St Pats
Lotto
There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 04, 06, 15 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Patsy Griffin Spa Road, Enzo c/o O’Shea’s Texaco, Brenda Doody Curraheen, Michael McCarthy Tonevane and Marguerite Trant Curraheen. Next week’s Lotto will have a Jackpot of €2,100 and the draw will take place this Sunday night Oct 23rd in O’Dwyer’s Bar. Lotto tickets are available from the usual outlets or any Club officer.
Academy
U6’s: Our U6’s had their training session indoors in Blennerville School. Well done to those who attended with Jace and Rylan Flynn, Grace Costello, Jayden Sinnott and Aoife Kennedy showing great skill and determination.
U8’s: Our u8 boys and girls had a good outing last Sunday despite the poor weather and everyone involved had lots of fun learning their skills. We are having our last training session of the year, so it is important that all kids attend this final 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 Orlaith Murphy, Daniel Sheehy, Kayla O’Connor and Rory Kelleher giving it their all during the session. It is important that ye all keep practicing yer skills at home during the week. We are due to have our last Academy session of the year next Sunday so hope to see ye all there for some fun games. Naomh Padraig Abu…..
Ladies Team
St Pats ladies team is reforming. Training is every Friday evening at 7.15pm in St Pats field. New players are welcome. Contact Helen Tansley 087 7631977 for further details.
Mothers and others
A very successful first for the St Pats mothers and others who headed for Portmarnok on Friday for the annual Gaelic for mothers tournament in Dublin .
This was a very well organised day and as the day went on St Pats seemed to go from strength to strength and considering this was their first outing, there is huge potential.
Bridget O’ Riordan was outstanding throughout the competition in goals and made some great saves. Sharina O’ Sullivan, a debutant to football, blocked ball after ball in cornerback. Catherine McGivegian held the ship in full back and rolled backed the years with some outstanding defending throughout. Kay Griffin, who played both in the backs and the forwards made some important interceptions and set up some great scores and stood tall when defending .
Karen Fenix played in the backs in all 5 games and made two important blocks to prevent two certain goals. Marc O’ Se would have been proud!
Cathy Sheehan who is another who was making her debut to football had a great tournament while defending with great heart and courage, blocking ball after ball.
The mid-field pairing of Therese Greaney and Tracey Corkery covered every blade of grass on the field over the 5 games! Their fitness was key to winning so many of our games. Therese got on the score board over the course of the 5 games and played a captain’s role while Tracey defended and was the link between the forwards and the backs.
Helen O’Shea also covered a huge amount of ground even though she was in the full forward line. She set up many of our scores and she got on the score sheet in all of the games. Teresa O’Brien showed us her many footballing skills over the course of the 5 hours and the highlight was her back pass to Helen. It was one of sheer class that Sky Sports will be showing in the future!
Niamh Collins played very well in both full forward and mid-field positions and showed great strength in both positions and set up some great scores. Ruth Murphy played in corner forward and created great chances for her teammates and the high light was a well taken goal which was the winning of the last game for us. Unfortunately we were missing three star players – Martina Dairo and Mary Wallace due to a death in the family and Brenda Doody due to injury.
All in all it was a great effort by this group and long may it continue. Niamh Kindlon of Ladies Football fame was on hand to give these super stars medals after the event.
Here’s to many more great days with this great group of ladies.
Support St Pats by Supporting Rock St Past Office
St Pats go head to head with the Rockies and the Narries
Rock St Post Office is currently putting the exclusive right to sell club Lotto tickets on its premises out to tender
The club that can show that their supporters use and avail of the Services on offer at Rock St PO the most between this September and December will be awarded the exclusive rights to sell its Lotto tickets for a 3 year period
As a St Pats supporter you are being asked to support Rock St Post Office by availing of some of the many services that are there, including:
o Savings Bank
o Full set of Banking Services – lodgements, withdrawals, bill payments etc.
o Bill Pay services
o Phone sales and top ups
o Passports, TV licences, foreign exchange, one-for-all gift vouchers and many others.
The support that we all give Rock St Post Office will result in our club being further supported.
What can you do?
You are asked that any time that you do a transaction in Rock St Post Office that you mention to the counter staff that you are supporting St Pats. The counter staff will take a note of that and credit that transaction to St Pats
The club that can show the most support of Rock St PO will have their lotto tickets sold there.
You are encouraged therefore to use, as much as you can, the convenient services that are available at Rock St Post Office.
Naomh Padraig Abu
Club Gear
Due to popular demand, we will be taking orders for casual and playing gear again on Friday 21st October from 7.15-8.30pm. This will be the final opportunity to order club crested gear in 2016. Images of the items of the O’Neills branded gear can be viewed on our Facebook page. They are excellent ideas for Christmas presents. Please contact Cathy Hogan or Seamus Murphy for more info.
Scrap Metal and Used Clothes Collection
St Pats will hold a scrap metal and used clothes collection in the next few weeks. Keep an eye out on our Facebook page and club notes for further details
Meet the Parents / Halloween Party
There’s a social gathering organised for parents in the club on Saturday, the 22nd of October in The Station House from 7pm to 9pm. It is a great chance to meet other parents, the trainers and committee members. Ticket is €10/adult and can be purchased through any of the juvenile coaches and the members of the juvenile committee.
The kids aren’t left out of the action, so we will be having a Halloween/Costume party for our Juvenile Academy on Sunday, 23rd October in the clubrooms. U6 will start from 3pm and finish up at 4.30pm, while U8/10 will have theirs from 5pm to 7pm. Tickets are €5/child and can also be purchased through the juvenile coaches and members of the juvenile committee. There will be lots of fun, games, treats and tricks and even a disco! It promises to be an event not to be missed by our future stars!!
Blennerville Derrymore CFR
Blennerville Derrymore CFR will be holding an information evening on 10th November at Derryquay National School. the time for this event is 7pm and the CFR scheme covers the area between Blennerville and Derrymore, including the townlands of Curragraigue, Tonevane, Annagh and Curraheen. This voluntary scheme will work with the National ambulance Service in providing early assistance to those in need of emergency medical care. All are invited to attend.
Derryquay NS
Thanks to Kerry Minor star Kieran O Dwyer who brought the Tom Markham Cup to our school on Monday last. Kieran got a fantastic warm reception and held a Questions & Answers session with the young and enthusiastic stars in Derryquay NS. The Green & Gold colour was in abundance. Best of Luck to Kieran in his future career and we appreciate your visit.
Sports Performance Workshop
The Dept. of Sport, Leisure & Childhood Studies at CIT, in conjunction with Metrifit (Athlete Monitoring Systems), are delighted to welcome the world renowned applied sports scientist and S&C Coach, Dr. Tim Gabbett, to deliver a cutting edge sports performance workshop, entitled ‘Optimising Athlete Performance’. This event will take place in IT3 on the Bishopstown Campus on Thursday October 27th from 6.30 – 9.30pm. The cost to attend is €50, with a discounted rate of €25 for students (Valid Student ID only). For further information, contact: cian.oneill@cit.ie or jason.mcgahan@mycit.ie
Sympathies
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the family and friends of Cathy Dillane, Clahane, Ballyard, Leo Foley St. John’s Park and Joe Slattery Abbeydorney.
PS: Please find attached a photo of our mothers and others team that took part in the annual Gaelic for mothers tournament in Dublin. Can you please include with the notes? Many thanks.
Best Regards
Dipo Dairo
PRO St Pats Blennerville GAA Club
086-8963505
