O'DONOGHUE CUP QUARTER FINAL SPA V LISTRY
Spa hosted Listry in the quarter finals of the O'Donoghue Cup Championship on Sunday afternoon and although the sides were level at half time, a Spa goal in the third quarter helped us drive forward for the win.
The game began with a point from Ruairi Murphy before Ciaran Spillane, Cian Tobin and Evan Cronin replied for Spa. Joe Clifford and Ruairi Murphy scores soon levelled the game at 0-3 apiece before the first Spa goal in the 22nd minute - Evan and Mike Foley linking up to work the ball in to Niall McCarthy who finished it to the back of the net. Listry had the better third quarter, Joe Clifford's goal shot was knocked away by James Devane who at this stage was contending with a strong sun. Points from Aaron O'Shea (2) and Ruairi Murphy had it level pegging at half time at 1-3 to 0-6.
The heavens opened as the second half was about to throw in and on top of the driving rain, thunder and lightning soon followed, with the game eventually finishing under lights.
Evan pointed to edge Spa in front before Dara Moynihan set him up for the second Spa goal in the 38th minute. He kicked over another from a free to move Spa in front at 2-5 to 0-6 as the final quarter began. A lovely curling shot from Danny Wrenn pulled one back for Listry before Mike Foley and Ruairi Murphy swapped scores. Evan added another free before Shane Cronin with a brilliant ‘45 made it 2-8 to 0-8. In the final minutes there were a couple of scrambles in the Spa goalmouth but our defence were able to keep Listry out and a final point from John Foley ended the game at 2-8 to 0-9. Well done to our team & management.
The draw for the semi-finals was made shortly after the game with Spa down to play Gneeveguilla and Dr Crokes drawn against Legion.
The semi-finals are scheduled for next Saturday December 3rd
Spa v Gneeveguilla (12.30pm in Dr Crokes pitch)
Crokes v Legion (2pm in Fitzgerald Stadium)
31 CARD DRIVE CHAMPIONSHIP OF KERRY
The postponed 2020 finals of the Spa GAA 31 Card Drive Championship of Kerry took place at the Torc Hotel on Friday night. This competition began two years ago with 64 tables and concluded on Friday when Patrick Cahill and Dan Morris were crowned the overall winners and were presented with the John Kelly Memorial Shield.
On the night there were 16 tables competing in the knock out competition, with the finals played out between four teams. Runners up teams on the night were Mossie Cronin & Peter Cahill, Eileen & Jacqueline Reen and Jamsie O'Sullivan & Denis O'Shea. Well done and thank you to everyone who took part in the annual event, which has been running in Spa GAA Club since 1972.
Special congratulations to the wonderful volunteers that organise the competition each year - Dave Herlihy, Paddy O'Keeffe and Paddy B Lynch.
The next 31 Card Drive will begin again in the spring.
DONIE O'SULLIVAN BOOK LAUNCH
Spa and Kerry footballing legend Donie O'Sullivan is launching his autobiography - Donie O'Sullivan: A Footballer, Once - this Friday December 2nd and everyone is welcome to come and join us on the night.
The launch will take place at the Spa GAA Clubhouse at 7.30pm with special guests on the night and refreshments will be served.
The autobiography, by Donie O'Sullivan with Jimmy O'Sullivan Darcy and published by Hero Books, will be on sale in Spa on the night but, as it is so close to Christmas, it will not be available in local bookstores for now. After the launch, it will be on sale only on Amazon, where it is available as an ebook, paperback and hardback.
We hope to see you there!
SANTA IS COMING TO SPA
We are thrilled to be welcoming Mr & Mrs Santa Claus back to Spa GAA again this year. After hearing how wonderful all the children at Spa were this year they couldn’t resist the invitation to visit us again.
For your chance to meet Mr & Mrs Claus please join us in the clubhouse at Spa on Sunday 4th December between 4- 6.30pm. Photos will be taken by Anne Holland at a charge of €5 per photo.
We would like to say a massive thank you to all our club volunteers who give their time to organizing and running these events at the club, without their support and continuous commitment none of these events are possible.
CAIRDE SPA DRAW - WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
We are calling on everyone to support our Cairde Spa fundraising draw that’s running at the moment. This is a once-off draw to raise funds towards the development of our grounds and facilities. There are 10 great prizes up for grabs, including over €20,000 in cash prizes, and the draw will take place this December. Tickets are on sale through our website spagaa.com or from club members and officers. Thank you as always for your ongoing support.
Click here to enter - Cairde Spa Draw
Any queries pls contact Andy on 0872236754 or Deirdre on 0851216359.
MUNSTER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Well done to Fossa, Rathmore and Kerins O'Rahillys who won their respective Munster Club Championship semi-finals over the weekend. The Munster finals are schedules as follows:
Senior Final Kerins O'Rahillys v Newcastlewest on December 10th
Intermediate Final Rathmore v Na Piarsaigh (Limerick) on December 11th; Junior Final Fossa v Kilmurry (Cork) on December 11th. Fixture details to be confirmed.
KERRY GAA CONVENTION
Kerry GAA convention took place last week and a number of new officer positions were filled - Tommy Cronin is the incoming Assistant Secretary, Tomás O hAinifien is the incoming Scór & Culture Officer, Paudie Healy is the incoming Assistant Treasurer and Paudie Dineen & Terence Houlihan are the new Munster Council delegates. Emma Sweeney is the incoming Kerry PRO and Liam Ross is the new Kerry Hurling Officer, while David Clifford has been named as Captain for 2023. Special mention to our own Spa member John O'Leary who has completed his 5-year term as Munster Council Delegate
SPA GAA LOTTO
Lotto Results 22/11/22: Numbers Drawn: 6, 11, 15, 25. No winner and €50 Lucky Dips to Paudie Horgan, Dara & Lucy O'Mahony, Kathleen Hobbins and Sinead Garnett. The jackpot on Monday November 28th is €9,800. Play online on spagaa.com - click here to play - or tickets on sale in usual outlets. Thank you for your continued support of Spa GAA Club.
ITEMS FOR NOTES
Any items for the Spa notes please contact the club PRO on 085 1216359 or pro.spa.kerry@gaa.ie before 8pm on Sundays.