirc uile-aimsire = all-weather pitch; ghreamaigh sé a fhiacla ann = he bit him; cic fhada = speach fhada = long kick; poc fada = long puck; ar bóiléagar = amú = ar fóraoil = ar seachrán = wide.

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Austin Stacks Club News

Austin Stacks
TREVOR BARRETT MEMORIAL HURLING TOURNAMENT: The official launch of the Trevor Barrett Memorial Hurling Tournament took place in the Clubhouse last Friday evening (18th July) attended by members of Trevor’s family and his Hurling colleagues.
Club Chairman, Aidan O’Connor and Ger McCarthy, Kerry Hurling Official were also in attendance and they, along with Lorraine Counihan, made the draw for the competition which takes place in the Connolly Park and Caherslee pitches on the August Bank Holiday Saturday (2nd Aug). Full details of the fixtures in next week’s Notes. See the Website for Adrienne’s photographs of the launch.
 
SENIOR HURLING: In the meantime we are due to play Kenmare in the Final of the South Kerry League. The game was originally fixed for this Friday evening but we now understand that it may be brought forward to this Wednesday evening (23rd July). Check Web for updates. Details of the concluding fixtures in the County League have yet to announced also.  
 
SENIOR FOOTBALL: Round 8 of the Co. League goes ahead this weekend. Our game, away to St. Michaels/Foilmore, takes place in Ballinskelligs on Saturday evening (26th July) at 7pm.
 
MINOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 3-11; St. Kierans 1-7.
Our Minors had a good win in Castleisland last Tuesday week (15th July) in round 2 of the Co. Championship. After a very good first half we led at the break by 1-7 to 0-2.
But Kierans refused to throw in the towel and by the end of the third quarter had reduced the deficit to just four points scoring 1-4 without reply in the space of ten minutes. But then we began to dominate again and closed out the game in fine style
Team: Klaudio Dema, Seán Hurley, Niall Carroll-Cane, Dylan Harnett (Capt), Darragh Scanlon, Seán Ryan (0-2), Jack O’Shea, Ciarán Flanagan (0-2), Calvin Foley (1-0), Louis Ryle, Jack Morgan (1-1 – one free), Colin Griffin (0-2), Seán Fitzmaurice (1-2 – 2 frees), Craig Corcoran, Seán Dukes (0-1).
Subs used: Jessie O’Sullivan (40m), Fergal Ryan (50m) (0-1), Anthony Moymihan (56m), Ferdia O’Brien (58m), Jack Kenny (59m).
 
MINOR FOOTBALL: East Kerry 5-14; Austin Stacks 1-10.
We then had three days of a break before we traveled to Fossa on last Friday evening (18th July) for round 3 of the Championship. However we found this Divisional team far stronger and trailed by 2-11 to 1-3 at half time.
Despite having a far better second half we still could not close that gap and had to give way to a better team on the day.
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Colin Griffin of THe Rock breaks through the East Kerry ranks, with Ciarán Flanagan in support, in their challenge with a strong Ciarraí Thoir team last Friday in the Minor Divisional Football Championship. Photo by Adrienne McLoughlin
Team: Klaudio Dema, Seán Hurley, Niall Carroll-Cane, Dylan Harnett (Capt), Darragh Scanlon, Jack O’Shea, Seán Ryan, Ciarán Flanagan, Calvin Foley (0-1), Louis Ryle (0-1), Jack Morgan (0-4free), Colin Griffin (0-1), Seán Fitzmaurice (0-2 frees), Jessie O’Sullivan (1-0), Seán Dukes (0-1).
Subs used: James O’Connor (15m), Fergal Ryan (42m), Craig Corcoran – blood sub 17m to 21m and full sub at 43m), Jack Kenny (46m), Sam Nealon (53m), Shane O’Neill (54m).
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Action from the East Kerry v Austin Stacks match on Friday. Photo by Adrienne McLoughlin
FOOTNOTE: It’s a pity we couldn’t have marked the occasion with a win. The occasion relates to a record equaling number of competitive appearances in the Minor grade by Ciarán Flanagan. Flan was making his 37th appearance that Friday evening, equaling the record which has been held by John Dennis since 2006.  The next highest is Ciarán O’Connell who is just one behind when he made his 36th appearance at the end of the 2012 season.
 
JUNIOR B FOOTBALL: Our Co. League semi final against Rathmore did not go ahead last week and no new date has been fixed as we write.
So far in the Town League we have played just one of our five round games (that, our win away to John Mitchels). Our round 4 game, at home to St. Pats, is due to go ahead as scheduled on this Monday evening (21st July) at 7.30pm with the round 3 postponed game away to Na Gaeil due to go ahead on Wednesday evening (23rd July) also at 7.30pm. The round 2 postponed game, (away to Kerins O’Rahillys), has yet to be refixed . And the final round 5 game, at home to Ballymac, is fixed for next Monday evening (28th July) at 7,30pm
 
U21 FOOTBALL: South Kerry 1-17; Austin Stacks 0-8.
On a beautiful summers evening in Cahersiveen on last Wednesday (16th July) the Divisional side (with all 9 Clubs represented of their 30 man panel) proved too strong for our lads .in the quarter final of the Co. Championship.
South Kerry went into an early two points lead but we were quickly back on level terms with two good points from play. The first came after a brilliant individual run by corner back Seán Ryan (who had a brilliant game the previous evening with our Minors) and the second a minute later (in the 8th minute) with David  O’Sullivan and Greg Horan  placing Danny Carroll who scored.
The home side then began to dominate and all their remaining eight points of the half came from play while our three points came from well taken frees by Darragh O’Brien.
This left the home side with a double score lead at half time (0-10 to 0-5).
When South Kerry scored the only goal of the game two minutes after the resumption it was then a case of damage limitation for us.
We were confined to just three more points during this half – all from play by Danny Carroll, Seán Ryan and Alan Duggan, while the opposition scored a further seven.  
Team: Patrick Fitzgibbon, Barry Walsh, Eoghan McKivergan, Joseph O’Kelly, Seán Ryan (0-2), Conor Jordan, Ciarán O’Connell, Greg Horan, Alan Duggan (0-1), David O’Sullivan, Darragh O’Brien (Capt) (0-3 frees), Shane Crowley, Eamon McAllen, Danny Carroll (0-2), Kyle Fitzgibbon.
Subs used: Jack O’Shea (24m), Breandán Caball (ht), James Galvin (ht), Ciarán Flanagan (43m), Dylan Harnett (47m), Colin Griffin (51m).
So now it’s on to the Club Championship, the draw for which is to be made shortly.
 
MIKEY SHEEHY: It was nice to relive once again the skills and the many brilliant performances of Mikey Sheehy in last Sunday’s Laochra Gael Programme on TG4 – what a difference to the live football we witnessed on RTE TV from 4pm on the same afternoon.
 
CONGRATULATIONS: to former Club Footballer, Roy Enright and his new wife, Daniella Sloat, who were married in Tralee last Saturday.
 
CONTRATULATIONS: also to former Club Hurler, Sean Farrell, now resident in Fossa, Killarney, and his wife Marie (nee O’Sullivan – sister of Nora O’Connor) who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the weekend. Sean was a member of that famous MH team that won the 1955 Co. Championship.
 
CLUBHOUSE: As always the Clubhouse is available for all types of Parties. Phone Ian from 7pm at 066 7126942 for bookings.
 
CARDS: The 45 Card Sessions continue in the Clubhouse every Monday and Thursday nights at 9.30pm.
 
LOTTO: Last Monday week’s (14th  July) Jackpot worth €5,000 was not won. The numbers drawn were 1, 11, 13 and 26.
The €20 Prizes went to Ryan Taylor Houlihan and Brian Neenan, both c/o The Club; Tom Hoare, c/o Denis O’Regan; and Maurice J. Harmon and Billy Curtin, both c/o Club Rockies.
 
SYMPATHY: Sincere sympathy is offered to the families of Fr. George Foley (a Vice President of the Club and right wing back on that brilliant MH Team that won the 1955 Co. Championship.  Fr. George was of course a son of the famous Kerryman GAA Reporter 1923-1966, known far and wide as PF); Doreen Kenny (nee Sheehy), Caherslee (sister of former Club Hurler, Niall); Nora Betteridge, Annascaul and late of Tralee; Jack Gaffer Sheehy, Mitchels Square and Boherbee; Nuala Heffernan (nee Healy), Cloonanorig and late of Garranes and Collorus, Kenmare; Richard O’Connell, The Cottages, Blennerville; and James Powell, The Willow, Clonmore, Ballymullen and late of Urban Terrace, Boherbee who died during the past week.
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St Pats GAA Club News

St PatsLotto:

There was no winner of last week’s jackpot of €11,500. The numbers drawn were 04, 06, 13 & 14. The five €30 consolation prizes went to N & D Ashe, Keel; Mary Lyons c/o Tony Casey; Margaret Kelliher, Rock St; Donal Brosnan, Lohercannon & again Margaret Kelliher, Lohercannon. This week’s jackpot will be €11,600 and the draw will take place this Sunday night July 27th at 10pm in O’Dwyer’s Bar. Lotto tickets available from the usual outlets or any club officer.

Juniors:

Junior County League Division 5 Final: St Pats 4-06 Duagh 2-07

Pride of place this week goes to our Junior team who won their respective county league final last Thursday night. The final was played in Knocknagoshel in perfect conditions with both teams giving us a very entertaining game of football. Duagh started very well and were up 1-02 to 0-01 after 6 minutes with Sean Dowling getting our point. We were slow to start but with Jeffrey Foley and Anthon O’Callaghan beginning to dominate midfield, we came into the match strongly.

In the 10th minute, Thomas (Massi) O’Sullivan finished a well worked move to the net as we took control of the game and two minutes later, the same player scored his second goal with the score of the game as the ball was worked from the corner back up the field with eight players involved. David Kerins got a point in the 13th minute to lead by 2-02 to 1-02.

Brandon Boyle scored a goal in the 17th minute after been set up by more attacking play from our wing backs Jake Foley and Paudie O’Connor with Jordan Conway also involved. Brendain Savage was playing well and got his reward in the 24th minute when he finished another move with a goal with James Costello involved in setting him up for a well taken score.

We were dominant all over the field at this stage. Jake Foley and Jordan Conway scored two more points and we were leading by11 pts in the 28 min of the first half. However, we were guilty of a couple of bad wides and we were punished in injury time as Duagh scored a well take goal to take the lead down to 8 points at half time. St Pats 4-04 Duagh 2-02.

The second half began with Duagh scoring 3 points to reduce the lead to 5 points. The backs were under pressure as Duagh looked for a goal but John (Fizzy) Fitzgerald in goals was not going to be beaten and his full back line of Killian Quirke, Jack Quilter and Joe Costello were on top as they foiled several attempts at goal that Duagh so badly needed. David Kerins scored a point in the 42nd minute to put us up by 6 points and in the 44th minute, Massi scored a well take point before he was replaced due to injury by Simon Daughton who played very well when introduced into the game.

Duagh got two more points to reduce the score to 5 points. At this stage, Paul O Sullivan, Aidan O Halloran & Eoghan Dillane came into the game and worked hard for the team. As time ran out, Duagh went for broke but our defence stood strong to hold out for a great win. Both sides deserve great credit for a sporting match.

A special mention for our 8 minors who all contributed to the winning of the league and in doing so picked up a third county league medal in as many years. After the final whistle, Tim Murphy from the County Boardpresented Anthon O’Callaghan (Cpt) with the trophy who gave a wonderful speech as gaeilge thanking all involved in this great win.

Team-John (Fizzy) Fitzgerald, Killian Quirke, Joe Costello, Jack Quilter, Paudie O Connor, James Costello, Jake Foley(0-01), Jeffrey Foley, Anthon O’Callaghan (Cpt), Jordan Conway(0-01), Brendan Savage(1-00), Sean Dowling(0-01), Brandon Boyle(1-00), Thomas (Massi) O Sullivan (2-01), David Kerins (0-02), Simon Daughton, Paul O’Sullivan, Aidan O’Halloran & Eoghan Dillane.

Seniors:

Our seniors resume county league action this weekend where they travel to Gneevguilla to take on the locals. The game is fixed for Sunday with a throw-in time of 3:30pm. We wish the team and management the best of luck. Cúl Camps: The Kellogg’s GAA Football Camp will take place in Blennerville from next Monday July 28th to August 1st . The camp is for boys & girls aged 6 to 13. We would hope to increase on the huge numbers that we had last year.

Each child will be given free sports gear. GAA players will teach the skills of Gaelic Football in a safe and fun filled environment from Monday to Friday10am to 2.30pm. Registration is online at www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie. We encourage as many of our juvenile players to register.

Juvenile Academy:

Our Juvenile Academy returns this Sunday after a short summer break with games for our Under 6’s & Under 8’s versus Ballymacelligott in Blennerville. Unfortunately, the Ballymacelligott Under 10 team will be participating in a blitz elsewhere so our Under 10’s will have training as usual. All players to be at the clubhouse at 10:30am as normal.

Under 11’s:

Our u11’s had a busy week last week playing 2 matches. We played on Tuesday night at home against Kerins O’Rahillys but unfortunately we were well beaten by a stronger team. On Thursday night we travelled to Ardfert and we saw a much improved performance from our boys only beaten by 6 points.

Under 12’s:

Our u12’s travelled to Killarney last Wednesday to participate in a well organised blitz in Fitzgerald’s Stadium. Our boys played 3 games against Castlegregory, Currow and Kerins O’Rahillys making their club very proud winning 2 out of 3. All players were treated with an unexpected surprise when they met Kerry footballer Fionn Fitzgerald followed by a tour of Fitzgerald’s stadium. A fun day was had by all players and to finish off a great day, our players were treated to McDonalds.

Well done to all involved. Under 13’s: Our u13’s played away to Austin Stacks on Sunday evening but due to a shortage of players, we were beaten in the end. It was a very tight first half with both sides showing great skill and determination. Martin Savage opened our scoreline scoring 2 consecutive goals.

We failed to score any points in the first half while Austin Stacks were popping the ball over the bar. Before half time Cormac Lynch planted the ball into the net after receiving a great ball from Matthew Quilter.

Once again Niall McCarthy played a blinder in goals allowing no ball to pass him in the first half. Half time score Austin Stacks 0-11 St Pats 3-0. In the second half after missing numerous scoring opportunities, Danny Greaney lobbed the goal keeper scoring our fourth goal in the game.

We eventually saw our first point of the game from Martin and he followed this with another fine point. We scored very little in the second half and Matthew Quilter scored our final point just before the final whistle.

Team: Niall McCarthy, Samuel Abubaker, Brian Teahan, Kieran O’Donoghue, Ian McCarthy, David Faido, Martin Savage(2-2), Cathal Fitzgibbon, Cormac Lynch(1-0), Aaron O’Brien, Michael Doody, Danny Greaney(1-0) and Matthew Quilter(0-1).

Under 16’s:

Our Under 16’s had a good away win over Ballyduff in the Central League last week on a score line of 1-9 to 1-5. They are scheduled to play Fossa Wednesday night July 23rd at 7:30pm over in Fossa. All players to be at the clubhouse at 6pm.

St Brendan’s Teams:

Commiserations to the St Brendan’s Minor team who were well beaten by Shannon Rangers in Round 3 of the Senior County Championship last Friday night. The St Brendan’s U21 team will also play Shannon Rangers in Ardfert in Round Two of theCounty Championship on Monday July 21st at 7pm.

We wish all the St Pats Players & Selector Jim Moriarty the best of luck.

Bootcamp Hits Blennerville:

St Pats are pleased to announce that the club will be running a 6 week bootcamp at the field every Monday & Wednesday evening beginning on Bank Holiday Monday August 4th. The camp will be run by senior player Eoin Murray. Eoin is a certified personal trainer and also holds both primary and masters degrees in Sports Science & Coaching.

Classes will be one hour in duration from 7:30pm to 8:30pm. It will be suitable for male and female and will be set up to cater for all fitness levels from beginner upwards. All classes will take place on the field so if it rains, you just get wet! It is a bootcamp after all. Cost is €90 for the 12 classes with €50 to be paid upfront and €40 2 weeks later.

This includes an initial screening on the first day. Participants can also take part on a individual class basis of €10 per session. If you are interested in taking part, message us on Facebook or contact Eoin directly on 086-3725255.

Places are limited and are on a first come first served basis.

Blennerville Show & Gymkhana:

Kerry Pony Society presents their Annual Show and Gymkhana at Blennerville Tralee Co. Kerry on Sunday the 27th of July, by kind permission of the Hurley Family. There will be Showing Classes, Riding Classes, Show Jumping for all levels beginning at10am and a Novelty Pet Dog Show at 3pm. Fun for all the family. Entries taken on the day, Contact Nuala Dawson on 086 8692070 or Eric Quinlan on 087 2939218 for a schedule. Find us on Facebook ( Blennerville Show).

Area Mass

The Lohercannon / Hare Street and Blennerville Residents’ Association wish to thank everyone who was involved in the preparation and organisation of our area mass, which was held last week. It was a wonderful success and would not have been possible without the generosity of our local business community and residents.

Sympathy

The club would also like to extend its sympathy to the families & relatives of Mary Ryan Nee Murphy, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon and formerly of Derrymore West. Richard O’Connell, Blennerville; Doreen Kenny, Caherslee & James Powell, Clonmore. May They Rest In Peace.

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Ballymacelligott Club News

BallymacLOTTO

The Lotto draw was held in Ballygarry House on Monday 14th July for a jackpot of €2,400. The numbers drawn were 7,11,21,25. There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Rachel Prendergast, Ballyseedy 2. Tony Marshall, Ashe Hill 3. Peg O Leary, c/o Tony Marshall 4. Jean Pierre Philippe, Reamore (online) 5. Bridget Leen, Kilquaine Sellers Prize: Geoff Riordan. Lotto jackpot is now worth €2,500 and can be played at www.ballymacgaa.com

SENIORS

Following on their excellent win against Dromid in the previous round, our Senior team resume their Co. League campaign on Saturday next July 26th at 7.00pm when they travel to Scartaglin. Your support for the lads would be greatly appreciated.

COISTE NA NOG JOHN MITCHELS BLITZ

Pride of place this week goes to our U10 and U8 teams both of whom performed exceptionally well in the Annual John Mitchels Blitz held on Saturday last. Our U10’s qualified for the final with victories over Beale, Desmonds, Austin Stacks, Castlegregory and Keel. In the final they faced Ardfert in what turned out to be an epic encounter. Ardfert started the better and led at half time on a score of 0-3 to 0-2. An early second half goal by Ballymac saw them take the lead and with time almost up it was that goal that separated the sides. An Ardfert goal from a 13m free levelled the game and a draw looked likely.

However, our boys showed great heart and determination and worked the ball up the field and won a free from a scoreable position. This was duly pointed and great scenes of celebrations followed the final whistle. Final score Ballymac 1 – 6 Ardfert 1 – 5. Commiserations to a gallant Ardfert side who really pushed our lads all the way. Our U8 team also qualified for their final winning their group games against Beale, Desmonds, Beaufort and Austin Stacks, with just one loss to Keel.

The final against Miltown Castlemaine was another exciting affair with the Mid-Kerry boys coming out on top by 2 points. Our lads were disappointed in the end but it was a great achievement to reach the final. Many thanks to players, mentors, parents and supporters for making it such a memorable day. With such talented young players coming up the ranks, the future is bright for Ballymac football.

FAOI 16:

Our U16’s return to action this Wednesday night away to Castlegregory in Round 4 of County League. Our lads are unbeaten in Co. League and hope they can continue this form on the night. Best of Luck boys!

FAOI 14 : BALLYMAC 3-18 CURROW 2-9

Currow were visitors to Ballymac in this Castleisland District semi final last Friday evening. Ballymac were always in control here, James Carmody and Liam O’Brien with early points. Two points each from Daire Keane and Davy Rodgers extended our lead. Diarmuid and Dara Lynch were very busy each creating and scoring a goals.

Dylan McHugh also goaled and four more points from Daire Keane saw us lead at half time 3-10 to 0-4, Josh, Daire Leen, and Liam O’Brien being very effective supplying ball to the forwards. Cathal Dunne got the first point after the break but Currow were more determined in this half. Four points from, Daire Keane and Currow replied with four points.

A late surge by Currow got them two goals and a point, our final scores coming from Darragh Broderick, Tadhg Brick and Daire Keane who finished with a personal tally of eleven points. We are now into the final of this competition to be played at a later date.

FAOI 12

Killarney’s Fitzgerald Stadium opened its doors for all juvenile clubs in the province last week and Ballymac GAA Club were fortunate enough to be invited to participate in this mini-tournament. In what turned out to be a most pleasant and enjoyable day, Ballymac U-12s were pitted against Ballingeary of West Cork, Miltown/Castlemaine and Cordal.

It was an 11 aside game with space at a premium but our lads showed great endeavour and skill overcoming the challenges of Ballingeary and Cordal but just coming up short against a very impressive Miltown/Castlemaine side. All 18 squad members got valuable playing time on this pristine pitch and everybody enjoyed themselves to the full.

Team mentors, Tom Leen and Roland Rogers were very satisfied with the performances and conduct of the squad throughout the day.

Well done to all ! Foireann: Adam Joy, Adam Kelly, Darragh Leen, Jonathan Lowe, Ciarán Brosnan, Brian Cassidy, Cian Godley, Aidan O Brien, Andy Rogers, Garry Lynch, Kyle O Connor, Brian Godley, Ryan McHugh, Dylan O Connell, Cathal Culloty, Seán Horan, Thomas O Connor, Tim and Seán Pollman Damaan with Team Mascot Matthew Rogers.

FAOI 13

Our concluding game in the Coiste Thrá Lí U-13 League took place in Ballymac last Sunday evening against town rivals Austin Stacks. Knowing that victory would essentially guarantee us a place in the final, things didn’t work out the way we planned. Up against a massive and physical side, we struggled in many areas during the initial stages but gradually grew into the game with confidence growing.

Dylan Dunne Moriarty was a colossus for Ballymac with his selfless running and his perseverance ably assisted by brothers Aidan and Liam O Brien and David Rogers. Eoin Culloty in goals is improving with every outing and corner forward Diarmuid Lynch was a constant threat to the Stacks rearguard. Darragh Broderick picked off some good scores with Darragh Leen providing great support throughout. However, Stacks imposed their physicality and ran out easy winners in the end but not without a fight from all our lads.

Having already beaten Rahillys, Ballymac finished a creditable third in the top division which is no mean achievement. The boys will take great heart and confidence from the league campaign and with further training and know-how, this bunch of young lads can and will improve even further.

They all played with pride and distinction in the Ballymac colours and no doubt the team will feature in many more top division campaigns.

Squad : Eoin Culloty, Jack Tobin, Eoghan Leahy, Aidan O Brien, Cathal Culloty, Liam O Brien, Ciarán Brosnan, Dean Lenihan, Jack Sugrue, Cian Godley, Dylan Dunne Moriarty, Brian Cassidy, Darragh Lynch, David Rogers, Darragh Leen, Darragh Broderick, Diarmuid Lynch, Jonathan Lowe, Dylan McHugh, Eoghan Kenny. Team Management : Mike Broderick and Roland Rogers

BLITZ:

The Annual U10 Milltown/C’maine blitz will take place next Sunday 27th July. Ballymac U8 & U6 boys will play St. Pats next Sunday morning at 10.45 in Blennerville. Our U11’s play Ardfert this Thursday night at 6.30pm in Ardfert.

MILE BUIOCHAS:

Many Thanks to John Mitchells for inviting our U6 boys on Sunday morning to participate in their first match of the year. The boys thoroughly enjoyed their game.

CÚL CAMPS:

Kelloggs Cul Camp will return to Ballymac GAA grounds on Monday 28th July and will run until Friday 1st August. The past Cul Camps have been an enjoyable fun filled week for both boys and girls while improving their football skills at the same time.

The form can be downloaded from our websitewww.ballymacgaa.com or you can register on line at www.gaa.ie/kelloggsculcamps. Please note: The Online Booking facility closes at noon on the Friday i.e Friday 25 July.

FR. PAT CREAN LYNCH

Clogher Church was packed to capacity on Friday evening last to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for Fr. Pat Crean Lynch to mark his 25 years in the Priesthood. A stained glass window depicting aspects of the Parish was presented to Fr. Pat as a momento of the occasion.

A buffet meal and an evening of song and dance was held in St. Brendan Community Centre afterwards. The large turn out was reflective of the high esteem Fr. Pat is held in and all in the Parish wish him many more years of health and happiness in his chosen vocation.

HANDBALL CLUB:

Juvenille training for young handballers takes place in the local handball court in Ballydwer on Monday evenings from 8.00 – 9.00pm. All welcome especially beginners.

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Churchill News

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St Brendan’s senior team lost out to Dingle on Saturday night in Tralee and the minors lost out to South Kerry in Ardfert.

Minors will have played West Kerry on Tuesday night  and if they win this ,they will play again on Friday night the 18th.The u-21 will play Shannon Rangers on Monday night the 18th in Ardfert @ 7p.m.

AN understrength B team were beaten by Duagh in the semi-final of group 5 of the county on Friday night. Best on the night were Kevin Devane, Kieran Moynihan, Dara O’Shea and Fionn Griffin.

Lotto of jackpot €1,000 will take place in the Tankard on Friday night at 10p.m.

Seniors play Fossa in Fossa on Saturday night at 5.30p.m (note time change).

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Riona Moriarty age 6 from Fenit after winning Churchill G.A.A. Under 6’s Player Of The Week last Sunday.

Kerry Pony Society Annual Show and Gymkhana

Kerry Pony Society presents their Annual Show and Gymkhana at Blennerville Tralee Co. Kerry on Sunday the 27th of July, by kind permission of the Hurley Family.

There will be Showing Classes, Riding Classes, Show Jumping for all levels beginning at 10am and a Novelty Pet Dog Show at 3pm.

Fun for all the family. Entries taken on the day, Contact Nuala Dawson on 086 8692070 or Eric Quinlan on 087 2939218 for a schedule. Find us on Facebook ( Blennerville Show).

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John Mitchels GAA News

MitchelsJOHN MITCHELS ANNUAL JUVENILE TOURNAMENT

On Saturday next 19th of July we hold our annual juvenile football tournament for the U-8 & U-10 age groups. It will be held at our new club grounds in Ballyseedy.

This is the 14th year this tournament has been held and has become one of the most popular in the county. It has become the highlight of the year for the kids taking part.

It is expected that over 350 children will take part representing John Mitchels, Austin Stacks, Na Gaeil, Castleisland, Churchill, Ballymacelligott, Dingle, Ardfert , Miltown/Castlemaine, Keel, Beaufort and Beale football Clubs at both U-8 and U-10 level.

Registration is at 10am sharp with first games commencing at 10:15am, with the last games due to be played at 2:15pm.With over sixty games in all to be played a great day of football is expected with many stars of the future on show.

The club wishes to invite all parents and friends from all clubs to come along on the day and cheer on the children, as hopefully these will be our stars of the future.

JOHN MITCHELS SPORTS COMPLEX

Our Sports Complex at Camp Ballyseddy is available for bookings on the Sports Hall, All Weather Pitch. The Gym, Sauna and Steam rooms are open from 5pm to 9pm Monday to Friday.

Cost €3 per session for members and €4 for non members. Complex also open for children’s parties. Further information contact Humphrey Shanahan on 0877740275

CHAMPERS RESTAURANT

The John Mitchels Club House and Restaurant on the John Joe Sheehy road is opened to serve the community with good food and warm Hospitality . Our Restaurant is opened daily. Opening hours are from 09.30 to 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday and Sunday 9.30 to 3.00pm.

UNDER 14

Under 14 Castleisland District
Round 2 Bye.
Round 3 (A) to Cordal/Scart July 18th @7-30pm.
Under 13 Coiste Tra Li
Round 3 (H) to Ardfert July 20th @ 6pm.

UNDER 12

We had a good day out in Croke Park last Monday it was a great experience for us all. Training is on every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 6.45pm. It is important that the entire group bring gum shields. For more information phone Brendan Dillane on 086 1742604.

UNDER 12 GIRLS

Training continues at Camp Ballyseedy from 6pm to 7pm on Monday & Thursday evenings new players are more than welcome to attend.

UNDER 8

On Thursday night we had the go games at our own John Mitchels complex where Mark, Cian and Andrew played great games.

There were some great tackles, passes and scores by William Tony, Reece and Will. All the other players had great performances and we came out with great results in all our games, well done to all.

On Sunday we had a good training session on a lovely day with Sean Og, Connor, Ben and Jack showing how their skills have improved.

Robert, Sean and Sam put in great effort and it showed in the game at the end. Training again on Thursday at 7.00 and a Big Blitz on Saturday morning at around 10, check for text.

UNDER 6

We are training on Sunday mornings in camp Ballyseedy. Under the watchful eyes of John, Sean, Tim and Susie and it is great to see such large numbers turning out.

UNDER 8 &10 GIRL
Training continued for both U8’s and 10’s. The girls skill levels are improving with each training. The girls who tried hard this week were Emma Lynch, Angel Quilligan, Elizabeth Slattery and Sophie O Donoghue. Training continues on Thursday between 6 and 7pm and also Sunday morning between 10-30am and 12. It is important that all players turn up for training as we will have matches planned in the coming weeks.
UNDER 10 Boys

Training is on Sunday mornings and great effort is being made by all the players. Training is at 10:30

MEMBERSHIP

Membership is now well overdue for some and your subscription can be given to Club Registrar CoraMcElligott or any other officer.
COST
Adults €40
Juveniles €20
OAP and unwaged €20

Speedy Recovery
Get well wishes and a speedy recovery to our under 16 Manager Fergus “Gussy” O’Connor .

BINGO

Our Bingo continues on Wednesday and Friday and Sunday nights. Bookings for Parties etc can be made by phoning 066 71 26300.

LOTTO

8/7/2014
No winner
Numbers 9-13-17-24
€100 Shelley Powell c/o Bingo
€25 Paul Barden c/o Patrons
€25 Mary O’Mahony Snr c/o Brendan
€25 Vincent McCormac c/o Donal
€25 Joan McDonnell c/o Catherine
€25 Noreen Sheehy c/o Bertie
Next draw 15/7/2014
Jackpot €5,000-00

SYMPATHY

To the Family of Deirdre O’Mahony (nee O’Connor) Listrim The Spa Tralee & formerly Phibsboro Dublin.
To the Family Eileen Nellie Brosnan (nee O’Brien) O’ Rahillys Villas Tralee.
To the Family of Timothy “Timmy” Kerins Gurranemore Ballymcelligot Tralee.

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Austin Stacks GAA Juvenile News July 14

Austin StacksFAOI 6 (i) Football on Thursday in Connolly Park at 5.45pm. (ii) Sunday football at 11am. (iii) We had a great trip to Killorglin last Sunday and enjoyed our challenge v Laune Rangers.

FAOI 8

(i) Under 8 football on Thursday. (ii) Last week we travelled to the John Mitchel Stadium for the last round of the GoGames and everybody enjoyed himself. Well done, all. (ii) On Sunday last we went to ‘Poc’ and had a very successful challenge v Raonaithe na Leamhna.

FAOI 10

(i) The final round of the GoGames took place at the John Mitchel Club. (ii) Football on Thursday in Connolly. (iii) Last Sunday we successfully took on Laune Rangers. (iv) On Saturday next (19th) we’ll head for the John Mitchel Club grounds to partake in their annual Under 10 tournament.

FAOI 11

(i) Our Under 11 League game v Mistéalaigh, pencilled in for Tuesday 15th, will be refixed. Expect text. (ii) We meet Na Gaeil on Thursday 17th at 6.30pm.

FAOI 12/13 (i) Training: Monday and on Wednesday from 6pm to 7.30pm. (ii) Bordcheantar Thrá Lí Under 13 League Official Fixtures (Division 1): See all fixtures on www.austinstacks.ie…Juvenile Notes for 30ú Meitheamh. Expect text re game. (iii) See Faoi 12/13 below.

FAOI 13/14

After the brilliant buzz in Barna at the Féile Náisiúnta Peile, it has been ‘catch-up’ time in the Central League for both A and B teams.

(i) Since returning from Galway, we have defeated Annascaul/Lispole (8-11 to 1-11), we’ll play away to Mitchels on Thursday and follow with another ‘back’ game on Monday 21st against Laune Rangers. A win in either ‘back’ encounters should be enough to see us into the semi-finals. The Bs defeated Laune Rangers B (6-16 to 7-3) and played Ardfert on Monday 14th; a victory could also have our Bs in the semi-finals! Bheadh sin go deas!

(ii) While all this has been going on we also have A and B teams playing in the Under 13 Town Leagues. Our great and gallant Bs (all Under 12), playing the game of their lives, pushed the Ardfert Under 13s to the wire before coming up short! The As have played two local derbies against (a somewhat understrength) Strand Road and Na Gaeil in Division 1 and had comfortable wins in both.

Shane Bastible tormented The Blues’ defenders and netted three times. Liam ‘Star’ Nolan, who is back and playing at his brilliant best, made strong runs through the opposition’s defence.

Conor Myers’ constant movements dazzled the Strand Road defenders and Armin Heinrick disdplayed his great range of passing skills with pin point accuracy. Dara Barry-Walsh moved from his usual halfback position to the forward line and was rewarded with a fine goal for his hard work.

(iii) Our second derby of the week was in Killeen against a well-drilled group of players who had won their opening game against Ballymac.

However, our boys played superbly for the hour agus tháinig siad abhaile leis na pointí. Seán Quilter’s second half unstoppable shot (which a senior ‘keeper wouldn’t have saved) shivered the net. We witnessed another Bastible hat trick, this time from Joe who had the large Rockie supporters jumping for joy.

Not to be outdone by his older team mates, Niall Fitzmaurice got the score of the game at the end of a fantastic kick passing move involving 8 or 9 Rock players. As always David Oba was rock solid in goals and made two point blank saves. Craig Ó Tíocháin, Danny Draghici, David de Búrca and Laoch an Chluiche, Pádraic Linnane, were in unbeatable form. We, indeed, wrestled another wonderful win.

(iv) Next games will be on Sunday 20th when the Under 13As make a trip to Ballymac and the Bs will play v Naomh Pádraig i bPáirc Uí Chonghaile. Go n-éirí go geal libh, a leaideanna!

FAOI 16

(i) Check www.austinstacks.ie for Under 16 result. (ii) Traenáil: Scoil Chnoc an tSeabhaic on Mondays and on Fridays from 6.30pm to 8pm.

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St Pat’s GAA/Blennerville News

St PatsLotto

There was no winner of last week’s jackpot of €11,400. The numbers drawn were 04, 09, 12 and 24.

The five €30 consolation prizes went to Margaret Kelliher c/o Rock Street P.O.; Mary Ronan, Monalee; Brian O’Shea, Curraheen; Noreen Ashe, Keel & PJ Higgins, Lohercannon.

This week’s jackpot will be €11,500 and the draw will take place this Sunday night July 20th at 10pm in Keane’s Bar. Lotto tickets available from the usual outlets or any club officer.

Under 11s

Our U11’s played at home against Kerins O’Rahillys on Tuesday evening in the first round of the Coiste Thra Li league. Report in next week’s notes.

Fixtures are as follows: Rd 2 Thursday 17th July Ardfert v St.Pats; Rd 3 Tuesday 22nd July Rd; 4 St.Pats v John Mitchels; Rd 5 Thursday 24th July St.Pats v Austin Stacks; Rd 6 Thursday 29th July Na Gaeil v St.Pats; Rd 7 Thursday 5th August Ballymac v St.Pats .

Under 13s

Our u13’s played against Ardfert on Sunday evening at home. Although we were beaten our boys looked very impressive on the night. We had alot of possession and we saw some lovely scores in the first half from Fergal O’ Brien and Patrick Dowling.

A special mention has to be given to Niall McCarthy who made some tremendous saves in goal and prevented us from been beaten by a much wider margin.

In the second half Patrick and Fergal continued to pop the ball over the bar. We eventually saw our first goal when Cormac Lynch caught a high ball, gave a short pass to Fergal who quickly passed it to Danny Greaney and Danny finished it off with a lovely soccer style goal.

Ardfert continued to score and before the final whistle Fergal rattled the net to make the final score St.Pats 2-7 Ardfert 3-12.

Team: Niall McCarthy, Brian Teahan, Ian McCarthy, Martin Savage, Ciaran O’Donoghue, Fergal O’Brien(1-3), David, Cathal Fitzgibbon, Cormac Lynch, Patrick Dowling(0-3), Martin Laucher, Danny Greaney(1-1), Michael Doody, Matthew Quilter and Aaron O’Brien. We are scheduled to play away to Austin Stacks B’s on Sunday July 20th at 6 o’clock.

Juniors

Our juniors drew with Na Gaeil last Monday night in the Town League. They are scheduled to play Ballymac away in round three on Monday night. Result in next week’s notes.

Duagh defeated Churchill in the semi-final of the County Junior League so we now know our opponents for the final. It was expected that the game would be scheduled for this Friday night at a neutral venue. Once confirmation is received, it will be posted on the Club Facebook page so keep an eye on that for further details. We wish the two Pats, Kevin and the team the very best of luck.

St Brendan’s Teams

Commiserations to the St Brendan’s Senior team who were beaten by Dingle in Round 3 of the Senior County Championship last Saturday night. St Pats were represented on the night by Paudie Bailey, Luke Mulligan, Liam & Brendan Poff, Liam O’Sullivan Kieran Hurley, Paul McMahon, Andy Byrne & selector Jim Moriarty.

The St Brendan’s U21 team will play Shannon Rangers in Ardfert in Round Two of the County Championship on Monday July 21st at 7pm. The result of the minor county championship game scheduled for Tuesday night between West Kerry & St Brendan’s will be in next week’s notes.

Cúl Camps

The Kellogg’s GAA Football Camp will take place in Blennerville from July 28th to August 1st . The camp is for boys and girls aged 6 to 13. We would hope to increase on the huge numbers that we had last year. Each child will be given free sports gear. GAA players will teach the skills of Gaelic Football in a safe and fun filled environment from Monday to Friday 10am to 2.30pm.

Blennerville Show & Gymkhana

Kerry Pony Society presents their Annual Show and Gymkhana at Blennerville Tralee Co. Kerry on Sunday the 27th of July, by kind permission of the Hurley Family.

There will be Showing Classes, Riding Classes, Show Jumping for all levels beginning at 10am and a Novelty Pet Dog Show at 3pm. Fun for all the family.

Entries taken on the day, Contact Nuala Dawson on 086 8692070 or Eric Quinlan on 087 2939218 for a schedule. Find us on Facebook ( Blennerville Show)

Area Mass

The Lohercannon / Hare Street / Blennerville Residents’ Association have organised a community mass which we are having adjacent to ‘The Ring’ area of Lohercannon on Thursday July 17th at 7.30pm. After the mass we will have a little get-together and light refreshments and we would love to see you there.

There will also be Mass celebrated in Annagh cemetery this Friday 18th at 7.30 pm

Tralee Tidy Towns Competition

We have also entered the Local Tidy Towns’ Competition and judging will commence mid-July. To this effect, we urge all residents to keep the areas around your homes weed free and to pay particular attention to the upkeep of the communal Green Areas.

Future Star

Sean Ryle, one of the club’s greatest servants, was a proud dad two weeks ago as his son Evan came on as a sub for the Cork Minor Footballers vs Kerry in Pairc Ui Chaoimh two weeks ago. Evan’s first taste of football was sitting on his dad’s knee in a St Pats dressing room so we can lay a claim to him! Well done Evan and we wish you continued success in your career.

Sympathy

The club would also like to extend its sympathy to the families & relatives of Nellie Brosnan, O’Rahilly’s Villas & Paddy Commane, Rock Street. May They Rest In Peace.

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Kerins O’Rahilly’s GAA News

Strand RoadJuveniles

U6/8/10/Girls U8 Boys took part in their final “Go Games Blitz” of the Summer in John Mitchels on Thursday last. We had 2 teams and they played 3 games each. Players to watch for the future were Seamus Cahill, who proved to be an all rounder playing in goals and out field, Colm O’Halloran, Tadgh Moran and Tomás Kennedy.
Dates for your diary: Thursday 17th U10 Go Games Blitz in John Mitchels. Sunday the 27th U10 blitz in Milltown. Times will be sent via text. The Kerins O’Rahillys Summer Camp will run from the 11th to the 15th of August.

Senior Football
Keanes Supervalu Minor Football Championship Round 1 Kerins O’Rahillys 2-14 Austin Stacks 1-06

The 1st Round of the Minor Championship was played in sometimes damp but otherwise perfect conditions in Strand Road on Wednesday evening last.

The Blues’ dominance led from midfield which they had a grip of for the entire match. They also worked tirelessly for possession and covered back and made runs forward when needed.

Austin Stacks were first to score in the first minute with a point from Seán Ryan and Kerins O’Rahillys first score came after two and a half minutes from a perfectly taken free from Ryan Carroll who took another shortly after. Kerins O’Rahillys dominated in midfield and had Cormac Coffey available to make sweeping runs forward but a goal from Ciarán Flanagan 10 minutes in left them playing catch up.

But following scores from Pádraig Griffin, Gavin O’Brien, Ryan Carroll, Gary Nolan, Gearóid Savage and Karl Mullins and with Austin Stacks (Timmy Murphy) only managing to get one point past defence left the half time score Kerins O’Rahillys 0-10 to Austin Stacks 1-3. Kerins O’Rahillys first half performance built on hard work from the likes Gavin O’Brien and Gary Nolan in particular which was the catalyst for victory.

Half forward Ryan Carroll was their key-man because he linked up effectively from midfield to attack and create chances and their defence worked tirelessly to keep Austin Stacks at bay. Kerins O’Rahillys started the second half as if they had something to prove with every man on the field playing at his best.

Link play proved essential and showed when we dominated all over. Key in the second half was the goal scored by Diarmuid O’Sullivan 18 minutes into the half to put 6 points between the sides. After this it was a case of adding on the scores and super sub Daniel Nix did just that by scoring 1-01 as did James O’Connor 0-01.

Scorers for Austin Stacks in the second half were Seán Fitzmaurice, Ferdia O’Brien and Seán Dukes but it was not enough to bridge the gap and the final score was Kerins O’Rahillys 2-14 Austin Stacks 1-06.

Team: Jack Shortt, Derek Horgan, Darragh Ryan, Dylan Ronan, Donnagh Buckley, David Murphy, Cormac Coffey, Rory Doyle, Gavin O’Brien, Gary Nolan, Karl Mullins, Ryan Carroll, Gearoid Savage, Diarmuid O’Sullivan, Pádraig Griffin.

Scorers: Daniel Nix (1-1), Ryan Carroll (0-4), Diarmaid O’Sullivan (1-0), Gearoid Savage (0-2), Pádraig Griffin (0-2), Karl Mullins (0-1), Gavin O’Brien (0-1), Cormac Coffey (0-1) Gary Nolan (0-1) James O’Connor (0-1) Substitutes: Ben O’Neill (Ryan Carroll), Daniel Nix (Darragh Ryan), Pádraig Murphy (Pádraig Griffin) James O’Connor (Gearóid Savage)

Mouth-Guards

As you may be aware it will be compulsory for all players senior right down to juvenile to wear mouth-guards at training sessions and when playing games.

This comes into effect for seniors from 1st January 2014 and has been in effect for all others since last January. If players fail to wear mouth guards they will not be permitted to participate in football training or matches. No mouthguard No game! Further information on this rule can be found online at http://www.gaa.ie.

Club Membership

Senior Committee will be in contact with you shortly about your 2014 membership. We will be asking that you consider putting your membership on direct debit to help cut down on administration. Please contact any committee member for details.

Ladies Football

U14/U16 U14 and U16 Ladies train every Tuesday at 6.15 in Ballyrickard.
U12 Girls U12 girls train this week and have to play remaining games in North Kerry League. They will be notified by text.

Birthday Wishes Happy 21st Birthday to Kim Green who plays football and mentors with the club, Seán Collins U10 Boys, Ben Hanafin U10 Boys, Breda Cronin U10 Girls, Tara O’Connor U12 Girls, Sam McCarthy U12 Boys and John and Terrance Carmody U12 Boys. Enjoy your Birthdays!

Lotto
The Lotto takes place in Charlie’s Bar every Monday. The Lotto results for Monday the 7th of July were 8, 12, 15 and 19. There was no jackpot winner; the next jackpot will be €5,900.

There was 1 match 3 winner. That was Maurice Hartnett DD. The 5 entrants for the December draw were Peter Nolan DD, Francis Slattery DD, Noreen O’Connor c/o Ann and Fred and Dylan c/o Fred. To play the Kerins O’Rahillys Lotto, four numbers are selected from 1 to 28.

If anybody matches the four numbers selected on the night he/she wins the Jackpot. Match three numbers to win €25. Tickets cost €2 each. The Kerins O’Rahillys Lotto can also be played online at www.korgaa.com

Lotto Sellers; The club needs lotto ticket sellers. It can be worth your while. If you are interested contact any member of the Senior Committee.

Charlie’s Bar
Club Lotto on takes place in the bar every Monday night with a special in house raffle if you are present so why not pop along. Why not treat yourself to lunch in Charlie’s.

There’s something to please everyone. Weightwatchers takes place in the Healy Room every Thursday and have now changed to “winter” times. Classes now take place at 9.30am, 12.30 and 5.30pm.

The Active Retired Coffee Morning Group meets every Tuesday morning in Charlie’s. Come along and keep in touch with old friends and make new friends. All welcome.

“Dance for Fun” has finished for the summer but will make a return in the autumn. Keep an eye on the notes for dates and times. We have many different size function rooms and cater to all types of function.

We also have Barbecue facilities so with beautiful summer weather why not consider having a barbecue at Charlies. Contact Tom or Eileen or any member of staff at 7124956 if you have any queries.

Sympathies

Sincere Sympathy is expressed to the family of Ellen (Nellie) Brosnan (née O’Brien) O’Rahillys Villas Tralee, Deirdre O’Mahony (née O’Connor) Listrim The Spa Tralee and Paddy Commane 83 Rock St Tralee. May they rest in Peace.

P.R.O Contact

If you have any thing you feel is of interest for the Kerins O’Rahillys notes please get in touch. You can contact me at pro.kerinsorahillys.kerry@gaa.ie.

Why not join our Facebook group to keep up to date with all fixtures and what is going on in the club. Just follow the following link https://www.facebook.com/groups/Narries/ or follow us on Twitter @korgaa

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Austin Stacks GAA News

Austin StacksSENIOR FOOTBALL

Austin Stacks 0-17; Rathmore 2-5

We qualified for our 6th Co. Championship quarter-final in a row by virtue of a six point win over Rathmore at Austin Stack Park on this Saturday evening (12th July).

We got off the blocks in brisk fashion with Kieran Donaghy winning the throw-in, who found Darragh O’Brien who was fouled, and Shane Carroll made no mistake from the resultant free after just 38 seconds.

Two minutes later Star won the kick-out, found Mikey Collins who was fouled on this occasion. This time Shane took a quick free to David Mannix who put over.

Then a minute later Mikey was the provider for Pa McCarthy to make one of his trade-mark runs upfield for a lovely point.
We seemed to be coasting at this stage but in the 8th minute Rathmore, against the run of play, were awarded a penalty, which they converted to level the game.

The next three points were from frees – two for us by Shane after fouls on Fiachna Mangan and Wayne Guthrie and one for Rathmore.

Then in the 18th minute Pa McCarthy made another brilliant run to score his 2nd point of the evening, bringing his scoring total in Senior football from his half back position, since first getting on the mark in 2008, to 3-15 (he scored a further 1-2 when playing a few games in the forwards last year).

Both sides again had a point each from frees (Shane again on target for us after another foul on Darragh O’Brien) and then in the 23rd and 24th minutes Rathmore put over their first two points from play to level the game for the second time.

From the kick-out they attacked again and Jonathan Conway had to make a brilliant tip-over safe to prevent a certain goal and Rathmore went into the lead for the first, and what turned out to be the only, time in the game. Two minutes later Wayne Guthrie pointed a free following a foul on David Mannix to level the game at half time (0-8 to 1-5).

We were in total control in the opening period of the second half, scoring six points without reply, one each from play by Shane O’Callaghan, Fiachna Mangan and Wayne Guthrie and three pointed frees from Shane Carroll. But like the first half we conceded a second goal in the 45th minute and Rathmore were back in the game again.

But this happened to be their only score of the half while we closed out the game with three more points by David Mannix, Shane Guthrie (forty five) and the final score from Darragh Long.

Not for the first time this season our defence was superb, holding the opposition to just four scores from play during the whole game, an opposition that scored fourteen points in their five points win over the Co. Champions, Dr. Crokes, in the first round.

It was good to see Paul Barrett back again, his first competitive game since the sad loss of his brother Trevor, last April.
The win also put us back on top of the Co. League as the game doubled up for our postponed round 4 game against the same opposition.

We are now on 11 points, one ahead of Dr. Crokes and Kilcummin with both Crokes and ourselves having a game on hand – we against Listowel Emmets and Crokes against Currow.

Team: Jonathan Conway, Ciarán O’Connell, Barry Shanahan (Capt), Fearghal MacNamara, Pa McCarthy (0-2), Conor Jordan, Greg Horan, Wayne Guthrie (0-3 – 1 free, 1 forty five), Kieran Donaghy, Michael Collins, Shane O’Callaghan (0-1), Fiachna Mangan (0-1), David Mannix (0-2), Shane Carroll (0-7 – 6 frees), Darragh O’Brien.

Subs used: Daniel Bohan (47m), Darragh Long (51m) (0-1), Paul Barrett (57m), William Kirby (59m), Eamon McAllen (63m).

MINOR FOOTBALL: Kerins O’Rahillys 2-14; Austin Stacks 1-6.

Our Minors did not have a good start to their Co. Championship campaign last Wednesday evening (9th July) in Strand Rd., going down to the home side in the opening round.

After a good opening period we had a poor 2nd quarter and trailed by four points at half time (0-10 to 1-3). Ciaran Flanagan was our goal scorer in the 11th minute.

Like the first half we had a reasonably good start to the second half, reducing the half time deficit to three at the end of the third quarter (0-11 to 1-5).

But like the first half we had a very poor final quarter while O’Rahillys had put the game beyond reach, scoring a further 2-3 in that period.

Team: Klaudio Dema, Niall Carroll-Cane, Colin Griffin, Dylan Harnett (Capt), Darragh Scanlon, Jack Morgan, Seán Hurley, Jack O’Shea, Calvin Foley, Timmy Murphy (0-1), Seán Ryan (0-1), Craig Corcoran (0-1 free), Seán Fitzmaurice (0-1), Ciarán Flanagan (1-1), Seán Dukes (0-1).

Subs used: Fergal Ryan (36m), Ferdia O’Brien (42m), Anthony Moynihan (55m), Jack Kenny (60m).
We now travel to Castleisland on this Tuesday evening (15th July) to play St. Kierans in round 2 (Losers Round). Throw in 7pm.

SENIOR HURLING

Our Hurling squad are organizing a Tournament to commemorate their late colleague, Trevor Barrett, to be held on the August Bank Holiday Saturday (2nd Aug). More details later.

In the meantime we still await to be notified of two outstanding fixtures for the semi final/final of both the County and South Kerry Leagues.

JUNIOR B FOOTBALL

After a good win away to Mitchels in the opening round of the Town League our B team’s 2nd (.v. O’Rahillys) and 3rd (.v. Na Gaeil) round games did not go ahead due to a fixtures overlap with the Minors and U21s.
The semi final of the Co. League, against Rathmore, is fixed for Friday (18th July) evening but the next round of the MF Championship is also fixed for the same evening (assuming we get through to that round). Check Club Website for updates.

U21 FOOTBALL

We travel to Cahersiveen on this Wednesday evening(16th July) for a quarter final Co. Championship clash against South Kerry. Throw in 7pm.

CLUBHOUSE

As always the Clubhouse is available for all types of Parties. Phone Ian from 7pm at 066 7126942 for bookings.

CARDS

The 45 Card Sessions continue in the Clubhouse every Monday and Thursday nights at 9.30pm.

LOTTO

Last Monday week’s (7th July) Jackpot worth €5,000 was not won. The numbers drawn were 4, 10, 19 and 31.
The €20 Prizes went to Michael & Joan Casey, Denis Sayers, Danny Carroll and TJ & Mary Sheehan, all c/o Club Rockies; and Catherine McCarthy, c/o Carmel Quilter.

SYMPATHY

Sincere sympathy is offered to the families of Paddy Commane, Rock Street (father of Club members Paudie and Ed and one of Rock Street’s oldest residents) and Ellen (Nellie) Brosnan (nee O’Brien), O’Rahillys Villas (mother-in-law of the late Garry Fernane Jnr) who died during the past week.

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Ballymacelligott GAA News

BallymacLOTTO
The Ballymac GAA Lotto was held in O Riadas on Monday 7th July 2014. Numbers drawn were 1,2,11,15. There was no winner.
Luck Dips
1. Mike Rahilly, Chutehall
2. Mike Rahilly, Chutehall
3. Blake Leen, Chutehall
4. Sean Griffin, Tursillagh
5. James Moynihan, KGH
Sellers Prize : Tom Leen. Lotto jackpot is now €2,400 and can be played at www.ballymacgaa.com

FAOI 14
BALLYMAC 2-16 KNOCKNAGOSHEL/BROSNA 2-10

A well turned out pitch in Brosna was the venue for our first game in the Castleisland district league against Knock/Brosna. Scores were tied at two points each early on and when Brian Lonergan soloed through for a fine goal we were 1-4 to 0-3 ahead, two points each coming from Daire Keane and Josh.

Two more points from Dara Chawke and one each from James Carmody and Eoin Leahy extended our lead to 1-8 to 0-5 at half time.
We started the second half well.

Eoin Leahy getting 1-1, coupled with points form James, Dara Chawke and Davy Rodgers saw us lead 2-12 to 1-6 early on. Knock/Brosna then scored 1-3 without reply but Josh O’Keeffe scored three fine points and one each from Daire Keane and Dylan McHugh saw us win with a comfortable margin A feature of this game was interesting individual duals between Cathal Dunne, Daire Keane and their markers.

It was great to see Barry Lyons back in action making two valuable saves in the second half. We are due to play Currow in this competition next Friday evening in Ballymac.

TEAM: B Lyons, J Sugrue, C Dunne, E Culloty, L O’Brien, J O’Keeffe, D Leen, T Brick, B Lonergan,J Carmody, D Rodgers, D Chawke, E Leahy, D Keane, D Lynch. Subs D Lenihan, D McHugh, D Broderick, C Godley.

ACADEMY

Academy returned in full force on Sunday morning after two weeks off. It was great to see a full turnout on the day, the girls were leading the pack with Bridgit Sheehan, Roisin Rahilly, Eimear Curran and Niamh Lynch having a particularly successful training session.

Not to be out done the U6 boys were in spectacular form with Ray Horgan, John O’Shea, Aidan Brennan, Aran Crean, Ryan Harper and Jack Collins showcasing some great skill. Lee Wharton, Donncha Enright, Ciaran O’Connell and Con Sheahan caught the eye of their coach with their skills and dedication.

Well done to all. Academy will continue on Sunday at 11am.

MILE BUIOCHAS

Many thanks to the Ardfert U10’s squad and mentors for travelling to Ballymac to play our U10s. Those who impressed for Ballymac on the day were Padraic Heffernan, Evan Boyle, Tommy Palmer, Mark O Connor, Kieran Slattery and Alex Walsh. We also had a very good workout earlier in the week against Castlegregory and our thanks to them for travelling on the night.

COISTE THRÁ LÍ

The Coiste Thrá Lí U11 league begins in earnest this week. We are at home to Na Gaeil this Tuesday and at home to John Mitchells on Thursday evening both matches kick off at 6.30pm. Next week sees us away to Kerins O’Rahillys and Ardfert.

FAOI 13

Ballymac U-13s responded in the best possible manner to their opening round defeat against Na Gaeil a week ago with a comprehensive victory over Kerins O Rahillys in Rd 2 of the Coiste Thrá Lí U-13 League at Strand Road last Sunday evening.

Played in ideal conditions on a beautiful evening our lads turned the tables on a very talented Strand Road side with some fine expansive flowing football by all. With both sides missing a few regulars due to holidays and injury, those who stepped up to the mark for both teams acquitted themselves very well indeed.

Despite an early onslaught by Rahillys, our defence held firm with both Liam and Aidan O Brien in imperious form. ‘Keeper Eoin Culloty pulled off two top class saves as KOR threatened during the initial exchanges.

But Ballymac got a grip on the game with midfielders Brian Cassidy and David Rogers grafting hard and winning more possession and delivering some excellent foot passes to the inside forward line where the likes of Diarmuid Lynch, Cathal Culloty, Darragh Leen and Darragh Broderick posed a lot of problems for the home side.

Our defence remained resolute with Ciarán Brosnan, Jack Sugrue, Adam Joy and the impressive Cian Godley all repelling the Blues attacks.

There was some scintillating football played by both teams all throughout with Jonathan Lowe, Andy Rogers, Dean Lenihan all getting on the scoresheet. It was a very much improved display on the previous outing with everybody trying to do the right thing.

This victory means that a win over Austin Stacks will assure us of a place in the Town league final The management team of Mike Broderick and Roland Rogers were well pleased with the standard and quality of football. Well done to all involved ! Our final game is scheduled for this coming Sunday July 20th at home to Stacks with throw-in at 6pm. Training continues during the week.

BLITZ

The Annual John Mitchells Blitz will take place on Saturday for the U8s and U10 teams, the first game will kick off at 10.15am.

CÚL CAMPS

Kelloggs Cul Camp will return to Ballymac GAA grounds on Monday 28th July and will run until Friday 1st August. The past Cul Camps have been an enjoyable fun filled week for both boys and girls while improving their football skills at the same time. The form can be downloaded from our website www.ballymacgaa.com or you can register on line at www.gaa.ie/kelloggsculcamps. Please note: The Online Booking facility closes at noon on the Friday preceding the week of the camps.

HANDBALL CLUB

Juvenille training for young handballers takes place in the local handball court in Ballydwer on Monday evenings from 8.00 – 9.00pm. All welcome especially beginners.

Tralee Parnells :would like to thank Ballymacelligott GAA Club for the generous donation of playing fields, facilities and equipment for the U8/10 Camogie Blitz on July 12th. As a fledgling club, Parnells relies on the generousity of its GAA neighbours in the Tralee area; Ballymac stepped up without hesitation to lend support. Parnells would like to acknowledge Anthony Curran and Ger Collins. Particular thanks are due to Joanne Long, who gave up her Saturday morning to open the shop to serve refreshments to the attendees.

Fr Pat Crean Lynchs Silver Jubilee: Fr Pat Crean Lynch celebrates his silver jubilee this year and he will celebrate a special Mass of Thanksgiving on Friday 18th July 2014 in St. Brendans Church Clogher at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome to the Mass and to St. Brendan’s Community Centre Ballydwyer afterwards for refreshments. Congratulations to Fr. Pat on reaching this special milestone.

SYMPATHY

The Club extends its deepest sympathy to the family of the late Timmy Kerins, Gurranmore, on their recent bereavement.

GAA CLUBS

Churchill News

rsz_1churchill_gaa_2Congratulations

To Mikey Brennan, who was a member of the victorious Kerry Junior team that defeated Cork in the Munster Final in Tralee last Wednesday evening, and to Ivan Parker and Eoin O’Brien who were on the Kerry Minor panel that defeated Cork in the Munster Final in Cork on Sunday.

Best of luck to you all in the All-Ireland Series.

Also Sean Hamilton gave a man of the match performance in the final playing for the North Kerry u-14s and Sean Donnellan reprented the club with the North Kerry u-15s.

Only for holidays the two Mortimers Sean and Jason would also have worn the green and gold at the weekend. This shows that with 7 Kerry players in one weekend how well our coaching is getting on.

Again a huge thanks to coaching officer Peter and all the coaches who give of their free time to make these players better.

Juveniles

U6s, U8s, and U10s training continues every Sunday at 11am in The Spa. We are getting great attendances to each session and the improvement in skill levels are very evident to all the coaches. Well done to all.

GAA Cúl Camps are on in Churchill this week and hopefully everyone that participates will have fun and get a chance to improve their skills even further under the expert guidance of Micheál Quirke.

The B team play Duagh on Friday the 11/07/14 @ 7.30p.m. in Duagh.This is a County semi-final and we would like to see all our supporters out in force.

The St. Brendans senior team play Dingle on Saturday evening in Austin Stacks Park at 6pm. Again your support would be great as if they win these they will be in the quarter final. This is a very important team as it gives our senior footballers the change to play in the Senior County Championship.

Crime

A spate of anti-social behaviour activity hit the village of Fenit last weekend again. Tyres were slashed on local people cars and Samphire lighthouse was wrecked with windows broken and a lot of damage to the inside.

This is not accecpable as this is a tourist amienty and could cost jobs while it is closed. It is also a navigation guide for boats intering and leaving the harbour and it could cost lives. They needed a boat to get out to this.

Rowing

Fenit rowing club are again proud to be hold the County Champinships for the second year in a row on Saturday July 28th.

Again this is due to thr great officers we have in the club and what a wonderfull venue Fenit is for all water sports. Bag packing will also be on in big Dunnes on Fribay and Saturday the 25th and 26th,so anyone that can spate an hour your help would be welcome. Any local kids wishing to take up rowing can call to see the lads who row every evening from 6-9 p.m.

Grants

Three local clubs got grants under the Sports Capital Programme.Tralee Rowing Clud got £21,000,Tralee Sailing Club, got £20,000 and Tralee Bay swimming Club got £9,000.Again this shows the great work be done by the officers of these clubs.

Some of the local children from Fenit that had just completed a week long sailing course in Tralee Bay Sailing School, Fenit. The children had a very enjoyable week making full use of the amazing facilities that the school has to offer. We are very lucky to have such a wonderful amenity as Tralee Bay Sailing School in our local area we should all try to make more use of it. Thank you to all of the brilliant Instructors and Commodore Richard Hurley for making it such an enjoyable week for all involved.
Some of the local children from Fenit that had just completed a week long sailing course in Tralee Bay Sailing School, Fenit. The children had a very enjoyable week making full use of the amazing facilities that the school has to offer. We are very lucky to have such a wonderful amenity as Tralee Bay Sailing School in our local area we should all try to make more use of it. Thank you to all of the brilliant Instructors and Commodore Richard Hurley for making it such an enjoyable week for all involved.

 

 

GAA CLUBS

John Mitchels GAA News

MitchelsJohn Mitchels Sports Complex

Our Sports Complex at Camp Ballyseddy is available for bookings on the Sports Hall, All Weather Pitch. The Gym, Sauna and Steam rooms are open from 5pm to 9pm Monday to Friday.

Cost €3 per session for members and €4 for non members. Complex also open for children’s parties. Further information contact Humphrey Shanahan on 0877740275.

Champers Restaurant – John Joe Sheehy Road

The John Mitchels Club House and Restaurant on the John Joe Sheehy road is opened to serve the community with good food and warm Hospitality. Our Restaurant is opened daily. Opening hours are from 09.30 to 4.00pm. Monday to Friday and Sunday 9.30 to 3.00pm.

UNDER 14
We played Annascaul/Lispole away in division one if the central league on Thursday evening . Any fears of a post Feile hangover were quickly dashed as we raced in to a 6 point lead.

We kept the pace up throughout the game with some spectacular point scoring from Kevin Williams, Padraig White and Conor Morrisson.

Tadgh Broderick kept things tight at the back ably assisted by Graham Hudson and Sean Gannon. Up front James Sheehan Tyreses Flaherty and Darrion Hurley enjoyed productive evenings prompted by the ever impressive Mikey Kelliher.
Final Score 3-15 to 2-8.

We travel to Castleisland on Monday eve in the next round.

John Egan Invitational: We take part in this competition next Friday where we host group one which contains teams from Bishopstown from Cork, Milltown/Castlemaine and Dulwick Harps from London. The four teams in this group play each other on Friday morning with the first game starting at 10.30. The top two in the group go forward to the semi finals that afternoon.

Under 14 Castleisland District
Round 2 Bye.
Round 3 (A) to Cordal/Scart July 18th @7-30pm.
Under 13 Coiste Tra Li
Our under 13’s had a comprehensive victory over St Pats in the Coiste TraLi last Saturday. Well done to all especially the under 12’s who showed great promise.
Round 2 (A) to Stacks July 13th @ 6pm.
Round 3 (H) to Ardfert July 20th @ 6pm.

Under 12
Training is on every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 6.45pm. It is important that the entire group bring gum shields. For more information phone Brendan Dillane on 086 1742604.

Under 8

Training on Sunday mornings at 10-03am.

Under 6
We are training on Sunday mornings in camp Ballyseedy. Under the watchful eyes of John, Sean, Tim and Susie and it is great to see such large numbers turning out.

UNDER 8 &10 GIRL

Training continued for both U8’s and 10’s. The girls skill levels are improving with each training. The girls who tried hard this week were Emma Lynch, Angel Quilligan, Elizabeth Slattery and Sophie O Donoghue. Training continues on Thursday between 6 and 7pm and aloso Sunday morning between 10-30am and 12. It is important that all players turn up for training as we will have matches planned in the coming weeks.

UNDER 10 Boys

Training is on Sunday mornings and great effort is being made by all the players. Training is at 10:30.

Girls under 12

The girls created their own piece of history on Monday the 30th of June by playing in the annual blitz in Croke Park.Everyone of the girls played in 5 matches each & they all did themselves, their families & their club proud.

Hopefully some of them will get the chance to play there again but even if they don’t they will have the memories & photographs to treasure forever. After last Monday Barack Obama Plaza, Junction 14 & collecting a pass under the Hogan stand are no more for this group of Girls

Training continues every Wednesday from 6pm – 7pm in Camp Ballyseedy, any new players are very welcome.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership is now well overdue for some and your subscription can be given to Club Registrar Cora McElligott or any other officer.

COST

Adults €40
Juveniles €20
OAP and unwaged €20.

CONGRATULATIONS

Well done to all the Kerry teams Senior, Junior and Minor on winning their respective Munster finals over Cork at the weekend. To our own Alan O’Donoghue and Sean Moloney who played with the Juniors.

BINGO

Our Bingo continues on Wednesday and Friday and Sunday nights. Bookings for Parties etc can be made by phoning 066 71 26300.

Lotto

1/7/2014
No winner
Numbers 1-4-18-26
€100 Oliver Coffey c/o Helen.
€25 Fergus McCarthy c/o Patrons.
€25 John O’Shea c/o Bertie.
€25 Donna Coffey c/o Helen.
€25 Helen Leahy c/o Paddy.
€25 Martina Flynn c/o Claire.
Next draw 8/7/2014
Jackpot €4,900-00

SYMPATHY

To the Family of John ‘Johnny’ Godley Lissooleen Kilduff Tralee.
To the Family of Maureen O’Sullivan (nee Foley) Ballinorig Est Tralee.
To the Family of Terence Foley Caherslee Tralee.