Ballymacelligott GAA club notes Sunday 21st April 2024
by Joanne Long PRO
The Credit Union SFL Div 1 Round 4 
Ballymacelligott 1-16 Spa Killarney 0-13
Venue: John Mitchel’s GAA Ground Date: 21st April 2024
We in Ballymac GAA wish to extend our Thanks to the John Mitchel’s GAA Committee, which facilitated our game in Ballyseedy today. We are very grateful for the facilities. It was great to see Michéal Reidy back from an injury he sustained last September and showing his everlasting passion for the game.
Spa and Ballymacelligott were level on three points each in this fourth-round clash. Both teams had lost a game, drew one, and won one. There was a lot to play for. They played in ideal playing and weather conditions. Both teams gave their best in an earnest, energetic, and entertaining game. Ballymac held their own when down to fourteen players for the last ten minutes of the first half. and a goal from Brian Lonergan nine minutes into the second half gave Ballymacelligott that extra push to finish well and secure the two vital points.
The game opened with two points from Spa quickly followed by two for the home side from Vinnie Horan from a free and Donal Daly. Spa added two more from frees taken by Evan Cronin. Spa were pressing hard and had two great goal chances saved by Christy Leen in the Ballymac Goal and another save within a minute by full-back Daniel O’Shea. Daire Keane and Evan Cronin added one each for their teams. Daniel O’Shea added a point and Ballymac were reduced to 14 when Seán Rice was shown a black card. Daire Keane scored a point followed by four in a row from Spa. Captain Vinnie Horan scored the last point of the half, from a free just before the half-time whistle.
Half Time Score: Ballymacelligott 0-6 Spa Killarney 0-8
Ballymacelligott back on the pitch with fifteen players were the first to settle and Vinnie Horan scored two points, one from a 45 and one from a free. Ballymac were level 0-8 each. Cian Tobin for Spa and Donal Daly exchanged points. Then Daire Keane kicked a ball that looked like it was not going to make it over the bar when Brian Lonergan popped up and helped it into the net. Ballymac were a goal ahead. Evan Cronin from Spa scored a point from a free, and Aidan Breen did likewise for Ballymac. Evan Cronin added another for Spa from a free and this left Ballymac in the lead by two points with fourteen minutes left.
Daire Keane scored a point from a class pass from Niall Collins. Ballymac notched up three more from Daire Keane, Donal Daly, and Daire Keane again. Evan Cronin added another for Spa from a free. Donal Daly scored Ballymac’s two last points with Spa scoring their last point in between Donal’s points.
Full-Time Score: Ballymacelligott 1-16 Spa Killarney 0-13
This was another industrious performance from our Senior Team with inspirational performances from Daniel O’Shea, Eoin Creedon, Seán Rice, Daire Keane, Brian Lonergan, Cian Counihan, Donal Daly and Vinnie Horan,
We wish a speedy recovery to Cathal Dunne who got injured at training during the week.
Team and Scorers:
Christy Leen, Sean Rice, Daniel O’Shea (0-1) Darragh Sweeney, Cian Counihan, Tadhg Brick, Eoin Creedon,Shane Gilroy, Aidan Breen (0-1) , Adam Sheehy, Vinnie Horan (Capt) (0-4) Micheál Reidy, Daire Keane (0-5) Brian Lonergan, (1-0) , Donal Daly (0-5)
Substitutes Used: Niall Collins, Brian Cassidy, Darragh Regan and Michael Herlihy.
We play Dingle in Dingle next weekend. Watch Social Media pages for full details.
The Credit Union SFL Div 6A Round 4
Ballymacelligott 2-16 Beaufort 3-09
Venue: Beaufort Date: 20th April 24
Beaufort came into this game on top of the Div 6B table. Ballymacelligott had a point to prove after a tough outing two weeks ago v Dr Crokes.
Conditions were perfect and both teams played great football to make it a competitive and enjoyable game.
Darragh Regan opened the scoring in the first half for Ballymac followed by a point from Beaufort. Two more points from Skye Lynch and Maurice O’Connell followed for Ballymac. Beaufort added another. Cathal Culloty intercepted a ball, passed to Michael Herlihy who delivered a great ball to Darragh Regan who found the back of the net for Ballymac. Another turnover by Ciaran Brosnan, great teamwork and passing and resulted in another goal from Darragh Regan. With eighteen minutes gone, Ballymac were in the lead 0-3 to 2-03.
Despite being two goals down, the Beaufort team showed their grit and scored a goal and a point within three minutes. The last three points of the half came from Darragh Regan, Skye Lynch, and Michael Herlihy for Ballymac.
The Half Time score was: Beaufort 1-04 Ballymacelligott 2-06
The second half was a cracker of a half with a further two goals and 15 points scored. Neither side was willing to relent and kept up the pace right to the final whistle.
Beaufort opened the scoring with a point. Then came a perfect point from Shane McGillicuddy, both himself and Maurice O’Connell worked the ball up the pitch and Shane made no mistake. Beaufort then scored their second goal of the game. The margin narrowed to a two-point lead for Ballymac. Sean Rice and Maurice O’Connell scored two points from play, and Beaufort added another. Skye Lynch intercepted a great ball and made a great run passed to Shane McGillicuddy who passed to Michael Herlihy and Ballymac once again had a four-point lead with fifteen minutes left. The next point of the game came from an exquisite shot from Michéal Savage. However, the next three minutes were all Beaufort who scored a Goal and a point and looked determined to win the game.
Nevertheless, The Ballymac side were resolute and kept going. Points from Skye Lynch and Michael Herlihy gave Ballymac a three-point lead. Both teams scored another two points. Ballymac scores coming from Michael Herlihy and Maurice O’Connell.
There is great credit to the squad of players, who came back from a tough game two weeks ago and defeated top-of-the-table Beaufort. Over time good communication and understanding have developed between the players. It was teamwork at its best with Shane McGillicuddy having a superb game and involved in almost all the scores. Darragh Regan, Skye Lynch, Cathal White, and Cathal Culloty never gave up and it made a difference to the final result.
Full Time: Beaufort 3-09 Ballymacelligott 2-16
Team and scorers: Padráig Laide, Ciarán Brosnan, Cian Godley, Jonathan Brick, Andy Rogers, Brian Cassidy (0-1), Cathal White, Cathal Culloty, Skye Lynch(0-3), Michael Herlihy(0-4), Shane McGillicuddy(0-1), Darragh Regan (2-2), Barry Lyons (Capt), Jack Tobin, Maurice O’Connell(0-3).
Subs Used: Seán Rice (0-1), Jamie Burke, Michéal Savage (0-1), Conor Brick, and Brian Godley
We wish Ciarán Brosnan a speedy recovery having to come off injured early in the game.
The next game is V Kenmare at home. The time, date, and venue to be confirmed.
Congratulations
Huge congratulations to Dan and DD O’Rahilly and their entire family on their great win on Saturday night in the Con and Annie Kirby memorial Championship with their greyhound Knockeen Dazzler.
Senior Ladies
A Great Performance by our Senior Ladies Team, in the Credit Union Donal Curtin Cup Division 2 Round 3. They fought right to the end, going down by 2-12 to 1-9.
Squad as follows. Robyn White, Kerry Hennessy, Niamh Rahilly, Claire Kenny, Grainne Galvin, Una Kerins Morrissey, Emma Daly, Aishling O’Connell, Ellie McElligott, Rachel Creedon, Roisin Rahilly, Lisa Curran, Tina Quinn, Ella Quirke, Kate O’Connor, Ciara Kerins.
Minor Ladies
Well done to our Minor Ladies who followed up their victory in Round One with another win this evening in Milltown in Division One of the Co League against MKL Gaels on a scoreline of 5-11 to 2-11.
Well done to Jamie Lee O’Connor and her teammates on the Kerry U16 team who beat cork today after extra time in the Munster LGFA U16 championship Final
Under 14 ladies
Commiserations to our U14 Ladies On their loss to a very strong Fossa side, in their Round 1, Division 4 County League game.
Under 16 Ladies
Best of Luck to our U16’s v Knock/Brosna tomorrow night at 7pm in Knocknagoshel.
Minor Boys
Ballymacelligott GAA v Laune Rangers GAA – Minor – Div 2 Final
Ballymacelligott GAA 2-13 (19)
Laune Rangers GAA 3-13 (22)
Our Minor team played Laune Rangers on a dry & at times blustery evening in Austin Stack Park on Tuesday evening last, the 16th of April, in the County League, Division 2 decider.
In the first half, it was our lads who dominated the ball with some fine fielding & turnovers which provided the platform for some sustained Ballymac attacks. Scores from Jack Joy, Ciarán O’Connell, Michael Quirke & Gearoid Healy ensured Ballymac had a strong opening period. However, Laune Rangers tagged on two late scores to slightly narrow their deficit, with a half time score of Ballymac 0-12 Laune Rangers 0-6.
The second period commenced with the Killorglin men in the ascendancy where they continued to erode our advantage with some fine scores. However, it was Jack Joy with an incisive, fast paced run who found the bottom left hand corner of the net with his right foot to help raise our challenge. From here, it was Laune Rangers who responded with two goals of their own to give them the advantage. In a further twist, despite this setback, Ballymac would go on to find the net again with a pass from Jack Joy to Ciarán O’Connell who finished well with a bullet to the near post. The game was very much in the melting pot at this point but, it was Laune Rangers who managed to find the net again with a fine finish to give the opposition the crucial advantage going into the final stages. Our lads never gave up however, it proved just out of reach with Laune Rangers coming out the victors by that third goal.
The disappointment was felt by players, management and all those from the club in attendance however, credit must be given to our lads for staying in it when the tide was very much against us at times in the second half. They showed great resilience. We had some fine performances, despite the disappointing defeat with Sam Slattery, Eoghan Joy, Patrick Reidy & Conal Savage doing well defensively, Eoin Moriarty winning some vital possession in the middle of the field & with Jack Joy & Ciarán O’Connell impressing up front.
With the Central Region & Club championship ahead, there will, we hope, be better days for this group of young men, who, as always, represent the club with professionalism & distinction. Finally, we congratulate and wish the very best of luck to Jack Joy and Eoin Moriarty on their selection to the Kerry Minor panel for 2024. It is a huge honour for themselves, their families and the club. The future is most certainly bright. Ballymac Abu!
First round of Division 1 of the Minor Central Region tomorrow Monday evening away to Austin Stacks @ 6pm.
Under 15 boys
U15 Boys Results
Both u15As and Bs suffered 2 losses this week.
Our Bs went down to Glenbeigh/Cromane.
Our As suffered a heavy defeat to Finuge.
Next up are Stacks and Glenflesk.
Under 13 Boys
U13 boys were in Spa. Killarney on Friday evening for 2 games. The B’s played well and won their game. The A team played well in patches but unfortunately ended up on the losing side. We play Legion this evening at 6pm.
Under 11 boys
Our under 11 boys played Na Gaeil on Sunday morning in the next round of the Go Games.
Well done to everyone some great games were played.
Academy
Under 9 Boys
Our U9 boys played their first Go Game in Listowel Thursday evening. All the boys got plenty of playing with 3 games each. Great effort put in by all the lads. Thanks to Listowel for hosting. Next up Ardfert away Thursday evening 6pm
Lotto
On Tuesday 16th April Maureen O’Shea and Eamon Moriarty conducted the lotto draw (for Monday 15th April) live from Ballymacelligott GAA Club Rooms.
The Numbers drawn were: 5, 12, 19 & 24. There was no winner of this week’s Jackpot of €7300 Congratulations to the lucky dip winners this week:
€30.00 – Pat McCarthy, Gleenisk, Kells purchased in The Halfway Shop
€20.00 -Padraig McGillicuddy C/O Paula Silles
€20.00 – Joanne Long. Online Entry.
Next week’s Jackpot is €7400.00 and the draw will take place on Monday 22nd April at 7.45pm live from our club rooms.
Play Ball Lotto Ticket sales close at 6 pm sharp. Tickets can be purchased by clicking here or from our regular sellers Paula Silles, Gene O’Keeffe, and Maureen O Shea.
Quick Pick Envelopes are available at The Half Way Shop and O’Riadas Bar. Simply pop €5.00 into the envelope with your name and contact details. We’ll generate a quick pick of 3 lines for you! You will be automatically entered into the draw. It couldn’t be easier! The closing time for entries will be 4 pm on Mondays to facilitate the draw