Lotto results: Lotto Tue 6th August 2024. Numbers drawn were 16, 17, 29, 32. No winner. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Rebecca McCarthy, Johnny Maunsell, Harold Tansley, Julie Fitzgerald, Sarah O’Connell. Our next draw will be tomorrow night (Tuesday) and the jackpot will be €2,500. Why not try your luck in our lotto. The links is as follows:
https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Na%20Gaeil%20CLG/lotto
Bingo: Congratulations to our patron who won the €390 jackpot last Monday night. Our Mini Accumulater Jackpot House tonight (Monday) will be worth €200 in 40 calls. We also have Split-the-Bucket and a raffle at half time. Starting time is 8pm sharp. Bus available on (087) 2817577. Over 18s only. Hope to see you all there for an excellent night out.
Volunteers: The club are looking for people to help out at bingo on Monday nights. If you can spare 2 hours every 5 or 6 weeks then Niamh (087-9863667) would be delighted to have you on board.
Na Gaeil Abrew: Our new Coffee Dock will be open during matches and some training sessions over the summer serving tea, coffee and snacks. Club lotto tickets will also be on sale there. Cash and card payments accepted.
Rowing: Congratulation to former player Seán Morris who has been selected to row in the stroke seat of the Irish Men’s Junior 4x team in the Junior Rowing Worlds Championships in Canada from August 18th to 25th. It’s a brilliant achievement for Seán and we wish him and his crew every success.
AFL: Congratulations to our senior player Maria Quirke who helped her team, the Irish Banshees, to victory over USA in the Transatlantic Cup Grand Final (Australian Rules) in Toronto yesterday. They won by 48 points to 30 after extra time with Maria scoring the final goal of the game.
Boston GAA: Great news from Boston where Darragh Reen’s Kerry Boston team clinched the Intermediate football title yesterday defeating Cork Boston by a single point.
Campa Samhraidh Peile: What a thrilling finale to Na Gaeil’s Campa Samhraidh Peile last Friday! The atmosphere buzzed with excitement as our All-Ireland Ladies Football champions arrived, proudly showcasing the Brendan Martin Cup. The young campers were over the moon to meet their heroes — Na Gaeil legends Mary Ní Chonaill, Éilis Ní Chonchúir, Deirdre Kearney, and Austin Stack’s Aoife Dillane — alongside their managment duo Daragh and Deaglán. After a week of exciting coaching sessions in Na Gaeil na gréine, that honed our camper’s skills, thrilling games that kept everyone on their toes, and the fun of practising the cúpla focal, 130 beaming campers and their coaches celebrated a memorable summer camp of football and camaraderie. Míle buíochas to camp Co-ordinator Séamas Ó Luanaigh and his team for a job very well done. Go leor leor Spórt agus Spraoi @ Na Gaeil CLG. 2024.
Underage training 2024: Contact details for the various age groups in Na Gaeil are as follows: U5’s – Denis Sugrue (087) 2808719. U7’s – Shane Moriarty (086) 8380434. U9s – Bryan O’Mahony (087) 9585331. New members are always welcome. Just contact the relevant team coach above.
Fé 7: New members are always welcome.
Fé 11: Well done to our under 11 boys who put on a fine display of football against Laune Rangers in tough conditions last Thursday evening (8th).
Fé 15: Last Wednesday night (7th) the St. Brendans Board u15 team defeated East Kerry by 4-11 to 1-10 in the first round of the County Championship. Maith sibh! They will be at home to West Kerry in Round 2 this Wednesday in Blennerville at 7pm.
Fé 17: Last Monday night (5th) the Keane’s Supervalu Minor County Championship kicked off and the St. Brendan’s Board team recorded a great win against South Kerry in Waterville. Tonight (Monday 12th) in Round 2 our lads will take on West Kerry in Blennerville at 7pm.
Senior Men: Round 3 of the Club Championship was played in Killeen last Saturday. Final score Na Gaeil 0–8, Dr. Crokes 1–9. Na Gaeil won the throw in, and Morgan gave a great pass to Tomás who opened the scoring with a great point. Crokes won the kick out and after some close passing Tony Brosnan pointed before two minutes had passed. Our backs were again under pressure but some great work by Enda and Jack kept our lines intact until Mikey Casey pointed after four minutes. Things settled down for a while with most of the action being in the middle third, with Na Gaeil holding their own. Then in the twelfth, fourteenth and sixteenth minutes Diarmuid scored three magnificent points from play to leave us two ahead. Evan Looney pulled one back for Crokes, but Tomás put us two ahead after a great pass from Peter Doyle on nineteen minutes. Crokes came back per Tony Brosnan and Gavin White to level matters. Jack Doyle put us a point up on the twenty ninth minute, but Tony Brosnan equalised with a free on thirty. This was a good first half of ding-dong football where Na Gaeil more than held their own with our back being very impressive. Halftime: Na Gaeil 0–6 Dr. Crokes 0–6.
Kieran Donovan opened the scoring for us in the second half to put us one ahead. That however was as good as it got. We just could not get shots off against a very disciplined Dr. Crokes defence and just one wide after seven minutes and a closing point after twenty five, shows the pressure our forwards were under. Our backs were under huge pressure also but, as in the first half, we kept Dr. Crokes scoring chances to a minimum. It took them five minutes to equalise through Dathaí Casey. The game continued in a ding-dong fashion until disaster struck when a loose ball was goaled by Cian McMahon after thirteen minutes. Try as we might we just could not get shots away. Crokes added two more, a free Tony Brosnan and Cian Mc Mahon from play. There are plenty positives to take from the game as we held our own both in attack and defence over the hour apart from the goal. Final score Na Gaeil 0–8 Dr. Crokes 1-9.
Senior Ladies: Tonight (Monday) our senior ladies will take on Scartaglen in a Senior League relegation game. Throw-in in Cordal will be at 7.30pm.
Girls Training: Na Gaeil Ladies juveniles (u8/u10/u12) are back training for the new season. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Eddie on 087-6791460.
Changes to Car Park: We would like to make patrons aware of the new wheelchair accessible parking bays and the yellow box for ambulance parking which have been added to the club’s car parks recently. Please keep them free at all times for people who need them.
Sponsorship Opportunity: If you have a business and would like to promote it with Na Gaeil we have various sponsorship packages available to suit all budgets. Enquiries to Donal (087-2577729) or Terry (086-8293261) or Colm (087-9080465) or Mike (086-2440158) or any member of the club Executive.
Club History: During the year Michael Golden spent many hours putting together a list of notable club results & other information about the club since its foundation in 1978. This can now be found on our website (www.nagaeil.ie). Click on “Club News” then “Weekly notes” and select ”Old results by Michael Golden”.
Hire the Hall: The hall in the clubhouse is available for parties or other events. Please email nagaeilclubhouse@gmail.com if you’d like to make a booking.
Na Gaeil cycle club: Cycle each Saturday at 9.30am and Wednesdays at 6.30pm from Na Gaeil club. Everyone is welcome to come for a nice friendly cycle.
Cards: The weekly 45 card game is held every Wednesday night starting at 9pm. Everyone is welcome.
Notes: If you’d like anything included in the club’s weekly notes please send it to me at pro.nagaeil.kerry@gaa.ie before 9am on Monday and I’ll do my best to include it.
