PEIL FAOI 6: Our U6 Academy boys will be on the go again on Thursday (20th) at 6pm and will have more football fun on Sunday morning next, 23rd August. (N.Eoin Ó hÉigeartaigh)
PEIL FAOI 8: Thursday (20th) at 6pm and Sunday (23rd) at 10.50am are our football times. Last week…..next week, (N.Eoin Ó hÉigeartaigh)
PEIL FAOI 10: (i) More football fun on Sunday morning next, 23rd August, at 10.50am!
(ii) And still more football-for-fun will take place on Thursday evening (23rd) at 6.15pm in Connolly Park. Teams…Foireann 1: Darragh Maguire, Donnagh Townsend-Scanlan, Jack Tess, Aidan Clifford, Faylin Carroll, Jamie Moriarty, Daniel Flynn, Fionn Hegarty, Tadhg Ó Sé, Finn Kirby, Evan Hurley; Foireann 2: Conor Long, Ruairí Magnier, Colmán O’Donoghue, James Norton, Hughie Mangan, Cian Griffin, Adam O’Sullivan, George Hill, Jamie Courtney, Evan Lucid, Adam Lata.
Kerry Stars, David and Paudie Clifford, standing in with The Rock U10 boys who had a great time at the Séamus Weldon Tournament at the Fossa Club last weekend. The Austin Stack Club lads had a great day out. They played lovely football and were a credit to their parents and to the club! (Liam J.Walsh)(iii) The annual Séamus Weldon Memorial U10 blitz took place on Saturday last in Fossa. We were among 40 teams that participated and our opponents were Moyvane, Bandon, Gníomh go Leith and Firies; our lads played some brilliant football and had a really great time at David and Páidí Clifford’s club!
.(iv) The Salthill blitz will take place on Saturday 12th September…3 weeks to go!
Yes, and we look forward to our trip to Cathair na dTreabh (The City of The Tribes, Gaillimh). Lá iontach a bheidh ann, LCD! Twenty teams will take part in this 9-aside competition and we’ll have two teams in action. We’ll hire a bus (sorry, there’ll be a charge!) and we’ll hit the road for Galway go luath ar maidin agus beidh an-chraic againn!
(v) Other GoGames yet to be played: (a) Our 7/8-aside game v Na Crócaigh at their Lewis Road pitch and outstandingly skilful football was played by our lads; (b) the Ráth Mhór v AdeS (in Rathmore) has been scheduled for next Wednesday (26th); (c) AdeS (ag baile) v Ard Fhearta….still to come. (Colm Ó Mongáin)
CAID FAOI 11/12: Sorry…no game this week. Ní raibh go leor imreoirí ag Cnoc na hEaglaise…laethanta saoire, srl! We are very happy with the progress being made by both our groups; this is very encouraging and we look forward to building on it again in the weeks ahead. Ar aghaidh linn, a bhuachaillí cumasacha sciliúla na Carraige! (Cóilín Ó Tíocháin)
PEIL FAOI 13: The Bon Secours Hospital Rose Cup juvenile GAA tournament took place last week, i rith Fhéile Idirnáisiúnta Rós Thrá Lí, and The Rock boys came out on top! ‘Well done’ to all who helped to bring the Rose Cup to Connolly Park once again! Sixteen clubs competed. Club na nGael and Club Uí Chéirín-Uí Raithille were the hosts agus imríodh na cluichí i bPáirc Uí hÉalaithe agus ar an gCillín. Our stalwarts came out on top in their group, a tough group, at Páirc Uí hÉalaithe against An Ghaeltacht, St James Club (Galway) and Ardfert.
They defeated Club Uí Chéirín-Uí Raithille in the semi-final and An Baile Dubh in the final. The Rose Cup stays in The Rock! The Rose of Tralee Cup tournament has become a valued fixture in the juvenile football calendar; it provides young footballers with the opportunity to showcase their talents, build friendships and enjoy a day of high-quality competition. Football and fun for all…caid agus craic do chách! (Jonathan Magnier)
CAID FAOI 14: Our U14s played against Laune Rangers on Tuesday (18th) in Connolly Park. Well done, boys, you gave of your best and did well! Training: at 7pm on Tuesdays, unless we’ve a game, and at 11am on Sundays. (Jonathan Magnier)
MINORS: (i) We began our championship campaign with a tough assignment v East Kerry last Thursday in Cordal (An Chúil). With all three of our Kerry representatives, namely Alex Touhy, Danny Lane and Eoin Mangan, unavailable the odds were stacked against us from the get-go but our lads acquitted themselves with great honesty; the final score of 5-17 to 1-10 gives a good reflection of how the game went (gan ár laochra móra!).
Squad: Conor O’Regan, Fionn Cotter, Darragh Lyons, Oran O’Donoghue, Mark Riordan, Ben Litchfield, David Hobbert, Paddy Lucid, Jayden Moriarty, Harry Murphy, Jack Diggin, Jay Sweeney, Jake Carmody, Haulie Cotter, Joe Barry, Denis Brassil, Nathan O’Connor, Seán Clifford, Barry Laide, David Aherne, Jayden O’Dowd, Ryan O’Carroll, Rory Lynch. (ii) We’ve another big challenge this week as we play the Dr Croke Club minors at home in Connolly Park at 7pm on Thursday. Your attendance would be gratefully appreciated and might even account for a cúpla cúilín to help our boys pip the Killarney lads! An Charraig Abú!
CLUB LOTTO: Thanks to all our club lotto workers, supporters and promoters. Where to do the club lotto:www.austinstacks.ie; The Burger Shack, Monavalley; O’Flynn Interiors, Lower Rock Street; Carmel Quilter, AdeS; Kirbys’ Brogue Inn, Lower Rock Street; Husseys’ Deli, Prince’s Quay; Ollmhargadh Chaoimhín de Barra, Upper Rock Street; Paudie Commane’s Bookshop, Rock Street.
SEANRÁ: Tabharfaimid faoi! We’ll have a go! Tá seans maith againn! We’ve a good chance! Ní fheadar an féidir linn!! I wonder if we can! Is féidir gan dabht! We can without doubt!
CLUB: ‘Well done’ to our senior footballers…iad ar chomhtharrac v Neidín.
SIAMSA TÍRE: Just 50 years ago Tralee’s Siamsa Tíre ‘players’ performed their ‘Fadó Fadó’ show at the Palace Theatre, Broadway, NY, and were given standing ovations and brilliant reviews. At the time a highly rated journalist, Desmond Rushe, said that they captured a cultural relationship, built not on ancestral marketing but on the risky act of putting local culture in front of a foreign audience; they sang songs in our own tongue (instead of such stage-Irish hits as ‘Danny Boy’). Critics from Boston to Chicago praised it as ‘authentic.’ ‘Pity ‘tis gone! Yes…and who was sitting in the front row for that Siamsa Tíre ‘masterpiece’ on Broadway in 1976? Our very own Carmel Quilter-O’Neill!
