St Pats
Lotto
There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 01, 11, 16 & 18. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Michael Lynch Curragraigue,Bertie Flynn c/o M Sugrue, Margaret Kelliher c/o Rock St PO, Chris Griffin c/o Rock St PO and Sarah Walsh. Next week’s Lotto will have a Jackpot of €2,700 and the draw will take place this Sunday night Oct 9th in Skelper Quanes Bar. Lotto tickets are available from the usual outlets or any Club officer.
Academy
U6’s: Well done to Paddy Flynn, Sam Smith, Cian O’Halloran, James Riordan, Sarah Fitzgerald and Ruby Foley who put in a great training session last Sunday morning by showing great skill and determination. Keep up the good work.
U8’s: Our U8 boys and girls had a good outing last Sunday morning for a skills based training session. Well done to Jack Costello, Michael Enright, Rory Daly,Darragh Murphy and Sharon Enright for showing dteremination and great skills during the session.
U10’s: The St. Pats under 10’s Boys & Girls were in academy action last Sunday. We had a great turnout and everyone put in a great effort during the session with Grainne Breen, Mark O’Brien, Millie O’Brien and Diarmuid Waugh giving it their all during the session. Congratulations to Zach Howarth on winning footballer of the week trophy. It is important that ye all keep practicing yer skills at home during the week. We are due to play Annascaul at home this Sunday so hope to see ye all there. Naomh Padraig Abu…..
Senior Team
Division 3 Promotion Playoff
St Pats 2-11 Annascaul 0-10
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St Pats who clinched promotion on Sunday. Photo by Mike O’Halloran
St Pats deservedly won the Division 3 Promotion play-off against Annascaul last Sunday. The match played in dry but slightly windy conditions in Milltown, perfectly suited for a game of football, didn’t disappoint as it was full of high intensity, skills and threatened to boil over on a number of occasions with 5 yellow cards dished out to Annascaul and 2 to St Pats.
St Pats got on to the score sheet as early as the first minute from Willie Hurley after receiving an inch perfect pass from David O’Callaghan. David registered his first point of the match on the 4th minute and doubled his tally a minute later.
Kieran Hurley also pointed after 7 minutes from a free. Play was stopped for a few minutes shortly afterwards after what looked like a fair shoulder tackle by Liam O’Sullivan on Niall McKenna but the free taken by Annascaul’s James Crean was easily gathered by Kerry Minor player, Kieran Dwyer. St Pats further stretched their lead to 5 points after David O’ Callaghan converted a free.
The lead would have been increased by another three points when Willie Hurley threw the ball into the net after getting clear of his marker, Gearoid O’Shea. Veteran, Liam Poff added to the St Pats tally by pointing from long range to lead by 6 points after just fifteen minutes of play. Annascaul’s first point of the match came a minute later from a free taken by James Crean.
It was all one-way traffic at this stage and St Pats domination of the game further paid dividends when a high ball from Jordan Conway into Annascaul’s danger area was well fielded by Willie Hurley, who turned and buried the ball past Tommy Pierce. Emmett Kennedy scored Annascaul’s second point of the match with a reflex bicycle kick with his back to goal on 22 minutes and this was followed by a point from a free taken by James Crean. Points from Liam O’Sullivan, Brendan Poff and Willie Hurley left the half time scores at St Pats 1-09 Annascaul 0-03.
Annascaul started the second half with the intention to stem the tide but their attacks were warded off by the St Pats backline, who collectively defended very well. The first point of the half came after 36 minutes from a free taken by James Crean.
St Pats second goal was an individual goal scored by dual player, Jordan Conway, who took on the Annascaul defence line and slotted the ball past the onrushing goal-keeper, much to the delight of the well-travelled supporters. James Crean again got on the score sheet with a well taken point from play and then added 3 more, all from frees in between points from Luke Mulligan, Liam O’ Sullivan and David O’Callaghan.
The last couple of points were scored by Annascaul’s Alan Falvey from play, and a free from David Clifford with the scores at full time being St Pats 2-11 Annascaul 0-10. It was a collective team performance by the panel and was spearheaded by David O’Callaghan, Liam O’Sullivan, Jeffrey Foley, Willie Hurley and Jordan Conway. James Crean was the star performer for Annascaul as he scored 7 of his team’s 10 points.
The result sees St Pats promoted to Division 2 after some very good performances during the season, capped by this great display, especially in the first half.
We are playing in the final of the Lee Strand St.Brendan Board Senior Football League against Ballymac this Sunday, the 9th of October in Blennerville. Throw-in is at 12 noon. In the event of a draw, extra time will be played.
Lohercannon wins Gold
Congratulations to all the residents in Lohercannon on winning a Gold Medal in the recent Tidy Town’s competition; scoring an impressive 95 marks out of 100. This award is testament to the hard work of the combined efforts of the Residents’ Association, the residents and the helpers who work tirelessly to keep the area looking so well.
Munster Pitch Education Day
The Munster Pitch Education Day will take place in Thurles Sarsfields GAA Club on Sat 15th of October 2016. Registration is from 9am to 10am and the course starts from 10am to 4pm. Topics to be covered include: plant nutrition and weed identification and control, pitch aeration and line marking, machinery selection and maintenance etc. This is a great opportunity for club and county groundsmen/parks committees. Since part of the day will be spent outdoors, water-proof clothing will be required.
IAS (Irish Association of Suicidology)
A conference organised by the Irish Association of Suicidology entitled ‘From Hope to Action- Interventions that work for Suicidal People’ is being held in Brehon Hotel, Killarney on Thursday 6th & Friday 7th October. This conference is geared towards
local organisations, volunteers, voluntary groups, sports organisations, charities interested parties etc. There are also concessionary rates for Community Workers, Volunteers, Unwaged and Students, details as follows: €30 for One Day or €50 for Two Days Attendance (excludes Conference Dinner). Further details are on http://www.ias.ie/ or phone 01 6674900.
CEOLTAS CRAOBH THRÁ LÍ
Our weekly music classes will be held every Tuesday at 6.30pm in Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí (opposite Library). Tuition will be given on a range of instruments. Fáilte roimh chách. For information on ranganna, cuir glaoch ar 7125205.
Pieta House
Suicide/Self-Harm Crisis Centre: We provide a life-saving, barrier free service to the people of Kerry who find themselves at raised risk of suicide and self harm. Personal and third party refferals are accepted, meaning a GP or psychiatric referral is not required. Family support is also available. All services are completely free of charge. Please contact 066 7163660 for appointment, or call to: Pieta House, 28 Moyderwell, Tralee.
Sympathies
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the family and friends of Gerard Maye Cahrina Tralee.
PS: Please find attached a photo of our senior squad with management team that won the Division 3 Promotion play-off last Sunday. Can you please include with the notes? Many thanks.
