Athea GAA
A.G.M.
Our A.G.M. will take place on Saturday night January 28th in the club house at 9pm. All are welcome to attend.
Intermediate Football Championship Draw 2017:
There are two groups of six teams who will contest the Championship.
Group 1: Glin, Claughaun, Mungret, St. Senans Bruff & Galbally.
Group 2: Athea, Cappamore, Pallasgreen, Mountcollins & Castlemahon.
Round 1: Athea v Castlemahon
Round 2: Athea v Cappamore,
Round 3: Athea v Pallasgreen,
Round 4: Athea v Mountcollins,
Round 5: Athea v Gerald Griffins.
Lip Sync Battle:
Each of our fifty participants for our upcoming Lip sync Fundraiser have now been issued with sponsorship cards. The act which receives the most sponsorship will be awarded the ‘Revenue Award’ – the act which went above and beyond to raise money for our local GAA Club! Please get in touch with any of the participants if you would like to help them win this prize! Also, tickets are flying out the door, so get yours quick! for our upcoming Lip Sync Battle Fundraiser which will take places at the Devon Inn Hotel on February 4th. Following an appeal for main sponsors for this magnificent event, we are very lucky to have secured four main sponsors: Athea & District Credit Union, Brown Joes Bar, Allman Contracts Ltd and Mike Hayes Building Contractor. The committee would like to sincerely thank each sponsor for their generosity. We are currently selling full and half page adverts for a special Athea Lip Sync Booklet which will be available on the night. If you would like to purchase an advert please contact Mairead on 087 7703673. Tickets are also on sale in Brouder’s Shop and Collins Shop, Athea. On behalf of the committee, we would like to thank all the participants for coming forward to take to the stage in February. Also thanks to Betty, Johnny and Staff at the Top of the Town for providing us with a rehearsal space. Roll on February 4th.
Limerick GAA – Season Ticket 2017
Limerick GAA recently launched their Season Ticket for 2017 with proceeds going towards the Limerick Senior Hurling training & development fund. The tickets cost €100 are now on sale. This would make an ideal present for the GAA fanatic in your household. The season ticket entitles the bearer to free entry to ALL Limerick County Board Club games in 2017, the option to purchase an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final Ticket (if Limerick Senior Hurling team are involved) & Discounts available from a wide variety of outlets including Elverys, Limerick Greyhound Stadium, JJ Kenneally & Sons Jewellers, Irish Country Hotels, Limerick Race Course & Timmy Mac’s Bistro & more outlets to follow. Please contact any of our committee members or Jacqueline on 086-0670091 for more details.
Cards:
Cards resumed on Monday night last in Brown Joe’s bar after the Christmas break. The winners with fifteen games were Fr. Duggan, Joe Murphy and Karen Murphy. In second place with thirteen games were Tom O’Connor, John Joe O’Connor and Johnny Hanrahan. The winners of the table prize were John O’Connor, Mary Holland and Ned Holland. The raffle prize winners were Neil Hartnett, Caroline Griffin and Karen Murphy. Many thanks to all those who supported our card game and we would be hoping to see you all again next week at Brown Joe’s bar at 9pm sharp. This is part of the clubs fundraising for the pitch development which to date has cost €130,000. All monies raised will go towards reducing the debt of the pitch development.
Athea Utd Soccer
U12 Division 3 (Jan 14th 2017)
Athea Utd (0) 0
Kilcolman Rvs (0) 1
Team: Tomas Ahern, Calum Gleeson, James Hunt, Callum Buckley, Evin Curry, Michael Walsh, James Lee, James Broderick, Donnchadh Barrett, Josh Quilter, Rory Cleary, Rory O’Mahony, Jack Sexton, Denis Gould, Jim Ahern, Dylan Steward, Louis O’Sullivan
Referee Pat O’Donnell
Desmond Youths Cup Q/F (Jan 14th 2017)
Athea Utd (0) 0
GB Rvs (3) 4
Team: David O’Sullivan, Seamus Leahy, Cillian Liston, Timothy Tierney, Jack Vaughan, Gavin Relihan, Sean Ryan, Cian Enright, John Sexton, Andy Ahern, Jayden Palmer, Joseph Dalton.
Referee Pat O’Donnell
FIXTURES
Saturday, January 21st
U14s away to Ferry Rangers in the cup at 2pm.
Youths at home to Carrig Celtic at 2.30pm
Sunday, January 22nd
Juniors home to Glin Rovers at 11.30am.
TRAINING TIMES
All players check with their respective managers with regard the respective training times.
ATHEA UTD LOTTERY RESULTS FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 16th
The results of our weekly lottery draw for Monday, January 16th are as follows –
Jackpot was €6,200. Numbers drawn 3, 15, 16, 21.
No Jackpot Winner.
Lucky dips to the following – Mary Kelly, Coole West. Mary Mulvihill, Markievicz Park. Jim Murphy c/o Kostal. Mary Barrett, Fairy Street. Angela Cusack c/o Kostal.
Sellers Liz Gould & Agatha.
New Jackpot €6,300 at Donie’s on Monday, January 23rd