LOTTO

The lotto was held in Glenduff House on Monday 21st December 2015 for a lotto jackpot of €9,700.  Numbers drawn were 7,12,17,25 There was no winner.

Lucky dips

1 John & Genie Griffin Ballymac.

2 T McCarthy Rathanny.

3 Theresa Gill c/o O’Riada’s

4 Denis McCarthy c/o Tony Marshall

5 Julia Doherty Ballymac.

Seller Mannix P O
BONUS DRAW

6 Niamh McCarthy Rathanny (annl)

7 Martin Collins c/o Tom Leen.

8 D McCarthy c/o Tony Marshall

9 Sean Lambe Rathanny (online)

10 Aidan Butler Rathanny.(online)

Next draw is on 11 JAN 2016 in the Half Way jackpot €9800
SENIOR REVIEW

Our Senior team had a mixed year, with the highlights being reaching the quarter final of the Junior Championship going down to a three point defeat to eventual finalists Glenbeigh/Glencar.  This followed a good first round win over Ballyduff.  In the Coiste Tra Li Championship semi final we put in a great display before losing to reigning Senior Co. Champions  Austin Stacks in Connolly Park.

We also reached the final of St. Kierans Championship where a stronger Desmond side took the honours on the day.  The year ended in disappointment with relegation from Division 3 of the Co. League.  However, many young players were utilised on the team which gives great hopes for 2016 and beyond.   Many thanks to team mentors Stephen O Brien, Bridget Leen and John O Connor for their time given to the team during the year.

MINOR TEAM

Our minors participated in Coiste Tra Li and the Co. League minor competitions and while success eluded them they nevertheless gave their all for the Club.  Many thanks to mentors Mossie Shanahan and Aidan Breen for their work with these bunch of players.

ENTERTAINMENT EVENING

Well known entertainers Sonny Egan and Ray O Sullivan and amongst the many who will take part in an entertainment evening to be held in St. Brendan’s Community Centre Ballydwyer on Tuesday 5th January 2016 at 8.30pm.  This is a night not to be missed.  All proceeds from the evening will go towards the Kielduff Fire Fund.  Your support would be greatly appreciated.

SYMPATHY

The Club extends its sympathy to Don Brosnan, our U 6/8 Girls mentor on the recent death of his mother Nellie.  Many of Nellies grandchildren play underage football with Ballymac.  The Club also extends its sympathy to U14 boys mentor and former Coiste na nOg Secretary Michael Brosnan on the death of his mother Teresa Brosnan.

LOTTO

Ballymac GAA lotto was held in Ballygarry House Hotel on Monday 14th December for a lotto jackpot of €9,600.  Numbers drawn were 12,18,22,26.  There was no winner.

Lucky Dips

1. Mary O Sullivan, c/o Tony Marshall

2. Eileen McCarthy, Abbeydorney

3. Tom Leen, Chutehall

4. Margaret O Connor, Ballymac

5. Mary Dennehy, Tralee

The lotto now stands at €9,700 and can be played at www.ballymacgaa.com

BAG PACKING

Many thanks to all who volunteered their help on Saturday and Sunday last for bag packing for the Club in Dunnes Stores in the Horan Centre.  We appreciate this is a very busy time of year for people and not easy to give up of their time for the Club.  Many thanks also to those who contributed.

UNDER 16 BOYS YEAR REVIEW

Training commenced indoors in mid January and moved outdoors by early February. Through the year we played nineteen competitive games incorporating four competitions, reaching the final of three and a playoff in fourth was just reward for a remarkable group of players who’s commitment and dedication to the Club is unquestionable. To add to this remarkable achievement we were only able to field a fully fit team on just one occasion during the year.

Castleisland District was our first competition in which we had wins over Knock/Brosna, Mitchels and Desmonds while losing to Cordal/Scart in our first game of the year. We again played Cordal/Scart in the District final on a miserable wet evening in Scartaglen. Even though we were only a few points down at half time a physically stronger Cordal/Scart side pulled away in the second half to win comfortably.

Next up was the Central Region competition in which we had wins over Milltown/Castlemaine, An Ghaeltacht, drew with Desmonds and losing by the minimum to Annascaul/Lispole and Kerins O Rahillys resulted in Ballymac having a playoff with An Ghaeltacht. Playing An Ghaeltacht for a semi final spot and despite a strong second half Ballymac performance  An Ghaeltacht won by a point. Our third defeat in a row by the bare minimum ended our interest in Central Region.

A step up in training was rewarded with a fine campaign in County League Div 3A, victories away to Kilgarvan/Tousist and Spa Killarney adding to a memorable 5-13 to 5-11 win over Glenflesk and easily disposing the Mitchels in our home ties gave us home advantage and a renewed confidence for our semi final v Rathmore who finished second in Div 3B.

Having overcome Rathmore in a very tense and tenacious  home semi final we played Listowel Emmets in the  Div 3 County Final in  glorious sunshine at Connoly Park Tralee. Struggling with the pace of the Emmets forwards we found ourselves down by six points at one stage, but had it back to three points by half time.

With a few positional changes at half time this group showed their true class, resolve and character with a fantastic second half performance seeing us run out easy winners on a score line of 5-8 to 2-7. Captain Liam O Malley was presented with the winning trophy which was undoubtedly the highlight of our year.

Playing in Div 1 of the Coiste Trá-Lí league and with Kerins O Rahillys unable to fulfil their fixture we had two thrilling games against local rivals Austin Stacks and Na Gaeil. Narrowly losing to both these Div 1 teams and unable to play with the full complement of players will give this group great confidence to stay together going forward.

Thanks to Right Price Tiles, Bathrooms4u and Dulux Paints Cork for their valued sponsorship of new team jerseys and half zipped tops. We are also grateful to the parents and all those who helped and supported us over the year.

Many thanks to Roland Rogers and Martin Lowe for their contribution which had a massive influence on this group with their excellent training sessions and experienced eye on the sideline.

Awards; Best Attended Joshua O Keeffe, U15 Most Improved Kevin Lenihan, U15 Player of the Year Tadgh Brick, U16 Most Improved Darragh Regan, U16 Player of the Year Eddie Rogers     Management;  Gene O Keeffe, Tony Silles, Willie Costello, Liam Mc Elligott, and John Creagh.     Panel; Keelan Brosnan, Ross Mansfield, Eddie Rogers, Michael Hoare, Christopher Lowe, Darragh Regan, Darragh Clifford, Eoin O Malley, Liam O Malley, James Carmody, Barry Lyons, Brian Lonergan, Daire Connor Chawke, James Mc Donnell, Cathal Dunne, Daire Keane, Cillian Gallagher, Joshua O Keeffe.

COMMUNITY GAMES
The following activities will take place from Jan -April 2016 for Kerry Community Games:

Badminton, Soccer, Music, Recitation, Art, Handwriting ,Basketball, Draughts, Model making and Quiz.
The following people are the mentors for the various activities :
Dave Slattery …..soccer U 10 ,U 13…on Feb 7th/21st
Teddy Murphy….singing solo or Group U 12 ,U 16….on Feb 13th,14th
Annette Scanlon ..Art …competition Date for entry will be announced in the school nearer the date  of Kerry competition. I.e.  On Feb 27th
Sheila Rahilly …..Recitation….Feb  5th
Brendan Mannix…Chess…April 10th.

If you or your child has an interest in being involved in any of these activities please contact Sheila Rahilly on 087133355  and Dave Slattery on 0872201042.  All details on activities are also on available on our facebook page.  All children must be registered on-line with correct date of birth, address ,team manager name and E.mail address.
The above activities must be decided on prior to Jan 8th if a team from Ballymac is being entered.

PARISH CALENDAR
Ballymacelligott Community Alert are once again selling calendars for the coming year. The Calendar is available at Mannix’s Post Office, O’Riadas Bar, The Halfway Bar & at Glenduff House. It contains pictures and scenes from the locality and is of huge interest to many people. Over the last few years the calendar has made its way to all continents on the globe! The calendar is larger this year and is selling at 10 Euros. Funds raised from it’s sale help support the Warning Text System. Everyone’s support is really appreciated!

NOLLAiG SHONA DUIT GO LEIR!
The Club would like to extend a Happy and Peaceful Christmas to all of its members and health and happiness for 2016.

 

LOTTO
The lotto was held in Glenduff House on Monday 23rd November 2015 for a jackpot of €9,300. Numbers drawn were 4,12,18,26. There was no winner.
Lucky Dips
1. Geraldine Sheehy, c/o Paula Silles
2. Flor O Connor, Meenala
3. Mary O Shea, Chutehall
4. Gary Savage, c/o Lee Strand
5. Vanetia Lucid, Coolgarriv.
Sellers Prize : Paula Silles. The lotto now stands at €9,400 and can be played online at www.ballymacgaa.com

SENIORS
Having begun their Co. League campaign on the 22nd March 2015 and played their Round 10 game almost two and a half months ago our Senior team play their Round 11 game at home to Ardfert on Sunday next at 2.00pm. This is a must win game for our lads to preserve their Division 3 status for 2016. Please come and support them on the day.

AGM
The Club AGM will take place in the Club rooms on Sunday 13th December 2015 at 2.00pm. Club members are asked to please note the change of time from previously advertised.

FAOI 10
Our U10 boys began training last March and after a few sessions played a number of challenge games against Austin Stacks, Churchill, Keel and Miltown Castlemaine. The annual Go Games evenings hosted by Castleisland District teams also provided games for our lads. A Co. Board organised blitz held in Austin Stack Park gave our young players a chance to play in one of the Premier Stadium’s in the County.

We were invited to the Miltown/Castlemaine blitz in July where we gave a very good account of ourselves. The following week we participated in the John Mitchel’s Blitz but didn’t play to our full potential on the day.

Towards the end of the year, we reached the final of the Castleisland Blitz, played our best football of the year in the Siobhan Cotter Blitz in Churchill and played in the inaugural John Lynch memorial tournament hosted by Austin Stacks. Throughout the year the boys were a very well behaved bunch and were a credit to the Club and their families. The mentors to this group of players were John Rice, Martin Lowe, David Long, Pa White, Dave Slattery and Gerard Collins.

Panel : S. Rice, L. Horgan, A. Horgan, J O Connor, M. Culloty, D. Galvin, T. Palmer, R. Lowe, N. Collins, P. Heffernan, M. Prendergast, J. Lynch, E. O Brien, C. Daly, M. Savage, S. Gilroy, C. White, K. Lynch, W. O Donoghue, J. Slattery, T. Long, J. Burke, T. Leen, B. Sharpe, A. Riordan.

FAOI 8

Following a well-deserved break for children, coaches, and parents our Sunday morning academy returned on the 8th of March. The under 8 boy’s panel for 2015 consisted of 32 players who all got game time throughout the year. There was a great turnout at academy training sessions on Sunday mornings which was very encouraging for the coaches.

The main objective for this age group is for each player to improve their skills and of course to have a bit of fun! As the year progressed with the introduction of go-games and challenge games the boys were able to get competitive, and they really enjoyed the experience of a playing against other clubs.

Starting the year the boys trained away at the academy for a number of weeks with their first game being a challenge match amongst themselves which was played at half-time in a senior championship game in mid-April in Ballymac. After a further few weeks of training our U8’s travelled to Caherslee to play Austin Stack’s on the 03/05/2015.

We had a great turnout with three challenge games taking place. An enjoyable morning was had by all and the games were played in a great spirit. Our U8 boys travelled to Castleisland on Friday the 08th of May for the start of the Go Games Series. We played games against Scartaglin, Cordal, Currow, and Castleisland Desmonds in what was an enjoyable evening of football. In quick succession St. Pats Blennerville visited Ballymac on Sunday the 10/05/2015 for a challenge game.

Following on from this our U8’s hosted another series of Go Games in Ballymac on the 27/05/2015. Again we played games against Scartaglin, Cordal, Currow, and Castleisland Desmonds which were enjoyable and competitive. Cordal hosted the next U8 GO Games blitz which took place on Thursday the 18th of June.

We had a great turnout on the evening and were able to field two teams. Both teams did really well on the night on a lovely evening for football. The other competing teams were Cordal, Scartaglin, Currow, and Castleisland Desmonds.

Our U8’s participated in the John Mitchels Blitz on the 25th of July. They played five games in total against Ardfert, Castleisland Desmonds, Austin Stacks, St. Pats, and John Mitchels respectively. The boys performed very well and the games were competitive and enjoyable. Scataglin GAA hosted the final series of U8 Go Games on Tuesday the 04th of August with the same teams as above competing. All in all a very enjoyable series. Further challenge matches took place in September against Milltown/Castlemaine, Kerins O’ Rahillys, and St Pats Blennerville which were enjoyed by the boys.

We finished off the competitive year with the annual Siobhan Cotter Memorial Blitz which took place on Sunday the 11th of October in Churchill. The blitz saw our under 7, 8, 9, and 10 panels playing on the day. Our opponents on the day were Churchill, Ardfert, and Austin Stacks. We won all three of these games and played great football on the day. The final academy session of the year takes place on Sunday the 25th of October. The club awards evening took place in Ballygarry House Hotel on Bank Holiday Monday the 2nd of November and our U8’s had a very enjoyable evening.

In summary the U8 boy’s panel had a busy year with academy training, go-games, challenge games and blitzes. They competed very well at all these events and their skill development throughout the year was very impressive.

The panel was as follows: Maurice Harrington, Luke Silles, Lee Wharton, Eoin Moriarty, Jack Joy, Conal Savage, Shane Crossan, Mairtin Mc’ Kivergan, Stephen Turner, Donncha Enright, Micheal o’Connor, Sam Slattery, Gearoid Healy, Luke Griffin, Ciaran O’Connell, Con Sheahan, Shane Brosnan, Cian Harris, Matthew Rodgers, John Leen O’Shea, Aidan Brennan, Ray Horgan, Eoghan Joy, Michael Quirke, Matthew O’Connor, Cian Gilroy, Paddy Lucid, Sam Boyle, Sean Martin, Caoimhin Murphy, Padraig Reidy, and Ryan Harpur Roll on 2016.

Many thanks to team mentors Robert Harris, Eddie Lynch, Niall Gilroy, Michael Crossan, Kieran Savage, Philip Turner and Dave Slattery who looked after this bunch of players throughout the year.

FAOI 6
Ballymacelligotts’ youngest footballers began their year with a month of indoor training in the CBS, The Green, Tralee. Here they met with their coaches and explored their own abilities through many fun activities.

We then moved out to our own pitch and took up our corner of the field, where the boys were challenged every Sunday morning to improve their movement and ball skills, through a variety of different tasks. Our expectations of the boys were exceeded every week, and the average Sunday morning attendance of 20, was indeed very reassuring.

We made a conscious decision not to play any competitive games and this I feel benefitted the boys no end. As a result, each and every player was able to develop and progress at their own speed and in so many different ways. Indeed the future is bright for these boys and for Ballymac.

Panel:
Conor Lynch, Darragh Mc Mahon, Ryan Burke, Jack Lynch, Liam Brennan, Bryan Kelly, Fionn Enright, Daniel Moriarty, Gearóid O Connor Kyran Boyle, Liam O Rahilly, Adrian O Connor, Graham West, Gearoid Joy, Jimmy Healy, Alexander Aherne, Jack Collins, Shane Cassidy, Ciaran Brosnan, Eric Quirke, Conor McCarthy, Jackson Brosnan, Shane O Sullivan, Seadhna O Brien, Jack Lynch

Coaches Ruairi O Rahilly, Nelius O Connor, Ted McCarthy, Mossie Brosnan and Paddy O Brien were over our youngest age group in the Club and many thanks to them for guiding our future stars in their formative years of football.

LOTTO

The lotto was held in Glenduff House on Monday 28th September 2015 for a lotto jackpot of €8500.  Numbers drawn were 1,5,6,12.  There was no winner.

Lucky Dips

1. Joanne Riordan, Gortatlea

2. Kathleen O Sullivan, c/o Tony Marshall

3. Sinead Nolan, Caher, Kielduff

4. Eanna Reidy, Kielduff

5. Owen Lyons, Chuethall

Sellers Prize : Joanne Riordan.  The jackpot now stands at €8,600 and can be played at www.ballymacgaa.com

GOLF CLASSIC

Ballymac GAA Golf Classic took place on Saturday last in Beaufort Golf Club.

The Club received fantastic support from local businesses and would like to thank everyone who sponsored a team, a tee box or a green.  Conditions were perfect on the day and the scoring reflecting this.  The winning team consisted of Anthony Curran, Cathal DeLacey, Ciaran Nolan and David Nolan with a fantastic score of 103 points.

Second place were the Sportsfield Bar team on 98 points with the third place going to Bjorn Minnie, Declan McCann, John Mann and David Slattery on a count back and the score of 96 points.

Special thanks to the owners and staff of the Blasket for organising a great night for the prize giving.  The success of this fundraiser was due to the hardworking golf committee who left no stone unturned to ensure the successful running of this event.  Ballymac GAA Club are greatly indebted to all.

ST KIERANS

Unfortunately St. Kierans came up short in their efforts to qualify for the quarter finals of the Kerry Senior Championship when they went down to Kilcummin on Saturday evening last.

They had the better of the first half but the Club side improved in the second half to progress.  Ballymac had a number of players on the panel while Ruairi Rahilly was involved in the management team.

FAOI 16

NA GAEL 4-8  BALLYMAC 2-11

Our final game of the season was the Coiste Tra Li Div 2 final against Na Gael. This was  played in ideal conditions in Ballymac. Following a difficult start to the game we had an uphill task.

However full credit must go to our lads as they came back into the game and were unlucky not to produce a victory. Na Gael were quickly into their stride finding the net straight from the throw in. Three more attacks yielded 3 more goals for our opponents and we were 4 goals down with only 5 minutes gone. Slowly Ballymac came back into the game with ML Hoare pointing a free after Josh was fouled. Dara Chawke was fouled and Dara Reagan pointed the resultant free.

Barry Lyons found the net after a long pass by Dara Keane to give us hope. ML Hoare was fouled and Dara Reagan pointed the resulting free. Eddie Rodgers took a quick free to Dara Keane who pointed. Two more pointed frees from Keelan and D. Reagan and a point from play by Eoin O Malley completed our scoring. Na Gael were restricted to one point in 25 minutes thanks to the fine defending of Eddie Rodgers, Ross Mansfield, and Tadhg Brick. The half time score was Na Gael 4-1 Ballymac 1-7.

Cathal Dunne set the tone for the second half with a fine catch before passing to Ml Hoare who pointed. Na Gael also pointed while D Reagan pointed a free for us. With 12 minutes gone in the second half Eoin O’ Malley scored a goal for us from close range and amazingly we were a point ahead. However our opponents responded with four points in a row while we missed a few goal and point chances with a goal bound effort by Barry coming off the crossbar. Cillian Gallagher got our next point with the visitors also pointing.

Dara Reagan got our final point from a free after Ml Hoare was fouled .N Gael went up field to get the final point and our fantastic comeback came up just short in a very exciting game. Well done to all on a great year.

FAOI 12

Castleisland District Final.

Ballymac Blue Team 2-11 Knock/Brosna 2-10

Played in ideal conditions last Wednesday evening Ballymac came away with a hard earned victory to win the Castleisland District A final for a second year in a row. Knock/Brosna started the brightest and took the game to Ballymac and even though we weren’t playing great the boys stuck at it and we went in at the break just two points down.

All the drama came in the last five minutes with us trailing by two points. The Knock/Brosna keeper was in inspired form and after another fine save up popped Seán Horan with the rebound to drive it to the back of the net. This put us one point up but Knock/Brosna came back with two unanswered points to take the lead with one minute left.

With just thirty seconds left on the clock and down by one the ball was played out of defence by Andy Rodgers up to Darragh Sweeney on to Tim Pollman Dammen who in turn sent it to our captain on the night Bryan Godley who took one look at the goals and left rip a shot on goals from thirty yards that sailed over the bar to draw the sides level.

With the time now up referee Denny Sullivan indicated one minute of injury time to be played and from the resulting kick out Adam Joy won the ball and once again it was sent to Bryan Godley who turned again and ripped another shot over the bar.

There was great joy when umpire Roland Rodgers raised the white flag. Knock/Brosna now knew time was almost up and threw everything as us in one last attack but our boys held out for a very hard earned win.

There were great scenes of joy when the final whistle sounded. Richie Cotter presented captain Bryan Godley with the trophy and in his captains speech he thanked the Castleisland District Borad, the referee, and Knock/Brosna for a great game, his teams mates, and all the coaches Jack Culloty, Eddie O’ Connell, Liam Joy, Liam Sweeney and Jer Lynch.

Great credit must go to Sean McElligott and his mentors who had Knock/Brosna well organised and can feel very unlucky on the night but they will be a serious force next year as only two of this team are over age next year. A special word of thanks must go to Castleisland Desmonds club who had the pitch and facilities in excellent condition on the night. Also to Richie Cotter Chairman Castleisland District board who had everything down to perfection on the night as four finals were played all at the same time.

On behalf of the management team we would like to thank all the  parents, Ballymac Coiste na nÓg board, Gene O Keefe, Tony Silles and Roland Rodgers (who took a number of training sessions over the year) and to everybody else who has helped out over the year.

Also to the Seventeen Players on the Blue Team we would like to thank you for the great effort you have put in over the year and we would like to wish fifteen of the boys the best of luck next year as they move forward and upwards to the U14’s next year. We finished the year as Div 3 County League winners and Castleisland District League A winners.

Ballymac Gold Team

Congratulations to the Gold team who recovered from a half time deficit of 11 points against Cordal to record a great victory in the Castleisland District final. We finished the year as Div 3 County League winners and Castleisland District League winners. Well done to all.

SIOBHAN COTTER BLITZ

The Annual Siobhan Cotter Blitz will take place in Churchill on Sunday next 11th October 2015.  This Blitz will see our U7, 8, 9 and 10 panels playing on the day.  Ballymac are going for three in a row in this competition but will face tough opposition from the host Club, Ardfert and John Mitchels.   Best of luck to all the boys participating.  Details of the blitz will be sent on by the co-ordinators.

FAOI 8

The Academy took place on Sunday morning the 4th of October. Best on the day were Ciaran O Connell, Conal Savage, Shane Crossan and Stephen Turner.

FAOI 6

The Academy took place on a lovely Sunday morning with a big turnout. All are making great progress in their skills and having lots of fun. Next Sunday the 11th of October will be the last academy session for 2015. See you all in Ballymac at 11am next Sunday.

BRATS BWILDERED WILDERNESS CHALLENGE

Brats BWildered wilderness challenge takes place on Tom Herlihy’s farm on Sunday the 18th of October. The run will be approximately 3km in length and will start at 11.15am. The challenge will be a team format and is open to Ballymac GAA club members boys and girls in U12, U14 and U16 age groups.  Entry fee €5.  There will be a special registration evening in the club meeting rooms next Friday the 9th of October between 7.00 and 8.00pm. It promises to be a great event.

TESCO COMMUNITY FUND

Ballymac GAA Club have been successful in being nominated as one of the Clubs you can allocate your blue tokens to as part of the Tesco Community Fund.  Thank you for all who completed nomination forms and get dropping those blue tokens for the next six weeks.  Any tokens gathered must be dropped in to Tesco Shop in Central Plaza in Tralee Town centre.  Please support this club fundraiser.

MANOR DOOR COLLECTION

Many thanks to all who helped to carry out the door collection at Manor on Sunday last and to all who contributed also.

CHURCH GATE COLLECTION COMMUNITY ALERT

There will be a Church-Gate Collection for Ballymacelligott Community Alert Group this coming weekend of Sunday 11th October. Funds raised from this collection help run our Warning Text System. Please support generously !

SYMPATHY

Ballymac GAA Club extends its sympathy to the Ryle Family Farmers Bridge on the death of Gerard Ryle.