UPCOMING FIXTURES 
*Monday August 10th: Ladies Co Championship Spa v Finuge/St Senans (in Spa at 7.30pm)  
*Monday August 10th: U14 League Rd1 (back game) Spa v Legion (in Spa at 7pm)   
*Monday August 10th: Minor Co Championship East Kerry v Feale Rangers (in Finuge at 6.30pm)
*Wednesday August 13th: U14 EK League Spa v Kilcummin (in Kilcummin at 7pm)  
*Friday August 14th: Junior Co League Rd1 Spa B v Beaufort B (in Beaufort at 7pm)
*Saturday August 15th: Minor Co League Rd2 Spa v Ardfert (in Spa at 4pm) 
*Monday August 17th: Ladies Co Championship Spa v Corca Dhuibhne (away)

Best of luck to all teams. Fixtures will be updated regularly on the website calendar so please check for any changes to games.  

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW
Kerry Petroleum Intermediate Club Championship Quarter Final draw this Monday August 10th LIVE on Terrace Talk at 7pm. Open draw and clubs in the pot are: Spa; Na Gaeil; Glenbeigh/Glencar; Dromid Pearses; An Ghaeltacht; Laune Rangers; Castleisland Desmonds; Beaufort. 

(Spa cannot meet Na Gaeil in the next round as they both came through from the same qualifying group)

INTERMEDIATE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RD3 SPA 1-18 NA GAEIL 2-12 
Spa welcomed Na Gaeil on Saturday evening in the final round of the Kerry Petroleum Intermediate Club Championship group stages. As both sides won their previous games, they had already qualified for the Quarter Finals, but that certainly didn’t make the game any less competitive. 

Right from the start Na Gaeil’s Dara Devine was on the attack, but his opening shot was cleared by James Devane. Spa did have one effort wide of the post before Shane Cronin made a great run forward and left the keeper no chance, burying the ball in the back of the net for the first goal of the game, after just three minutes of play. Niall McCarthy almost added a second, but Timmy Culloty pulled off a great save, and the ball was quickly moved up the field with Diarmuid Herlihy splitting the posts a minute later. David Spillane and Evan Cronin added points for Spa even though it was Na Gaeil that seemed more dangerous in attack, with not one but two chances rolling in front of the Spa goal line. Niall McCarthy, Niall O’Mahony, Mike O’Donoghue and a great Evan Cronin point were answered at the other end with scores from Dan O’Connor and Diarmuid Herlihy to make it 1-6 to 0-3 at the water break. 

Darragh Reen and Dara Devine exchanged points with Mike Foley, Shane Cronin and a superb Mike McCarthy point, before Jack Barry burst through and finished the ball in the Spa goal shortly before the break. Two quick scores from Evan Cronin and David Spillane, and a point right on half time from Diarmuid O’Connor, made it 1-11 to 1-6 at the break. 

Within seconds of the restart Mike O’Donoghue split the posts and soon after added another, followed by a David Spillane point. Na Gaeil began to take control however, and kept the Spa defence busy for the next quarter, kicking six points in a row in a ten-minute spell early in the half - Ian McCarthy, Tadhg Lynch, Darragh Reen, Diarmuid Herlihy (2) and an outstanding Andrew Barry point making 1-14 to 1-12 as the final quarter began. Niall O’Mahony caught the end of a great Spa run and punched over the bar to make it 1-15 to 1-12 at the water break. 

Another from Niall O’Mahony and a fantastic ‘45 from Gary Vaughan gave Spa some breathing space, but not for very long, as Diarmuid Herlihy rattled the Spa net with just seven minutes remaining to put a dangerous two points between the sides for the final few minutes. Both teams won and lost possession and while Ciaran Spillane came closest for Spa, Na Gaeil keeper Timmy Culloty denied him. A tense and exciting final few minutes ended with Evan Cronin on target in injury time to put a safety net of three points again between the sides. Time was up however, and Spa claim the victory by 1-18 to 2-12.   

Spa Team: James Devane, Eoin Fitzgerald, Eoin Cronin, Eric O’Donoghue, Shane Cronin (1-1), Dan O’Donoghue, Gary Vaughan (0-1 (‘45)), Michael McCarthy (0-1), Ciaran Spillane, Niall O’Mahony (0-3), Michael O’Donoghue (0-3 (1f)), Niall McCarthy (0-1 (1f)), Michael Foley (0-1 (1f)), Evan Cronin (0-4), David Spillane (0-3). Subs: Cian Tobin  

SENIOR LADIES INTERMEDIATE RD1 SPA 1-10 CASTLEISLAND 5-14 
Not the result we were looking for our opening game, but the players and management of Mike Brosnan and Tom Tobin will learn from the loss. Castleisland is the favourite to take the title and they looked very impressive with a solid team. However, we made some bad errors and silly mistakes that resulted in scores that we gave away too easy. We can only get stronger as we have a great squad of players.  

The introduction of our subs was very beneficial to the team and were hungry to gain their starting position. Saoirse Kelly was outstanding and was constantly fouled resulting with a penalty awarded to her. Niamh Kearney was only delighted to step up and slot the ball past the goalie. Captain Ciara Moynihan kept constant supply of possession to our forwards. Katie O Brien was under pressure but fought hard and defended ferociously throughout.  

Spa: Mags Cronin, Elisabeth Stack, Katie O Brien, Aisling O Mahony, Gina Crowley, Ciara Moynihan (Capt), Katie O Connor, Cassandra Buckley, Mairead Bennett, Karol Fleming, Lynn Jones (0-4), Claire Moynihan, Saoirse Kelly, Niamh Kearney (1-5) and Liadh Tobin (0-1). Subs: Roisin Kearney, Caoimhe Claffey, Grainne Spillane, Orlaith Spillane, Shauna O Donoghue and Niamh Clifford 

U10 BOYS 
Our u10 boys hosted Rathmore in Spa last week. A great display of football talent on both sides gave the spectators a full night of entertainment. Thanks to our u10 coaches and parents and to Rathmore for travelling. These fun games are very beneficial to our young members. 

U14 LEAGUE SPA 1-13 RATHMORE 2-8 
Rathmore led for most of this game and held a two point advantage at half time, leading 0-7 to 0-5. Two goals midway in the second half looked like it might be enough to secure the win for Rathmore. However, a determined young Spa team never gave up, and fought right to the final whistle, with a late goal giving them their hard-earned victory.  

U16 CO LEAGUE SPA 4-9 CORDAL/SCARTAGLIN 4-11 
Spa u16's played their 3rd game of phase 1 of the county league at home to Cordal/Scartaglin on Thursday evening the 6th of August. A very strong showing again by the boys where they defended well and set up fast moving attacks which yielded 4 goals Aaron O’Connor, Oran Daly, Kalvin O’Sullivan & Emmet Spillane & some nicely taken points, 1 point in particular by David O’Sullivan which started with a run out of defence & ended by splitting the posts. The boys gave their all, unfortunately they lost out by 2 points in the end. 4-9 to 4-11. This is now the end of phase 1. Phase 2 will hopefully start at the end of August.

SPA MERCHANDISE SHOP  
Spa Merchandise Shop is open every Saturday morning from 10am – 11am. Any enquiries contact Mathilda on 0876487356.  

JUVENILE TRAINING  
Every Saturday the Academy welcomes BOYS & GIRLS from ages 3 to 10 in the ABC, U6, U8 and U10 groups. The Academy starts at 10am each Saturday and new members are always welcome! If you would like any additional information or for any queries on juvenile training times, please contact our Coiste na nOg Secretary Andrew on 0871385612.   

GAA SEASON TICKET HOLDERS TO GET PARTIAL REFUND 
The GAA has been in contact with approximately 26,000 GAA season ticket holders to inform them that the Association is cancelling the season ticket for the remainder of 2020 and is issuing a partial refund of €40 for adult tickets and €10 for juvenile tickets. This refund will be returned to season ticket holders over the next two weeks. 

SHARE THE POT  
Last Friday’s winner of our SHARE THE POT draw is Kitty Scannell who shares the pot of €230 with the club. Next draw is Friday August 14th and tickets are available on spagaa.com or contact our club officers to enter your name for you. Thank you to everyone who has supported our Spa GAA Share The Pot draw. **The usual Spa Lotto remains suspended for the foreseeable future and the expiry dates of annual tickets and online tickets will be extended to compensate for weeks when Lotto is not held.   

ITEMS FOR NOTES  
Any items for the club notes please contact Deirdre at pro.spa.kerry@gaa.ie or 0851216359 before 8pm on Sundays.