AROUND 190 Rockies gathered at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night for the annual Austin Stacks GAA Club social.

Despite not having as good a year as 2014 (that would be near impossible!), there was a lot of silverware on show from the various teams in all codes.

The hurling team were especially successful winning the South Kerry League, the South Kerry Championship, the County Junior Championship and the Trevor Barrett Memorial Shield and the ladies football team finished runners-up in the Kilmacud Crokes Sevens tournament.

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“We had a pretty successful year,” said Danny Maguire, captain of the hurling team. “We’re not at the level of our footballers, but we’re dominating a lot at our level,” he said.

Any chance of stepping up to the senior championship at some stage in the future?

“It’s something that would have to be worked on. The foundations are there and need to be built on, but it’s very hard to compete with the north Kerry teams and their tradition,” said Danny.

The senior footballers at the club won the 2015 Town League and Town Championship and the County League 2014 final which was held last May.

The players received medals for their endeavours and Barry Walsh was awarded Player Of The Year Award.

Chairman of the club Liam Lynch  said the club is in fine fettle and looking to the future with great optimism.

“The club has had a great year, both on and off the field. The senior team winning the County League for the 11th time is the first time a Kerry club has achieved this and hopefully we’ll repeat the win  in three months time against Dr Crokes in the 2015 final,” he said.

“From a juvenile perspective, we won the Féile Under 14 competition for the first time. That was phenomenal for us and shows the strength coming up.”

“The club is about as much off the field as on the field and we’ll be opening our new Nun’s Field soon, with new floodlights installed this year. The success of our Jobmatch initiative among other things has been spectacular and we’re very conscious that we provide a social outlet for people. All in all, I can say the club is in rude health but there is a lot more we can do in 2016, our 99th year. 2017 is our centenary year and we’ve big plans,” he said.

There was also a Best Dressed Lady and man competition and against stiff competition, Maura Shanahan took the ladies prize with William Kirby proving the most dapper man.

Those attending enjoyed a great meal, followed by music from Celebration and DJ Francie Breen taking the crowd into the wee hours.

It was a chance to look back on success but you get the feeling the club is always, always looking forward.

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