CAILINI FAOI 16 YEAR REVIEW
We completed in Div 4 of the Co League & Div 3 of North Kerry Board competitions , due to Aisling O Connells involvement with the Kerry U14s her participation with our U16 team was curtailed till late in the year .
6th April
We kicked off with a home game v Glenflesk and came out on top on an unusual scoreline of 4-1 to 3-1, Ellie Mc Elligott getting a hat trick on the night .
11th April
Away to Moyvane we drew 1-3 to 0-6 , Cait Rice getting our goal on the night , Micheala Murphy & Rachel Godley getting our points
28th April
At home v Abbeydorney won 2-8 to 2-3 , a win that was long overdue . The clubs first competitive victory over Abbeydorney was really enjoyed by players & management. Michaela Murphy & Rose Anne O Shea goal scorers on the night . Mary Healy & Aine Rice played well on the night .
11th May
Away to Duagh lost 3-12 to 2-6 , missing a few regulars we went down to a much stronger and determined Duagh team.
Kerins O Rahillys failed to field a team for our final group game so we got the points ensuring that we qualified for a semi final spot with home venue
The semi final was played after the exams & summer break on the 4th August , during the summer we gained 2 new players in Lucy Murphy & Maeve Pierce who were welcome and valued additions however they were on holidays for the semi final . We trained regularly during the summer in preparation for the semi final v Duagh however on the day we failed to perform half time had us down 2-4 to 0-2 . An improved 2nd half saw us score 2-2 but went down 2-4 to 4-5.
North Kerry Board div 3
2nd Sept
V Dingle /Castlegregory 1-8 to 2-7 , a really good game of football against a div 3 co league team . Niamh & Aisling played very well midfield , Lucy & Maeve Pierce showed their value to the team , Tara & Micheala played well in defence on the night , failure to convert all our chances cost us
11th Sept
Away to KOR an easy 2-12 to 1-2 followed & we had qualified for the Shield final against Duagh again with Dingle /Caastlegregory v Moyvane qualifying for the League Final
26th Sept
Again we faced Duagh at home in Ballymac and this time we really put it up to them , the girls put in a brilliant performance on the night & were very unlucky to lose 4-8 to 4-6 .
Panel : Robyn White , Tara Murphy , Claire Kenny ,Michela Murphy ,Caoimhe Carroll , Leah O Neill , Rose Anne O Shea , Maeve O Sullivan , Aisling O Connell , Niamh Rahilly , Maeve Pierce , Aine Rice , Mary Healy ,Lucy Murphy , Therese Keane , Rachel Godley ,Heather Jones ,Emily O Donoghue , Lisa Curran ,Elle Mc Elligott , Cait Rice , Eve Creedon & Elle Sugrue
A panel of 23 was a fantastic turnout , this group are the trailblazers for Ballymac Ladies Club and they are a great bunch of girls to work with . Great attitude , they get loads of knock backs but they keep turning up very willingly to put that blue jersey on .
With 10 of this team moving onto senior football we hope to create more history for the ladies club by fielding a first ever Senior Ladies team in the KLGFA co league & junior championship in 2017 . Training has begun already with the response has been very positive .
Terence O Connor is doing core & fitness sessions every Sunday at 6.30pm to 7.30 pm for this group , this will continue till December & the plan is to begin again in Feb 2017 . Anybody interested in playing or helping out the ladies club in 2017 can call Donal Rahilly on 087 6173912 , Anthony Curran 0872713507 , James Godley 087 6174145 or Teddy Murphy 0879556342