Ballymacelligott GAA club notes Sunday 3rd December 2023
by Joanne Long PRO
AGMS
Ballymac Coiste nOg will hold their AGM on this Tuesday 5th December at 8pm in the clubrooms.
Ballymac Gaa will hold their AGM on Tuesday the 12th December at 8pm in the clubrooms.
Fundraiser
Last Friday night we launched Ballymac30k at Glenduff Manor This is an exciting new prize draw which has €30,000 in prizes. The draw will be held on January 19th next. The main prize is a fantastic €20,000 in cash with runner-up prizes of €5,000, 4 x €1,000 and 2 x €500 along with a super bonus prize of a club coaching session with David & Paudie Clifford.
There is also an Early Bird Draw on December 27th for two tickets for the 2024 All-Ireland Football final with overnight accommodation and €250 spending money. Everyone who purchases their ticket before December 27th is automatically in both draws.
Tickets are just €50 making them the ideal gift for Christmas. The draw is being run in conjunction with Pallas Marketing who have run several successful draws for clubs in Kerry over the past few years.
“Tickets are already selling really well and are definitely a fantastic Christmas gift idea”
Link will be up on social media in coming days
Thanks to everyone who attended
Senior Men
The Lee Strand Tralee/St. Brendan’s District Championship Final 2023
Venue: Austin Stack Park,
Austin Stacks 2-17 Ballymacelligott 1-04.
Ballymac entered this game as Tralee/St Brendan’s District Champions from 2022. Austin Stacks left today as deserving winners for 2023—Stacks dominated from the beginning to the end of the game.
Great credit to the Tralee/St Brendan’s District Boards who have secured Austin Stack Park for this Lee Strand Championship Final for the past two years. The pitch was in great condition and to play in Austin Stack Park for a District Final is a great privilege.
Stacks nailed their colours to the mast straight away on Sunday and within seven minutes had scored four points to no score. A Ballymac point from an Aidan Breen free kick saw our team’s first score of the game. Sixteen minutes into the half the score was 1-7 to 0-1 to Stacks. Things did not improve for Ballymac in the last quarter of the first half. A point from Adam Sheehy left the Half Time score: 1-08 to 0-2.
Austin Stacks kept the pressure up in the second half and scored two points before Donal Daly scored a goal for Ballymac. With 15 minutes left, Stacks were 2-13 to 1-04 up. The final score was: 2-17 to 1-04.
A disappointing day for the players and management who gave us so many thrilling days out in 2023. Overall it was a great season with a solid Division 1 County League performance and a draw in the Junior Championship final that saw us loose in extra time. We saw some great games, some great performances and best of all saw so many new players joining the senior panel and performing very well all year.
We look forward to 2024! Ballymac Abú!
Team and subs:
Christy Leen, Eoin Creedon, Darragh Sweeney, Sean Rice, Cian Counihan, Daniel O’Shea. Tadhg Brick, Aidan Breen, Tomás O’Connor, Niall Collins, Daire Keane, Adam Sheehy, Donal Daly, Vinny Horan and Darragh Regan. Subs used: Pádraig McCarthy, Andy Rogers, Darragh Broderick, Brian Cassidy, and Cathal Dunne.
Ladies AGM
The Ballymac Ladies Club AGM was held on Tuesday 28th December 2023. The Ladies Club Chairperson, Cat McGillycuddy, and Secretary, Deirdre Millane, reflected on the many successes of our ladies and girls throughout 2023 at Club and County level. We would like to thank all those who attended and contributed to such fruitful discussions about the future of our Ladies Club. Full notes from the meeting will be made available shortly. To note, the Kerry LGFA County Board AGM will be held on Monday 11th December.
Lotto
On Monday 27th November, the last Lotto draw for November 2023 took place online in the presence of Angela Lenihan and Oonagh O’Rahilly.
The Numbers drawn were : 12, 18, 29, 31
There was no winner of this week’s Jackpot of €5,500. Congratulations to the lucky dip winners this week:
€30.00 – Donal Rahilly, Maglass, Ballymac (Annual Ticket).
€20.00 – Tom Leen c/o Helen Leen (Annual Ticket).
€20.00 – Padraig McGillicuddy, Ballygarry House Hotel (Annual Ticket)
Next week’s Jackpot is €5,600 and the draw will take place on Monday 4th December. 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.
The club appreciates every ticket that is bought in support of our Lotto. The funds go straight back into our club to cover expenses from Academy up to Senior Level.
Check out all the latest news from Ballymac GAA Club by clicking here www.ballymacgaa.ie
Photos from Fundraiser Launch:
