Ballymacelligott GAA club notes Sunday 9th July 2023
By Joanne Long PRO
Senior Team
The Credit Union Senior Football League
Division 1 Round 11
The final round of the Senior Football League Division 1 saw our senior team travel to Spa Killarney today.
Result Ballymac 1-12 Spa 1-14
This result sees us finish 4th on the league table, this would not be possible without the hard work of all our players, management and backroom teams.
We have had a great year and have had an army of supporters at all our games home and away.
We look forward to playing Division 1 again next year.
Fixture. Tralee/St Brendan’s Senior League Final Div 2.
Ballymac v Churchill
Friday 14th 7:30pm Extra Time.
Venue TBC.
Development Team
Our Senior Development team played the Div 2 Developmental League Shield final against Dingle B in St Pat’s Blennerville on Wed 5th July. Our lads put in a solid performance and came out the winners, well done to each player and our management team.
Senior Ladies
Our Senior Ladies played Southern Gaels at home in Ballymac last Monday night the score ended Ballymac Southern Gaels hard luck ladies.
This Monday night they will play Legion at home at 7.30pm a home support would be great for our Ladies
Coiste na nÓg
U14 Ladies
U14 girls played Listowel Emmets today losing out on a score line of 5:08 to 8:13
Well done to all the girls especially the u12 girls that made the step up.
We play southern Gaels on Wednesday 19th at home.
U15 Boys
U15 Central Region Div1 Blue team, Venue Ballymac
Result: Ballymac 0-10 Austin Stacks 0-14
Scorers: Michael Quirke 0-6, Jack Collins 0-2, Kyran Boyle 0-1, Ryan Burke 0-1
U15 Central Region Div 5 Gold team, Venue Ballymac
Result: Ballymac 2-3 Austin Stacks 0-10
U13 Boys
Ballymacelligott U13 Boys played their first Game in Castleisland District League on Sunday 9th May 23.
They took on Castleisland Desmonds in good conditions in Castleisland today.
Ballymac took the game by the scruff of the neck from the outset scoring some early goals and at half time the Ballymac boys were up 3.08 to 0.01.
The second half Castleisland came out more determined side and although Ballymac were dominant they found it difficult to breach the Castleisland defence.
Final score 3.14 to 1.04 in favor of Ballymac.
U12 Ladies
U12 Ladies Co League
Result: Ballymac 3-7 Kerins O Rahilly’s 4-7
Jack Rahilly under12 Mixed Blitz
Congrats to our girls and boys mixed team who represented us so well, in the Jack Rahilly Blitz in Scartaglin.
2 losses in our 1st 2 games put us into the Shield Final against Desmonds.
Some very brave defending and excellent score taking enabled us to claim victory in this game, thus finishing the day on a high.
Big thanks to Scart GAA for hosting a great Blitz and especially the Rahilly family of Scart, of whom Donal is resident in Ballymac and extremely active in our club.
A very worthwhile experience was had by all.
Panel 1. Emma Lynch 2. David Fealey. 3. Hannah O’Rahilly. 4. Kealan Burke 5. Eva Burke 6. Ger McElligott 7. Maeve Oconnell 8. Rory O’Connor 9. Amy Roche 10. Aidan OConnor
- Holly Oneill 12. Darragh Lyons 13. Rachel Prendergast 14. Flynn Boyle
Under 9 Boys
U9 boys play Currow on Thursday evening at 6.15pm in Ballymac
U10 & U8 Girls
Our U10 girls took part in a North Kerry blitz in Ballyrickard on Saturday morning.
With over 16 teams participating it was a great morning with our girls performing well against St. Pats, Abbeydorney, Listowel Emmets & Ballyduff.
Academy
Academy U5s
Our youngest Academy players had a blast this week when we introduced three new games. To practice our passing and kicking skills we played musical football with Coach Ger (and Apprentice Coach Andrew). Working on our fundamental movement we did the slippery snake relay with Coach Cat. We finished our session with the Minefield, where we practiced our ball control through a full field of hazards. Well done everyone.
NOTE: Academy will take place at 10am next Saturday morning due to the Kerry game on Sunday.
Academy U7
U7 boys and girls had their first away go game on Wednesday when they travelled to Firies. We played 3 games and a great evening was had by all with some great skills from the boys and girls. Thanks to Firies for hosting.
Mothers and Others
Ballymac Mothers and Others braved the inclement weather conditions as they played Castleisland Desmonds on Thursday 6th July. Football and banter was in full flow as we took to the pitch and put our skills to the test! A great evening was had by all. Thanks to Castleisland Desmonds for the invitation and hospitality after the game. #myreasonwhy #lgfa
Healthy Club
Our Little Stars completed their first session of fun games on Sunday morning (9th July) at our main pitch. Thanks to our coaches for their enthusiasm. This programme welcomes children aged 5-12 years of age. Contact Oonagh 087-7532949 for more information. We will hold our second session on Saturday 15th July at 10am, main field.
Calling all our gardening friends and all interested in planting and gardening.
Following on from our successful tree planting at the training field earlier this year, we have Ian McGrigor of Gortbrack Organic Farm joining us at the training pitch on Tuesday at 8pm to look at our tree planting (progress) and maybe ideas around planting boxes.
Anyone interested, please feel free to join. All welcome!
Lotto
On Monday 3rd July Ian Blake our Senior Team Manager & Anthony O’Leary our strength and conditioning coach drew the lucky numbers for our lotto draw at our Training pitch. Maureen O’Shea and Aidan Savage were also in attendance.
The Numbers drawn were: 26. 8, 21, and 12.
There was no winner of this week’s Jackpot of €3400.00
Congratulations to the lucky dip winners this week:
€30.00 Eanna Reidy Kilmore,
€20.00 Conor McCarthy Rathanny
€20.00 -Roland Rogers Lisardboula.
All three bought their ticket online.
Next week’s Jackpot is €3500 and the draw will take place on Monday 10th July.
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, Gene O’Keeffe, and Maureen O Shea.
Quick Pick Envelopes are available at The Half Way Shop, O Riada’s Bar, C.A. Galvin Ltd. Simply pop 5euro 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.