Lotto Jackpot Results for Friday April 21st:
Drawn numbers were: 6, 12, and 28 with 15 being the bonus number.
We had no winner of our jackpot or a match 3.
Our lucky consolation prize winners were:
€50 each to Denis Casey, Annascaul and Declan Kenny, 7, Ballyoughtragh Heights.
€25 each to John Costello, Seânie Barton, Glenbeigh, Cathy O’ Sullivan, c/o Larkin’s Bar and Ryan O’Sullivan, Charleville Co. Cork.
Special thanks to everybody who continues to support our fundraising Lotto through the selling and purchasing of tickets.
Our Lotto Jackpot is now €14,200.
The next draw will take place in Larkin’s Bar on Friday May 5th -with €700 on offer for a match 3.
Under age girls Academy:
We are delighted to announce that training for the Under 6/8/10 girls will commence, after the Easter break, on Thursday April 27th.
The venue is Milltown Castlemaine GAA Grounds-6.15 to 7.15.
So you’ve a few days to find those football boots and mould the mouth guards!
College Students:
Best of luck to all our third level students who are presently studying and completing exams.
Feile:
The National Féile Peil na nÓg 2017 will be held in Monaghan, Cavan and Fermanagh while the Division 1 County Féile will be held in Sligo at the end of June. Kerry will have three qualifies for the National weekend. Kerry B, C and D. Kerry A will be in Sligo. Milltown Castlemaine’s U.14’s are in the B qualifiers.
Last Wednesday, Milltown Castlemaine hosted Group 2B of the Kerry Coiste na nÓg Féile Peil na nÓg qualifiers. Milltown Castlemaine played Na Gael in the first game.
Na Gael had a very fast start with two goals in the first minute. Milltown Castlemaine rallied and as the game went into the second half they had levelled the match. However Na Gael lifted their game in the last few minutes to score three consecutive points to win on a score line of Na Gael 3.03 to Milltown Castlemaine 1.06.
The second game was Na Gael v An Ghaeltacht. Na Gael qualified for the Div 2 Féile final as top seeds from this group with a controlled win. Na Gael led from pillar to post with again an early goal having them in control. An Ghaeltacht rallied but the speed of the breaking Na Gael forwards meant that Na Gael won on a score line of Na Gael 3.05 An Ghaeltacht 1.02.
The final place in the Feile semi finals was to be decided by the last game of the evening. Milltown Castlemaine’s very young defence set the platform for their teams win. Their forwards got the room in the second half to ensure that they qualified with a win on a score line of Milltown Castlemaine 2.03 An Ghaeltacht 0.04.
Well done to the players of all three teams for some very entertaining and enjoyable football. Referee for all three games was Paul Hayes, Kerins O’Rahillys.
Na Gael and Milltown Castlemaine qualify for the Division 2 semi finals. which will be held on Wednesday May 3rd. Times and venues to be confirmed.
U 12’s
Our Under 12’s had two excellent games v John Mitchel’s on Sunday evening last. The green team lost 5 11 to 4 11 in a very close, exciting match where they hit the cross bar 5 times and the white team were victorious on a score line of 4 10 to 2 10 after a great come back in the 2nd half.
Well done to Turlough and the entire panel of players.
Blitz:
Our Under 8’s and Under 10’s both had a great time participating in the annual blitz held at John Mitchel’s Tralee. Special thanks to John Mitchel’s for organising the blitz and to all the coaches and mentors from our club for their continued work with these age groups.
Challenge Game:
Well done to our Under 10’s who had two very enjoyable challenge games against Listry on Friday evening. Thank you to Listry Gaa for the challenge game and to their referee who did an excellent job.
Thanks to all the parents who went along to support their children.
Under 14’s:
Well done to Ian and his under 14 boys on their victory over Ballyduff on Wednesday last. The final score was 5/10 to 3/08.
Their next opponents are An Ghaeltacht whom they will play on Wednesday at 7 in An Ghaeltacht pitch. All support much needed and appreciated.
Minors:
Hard luck to our minor team who were defeated by Glenbeigh Glencar Cromane on Friday evening last in the semi final of the minor league.
Having beaten them by two points on Tuesday evening, it was the visitors who set the pace on Friday night with a blistering start. A huge well done to the panel and management for getting so far- despite being without some key players due to injury.
Seniors:
The Milltown Castlemaine senior men were at home on Sunday afternoon to Cromane in a back game of the senior league.
Conditions were excellent for the game. MC were without a number of players due to injury.
Both sides were guilty of errors in the opening minutes but Cromane was first to register a score with a point from Damien Houlihan. It was a further six minutes before the next score-a point from Donnachda Walsh.
MC eventually got on the score board in the 15TH minute with a point from Gavin Horan. Darren Houlihan replied with a pointed free in the 18th, MC cancelled that out but Patrick O’ Sullivan quickly added another point for Cromane, leaving a score line of 4 pts to 2 pts after 20 minutes of play.
Milltown Castlemaine introduced Brian O’ Sullivan to goals replacing Cormac Leane.
In the 22nd minute, the Cromane keeper stood no chance with a shot from Jeremiah Hayes – after receiving a clever pass from Shane Murphy. This goal gave MC the narrowest of leads.
MC seemed to play well for the remainder of the first half adding 4 more points by way of a pointed free from Jack McCarthy, 1 point from Kieran Griffin and 2 from their mid fielder Pa Wrenn. Score at half time was 1:06 to 0:06 in favour of MC.
The second half saw a treble substitution for MC with Seamus Dowd, Jerome Flynn and Kieran Griffin making way for Derek Twiss, John Blennerhassett and Thady O’ Sullivan.
MC began the second half with a pointed free from substitute Derek Twiss in the 3rd minute.
Craig Counihan pointed another quickly afterwards. Cromane were awarded a free which was duly pointed to give a score line of 1/08 to 5 points after 5 minutes of the second half.
A foul on the MC substitute Thady O’ Sullivan resulted in a free which was popped over by Jack McCarthy in the 6th minute.
There was a lot of errant shooting by both sides but MC’s young minor Tadgh McCarthy kicked over a delightful point to give MC an 8 point lead. Cromane were unfortunate to have their wing forward black carded in the 9thminute.
Following this, MC introduced a further sub with Jeremiah Hayes making space for Michael Dennehy.
The 11th minute of the 2nd half saw MC’S Gavin Horan receiving a black card. MC had used their all of their subs and so played the remainder of the game with 14 players. Cromane benefitted from this and added 5 unanswered points.
They were unfortunate not to add a goal during this period of play. In the 19th minute, Jack McCarthy set up Derek Twiss for the second goal of the game which gave MC a lead of 6 points, 2/10 to 0/10.
Cromane added a pointed free from their No. 9 in the 23RD minute and Jack McCarthy added a point immediately after.
Both sides went through another period of errant passing and shooting. The last few minutes saw Derek Twiss add 2 more points for MC(1from a free) whilst Cromane added a consolation point before the final whistle to give a full time score of MC:2/13,Cromane:0/12.
Well done to both teams for a very sporting game and to the referee who acquitted himself very well.
50 year celebrations:
Coiste Na nÓg Chiarrai are celebrating 50 years of Juvenile activity in both Football and Hurling in 2017 and as part of the celebrations they are compiling a history to acknowledge this. They are appealing to all clubs to supply photographs of teams and administrators over the period. All the material supplied will be acknowledged and scanned and returned to the owners. Please contact Jimmy O Sullivan Darcy at jimmyosdarcy@gmail.com or 087-9633397 or any executive officer if you can provide any material or information.
