By Damien Ahern
U11
We played our last group game last Tuesday evening in Athea against St.Kieran’s. We had 24 players available for the match and again we were able to field two even teams Athea Maroon and Athea White.
We played two games each 12minutes a-side and played very well in all four matches. The large support from Athea had a lot to cheer about as Athea played some lovely football, kicking some great scores and defending heroically at times. Great credit is due to both teams for the high standard of football played. Training will continue on Friday evenings and we hope to organise a Parish league before the season ends.
Athea Maroon: Tony Ambrose, Liam Dalton, Eoin Ahern, Daniel Hunt, Tadhg Hunt, Loren Healy, Patrick Healy, Aaron Hunt, Tom Mullane, Eoin Kenrick, Cathal Fitzgerald and John Ahern
Athea White: Conor Leach, Aaron Broderick, Daniel Broderick, Daniel Weiland, Mark Ahern, Shea Ahern, Mark Collins, Paddy O’Connor, Oisin McCarthy, Liam Og Reidy, Shane Ahern and Jack Leahy
U13 Boys
The U13 boys footballers are playing Dromin/Athlacca/Banogue in the County Final on this Saturday morning Oct 2nd at 10.45am in Mick Neville Park, Rathkeale. As with all finals, there will be a charge of €5 at the gate.The boys got a walkover from Bruff in the semifinal so they haven’t played a game in a while, but we have no doubt this young team will give their all as they always do. The team is managed by Mike Flynn, with current U19 players, Luke Gleeson, Pierse O’Brien and T.J Hunt as coaches.
U15 Boys
The U15 footballers are also waiting for a date for their shield semi-final v Ballybrown, training continues on Thursday at 6.30, under the management of Colm Hassett, Mike Buckley and John Hunt.
Panel: Tomas Ahern, Ciaran Hunt, Tadhg Ahern, Sean Twomey, Jamie Collins, Calum Buckley, Tomas Ahern, Evan Curry, James Hunt, Jack Sexton, Rory Cleary, Louis O’Sullivan, Jim Ahern, Timmy O ‘Keeffe, Alex Quinn, Eric Barrett, Jamie Quinn and Tom Ahern.
U17 Boys
The U17s are awaiting a date for their county final v Dromin Athlacca Banogue, they had a good workout on Sunday last with our U19s in preparation.
Junior A Men’s
We bowed out of the Junior A Championship on Friday evening after a brave display from our boys. It was a tough game of football, with both sides fighting hard for scores. The match finished on a scoreline of Athea 0-07, Mountcollins 0-08. We will remain in Junior A for another year, but the foundations set this year will pay off in time. Huge thanks to the team and management for their dedication over the last few months, and for providing some excellent thrilling games throughout the league and championship. Best of luck to Mountcollins Gaa in their remaining games in the Championship.
Junior Ladies
Our ladies were beaten by a good Galtee Gales side on Sunday last on a scoreline of 3-05 to 1-06. The team will play Groody Gales next on Sunday October 10th in a must win game .
Well done to our Junior ladies who beat Athea today on a score line of 3-5 to 1-6
Athea Ladies Club Clothes Collection
Following on from our last successful clothes collection. We will be running another one the weekend of 9th/ 10th/ 11th October 2021.
So start collecting up any unwanted items of clothing and bring them to the club house.
We will accept all women’s, men’s and children’s clothing, handbags, belts, all paired shoes, curtains, bed linen, towels and blankets just NO PILLOWS OR DUVETS.