Athea GAA

Athea 3-15 Newcastle West 1-7

The  U14s had their first game of the year on Sunday morning last on our brilliant Athea pitch v NCW. The foundation for this win was laid in the first half, with a masterclass defensive display against a very strong wind. We trailed at half time 1-7 to 0-6, but went on to dominate the second half to win comfortably. From Jim Ahern at corner back to Michael Kelly at corner forward, the whole team gave a fantastic display. Our first competitive outing is the Féile Peil blitz on Saturday, March 28th, in a group with St. Kerans and Rathkeale/Cappagh.

Team: Tomás Ahern, Jim Ahern, Tadhg Ahern, Jack Sexton, Sean Twomey, Calum Buckley, Jamie Collins, Evan Curry, James Hunt, Alex Quinn, Rory Cleary, Louis O’Sullivan, Timmy O’Keeffe and Michael Kelly.

The first outing for the Junior A team was postponed on Saturday last due to the weather warnings in place. The next scheduled match against Pallasgreen in the County League will take place in Athea on this Saturday, March 7th at 3pm. All support greatly appreciated.

Repair work was carried out on the Ball Stop Nets on Thursday last continuing our commitment to ensure our grounds are maintained to a high standard. Thanks to everyone who supports our work!

Work is currently underway on compiling the information for the 3 Year Strategic Plan for the Club and formulating the booklet. Anyone with experience of writing plans/reports and who may be interested in joining the editing team are asked to contact any member of the committee. Just a couple of voluntary hours are required. If interested contact any member of the club.

A reminder that the Athea GAA Club Force registration website/phone app is now live. This will be used to register all individuals within all units of the Club – Men’s, Ladies, Coiste na nÓg.  To begin, go to the www.clubforce.com website, select the ‘find my club’ option on the right hand corner, search for Athea GAA and then click on ‘go to club page’.  After this option, selection ‘pay membership’ option. You will then see a list of registration plans. Then choose the plan that best suits your situation and select ‘add to cart’. You will then be promoted to log in/create an account. Following this, you will be directed to registration details and payment options. This process can also be completed by downloading the Club Force Mobile Phone Applition.  Feel free to contact any member of  Athea GAA for assistance.

Well done to the Ladies Club who have been nominated for the Lidl ‘One Good Club’ initiative and are currently on the shortlist for selection where one club from each county will be selected to take part in the initiative. The aim of Lidl’s One Good Club five-step mental health awareness programme is to build and encourage positive mental health promotion in the community. Clubs that complete all five steps in the programme will receive official Lidl One Good Club™ accreditation, as well as gear and kit for their club. Accredited clubs will also enter the running to win a Lidl One Good Club funding award.Fingers crossed for Athea Ladies GAA!

Planning continues for the ‘Spring into Easter’ – Athea’s Midnight Multicoloured Walk which will take place on Good Friday April 10th. Thanks to everyone who have pledged their support towards to the event to date. A pop up shop will operate from the Library on three dates leading up to the walk where lanterns and other illuminated merchandise will be available to purchase. All funds raised during the event will be split between the Athea Lourdes Fund and Athea GAA. Advertising poster will be made available next week.

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ATHEA UTD LOTTERY RESULTS FOR

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24th.

 

The results of our weekly lottery draw for Monday, March 2nd. are as follows- Jackpot was €11,600.

Numbers drawn: 8, 19, 26, 29.

No Jackpot Winner.

Lucky Dips to the following:-

Chris O’Sullivan, Ballylongford

Kathleen Griffin, Brookfield House, Athea

Margaret O’Connor, Knocknagoshel

Donal Cotter, Coole West

Bridget Keane, Cois na Gáile

Sellers: Gerard White & Karina Buckley

New Jackpot €11,700 at White’s Bar on Monday, March 9th