U16 Annual Review
This year for the first time we entered an U16 girls team in co League and North Kerry League . All the girls playing are actually U15 OR U14 so they are giving a years advantage to most teams they met . Credit to the girls though as they did their best to be competitive and represented the club quite well during the year .
In the Co League they played in Div 4 against Abbeydorney and Cromane on a home and away basis . In each of these games the girls played quite well and gave their opponents plenty to think about . However the extra year they were giving to them told in the end .
North Kerry League they played Dingle ,Abbeydorney and Kerins O Rahillys and again as in the Co League they fulfilled each fixture and played well .
The U15 C championship gave the girls something to aim for and played away to Beaufort in the semi final in October and came away with a 2-6 to 1-5 win to reach the final . The final was delayed on a number of occasions for various reasons but was played on 15th Nov in horrendous conditions in Spa , a good first half saw both teams go in level at half time 1-3 to 0-6 a piece but on resumption of the 2nd half the wind increased significantly and we had trouble in trying to get the ball out from defense as a result , kick outs became a lottery as the wind played a big factor in this half . Spa ran out easy winners in the end but it wasn’t for the lack of effort from the Ballymac girls .
The one thing that was infuriating during the year for the girls and management was the big gap between competitions and the Co League with Castlegregory pulling out didn’t provide enough games during the year and the 15th Nov is not a date were girls should be asked to tog out for a final , something for the co board to look at for 2016 .
Panel : Robin White , Tara Murphy , Claire Kenny , Roisin O Connell , Caoimhe Carroll , Niamh Rahilly , Aisling O Connell , Rose Ann O Shea , Therese Keane , Aine Rice , Rachel Godley , Leah O Neill , Mary Healy , Michalea Murphy , Elle Mc Elligott , Heather Jones , Maeve O Sullivan.
Many thanks to team coaches Teddy Murphy , James Godley & Anne Kenny for their time and commitment given to this group of girls.