Ballymacelligott GAA club notes Sunday 21st July 2024
by Joanne Long PRO
Minor Boys
Ballymac John Mitchels – Minor – Club Championship A Shield Semi Final
Ballymac GAA 1-19 (22)
John Mitchels 2-13 (19)
Our Minor team played John Mitchels in the semi-final of the Club Championship A shield on a cloudy evening in Ballymac GAA pitch last Monday Evening, July 15th.
In the first half, both teams went at it in a frantic, high paced game. It was an even affair for much of the opening period with both sides exchanging scores. However, it was the ever-impactful full forward Jack Joy who found the back of the net with a neat finish into the bottom right corner that helped the home side establish an advantage going into the break.
Ballymac 1-11 John Mitchels 1-05
In the second period, it continued to be a tight affair with the visitors continuing to threaten. The dangerous Gearóid White for Mitchels was a consistent danger and put in a fine display for the Mitchels. However, scores from the hard-working Jack Collins, the impressive Eoin Moriarty, Gearóid Healy & from the substitute Sean Martin ensured Ballymac came through with a three-point victory in a fine display, especially from our forward line. This game had it all in terms of entertainment value.
Following on from this victory, we play Rathmore in the Minor Club Championship A Shield Final in Rathmore on Monday, the 22nd of July in Fossa GAA at 7pm. We hope to see a strong Ballymac support in Fossa to support the team and management. Ballymac Abú!
Jack Joy (1-05) Jack Collins (0-3) Michael Quirke (0-2) Eoin Moriarty (0-2) Gearóid Coughlan (0-2) Gearóid Healy (0-2) Sean Martin (0-2) Micheal O’Connor (0-1)
Senior Ladies Our Senior Ladies are playing this Monday evening, in the round 2 of the Corrib Oil Club League Division 6. We play Southern Gaels B in Ballymac at 7.30pm after an agonising 0-5 to 0-4 loss away to Kerins O’Rahillys last Monday. This maybe our last home game of the season, so please come out and support your ladies
County Development teams
Yesterday we had Eoghan Joy and Micheal Quirke involved in Kerry North U16 who beat Mayo yesterday in Ennis
And Gearoid Joy, Adrian O’Connor and Eric Quirke with Kerry North U14 had games in Mallow v West and North Cork on Saturday 13th July
Well done lads
Kerry Ladies Teams
Congratulations to Kerry Senior Ladies and Roisin Rahilly on their fantastic win over Armagh in the All Ireland Semi Final. Final is August Bank Holiday Sunday the 4th at 4 15pm in Croke Park v Galway.
Best Wishes to our superstars Anna & Kate Collins and Sarah Scanlon on Saturday in the Minor All Ireland Final v Cavan in Tullamore.
Under 12s mixed team
Well done to the U12 Ballymac boys and girls who took part in the Jack Rahilly Memorial blitz in Castleisland on Saturday 20th July 2024. They played 3 games against Desmonds, Scart and Currow. Their fourth game was the shield final against Castleisland Desmonds which they won.
The Jack Rahilly blitz is an annual Scartaglen blitz in honour of our own Donal Rahilly’s late father and sister.
Under 9 boys
Our U9 boys travelled West on Tuesday evening to play Annascaul in the next round of Go Games. Two very sporting games were played out on a glorious summer’s evening. Thanks to Annascaul for hosting and well done to all the boys who played fantastic football.
Academy
We launched our new academy jersey this morning. We thank Shine’s Late-Night Pharmacy for their sponsorship of our academy.
We have a limited number of Jerseys available in the club shop
Academy is 11am to 12 noon every Sunday,
Mothers and Others
St.Pats Blennerville invited our Ballymac Mothers and Others Team across the bridge on Wednesday 17th. A great evening of fun and football was had! We were lucky to bring Denise Poff home to Ballymac on this occasion! Denise is a stalwart in our defence but originally hails from Blennerville where all her family are still actively involved in the club! An evening of lively banter as well as football ensued! We look forward to meeting again!
#myreasonwhy #sports direct #stpatsgaa #kerrylgfa Kerry Ladies Gaelic Football
Lotto
On Monday, July 15th, the Ballymac GAA Club Lotto draw was conducted live from our Clubrooms in Arrabella. John Rice, Club Chairman, and Eddie O’Connell conducted the draw. Joanne Long, Club PRO, was on camera.
The Lucky Numbers drawn tonight were 7, 10, 13 and 31.
There was no winner of the Jackpot of €2200.00
Congratulations to the lucky dip winners this week:
€30.00 – Kate Leen Ballymac, who bought her ticket online.
€20.00 – Lorraine Horan Ballymac, who bought her ticket from Paula Silles
€20.00 –. Olivia Kennedy Laois, who bought her ticket online.
The Next Jackpot offers an exciting chance to win €2300.
The draw will occur live on Facebook from O’Riada’s Bar and Restaurant on Monday 22nd July.
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 for their continued support. To facilitate 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 Halfway 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.