Lotto:
There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 04, 07, 14 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Helen Sugrue Tonevane, Bridie Hanrahan c/o Betty’s Bar , Maura Murphy Derrymore West, Annie Walsh Racecourse Lawn and Fred and Josie c/o Tony Casey. Next week’s Lotto will have a jackpot of €4,600 and the draw will take place this Sunday night March 8th in Keane’s Bar. Lotto tickets are available from the usual outlets or any club officer.
Defibrillator Training:
Defibrillator Training will take place in St. Pat’s Clubrooms on March 7th from 10am to 2pm. Training is essential for selected mentors. Please forward names who wish to complete the course. Ideally there should be two mentors from each age group. Contact M. Hanafin 0872998206
Membership
The deadline for membership registration has been extended until Monday 16/03/2015. We have reduced rates since last year and early payment is appreciated.
Juvenile Academy:
Our u6’s had another great turnout last Sunday morning. A huge welcome to Roisin who made her debut for St.Pats putting in a great training session while Leah Kelliher and Stephen Enright showed great skill and determination. See you all next Sunday!
The u10’s had a good training this morning sharpening their skills with Diarmuid Waugh, Fionn Dairo and Seanie Murphy excelling. It is vital that everybody keeps practicing and we hope to see you next Sunday.
U12’s: U12’s training continues next Sunday at 10 o’clock on Tralee sports complex.
U14’s: Our u14’s had their first outdoor training session last Friday night. Training this Friday at 6 o’ clock in the field. Our first scheduled game is against Ardfert in the St Brendans League this Sun in Blennerville. Time to be confirmed by Joe during the week. County League begins on April 1st.
Minors:
St Pats Blennerville 3-16 Beale 4-8
We opened our County League campaign on Saturday last , when we defeated Beale by 5 points in Ballybunnion in Round 1 of the competition. This was a game of swaying fortunes, as both teams enjoyed periods of dominance over the hour. The home side dominated the initial 10 minutes as their attack were much to the fore against our defence and built up a 3 point lead [0-4 to 0-1]. However our top scorer, Josh Laucher levelled the game one minute later, when he struck to the net from close range. We gradually got to grips with the game thanks mainly to the likes of Jordan Conway [who played a captains part all through],Jack Quilter, Brandon Boyle, Tommy Lynch and tormentor in chief Kieran Dwyer and by the 28th minute, led by 1-7 to 1-5.
Unfortunately we were caught napping once again and conceded a 2nd goal to put us one point behind[2-5 to 1-7] seconds before the half time whistle.
With the aid of the breeze and Aidan`s lengthy kickouts in the 2nd half, we seemed to settle quicker and took over the game and by the 12th minute we led 2-13 to 2-6 with Josh also supplying our 2nd goal. Similar to the first half, the home side towards the end of the game pounces on lapses of concentration by us and slotted in 2 goals to bring the deficit down to the bare minimum with time almost up. Thankfully, deep in injury time, Brandon Boyle pointed from play and Aidan O“Halloran[who was transferred up to the attack midway through the 2nd half] put away a well taken goal to give us valuable breathing space.
Along with the aforementioned players, others to the fore for us on the day were Anthony Craig Killian O`Riordan and Cian Rohan. Full marks also to Referee, Brendan Griffin of Clounmacon who looks to have a long career with the whistle. Our next scheduled game is this Saturday 7th March @ 4 PM, when we take on Churchill in Round 2 of the County League in Blennerville.
Team: Aidan O`Halloran[1-0], Anthony Craig, Killian Quirke, Shane O`Donoghue, Sean Dowling, Killian O`Riordan, Jack Quilter[0-1], Jordan Conway[C] [0-3], Tommy Lynch[0-3], Brandon Boyle[0-2], Cian Ronan[0-1], Kieran Dwyer[0-4] and Josh Laucher[2-2].
Subs who played: Eoin Greaney, Sean Hogan, Jack Lynch, Micheal Murphy and Alex Walsh.
Coaching Courses
There are a number of coaching courses taking place in the next few weeks. These are necessary and valuable for all present and future coaches. For further information, please contact Seamus Murphy or James Costello.
St. Brendan’s N.S. Blennerville:
wish to congratulate the children of our school and Derryquay, whose combined talents swept the board at the Scor competition last Friday night at the I.T.T. Together with Derryquay, we got a first, seconds and thirds in the Music group, dancing, ballad, solo, and table quiz categories. Our children who took part were Katie Moriarty, Sorcha O’Donoghue, Caoimhe O’Sullivan, Tomas O’Sullivan, Danny Greaney and brothers Conor and Sean Crowley. A huge thanks to parent Mary O’Sullivan and to James Allman for coaching us all to victory. The music group now go forward to the county finals and we wish them the very best of luck.
Thanks to Maura O’Donnell, Mary, Tina and Anne Marie who made queen cakes with Senior Infants and First classes last Friday. See our website for photos www.blennervillens.ie or to download an enrolment form for our school.
Sympathy:
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of Peggy Diggins St. Brendan’s Park and George Hayes Derrymore East. May they rest in peace
