Lotto results: Lotto Tue 17th September 2024. Numbers drawn were 3, 11, 29, 32. No winner. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Terry McEneaney, Mike Roger O’Sullivan, T.J. Nelligan, Betty Horgan, Guenter Siech. Our next draw will be tomorrow night (Tuesday) and the jackpot will be €2,800. Why not try your luck in our lotto. The links is as follows:https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Na%20Gaeil%20CLG/lotto
Bingo: Tonight, Monday 23rd, we will be celebrating Na Gaeil Bingo’s 14th birthday. Bígí linn to enjoy refreshments and goodies and you could win one of the 14 prizes on offer in our Bumper Birthday Raffle. Also, our Mini Accumulater Jackpot House will be worth €260 in 46 calls. Starting time is 8pm sharp. 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.
Hospice Coffee Morning: A coffee morning in aid of Kerry Hospice will be held in Na Gaeil next Sunday, 29th Sept. from 10am to 12pm. Come along and enjoy a cuppa and some home baking in the company of good friends, while also supporting a very worthy cause.
Culture Weekend: Lá d’ár saol i gclub Na Gaeil. Ceol, craic agus comhluadar den scoth ag céiliúradh Deireadh Seachtaine Chúltúir 2024. Another great morning of music, dance and great company as Na Gaeil celebrated Cultural weekend 2024 yesterday morning in Killeen. Thanks to our Céilí dancers and Na Gaeil members who stepped it out!
Suicide Alertness Training: Free SafeTALK training will take place in Tralee as follows: in Meadowlands Hotel on Wednesday, 2nd October 2024 from 10am–1:30pm. The booking link can be found here: https://bookwhen.com/suicideprevention-trainingkerry#focus=ev-syxv-20240920100000
Fé 7: D’fhreastal 23 páistí ar ár dtraenáil fé 7 inné. We had 23 kids attend our U7’s group yesterday morning. The group enjoyed Skills development, game of cops and robbers, and finished with a game. Our last Go Game will be against Killorglin, details to be confirmed. U7’s training on Thursday’s has now finished for 2024. See you all next Sunday.
Fé 11 buachaillí: Well done to our u11 buachaillí who played 2 great games of football yesterday morning against Ardfert. Ní neart go cur le chéile!
Fé 13 cailíni: Mí ádh ar Na Gaeil fé 13 cailíní inné. Unfortunately our u13 girls lost their County Championship semi-final against Laune Rangers by 5 points yesterday.
Fé 15 buachaillí: The u15 Central Region Division 1 final was played last Wednesday night in Austin Stack Park featuring Na Gaeil and Austin Stacks. Na Gaeil led at halftime by 1-3 to 1-2 but in a game where scores were hard to come by it was Austin Stacks who did enough to take the title on a final score of 2-4 to 1-4.
Fé 15 buachaillí: Our lads will take on Churchill next Wednesday (25th) in the Town Board/St. Brendan’s Championship. Throw-in in Killeen will be 6pm.
Fé 15 cailíní: Unfortunately our u15 girls conceded 2 late goals to Moyvane last Friday night in Killeen and exited the County Championship. Final score Na Gaeil 2-6, Moyvane 4-5.
Fé 17 cailíní: No luck either for our u17 girls who lost to a strong Kerins O’Rahillys side last Wednesday in the County Championship.
Senior Men: Last Saturday evening in Milltown Na Gaeil took on Spa in Round 2 of the Garvey’s SuperValu County Championship. The first quarter was notable for the many chances we squandered whereas Spa had brought their shooting boots and led by 1-3 to nil after 15 minutes. And it would have been worse only for a great penalty save by Jack Rogers in the early minutes. A Dan Goggin point in the 23rd minute was to be our first score and he added another soon afterwards. Tomás Ó hAiniféin also got on the scoresheet just before the break to leave us training at halftime by 2-4 to 0-3. An early Darragh Reen free got us to 4 points but Spa converted a free too to keep the gap at 7points.
The introduction of Diarmuid O’Connor at this stage was a great boost to our lads and 2 points from the excellent Dan Goggin and 1 from Diarmuid himself reduced the deficit to 4 points. Spa hit back with a killer goal but a few minutes later their centre-back received a black card.
Our lads used the extra man to good advantage and Stefan powered through the Spa defence to rattle the net. Our tails were up and with 8 minutes remaining Jamesie O’Connor added a fine point to leave us training by just 3 points. But unfortunately for us a mistake in our defence saw Spa pounce for goal number 4. Another point from Diarmuid O’Connor was quickly cancelled out by 2 points from Spa. In the final minute of normal time Dan Goggin was at the end of a great Na Gaeil move and rifled the ball to the Spa net. A Dara Devine free immediately afterwards reduced the margin to 3 points but it was Spa who secured the final point of the game from a free.
Final score: Na Gaeil 2-10, Spa 4-8. Team: Jack Rogers, Jack Doyle, Enda O’Connor, Ryan O’Neill, Seán Barrett, Stefan Okunbor, Fergal Barry, Damien Bourke, Tomás Ó hAiniféin, Jamesie O’Connor, Morgan Madden, Peter Doyle, Darragh Reen, Dan Goggin, Kieran O’Connor. Subs: John Kearney, Jack Bourke, Dara Devine, Niall O’Mahony, Jack Sheehan, Kian Sheehan, Mark Lynch, Diarmuid O’Connor, Oisín O’Brien, Kieran O’Donovan, Ruairí O’Sullivan, Seamus Looney, Ruairí Ó hAiniféin, Cian Devine, Eoin Doody, Oisín O’Sullivan, Shawn Duggan, Liam Óg Kingston, Rory Reen.
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.
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 new website (www.nagaeil.ie). Click on the three lines in the top right hand corner. Select “About” then “Results over the Years”.
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 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. Tá fáilte roimh chách.
Seanfhocal na Seachtaine: Is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte. Health is better than wealth.
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.