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Lotto results: Lotto Tue 6th December. No Winner. Numbers drawn were 11, 12, 17, 29. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Moira Godley, Kathleen Murphy, Charlie & Monica Fitzell, Denis Dillane, Ann O’Sullivan.
Next week’s jackpot will be €1,750. Why not try your luck in our lotto. The links is as follows: https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Na%20Gaeil%20CLG/lotto
RIP: The club would like to extend its sympathy to the family and friends of the late Beatrice Sheehy, Old Killeen Road, who died recently. May she rest in peace.
Scór na nÓg: We will be rolling along with Scór na nÓg soon. Its for children ranging in age from 4th class to under 17 who may be interested in drama, story-telling, recitation, traditional music or singing. If anyone is interested in this please get in touch with Margaret at 086-0855008.
Na Gaeil Ladies AGM: The ladies held their AGM last Saturday. The following were the officers elected for 2023: Chairperson: Eddie Sheehy, Vice-Chair: Troy O Connell, Secretary: Janice McHugh, Treasurer: Caroline Dillane, Registrar: Mike Barrett, Development Officer: Mike O’Brien, PRO: Meagan Sheehy, CPO: Janice McHugh.
Congratulations: Well done to Kerins O’Rahillys, Rathmore and Fossa on their great wins in their respective Munster finals over the weekend.
Na Gaeil AGM: The club’s AGM is due to be held on January 20th. All are welcome to attend.
Retirement: We’d like to send best wishes to Cait Ui Chonchuir on her upcoming retirement as Principal of Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn. Cait and her family are great supporters of Na Gaeil. Congratulation too to her successor Maistir Liam O’Connor.
Self Help Africa: Stefan Okunbor was in Kenya in November for the “Plant For The Planet Games” which aims to highlight the impact of climate change and raise sufficient funds to plant one million trees across the continent of Africa. He has set up a fundraising page and would greatly appreciate any donations. All funds raised will go directly to Self Help Africa. The link is https://giv.i.ng/9GpP
Bingo: Tonight (12th December) our bingo is cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions. Stay safe everyone.
Na Gaeil Bingo Christmas Raffle: 1st prize €100 cash. 2nd prize €75 cash. 3rd prize €25 cash. 3 tickets for €5. Tickets for sale behind the bar and at bingo on Monday 19th December. Please write your name and contact number on the reverse of all tickets you purchase so that it will be easy to contact the winners. Draw will be on the 19th December. All proceeds go directly to the club. Thanks as always for your continued support. Na Gaeil Abú.
Fitness for women: Pre-Christmas Fitness for women at Na Gaeil gym weekdays at 7am and Sundays at 8.15am. Back in your car 40 minutes later! These classes are delivered free of charge to Na Gaeil members. All abilities welcome. Contact Helen Tansley for more details on 087 7631977.
Executive Meeting: The December meeting of the Executive will be held next Thursday Dec 15th.
Na Gaeil cycle club: Cycle each Saturday at 9am from Na Gaeil club. Everyone is welcome to come for a nice friendly cycle.
Cards: The weekly 45 card game is back. Every Wednesday night, starting at 9pm sharp. Bring your own partner or come along and we will get you a partner.
Review of our U13 boys season: Our U13 teams this year had a great year involving football development and huge fun along the way. We also had some new players join us this year and they added greatly to the group both as personalities and players. Our lads started training back in the last week of January in the MTU on the Astro and turned up for every training session regardless of weather and then returned to Na Gaeil field in March.
Numbers were huge and with a panel of almost forty players it meant training sessions were always enjoyable occasions. We trained twice a week throughout the whole year and when the matches commenced they were on Sunday evenings. Our large numbers allowed us to have two teams to enter competitions so every player had loads of football.
Training sessions were great but matches are vital for player development & also for the enjoyment in just playing.
In terms of achievements it was a fantastic year. We played phase one Division 2 Co. League and phase two we were in Div 1 Co. League. We had a lot of learnings from this which was a great benefit for the lads.
Our B team was outstanding in the Co. League and were deserving winners of same back in June. This was a huge occasion for this team and showed how strong a team they really were. Our A team won the Central Region Division 1 and also the Town League Division 1 competitions which were also huge achievements. This team grew as the year went on and had those successes at the latter end of the year so all their hard work paid off.
We also entered the Rose Cup and though we were not successful on the medal front it was yet again a great day out and the parents again came to the rescue with a fabulous spread of food and took turns in the catering throughout the day.
Both teams had over twenty matches between County League phase 1 and 2, Central Region and Town League. We also had two teams come down from Mallow in September which was a great fun day of football followed by food kindly brought by parents backed up by the club sponsoring them all pizzas.
All in all our U13’s this year should be very proud of themselves. They developed really well as footballers and achieved loads but also they developed as a team and friendships grew strong so hats off to them on their year. Simply a fantastic group of young players.
Notes: If you’d like anything included in the club’s weekly notes please send it to me at pro.nagaeil.kerry@gaa.ie before 9am on Monday and I’ll do my best to include it.
