Athea GAA Club Notes:
Athea together Festival:
A great weekend was had for the Athea together Festival thank you very much Eamon McElligott and Brown Joes for organising a brilliant weekend in aid of Athea GAA, Athea United and the Athea Playground Committee more details to follow next week.
Club Result:
Woodlands House Hotel County Junior C Football Championship- Quarter-final
Athea 2-17. Ballinacurra Gaels 2-11.
Ballinacurra Gaels started brightly with an early point from play, but Aidan Curry soon put over a two pointer free before Athea quickly took control. Martin Chawke with two and Jim Ahern added fine scores from play before James Broderick began to make his presence felt, clipping over two neat points in quick succession.
Broderick then struck for Athea’s first goal midway through the half, finishing calmly from close range after a flowing move through midfield. Gaels responded with a slightly fortunate goal from distance and a point, but further frees from Curry restored Athea’s cushion.
At the break, Athea held a solid lead, 1-8 to 1-3.
Athea hit the ground running after the restart with a quick point from Broderick before David O’Connor burst through for a goal inside three minutes to push the margin to nine. Aidan Curry landed a two-pointer long-range strike from play and continued to knock over the frees.
Ballinacurra Gaels fought gamely and pulled a goal back through their centre forward to reduce the deficit to four but Athea’s composure and shot selection kept them out of reach. Late points from Neilus Hunt, David O Connor and Alan Kelly sealed a deserved six-point win on a scoreline of 2-17 to 2-11.
Again the mixture of youth and experience provided a good balance throughout and will give valuable experience to the younger lads as they advance in this competition.
Our next game is in the semi- final against Patrickswell on Sunday November 2nd 2025.
This will be a more difficult assignment but one that the team will be prepared for. Team Tomas Ahern, Cillian O’Connor, Alan Kelly 0-1, Jack Sexton, Jamie Collins, Conor Fitzgerald, Michael Tierney, , Gavin Ambrose, Martin Chawke 0-2 , Ger Collins, David O Connor 1-1, Neilus Hunt 0-1, Jim Ahern 0-1, James Broderick 1-3, Aidan Curry (0-8,1tp,1tpf, 4f) Subs Used: Philip Daly, Dan McMahon, Thomas McEnery
Club Fixtures:
Woodlands House Hotel County Junior C Football Championship- Semi-final
Venue: Foynes. Date/time: Sunday November 2nd 2025 . 2pm
Athea v Patrickswell.
This Sunday our second team travels to Foynes for a Junior C Semi Final against Patrickswell who have topped their group. Let’s hope that they can get the win here and advance to the Semi-final.
Again, good support at this match will give the team an added boost to cheer them on. Put the date and time in your diary.
Ladies:
West Limerick Primary School Team
Huge congratulations to Anna Murphy on making the Larkin Shield Team. Anna will represent Athea National School and our club in the competition in a few weeks time.
Special mention to all the other girls who tried out for the team over the last few weeks. We are so proud of ye all .
Athea Ladies fair day raffle – Saturday 8th November:
Tickets are currently on sale for our annual fair day raffle. Huge thanks to our sponsors:
1st Prize Load of Timber sponsored by Dick White’s & Eilish @ Batt’s bar
2nd Prize 5 bags of Coal sponsored by Collins XL
3rd Prize €100 Voucher Ned / Dana Gould Chipper
4th Prize €50 voucher Amber filling Station sponsored by Paddy Horgan
5th Prize €50 voucher Brown Joe’s Bar / Restaurant
Minor ladies:
Our u19 girls will be back in action on November 9th against Gerald Griffins at 10 in Ballyhahill. We wish them and their management team the best of luck
Congratulations to Michael Reidy on completing the Dublin City Marathon.
Great progress at Pairc na nGael with the back car park see pictures. A huge thank you John Kelly for obtaining a grant for these works. Also thank you Preatige Tarmacadam for a very professional job.
Split the bucket:
The last draw took place the 20th of October. The Lucky winner of €256 is Peggy Casey Congratulations. The next draw will take place on Monday the 3rd of November
The tickets can be Purchased at Collins shop, Ger Whites bar, Brown Joes bar, Gables Grill, O’Riordans Pharmacy, Credit Union, Bingo Friday evenings and also online @ https://atheagaa.clubforce.com/products/draw/athea-gaa-draw
Club draw:
The last club draw took place Sunday the 19th of October Congratulations to all the winners of our 3rd draw. Thanks to everyone for supporting our annual fundraising draw. The next club draw will take place Sunday the 16th of November.