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Dingle Way Challenge
We are pleased to announce that our Dingle Way Challenge is back for another year. This event takes place on Sunday 2nd of June.
Please find details of the two routes below we have available this year for you to choose from.
Whether you’re a seasoned hiker or a first timer, looking for a challenge this year’s Dingle Way Challenge promises an unforgettable journey through the rugged beauty of the West Kerry peninsula.
The allure of the 2024 Dingle Way Challenge lies in the diverse landscapes of the routes. For theUltra route (42Km) starting at Coumeenole, through the lovely town of Dingle, onto Lispole and finishing in Annascaul.
The Standard Route (30Km) will start at beautiful Ventry beach, through the lovely town of Dingle, onto Lispole and finishing in Annascaul.
Register on-line through eventbrite, registration closes on Friday 31st May at 5pm.
Early Bird option: €70 before the 1st May; €75 from the 1st May.
(transaction charge will be added)
Check in on the morning of 2nd June will be in St Pat’s GAA Club, Blennerville, Tralee and buses will be available to take you to the start points of the Routes. More detailed information on theeventbrite page Dingle Way Challenge 2024 Tickets, Sun 2 Jun 2024 at 05:00 | Eventbrite.
Since our Eventbrite page went live, many have booked their place. There are limited numbers for this event so be quick you don’t want to miss this great day out!
Club Lotto
There was no winner of our club Lotto Jackpot of €2000 on Sunday night last the numbers drawn were 07,19,26 & 28. The five €30 euro consolation prizes went to:
1. Nigel Hennessey Fairway Heights
2. Tracy Barrett Ashgrove
3. Jim Keane Curraheen
4. Mary O’Shea Daly Ballyard
5. Mike Enright Lixnaw
Next week’s Lotto will have a Jackpot of €2100 and the draw will take place on Sunday Night 21/04/2024 at 9pm in Keane’s of Curraheen club Lotto can be played online through the club website www.stpatsgaaclub.com online at https://www.locallotto.ie/play.asp?LL_ID=1328&PC=0 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 night.
Your Area Needs Your Opinion!
Curraheen Community Council, serving the areas of Curragraigue, Ballydunlea, Tonevane, Annagh, Curraheen, Derryquay and Derrymore, will hold a public meeting on Thursday, April 18th at 7.30pm in the Community Room at the rear of Curraheen Church to discuss some issues of concern such as housing/planning permission, road safety and improvement of local amenities. Your area needs your opinions! Everybody welcome.
Derryquay Table Quiz
Table Quiz in O’Neill’s Bar Camp on Friday April 19th at 8pm for Derryquay National School, all support greatly appreciated.
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Juvenile Academy
We are Back, St Pats Football Academy took place last Sunday morning and every Sunday Morning in Kerry Sports Academy, MTU North Campus V92HD4V from 11am-12pm. Open to all boys and girls from Under 5 to Under 13. Contact Michael for further information on 086-3855428. Come along any Sunday, All New Members welcome!
U5
Great turnout and more new faces for our Under 5 training again this week! Well, done to all the boys and girls who are growing in confidence and participation… keep working on lots of jumping, hopping, crawling, and running different directions at home as well as picking up a ball of any kind! Great listening and energy by Archie and Elsie this week earned their turn of the trophies! Great work boys and girls.
U7
Well, done to all our under 7’s who turned out in force this morning in MTU. There was plenty of hand passing, picking up and running with the ball. Congratulations to Jack Raggett who was player of the week on Sunday, he put in a great effort.
U9 Boys
Well, done to all the boys this morning, they were in flying form! After our warmup they trained collectively working on the pick-up, hop and solo on the run and we had new fun races before finishing with a game. The boys’ skills are improving every week which is great to see especially their hand passing. We’ve asked them to keep practising at home during the week with the pick-up and solo. See them all again next week.
U8 Girls
We had a great session today, we worked on our soloing and had a very competitive hand passing game, it is so rewarding as coaches to see how much the girls are improving week by week. We had an 8 v 8 game at the end with no quarter asked or given.
Our U8 player of the week worked very hard and showed great tenacity in the tackle and displayed great leadership and an unbelievable understanding of what teamwork is all about. Keep up the good work and practicing at home it is paying off already. Regards, Coaches.
U10 Girls
Well, done to all the girls and the U8 girls that joined us this morning for a competitive session this morning at MTU, we hope they had fun!! We worked on speed, reactions, attacking and defending which they really got stuck into. Amelia was our worthy POTW for showing great commitment and a positive approach and great skills. Keep up all the practising at home girls, and we will see you all next week.
U11 Boys
St Pats U-11’s were training in the MTU last Sunday after they had travelled deep into the west on Thursday evening last to play local side An Gaeltacht in the 1st round of the Lee Strand Co League Go Games. Many thanks to parents and coaches for helping with logistics on the night as a result we had 20 players togged out making up two teams with a mixture of our u9’s and u11’s. Both games were very entertaining with some great displays of scores, teamwork and effort shown by all our players on the night.
Playing a game with and against the windy weather conditions will be a valuable learning experience for our boys as they continue to develop their football skills. Our next game is this Thursday 18/4 away to Annascaul we will be in contact with parents with details of this fixture. It’s important you all continue to attend our training sessions and keep practicing your skills at home during the week. Naomh Pádraig Abú!!
U12 Girls
Due to the recent inclement weather, our first game in the North Kerry U12 Go Games vs Na Gaeil was postponed last week. It will now take place next Thursday at 6:15pm in Blennerville. We trained on Sunday last up at the MTU in near perfect conditions.
Noel led a fun active warm up and the girls then broke into skills stations where they worked on the solo, handpass, punt kick, high catch and pick up. We then finished with two excellent small sided games. Keep up the practice at home and we will see you all in Blennerville next Thursday for the Na Gaeil game.
U13
St Pats U13s went down battling to a strong Dingle side. Playing with a strong breeze in the 1st half, we found it difficult to find the same rhythm that had seen us victorious the previous week. The half was a titanic struggle where Dingle used every inch of their home advantage to lead 3-3 to 1-1.
Facing into such a strong breeze, it would have been very easy for the lads to throw in the towel, but they fought for every ball and showed fantastic attitude and no little skill throughout the 2nd half. A good performance overall particularly in the 2nd half gives us plenty to build on at training this Monday and Wednesday at 6.
U17
The Central Region U17 Competition Division 3 begins with our St Pats/Kerins O’Rahillys team against Annascaul/Lispole on Monday 15th of April at 6pm in Strand Road.
Senior
Our seniors are scheduled to play Tuosist in Round 4 of the Credit Union County League on Sunday 21st of April, please keep an eye on O’Shea’s Gala, old clubhouse window and Skelper Quanes for details of this fixture.
Senior B’s
Listowel Emmets were too strong last Saturday night and came away with the win. Cillian Lynch was the first to opening the scoring with a point, the opposition added a goal and a point quickly to go ahead. Danny Greaney stepped up to reduce the gap with a point of his own, with Jack Lynch putting another point soon after.
Listowel Emmets wanting to keep the lead added another point, the next three points came from Danny Greaney, Darragh Moriarty and Jack Lynch. Half Time St Pats 0-06 Listowel Emmets B 1-02
Five points came from Listowel Emmets to begin the second half, Adrian Greaney donning the red jersey once more took his chance and got a point. Listowel Emmets took control of the scoring with five points coming from their various players.
Niall McCarthy put the final point on the board for St Pats. Listowel Emmets lead was too much and they got one final goal to secure the win. Full Time St Pats 0-08 Listowel Emmets 2-12
Thank You to Ballyduff GAA for use of the pitch for this fixture.
St Pats Team: Thomas Sheehy, Mike Doody, Cillian O’Riordan, James Dowling, Ben Sharp, Adrian Greaney, Darragh Moriarty, Thomas O’Sullivan, Niall McCarthy, Paddy Moran, Danny Greaney, Shane Foley, Anthony Flynn, Cillian Lynch, and Jack Lynch.
Subs Used: Tommy O’Connor for Mike Doody, Conor Enright for Paddy Moran, Mike Doody for Cillian O’Riordan, Evan McCarthy for Shane Foley, Sam Barrero for Anthony Flynn, and Jack Watkinson for Adrian Greaney
Best of Luck
To Kerry in the Munster Football Championship semi-final against Cork in Fitzgerald Stadium at 4pm on Saturday 20th of April.
Sympathy
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of Vincent O’Doherty Listowel, Aidan Walsh Camp, Pauline A. Mannix Ballymacelligott and Patrick O’Riordan Ardfert.
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