Kerins O'Rahilly's

GAA Hurling & Football Club Tralee

Weekly Notes 28/05/2018

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Seniors:

Division 5:

Kerins O’Rahillys 6-13
Kilgarvan              0-12
A strong start to the game which saw us in the lead by 3 points to nil after 10 mins with the scores  coming from Shane McElligott (2) and Rory Molloy before Kilgarvan opened their account from their full forward; we continued to apply the pressure with midfielder Darragh McElligott to the fore and shortly afterwards as we approached the 13th minute full forward Tom Hoare found the net; it was to get better for the home side within 5 minutes when Padraig Griffin found space and he too was on hand to raise another green flag – from here to the half time whistle we traded scores to leave us in the ascendancy at the short whistle, 2-06 to 0-07.
On the restart , we were again on the front foot with good points coming from Shane McElligott and substitute Ryan Carroll and the game was over as a contest when in the 12th minute Darragh McElligott burst through from midfield to rattle the net – from here to the finish we added further goals through Tom Hoare, Padraig Griffin and a late  penalty converted by Chucky.
This was a good all round performance with Tom McGrath and Jason O’Leary outstanding in defence, Darragh McElligott well on top in midfield and solid forward displays from Padraig Griffin, Tom Hoare and Shane McElligott.
Team: Killilan Moran, Gary Nolan, Thomas McGrath, Kieran Mangan, Rory O’Connor, Jason O’Leary, Seán Collins, Darragh McElligott ( 1-01), , Rory Molloy ( 0-03), Seán Griffin, Padraig Griffin ( 2-01), Gearóid Hartnett, Shane McElligott ( 0-04), Tom Hoare ( 2-03), James O’Connor.
Subs used: Ryan Carroll ( 1-01), Joe Hanafin, both in the second half.

U-17:

The special U-17 competition commenced last Weds night with 24 teams participating throughout the county. The emphasis is on giving games to this age group while also focusing on the skills of the game. Games are 9 a side, 12 minutes per half, played on a round robin basis with 2 teams from each group going forward to Round 2.

We had our first game vs Gneeveguilla who were much stronger physically and put us under pressure from the first whistle – though we tried manfully, we were not strong enough and Gneeeguilla ran out comfortable winners. Our next game was against Finuge where we played much better as a team winning easily in the end. The results placed us second in our group and into round 2.

The focus now switches to JP O’Sullivan Park this Monday night for the second round of fixtures in this competition; we are in a group with the hosts ( Laune Rangers) and Firies – the action gets underway @ 18.30

Lotto:

There was no winner of last week’s lotto jackpot where the winning numbers drawn were: 13, 20, 25 & 31. There were no match 3 winners either, so next week’s jackpot will now be for a grand prize of €4,200.Tickets ( €2 / 3 for €5)  can be purchased from the kiosk in Charlies Bar, from Jimmys on Strand Road, Counihans on Princes St or Foley’s Spar on the Castlemaine Road.

The five entrants for the special December draw ( 4 X €250) are as follows: Betty O’Sullivan, Trevor Thomas, Mary Foley, Seán Kerins & Pat Flavin.

We would like to thank everyone for their ongoing support for this important fund raiser for the club.

Keep in touch:

We are online @ www.kerinsorahillys.com where you can catch up with all the latest news, fixtures and results – we are also on Facebook ( @korgaa1) and Twitter ( @korgaa).