Athea GAA Club Notes:
Club Result:
Woodlands House Hotel County Premier Junior A Football Championship- Group 1-Round 1
Athea 1-12 Mungret St. Pauls 0-17
We travelled to Cappagh for the opening round of Group one in the Premier Junior Championship on a wet evening that only got wetter as the game progressed.
This was a game of two halves and one where the breeze played a much bigger part than first thought.
We moved the ball around very well and kept the score board ticking right throughout the first half thanks to TJ Hunt and Shane Mulvihill getting 0-04 each with Brian O Connor getting 1-01 and both Sean Ryan and Dylan Griffin registering a point each.
We played with the wind in the first half and built up a strong lead by half time with Mungret St. Pauls recording only one score in the first half, a two pointer from Rory Mullins.
We led at halftime on a scoreline of 1-11 to 0-02. Remarkably we had not scored a free in the first half but with such free flowing football not many of us would have noticed. Nevertheless the supporters at the game were quite happy with the performance and were optimistic about getting off to a winning start.
Dylan Griffin tacked on another point in the opening minute of the second half leaving us 13 points to the good. What happened after this was surreal. Throughout the second half Eoin G Ryan for Mungret gave a masterclass in kicking, amassing ten points including a brace of two pointers. Rory Mullins kicked another two pointer to further reduce the deficit. We gave away a number of frees which were converted and again remarkably didn’t win a free within range. To go a full match without scoring a free is a rarity in this day and age and it wasn’t that we were missing them as the Mungret backs were very disciplined.
However we did it, we went the full second half just as Mungret did with only one score playing into a very deceptive wind. Mungret clocked up 15 points in the second half to our single point and ran out winners by two points.
The crowd went home perplexed as to how this one got away from us after a great first half performance.
This was a reminder that the new rules can lead to big swings if two pointers are scored when playing with the wind.
We have nearly four weeks until our next match which is against Ballybrown in Foynes and hopefully we will bounce back in this next one.
Team: Gerard Ahern, Sean Twomey, Tommy Quaid, Eoin Sheahan, Callum Buckley, , Andy Ahern, James Hunt, Tadhg Ahern, Eoin O’Shea, Brian O Connor,(1-01), TJ Hunt,(0-04,1 2p), Andrew O’Riordan, Shane Mulvihill,(0-04) Dylan Griffin (0-2), Sean Ryan (0-01), Subs Used:, Mark Reidy for Tadhg Ahern, Daire O Shea for Sean Ryan, Evan Curry for Brian O Connor.
Club Fixtures:
Woodlands House Hotel County Premier Junior A Football Championship- Group 1-Round 2
Venue: Foynes. Date/time: Friday August 15th 2025 at 7pm
Athea v Ballybrown
Woodlands House Hotel County Junior C Football Championship- Group 2-Round 2
Venue: Athea. Date/time: Sunday August 17th 2025 at 7pm
Athea v South Liberties
Boys football:
Upcoming Fixtures:
U12 Football:
Our u12s play Killeedy Tuesday evening in Athea at 6:30pm in Round 2 of the Go-Games.
U14 Football:
Our u14s play Shannon Gaels in Athea this Thursday evening throw-in 7pm.
U11 Football:
Athea u11s are delighted to be heading to the Gaelic Grounds this Friday for a football blitz against teams from Tipperary, Clare and Limerick.
U14 Girls:
Well done to Athea / Glin who played Fr Casey’s in the first round of the championship last Wednesday night in Glin.
This was an exciting game from start to finish with some great scores by both teams. The Athea / Glin combination prevailed on the score line of 2.6 to 4.6
Fixtures:
U10 Blitz
Best of luck to our u10 girls who will play their final blitz in this round in Ballyhahill. Tuesday 22nd at 7pm.
Split the Bucket:
The last draw took place on the 14th of July 2025. The lucky winner of €266 was Rita Collins. The next draw will take place on Monday the 28th of July. 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 Development Draw:
This annual Draw is the clubs main and long established fund raiser.
The tickets cost €50 for entry to 5 monthly draws, with a top prize each month of €500, followed by €300, €200 and 4 x€100 prizes. There are extra cash prizes in the December draw and a free club draw ticket for the 2026 draw also drawn each month.
The total prize fund is worth a guaranteed €7450.
Draw promoters will be calling to houses around the parish in the coming weeks before the first Draw in August. People can also join online or by contacting any club officer, or call club chairman John Hunt at 087 7875378. Please support our club and parish.
Membership:
Our 2025 membership registration is now live. Please see link to register with the club and purchase our club draw tickets for 2025, all players need to register ahead of the season and we would encourage everyone to become a member and purchase a ticket for our club draw as it all helps towards the running and up keep of the club and walking track.
https://atheagaa.clubforce.com/products/membership
