Ballymac Academy : Our U-6s, U-8s, U-10s and Girls were all out at their final training session of the 2011 season. Ironically enough, one could argue that we got the best weather of the year last Sunday morning when the sun finally shone on our youngsters for this final outing. Close on 90 juveniles attended training last Sunday which is a great achievement as numbers at the academy have remained very high right throughout the year. It is a great testament to the very hard work being done by the team of mentors as some are present at the pitch an hour before training begins to prepare everything. This hard work and endeavour has been rewarded with huge numbers attending every Sunday morning and despite the poor weather during the year, everybody seems to have made light of the inclement weather of 2011. Anthony Curran, Donal Rahilly, Kieran Savage and Siobhán Griffin have put together a great squad of Under-age girls and close on 30 girls were in attendance last Sunday. Ger Collins, John Rice and Martin Lowe have the U-6s in fine fettle with all the hard work over the past 7 months or so and many are now ready to graduate up to the U-8s next year. Our U-8s have been in very impressive form during 2011, mainly due to the commitment of mentors Liam Joy, Eddie O Connell, Don Brosnan and Fintan Kelly. Arguably, our U-10s have been the standard-bearers of the Juvenile club this year as they were more than a match for our more celebrated clubs such as Stacks, Rahillys and others. Trojan work has been done by coaches Jer Lynch, Micheál Brosnan, Eddie Lynch and Maurice Leen in preparing this U-10 team since last March. Thanks too to Joanne Long for organising the shop and refreshments for parents every Sunday morning. It has been a tremendous season for all involved and we thank all Juveniles, parents, coaches and volunteers for their devotion to the promotion of GAA in Ballymac parish. Míle Buíochas ó chroí !
Team Management 2011 :
U-16 Liam Goggin, Paul Horan, Roland Rogers
U-14 Gene O Keeffe, Seamus Quirke, David Long
U-13 Fiona Goggin, Tony Silles, Gene O Keeffe
U-12 Aidan Dunne, Liam Nolan, Fiona Goggin, Tony Silles
U-11 Liam Nolan, Roland Rogers
U-10 Jer Lynch, Micheál Brosnan, Eddie Lynch, Roland Rogers
U-8 Liam Joy, Fintan Kelly, Don Brosnan, Eddie O Connell
U-6 Ger Collins, Martin Lowe, John Rice
Girls Kieran Savage, Siobhán Griffin, Anthony Curran, Donal Rahilly
Congratulations:
A massive congrats to Ballymac club man Matthew Galvin who played on the UCC team who won the Cork County Championship last weekend. Well done Matthew!!