Athea GAA Club Notes:
Club Fixtures:
Woodlands House Hotel County Premier Junior A Football Championship- Group 1-Round 3
Venue: Abbeyfeale. Date/time: Thursday September 4th 2025 at 6:15pm
Athea v Mountcollins
On Thursday week we meet Mountcollins in Round 3 of the Championship. We have already beaten them earlier this year and need to repeat this to remain in contention to qualify for the knockout out stages of this year’s Championship. Put this date in your diary and note the early time of 6:15pm. Woodlands House Hotel County Junior C Football Championship- Group 2-Round 3 Venue: Meanus. Date/time: Saturday September 6th 2025 at 5pm. Athea v Camogue Rovers. On Saturday week our second team have their second match of the Junior C Championship in Meanus at 5pm. This competition gives the broader panel an opportunity to get competitive game time. In our previous match we had over 20 players togged which is great to see and bodes well for the future.
Ladies:
U16 Championship semi final
Hard luck to our gallant u16 tonight who were knocked out of this year’s championship Monday evening. They left everything on the pitch, played with heart and determination loosing out to a physical stronger Knockainey side on the scoreline 3.14 to 7.14 Huge thanks to Steven O’ Rourke, Mary Hunt, David Murphy and Liz O’ Sullivan for their work with the team over the last few months.
U14’s Championship:
Best of luck to the Athea / Glin u14’s who play this Wednesday night in Ahane against the home side.
U10 Girls:
Best of luck to our U10 girls who play Glin this Wednesday night in Athea at 6.30pm
Intermediate Championship Round 2:
Hard luck to our intermediate team who again were on the wrong end of the scoreline last saturday evening. Athea were on the back foot with a goal coming from Adare’s first attack. The girls re grouped well and found themselves level half way through the second half. Two quick goals before half time break were the difference 1.5 to 3.5. Adare started the second half well and found the net. It was then that Athea found their form and pressed all over the field – there was some great points for play but found it hard to rattle the net. Final score 5. 9 to 2.14. Final round game will be against Fr Casey’s this Thursday night in Athea at 7.15pm.
U12 Football:
Our U12 footballers played Shannon Gaels in Athea on Sunday evening in an enjoyable match with plenty of exciting football from both teams in a high scoring game that was evenly contested. Both teams were excellent with the new rules with the solo & go utilised extensively and also both teams were very good at handing back the ball when the free went against them. We hope to organise a few more challenge matches in September as the kids get back into their routine.
U14 Football Division 1A&2A:
We play our final two Rounds of the U14 Championship this week as we welcome NewcastleWest to Athea on Tuesday evening and are away to Mungret St. Pauls on Thursday evening. The outcome of these matches will determine if we qualify for the knock-out-stages of either the Division 1 or Division 2 competition.
Hurling:
Hurling training will continue over the summer. Wednesday nights 7pm to 8pm for U14 and U16. Sunday morning for all ages 10am to 11am
Congratulations to Mike Reidy and Limerick Masters who have reached the All Ireland Challenge cup after a semi final win against Clare. Limerick 0:16 Clare 0:10 well done to all involved.
Split the Bucket:
The last draw took place the 25th of August. The Lucky winner of €281 is Grace Lavin. The next draw will take place on Monday the 8th of September
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 has been running since the 1980s and is our biggest source of regular funding. There are cash prizes to be won totaling €7200.
Many of you buy a ticket already or maybe a family member does annually. If you haven’t bought a ticket, I want to encourage you to buy one this year or buy one between 2 or more to share a prize. The online sales have now closed, but a ticket can be purchased by contacting any committee member. There will be 5 draws between now and December with the first Draw taking place on Friday September 5th at the club house at 9pm. 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
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