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Lotto results: Lotto Tue 11th June 2024. Numbers drawn were 18, 21, 23, 26. No winner. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Dónal Moynihan, Mary Golden, Ita Behan, Katherine Duggan, Máire Coleman. Our next draw will be tomorrow night and the jackpot will be €2,100. Why not try your luck in our lotto. The links is as follows: https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Na%20Gaeil%20CLG/lotto
RIP: Our sincere sympathy to John & Eamon Browne and the extended Browne & McAuliffe families on the passing of Margaret (Peg) McAuliffe of Ballyduff last week. May she rest in peace.
U7s: Our U7’s enjoyed training in sunny Killeen on Sunday morning. Great to see the skills developing. A big welcome to our new players. Next Sunday we travel to Rathmore for our GoGame. Training continues on Thursday evening at 6:00pm.
U11 Boys: Well done to our under 11 boys who put in two strong performances against Listowel last Thursday evening. Thanks to Listowel for travelling and for helping to serve up two cracking games of football. The lads trained hard yesterday morning in preparation for their upcoming games against St. Senans on Thursday. Well done boys!
U13 Boys: U13 Div.1 County League Final. Na Gaeil 2.13 Milltown 0.15. A great victory for our u13s in an enthralling game in John Mitchels last night. Na Gaeil were 9-7 down at half time to a very strong Milltown team. Andy Costello unerring accuracy from play and frees, our strong defensive play and Ben O Sullivan’s brilliant goal keeping were the key factors keeping us in the game at half time.
We had the breeze at our backs in the 2nd half and with that came a better attacking display. We got our noses in front early in the second half after excellent build up play, Andy finished to the net.
Milltown to their credit never gave in and reduced the lead down to 1 point. The crucial moment of the game came when Rory squared a ball that Ben punched to the net to extend our lead once again to 4 points.
We hung on till the end due to some excellent defending and work rate. The final whistle was met with tremendous celebrations before Eanna accepted the cup. We are so proud of all 42 players on the panel. Thanks to the coaches and parents for everything they have done so far this year.
Senior Men: Last Saturday night our seniors welcomed Gneeveguilla to Killeen for a back-game in the Credit Union Co. League. Both sides were missing a number of regulars but it still proved to be a competitive encounter with the majority of the game’s scores coming from play.
The visitors got off the mark first and had 2 points on the board before Damien Bourke got through for a point. Oisín O’Sullivan who was starting his first senior game for Na Gaeil drew us level and this was quickly followed by 2 more points from play by Enda O’Connor & Ruairí Ó hAiniféin.
But by the 16th minute Gneeveguilla had drawn level. The next score didn’t arrive until the 24th minute but it was a big score for Na Gaeil. An effort at a point came back off the upright and was gathered by the alert Peter Doyle who finished it to the net.
A free from Oisín O’Sullivan extended our lead to 4 points but Gneeveguilla had the last point of the half to leave it 1-5 to 0-5 at the break. Gneeveguilla really got into their stride at the start of the 2nd half and had levelled the game with 3 quick points.
It was the 14th minute before another point from Oisín O’Sullivan put us ahead once more and this was quickly followed by a point apiece from Enda O’Connor and Ruairí Ó hAiniféin to leave us ahead by 3 once more.
Gneeveguilla weren’t done though and in the space of 4 minutes had added 1-2 to their total to put them in the driving seat with just 7 minutes of normal time left. Our lads battled back and two Mark Lynch frees and another point from Oisín O’Sullivan edged us ahead by 1.
Unfortunately, we couldn’t keep the East Kerry men out for the remaining few minutes and they added a late equalizer to ensure the spoils were shared. Final score: Na Gaeil 1-11, Gneeveguilla 1-11.
Team: Jack Rogers, Enda O’Connor, Ryan O’Neill, Seán Barrett, Jack Doyle, Fergal Barry, Seamus Looney, Tomás O’hAiniféin, Damien Bourke, Peter Doyle, Andrew Barry, Kieran O’Donovan, Mark Lynch, Ruairí ÓhAiniféin, Oisín O’Sullivan. Subs: Shane Daly, Aaron Dewey, Jack Costello, Kevin O’Donoghue, Shawn Duggan, Darragh Devine, Seán O’Connor.
Senior Ladies: Our seniors will play Scartaglen next Monday (24th) in the semi-final of the Donal Curtin Cup. The game is fixed for Cordal.
U21 County Championship: St. Brendan’s Board will play Laune Rangers in the semi-final of the U21 County Championship at 7pm on Wed. 26th June in Austin Stack Park.
All-Ireland Senior Championship (Men): Well done to Diarmuid O’Connor, Damien Bourke & the Kerry team on their win over Louth in Round 3 of the All-Ireland championship in Portlaoise yesterday.
All-Ireland Senior Championship (Ladies): Well done to the Kerry Ladies, especially our 5 Na Gaeil players, who defeated Waterford in Round 2 of the Senior Championship in Fitzgerald Stadium. Final score: Kerry 4-13, Waterford 0-9.
Hurling: Good luck to all the Na Gaeil players taking part with various clubs in the Garvey’s Supervalu Senior Hurling Championship over the next few weeks.
Bingo: Na Gaeil Bingo tonight at 8pm sharp. Our Mini Accumulater Jackpot House tonight is €320 in 52 calls. We also have a Raffle and Split the Bucket at half time. Bus available on (087) 2817577. Over 18s only. Hope to see you all there for an excellent night out.
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.
Return of underage training 2024: Our juveniles are back in training for the 2024 season. Contact details for the various age groups are as follows: U5’s – Denis Sugrue (087) 2808719. U7’s – Shane Moriarty (086) 8380434. U9s – Bryan O’Mahony 087 9585331. New members are always welcome and can contact the relevant team coach above.
Club Summer Camp: Our annual Campa Samhraidh Peile will be held this year from Aug 5th to 9th for children aged between 5 and 13. The camp will run from 10am until 2pm each day. The cost will be €45 for 1 child, €80 for 2 children from the same family while 3 or more children from the same family will cost €105. The link to register is: https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Na%20Gaeil%20CLG
Fundraiser: Dearbhla Quirke, daughter of Mary & Jerome, is heading to Uganda volunteering for 3 weeks in July and must fundraise €2,650! She will be working as an Occupational Therapist over there in a paediatric rehabilitation centre. Any donations would be greatly appreciated! If you’d like to donate please click on this link: https://nurtureafrica.enthuse.com/pf/dearbhla-quirke/post/6702388
Changes to Car Park: We would like to make patrons aware of the new wheelchair accessible parking bays and the yellow box for ambulance parking which have been added to the club’s car parks recently. Please keep them free at all times for people who need them.
Girls Training: Na Gaeil Ladies juveniles (u8/u10/u12) are back training for the new season. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Eddie on 087-6791460.
Big Screen: All football championship games will be shown live on the big screen in the bar throughout the season.
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 & 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”.
Hire the Hall: The hall in the clubhouse is available for parties or other events. Please emailnagaeilclubhouse@gmail.com if you’d like to make a booking.
Na Gaeil cycle club: Cycle each Saturday at 9.30am and Wednesdays at 6.30pm 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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