Heartiest congratulations from all at Ballymac GAA Club are extended to Madeline O Connor of Clogher on her winning our Lotto jackpot of €12,400. Her numbers 1,2,8 and 23 were drawn at O Riadas on the 9th June 2014. Madeline purchased her ticket from Brendan Mannix at Ballydwyer Post Office. The lotto jackpot is now €2000 and can be played at ballymacgaa.com . It is imperative that the lotto is continued to be supported as it is the main income stream for the day to day running of the Club .
SENIOR TEAM
Ballymac played Glenflesk in round 6 of the county league last Saturday night in Glenflesk.
Glenflek opened the scoring in the first minute with a point from their centre forward Dara Roche. Ballymac were quick to respond with two points in succession from Gene Griffin and Dermot Leen. However this was the finish of our scoring in the first half. In the next 20 minutes Glenflesk scored seven points . Jeff O Donoghue at full forward and his brother Lee at corner forward provided the majority of these points. The killer blow came in the 25th minute when Lee O Donoghue goaled for Glenflesk. Another point for the home side on the 30th minute left the half time score at Glenflesk 1.9 Ballymac 0.2
Having made a few changes Ballymac started the second half with a point from Aiden Breen in the 2nd minute. Glenflek responded with 3 points in the following 3 minutes. Aiden Breen added to Ballymac’s tally with a point from a free. Daniel O Shea and David O Donoghue exchanged points. Glenflesk scored 4 more points before Daniel O Shea registered 2 for Ballymac. In the last five minutes Ballymac scored three points through Matthew Galvin, and Gene Griffin. Glenflesk added 1 more to leave the final score at Glenflesk 2.17 to Ballymac 0.10.
Ballymac Team; Padraig Laide Kevin O Shea , TJ Casey Michael Leen, Cian Counihan, Brendan O Donnell, Matthew Galvin, Philip Galvin, Con Reynolds, Daniel O Shea, Gene Griffin, Eanna Reidy, Padraig McCarthy, Aiden Breen, Dermot Leen.
Subs: Denis Leen for TJ Casey, Luke Sweeney for Padraig McCarthy, Michael Herlihy for Cian Counihan.
JUNIORS
Our Juniors complete their Co. Junior League campaign when they take on Desmonds on this coming Friday night in Castleisland.
ERIC MASON MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT 2014
The Third Staging of this Invitational Tournament in memory of Ballymacelligott Juvenile player, Eric Mason who passed away over three years ago took place at the Ballymacelligott GAA grounds on Saturday last, June 14th.