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Great catch by Allie Kerins during Kerins O’ Rahilly training
NÓTAÍ NA mBAN
Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Tom Begley.
We are all thinking of Kay, Niamh, Tommy, Patrick and Tom’s extended family and dear friends. Tom will be sadly missed by all.. a lovely gentleman who always had time for a chat.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Let us introduce you to our ladies side of our growing club…We have girls’ teams in Kerins O’ Rahillys from U6 up to senior ladies. We take pride in our players and supporters, you are the glue that pretty much makes upour great club community . We are welcoming and each girls is treated equally.
We love to see the girls enjoying their football and ensure that each girl is participating. Remember that together we can continue to drive our club forward! All welcome! For more details contact Shirley (086) 8713552.
Words of encouragement from Tara Spollen all the way from Granard, Co. Longford who plays with Ardscoil Phádraig who are in a Leinster Senior Ladies final shortly pictured here ( back left ) with Kerins O’ Rahilly’s U12s.
U12 GIRLS Great turnout again last Saturday for our final indoor training session in the wonderful Sports Academy in the MTU. Well done to everyone, what an amazing bunch of hugely talented, energetic and determined players each girl is on the team.
A great attitude always , extremely hard working and doing it all with a smile ! What more can we say…Hoping to have a surprise in store next weekend… Roll on March when the North Kerry League commences!
Great catch by Kerins O’ Rahilly’s U12 Lily Mae Bowler during training
U14 GIRLS Firstly, welcome to Bjanka! We hope that you’ll enjoy your football here with us in Kerins O’ Rahilly’s ladies section of our club. The harsh weather conditions didn’t prevent these young ladies braving the elements as they enjoyed their second training session on the AstroTurf in the Sports Complex. The Co. League commences in March.
U16 GIRLS There was a soft glowing light from the sky and the sun was below the horizon as these young ladies kicked off their season last Thursday in Healy Park, Ballyrickard . A warm welcome to Rachel! Well done to everyone and we’re looking forward to seeing you again next week.
MINORS/ SENIOR LADIES And they’re back… an enjoyable training session had by all last Wednesday on the AstroTurf before Eunice hit…Looking forward to seeing everyone next Wednesday again.
GAELIC4GIRLS The Gaelic4Girls programme is hugely important to us as we wish to engage with our local community in an effort to enable growth and sustainability on a long-term basis and to welcome girls who may have no knowledge of Ladies Gaelic Football or who have or haven’t played football previously. It is focused on fun and participation and is non competitive. It’s great to be involved in a team sport so why not give it a go! This programme targets girls who will be aged between 8 and 12 years in 2022. For more details please contact Shirley (086) 8713552. This programme will commence in March.
LIDL PLUS STAMP CARDS REWARD SCHEME Calling the senior , juveniles and ladies sections of our club… we , the ladies could do with your support. If you shop in Lidl, please try and help us out. Lidl are supporting Ladies Gaelic Football clubs again from February 7th to March 27th.
This promotion could earn us in Ladies club anything from a set of Jerseys to €5,000 in cash, depending on the support from club members. If 50 people complete a “card” for the club, it would give us a set of jerseys with further rewards to be earned depending on how many support us…. a few of the younger teams could do with a new set of jerseys, what they have is fairly threadbare now … A card is made up of 6 stamps with each stamp being earned by a spend of €30 on your shopping.
There is no limit to the amount of cards that can be earned by an individual. We would really appreciate your support when you’re doing your shopping (and maybe encourage friends and family to get involved too!) Full details of how to sign up for this promotion are on the link below: https://www.lidl.ie/serious-support
REGISTRATION Details on Ladies membership for 2022 will be sent over the next few weeks. This can only be paid online through the GAA’s Foireann website at www.Foireann.ie – this is the same website where the health questionnaires were filled out before training and matches last year. Karon will be in touch with you shortly.
Condolences Tom Begley
A huge air of sadness descended over Strand Road last evening when the news of the very sudden passing of one of our most esteemed and most loved members, Tom Begley came to be known,
Tom, a native of Ballydavid, became involved with our juveniles when he started working as a newly qualified teacher in The CBS Primary in Clounalour in the early 1980s. He stayed training our U10s on Saturday mornings for many years after his two sons, Pat and Tommy (both senior club players) progressed beyond this age group as footballers. He later joined our senior executive and was one of its most active workers for many years right until his untimely death.
He served along with Mike Mangan as lotto coordinator for the last 7 years and he ran our weekly lotto so professionally making sure that tickets were collected every Monday evening from Rock St. PO and from retail outlets selling our lotto. He had everything in order every Monday night to ensure eachand every draw was run off honestly and efficiently.
Tom also kept the shrubbery area at the entrance to Strand Road verywell maintained. On match days in Strand Road he always gave a hand either selling lotto tickets or directing traffic for parking.
He was a great supporter of our Club Bar where he frequented every weekend and Tom was in top form when socialising post lockdown in the Club bar especially when he saw the huge numbers of members that were supporting the bar once more.
Tom will be remembered as one of the best volunteers that our club has ever had and An Ghaeltacht’s loss was most definitely a huge gain for Kerins O’ Rahillys.
He was very unassuming and never wanted recognition or credit for anything he did for us,just always wanting to turn his attention to what he could do next for the Club. He had a kind word for everyone no matter who they were and was always positive. He did his best to assist all those who were lucky enough to have crossed his path in life.
Whilst Tom will be an awful loss to Strand Road, we must remember that he was first and foremost a great family man.
We can only imagine how tough the road ahead will be for his family. To his wife Kay, to his children, Niamh, Pat and Tommy, to his mother Mary and to his twin brother Con,hisbrother,Diarmuid and sister Eileen and extended family, we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
