The girls lost to Duagh in the final round of the North Kerry League. The team has finished second in the league thus going through to the shield final. Details will be on the website www.ballymacgaa.com.
COISTE NA NÓG:
FAOI 16: U16 Central Region Div 2 Fixtures are as follows:
1/4/2013 A/scaul Lispole v Ballymac
8/4/2013 Ballymac v An Ghaeltacht
15/4/2013 Ballymac v Laurne Rangers
22/4/2013 Milltown/Castlemaine v Ballymac
FAOI 14. Our match away to Gneeveguilla due to be played on Wednesday 3rd April will now go ahead this Saturday 6th April at 6.00pm in Gneeveguilla. Training will take place Thursday 4th April at 6.30pm in Ballymac.
BALLYMAC 9-10 FOSSA 6-13
We started our county league campaign with a home victory over Fossa. Both sides goaled inside the opening two minutes and that set the tone for a great contest. Playing into a strong wind we were 3-3 to a goal down after fifteen minutes. Dara Reagan scored 1-2 to move us closer. We then scored 5 goals in succession from Eoghan and Liam O’Malley, Cathal Dunne, Diarmuid Lynch, and a great long range shot by Josh O’Keeffe. Fossa replied with 1-4 to leave the half time score Ballymac 7-4 Fossa 4-7. Both sides scored points on the restart. A goal for Fossa was followed by two goals for Ballymac (Josh O’Keeffe and Michael Hoare) to extend our lead. Fossa continued to pile on the pressure but our defence stood up well with Keelan and Brian in fine form. With five minutes left the lead was down to 4 points, but two late points won the game for us. A great win to give us confidence for our next game away to Gneeveguilla. Well done to all the players.
TEAM & SCORES: D. Rodgers , L.O’Brien, B. Lonergan, C. Gallagher, R. Mansfield, E O’ Malley (1-0) J. O’Keeffe (3-0) K. Brosnan, L. O’Malley (1-1) D. Keane, M. Hoare(1-1), C. Dunne (1-2) J. O’Connor, D. Reagan (1-5) D. Lynch (1-0) subs D. Leen (0-1) D. Broderick, E. Leahy.
FAOI 12: Our U12 boys training continues on Wednesday evenings from 6.30 to 7.45 and Saturday evenings from 5.00-6.15. Well done boys! Any new players interested in joining us can contact Mike Brosnan on 087 9240661.
ACADEMY: Academy will resume this Sunday at 11am.
GOOD LUCK: Best of luck to senior player Padraig Laide, as he is refeering his first game for the club this week.
MÍLE BUIOCHAS: A thank you to IFAC Accountants Nationwide for their kind sponsorship of tops for U12 boys who are playing in a Croke Park blitz on Wednesday. The club would also like to express their thanks to all who attended the Coiste na nOg quiz on Friday night last. Sincere thanks to Maureen O’Shea on organising the event, the sponsors, quizmaster and all who helped out on the night.
CÚL CAMP: Kellogg’s Gaa Cúl Camp with take place in Ballymac from July 29th to August 2nd. Form can be downloaded from our website www.ballymacgaa.com or you can register on line at www.gaa.ie/kelloggsculcamps
BREITHLAETHANTA: Happy Birthday to John Leen O’Shea, Micheal Savage, Kevin O’Connor and Cathy Palmer. Enjoy your special day.
Quote of the week : “Never give up, never give in, and when the upper hand is ours, may we have the ability to handle the win with the dignity that we absorbed the loss.