ATHEA GAA CLUB NOTES
Our Club are deeply saddened upon hearing the news of the untimely passing of Oliver ‘Hopper’ McGrath RIP. Oliver is a former Club Secretary, Player and a through and through Athea GAA supporter. He was also heavily involved in organising the Athea Carnivals in the early days and always spoke fondly of the memories and fun times in had in organising these community occasions.
Sincere sympathies to his wife Mary, Sons Donnchadh, Séan , Conor and daughter EibhlÃn and extended family.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
U17 Boys
Athea 3-07 Dromin Athlacca Banogue 6-07
The U17s were beaten by a physical and athletic home team in Banogue last Wednesday evening. The boys put in a huge effort from start to finish.
Our next match is at home to competition favourites Granagh/Ballingarry on Saturday Sept 11th.
Team- Tomas Ahern, Rory Mahony, Conor Mullane, James Lee, Gearoid O’ Sullivan, Fergal pierse, Daragh Reidy, Evan Curry, Daire O Shea, James Broderick, Calum Buckley, Rory Cleary, Michael Walsh, Cillian O Connor and Tadhg ahern.
U15 Boys
We took part in the Féile Peil last Friday evening and Saturday morning. We played 2 matches on Friday, v Kildimo Pallaskenry at 4.30pm in Pallaskenry and St Senans at 6 in Kildimo. We drew both matches, coming from 10 points down against Kildimo Pallaskenry, scoring 3-01 in the last 5 minutes. We played St Kierans on Saturday morning for a place in the knockout stages, but we came out second best against a well balance team. Panel
Tomas Ahern, Ciaran Hunt, Tadhg Ahern, Sean Twomey, Jamie Collins, Calum Buckley, Tomas Ahern, Evan Curry, James Hunt, Jack Sexton, Rory Cleary, Alex Quinn, Jim Ahern, Timmy O Keeffe, Louis O Sullivan, Eric Barrett, Tom Ahern and Jamie Quinn.
The U15s are waiting to see who their opponents will be in the county shield semi-final.
Junior A Mens
Athea 4-15 Croom 1-11
After receiving a walkover from Ballybrown a week ago we made the journey to Feenagh on Thursday last where we met Croom in Round 3 of the Premier Junior A Championship. The evening was warm and the pitch was in great order which seemed to suit us. With goals from Jonathan Fitzgerald and two from James Ryan aswell as a penalty scored by Kevin Murphy in the second half we were never in trouble in this game. Kieran Hartnett was in great form and saved a penalty in the first half as well as making some fine saves throughout.
The overall team performance was excellent and sets us up nicely for the Quarter finals in three weeks time.
Team: K. Hartnett, TJ Doherty, T. Quaid, J. Collins, S. Mulvihill, D. Griffin, J. O’Connor, J. Fitzgerald (1:00), Mark Reidy (0:03, 3F), J. Kelly (0:03), S. Ryan (0:03), D. Murphy, B.O’Connor, J. Ryan (2:02), K.Murphy (1:03, 1Pen, 2F)
Junior B Mens
The Junior B team lost out to a strong Ballysteen side in Glin on Tueaday evening last on a scoreline of 4-08 to 0-05 on their first competitive game of the championship after receiving a walkover from St. Kierans. The team fared better at home to Mountcollins last Saturday evening winning comfortably on a scoreline of 1-17 to 0-04. Next up for boys is St Senans in Glin on Tuesday evening August 31st at 6.45pm.
Junior Ladies
Best of Luck to our Adult Team in the Div 3 league final v Ahane in Ahane Tuesday 31st August at 7 pm.
Tickets for the game can be got using the following link.
https://www.universe.com/…/limerick-lgf-division-3…