Athea GAA

Result:

Feale Rangers narrowly lost out in the West U21 A Final last Saturday, losing by one point to Strand [combination of Monagae / Kileedy].

After a good first half display and taking a six point lead into the break, signs were good that a win was on the cards. The half time score read 1-5 to 0-2 points. Points were exchanged between the teams in the first 10 mins after the break and we still maintained the lead but it was all Strand for the next fifteen minutes. Strand scored  1-04 without reply to take a one point lead. A few defensive errors allowed Strand convert points in front of the post and we also began to lose the midfield battle.

We levelled matters on the 21st minute but three more points from Strand and a killer goal with 4mins remaining put a six point deficit for us to claw back. Our boys didn’t give up the fight and we pulled a goal back from captain Tom McCarthy, and two pointed frees from James Brouder brought it back to a one point game. We were in injury time at this stage and we tried to win the last kick-out but strand cleared the ball and the game was up. This was disappointing and equally frustrating as Feale Rangers were the better footballing team on the day and should have closed the game out. Final Score 2-09 to 2-10. Naturally the players and management are disappointed but the Athea boys must now focus attention on the West 12 a side Final which will be played this Saturday in Mick Neville Park at 6pm. Let’s hope we have better luck here.

Scorers: James Brouder [MT] 1-4, Tom McCarthy [MT] 1-1, Pa Delee [MT] 0-2, Kevin Murphy 0-2

Team: 1. Jonathan Fitzgerald, 2. William Fitzgerald [MT], 3. Denis Greaney, 4. Shane Mulvihill, 5. Cian O’ Sullivan [MT], 6. Stephen Cahill [MT], 7. Gary Vaughan, 8. Jason Quille, 9. Tom McCarthy [MT], 10. Ryan Carroll, 11. Pa Delee [MT], 12. Darren Murphy, 13. James Brouder [MT], 14. Matthew Brouder [MT], 15. Kevin Murphy. Subs used: Kevin Mahony for Ryan Carroll.     

Fixture

West 12 a side Final

Athea V Granagh-Ballingarry in Mick Neville Park @ 6pm this Saturday 1^st December

EGM

A Special General Meeting for Club Members is to be held this Saturday evening December 1^st at 8.30pm at the Club House. All members are requested to attend.

Club Draw

Our next club draw takes place this Saturday evening in Brown Joe’s.

Old Photographs

The Club are currently collecting old photographs, match programmes, match reports etc. If anyone has any of these items from any decade we would appreciate if you would contact a club member. We will make a copy and return the originals. It is hoped to display the items in the meeting room. For more details please contact Denis Collins 087-2957387. Lal Browne 087-2725404 or John Hunt 087-7875378.

Athea Coiste na nÓg

West Limerick Primary Schools Teams:

Well done to Micheál Dalton who was a member of the West Limerick Primary Schools Team that won the Sarsfield Cup in the Gaelic Grounds on Tuesday evening last. Micheál is a very talented young footballer and played very well in the Semi-final and Final.

Training:

U6’s & U8’s  Friday 30th November:

This will be the last week of training for our U6’s & U8’s in the Community Hall on Friday evening 30th of November. U6’s will be on from 6pm to 7pm and U8’s will be from 7pm to 8pm. There is a €1 charge per child.

Coiste na nÓg on line:

You can now view all our notes, fixtures, results and pictures of Athea Coiste na nÓg on the Athea GAA website. Just go to www.atheagaa.com and click on the “Coiste Main Page” for all the latest news and information.

Fundraising Calendar:

This year the club are producing a new 12 page calendar to help raise funds for the club. We would like to say a Big Thank you to everyone that sponsored a page of the calendar. It will be jam packed with a wide variety of photos which were taking throughout the year. These will be on sale shortly at a cost of €5 each and would make a lovely Christmas present for anyone living at home or abroad.

Athea United Soccer

U10 Division 3 (November 24^th)

Pallaskenry (3) 4
Athea Utd B (1) 2 TJ Hunt, Andrew O’Riordan

Team: Daire O’Shea, Conor Mullane, Michael Tierney, Brandon Finucane, Gavin Ambrose, Eoin O’Shea, TJ Hunt, Andrew O’Riordan, Pierce O’Brien, Michael Walsh, Shane Scanlon, Dermot Pierse, Fergal Pierse.　　

FIXTURES

Sunday, December 2^nd

Junior As away to Askeaton in the league cup at 11.30am.

Junior

Bs home to Knockaderry at 2.30pm　

ATHEA UTD TRAINING TIMES

U/8s on Wednesdays in the hall 6 to 7pm

U/10s on Thursdays 6 to 7.15pm

U/14s on Mondays 6 to 7pm.

U/12s on Wednesdays 7 to 8pm.

Junior As & Bs Wednesdays and Fridays at 7pm

(All players confirm with relevant managers)

WELL DONE

Athea Utd congratulates Eoin O’Shea who has being selected for the Limerick Desmond League U11 Academy having impressed at the recent league trials which incidentally were held at The Vales. Over the coming months Eoin will train with the Limerick Desmond League and all at the club wish him the best in the year ahead.

SPEEDY RECOVERY

All at the club wish U14 player Sean Ryan a very speedy recovery from his injury and hope to see him back playing at The Vales very soon.

ATHEA UTD / ADRENALIN SPORTS

Athea Utd AFC in conjunction with Adrenalin Sport are pleased to announce details of some news that will be of interest to all the players in the club. Currently we are distributing Discount Cards from Adrenalin Sports to all our players. The Discount Cards allows you to a 15% reduction off all regular stock at any of its outlets in Abbeyfeale (Main Street) or in Newcastle West (Upper Maiden Street or Lower Maiden Street). In addition the Discount Card allows you a 10% reduction on any sale stock in either outlets. So we would urge players that are looking to at purchasing any sports attire to support the local Adrenalin Sports outlets.

LAST MAN STANDING

We completed week ten on Sunday last and as a result of Arsenals dull draw away to Aston Villa and Newcastle going down tamely to lowly Southampton we had three more fallers. Consequently we have three left in contention who have a chance of winning our last man standing competition sponsored by Leo Geoghegan of Gale Foods, Athea and again we thank Leo for the generous sponsorship. The coming games, which are midweek fixtures are as follows-

FA Premier League Midweek Fixtures are as follows

Sunderland v QPR (Tue @ 7.45pm)

Aston Villa v Reading (Tue @ 8pm)

Chelsea v Fulham (Wed @ 7.45pm)

Everton v Arsenal (Wed @ 7.45pm)

Southampton v Norwich (Wed @ 7.4pm)

Stoke v Newcastle (Wed @ 7.45pm)

Swansea v West Brom (Wed @ 7.45pm)

Tottenham v Liverpool (Wed @ 7.45pm)

Man Utd v West Ham (Wed @ 8pm)

Wigan v Man City (Wed @ 8pm) 

ATHEA UTD CHARITY SOCCER TOURNAMENT 

Following the very successful tournament held last Christmas Athea Utd are organizing a 7 a side tournament on the Astro Turf at The Vales on  St Stephen’s Day. First game at 11.30a.m sharp. Funds raised will go towards The Great Ormond St Childrens Hospital/Josh O’Mahony Fund and Athea Utd Schoolboys.

The tournament is open to players with an Athea connection from 17 years upwards and the teams will be a mixture of current players, ex players, over 35s and ladies. Last year we had 80 players taking part between the quarter finals, semi finals and final.

All interested should give their names and €10 entry fee to Kevin O’Keeffe, Tim O’Riordan, Pa Walsh or John Hunt before Sunday night, December 2^nd.

On this night the teams will be picked.

NB

No late entries will be accepted.

Trophies for the winners and runners up, player of the tournament, best goal, best save and worst miss are being generously sponsored by The Top of The Town, Athea.

To jog the memory last year’s winning team was Gerard Ahern, Matthew Tierney, Jason Quille, Mark Horgan, Mick O’Connor, Roger Ryan, Ian Murphy and Donal Pierce.

ATHEA UTD LOTTERY RESULTS FOR NOVEMBER 26^th

 

The results of our weekly lottery draw for Monday, November 26^th at Peadar’s Bar are as follows –

Jackpot was €6400. Numbers drawn 6, 10, 17, 21. No jackpot winner.
Lucky dips to Majella Duggan, Ardagh. Paddy Molyneaux c/o Agatha. Mary Condon, Croom. Katie O’Donnell, Ardagh. Paul Fahy c/o Peadars.
Sellers Agatha & Pa Walsh.
New jackpot will be €6500 on Monday, December 3^rd at The Top of the Town.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Athea Tidy Towns

Athea Tidy Towns committee would like to say a sincere thank you to all the people who came out on Tuesday evenings to help with the clean up. It just shows that the community spirit is still alive and well in Athea.

 Book Launch

People came from all parts of Loughill/Ballyhahill parish and beyond for the launch of Peg Prendeville’s, “The Purple Pencil” reflective poems celebrating everyday life, at Newcastle West Library on Friday night last 16^th November. Peg lives in Glenbawn, Ballyhahill, with her husband Jim, and have five grown up children and four grandchildren. She is the daughter of the late poet and writer Paddy Faley and the written word also runs through her veins. Over one hundred people were present at the very comfortable premises for a very enjoyable evening of music and poetry. Nóirín Ní Riain, the Celtic spiritual singer, associated with the monks in Glenastal Abbey,  performed the launch in her own delightful way with tributes, quotations and a song of blessing that captivated the attentive audience. “What’s for dinner Ma” was Peg’s first book in 2001 which proved very popular, and her latest offering includes reflective poems celebrating everyday life.

The book includes a CD of the poems and it costs €12. Peg is an award winning writer for prose and poetry and many of her poems have been published in the Weekly Observer, The Ballyguiltenane Rural Journal, The Athea Parish Journal, and other publications over the years. Peg worked in Newcastle West Library for two years from 2002-2004 and it was a case of returning home for her latest launch. She is the popular librarian in Glin Library at present and had very kind words for her employers for their continued support during her speech. She is also the Editor of the Ballyhahill/Loughill Parish Annual for the past fifteen years and a tireless worker in the community involved in many clubs, and organizations.

The Stack Family, Catherine and Gerard, supplied music and Peg read many of the poems contained in the book after the launch. The staff hosted a cheese and wine reception, and Aileen was MC and spoke very highly of Peg and her finely crafted written word. A large number of books were sold and signed by Peg on the night. The book cover is very attractive on the eye and the contents runs to fifty four pages and includes 64 poems. The book is on sale in all the local shops, around West Limerick or from the author. It is published by Red Hen Publishing based in Duagh, Listowel, and Bridget McAuliffe, on their behalf, was present and also addressed the attendance. Peg has dedicated poems to her late parents Ellen and Paddy and all the poems include people, places and events close to her heart. It would make a lovely present for a special friend or a person in need of a lift, with its spiritual and uplifting messages. The CD is an added bonus and we recommend the publication and wish Peg well with sales of ‘The Purple Pencil’.

 Tom Aherne

 Athea Community First Responders

Hi to all from the Athea Community First Responders. It only seems a few years ago that we were setting up in the hope of being a real Emergency Life support presence available to assist our community in the event of serious need.
Well in October Athea CFR’s AGM saw the end of our fourth year of activity and with the election of a new committee we are ready for the 5th year of providing our enthusiastic responder system. Thanks for all the hard work for the last few years and now to more developments over the coming year. Sean Liston steered the committee over the past two years with excellent back- up from Mary Sheahan, Eilish Geoghegan and Dr Kieran Murphy, during which time the whole organisation underwent two yearly re-certification for HSE recognised  “Cardiac First Responders” training with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council of Ireland. To date we are confident that all those who want to be involved and keep their skills live are in the system trained and ready for action.
The group’s activities involved some income generation from which we bought some re-supply of equipment. In the summer we held a training weekend for a group of keen and curious public members to gain the skills of Irish Heart Foundation, Heart Saver CPR-AED qualification. During the year we have seen the Knockanure De-fib group members join in with Athea CFR’s 90 day update re-familiarisation training. Additionally we supported Richelle Griffin to undergo the HSE National Ambulance Services (NAS) Instructor programme along with two other team members from the Knockanure De-fib group. Athea CFR Instructors have assisted the Brosna De-fib Group and elaborate training with the Abbeyfeale District Search & Rescue Team. Also during the last year Dr Kieran Murphy has been engaged providing ongoing teaching sessions covering a range of topics specifically designed to expand the responders understanding of what we are capable of providing. Mike Hayes instructor was busy throughout the year assisting HSE Ambulance training sessions in a few mass training processes.
5th year will see a host of activity with the new Chairperson Richelle Griffin at the helm assisted by Asst Chair Denis Casey, Mary Sheahan in the role of secretary, Eilish Geoghegan as treasurer, Rodge Byrne Training director and Dr. Kieran Murphy as Medical director. We are pleased to say the Instructor team welcomes to Athea CFR Richelle as new instructor and the two Knockanure recently approved instructors, (Anne Flavin, Margaret Carmody) into the fold.
In October Rodge was approached by the Irish Times to assist in the assembly of an article on “what we do, why and who” are the responders. That article appeared in the Health Supplement 06 November 2012. The article identified how many real call outs we have been to and briefly highlighted the outcomes. At the committee meeting held Monday 12 Nov we were pleased to celebrate those successes and reflect on a call out over the past weekend. Every time a call out happens we carry out a detailed review of timings / personnel who responded / what equipment needs were utilised. Kieran feeds back on the issues, and as is frequently the case, celebrate our notoriety with the HSE Ambulance services. Paramedics who arrive are always impressed with the speed of responses, coupled with the competencies displayed. Never complacent we are always evaluating ” what it is we need to do to develop training and understanding coupled with expanding skills training”.
Saturday 17 November 2012, Athea CFR’s will be engaged in assisting TG4 with completing a short TV appearance in upcoming screening of “Cuth an Pobal” date to be notified. We are growing our influence and celebrating what the community has achieved. We are recipients of the Irish Heart Foundation Heart Safe Community award 2009, we gained affiliation in Feb 2010, with the HSE West Ambulance services. Recognition with the Irish Heart foundation for our recent Irish Times appearance. Next year will see a number of responders represent Athea CFR at thewww.resus.ie two yearly Emergency Care Conference in Limerick.
We wish the community a healthy & happy 2013 but if that is not so, then you KNOW we are “on your doorstep and on our way”, remember the Athea CFR Emergency Phone number 087 27 37 077, If you Know a relative in the area who does not have our Number, please pick up further info (coming soon) from either of the shops, the Church and soon each household will receive a CFR Phone number sticker to apply to your Phone. 

 

The Killeaney AFC club is busy preparing medals and trophies for the Annual Social and Awards night this Friday night. All welcome. A fundraising raffle will be held also. All support will be appreciated.

 

A meeting of the Clounleharde School Reunion will be held next Wednesday night 28^th at 9.15 pm. A fundraising night, to cover administrations costs, will be held in the Knockdown Arms on Saturday December 29^th.

 

The poetry book “The Purple Pencil” is on sale in Brouder’s and Collins’s shops in Athea: in Woulfes in Listowel and in bookshops in Limerick and Tralee. €12 including CD. Gerard Curtin’s book “Every Field had a Name” is also on sale locally and in all bookshops. So you have a choice of history or poetry, depending on your mood.

I include another poem this week in memory of my mother whose anniversary occurs around this time.

 

Sitting at the table, drinking wine

and sharing thoughts was the best of all;

we cast our minds back to another time

when we were young. Through photographs we trawled

and resurrected memories of great times

when we were all together. But cancer

stole you from us and so under Dad’s wings

we sheltered, as he lightened our moments

with plays and stories. He filled the empty void

and held us close together for he sensed

there would be lots of days when we would cry

with longing for your smiling presence.

 

Sitting around the table drinking wine

we coaxed you back into our present time.