Ballymacelligott GAA club notes Sunday 18th August 2024
by Joanne Long PRO
Senior Men
The Kerry Petroleum: Premier Junior Football Club Championship Group 2 Round 3
St Senan’s V Ballymacelligott
Date: Friday, August 16th, 2024.
Venue: Mountcoal.
The weather was perfect at Mountcoal with the bright late Summer Sun. Ballymacelligott had a great start with a stiff breeze in the first half, but things got a bit slippery when it rained in the second half. It was an enthralling game from start to finish.
Ballymac opened the scoring with a point from a free from Aidan Breen. St Senan’s answered with two points, and then Niall Collins struck the back of the net for Ballymac. St Senan’s settled back into the game and scored a point immediately. Vinnie Horan added a point for Ballymac, and Cillian Trant added one for Senan’s. Tadhg Brick scored a goal, and Paudie Quill immediately replied with one for St Senan’s. With 15 minutes left to go to half-time, the score was 1-04 2-02 in favour of Ballymac.
Despite a point by St Senan’s in the 16th Minute, Ballymac dominated the last quarter of the first half. Aidan Breen scored two points from frees. Then Darragh Sweeney punched a ball that had been kicked by Aidan Breen and punched by Maurice O’Connell towards the goal, and Darragh got it into the back of the net. Donal Daly scored a point and another from a free from Aidan Breen, and Ballymac were in the lead 3-06 to 1-5 with six minutes left on the clock. Adam Sheehy pointed for Ballymac, St Senan’s added three points, and Aidan Breen scored the last point, from a free, of the half for Ballymac.
The Half-Time score: St Senan’s 1-08 Ballymacelligott 3-08
With fifteen minutes to go, St. Senan’s narrowed the scoreline from 2-10 to 3-11. A win or a draw for the North Kerry side would see them top the group, and they would not give up that target easily. Ballymac’s three points in this period came from two frees from Aidan Breen and one from play from Michéal Reidy.
These last fifteen minutes were played with the same intensity as the first quarter of the match. Thomas Dillon scored a point for Senan’s, followed by a point from Danial O’Shea and a goal from Captain Vinnie Horan for Ballymac. Two points followed for St Senan’s from Cillian Trant and Seanie McElligott, Michael Herlihy added a point for Ballymac and Senan’s answered that with one of their own. Daragh Regan and Donal Daly scored the last two points from Ballymac, and Senan’s added one in between. The final whistle blew. It was a tough game to lose for St Senan’s with a scoreline of 2-15, but credit to all the Ballymac players who played. It resulted from hard work and teamwork and was a joy to watch. Credit goes to both sets of players who served up a memorable game and showcased all the best in football.
Everyone in Ballymac GAA sends their best wishes to Jonathan Keane and his new bride, Máire, who got married on Saturday, 17th August. Jonathan is a member of our senior squad and an integral part of our Senior A and B teams all year.
Final Score: St Senan’s 2-15 Ballymacelligott 4-15
Here’s the lineup and scorers for Ballymacelligott:
– Christy Leen
– Josh O’Keeffe
– Daniel O’Shea (0-1)
– Eoin Creedon
– Michéal Reidy (0-1)
– Tadhg Brick (1-0)
– Darragh Sweeney (1-0)
– Aidan Breen (0-7)
– Cathal Dunne
– Adam Sheehy (0-1)
– Vinnie Horan (Captain) (1-1)
– Niall Collins (1-0)
– Donal Daly (0-2)
– Brian Lonergan
– Maurice O’Connell.
Substitutes Introduced:
– Daire Keane
– Michael Herlihy (0-1)
– Daragh Regan (0-1)
– Seán Rice
Manager: Ian Blake
Selectors: Tony Silles, Gene O’Keeffe, Mike Broderick & Padráig Laide.
Physical Trainer: Anthony O’Leary
Physio: Mark Thompson
Here are a few interesting facts:
1. Both teams scored 36 times, averaging a score every 2 minutes.
2. In the game, Ballymacelligott had a total of eleven players who each scored at least once.
3. Aidan Breen made his championship debut for Ballymac against Listowel Emmett’s in 2008.
4. Daniel O’Shea also made his first Championship debut for Ballymac in the same game in 2008 as a substitute.
5. Breen and O’Shea are and have been great ambassadors and leaders for Ballymac GAA on and off the pitch.
Senior Ladies
On Monday night at 7.15pm our ladies begin their Bon Secours Tralee 2024 Club Championship away to Laune Rangers Gaa who won the Corrib Oil League division 4. All support will be greatly appreciated.
County Development Players
Under 16
Well done to Eoghan Joy and Micheal Quirke on the U 16 Kerry North, winners of the Ted Webb cup in Toomevara beating Meath is a tough encounter 0-14 to 1-09..Eoghan captained the team throughout the competition …
Under 15
Congratulations to our Ballymac players Jack Collins and Darragh McMahon who both started for the Kerry North u15 team who captured the Adam Mangan Cup with a 4-19 to 3-10 victory over Cavan in Kilclonfert Co Offaly this afternoon.
Well done to the two boys, their teammates and management.
Under 14
U 14 Kerry north played in Meath today with games against Meath and Kildare …Our Boys Gearoid Joy, Adrain O’Connor and Eric Quirke represented themselves and their club superbly
St Kierans Minors
Best of luck to our 11 minors tomorrow night with St Kierans when they play Kenmare Shamrocks in the third round of the Keane’s Super Valu Minor County Championship in Gneevguilla @ 7pm.
Castleisland District
Castleisland District v Tralee District u15 Cup Championship 2nd round
Castleisland District 2-12
Tralee District 2-11
Well done lads and management
Under 13 Boys
Under 13 Boys participated in The Rose Cup on Saturday 17th August. It was a 13 a-side tournament. Our first game was against Cuala from Dublin. We played Na Gaeil next and then the final group game against Dr Crokes which we won. Unfortunately, we didn’t reach the semi-final, but the boys had a great morning out. Thanks to Mikey and Jacob from u11 for helping out. Thanks to Na Gaeil for hosting.
Our B team is out Wednesday 21st below in Ballymac training field against Ardfert in the Division 8 semi-final.
Under 9 Boys
Our U9 Boys travelled to Spa Killarney Sunday morning where we played 3 very competitive and sporting games. The boys are continuing to improve week on week. Thanks to Spa for hosting.
Academy
This week our Academy moved temporarily to the AstroTurf at the MTU where our U8 & U10 Girls, and our U5’s had the run of the pitch with the U7s and U9s away playing Go Games. You wouldn’t think there was only three age groups there based on the noise generated! Great to see all the kids enjoying the wonderful facility. Thanks, as always, to the coaches for training our grassroots teams.
Lotto
Naomi O’Sullivan from O’Riada’s and Maureen O’Shea conducted our lotto draw on Monday, 12th August, for a € 2600 Jackpot in O’Riada’s Bar & Restaurant.
The numbers drawn under the supervision of Tom Jones were 1, 5, 12 and 21.
There was no winner of the Jackpot of €2600.00
Congratulations to the lucky dip winners this week:
€30.00 – Daire Stack Ballymac, who bought the ticket online.
€20.00 – Larry Keane Ballymac, who purchased the ticket online.
€20.00—Mike Naughton bought his ticket at our home game on Friday night.
The Next Jackpot offers an exciting chance to win €2700. The draw will occur live on Facebook from O’Riada’s Bar and Restaurant on Monday, 19h August 2024.
On 19th August, all the Quick Pick winners for the previous five weeks will be entered into a draw to win a € 50.00 meal voucher from O’Riada’s Bar and Restaurant. So far, we have the following in the draw:
From Mon 22nd July: Sharon Clancy, Anne Mangan, Patrick White.
From Mon 29th July: Eanna Reidy, Julie Fealy & Helen Slattery.
From Mon 5th August: Diarmuid Lynch (Niall, Mary, Ciara & Aoif) and Bob Walsh
From Mon: 12th: Daire Stack, Larry Keane and Mike Naughton.
Play Ball Lotto Ticket sales close at 6 pm sharp online. 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, O’Riada’s Bar and Restaurant and Glenduff Manor.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to our three local businesses for facilitating the sale of the lotto tickets and their continued support. To enable all the entries in the draw, the closing time for Quick Pick (paper) entries is Sunday nights at Glenduff Manor and 4 p.m. on Mondays from The Half Way and O’Riada’s Bar and Restaurant.
We thank you for your continued support, which is greatly appreciated for our club’s day-to-day running costs.