Daily Archives: April 1, 2024

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Austin Stacks GAA Juvenile Club News

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PEIL FAOI 7: Action for our Under 7 boys will; be at 10am on Sunday (7th April) in the Mercy Mounthawk School Hall….all new players welcome.

PEIL FAOI 9: Football for our Under 9 boys will be at 11am on Sunday next (7th April) in the Mounthawk Secondary School Hall.

BUACHAILLÍ FAOI 11: (i) The GoGames that were to be played in Churchill on Thursday last were postponed because of the wet weather….aimsir ainnis fhliuch. We play Na Mistéalaigh at their super complex in Ballyseedy at 6.30pm on this Thursday (4th April).

(ii) Also, Football-For-Fun will continue at 10.50am on Sunday on the Astroturf pitch at CBS, The Green. Hopefully, on the following weekend, we’ll be on the short green grass for a long long summer of action. Aililiú! (Colm Ó Mongáin)

FAOI 13: The U13 lads will be in action arís eile on Friday evening (5th April) at The Green CBS. Seisiún iontach eile peile ag Scoil na Faiche! (Micko Horan)

FAOI 15: (i) Our first competitive outing fell victim to the ongoing poor weather last Wednesday evening and, so, our Division 1 League game v Keel/Listry will have to be played at a later date.

(ii) The Division 9B game v Ardfert was also called off on Saturday. Training sessions took place instead of these games on Wednesday and again on Sunday.

(iii) Hopefully, this week’s fixtures scheduled for Wednesday evening will go ahead. (a) Our Division 1 team is scheduled to be at home v Kilcummin and the Division 9B team is due to make the journey to Glenbeigh. As always, keep a watchout for the group messages with details re games and training. (Ger Hobbert)

SCOLÁIREACHT GHAELTACHTA: Please contact the secretary of Bord Thrá Lí (GAA) to apply for a Gaeltacht Scholarship.

FAOI 17: Our minors challenged Listowel Emmets on Easter Monday in Listowel and they did really really well. Final score….Lios Tuathail: 1-5; AdeS: 1-15. Well done, boys! Our final group game has been scheduled for this Thursday (4th) at our Connolly Park headquarters in aghaidh Spá Chill Airne. And, once again, we expect to see our great team spirit and tireless work rate in every area of the pitch in this important County League (Division 1A) encounter.

Expected team lineout: Olivier Lata; Adam Johnston, Rian Walsh, Tomás O’Connell; Max Grzybowski, Liam O Connell, Jayden Moriarty; Gavin Casey, Alex Touhy; Cormac Bastible, Jack Diggin, Leon Sweeney; Aodhán Horgan, Rory Lynch, Jack Shanahan; Tadhg Falvey, Jay Sweeney. Management team: Theo Diggin, David Courtney, Ronan Kavanagh, Liam Lynch, Frankie Murphy, Morgan O’Connell. An Charraig! Aililiú! (Morgan O’Connell)

MEMBERSHIP: Rock Club membership can be renewed on www.austinstacks.ie or on www.foireann.com or per Bernie on 086 0767415

SENIORS: Good luck to The Rock v Na Mistéalaigh on Sunday ag 2pm i mBaile Ó Síoda.

KERRY SENIORS: (i) Good wishes to Joe, Dylan, Armin, Joey and Kerry in their championship preparations. (iii) Go n-éirí le Mná na Ríochta v Ard Mhacha….Kingdom v Orchard!

MINOR HURLERS: Good wishes to the Kerry U17 hurlers who, having defeated Carlow intier 2 of the Leinster minor championship (1-9 to 1-17), will take on Laois this Saturday (6th) i gContae Laoise.

FEISTEAS CLUB: Club merchandise from O’Neills. Log into www.austinstacks.ie

MÓRBHUÍOCHAS: Thanks to the supporters and to the sellers of the club lotto tickets and especially to the following supportive businesses: (i) Hussey’s Deli and Newsagency, Cé an Phrionsa; (ii) The Burger Shack, Móin an Bhealaigh; (iii) The Brogue (Ó Ciarba), Sráid na Carraige; (iv) Siopa Chaoimhín de Barra, Ollmhargadh Grósaera na Carraige; (v) Siopa Leabhar Pháidí Uí Chomáin, (PC Books) Sráid na Carraige; (vi) O’Flynn Interiors, Sráid na Carraige.

WHY? Sports news on local radio on Sunday night last: priority was given, in club news, to another code in England and in Scotland before announcing the results of OUR country’s second most important national final(s) in Gaelic football! Was Dublin v Doire and Armagh v Tír Chonaill less important than club games in a faraway place? Why are GAA games playing ‘second fiddle’ on OUR airways? Are we less proud of our own? Náire? Mórtas cine ‘in easnamh’?

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Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

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Seniors:

We travelled to Kilcummin on Saturday night for the 2nd round of the county league where throw -in took place at 5 pm.

To say we were understrength would belittle those that started but we were without Donagh Buckley, Ross O’Callaghan, Tom Hoare and Barry John from our previous outing vs Laune Rangers.

Many of our fringe players, who have performed with distinction in the lower leagues, certainly put forward their credentials for more regular game time at this level and will have benefited enormously from the experience.

Darragh O’Connor was the only change from the starting XV with Daniel Bowler dropping to the bench.

We won the toss and played with the strong breeze and were quickly into our stride notching 3 early points through Darragh (2) & Gearóid Savage to a solitary Kilcummin white flag.

Kilcummin reduced the deficit but further scores from Darragh, Shane McElligott and the dangerous Gazza had us in the ascendancy and we retired to the dressing room , 0-07 to 0-05 ahead – perhaps we should have been a bit more ahead given the chances created.

Our defence was rock solid in this opening period, defending in numbers and not committing any fouls – Sam Pituch in particular along with Darragh McElligott and Ryan Carroll were unyielding. Seán Collins for a second week in row put in a good shift and can be happy with his display.

The half back line of TJ Heaphy and Stephen Nix too were solid and essayed forward at every opportunity – one particular sally upfield from Stephen saw him find Gearóid Dillane with a peach of a ball which resulted in a point following a foul on Gearóid.

The 2nd half saw the introduction of both Con Barrett and Conor Hayes and we found ourselves having to defend more as Paul O’Shea thundered into the game and the locals levelled by the 10th minute following two good scores.

Daniel Bowler was next to enter into the fray and he was not long in making his presence felt.

Firstly he tracked back to win a turnover and he was next involved when finding Con Barrett who offloaded to Conor Hayes to put us back in front again.

The pivotal moment of the game then took place in the 15th minute; we worked the ball upfield and this time Daniel again, popped a lovely ball into Con who was dragged back as he sought to find the net – the ref duly pointed to the spot but Kilcummin were saved any further damage as he did not deem the foul worthy of a card.

Ryan Carroll came forward and despite striking his shot well to this right, keeper Keith O’Leary dived to his left and with a strong hand deflected the ball away from the danger area – this save gave the homesters further oxygen and whilst they fired a number of wides they scored the final 3 points from Paul O’Shea, Cian Foley and Noel Duggan.

In the final analysis, we were perhaps unlucky to come away empty handed – we go again next week when we travel to Dirreen to take on Legion.

Team: Robert O’Connor, Sam Pituch, Darragh McEllligott, Seán Collins, Stephen Nix, TJ Heaphy, Ryan Carroll, Jake Foley, Fenton Collins, Padraig Griffin, Shane McElligott, Gearóid Dillane, Gearóid Savage, Conor O’Sullivan, Darragh O’Connor.

Subs used: Conor Hayes, Con Barrett, Daniel Bowler, Sam McCarthy, TJ McMahon.

Div 6:

Kilcummin were the visitors to Strand Road on Easter Sunday for our opening game in this year’s competition.

We gained a modicum of revenge for the defeat of our division 1 side when coming out on top by a 3  goal margin, 5-11 to 2-11.

We handed senior competitive debuts to the likes of Jake Hoare, Odhran Kerins and Ryan Houlihan and they did not disappoint – Gearóid Meehan too excelled with the evergreen Rory Molloy wearing the no 3 shirt; Ben O’Brien fielded some great ball in midfield with TJ McMahon and Sam McCarthy being particularly effective up front.

Overall a great start to the league – mol an óige agus tiocfaidh siad!

Club PRO Pat Flavin and Club Chairman Oliver Molloy at the Golf Classic on Friday.

Golf Classic:

Our fundraising golf classic took place last Friday in Tralee GC  and to say it was a success would be a gross understatement.

The morning sun was a portent for a brilliant day that followed with some  great golf, great banter, laughter and the overall consensus being that everybody had a wonderful day.

The prize giving ceremony later in Strand Road was a most memorable night with some great fun and craic – Niall Quinn, a guest of Bulmers team for the day,  regaled those present with some great stories of Italia ‘90 etc bringing to a close a perfect day.

Adams Garage took the overall prize, with Ber Walsh winning the longest drive for ladies and Joe Collins taking the men’s accolade.

Norman & Elaine Foley and family were the main sponsors for which we are truly grateful with the Healy family and McCauley’s Pharmacy for sponsoring the longest drive and nearest the pin.

The raffle for a weekend away for two in the Skellig Hotel, kindly donated by the Garvey group was won by local man Fionbarr Walsh with Joe McCarthy being the winner of a night in Benners Tralee compliments of Alan O’Sullivan.

The organising committee, spearheaded by the indefatigable Antoinette Sayers, deserve huge praise for executing such an enjoyable and profitable event with a special thanks to Tralee GC who were most helpful all along and also provided such great support last Friday – the course was in fantastic condition given the recent harsh weather events.

Condolences: 

We offer our sincere condolences to our juvenile secretary Nora Corridon on the passing of her aunt, Catherine ( Dalton, Ballybunion) – ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

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Senior Football Teams 

Our Senior Men had two good results this weekend. Our Division 1 Team drew with Milltown in Caherslee and our Div6 B team defeated John Mitchels in John Mitchels. Match reports below

Next weekend both teams are out again: Dates and Venues to be confirmed.
We wish both sets of teams and Management every success.

Credit Union SFL Division 1

Venue: Bishop Moynihan/Tim Linehan Park (Rathmore), (Round 3), Rathmore V Ballymacelligott

Credit Union SFL Division 6

Ballymacelligott V Dr. Crocks

Senior Men’s SFL Match Reports 

The Credit Union SFL Div 1 Round 2
Ballymacelligott 1-08 Milltown/Castlemaine 1-08
Venue: Caherslee Date: 30th  March 24

We in Ballymac GAA wish to extend our Thanks to Joe Wallace & The Caherslee Committee who facilitated our game in Caherslee GAA Grounds on Saturday evening last. Despite the atrocious weather the pitch and surrounds were in good condition thanks to Joe and his team.

Aidan Breen’s majestic goal from a free, minutes into the second half was one of the highlights of this game. Another feature of the game was watching Eoin Creedon coming out from the back line with the ball. Time and time again he cleared the ball to safety.

Dara Sweeney opened the scoring with a point from play for Ballymac. Milltown replied with three from play from Dara Hogan, Sean Hogan, and Gavin Horan. Ballymac Captain Vinnie Horan added a point from play.

Tadhg Brick broke down a fine ball and passed it to Daniel O’Shea who gave a great pass to Aidan Breen who added another point for Ballymac.

Daire Keane and Sean Hogan added one each for their respective sides before Aidan Breen pointed from a free following a foul on Daire Keane. The score was 0-5 to 0-4 halfway through the half.

Things stagnated for Ballymac after another minute when Cathal Moriarty for the Mid-Kerry side worked his way past three defenders and scored a goal.

Milltown was in the lead and added another point in the 21st minute of the half. In this quarter Ballymac had four wides and this left the Half-time score with the Milltown in the lead by three points.

Half Time Score: Ballymacelligott 0-5  Milltown/Castlemaine  1-5

The second half opened with a sublime goal from Aidan Breen. Aidan took a free and it curled into the goal-a once-in-a-season goal to witness that inspired the team and warmed the Ballymac supporters!  A foul on Donal Daly close to the goal gave Aidan Breen another point from the resulting free.

Ballymac now had a point lead six minutes into the second half. Cathal Moriarty leveled the game with a fine point from play 11 minutes into the half. Ballymac went into the lead again when Vinnie Horan won a ball and scored a point. Within a minute Dara Hogan had scored a point from a free and Milltown were level.

Aidan Breen scored Ballymac’s last game point from a free following a foul on the Ballymac Captain. Dara Hogan leveled again from a free and this was the game’s final score. There was plenty of action left after that last score 21 minutes into the half but neither team got that coveted last point to win the game. The game ended in a draw.

This was a solid performance from the team with Vinnie Horan, and Aidan Breen outstanding in the forwards as were Tadhg Brick and  Eoin Creedon in defense.

Full-Time Score: Ballymacelligott 1-08 Milltown/Castlemaine 1-08

Team and Scorers:
Christy Leen, Eoin Creedon, Darragh Sweeney(0-1),, Josh O’Keeffe, Daniel O’Shea, Tadhg Brick, Cathal Dunne, Aidan Breen (1-4), Brian Lonergan, Adam Sheehy, Vinnie Horan (Capt)(0-2)  Daire Keane (0-1), Dara Regan, Donal Daly, and Niall Collins.

Substitutes Used: Maurice O’Connell and Michael Herlihy.

The Credit Union SFL Div 6B Round 2
Ballymacelligott 3-10 John Mitchels 2-11
Venue: Spa Date: 24th March 24

Ballymac GAA appreciates and wishes to thank John Mitchel’s Club for facilitating our game last Saturday evening.  At scáth a cheile a mhaireann na daoine.

The difference at the end of the game, was a goal from Conor Brick, the thirteen score of the game in the last ten minutes that made the difference. Very little separated the teams who scored thirteen scores each and Ballymac’s win by two points gave them their first two points in the County League.

The game’s first two points came from frees, Ted Fitzgerald’s for Mitchel’s, and Michael Herlihy for Ballymac. Shane McGillicuddy fired a strong shot past Mitchel’s goalkeeper and within a few minutes Sky Lynch had turned over a ball and passed it to Michael Herlihy who added another goal for Ballymac.

Mitchel’s scored a point. Following great work by Brian Cassidy, Shane Gilroy added one for Ballymac, Brian Costello scored a point from a free for Mitchel’s followed by another point and a goal from the Tralee side. The last two scores, before halftime, were points by Skye Lynch and Mike Hoare

The Half Time score was: Ballymac 2-04 John Mitchel’s 1-03

Peter Murphy started the second half for John Mitchel’s and made an immediate impact for the Tralee side who scored a goal from a pass from his superb pass. Michéal Savage scored a point for Ballymac as did Peter Murphy for Mitchels, Skye Lynch caught the kick-out and passed the ball to Barry Lyons who passed it back to Skye who scored a point. Brian Costello added one for Mitchels.  John Mitchel’s scored three points on the trot two from Peter Murphy and they were in the lead by two points.

Mike Hoare added a point, John Mitchel added one—Maurice O’Connell for Ballymac, and Peter Murphy from Mitchels traded points. Things went well for Ballymac with Conor Brick scoring that all-important goal followed by points from Michéal Savage.  Peter Murphy scored the last point of the game before the whistle blew.

Full-Time score was: Ballymac 3-10  John Mitchel’s 2-11

This was another solid performance from a team that is improving every day. Every player was involved in the game and individually had an important effect on the final result.  Conor Martin making his debut in goals in the SFL did well as did Ciarán Brosnan and Cian Godley in the backs.  In the forwards: Skye Lynch, Shane Gilroy, Mike Hoare, and Shane McGillicuddy performed well

Team and scorers:  Conor Martin, Ciarán Brosnan, Cian Godley, Jonathan Brick, Cathal White, Brian Cassidy, Skye Lynch (0-2), Shane Gilroy (0-1), Barry Lyons (Capt) Michael Herlihy (1-1), Andy Rogers, Mike Hoare (0-3), Shane McGillicuddy( 1-0), and  Jamie Burke.

Subs Used: Michéal Savage (0-2),  Maurice O’Connell (0-1), Conor Brick (1-0), Brian Godley and James Carmody.

under 15 team

Under 15 Boys 

On Wed’s last our u15 boys opened their county league campaign away to Dr Crokes. The weather threatened to call it off, and after some over and back, eventually the fixture went ahead.

We really struggled for the 1st 20 mins. But from then on, we showed huge improvement in every aspect of our play.

However, Crokes were more efficient in front of goals and gained the victory by the narrowest of margins, on a final score of

Ballymac 2-4

Dr Crokes 0-11

Next up is Churchill

under 11 team

Under 11s Boys

Our Yellow and Blue u 11 teams played St Pats Blennerville in the Tralee / St Brendan’s go games league on Thursday evening. Thanks to all for coming and supporting the Boys.

We play Ardfert this week. Well done to all .

under 11 team

Academy 

Academy will continue in MTU next Sunday keep an eye on social media for updates

Lotto

On Monday 25th March, the Lotto draw took place online with Clubforce in the presence of Angela Lenihan and Oonagh O’Rahilly.

The Numbers drawn were : 4, 7, 23, 32

There was no winner of this week’s Jackpot of €7000. Congratulations to the lucky dip winners this week:

€30.00 – Teresa Lonergan , Annual Ticket

€20.00 – The Fitzgerald Family, Waterville, Online purchase

€20.00 – Wesley Maher, Online purchase

Next Jackpot is €7,100 and the draw will take place on Monday 1stth April 2024. Play Ball Lotto Ticket sales close at 6 pm sharp.

Tickets can be purchased by clicking here https://play.clubforce.com/play_newa.asp?ll_id=2258&PC=0&RP=#Anchor

or from our regular sellers Paula Silles and Maureen O Shea . Quick Pick Envelopes are available at The Half Way Shop and O Riadas Bar and Restaurant. The closing time for entries will be 4 pm on Mondays to facilitate the draw. Your continued support is very much appreciated for the day to day running costs of our club.

Check out all the latest news from Ballymac GAA Club by clicking here www.ballymacgaa.ie

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Na Gaeil GAA Club News

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Lotto results: Lotto Tue 26th March 2024. Numbers drawn were 13, 15, 16, 25. No winner. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Mary & Eileen O’Shea, Timmy Culloty, Bríd Anne Courtney, Mary Golden, Kornelia Lemanska.

Our next draw will be tomorrow night and the jackpot will be €1,550. Why not try your luck in our lotto. The links is as follows:https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Na%20Gaeil%20CLG/lotto

Bingo: Na Gaeil Bingo tonight at 8pm sharp. Our Mini Accumulater Jackpot House of €390 was won last Monday so tonight the jackpot reverts to €210 in 41 calls.

We also have a Raffle and Split the Bucket at half time. Bus available on (087) 2817577. Over 18s only. Hope to see you all there for an excellent night out.

Volunteers: The club are looking for people to help out at bingo on Monday nights. If you can spare 2 hours every 5 or 6 weeks then Niamh (087-9863667) would be delighted to have you on board.

Scór: Scór is very much a ’niche’ activity within Na Gaeil. Of course we’re first & foremost a football club, but Scór is the cultural arm of the GAA and is a really great thing to be involved in – especially for kids.

It gives them confidence & is good fun! If you’re reading this & think you might like your child to be involved, please contact Margaret at 086 0855008. Or better again, if you’re a parent with maybe something to offer to our small but enthusiastic Scór committee, please get in touch….

Return of underage training 2024: Our juveniles are back in training for the 2024 season. Contact details for the various age groups are as follows: U5’s – Denis Sugrue (087) 2808719. U7’s – Shane Moriarty (086) 8380434. U9s – Bryan O’Mahony 087 9585331. New members are always welcome and can contact the relevant team coach above.

U7 Training: Our u7s session yesterday was all about games. Games including fun with discs, hand passing and kicking. Hope everyone is enjoying their Easter holidays!

U11 Boys Training: Before the chocolate spree started our u11 boys got in a good session yesterday morning in the MTU. Well done to all the boys!

Senior Men: Yesterday our Senior men were away to Templenoe in Round 2 of the Credit Union County League Division 2. The first few minutes of the game were very stop-start, resulting in neither team registering a score until a free from Dara Devine on 10 minutes put our lads in front.

This was soon followed by a point by Tomás Ó hAiniféin from play and another Dara Devine free leaving us ahead by 3 points to nil after 14 minutes. A super goal-line clearance by our centre-back Ruairí O’Sullivan prevented an equalizing goal before Jack Bourke added our 4th point to leave our lads in a commanding position.

However, Templenoe found their shooting boots and kicked 4 of the next 5 points to leave us with just a single point advantage at halftime, 5 points to 4. The game was probably decided in the first 4 minutes of the 2nd half as Templenoe upped the ante and notched 3 quick fire scores from a 45, a free and 1 from play.

Indeed it could have been worse only for a brilliant double save from John Kearney preventing what seemed like a certain Templenoe goal. Templenoe were successful with the resultant 45, pushing their lead out to 3 points with just over 20 minutes remaining.

Another great save by John Kearney was followed by a number of wides from both teams. Eventually Templenoe added another score to leave them 4 points ahead with 10 minutes left. Our lads rallied, adding points from Dara Devine, Mark Lynch and Peter Doyle but it wasn’t to be their day and Templenoe held on to win by a single point. Final score: Templenoe 0-9, Na Gaeil 0-8.

Team: John Kearney, Enda O’Connor, Ryan O’Neill, Seán Barrett, Peter Doyle, Ruairí O’Sullivan, Eoin Doody, Tomás O’hAinifein, Jamesie O’Connor, Kieran O’Donovan, Dara Devine, Cian Devine, Mark Lynch, Jack Bourke, Jack Sheehan. Subs: Shane Daly, Shane Kelly, Kieran O’Connor, Seán O’Connor, Kian Sheehan, Kevin O’Donoghue, Jack Costello, Aaron Dewey, Tadhg Reen, Oisín O’Brien, Liam Óg Kingston, Ruairi O’hAinifein, Oisín O’Sullivan. Next Friday night in Round 3 our lads will be on the road again as they take on Listowel at 8pm.

Minor Co. League: Our u17 boys team registered their 3rd win out of 4 games in the County League last Thursday evening when they defeated Milltown/Castlemaine in a back game in Milltown.

The final score was Milltown/Castlemaine 1-10, Na Gail 6-5. The lads are due to host St. Michaels Foilmore/Skellig Rangers next Thursday in their final group game.

Senior Ladies: Our senior ladies next game in the Credit Union Donal Curtin Cup will be away to Southern Gaels on Sunday April 14th.

Girls Training: Na Gaeil Ladies juveniles (u8/u10/u12) are back training for the new season. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Eddie on 087-6791460.

Lidl Ladies National League: Good luck to the Kerry Ladies, especially our Na Gaeil girls, as they take on Armagh in the Lidl Ladies National League Division 1 final in Croke Park next Sunday April 7th at 3pm.

Big Screen: All National Football league and championship games will be shown live on the big screen in the bar throughout the season.

Sponsorship Opportunity: If you have a business and would like to promote it with Na Gaeil we have various sponsorship packages available to suit all budgets. Enquiries to Donal (087-2577729) or Terry (086-8293261) or Colm (087-9080465) or Mike (086-2440158) or any member of the club Executive.

Club History: During the year Michael Golden spent many hours putting together a list of notable club results & other information about the club since its foundation in 1978. This can now be found on our website (www.nagaeil.ie). Click on “Club News” then “Weekly notes” and select ”Old results by Michael Golden”.

Kerry (Men) Munster Senior Championship 2024: Semi-final v Cork or Limerick on 20th April 2024.

Kerry (Men) Munster Minor Championship 2024: Quarter-final v Cork on 30th April 2024 at a Kerry venue.

Hire the Hall: The hall in the clubhouse is available for parties or other events. Please emailnagaeilclubhouse@gmail.com if you’d like to make a booking.

Na Gaeil cycle club: Cycle each Saturday at 9.30am from Na Gaeil club. Everyone is welcome to come for a nice friendly cycle.

Cards: The weekly 45 card game is held every Wednesday night starting at 9pm. Everyone is welcome.

Notes: If you’d like anything included in the club’s weekly notes please send it to me at pro.nagaeil.kerry@gaa.ie before 9am on Monday and I’ll do my best to include it.

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St Pats GAA Club News

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Registration 2024

The deadline for Membership has now passed, please be sure to have it completed.

Now that some of our teams have resumed training and others will be resuming shortly players and coaches, please register your membership of the Club for 2024. Membership is a vital part of ensuring the club’s continued success and development. Whether you are a player, coach, supporter, parent of a player or member of the wider community we welcome you to register with St. Pat’s. We ask you this year to register through http://www.stpatsgaaclub.com or on Foireann www.foireann.ie which is available on Apple and Google Play to download.

Club Lotto

Our club lotto took place on Monday Night 1st of April, please see our social media for results.

Many Thanks to all who contribute to our weekly club Lotto. The club cannot emphasize enough the importance of our members promoting the club Lotto among family, friends, and work colleagues. The lotto is now a critical source of funds for the club. We are appealing to all club members to promote our Lotto at this time to ensure our club’s future viability. Please have your Lotto entries in by 7pm, every Sunday night.

Tony O’Donoghue 10th Year Anniversary Walk

This year’s walk takes place on Saturday 13th of April, walk begins at 4pm from Skelper Quanes. There is music from Ross Brassil from 5-7pm, burgers sponsored by Seamus O’Sullivan Butchers Chefs for the day are 2Beans In A Box.

Unfortunately, Sam Maguire will not be visiting this year for the walk. There is a raffle with spot prizes, there is Darragh Jive O’Donnell from 7-9pm with a bit of a traditional disco. The night is finished off by 80’s/90’s disco with DJ Mick from 9pm. There are medals for finishers, but you will have to be quick as there is limited numbers.

There is a idonate page running if you would like to support or take part why not walk in your local area! iDonate.ie | Support Todd’s O Donoghue memorial walk

Remember they are trying to raise enough funds to purchase a jigsaw table, a games table, blue tooth speaker, some Dyson fans for the rooms, diffusers, and some adult Lego, all to make some one’s day a little bit easier.

They are just over €72000 raised for KHF in memory of Tony O’Donoghue’s name let us try to help them hit €75,000 and go out on a high. Any support in any way for this would be amazing and they can guarantee a good night in Skelper Quane’s.

Juvenile Academy

We are Back, St Pats Football Academy took place last Sunday morning and every Sunday Morning in Kerry Sports Academy, MTU North Campus V92HD4V from 11am-12pm. Open to all boys and girls from Under 5 to Under 13. Contact Michael for further information on 086-3855428. Come along any Sunday, All New Members welcome!

U5

All our under 5’s enjoyed a fun filled session on Easter Sunday. There was plenty of kick and bouncing and playing fun games. They all enjoyed a well-deserved Easter egg after the session. Congrats to Danielle and Luca on players of the week.

U7

We had excellent numbers today, so we managed to play 2 games of 4/5 aside at the end.

The start was a bit harder trying to work off the chocolate that was consumed this morning. But overall, all that chocolate provided a great rush of energy and by the end of the session they levelled out after a bit of exercise.

U8 Girls

Our U8 girls practiced drills which involved protecting the ball from their opponent, hand passing and improving on their soloing. Great fun was had by all and the treats at the end of the session were quickly gone. Happy Easter, keep up the practice see you all next week.

U9 Boys

A great Easter Sunday morning for our U9’s we had great numbers who all had super fun. They all were fantastic in their drills stations and showed all of it in the games. Happy Easter to all and hope they enjoyed their treats.

U11 Boys

St Pats U-11’s took part in Tralee/St Brendan’s Under 11 Go Games

Sponsored by Kelleher’s mills last Thursday away to Ballymac. Thanks to Ballymac for facilitating venue change to the Astro on the MTU. Well done to all our players, they all performed brilliantly on the night. The coaches were delighted with the skills shown by our players during the game. Our next game is this Thursday we will be in contact with parents with details of this fixture. It’s important you all continue to attend our training sessions and also keep practicing your skills at home during the week. Co. League go games starts Thurs 11/4 away to An Gaeltacht details for this will be circulated to parents shortly. Naomh Pádraig Abú!!

U10 Girls

Well, done to all the girls on a competitive session this morning at MTU, we hope they had fun.!! We worked on speed, reactions, attacking and defending which they really got stuck into. Sadeigh was our worthy POTW for showing great commitment and a positive approach. Great to see a couple more girls back in this week for their first session of 2024. Every additional player makes a significant difference and would be very welcome in the group…Spread the word and see you all next week!

U13

Our U13’s match takes place on Monday 1st of April against Finuge at 6pm in Finuge.

U15

Due to bad weather affecting pitches our under 15 games scheduled for last Wednesday and Friday we’re postponed. Hopefully the weather will improve sufficiently this week to allow our game against Castleisland Desmond’s to go ahead on Wednesday evening,3rd April, in Ballyrickard.

Senior

There was an outstanding display of football last Saturday when our seniors met Kilgarvan in their Round 2 game, but it was St Pat’s that pipped the post for a win. With determination from both teams from early on supporters got a match to remember.

Kilgarvan opened the scoring with a point, Fergal O’Brien was the one who started our scoring with a point also. Straight off the mark this game was going to be heated, Kilgarvan got a goal and two points. With a high kick from the hands of Fergal O’Brien the ball beautifully landed into the top right-hand corner net to secure a goal, with a free in our favour allowed Fergal O’Brien to add another point.

Both teams were well matched in this game with each side not giving an inch, two more points for Kilgarvan with strong defence from St Pat’s players. Another free given to Fergal O’Brien allowed St Pat’s to achieve another point on the board. Kilgarvan quick to close the gap put a point over the bar, Brian Murphy wanting to improve the deficit added another point along with Fergal O’Brien point.

As time ticked on, Eoin O’Carroll with fresh legs hand passed to Gary Savage to put it over the bar. One last point from Kilgarvan and Eoin Greaney’s final point for St Pats brought the game to draw, Half time St Pats 1-07 Kilgarvan 1-07

The second half began with three points from Fergal O’Brien two from play and one from a free edged us ahead. Not to be outdone Kilgarvan were quick to take control of the ball and place it over the bar.

With a score for score happening Brian Murphy once again added a point, Kilgarvan were not willing to relent and got a goal and two points one from play and one from a free. Encouragement on the sideline from both sides allowed each team to push themselves to the limits,

Fergal O’Brien, and Eoin Greaney each added fantastic points. With the kickout Cillian Lynch grabbed the ball over his opponent’s head, Jordan Conway waiting to fast track the ball up to Eoin Greaney where it soared over the bar. Kilgarvan not out of the match yet managed to obtain the ball and send it over St Pats bar.

With the clock ticking down St Pats three final scores came from Eoin Greaney, Fergal O’Brien, and Gary Savage in the form of points.

With seconds passing by Kilgarvan got two points in quick succession, silence on the sideline for both teams waiting for the final whistle to blow.

When it did scenes of pure excitement and the hard work both teams displayed in this match was evident. Full Time St Pats 1-18 Kilgarvan 2-14

St Pats Team:  Niall McCarthy, Ben Sharp, Luke Mulligan, Cillian Lynch, Tommy Nicholson, Conor Moore © Dylan Griffin, Eoin Greaney, Jordan Conway, Liam Poff, Brian Murphy, Conor Enright, Gary Savage, Fergal O’Brien, and Colin Doody.

Subs Used:  Paddy Moran for Tommy Nicholson, Eoin O’Carroll for Dylan Griffin (Injured) Cillian O’Riordan for Liam Poff, Conor Burke for Colin Doody, and Mikey Doody for Eoin O’Carroll.

Our seniors are scheduled to play in Blennerville to Firies B in Round 3 Please keep an eye on O’Shea’s Gala St Pats Lotto Box, Skelper Quanes, Old Clubhouse window for Date and Time for this fixture.

Best of Luck

To Kerry Ladies who play Armagh in the Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 Final on Sunday 7th of April at 3pm in Croke Park.

Speedy Recovery

To Dylan Griffin who came off the field injured on Saturday night last.

Sympathy

The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of David Barton Tralee, John Joe (John) Murphy Cork & Formerly of Camp, Patricia McMahon nee Leahy Gortalea & San Francisco, PJ Herlihy Camp, Noel Brosnan Tralee, Lorraine Leahy Tralee, Edward (Eddie) Rayner Ballyseedy and Donna Cusack Phelan née Leahy Tralee.

News, Sport

Tralee Parnells Presents Cheque To First Club Lotto Jackpot Winner

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Mike Roger O’Sullivan receives his club lotto winnings on Saturday evening.

THERE was great excitement at the Kerry Sports Academy last Saturday afternoon when the future stars of the Tralee Parnells Club helped the Lotto Committee and Executive present the first ever Club Lotto Jackpot winner with his prize.

Mike Roger O’Sullivan received a cheque for €1,500 for his recent win. Mike has been a stalwart of the club since its foundation 12 years ago, fulfilling many roles, both coaching and administrative, so there couldn’t have been a more deserving winner.

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The club congratulates Mike Roger and gave thanks to all the coaches, parents and players. The Lotto is a relatively new initiative within the club and tickets for the fortnightly draw can be purchased online at https://traleeparnells.clubforce.com/products/lotto/tralee-parnells-gaa-lotto.

Members renewing their membership for 2024 or joining the club for the first time can also choose the Lotto Membership option which gives annual entry into the Lotto at a reduced rate. All ticket sales go towards the ongoing cost of running the club which now has over 400 adult and juvenile members.

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