Athea Golf Society A.G.M.
Members of Athea Golf Soociety at the prizegiving in Brown Joe’s last Friday night
The A.G.M. of Athea Golf Society was held in the GAA clubhouse on Friday night last. Officers for the coming year are:
Chair: Joe Kelly
Secretary: Aiden Keogh
Treasurers: T.J. Reidy & Roger Ryan
Handicap Sec. Domhnall de Barra
The society is always looking for new members so, if you want to swing a club, contact any of the committee.
C.L.G. Áth an tSléibhe
Condolences
Athea GAA Club were saddened to hear about the recent passing of Ann O’Keeffe RIP. Ann along with her husband Tom, were regular daytime users of our track, and great supporters of our Club always. Our sympathies to Tom, and children Jean, Elaine, Gary and Kevin, and all the O’Keeffe and Danaher families.
Premier Junior A County Final
There was great excitement at Pairc na nGael on Saturday last when we hosted the Premier Junior A Final between Newcastle West and Feenagh/Kilmeedy, where we had the pleasure of making full use of our facilities, new car park, and sound system. Huge thanks to everyone who supported our Split the Bucket Draw, and opened up their yards to parking. Congratulations to Newcastle West GAA and commiserations to Feenagh / Kilmeedy. We look forward to hosting more fixtures in the future.
Tina Mulvihill, Linda Hunt & Ursula Ahern selling Split the Bucket at the match
Step to the Beat
Step to the Beat continues on Thursday evening from 7pm – 8pm. During this hour, music will play over our speaker system and those who attend will be free to walk/jog on our track with music playing in the background as a motivational factor and to beat the winter blues! Split the bucket entries can also be purchased during this hour. Looking forward to seeing you then. At last week’s Step to the Beat, we remembered Angela Leah nee Cafferky who was a huge fan of Step to the Beat. May Angela rest in peace.
AGM
Our Annual General Meeting will take place on Sunday January 14th at 7.30pm at Con Colbert Memorial Hall. All members are invited to attend.
Split the Bucket
Congratulations to Mary O’Mahony who was last week’s Split the Bucket winner, going home with the grand total of €429. The next draw will take place on Monday November 20th. Envelopes can be purchased at Dick Whites, Collins Shop, O’ Riordan’s Pharmacy, Athea Credit Union, Brown Joes, Batts, Bingo at Con Colbert Hall on Friday nights, Chinese Takeaway, and during events at Pairc na nGael. Thanks to everyone for your continued support.
Club Draw
Draw 4 of the Club Development Draw took place on Sunday November 12th at the Club House. Margaret Carroll, representing her dad Thady, picked the winning numbers. Congratulations to the following;
1st Prize €1000 – Ellen & Ned Comerford, Kilkenny
2nd Prize €100 – Jim Leahy, Upper Athea
3rd Prize €100 – Liz O’ Sullivan, Templeathea
4th Prize €100 – Siobhán Barrett, Loughill
The final draw of 2023 will take place on Sunday December 3rd.
Girls Minor Championship
Our minors suffered their second defeat of the championship at home to Adare last Saturday morning. It was a great contest with
some great scores. Their final group game is against Granagh / Ballingarry Sunday 19th November at 10.00 in Ballingarry
Ladies Junior Co Final
Our eagerly awaited county final is now fixed for Sunday December 10th. Time and venue to be confirmed. Best of luck to the team and management in their preparation.
Coiste na nÓG
Sarsfield Cup:
Best of luck to Jack Leahy and Tadhg Hunt on Tuesday 14th when they line out for the West Limerick National Schools Team in the Sarsfield Cup Semi-final at Mick Neville Park.
Schools Division 2 Football Final:
Best of luck to Mr. Scannell and his team when they play Monagea school this Wednesday 15th in Mick Neville Park at 11:45 in the Division 2 Football Final.
U15 Boys
Gerald Griffins/Glin/Athea U-15 County Champions
Huge congratulations to the Gerald Griffins Glin Athea U15 team who won the Division 2 County Final today against na Piarsaigh on a scoreline of 4-13 to 3-05 on Saturday. Well done to all the players and management especially Mike Flynn and the eight Athea players involved – Tomás Ahern, Jamie O Mahony, Eric Barrett, Tom Ahern, Jamie Quinn, Jamie Lee Flynn, Mark Ahern and Patrick Healy were the Athea players involved.