Lotto

There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 03, 15, 21 & 26. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Pat McMahon Spa Road, Martina Dairo Tonavane, John Colivert Annagh, Raphael Crowley Tonavane and John O Donoghue Deelis, Camp. Next week’s Lotto will have a Jackpot of €5,300 and the draw will take place this Sunday night March 27th in O’Dwyers 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 Ryan Fitzgerald and Matthew Murphy showing great skill and determination. We are also delighted to welcome Timmi Plegza who debuted last Sunday. Finally, a huge well done to Chloe Passaway who won our footballer of the week cup impressing her coaches with her football skills. Keep up the good work!

U8’s: Peileadoir na Seachtaine was presented jointly to the competitive Jones brothers, Sam and Ben, who always perform very well in training. Mark Vansteenkiste, Stephen Murphy, and Sharon Enright also did well in the gymnastics session. Enjoy the Easter break and we look forward to the upcoming blitzes. All new players are welcome as we move to our club astro turf and grass pitches on the 3rd of April. Do not forget that mouthguards are a neccesity for training as well as matches.

U10’s: The St. Pats under 10’s Boys & Girls were in academy action last Sunday. We had a brilliant turnout again on our astro turf. The coaches were delighted with the great effort everyone gave during the session with Emily O’Brien, Eddie Stack, Sinead Murphy and Fionn Dairo giving it their all during the session.  Congratulations to Jamie Lynch on winning footballer of the week trophy.

It is important that ye all keep practicing ye skills at home during the holidays. There is no academy on Easter Sunday 27th. Then the U-10’s have Go Games Blitz on Thursday March 31st in John Mitchel’s G.A.A. Grounds. Each team will play 3 x 20mins games on the day. We will contact parents closer to the date to confirm time of same.

U12’s: Training continues on Friday from 6.30pm to 7.30pm on our  astro turf.

U14’s: Ttaining continues on Thursday from 6pm to 7pm on our astro turf.

U16’s: Training continues on Friday from 5.30pm to 6.30pm on our astro turf.

Girls: Outdoor training resumes on Sunday, April 3rd at 10.30am to 11.30am. All girls under the age of 12 are welcome.

Seniors

St Pats started their county league division 3 game against Beale in glorious sunshine in Blennerville. The match itself started off slowly with both teams sizing each other up but Beale turned up the heat but were unable to convert any of their scoring chances with Ian Mannix forcing a great save from St. Pats goal keeper, John Fitzgerald. St Pats stepped up a gear and the first point was registered by Kieran Hurley after 3 minutes.

Shortly after that, there was a fine movement by Willie Hurley who displaced his marker and fed the evergreen Liam Poff who pointed for the second point of the game. There was another point from a free for Kieran Hurley after Adrian Greaney was hurled to the ground. St Pats first real sight on goal payed dividends when Willie Hurley found the back of the net from close range.

Beale’s first point of the game came off the boots of Darragh Buckley who converted a free in the 11th minute. Kieran hurley again converted a free after being fouled by his marker, Neilus Mulvihill. It was great to see both players evenly matched in their contest for every ball that came their way. The last two points of the half went to Beale and both were from converted frees by Ger Gorman and James McMahon.

The second half started very much like the first half with another great save by “Fizzy” after fine footwork by Darragh Buckley. The resultant 45 metre kick resulted in the first point of the half being scored by Darragh Buckley after some sloppy defending by the back line of St. Pats.

The moment of magic of this half and arguably the game came when Brendan Poff carried the ball from well in his half to score a lovely curling point much to the delight of the home crowd. Another couple of points came from St Pat’s Gary Savage with one of them a fisted effort over the bar. There were a few incidents afterwards with the referee having to dish out a number of yellow cards to players from both sides of the team to instil discipline.

The introduction of Ian Blake to the game changed the course of the game with a number of good catches in midfield in favour of Beale. Ger Gorman converted a penalty in the 56th minute to level the match for the umpteenth time after a player was fouled and this was quickly followed by another point by the same player after the ball was picked off the ground to nudge Beale ahead for the first time in the match. St Pats threw everything they had and were rewarded when Paul McMahon carried and soloed the ball before fisting over the bar, reminiscent of Donnacha Walsh.
Full time scores were St. Pats 1-11 Beale 1-11

There will be no League match this weekend as some of our players will be involved in the SFC qualifier representing St. Brendan’s Board against Shannon Rangers this Friday,  March 25th at 7.30pm in Austin Stack Park.

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.

Feile 2016

St Pats are honoured to have been selected as one of the host teams for Féile Peil Na Nog South West 2016 which takes place on June 24th-June 26th.  This event involves our U14 team. Plans are well underway with preparations and our panel is open to new members who wish to join. We will know our visiting clubs next week. Keep an eye out on our Facebook page for more information.

ICG Fundraiser

Tralee International Children’s Games are holding a clothes collection to help raise funds for the children going to the International Children’s Games in Taiwan this July. If you can fill your black bags with clothes, shoes, belts and hand bags all in a reusable condition, it would be greatly appreciated. Collection is at Na Gaeil GAA club,Tralee after 6pm between Monday, March 28th and Thursday the 31st. Alternatively, you a member of the ICG Committee on 087 6383892 to make an arrangement.

County Clean Up

‘County clean-up’ day will take place on Saturday, April 2nd. Curraheen Community Council are organising a road clean-up from Tonevane Cross to Derrymore West. It is hoped that many volunteers will join us on the day to help make our road litter-free. We will meet at the old filling station, Curraheen at 8am and we expect to be finished in about one hour (the more volunteers we have the quicker we’ll get finished). Bags, gloves and high-vis vests will be provided. Every little bit of help will be welcome.

There will also be a clean-up organised for Saturday, the 16th of April when the tide is right and that will cover the Lock gates, Cockleshell road and the Blennerville area. More details will be given next week.

St Patrick’s Day Parade

Colour, vibrancy and a great sense of togetherness are what greeted the spectators as St. Pats marched through the town in the annual St. Patricks day parade, last Thursday. Many thanks to members of our juvenile academy, mentors and parents who attended this great event. More fun was also had later in the afternoon where there was a social gathering at Keanes of Curraheen and the kids were treated to music and games.

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 any one 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!

Congratulations

Huge congratulations to jockey, Bryan Cooper, son of Blennerville’s Tom Cooper, who won the Gold Cup last Friday in Cheltenham on Don Cossack.
Mention must also be made to our senior player, Jordan Conway, who helped the Kerry hurlers to a deserved victory against Offaly last Sunday in the Allianz Hurling Div. 1B league match.

Sympathy

The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of Garrett Sayers Annascaul, Johnny Houlihan Cahill’s Park & USA and Ger McAuliffe, Castleisland . May they rest in peace.