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.
INTERMEDIATE HURLING FINAL
Congrats to the Dr Crokes hurlers, especially Michael Horgan and Rory Waters, on their Intermediate Hurling Championship victory over Tralee Parnells on Sunday.
U8 & U10 GIRLS
U8 and u10 girls entertained a very talented Legion side in Spa on Saturday. A beautiful morning with top class football on show for the parents. Well done to everyone involved especially coaches Denis O’Connor, Denise Gleeson, Erin Holland, Liam Ryan, Johnny Brosnan and Karol Fleming. Thanks to Legion for great games and the young Legion referees.
CO CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Best of luck to the East Kerry team and management in the Co Final against Mid Kerry next Saturday September 26th at 7pm in Austin Stack Park. Special mention to our Spa members involved - Shane Cronin, Dan O’Donoghue (captain), Dara Moynihan, Michael Foley, Evan Cronin, David Spillane, Eoin Fitzgerald, Michael McCarthy, Liam Kearney, Sean Cronin as well as Arthur Fitzgerald & Ruth Allen.
SHOW YOUR COLOURS FOR THE FINAL
We might not be able to go and support East Kerry in the Kerry County Final on Saturday, but we can support them by showing our colours! Red & white East Kerry flags, car flags and hats available from the Spa Merchandise Shop on Saturday morning between 10am -11am or contact Mathilda on 0876487356 for other times or to place an order.
BUSY SATURDAY MORNINGS IN SPA
Saturday morning between 10am – 11am are busy at the Spa club:
*Juvenile Academy for Boys & Girls from ages 3-10 outdoors on the 3 playing pitches. New members always welcome and any queries contact our Coiste na nÓg Secretary Andrew on 087 1385612
*Spa Merchandise Shop will be open at the top of the stairs with a full range of club gear for both adults and juveniles! Any queries contact Mathilda on 087 6487356
*Spa Lotto tickets on sale in front of the clubhouse - €2 each, 3 for €5 or Annual Ticket for €100. This Monday's Spa GAA Jackpot is €5,600! (Tickets also available here or online on spagaa.com)
*East Kerry red & while hats and flags for sale in the Spa Merchandise shop this weekend ahead of the Co Final on Saturday
U16 CO LEAGUE
Spa u16's played their third game of phase 2 of the county league in Spa on Monday evening the 14th of September. Their opponents were Renard. The game started brightly with a well taken goal by Luke O Neill, a few well taken points extended that lead, but Renard came back into the game & lead at half time by 3 points. The start of the second half began well but Renard kept out in front. A well taken goal by Rian O Neill towards the end of the game cut Renards lead back to 3 points, a gap the boys could not close. Our next game in this phase of the county league is a local derby at home to Gneeveguilla, always a nice one to look forward to.
SENIOR LADIES INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL
Spa 1-11 Castleisland Desmonds 2-18
The senior ladies bowed out of the Intermediate Championship last Monday night against the bookies favourite Castleisland. This was a huge accomplishment for our ladies as they were never even mentioned at the start of the year to even reach the playoff stages. Our ladies played hard but unfortunately our top scorer Niamh Kearney and goalie Linda Bruggener were out due to prior commitments and were a huge loss to the team. However, this was never an individual but a team effort to get us this far including the full 34 on the panel. Caoimhe Claffey played brilliantly between the goals. We knew we were up against it and the home team started very strong and definitely played superior football in the first half. They were very strong through the centre of the field and their mid field duo of Cait Lynch and Lorraine Scanlon were their driving force. Our girls with their never say never die attitude took their chances and we were climbing a huge hurdle at half time down 0-3 to 2-9.
Second half we clawed back with great football and were very unlucky with some scores. We opened up midfield and delivered ball to our hungry fowards. Young Mairead Bennett scored a cracker of a goal coming from the back line. Full forward, Saoirse Kelly, stepped up her game and tapped over impressive scores. Playing a captain’s role, Ciara Moynihan rifled through their defence numerous occasions and was rewarded with her name on the score sheet. Corner forward Lynn Jones added enormous points and was very unlucky with another goal. This was a game of two halves, and we began to win possession but unfortunately the deficit was too far, and we lost to a stronger team on the night. The team can be very proud of themselves as this was the first year since 2011 when we first produced a senior team to have such great numbers at every training session. Well done to management Mike Brosnan and Tom Tobin for their Trojan work and huge dedication to the senior ladies. We will be back in 2021 and ready to go the next step closer to our goal in the Intermediate Championship. Thanks also to Shane Cronin of Gaelic Plus for the sponsorship of gloves given to the team.
Spa: Caoimhe Claffey, Elisabeth Stack, Ciara Moynihan (0-1), Aisling Mahony, Gina Crowley, Katie O Brien, Mairead Bennett (1-1) , Loretta Maher, Cassandra Buckley, Katie O Connor , Mags Cronin, Liadh Tobin, Karol Fleming (0-1), Saoirse Kelly (0-4) and Lynn Jones (0-3). Subs: Meghann Cronin (0-1) and Alma O Mahony
CONGRATULTIONS
Congrats to Noelle and Paudie Casey on the birth of their son Michael. Noelle is the treasurer of Spa Coiste na nÓg and Michael's siblings Julia and Ellen are delighted with their new baby brother.
UPCOMING FIXTURES
Monday September 21st:
U16 Co League Spa v Gneeveguilla (6pm in Spa)
Saturday September 26th:
Co Championship Final: East Kerry v Mid Kerry (7pm in Austin Stack Park)
Saturday October 3rd:
Intermediate Club Championship QF Spa v Laune Rangers (7pm Austin Stack Park)
Best of luck to all teams. Fixtures will be updated regularly on the website calendar so please check for any changes to games.
SPA LOTTO RESULTS 14/09/2020
Numbers drawn 4, 6, 8, 18. No winner and Lucky Dips receive €50 each to Kathleen O’Reilly, Mari Kelliher, Fr Kieran O’Brien and John Hickey. Our weekly Spa GAA Club Lotto continues every Monday night at the clubhouse and the JACKPOT prize is currently at €5,600! Tickets are €2 each, 3 tickets for €5 or €100 for an Annual Ticket and there are 3 ways to purchase: 1) ONLINE here on our club website www.spagaa.com 2) At the SATURDAY JUVENILE ACADEMY in Spa from 10am-11am every Saturday or 3) from Club TICKET SELLERS who sold lotto tickets each week prior to Covid-19.
The lotto generates important revenue to help run the club and maintain the club grounds and is our only source of income at the moment. We are asking people to please support our club lotto during this difficult time. Many thanks, and we appreciate all support!
SPA MERCHANDISE SHOP
Spa Merchandise Shop is open every Saturday morning from 10am – 11am. Any enquiries contact Mathilda on 0876487356.
SYMPATHY
Condolences to the Aherne family on the passing of Brendan Aherne (RIP), Upper Lissivigeen. Sympathy to the O’Halloran family on the passing of PJ O’Halloran (RIP), Loreto Rd. Sympathy also to the family of Lil O’Keeffe (RIP), Gneeveguilla.
ITEMS FOR NOTES
Any items for the club notes please contact Deirdre at pro.spa.kerry@gaa.ie or 0851216359 before 8pm on Sundays.