Club Lotto
There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €7100 on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 05, 09, 13 & 16. The five €30 consolation prizes went to:
1. Edddie Lynch Online 2. Laila Counihan Curraheen 3. Moss Trant Curraheen 4. Delia Finn Curraheen 5. Marie O’Shea Curraheen
Next week’s Lotto will have a Jackpot of €7200 and the draw will take place on Sunday night 29/08/2021 at 9-30pm. Lotto tickets can be purchased online www.locallotto.ie/play.asp?LL_ID=1328&PC=0 from any club officer or at the following outlets:
O’Sheas Shop and Service Station Blennerville Poff Motors Dingle Road Seamus O’Sullivan Master Butchers Manor Noyeks Mile Height Byrnesworth Skelper Quanes Keanes of Curraheen Betty’s Bar Rock Inn
Many thanks to all who contribute to our weekly Club Lotto. The Club cannot emphasise enough the importance of our members promoting the Club Lotto among family, friends and work colleagues. The Covid-19 restrictions have seriously hampered our fundraising and income over the last 18 months. The Lotto is now a critical source of funds for the Club. We are appealing to all club members to promote our lotto at this time to ensure our clubs future viability.
Please have your lotto entries in by 7pm, every Sunday evenings.
Juvenile Academy
U5’s: A warm muggy morning meant plenty of water breaks and lots of red faces on the boys and girls at training. There was great participation in the warm up, then the sessions broke into stations focusing on movement, ball handling, agility and kicking. George Poff Jnr really made great improvement this week and earned player of the week.
U7’s: Numbers were low this morning but that didn’t deter the boys and girls who all put in a huge effort during the session. As always big thanks to all the trainers. U8 Girls: We had a great session with the u-8s we focused on the pick-up at speed and also the hand pass and we practiced that with the 3 person weave which is a bit complicated but the girls picked it up very quick. All the girls showed great tenacity and application but the girl who stood out on the day was Abbey.
U9’s: Our u9 boys were out in Churchill on Sunday morning where we had a fun filled morning of go games with the locals. The boys are improving hugely and the coaches are delighted with their progress AJ Turner, Dylan Murphy and Bruce McMillan kicked some great scores and Flynn Howarth, Rilan Flynn and Thomas Higgins put in some great tackles. Training will continue next Sunday at 10:30 as usual Many thanks to Churchill for organizing the morning.
U10 Girls: Our U10 girls practiced solo drills, hand pass drills & shooting. They worked on making space to receive a pass after they made a pass. They also worked on their 1 on 1 play in pairs each taking turns on attacking and defending. They finished with a match including the u8 girls. Player of the week this week was Jessica Lacey who always works hard, listens attentively and had high scoring in the match. Well done Jessica. Everyone keep up the good work. Training as normal again next Sunday 29th at 10.30am
U11’s: On the evening of the 19th August our U11 panel had our penultimate game in Phase two of the Lee Strand County Go –games series. We were hosted by Scartaglen GAA at their home pitch in Dromulton. We were able to give a game to all our players who travelled. This was much welcomed by the players and made the evening more enjoyable. It was a closely contested game played in a good spirit. Both sides played really well and there was a noticeable improvement in passing and defending this week from our players. Stephen, Isaac and James commanded the midfield, they linked up well to move the ball quickly from defence into the forwards. Paddy and Jake were excellent in defence. Isaac in midfield, Alannah in attack and Gearóid in goals played their best games so far. They were well supported by Jace, Darragh, Ashling, Bruce and Thomas. Rylan had a very good game if defence and made a number of good forward runs to link up Darragh and Jace, all three continued to show their keen eye for goal. The highlight of the game was an amazing triple save, three reflex stops in three seconds, by Gearóid to deny the Scartaglen attack. It capped a fine performance as he was the standout player on the day. A special mention to Stephen who travelled all the way back from his holidays in Wexford to make the throw-in, and had a fine game. Overall, it was a very enjoyable evening of football, many thanks to Scartaglen for the sporting manner of their play. Training continued on Sunday morning with our enthusiastic group of young players. We are scheduled to have our last Go-Game of the Lee Strand U11 Co League on this Thursday 26th at 18:30 at our own pitch when we host Tarbert. Training also continues on Sunday at 12 noon at St Pat’s club grounds in Blennerville V92 RH98. A reminder to parents that all players are to have a gum shield and to wear it at training and to register on www.foireann.ie
U12 Girls: Today we focused on drills with the high catching & moving each one of the girls worked hard to their jumping Technique great effort by all, next drill was Solo – toe tap & pass in groups of 2 followed by a fun drill pass the guards working on their side stepping passing the guards. We followed with a mini match with the first 10 mins where the girls could only score running through narrow poles but the teams were not allowed the stand of front of poles only defend the player trying to run through, Thanks to Gearoid & Ethan for playing in goals for the last 10mins it gave each girl a touch of the ball Eve O Sullivan impressed me today and got player of the week congratulations Eve. Keep up the practicing at home girls
U13’s: St Pats 2 12 v Gneeveguilla 4 14 We were defeated by a very good Gneeveguilla side who won this division on Sunday last. We found ourselves 6 points down at half time despite having plenty of possession. However, our opponents scored 3 goals in the 3rd quarter and despite an enormous team effort, we couldn’t close the gap. Congrats to Gneeveguilla who are worthy winners of the group. Squad; L Passway (capt), D & J Flahive, J Bowler, B O’Leary, G Scollard, S Enright, R Culloo, C Keane, C Sheehan, B Leen, F Carmody, J Costello & D Murphy
U15’s: Our U15s travelled to Annascaul last Wednesday evening to take on Annascaul/Lispole in a Kellihers Garage Central Region competition. We played 14- a side due to numbers and unfortunately, we came out on the wrong side of victory as the hosts ran out comfortable winners. Even though we lost, our lads were determined and put in a great effort throughout the duration of the game.
Our next game is against Dingle in the same competition and the match will be played in Blennerville this Wednesday, August 25 at 7pm.
U16 Girls: Our U16 girls/Junior team are playing Moyvane tomorrow evening in Blennerville at 7pm. Best of luck to all involved.
Minors
Hard luck to our minors who lost to Laune Rangers B in the semi-finals of the Minor Football League, Division 11 last Thursday evening in Killorglin.
Seniors
Our seniors are in training in preparation for their Group 1 Junior Premier Club Championship against Keel at 2.30pm on Sunday 5 September at a neutral venue. More details TBC.
Win a House with Kerry GAA
For €100, you could win a new build A-Rated 3-bedrrom house in Killarney and there are other fantastic bonus prices to be won.
When purchasing your ticket on the Kerry GAA website, nominate “St Pats GAA Blennerville” in the additional information section. This ensures that we get a raffle ticket for the Kerry Clubs draw taking place in December wand we will be in with a chance to win €1500. More details can be found on kerrygaa.ie.
Dog Fouling Dog fouling in Lohercannon and the road to the lock gates has become a major problem of late. We are appealing to everyone who walks their dog in our locality to please show some respect & pick up after your dog. We all like/need clean footpaths and roads to walk on, so if you use this area, keep it clean.
Blennerville/Ballyard Community Games
Great day had by all on day 1 of County Athletics Community Games. Congratulations to Jace Flynn who came third in the u10s hurdles. Sophie Mulgrew, Thomas Higgins, qualified for finals in 200m u10 and 100m u10 but were unlucky not to medal. Hannah Enright, Jace Flynn, Kayla Reidy ran well in their races. Stephen Enright gave a good performance in ball throw and was just outside medal placing.
Another good day at day 2 of County Community Games Athletics in Castleisland. Well done to Luke Passway who took part in U14 Javelin, Sharon Enright U14 Long Jump and Dan O Connor in U14 800m. Our medalists of the day were Aoibheann McCarthy who came third in U14 800m, Rachel Mulgrew got pewter in U16 1500m, this is Rachel’s last year in Community Games, and lastly Lucy Mulgrew ran a fantastic race in U14 Hurdles getting gold and going through to the Munsters in September, best of luck. Thanks to all our competitors that took part both days, Blennerville Ballyard are very proud of you all and thank you all for staying around to support fellow athletes and to the parents for their help and support.
Sympathy
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of Elizabeth Moynihan, Camp and St Brendans Park, Birdie Connolly, The Kerries and Connolly’s Jewellers, Brendan Buckley, St Brendans Park and Hugh Crean, Castlegregory.
Best Regards,
Dipo Dairo
PRO St Pats Blennerville GAA Club
086-8963505
mailto:pro.stpatricksblennerville.kerry@gaa.ie
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