Lotto
There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 02, 04, 10 & 19. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Moss Quirke Kerin’s Park, Marie Maguire Strand St., Bridget Prendeville Lispole, Mary O Sullivan Churchill and Kitty Sayers Derrymore.
Next week’s Lotto will have a Jackpot of €5,200 and the draw will take place this Sunday night March 20th in Keane’s Bar. Lotto tickets are available from the usual outlets or any club officer.
Juvenile Academy
U6’s: It was great to see another huge turnout at training last Sunday morning with Chloe Passway, Tommy and Hugh Costello and James Daly showing great skill and determination. A huge well done to Ryan Fitzgerald who won our footballer of the week cup impressing his coaches with his football skills. Keep up the good work!
U8’s: Peileadoir na Seachtaine was awarded to Jack Costello who trained very well. The climbing frame was a source of great fun and games for all. Mark Vansteenkiste, Stephen Murphy, Ben and Sam Jones caught the eye in the skills demos.
U10’s: The St. Pats under 10’s Boys & Girls were in academy action last Sunday. We had a brilliant turnout for our first outing of the year on our astro turf. The coaches were delighted with the great effort everyone gave during the session with Orlaith Murphy, Diarmuid Waugh, Caitlinn O’Grady and Mark O’Brien giving it their all during the session.
Congratulations to Daniel Sheehy on winning footballer of the week trophy. It is important that ye all keep practicing at home during the week. We will be training on the Astro pitch at home in Blennerville again this Sunday. We will contact ye during the week to confirm same so we hope to see ye all there.
U12’s: Training continues on Friday from 6.30pm to 7.30pm on our astro turf.
U14’s: First game of the St Brendan’s League got off to a flying start for St Pats who travelled with only 13 players as there were a few players away for the weekend.
It was a great display by our boys from beginning to end who ran out winners by four points in the end. Gavin “Mr. Consistent” Doody played his usual steady game making some great saves and his kick outs were spot on everytime.
Our back line of Niall McCathy, Micheal Doody, Colin Doody, Samuel Abubaker and Liam O’Sullivan all showed great heart throughout the game.
Niall had a stormer producing block after block and at times he could be confused for Marc O’Se with some of the blocks he made.The brothers of Liam and Micheal linked up well throughout and showed great heart in defending ball after ball. Colin Doody who was playing out of position today proved how versatile he is clearing ball after ball. samuel made some strong tackles and made some great runs up the field.
Our midfield pairing of Jamie O’Brien and Darragh Moriarty both played a stormer and steadied the ship time after time and both covered ground all over the field, scoring some some excellent scores in the process. Our forward line of Aaron Murphy, Danny Greaney, Tomas O’Sullivan, Nathan Moriarty and Tadgh Kerins all played very well with Danny and Tomas kicking some huge scores from long distances and linking up well to set up Tadgh for a great goal. Aaron also played very well on the wing and made some vital blocks at crucial times.
Nathan worked hard in full forward knocking down some balls to set up some great scores. Final score was Ardfert 2-11 St.Pats 4-09. All in all, it was a fantastic display considering that it was the first game of the season and the year surely looks bright for this very energetic team who have heart by the bucket. Well done guys!!!
Team: Gavin Doody, Niall McCarthy(2-0), Michael Doody, Colin Doody, Samuel Abubaker, Liam O’ Sullivan, Jamie O’Brien (1-1), Darragh Moriarty(0-2), Aaron Murphy, Danny Greaney (0-2), Tomas O’Sullivan (0-4), Nathan Moriarty, Tadgh Kerins (1-0).
U16’s: Training continues on Friday from 5.30pm to 6.30pm on our astro turf.
Girls: Outdoor training to resume as soon as the weather improves.
Seniors
Played under floodlights in a rescheduled St. Brendans Round one League match Thursday last versus Ardfert, St.Pats gave a reassure perfomance which will stand to them when the County League starts later this month despite missing a few key players. Brendan Poff opened the scoring in the second minute with a well taken point followed by a goal the nest minute coming off the boots of Liam O’Sullivan.
The conditions of the pitch wasn’t ideal but the referee cleverly allowed play flow a lot better which resulted in a number of exchanged points between both teams with St.Pats coming off the better side at the end of the first half with scores at 1-8 to 0-9.
On resumption of the second half, St.Pats stamped their authority on the game with four points from Kieran Hurley of which two were frees and a well taken point from Sean Dowling, who carried the ball a good distance before slotting it over the bar. In the end, St.Pats had a comfortable win on a final scoreline of 1-13 to 0-9.
The seniors commence the County League this Sunday where they play hosts to Beale in Blennerville at 2pm. All support would be greatly appreciated.
Minors
Our minors played Fossa last Saturday in the County Minor League in Blennerville. It was a good workmanlike performance on a very heavy pitch that didn’t reward the free-flowing football our lads played but they controlled the game from start to finish with Shane O’Donoghue, Mikey Cahill, Kieran Dwyer, Joe Quilter and Eoin Greaney putting in great displays and ensuring we came out victorious with a scoreline of 1-9 to 0-5.
Registration
Registration forms have been distributed to all current members. These can be returned to any club officer or left in O’Shea’s Gala Shop. There will also be forms available via team mentors and at the Academy on Sunday mornings.
The club would also ask as many people as possible to avail of the option to sign up for our annual Lotto subscription which funds the day to day running of the club. Family Membership and an annual Lotto subscription is available for €150.
Fully paid members will be entitled to apply for an All Ireland ticket should Kerry reach the final. Remember all players have to be insured for insurance purposes and we are approaching the deadline date! Please contact either James Costello on 086 2908735 or Sean Daly on 089 4340037.
Scór na bPaistí
Well done to all our club members who participated in Scor na bPaisti last Friday. Music group – Sorcha O’Donoghue, Katie Moriarty, Judith Wuagh, Oisin Gallagher and Orlaith Murphy. Dancing group – Keelin Enright, Katie Moriarty, Sorcha O’Donoghue and Oisin Gallagher. Solo singer – Judith Wuagh. Singing group – Danny Greaney, Tomas O’Sullivan, Siobhan O’Sullivan, Grace O’Brien and Judith Wuagh.
Well done to our solo singer and singing group who came first and will go on to represent our club in the semi finals on the 9th of April. A huge thank you to James Allman and Mary O’Sullivan for their continuous hard work and commitment. Well done to all. Onwards and upwards!!
St Patrick’s Day Parade
We are #44 for the St Patrick’s Day Parade and all club parents and members are asked to assemble at Aldi on North Circular Road at 11.30am & join us on the parade through Tralee, wearing our club colours.
St Patrick’s Day Concert
Everyone is invited to Keanes Bar at 2.30 pm to celebrate our history and culture. Club musicians, young & old will entertain us in music, song & dance….All welcome.
Kerry Hospice Foundation
There will be a 10km walk/run this Good Friday all around Kerry in aid of the Kerry Hospice. The Tralee version will start at 10am from the Grand Hotel. Only a few euros are required for registering and donations can also be made during registration. Sponsor cards are available now if anyone is interested, please contact Andrea O’Donoghue on 087 6413449 for more details.
Ted Moynihan, the great Blennerville man who is the driving force behind the Foundation is also the Chairperson of Kerry Hospice. There will be refreshments provided afterwards and proceeds will go towards The Kerry Hospice Foundation which has already funded over €6 million for the new Hospice Building. Blockwork has already started but Kerry Hospice has pledged to give €400,000 to the cause for the next five years, so please come out and support as all the money raised in Kerry stays in Kerry!
Sympathy
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of Mary Nolan Brosna, Denis Enright Curraheen, Bridget Marken Dublin 12 and late of Curraheen and Anne Breda Smith Curragraigue . May they rest in peace.