Athea GAA Club Notes:

Message from Cúl Camp Co-Ordinator Jacqueline O’Connor – Hi All, what a way to finish the week. The weather was so good to us. I hope your child enjoyed the week, with 103 children taking part in total. All the friends meeting up, it was like they hadn’t seen each other in years. It was also great to see new friendships made. The main thing is that they had fun and learned new football skills and improved on what they have learnt already with the Club. Thank you to the Club for treating everyone to an ice cream, it went down a treat. A massive thank you to all the mammies & daddies who helped out in any way this week. I wouldn’t have been able to manage without your help.Thank you to all the children for being so attentive when we needed it. It makes things easier.Thank you parents for having them there on time and for being cooperative with the dropping and picking up times. It helped things run more smoothly. I really enjoyed my week, meeting the new boys & girls. I have been our club’s Cúl Coordinator for the past 14 years and each year the camp goes from strength to strength. I am looking forward to next year’s camp already.
Again thanks for everything. Regards, Jacqueline

Well done to  Jessie Collins, Lily Carmody, Shauna Collins and Loren Healy who are participating in the u13 PDP . On Sunday they played Laois in a challenge in preparation for the Munster blitz in a few weeks time.

U12 girls v Fr Casey’s Tuesday 16th at 6.30pm in Abbeyfeale

U14 girls v St Senans Wednesday 17th in Athea at 7pm.

U16 Ladies Championship:
Round 2
Athea 4.17 Adare 3.7
Huge well done to our U16’s for registering their second win of the championship against Adare on Monday evening. There were some great scores taken by both teams.
Their final group game is against Cappagh in a few weeks. Well done to the team and management.

Hard luck to Maeve Murphy, Geraldine Carmody and Grace Hunt in the U16 all Ireland final last Saturday. It was a tight contest played at furious pace. Limerick led at the break by 2 points with 1.1 coming from the boot of Maeve Murphy. Antrim piled on the pressure in the second half but Geraldine Carmody pulling off some great saves in the second half kept them at bay.  Grace Hunt played her captain’s role by covering every inch of ground in Kinnegad from start to finish. Antrim gained momentum in the last ten minutes and it finished 1.12 to 1.7. Well done to all our clubs travelling support on the day. The future is bright for Limerick Ladies football.

U17 Ladies PDP:
Huge well done to Isabelle Barrett who played with Limerick U17 PDP in Abbotstown last Tuesday. It’s a huge opportunity for the girls to play the best in the county. Well done Isabelle.

U18 Men’s Football Championship:
Round 2 – Shannon Gaels/Athea 2-09 St Kierans 1-11
This was a great game played by two evenly matched teams in Coolcappagh last Sunday night. We were lucky to win in the end with a brilliant last minute goal from man of the match Donach Daly. Both teams deserve great credit for serving up a pulsating end to end game with great skills on show throughout.
Team – Tomás Ahern, Luke Buckley, James Hunt, Sean Twomey, Rory Cleary, Calum Buckley, Jamie Collins, Tadhg Ahern, Sean McKenery, Charlie Mc Donagh, Jack Sexton, Fionn McNamara, Jack Adams, Evan Curry and Donach Daly, subs, Conor Fitzgerald, Fionn Histon and Fergal Leahy. We play Askeaton Ballysteen Kilcornan this Wednesday night in Glin at 8pm in Round 3.

Club Development Draw:
Tickets for the annual Athea GAA Club Development Draw are now on sale from all sellers, or also online via Club Force.  There will be one draw per month from August to December, with a total prize fund to the value of €7450. Prizes per month include – 1st Prize €500, 2nd Prize €300, 3rd Prize €200, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Prize €100, 8th Prize 1 Free Ticket for Club Draw 2025. Bonus Xmas Draw in December €100 X 2. All support is greatly appreciated. *Please note that tickets for the above 2024 Draw may have already been purchased via Club Force, please check this before purchasing from a seller.

Split the Bucket:
Congratulations to Quin Reidy who was this week’s winner of Split the Bucket, winning €300. Next Draw Monday 29th July. 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, Gables Grill and during events at Pairc na nGael. Thanks to everyone for your continued support.