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Young members of St Pats GAA Club are joined by Club Chairman Sean Daly, PRO Sharon Williams, sponsors Michael Moriarty 3D Personnel, George and Liam Poff Poff Motors and John Vahey Divane’s Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and John Lenihan at the launch of the Dingle Way Challenge. Photo by Dermot Crean
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 the Ultra 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 fee: €75 (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 the eventbrite 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 €2600 on Sunday night last the numbers drawn were 02,14,17 & 28. The five €30 euro consolation prizes went to:
1. John Colivet Annagh
2. Cillian Enright Derrymore East
3. Pat Enright Online
4. Kieran O’Dwyer Lohercannon
5. Sheila & Mike Greaney Annagh
Next week’s Lotto will have a Jackpot of €2700 and the draw will take place on Sunday Night 03/06/2024 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 Quane
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.
Derryquay National School Fundraiser
All welcome to our Bakesale Friday 31st May from 10.30-2.30pm in the school carpark. Thank you for your continued support throughout the year.
Juvenile Academy
St Pats Football Academy will now take place every Sunday Morning in St Pats Blennerville V92 RH98 from 10.30am-11.30am. 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/U9
Our U5 and U9’s took a well-deserved break this week due to wet weather.
U7
Our U7’s had an excellent session today, the weather held off and they had two very enjoyable games. Well, done to all, keep up the practice at home.
U8 Girls
We travelled back to Dingle for a go-game blitz which was very well organised huge thanks to all involved.
We played 3 games and despite the challenging conditions, our girls showed great skill mixed with serious grit and determination which argues very well for a bright future for this team and the club as a whole. There was some very proud coaches and parents which made the journey very worthwhile. Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí
U10 Girls
Well, done to U10 girls on their 2nd day of games this morning away in Dingle. We had three tough games where all the girls showed a very impressive display of football skills in tough conditions, everyone played brilliantly, and you should be very proud of yourselves. You all showed great teamwork and showed all the practicing is really paying off. See you all for next Sunday for training and well done again girls from all the coaches.
U11 Boys
St Pats U-11’s had no game last week, so we were training last Sunday in preparation for the upcoming phase 2 of Lee Strand Co County Go Games. It’s important all our players continue to attend our training sessions and also keep practicing the skills at home during the week.
Matches will be starting soon so we will be in contact with parents when we know details of same… Naomh Pádraig Abú!!
U12 Girls
Our girls trained twice this week on Wednesday and Sunday. On Wednesday, we worked on kicking and then introduced it into a small, sided game. Then on Sunday, we did some work on speed and agility with ladders and hurdles followed by a few conditioned games.
The girls put in a great effort on both days. Training will continue on Wednesday this week with no training next Sunday due to the Dingle Way Challenge.
The U12 County League Go Games programme is due to start around the middle of June. Fixtures will be circulated in the coming days.
U13
U13 County League Phase 2
St Pats 1-07
Knock/Brosna 2-12
Our u13s lost at home to Knock/Brosna in front of a large home crowd on Sunday evening. The scoreline doesn’t really reflect the performance as the boys were the better team in the first half. It was probably their best half of football this season. We had a three-point lead at half time, but it should have been more.
The away team upped their game massively in the second half to draw level and got two goals that put the game out of reach for us. We had a good share of possession in the second half but played our way into trouble too often and only scored two points from play.
The performance was a huge improvement on our last match and the coaches were proud of the boys even though the result was disappointing. If we can keep up that level of effort, we’ll have better days ahead!
U15
Our U15 Lee Strand Co. League campaign came to an end last Wednesday evening when we suffered a defeat in the B Division semi-final against Milltown/Castlemaine.
The semi-final was played in Milltown/Castlemaine and the local team got off to a great start scoring a goal within the first few minutes and another shortly afterwards which set the tone for the first half.
Having conceded goals so early in the game it took a while for our lads to settle into the game and create some scoring chances.
Having made some positional changes and introduce some substitutes at half time our second half performance was much better.
Our scoring rate didn’t reflect the amount of possession we enjoyed and again the local team struck for two more goals to put the game beyond our reach.
Previously we had contested the U15 A team division’s final against Northern Gaels played in St Senan’s pitch in Mountcoal.
This was a very keenly contested game with little between the teams all the way through. Both teams created and missed a lot of scoring opportunities, unfortunately for us Northern Gaels converted more of theirs to finish the game as Division winners.
Coming up shortly will be the Central League and training continues in preparation for this.
St Brendan’s Board
St Brendan’s board played their first game in U21 Football County Championship Round 1 against Mid Kerry, they came away with a win with scoreline of 3-17 to 0-09.
Ben Sharp of St Pat’s came on in the last ten minutes of the game, he played a great game. Quarter Final game takes place on Wednesday 29th of May at 7pm, they take on Glenflesk in Kilmoyley.
Senior
Our seniors were defeated by Sneem/Derrynane last weekend, scores coming from Gary Savage, Fergal O’Brien, David Moriarty, and Eoin Greaney.
Sneem/Derrynane seemed to have more men on the field then what our seniors were able to mark. They did their best to close the gap which extended between the two sides coming from Patrick Dowling, Fergal O’Brien, and Eoin Greaney.
Unfortunately, Sneem/Derrynane were too strong this week, our seniors showed great determination and teamwork throughout the match.
St Pats Team: Paudi Bailey, Tommy Lynch, Ben Sharp, Dylan Griffin, Darragh Moriarty, Luke Mulligan, Tommy Nicholson, Eoin Greaney, Liam Poff, Conor Enright, Brian Murphy, Niall McCarthy, Gary Savage, Fergal O’Brien, and David Moriarty.
Subs Used: Patrick Dowling for Conor Enright, Conor Burke for Liam Poff, Jack Lynch for Brian Murphy, Adrian Greaney for Gary Savage, and Colin Doody for David Moriarty.
Our next game is against Laune Rangers B, please keep an eye on O’Shea’s Gala, the old Clubhouse window and Skelper Quanes for more information in relation to this fixture.
Best of Luck
To Kerry who play in the All-Ireland Senior Championship against Meath on Sunday 2nd of June at 2pm in Páirc Tailteann, Navan.
To all Leaving and Junior Certificate Students who will begin their State Examinations on Wednesday 5th of June.
Sympathy
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of Margaret Moriarty Cloghane, Willie Leahy Abbeydorney, Patrick Walsh Killarney and Maurice J. Quirke Camp.
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