St Pats GAA Club News

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Registration 2023

Now that some of our teams have resumed training and others will be resuming shortly players and coaches, please register your membership of the Club for 2023.

One of the benefits of registering as a playing member of the GAA or LGFA via the Club is that in the event of an injury sustained playing or training resulting in medical expenses it may be possible to claim a level of refund from the GAA or LGFA Injury Benefit Fund. However, any player seeking to benefit from the Injury Benefit Fund must be a registered member of the GAA or LGFA on Foireann at the time of injury.

The respective Injury Benefit Funds are self-funded entirely from the GAA and LGFA funds with no outside involvement. The Injury Funds are not an insurance scheme. The Injury Funds are set up to assist members with some reimbursement for medical expenses incurred due to an injury sustained playing Gaelic football.

The respective Injury Benefit Funds do not seek to compensate fully for injuries sustained but to supplement other Schemes such as Personal Accident or Health Insurance. The GAA and LGFA Schemes only provide cover for unrecoverable losses up to the limits specified under the respective Schemes. More details can be viewed on https://learning.gaa.ie/InjuryFund orhttps://ladiesgaelic.ie/resources/injury-fund/

Foireann Mobile App

A Foireann mobile app is now available, and this is the only official membership and communications app for GAA, LGFA & Camogie clubs. The app is available for both iOS (via the Apple Store) and Android devices (via Google Play). The Foireann Mobile app makes it even easier to manage your Foireann profile and all the ways you interact with the Club. We ask all members to download the app as it will make it easier to manage membership, update contact details and keep up to date with team activities.

The Foireann membership and communications app is fully integrated with the Foireann membership system – members can log in on the app with their existing Foireann account to see upcoming events which includes event details for anyone in your Family. The app also puts news, fixtures, and results in your pocket so you can stay up to date with the most important and relevant information.

Foireann is the GAA system used by clubs to manage membership and it allows members to register for membership and pay online using the Mobile app or the Foireann system at www.foireann.ie

Club Lotto

There was no winner of our club Lotto jackpot of €5600 on Sunday night last the numbers drawn were 01,14,16 & 25. The five €30 euro consolation prizes went to:

Ann & Pat c/o Betty’s Bar
Christy Murphy Derrymore West
Cliona Ekren Blackrock Tralee
Dipo Dairio Tonevane
Finn & Alva Burke c/o Eileen O Connor
Next week’s lotto will have a jackpot of €5700 and the draw will take place on Sunday night 12/03/2023 at 9:00 PM in Skelper Quane’s Bar club lotto can be played online through the club website www.stpatsgaaclub.com, Lotto tickets can be purchased from any club officer or at the following outlets:

O’Shea Shop and Service Station Blennerville

Poff Motors Dingle Road

Seamus O’Sullivan Master Butchers Manor

Noyeks Mile Height

Byrnesworth

Skelper Quanes

Keane’s Of Curraheen

Betty’s Bar

The Rock Inn

Many Thanks to All who contribute to our weekly club Lotto. The club cannot emphasize enough the importance of our members promoting the club Lotto among family, friends, and work colleagues.

The lotto is now a critical source of funds for the club. We are appealing to all club members to promote our Lotto at this time to ensure our club’s future viability. Please have your Lotto entries in by 7pm, every Sunday evening.

Juvenile Academy

Our Juvenile Academy is back at MTU North Campus (Eircode V92HDV4) from 12pm-1pm. Open to all boys and girls from under 5 up to Under 13.

We look forward to seeing all our boys and girls back with us for 2023 and welcome all new members living in the Tralee area. Great value €2 per child, for more Information contact Michael 0863855428

Gaelic4Girls

Are you interested in getting your 6 – 12-Year-old daughter involved in physical activity and an inclusive sports club.?? YES.!!

Then Gaelic-4-Girls is for you.! …It’s fun, friendly and just for girls.!

Through the 8 x 1-Hour events each Sunday we encourage new entrants, return players and anyone else who would like, to try our fun team sport in an inclusive and safe environment.

It’s a welcome opportunity for shy, nervous, and less active kids to take their first steps into a healthy community and sporting environment.

The programme is run separately from main training to allow new players to gain confidence and develop their skills before merging with the existing players from Week-8 onward. This programme begins the 12th of March 10am to 11am at St Pat Blennerville V92RH98 and it is €12 per girl (Total)

We’re nearby at 2Km from the Aqua Dome, so why not give it a try.? Spread the word!! Contact Paul 0873724087

U5

We had another great turnout of under 5 boys and girls in the MTU. It was a fun upbeat session with loads of running, fundamental movements and skills introduced.

It was a great addition to have our senior players Hugh, Grace and Ailbhe to mentor the youngsters and show off their skills! Very well done to all the boys and girls who may have been nervous last week & joined in with smiles this week.

Special mention to Molly and Tom for enthusiastically joining in every game and earning themselves players of the week!

Looking forward to lots more fun ahead this season and the upcoming St Patrick’s Day Parade.  Any new friends / neighbours are welcome to join us. ‘Goooo St Pats!!!

U7

We had an excellent 2nd session in MTU this weekend. We went through various skills including hand passing and kicking. After the drills we were able to play a game where most of the skills we tried to implement.

We Had some great help from Brendan Poff. Looking forward to next Sunday again and we encourage all kids to practice during the week. Well done to Rian Lawlor who was player of the week.

U8 Girls

We enjoyed a fun and energetic session on Sunday Morning at MTU and welcomed back a lot of familiar faces from last years U8 girls to give us a lovely blended group.!!

The girls done very well practicing their catching, kicking, tackling and hand passing with great enthusiasm… Well done to Hannah our player of the week. Thanks for your support and looking forward to seeing you all again next week.

U9

Well done to our u9 boys for another great session on Sunday Morning . We were delighted to have some new faces join us,  and they had great fun going through our agility and obstacle courses. The boys skills were on show again when we played 2 small sided games to finish the session. Well done to Philip our player of the week

U10 Girls

Another great session on Sunday Morning for our 13 girls, great effort by everyone and the player of the week was well deserved. Keep up the practice girls and see ye all next Sunday. All new members welcome if your friends want to give it a go.

U11

St. Pats under 11’s were training last Thursday and again with the Academy Sunday in preparation for our first county Football Go Games starting on the 6th of April. Everyone put in a great effort especially Oscar, Jace , Rylan, Darragh Sheehan and new players Max, Simon, Brooklyn and Nahome who joined our team for the first time Sunday.

It’s important that all our players keep practicing their skills at home during the week. Next session is this Thursday 9th 6pm -7pm on our Astro and then next Sunday 12th 12pm- 1pm in the MTU . Naomh Pádraig Abú !!

U13

Our u13’s commenced their Tralee/St Brendan’s District League on Sunday afternoon where we were heavily defeated by a much stronger Churchill team in Blennerville.

The visitors dominated the first half with our boys struggling to win possession. We fared much better in the second half with the introductions of a few subs.

It was a steep learning curve for a lot of the lads who played their first game at u13 level. We have two more games in this competition, Kerins O’Rahillys at home next Sunday followed by a trip to Ballymac the week after.

We then commence the county league on Sunday March 26th with a home game vs Dingle. We will train this week on Thursday from 6-7pm but will move training to Tuesday night the following week due to Confirmations for the pupils of Blennerville and Derryquay NS.

We would ask parents to encourage your son and go outside and practice the skills with them; kicking, hand passing, the solo and catch.

The squad that played against Churchill was as follows: Gearóid Hingston, Sam Smith, Eddie Hayes, Paddy Flynn, James Daly, Stephen Enright, Jake Kelly (Captain), Hugh Costello, Rian Flynn, Tommy Costello, Callum Rice, Luke O’Sullivan, Aidan Berry, Charlie Sharp, Thomas Colivet, Rylan Flynn, Darragh Flahive, Jace Flynn, Isaac Price, Dee Hanly.

Minors

There next match in Round 3 in Division 2B in Keane’s of Killorglin Minor County League is rescheduled for 7pm against Rathmore on Monday 6th of March in Bishop Moynihan/Tim Lenihan Park Grounds. In Round 2 Dr Crokes proved too strong for our minors but they played very well.

There Round 4 game is set to be played on Saturday 11th of March against Listowel Emmets in Strand Road at 3pm.

Seniors

Kerins O Rahillys opened the scoring in our Tralee/St Brendan’s Round 3 game with a point, David O Callaghan added a goal of his own and Fergal O Brien added a point get us started. Kerins O Rahillys added another point with Adam Hegarty and David O Callaghan with another point each.

That was the end of our scoring for this half with Kerins O Rahillys clocking up a goal and five points before this half came to an end. St Pats 1-03 Kerins O Rahillys 1—07

Kerins O Rahillys scored the first point in the second half with Brendan Poff and Fergal O Brien getting a point each. With another point added by Kerins O Rahillys, Fergal O Brien put another point on the board.

Our seniors fought well and kept Kerins O Rahillys on their toes, but Kerins O Rahillys proved too strong and scored a goal and six points in the second half to finish the game. St Pats 1-06 Kerins O Rahillys 2-15

Team: Paudie Bailey, Dylan Griffin, Niall McCarthy, Brendan Poff, Darragh Moriarty, Luke Mulligan, Paddy Moran, Ali Gardezi, Patrick Dowling, Eoin Greaney, Breandan Savage, Adam Mulvihill, Adam Hegarty, David O Callaghan, and Fergal O Brien

Subs Used: Trevor Farmer, Cillian O Riordan, Cillian Lynch, Liam Poff, Adam Hegarty, Conor Enright, Martin Savage, Ian McCarthy, Josh Quilter, and Damien Cronin

Please keep an eye out for changes to fixtures in O Shea’s Gala, Byrnesworth and St Pats Old Clubhouse.

Good Luck

To Kerry Hurlers in Allianz Hurling Round 4 game against Kildare in Newbridge on Saturday 11th of March at 2pm.

Birthday Wishes

To Marie Fitzgibbon who celebrates a birthday with an ‘0’

To Ciara Byrne who celebrated her birthday at the weekend.

Sympathy

The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of Frank O’Sullivan Ballyard, Richard Keane Causeway, Mark O’Brien The Spa and Brad Duffy Racecourse Heights.

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