Club Notes 29th August 16

LOTTO
The lotto was held in Glenduff House on 22nd August for a jackpot lotto of €4,300.  There was no winner.  Numbers drawn were 2,11,14,24.
Lucky Dips
1. James Walsh, c/o Tom Leen
2, John Rahilly, c/o Tom Leen
3. Flor O Connor, Meanala
4. Margaret O Connor, Ballymac
5. Pat O Connor, Na Gaeil
The lotto now stands at €4,400 and can be played atwww.ballymacgaa.com

SENIORS
With promotion to Division 3 already assured following a victory over Na Gaeil in Round 10 our Senior Team play their final Co League game when we travel to Scartaglen to take on the local side on Sundaynext 4th September.  This game is due to throw in at 2.00pm.  Please keep an eye of Facebook and Twitter for any changes to this fixture.
MINORS
BALLYMAC 2-14 JOHN MITCHELS 2-13
The Central Region competition continued with a home fixture against Mitchels. A close enough game with only a point between the sides at half time and again at full time.Despite being 4 points down with ten minutes left we managed to turn it around and win narrowly.Mitchels got two early points with ML Hoare pointing for us. Eoin O Malley won possession in midfield ,took a return pass from Keelan ,and soloed through for a fine individual goal. Dara Reagan pointed from a Liam O Malley pass while Barry Lyons brought off a fine save for us. Mitchels then converted a penalty quickly followed by a point. Liam O Malley was fouled and D Reagan pointed the free ,Chris lowe put Dara Keane through for a point. The visitors again goaled followed by two points. Dara Reagan, Liam, ML Hoare and Dara Keane all pointed for us with Mitchels getting the final point of the half. Half time score Ballymac 1-8 Mitchels 2-6………. Mitchels pointed from the restart with D Reagan and D Keane pointing for us.Our opponents then got 3 points in a row with D Reagan pointing from two frees after Liam and Josh were fouled. Two more Mitchels points followed before Josh O Keeffe got on the end of a Dara Reagan shot and flicked it to the net.ML Hoare pointed with help from Liam O Malley. A vital interception by Eddie Rodgers put Keelan on his way towards goal When he was fouled ML Hoare stepped up to convert the free and we had won another tight game. Tadhg Brick and Gary Horan worked hard in defence though there is room for improvement on this performance.
TEAM & SCORERS….B Lyons, E Rodgers, G Horan, T Brick, J O Keeffe (1-0) E O Malley (1-0) M O Brien, L O Malley (0-1) M Hoare (0-4) C Lowe, K Brosnan, D Keane (0-3) D Reagan (0-6) Subs J McDonnell, D Chawke.
Congratulations and well done to the senior squad and management on an excellent county league campaign resulting in promotion to division 3.

KERRY TEAMS
There was mixed fortunes for our Kerry teams on Sunday last in Croke Park with our Seniors bowing out to reigning All Ireland champions Dublin.

Our minors reached the final with an excellent display against Kildare .  Well done to all involved including our own Micheal Reidy and Tomas O Connor .  A special mention must also go to Fossas David Clifford who continued his excellent year with a man of the match performance.  Davids mother Ellen is a native of Gortatlea while his uncle Tom O Shea is a current selector with our Senior team.

Ballymac GAA Club had two coach loads of mainly underage players present to support the Kerry teams on the day.  Many thanks must go to Jeremiah Lynch for his organisation of this trip and all the trips during the year which gave our young players an opportunity to see the Kerry teams in action.
GOLF CLASSIC
BALLYMAC GAA GOLF CLASSIC

The Ballymac GAA Golf classic will be held on Saturday October 15th 2016 in Beaufort Golf Club.  First prize is a four ball at the Old Head of Kinsale which is being kindly sponsored by the Blasket Bar, while second and third prizes are a four ball at Barrow Golf Club and a four ball at Beaufort Club.  Entry fee per team is €160.  Please contact any of the below if interested in entering a team

Geoff Riordan 0866015165,  Bernard Cassidy 0877973818,  Dave Slattery 0872201042.