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Senior Men – Our Division 2 team play Glenbeigh/Glencar away at 2pm on Sunday April 21st and our Division 6 team play Dr. Crokes away Friday April 19th at 7pm. All support at both games would be much appreciated.
Senior Ladies – John Mitchels suffered their first defeat in this years Donal Curtin Cup at home to Kilcummin on Friday night last.
The visitors were quick off the blocks and scored the opening 3 points before a free kick rebounded off the upright to their corner forward who reacted quickest to goal from close range and put them into a commanding 6 point leading after the opening ten minutes play.
A wonderful point from distance by Shauna Hannafin settled John Mitchels and then a sweeping move involving Emma Carmody, Ciara Falvey and Ellie O Rahilly ended with Linda O Connor blasting the ball to the net from the 13-metre line to leave just 2 points between the teams.
With Tanya O’Connor and Erica O Connor getting to grips with the Kilcummin attack, Shannon Martin then found Emily Obrusnik who combined with Julie Foley who passed to Jamie Finnegan and Jamie kicked a wonderful long-range point to leave the minimum between the teams after 20 minutes.
With Diana O’Keeffe and Sarah Kilgallen beginning to drive John Mitchels forward a long pass from Kayleigh Collins found Rachel Kilgallen and Rachel played a neat one two with Ava Buckley before passing to the inrushing Shauna Hannafin who gave the Kicummin goalkeeper no chance with a low shot to the net to put the home side in front.
Just before the interval Kilcummin added a point to leave the half time score 2-02 to 1-04 in favour of the home team.
Just as in the opening half, Kilcummin began the second half with 3 quick points, 2 from close in frees to edge back in front and in the tenth minute following some great defending by Tanya O Connor and Kayleigh Collins, Kilcummin managed to scramble home their second goal to go 5 points in front.
Ashleigh Murphy was then fouled and Ava Buckley reduced the lead to 4 from the resultant free before Kilcummin scored a somewhat fortuitous goal to put them into a very commanding position.
John Mitchels then introduced Ava Sharma and Claire O Connor and the fresh legs resulted in John Mitchels again going on the offensive ending with Shauna Hannafin kicking a long rang point before Rachel Kilgallen added a pointed free to cut the deficit to 5 points with 5 minutes remaining.
Kilcummin then added another point from a free and on the stroke of full time added their fourth goal to seal victory although the margin of 9 points was flattering for the visitors.
John Mitchels now look forward to the next round of the competition which is a home fixture against Glenflesk with time and date to follow. Training continues Thursdays and Sundays.
Minor Team – Well done to our Minors who were successful in their semi-final against Listowel Emmets last Monday evening. The Minors now play Keel/Listry in the Division 2 Shield Final on Monday evening at 6.30PM in Fossa. All support would be greatly appreciated.
Gaelic4Girls – We are heading into week 6 of our Gaelic4girls programme which is a continued success! This week we will be giving out our Gaelic4girls Jerseys and having a guest coach come to our session to observe all the great work we’ve been doing over the past few weeks! Taking place at John Mitchels from 3-4pm Wednesday.
Academy – Well done to the boys and girls who attended training this week. Wonderful to see skills developing. Training continues next Sunday at 11.00 AM and bring along a friend!
Under 9 Boys – John Mitchels U9 Boys trained hard on Sunday Morning last in preparation for phase one of our Go Games. Next up for us is Beaufort Away & our boys are really looking forward to it. Our Juvenile Academy continues every Sunday Morning from 10.15am here in John Mitchels Ballyseedy All Newcomers more than Welcome.
Under 8s and 10s Girls – Training continued Sunday morning on the Astro. A great session was had by the girls. Keep up the practice at home and see you next week.
Under 14 Girls – Our under 14 Ladies played their second challenge match on Tuesday, against MKL Gaels. It was a very competitive encounter, and it gave us the opportunity to look at players in different positions than they would usually play in. We kicked some fine scores and the girls played extremely well as a unit.
We want to wish Natalia Hennig a quick recovery back to football and look forward to seeing Natalia back in the John Mitchels jersey later on this summer.
Congratulations also to Amy Noonan and Grace O Regan who stared for the Kerry U14 A team in the Munster blitz. They now have a Munster Final against Waterford to look forward to. Training continues on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and new players are always welcome.
Under 12 captains with referee Sharon Roche.
Under 12 Girls – Fantastic morning of football for the U12 girls, as we got our North Kerry League underway vs Austin Stacks.
We had a challenging first half against a strong breeze with some great football played to keep things competitive heading into half time.
We began to make a few changes leading up to half time making sure everyone got equal playing time throughout the game.
In the second half we put up a few more scores on the board with well worked scores bringing the ball out from the backs.
A positive outing for the girls for the first game of the season. Stacks won the game outright but we look forward to our game vs Churchill on Thursday evening where another exciting encounter awaits.
Under 11 boys.
Under 11 Boys – We played Kilcummin on Thursday evening at home. It’s fair to say that the weather conditions were in keeping with the year to date.
It was a tough night for football with the wind and rain but despite getting soaked to the bone our boys performed very well against a strong Kilcummin team.
They battled for every ball, blocked down, tackled hard and showed great spirit and energy throughout. The effort being put in by these lads in atrocious conditions since the start of the season is to be commended and the coaches are encouraged by the improvement thus far.
Parents will receive details of the next match for this age group via Whatsapp. Training continue on Sunday. Until then kids are encouraged to practice their ball skills at home.
Under 13 Boys – Both our Green and Gold teams travelled to Keel to play Keel/Listry on Sunday evenings. Despite the challenging weather conditions some lovely football was played by all teams.
Our Gold team were successful on the evening on a scoreline of 1 8 to 1 4. It was victory for the hosts Keel/Listry for the second game on a score line of John Mitchels Green team 2 7 v 3 – 13. Thanks to all who travelled to support the team.
Thanks to our hosts for the evening and of course to our management and players for everyones effort on the evening.
Under 15 Boys – Last Monday our U15 Gold team played Keel/Listry in Rd 3 of the Div 9 County League. Both teams served up an exciting game with some brilliant passages of play. In the end, a last-second goal denied our team a victory, but they did come away with a draw on the night: Keel/Listry 3-11 – John Mitchels 4-5
Two nights later our Gold team travelled to Killarney to play the Legion in Rd 3 of the Div 1 County League. Our boys fought hard on the night, but due to a slow start were on the back foot al night.
Despite conceding early scores, the team fought hard in the second half to get within touching distance of their opponents. However, in the end we couldn’t quite get there, and thanks to some late scoring, the Legion ran out easy winners in the end. Killarney Legion 4-13 – John Mitchels 2-7
This week both teams play Rd 4 of the County League.
Monday 15th – Gold team play Kenmare in John Mitchels. Throw-in 5:45pm
Wednesday 17th – Green team play Glenbeigh/Glencar/Cromane in John Mitchels. Throw-in 7pm.
Under 16 Girls and Minor Girls – Training continues on Monday night at 6:45 pm in the S&C suite and on Thursday night at 7pm on the club astro. Our Minor ladies were due to play Dingle on Sunday evening at home, but on Sunday afternoon we were informed by Dingle that unfortunately they were not in a position to fulfil the fixture.
Training continues with this group in preparation for their first County league fixture and it’s great to have a fantastic group of ladies back in the Green and Gold at Minor level for John Mitchels. Numbers at training have been excellent and the commitment and effort at training has been a joy to see.
Bingo – Continues Wednesday and Friday at 8.30PM at the John Joe Sheehy Road. Over 18s only. ID must be provided on request.
Lotto – John Mitchels GAA Club Lotto Results: Sunday 14th April 2024. This week’s Lotto numbers are 2, 3, 8 & 31. The numbers today were drawn by Brid McElligott and George Bastible. There was no winner of the Jackpot of €3,100.00. Congratulations to our three lucky dip winners this week:
€25.00: Megan Noonan
€25.00: Clodagh Hayes
€25.00: Karen White
Next week’s Jackpot is €3,150.00 and the draw will take place on Facebook Live on Sunday 21st April 2024 at 11am. Ticket sales close at 9am sharp. We thank you for all your support.
Membership – Membership is now due for 2024. You can pay online through Clubforce or call to our Club Registrar Georgie Lowe on Sunday from 11 am to 12noon.
Sympathies – We express our sincere sympathies to those who have recently experienced bereavements. We especially remember the families of Marueen Mac Mahon, Daniel Wrzdok and Mary O’Shea.
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