Club Notes 12th February 2023

Club Lotto

Monday 13th February 

Numbers were: 5, 13, 17, 27

Bonus: 21

Matches 3s:

1. Andrea McCarthy 

2. Ben O Sullivan

3. John Mangan

4. Jerome McNamara
5. Darren O Shea

EAST KERRY SUPERLEAGUE

The Senior team commenced their East Kerry Superleague campaign with a win over Firies last Sunday in Direen. Leading 0-6 to 0-3 in the first half after playing against a stiff breeze they dominated the second half to run out 3-14 to 1-4 winners.
Team Brian Kelly, Darragh O Doherty, Danny Sheahan, Cathal Sheahan, Peter O Sullivan, Rob Leen, Kieran O Donoghue, Darragh Lyne(1-0), Eoghan O Sullivan(0-1), Luke O Donoghue, Jonathan Lyne(0-1), Denis Sheahan, Peter McCarthy(1-5), Finbarr Murphy(0-6), Thomas Moriarty(1-1).
Subs: Sam Benson for C. Sheahan, Callum O Donoghue for Denis Sheahan, Alan Moriarty for L. O Donoghue
 
The remaining fixtures in the competition include Kilcummin away on Sunday February 19th with a 12 noon throw in time, Kenmare away on Sunday February 26thand on the weekend of March 5th Gneeveguilla are the visitors to Direen.

COUNTY LEAGUE FIXTURES

The County Board released the fixtures for the Senior County League during the week and they are as follows
Division 1 which consists of 11 rounds.. Ballymacelligott(A) W/E March 19th, Austin Stacks(H) W/E April 2nd, Rathmore(A) W/E April 9th, Dr Crokes(H) W/E April 23rd, Dingle(A) W/E April 30th, Castleisland Desmonds(H) W/E May 14th, Milltown/Castlemaine(A) W/E May 21st, Kilcummin(H) W/E June 4th , Gneeveguilla(A) W/E June 11th, Spa(H) W/E June 25th, Kerins O Rahillys(A) W/E July 9th.
 
Division 6 which consists of 13 rounds…Beaufort B(A) W/E March 19th, Tuosist(H) W/E April 2nd, Fossa B(A) W/E April 9th, Kilcummin B (H) W/E April 23rd, Churchill B(A) W/E May14th, Firies B (H) W/E May 21st, Kerins O Rahillys B(A) W/E June 4th, Valentia(H) W/E June 11th, St Michael Foilmore B (A) W/E June 25th, Dr Crokes C (H) W/E July 9th, Milltown / Castlemaine B (A) W/E July 16th,  Castleisland Desmond B (H) W/E July 23rd. 

KERRY TEAMS

The Kerry Ladies sit proudly on top of the Lidl National League Division 1 and this Saturday February 18th they entertain Dublin in Austin Stack Park with a 5.15 throw in. The Senior Men are in Castlebar for a battle with modern day rivals Mayo on the same evening with a 7.30 throw in. The Kerry U20s went down to Kildare in Round 1 of the John Kerins Cup in a game played in Fitzgerald Stadium. Darragh Fleming was solid throughout at corner back while Will Shine was introduced midway through the second half . The Kerry hurlers are joint top of Division 2 after a home win over Carlow.

ST BRENDANS COLLEGE

Congratulations to The Sem on clinching another Corn Ui Mhuiri title with an impressive win over Rochestown in Mallow last weekend. They now face Summerhill College of Sligo in the All Ireland Colleges semi final.

CLUBZAP

The winter has seen the Club examine better ways to communicate with its membership. Outside of the social media channels of Facebook, Instagram andTwitter and the usual weekly written notes it is imperative to keep all our players, parents, mentors and officials in touch with club affairs. To this end we have enlisted the app Clubzap to aid us with our communications. Downloadable through the relevant app store it is useful for playing Club lotto, paying membership, sharing results and fixtures and directly messaging parents and players of the various age groups. We have already started to roll it out to our Juvenile teams, both boys and girls, and it is envisaged that it will be the tool used to send out messages. Keep an eye out on our social media to see the progress of the roll out and special mention must go to Juvenile Committee Chairman Donal O Leary for his unstinting work during the winter months both sourcing and bringing the initiative to the Club Executive.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONIE

Donie Fleming, who was left, front and centre in the club when this writer was attempting to perfect the game of football,   recently celebrated a milestone birthday, his 80th. On behalf of the Club we would like to wish him a happy birthday and many more years of health and happiness.