Ballymacelligott GAA club notes Sunday 21st January 2024
by Joanne Long PRO
Fundraiser
Our 30K draw was held last Friday night in O’Riadas Bar and Restaurant. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who purchased tickets and supported our draw. Your support is truly appreciated.
Our draw was a great success and we reached our target which will enable us to improve our facilities. Many thanks to George McGrath from Pallas Marketing for assisting us run the draw in a very professional manner.
Special word of thanks to Paudie and David Clifford for the support they have always shown to Ballymac Gaa.
The following were our winners
1.Benny Murphy Ballinorig. Coaching session with Paudie and David Clifford
2. €500.00 Mary Cullen Ballymac.
3. €500.00 Paudie Collins Currow.
4.€1000.00 Donal Healy Ballymac
5.€1000.00 Michael Broderick Roscommon
- €1000.00 Aidan O Connor Ashill.
- €1000.00 Kieran O Connor Castleisland.
- €5000.00 Noreen Hennessy Youghal.
- €20,000 Joe Leen Chutehall
Congratulations to all our winners near and far.
Kerry Ladies
There was great excitement in Ballymac over the weekend, when our own Roisin Rahilly was named on the panel of The Kerry Ladies team to face Dublin in Round 1 of the Lidl Ladies National Football League.
She joins some great Ballymac ladies that had that honour down through the years
Bridget Leen, Siobhan Leen, Mary and Shiela Twomey, Marian Doherty, Helena O Mahony
Best of Luck Roisin and we look forward to following you wearing the green and gold
Congratulations to the Kerry ladies on their win, delighted to see Roisin get a run on.
Kerry’s second game in the Lidl Ladies NFL is on next Sunday 28th January against Waterford at home in Fitzgerald Stadium with thrown in at 2pm. Let’s kick off their season with some #SeriousSupport from Ballymac.
Congratulations
Congratulations to our Senior Player Tomas O’Connor who plays hurling with Crotta Gaa who has been chosen as the captain of the Kerry Hurling team for the season ahead,
This is a great achievement for Tomas and everyone in Ballymac Gaa is hugely proud of him.
Also, congratulations to Paudie Clifford who takes on the role of Captain of the Kerry Senior Football team.
Lotto
On Monday 15th January, the Lotto draw took place live from The Halfway Bar. Thanks to Pat McCarthy and Thomas McQuinn Jnr for drawing the numbers and James Flaherty on camera.
The Numbers drawn were : 10, 12, 26 27
There was no winner of this week’s Jackpot of €6000. Congratulations to the lucky dip winners this week:
€30.00 – Frankie O’ Connor, Ballymac c/o Paula Silles
€20.00 – Tom Reidy c/o Joan Reidy
€20.00 – Emma Leen, Kielduff
Next Jackpot is €6,100 and the draw will take place on Monday 22nd January 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 and €2 cards are available at The Half Way Shop, O Riadas Bar and C.A Galvin Ltd. 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