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Club Lotto
There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €2600 in Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 01,02,09 & 21.
The five €30 euro consolation prizes went to:
1. Con O Shea Curraheen
2. Sinead Foran c/o The Rock Inn
3. M & J Murphy Derrymore West
4. Janette Murphy Camp
5. Emma Greaney Annagh
Next week’s lotto will have a jackpot of €2700 and the draw will take place on Sunday night 02/07/2023 at 9:00 PM in Skelper Quanes 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.
BLENNERVILLE BALLYARD COMMUNITY GAMES ATHLETICS 2023
Two wonderful days of County athletics in Castleisland with huge representation from Blennerville Ballyard.
Day 1.
Fantastic individual performances with lots of unlucky 4th placings but plenty making it through to the afternoon semifinals. The U10 mixed relay heats and the 12 boys’ and girls’ relays provided great excitement.
The girls came 4th, unlucky to miss out on 3rd place as a team. The U10 mixed had a fantastic finish to win their heat and the U 12 boys were very strong throughout to win their heat! Jace Flynn got gold medal in long jump and straight to Nationals.
Medal Winners! U10 girls hurdles Mary Kate O’Shea Silver and Stevie Rose O’Sullivan 4th Pewter! Fantastic running and jumping girls and a fantastic achievement to have 2 from our area in the final!
Fantastic sprinting all day by Harriet O’Loughlan winning her silver medal. Sophie Mulgrew! 3rd place in 200m u12. Caden O’Sullivan Silver medal in boys U12 200m.
Day 2
Another successful morning for Blennerville/ Ballyard at the county community games athletics. First up Caoimhe Loughran made her debut on the track with U14 girl’s hurdles. She jumped really well and was unfortunate not to qualify for the final in 5th place.
Next up in the U14 girls 100m sprints Kaela Reidy and Niamh Murphy ran great races in very fast heats, both were unfortunate not to make the top 4 to qualify.
In the boys U14 100m Rian Flynn and Hugh Costello both ran very fast heats to qualify 4th for the boy’s final later.
The heavens opened just as Stephen Enright began his U14 800m race, he finished very strongly just short of taking 5th place to qualify. Tommy Costello ran his heat next finishing 4th and earning a spot in the boys U14 800m final later.
As usual Amy Noonan ran a fantastic race in girls U14 800m easily winning her heat and qualifying for the final. Great racing in the afternoon by Tommy Costello in a very fast 800m final.
Amy Noonan ran a fantastic final against very tough competition to win a bronze medal. Hugh Costello ran well in a tight 100m final. in the same race Rian Flynn ran a fantastic race to finish in 3rd place and earn a bronze medal!
Last up was the boys U14 relay final… they did very well as a team of U13 year olds and finished outside the medals.
Thank you to Norma Flynn and Fiona Costello for giving up their time over the weekend to support the athletes and to Marie for her hard work in the background all year (and many before)!
Thank you to the parents of the athletes for supporting and cheering all the children competing. Hope all the athletes had a good experience and enjoyed it.
We have a great community spirit and great talent in Blennerville/ Ballyard. We hope to have a meeting in September inviting more parents to get involved in keeping our area strong and entering a wide variety of events going forwards! Well done to all the athletes and thank you to the organisers of Kerry community games for a very well-run event.
Juvenile Academy
U5
Thanks to Aiden, Anthony, and Johnathon for running the under 5 session this week. They avoided the showers to have a fun session with lots of games. Well done to Brandon and Taylor for standing out as players of the week today! See you all next weekend.
U7
Well done to all our U7 Boys who trained on Sunday, we dodged most of the unsettled weather thankfully. Fantastic turn out and congratulations to Ryan Murphy who put in a massive effort and won himself player of the week. Keep up the good work Boys.
U8 Girls
Well done to all our U8 girls for a huge effort on Sunday morning in their Go Games against Ballymac. Despite the wet start and very strong opposition spirits were high throughout. The girls done very well and looked to be enjoying the challenge.!! With numbers uneven some of our stronger girls had stepped up to U10’s which gave the younger girls lots more involvement and time on the ball which will bring them on ahead of some upcoming GoGames.
U9
St. Pats under 9s had a good lively session on Sunday morning. They practiced their kick passing and kicking for scores followed by a good competitive game. We play Cromane on Tuesday evening in the first round of the phase 2 games at 6.30 in Blennerville.
U10 Girls
On Sunday, the U10 Girls played their 1st game of the year against a very gallant and talented Ballymac team. We had home advantage and played very well despite the damp underfoot conditions. We had a few of our older u-8s who were excellent and special mention goes to Olivia who played with Ballymac and played too well for our liking!!
It was a great game, great skill and tenacity on show and the future of ladies’ football is bright with this bunch of brilliant and talented young ladies, and all parents should be very proud of them because we as coaches certainly are. Training continues next Sunday morning at 10.30.
U11
A torrential downpour delayed the start of our challenge game away to Ballymac last Monday evening, but it did nothing to dampen the spirits! Everyone played with serious commitment in very challenging conditions and there was plenty of pent-up energy expended.
We had much more pleasant conditions on Thursday evening in Blennerville, we welcomed Duagh. What an excellent turnout of players and the substitutes showed great patience and support for their teammates while waiting their chance to join the fray. Duagh were well organised and proved to be excellent opponents.
Both games were tough but fair and none of the players left anything on the field. Thanks as always to the parents who stayed to support the teams and create a great atmosphere for the boys.
There was no Sunday training due to the school hike and BBQ which lots of the boys enjoyed. We train again on Thursday at 6:30pm in Blennerville.
U12 Girls
The U12 Girls played round 2 of the county league away to Duagh last Thursday evening. It was a very exciting game right to the final whistle, and we were very unlucky not to come away with a victory!
On a very positive note, the referee came to us at half time to say well done on how far the girls have come in the last few months. He refereed our first game this year and he could not believe the improvement in the girls’ football skills and scoring in that short space of time.
It was lovely to hear, and we had to agree with him. Every girl has improved dramatically, and it was evident on Thursday. So well done girls it is not all about the winning! We will train this week on Wednesday from 5.30 to 6.30.
U13
Our lads trained twice last week on Tuesday and Thursday with the Tuesday session being remembered for the deluge of rain that fell during it!
However, it did not dampen the lad’s enthusiasm and a good week’s training was had. We did not train on Sunday due to the Blennerville School Hike and BBQ and also with some players representing Blennerville/Ballyard in the County Community Games Athletics championships in Castleisland.
Well done to Jace and Rian who both won gold and bronze medals respectively in their events. Training continues this week on the usual days and times.
U14 Girls
The U14 Girls had their first game in the county league last Sunday at home against Inbheir Sceine Gaels C. The girls were playing against the wind in the first half, they succeeded in many scoring opportunities, but the scores just did not go our way.
The girls improved in the second half but did not have enough time to catch up with our opponents. Next training is on Wednesday evening from 5.30 to 6.30. Our next game is against John Mitchels B. Details to be confirmed in the week.
U15
Training continues Monday. We get our central league group games underway at home to Ardfert on Wednesday.
Seniors
Our seniors don’t have a match till the weekend of the 8th/9th of July keep an eye on social media and club notes for updates closer to the date.
Good Luck
To Kerry Ladies who play in the All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 2 against Cavan on Saturday 1st of July at 2pm in Austin Stacks Park.
Congratulations
To All our Blennerville/Ballyard Athletes who came away with a good few medals over the weekend at Community Games.
To our Juveniles in 6th class who graduated from primary school this week and last, May the next chapter in your lives be everything you hope for!
Sympathy
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of Peggy Fitzgerald Cappagh Brandon and Martha O Sullivan Liosdara.
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