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Registration 2023
As the registration deadline has now passed it is vital that outstanding membership fees are paid this week for all players from Senior to U5 level.
Failure to have a valid membership for 2023 may preclude players of all ages from taking part in games and/or training sessions and/or use of club facilities.
Membership is also due for club officials and coaches of any age group.
In order to qualify for cover by the GAA or LGFA Injury Benefit Fund a player must have a fully paid playing membership on Foireann prior to the injury occurring. 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 or https://ladiesgaelic.ie/resources/injury-fund/
Any player, parent or coach having difficulty completing the membership process is asked to contact the Club Registrar Fiacc Murphy on 087 6437848
Foireann Mobile App
A Foireann mobile app is now available, and this is the only official membership and communications app for GAA, LGFA and 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
Dingle Way Challenge 2023
It is back this year for another great day out. It begins on Sunday 4th of June, please find details of the event and route details below. There are options to choose from for the experienced walker or those who want to enjoy a great day out and see the beautiful scenery which is part of this great event.
Ultra Route
Starting at Brandon Creek on the West side of Cnoc Bhréanainn and walking over the shoulder of Mt Brandon, via Fothair na Manach and descending into Arraglen towards Teer Cross on the Eastern side of our 2nd highest peak trekkers will take a left turn and encompass the magnificent and spectacular scenery of Sauce Creak and follow the route to Brandon Point, enjoying the incredible views of Tralee Bay, Loop Head, The Seven Hogs and the Maharees Islands and the sandy beaches of Lower West Kerry. Ultra walkers will then join the regular route and continue to Camp.
Regular Route
From Brandon point, walkers will join the main road, passing the nostalgic fishing village of Brandon Quay and enjoy a well-earned hot breakfast at Halla le Chéile.
From here, walkers will follow the main road, through Cloghane Village to Fermoyle Beach and exit at the nearby Castlegregory Golf Club and continue on route to Castlegregory Village for further refreshments.
The final trek is a mix of back roads and beaches with Gleanteenassing Forest, Sliabh Mish Mountains on the right-hand side and Tralee Bay to the left as walkers approach the final stop at Fitzgerald’s Bar in Camp.
Buses to Blennerville will be provided from Fitzgerald’s Bar in Camp to St Pat’s Club in Blennerville.
updates on: Facebook @stpatsgaaclub or www.stpatsgaaclub.com and via email.
DON GHNÁTH, DON NEAMHGHNÁCH AGUS DON UATHÚIL –
FOR THE ORDINARY, THE LESS ORDINARY AND THE EXTRA ORDINARY
Discover the spectacular landscapes and seascapes of the Dingle Peninsula and enjoy a great day of walking and talking with friends, old and new, with options for all, from the casual walker to the Ultra enthusiast.
Registering
Note: On-line ticket sales will close at 17:00 on Friday 2nd June. You can register at St Pats Blennerville (V92 RH98) on Sunday 4th June for Ultra route from 4:15 to 5 am, for Standard Route from 6:15 to 7:00am
Early Bird option: €55 before the 1st of May; €60 from the 1st May.
(Transaction charge will be added)
When registering please indicate which option you are most likely to undertake as this will help in the planning of transport and food requirements.
Option 1 (Ultra Route – Brandon Creek to Fitzgerald’s Bar, Camp 48Km):
Starting at Brandon Creek on the West side of Cnoc Bhréanainn to Halla le Chéile via Brandon Point (12Km). Hot breakfast will be available in Halla le Chéile to fortify you for the rest of the trek to Blennerville.
The bus from St. Pats Club to Brandon Creek will leave at 5:00am, pick-up at the Junction Bar at 5:45am. Walking to commence at 6:30 am approx. (These are indicative times actual times will be emailed to you well in advance of the DWC)
Option 2 (Standard Route – Brandon Point to Fitzgerald’s Bar, Camp 32Km):
The standard route will start at Brandon Point and finish at Fitzgerald’s Bar in Camp. Buses to Blennerville will be available here to transport you back to Blennerville.
Plan your start time to finish within time.
All participants are required to complete whatever section of the DWC they undertake by 17:30 i.e., will have signed off as completed along the route or in St. Pats Club grounds by 17:30.
At the end of the day’s walking all walkers are invited to relax in the grounds of St. Pat’s GAA Club where a barbeque and music will be provided by the Club.
You can register for this great event at the following link, https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.ie%2Fe%2Fdingle-way-challenge-2023-tickets-549474913257%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0RTDHHQLJ2koZNEK29M-IXjX0Q1cgpG56b5eZUJzYUfqaKtNGueG-zvn0&h=AT2QvtdecH-KatfQEcbbhfi7m8vjhFIPsvwOOfhk-XoreriF9lbzUjOuHRNG41DYpzEDJCVXh5vUwPtt7u038TAAOgQ1OO7LuDtaJyBmKNcvqoOINYbT2LuvXPjqG37OQI6F&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3d7R0_Usf311VsgvKhV4-GEGW0kVXwg4CmqfhqUnmUicVbKElBDGUKwiFH2d2Rp-5kY2yl55Hf9Tx1Kgyj1x6Oxra8IHZleLnSWH4x_Go1kT35mE3WrwO-dj4vsQ3wUDbCR6PVfhSmai1PMsyo9_Z2Sot56_xvfxGRjwwlsLZcoD-TQNbsbJCHFJIeZgQzPy4qccoZezdTfw
Club Lotto
There was no winner of our club Lotto jackpot of €6200 on Sunday night last the numbers drawn were 23,24,26 & 28. The five €30 euro consolation prizes went to:
Jimmy O’Shea c/o Texaco
Cillian Enright Derrymore East
Cliona Ekren Blackrock
Sheila Leen Kielduff
Aileen Murphy Curragraigue
Next week’s lotto will have a jackpot of €6300 and the draw will take place on Sunday night 23/04/2023 at 9:00 PM in Skelper Quane’s 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.
County Clean-up
Curraheen Community Council wishes to thank the thirty-five local volunteers who took part in County Clean-up Day last weekend. A huge amount of litter was collected along the main road from Tonevane to Derrymore West, as well as on many side roads off this route. Well done each and every one!
Lohercannon/Whitewall/Cockleshell
Thank you to everyone who showed up on Saturday morning for the clean up in our locality, we were very lucky with the weather and our walkways are litter free for now.
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
Scór Na Páistí
Well done to the kids who represented St Pats in Scór na Pàistí this week in instrumental music and solo singing. The children included Stephen and Hannah Enright, Jace Flynn, Aoife Kennedy, Dylan Murphy and Chloe Passway. The competition was very enjoyable, and we look forward to having even more children in next year’s events in all categories. Thank you to James Allman and Marie Fitzgibbon for preparing the children for the event
U5
Very well done to all the boys and girls who trained so enthusiastically at the MTU. You were all our star players of the week this week and we hope to have the trophies to give out next week! We are looking forward to getting back to St Pats astroturf from next Sunday at 10.30am. More information to follow this week. Goooo St Pats!!!
U7
We had a very enjoyable last session in MTU today. As always, I was helped by Oliver and a few of the parents chipped in also. Killian was our player of the week. We’re back in Blennerville at 10am next Sunday morning for training.
U8 Girls
Well done everyone on a great session at MTU this morning.!! The girls are improving week on week and are really developing their skills. Well done to Ailíse our POTW for great effort. Big day next Sunday where we return to Blennerville for our first outdoor session of the year and also welcome our newest club members from our Gaelic4girls initiative. I hope you will help us extend a warm St Pats welcome to them all.
U9
On our first sunny morning of academy this year our U9 boys were mad for football, after our game during the week was unfortunately cancelled due to heavy rainfall. Well done to all the lads for their efforts and great work done in our skill drills. As always, we finished with two excellent games where all the boys had great fun. Well done to Aaron who was todays pick for player of the week.
U10 Girls
Well done everyone on a great session at MTU this morning.!! The girls are improving week on week and are really developing their skills. Well done to our POTW for great effort.
U11
On Thursday evening in Beaufort, beneath the majestic backdrop of the McGillacuddy reeks, our boys had easily their best performance so far this year in the St Brendan’s Board games.
Everyone put in great effort, played for each other, and most importantly had fun as a team. Well done to all the players and thank you to the parents who made the trip.
We had our last training at the MTU on Sunday where again effort was excellent across the board.
We hope to see the number of boys attending training improve as the Easter holidays end and we return to the grass in Blennerville next Sunday.
Our next game is at home Vs Castleisland on Thursday evening in Blennerville.
The Under 12s on a visit to Croke Park.
U12 Boys
Last Wednesday, 25 of our u12 players got the opportunity of a lifetime to play in the GAA’s National Blitz Day for Munster Counties. After a lot of planning, the bus left St Pats at 8:30am in the morning with players, coaches and supporters alike. After a brief stop in Birdhill, we arrived in Croke Park at 1pm where the lads got to do a bit of exploring around the Cusack stand!
We watched some of our fellow Kerry clubs play before our players and coaches got a tour of the stadium. It included a trip to both dressing rooms; the players’ lounge and the presentation and Ard Chomhairle area of the Hogan Stand. Then immediately after the tour, they got togged out for their three games on the pitch between 4-5pm.
We played Sam Maguire’s from Dunmanway in Cork, Ennistymon from Clare and Crecora Mainistir from Limerick. All three games were keenly contested with our lads playing some great football. We then changed our gear, back on to the bus and straight to Barack Obama for well-deserved refreshments. The bus arrived home safe and sound shortly after 10:30pm.
A huge thanks to all in Croke Park for providing the opportunity for the lads to play in HQ. A huge thanks to our Juvenile Chairperson for co-ordinating the fundraising for the trip. We raised over €3,000 which fully covered the cost of the trip and also providing gear bags for the players and coaches.
Thanks to all the people and local businesses who supported it. A special thanks to the coaches, John, Brian, Fiacc and Joe. Thanks also to our young whistlers Keelin, Jack and Michael who got the opportunity to ref in Croke Park. Thanks also to Johnny & Norma Enright, Norma O’Regan, Emma Colivet and Siobhán Flahive who assisted with helping out on the day itself.
A memorable day for all involved!! The squad was: Thomas Colivet, Hugh Costello, Tommy Costello, Paddy Costello, Oscar Curran, Cillian Enright, Darragh Flahive, Rian Flynn, Paddy Flynn, Jace Flynn, Rylan Flynn, Noah Flynn, Thomas Higgins, Bruce McMillan, Darragh Murphy, Dylan Murphy, Cian O’Regan, James O’Riordan, Callum Rice, Charlie Sharp, Fionn Sharp, Darragh Sheehan, Jayden Sinnott, Samuel Smith, and Ben Walsh.
U13
Our u13’s trained well last week despite our u12’s missing Tuesday due to the trip to Croke Park. A good collective training session on Thursday was the perfect tonic for our best performance of the season to date against Kerins O’Rahillys B last Sunday evening in Ballyrickard. We started the game brightly and dominated the opening exchanges and raced into an early lead.
Kerins O’Rahillys introduced some players from the bench who had an immediate impact and two quick goals plus a few points put the home team into a one-point lead at half time. A few positional switches plus the introduction of some fresh legs at half time for St Pats had the desired effect with some great scores saw us regain the lead. The boys had some great passages of play in the second half and thoroughly deserved their win, with a good spread of scorers.
Thanks to Maurice O’Sullivan from Ballyheigue who officiated the match superbly and thanks to Kerins O’Rahillys for hosting us. We have one back game left against Moyvane which will be re fixed in the coming days. For now, we ask that all u13 players make the effort to be at training every Tuesday and Thursday evening at St Pats to keep the progress on an upward curve.
U12
The U12 Girls have a game on Tuesday evening in St. Pats pitch against Churchill B at 6pm.
U14 Girls
The girls will play Laune rangers B in St Pats next Friday evening at 7pm. Training continues Thursday this week.
U15
The U-15s had no game this week due to the bad weather.
Training continues Monday at 5:45 and the boys are away to Finuge on Wednesday evening for their next game.
Seniors
Our Seniors are scheduled to play in their Credit Union County Senior Football League Round 4 against Cromane in Cromane on Sunday 23rd of April at 2pm. Please keep an eye for any changes in O Shea’s Gala, Byrnesworth and St Pats Old Clubhouse.
Senior B’s
Our Senior Bs were scheduled to play in their Development League Division 4 Round 2 against Sneem/Derrynane B in Blennerville on Sunday 16th of April at 2pm, this match did not take place.
Congratulations
To Michael Moriarty and his Badminton partner Laura O Connor who were Division 5 Winners who were presented with the Michael Corridin Garage Shield last week.
To Kerry Ladies who won against Galway in Ladies National Football League Division 1 Final Last weekend.
Good Luck
To Kerry who play in their Munster GAA Football Senior Championship Semi-Final against Tipperary in Fitzgerald Stadium on Saturday 22nd of April at 4pm.
Sympathy
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of Jim Daly Castlemaine, Noirín Cahill Neé Behan Dun Laoghaire & Abbeydorney and Ina Mulhall The Kerries.
