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Lotto results: Lotto Tue 2nd January 2024. No winner. Numbers drawn were 3, 18, 24, 26. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Patrick Donovan, Conor Kavanagh, Maria O’Neill, Brendan Almann, Máirín Maher. Next draw will be tomorrow night and thejackpot will be €4,550. Why not try your luck in our lotto. The links is as follows:https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Na%20Gaeil%20CLG/lotto
Club AGM: Our annual AGM will be held on Thursday 18th January 2024 in the clubhouse. All motions for the AGM together with nominations for Officer positions are to reach the Secretary, John Keating via email on secretary.nagaeil.kerry@gaa.ie by Thursday 11th January. Nomination/motion forms are available from the secretary using the above email.
Kerry (Men) McGrath Cup Football 2024: Congratulations to Damien Bourke who made his senior Kerry debut against Tipperary last Thursday in the McGrath Cup.
Cispheil: Comhgairdeachas le Priya O’Donovan who has been selected on the Irish u16 basketball squad for the Four Nations Tournament which takes place in Tallaght on March 26th & 27th.
Scór: We’ll shortly be starting on our annual Scór journey, and are looking for secondary school kids – up to u/17 – who’d be interested in taking part in drama, recitation, music, singing etc. We’d also be interested in hearing from adults who might like to take part in any of the above too. Please contact Margaret at (086) 0855008 or Mary at (086) 080 6665 if you’d like more information.
Bingo: Na Gaeil Bingo returns tonight at 8pm sharp. Our continued Special Offer on our Mini Accumulater Jackpot House is €290 in 49 calls. We also have a Raffle and Split the Bucket at half time. Bus available on (087) 2817577. We can’t wait to see you all there. Happy New Year.
Volunteers: The club are looking for people to help out at bingo on Monday nights. If you can spare 2 hours every 5 or 6 weeks then Niamh (087-9863667) would be delighted to have you on board.
Tesco Blue Tokens: We are delighted to have been chosen as a beneficiary for Tesco’s Community Fund. If you, or anyone you know, is shopping in Tesco over the next couple of weeks please support Bord na n-Óg with blue tokens available at the tills on payment of groceries. Thanks.
Sponsorship Opportunity: If you have a business and would like to promote it with Na Gaeil we have various sponsorship packages available to suit all budgets. Enquiries to Donal (087-2577729) or Terry (086-8293261) or Colm (087-9080465) or Mike (086-2440158) or any member of the club Executive.
Club History: During the year Michael Golden spent many hours putting together a list of notable club results and other information about the club since its foundation in 1978. This can now be found on our website (www.nagaeil.ie). Click on “Club News” then “Weekly notes” and select ”Old results by Michael Golden”.
Review of our senior mens 2023 season: At the start of the 2023 season the main aims of our senior team would have been to maintain our Credit Union Division 2 status as well as retaining our senior club status. It was a great achievement by our lads to finish the County League in 4th place considering the competitiveness of the division and how depleted our squad was for the whole campaign.
Next up in August was the Senior Club Championship where we were no match for Spa but only lost narrowly to both Kenmare and Templenoe. That left us facing Kerins O’Rahillys in a club relegation game in late October which we won after extra time in an epic encounter. We registered wins over St. Brendans and Dr. Crokes in the Senior County Championship in September before losing to Dingle in Round 3.
Unfortunately Mid Kerry proved too strong for us in the quarter-final but overall our team & management can be very proud of how the year went. Hopefully 2024 will see the return of a number of players who suffered injuries during this season.
Kerry (Ladies) National League Fixtures: Lidl Ladies (LGFA) National League 2024 fixtures: Round 1: January 21st. Dublin v Kerry. Round 2: January 28th. Kerry v Waterford. Round 3: February 4th. Kerry v Cork. Round 4: February 18th. Kerry v Mayo.Round 5: March 3rd. Armagh v Kerry. Round 6: March 17th. Meath v Kerry. Round 7: March 24th. Kerry v Galway.
Kerry (Men) Munster Senior Championship 2024: Semi-final v Cork or Limerick on 20th April 2024.
Kerry (Men) Munster Minor Championship 2024: Quarter-final v Cork on 30th April 2024 at a Kerry venue.
Hire the Hall: The hall in the clubhouse is available for parties or other events. Please email nagaeilclubhouse@gmail.com if you’d like to make a booking.
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 held every Wednesday night starting at 9pm. Everyone is welcome.
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.
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