Mens County League Div 2

Match report by Tim Slattery

Darragh O’Brien had Stacks opening point from a free after a foul on Greg Horan in the first minute and the home side were level within four minutes with a point from Darragh lynch.

Shane O’Callaghan had Stacks back in front with a point after good work from Paul O’Sullivan only for Eddie Healy with a point to level the match on seven minutes.

Listowel were back in front with two points in a row from Jack McElligott and Darragh Lynch after twelve minutes of play.

Cormac Mullvihill with a point and a goal from the boot of Eddie Healy had the home side in front by 1-5 to 0-2 after eighteen minutes.

Donagh McKivergan and Sam Tarrant traded points from frees only for Stacks to finish the half with two points in a row from Daniel Kirby and Darragh O’Brien.

Half Time Score Listowel Emmets 1-6 Austin Stacks 0-5

Stacks introduced Paddy Lane and Cian Purcell at the start of the second half and after six minutes both scored points from play to make it a two point game.

Aaron Carey and Jack Enright from a 45 had points to push the home side four ahead.
Back came Stacks Stacks with point from Greg Horan and a well taken goal from Daniel Kirby to level the match 1-8 each after seventeen minutes.

Paddy Lane had Stacks back in front with two points after good work from Cian Purcell.
Sam Tarrant from play left one point between the sides and with time up Sam Tarrant with a free from a difficult angle levelled the match.

Full Time Score Listowel Emmets 1-10 Austin Stacks 1-10

Austin Stacks Team: Michael Tansley,Colin Griffin,Colm Browne,Jack O’Shea,Luke Casey,Adam Curran,Paul O’Sullivan,Barry Shanahan,Daniel Kirby (1-1),Donagh McKivergan (0-1f),Greg Horan Capt (0-1),Fiachna Mangan,Darragh O’Brien (0-2,1f),Shane O’Callaghan (0-1),Ferdia O’Brien.

Subs Paddy Lane (0-3) for Shane O’Callaghan, Cian Purcell (0-1) for Ferdia O’Brien, David Fitzmaurice for Darragh O’Brien.
Daniel Kirby and Paddy Lane were both making their League debut for Austin Stacks Senior Team. Referee Peter Curtin Brosna.

Our next fixture will see us host Castleisland Desmond’s on Saturday June 1st at 7-30pm.

Mens County League DIV 5 Cup
Having secured their place in the Division 5 Cup our B team hosted Dr Crokes on Sunday. Going in at half time ahead on a score line of 0-07 to 0-04 after an excellent first half thier was great belief that we could start this phase of the league with a win.

However a huge second half performance from the visitors saw them out score us 1-05 to 0-02 to claim the win. Full time score, Austin Stacks 0-09 , Dr Crokes 1-09.
Our next fixture is against Scartaglen on Saturday 1st June in Currow at 6.30pm.

U21 Football Championship;
Match Report From Tim Tiger Slattery
Played in Connolly Park on Wednesday evening Stacks had their opening point from Noah Townsend and Rathmore drew level with a Fionn Murphy point followed by another point from a Ciaran Collins free.

Stacks had four points in a row from Daniel Kirby,two Paddy Lane frees and another Daniel Kirby point to make it a three point game after thirteen minutes.

Padraig Moynihan and a Ciaran Collins free for Rathmore made it a one point game.
Damien Hogan and Michael Dennehy traded points and Paddy Lane from play made it a two point game.

Sean McAuliffe with a goal and Ciaran Collins with two points had Rathmore ahead by three points 1-7 to 0-7 in the 25th minute.

Daniel Kirby with a point and within a minute Fionn Murphy replied for Rathmore,and deep in injury time Paddy Lane replied with a point for Stacks

Half time score Austin Stacks 0-9 Rathmore 1-8.

Donnacha Sayers from a free had Stacks opening point of the second half only for Ciaran Collins to goal for Rathmore to make it a four point game.

Stacks had four unanswered points from Conor Horan,Damien Hogan and two from Paddy Lane to level the match 2-8 to 0-14 in the 11th minute.

John Hughes and Daniel Kirby had points and within five minutes Rathmore had their third goal from the boot of Fionn Murphy to make it a three point game.

Stacks had three in row points from Paddy Lane,Shane Bastible and a Paddy Lane 45 to force extra time.

Full Time Score Austin Stacks 0-18 Rathmore 3-9.

Colm Browne and Conor Horan with points from play had Stacks ahead by two points at Half Time in Extra Time 0-20 to 3-9.

Paddy Lane had Stacks opening goal in the second half followed by points from Donnacha Sayers and Damien Hogan to make it a seven point game.

Michael Tansley pointed a 45 and a Conor Horan goal had the final score of the game.
Full Time Extra Time Austin Stacks 2-23 Rathmore 3-9

Austin Stacks Team: Michael Tansley (0-1/45,Sean Heaslip,Ruairi O’Connell,James Fisher,Cian Dillane,Luke Casey,Sean Og Brosnan,Cillian Litchfield,Colm Browne (0-1),Noah Townsend (0-1),Conor Horan Capt (1-2),Daniel Kirby (0-4),Paddy Lane (1-8,3f,1/45),Shane Bastible (0-1),Damien Hogan (0-3).

subs; Donnacha Sayers (0-2,1f) for Colm Browne,Padraig O’Halloran for Noah Townsend,Thomas Deregee for Shane Bastible,Colm Browne foe Cian Dillane,Evan Foley for Cillian Litchfield,Sean Moynihan for James Fisher.
Referee Denis Kennelly Moyvane.

We now travel to Kenmare on Wednesday May 29th for a quarter final tie against Kenmare Shamrocks. The game will be streamed live on ClubberTv and will be shown in the Austin Stacks GAA Club Bar.

2024 Intermediate Club Championship:
Austin Stacks have been drawn in Group A alongside Glenbeigh-Glencar, An Ghaeltacht & John Mitchels for the 2024 Intermediate Club Championship. The top two teams in each group will advance to the quarter Final stage.
Our opening fixture will be against John Mitchels at a neutral venue.
All Dates, Times & Venues to be confirmed.

CLUB LOTTO:
This week’s (27th May) Jackpot worth €3500 was not won. ‘
The numbers drawn were 04-21-25-28. The five €20 winners were, Brendan Swords c/o The Club, Sarah Barry c/o The Club, Brendan Shalvey c/o The Club, Joe Everett c/o Carmel, Lisa Conway c/o The Club. Next Week’s Jackpot will be worth €3550.
Continued thanks to the following businesses for selling our Lotto tickets on a weekly basis – Kevin Barry’s Shop, Commanes Bookshop (PC Books), O’Flynns Interiors, Hussey’s, Princes St., The Burger Shack, Monavalley and Kirby’s Brogue Inn. And continued thanks to everyone who purchase tickets week-in, week-out.
Kerry Senior Mens V Meath:
Best of luck to Joe, Dylan, Armin, Joey and the Kerry Seniors as they take on Meath in Navan in Round 2 of the All Ireland Series on Sunday at 2pm. The game will be shown live in the Austin Stacks GAA Club Bar.

Kerry Senior Ladies v Donegal :
Best of luck Aoife, Darragh and the Kerry Senior Ladies team who will face Donegal in their first group game in the All Ireland series. The game is fixed for Sunday June 9th at 1-05pm in Ballybofey.

Kerry Minors v Roscommon:
Best of Luck to our Kerry Minors Captain Ben, Fionnan, Ronan, Gavin, Ryan, team manager Wayne, Jonathan(goalkeeping coach), Fionnann(physio) and the Kerry team when they take on Roscommon in the All Ireland Quarter Final which is to be played the weekend 8th/9th June.

Club Cards
Our card sessions continue in the Clubhouse on Mondays and Thursdays with the starting time of 9 pm sharp.

Club Bar:
We have plenty of live sport this week to keep you entertained. The main Sporting highlights this week will see the Quarter Final of the U21 County Championship streamed live on Wednesday night and then on Saturday our Senior Men host Castleisland Desmonds. Keep up to date with all the live sport we have to offer on our social media pages. Opening times this week for the Club Bar are as follows, Wednesday 6-45pm, Thursday 7-00pm, Friday 7-00pm, Saturday  6-00pm, Sunday 12-00pm, Monday 7-00pm.

Sympathy:
Sincere Sympathy is offered to the families of the following who died recently,
Patrick Walsh Countess Road, Killarney, Kerry / Farranfore, father of Fr. Padraig a club member and great friend of our club for many years.
Nicholas Barry of Banna East and formerly Lisloose, Arthur Fitzgerald of Kerins Park Tralee, Gabrielle Harte of Castleview Fenit, Philomena Brosnan of Churchill, Heather Fletcher of Killeen Woods, Theresa Ann O’Sullivan (nee Griffin) of Shanakill and formerly Marian Park.

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